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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

A man in north Missouri is named
South West.
The census shows that there are
more Indians than in 1890.
A crusade against prairie dogs is to
be made in northwestern Kansas.
Skagway printers have formed Il
union with II members, the first in
Alaska.
Lore Roberts is due in London on
November /. Butler is to command in
South Africa,
The postal service establishment of
the United States is the greatest BUSH
hess concern in the world.
Pearls are being found in great guam
titles in the Black and st. Francis riv-
ers, in southwest Missouri.
Cotton mills of England face crisis
and may be closed indefinitely, owing
to Americas short cotton crop.
Buffalo On. W is made the eighth
city of the United States by the new
census. having passed Cincinnati and
San Francisco.
Belgium uses more tobacco. in pro-
portion, than any other country, about
10 ounces per capita yearly, while
Italy uses only % ounces.
Japan is the largest consumer of rice
in the world, the average being BOG
poundsa person a year. The Americans
use but four pounds per capita.
Montgomery, Ala. and Columbus,
Ga. have both passed, ordinances re.
quiring street railways to provide sep
arate accommodate for the colored
passengers.
Gen. Richard 0'Grady Haly. the new
mmander-in-chief of the British
troops in Canada. won the distin-
guished service order in the Egyptian
expedition of 1882
During the last three years Russia
has been colonizing Siberia as far as
possible. At least 100000 colonists
have been sent into the country over
the Trans-Siberian railway.
The University Of California an
nounees courses of instruction in Jap
anese and Chinese. two of the most inn
portant of the languages which il has
recently become desirable for many
Americans o learn.
A part of the Chinese force Is armed
with ancient gingals, the first firearms
invented. loaded with powder and shot.
and touched Oft at the vent with a
stickof lighted incense. These ola guns
have been in use among the Chinese for
upward Of 1890 years,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
LATER NEWS.

1t is rumored in johannesburg that
Gen. Christian DeWet, the Boer gen.
cral was killed the 18th inst.
The tie-up in the coal region oil
Pennsylvania is complete. At least
100, 600 OF the 140, 900 miners quit work.
VIM. j. Bryan's formal letter of ac.
ceptance of the democratic nomi nation
for president is made public 1t bears
date of Lincoln, Neb., Sept. II.
The national headquarters of the
gold democratic party have been es
tablished at Indianapolis, Ind.
A runner from the Seminole camp at
Turtle Mound, Fla, reports that in a
big sun dance four Seminole braves
had bloody fight, all wanting to
marry the chiefs daughter. All -four
were killed in the melee. The girl
then drowned herself from grief fol
one of the braves.
BY the overtu.ning of taily-hc
coach at Kenosha, Wis, Miss Bertha
Helmier was seriously injured
branch nursery of the Salvation
army at Cincinnati. o., was burned
and its occupants were imprisoned SC
that FIVE were suffocated to death and
others seriously injured.
Two hundred and fifty laborers EN-
ployed by the street car company al
Joliet, ILL.,, struck for an increase il
wages.
The populists of Missouri, in con
ventlon at Kansas City, endorsed the
entire democratic state ticket.
According to the annual report OF
the survising inspector general o
steam vessels, the loss of life from yes
sells on the great lakes aggregated
thirty-one during the fiscal year
Five were lost in collision, four By
vessels sinking, and fifteen from acct
dental drowning, and seven from mis-
cellaneous causes.
Prince Albert of Saxony was killed
in carriage accident at Wolkaue, d
short distance from Dresden.
Grand Master E. NJ. Sargent, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
Des Moines, Iowa, announced that he
would not be candidate for re-elec.
ton, having received more remunera
tive offer outside of the order.
Mrs Marry E. Curran and Mrs. Anna
Holmes were killed at Chicago at thu
F'ifty-ffth street crossing of the Chica,
go and Erie tracks. Neither heard the
noise of the approaching train or the
shouts of the guard, and were struck
by the train going at full speed
The American tin plate mill at
Niles, o.. will start up at once, en-
ploying 800 men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
Lyman ]. GAGE"
GAGE DEMoLISHEs BRYAN.
The Secretary of the Treasury Is FOO
Much for the Turbulent
New Yorker.

Secretary Gage has answered Mr..
Carl Scburz' letter TO him promptly
and completely. That gentleman
made the point that il Bryan were
elected legislation could be enacted
at the coming session which would
put it out of his power to impair the
soundness of the currency and weak
en- public or private credit The sec
rotary replies that the legislation
suggested by Mr.. Schurz would be
new legislation by party whose
policy would have been rejected by
the people through their last express
sion at the polls" The secretary says
also what the Tribune had said pre-
viously, that the free silverites in the
senate would not allow new law to
pass. He adds: Can anyone doubt
that Mr.. Bryan would urge action by
his friends in congress TO prevent the
further strengthening of the policy
which he denounces as criminal?"
The secretary makes "palpable hit"
when he quotes for Mr.. Schurz' bene-
fit the melancholy description by the
latter in 1896 of the grave financial
and industrial misfortunes which had
happened because of what Mr.. Schurz
called "the mere apprehension of a
possibility of Mr.. Bryan's election"
The secretary makes the pertinent
remark: 81 am unable TO perceive
why the same consequences, in a
minor degree perhaps, will not en-
sue which you so forcibly foreshad-
owed then" Mr.. Schurz esteems him
self an accomplished letter writer.
He has met his match this time
Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
Great Liberality.
CURRENT TOPICS.

A $4,000 oil mill is under construc-
ton at Thomaston, Ga.
Strange to say, Turkey and Greece
are without telephones.
1t is said that irregular eyebrows
are an indication of insanity.
Illinois apples were awarded the
first prize at the Paris exposition.
A chateau near Prague has been
lighted by 1900 jets of acetylene gas.
Carnegie company will establish
eight ocean liners for the export
trade.
Two thousand gallons of air are
grown-up persons allowance for "a
hours.
Only citizens of Canada will be EN-.
ployed on government work on con
tracts.
The number of languages and dia-
lects spoken in the world amounts
to 3,064.
There are 1000 vessels which cross
the Atlantic ocean regularly every
month.
Two steers ran amuck at Rogers
Ford Pa, and terrorized populace
Sunday.
IN South Australia a mine OF
natural India rubber has been lately
discovered.
John Brisben Walker assembled
Pixies Peak to the timber line on
an automobile.
The Indiana fire IL surance agents
have formed protective union for
mutual benefit.
In proportion to its size, Great BRIT
ain has eight times as many railways
as the United States.
The building trades OF Omaha are
enjoying a prosperous year, all men
being fully employed.
A German doctor finds that only
in one case out of fifteen are both
eyes in good condition.
United States government will col
onize 1epers on group OF small
islands in the Philippines.
Andrew Schlake, lost in swamp,
near Pana, ILL.,, was torniented by mos
ouitos until he went mad.
There are no living descendants OF
Shakespeare, Cowper, Dryden, Swift,
Chaucer. Pope, Shelley or Byron.
Hawaiian planters ire importing
Louisiana Negroes to work on their
plantations, paying $50 per month.
a London bankrupt has been or
dered to pay a debt to a grocer at the
rate of SI,25 per week. IL VIII take
him 81 years to do it,
In Manitoba and northwest terri
tories during the year 1899 there ar
rived from European countries 2o'So4
sat+lers and from the United States
$3.50.
There are about 125 corset fac
tories in Germany, most OF when
are located in the Rhine provinces
Hesse-Nassau. Berlin, Hamburg,
saxony and wurtemburg.
Caterpillars are said to be SO thick
en- Colorado that they are obstructing
traffic on the railroads near Florence
they swarm upon the rails in great
numbers. and when crushed make
the tracks slippery.
When DIR. Murray's new English die
t;onary is completed it win contain
about 100000 words, of which one
half have come into use during this
century, and of these the larger part
are technical or scientific terms.
aee London Telegraph notes that
there has been Of late notable de
crease in the bands of Negro min
strels who 60 about the streets OF
London singing for coppers. The
public cares at present only for war
songs,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
A TRAGIC FATE.
Capt. McQuestOn, Fourth u. $. Infan-
try, Killed by Private in
the Philippines.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE war de-
partment has received information
from Gen. Macarthur of the tragic
death in the Philippines of Capt.
Charles McQueston, of the Fourth regi-
ment of United States infantry, the
result of a wound by private sol
der, Gen. MacArthur's dispatch is as
follows:
Observation-Disclosures General. Washing
ton: Charles McQueston, captain Fourth
United States infantry, died yesterday,
Mangonone Bacoor, Cayite province, $3.50
evening, resulting from gunshot wound
caused by private soldier. Capt. McQues-
ton I'm a fit of temporary insanity attacked
men of company. Shot one or more and
was shot himself in self-defense. Further
particulars when received"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.


In the Philippines Americans have
resumed active operations against the
insurgents.
An anarchist arrested in Spain was
sent from New York to kin President
Loubet.
OF the Philippine group two islands
are set aside as forest reserves to
protect the rubber trees that grow
there.
\ large amount of gold has recent
ly been sent TO the Transvaal to pro-
tect the Boer indebtedness in Europe.
\ Picking dispatch says japanese
| arrested a Chinaman who confessed
to killing Won Ketteler by imperial
order.
Rev. Ira u. Sankey was greeted
with remarkable enthusiasm by the
people of London.
Peace Envoy III Hung Chang has de-
parted from Shanghai for Picking.
Dom Paul Kruger. according TO a
dispatch from Lord Roberts. has re-
signed as president of the Transvaal.
He is held practically prisoner by the
Portuguese government at Lourenzo
Marques, not being allowed to see
frlenos or Boer officials Lord Roberts
has issued a proclamation urging the
Beers to cease resistance.
1t is charged that French soldiers OPP
Grating in China are guilty of murders
and cruelties equal to those inflicted
by the Boxers.
Reports of widespread destruction
wrought by the gaze in Newfoundland
continue 10 pour in. Many vessels were
wrecked and IA lives lost.
A jealous Italian returned to Caser.
TO. Italy. from New York. killed his
wife, seven others and himself.
American troops viii not be with.
drawn from China at present. In.
structions were cabled Gen. Chaffet
to agree to no disposition of troops
or authority that will leave the ma
| tive Christian converts unprotected
A Picking dispatch states that the
ministers and generals of the allie.
have declined to treat with Prince
Ching on the ground that they have
no powers. American troops fought
1900 Boxers near Picking and killed
! 200.
Lord Roberts issued proclamation
stating that President Kruger and
State Secretary Reitz had crossed tn,
frontier of the Transvaal into Portu
guese territory, taking with them tn,
state archives, with the view to sail
ing for Europe. He also reports tina
there is strong reason to believe tha-
Gen. De Wet. who has caused the Brit
ish so much trouble, was killed OF
September near Potchesfstroom
While insane Capt. Charles Nc
Quiston, of Indiana. serving in tn,
| Philippines, attacked his men and wa.
killed by a private in self-defense.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
POPULATION OF SUPERIOR.
wisconsin Town Makes Remarkable
Gain in the Last Ten Years Ac-
cording to Census Report.

Superior, Wis, leads all other cit
les in the country as regards the per-
centage of increase in its population,
so far as the returns of the census
office show, and has graduated to the
$4,000 class of cities. The percentage
of gain is 1896, the population be-
ing 31.091. an increase of 19,10s over
1890, when the population was 1888.
1t will be seen that superior almost
trebled its population.
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE census
bureau announces that the population
of Oshkosh, Wis, is 2s,2s4. as against
22,S36 in 1890; an increase of 5,44S, or
1856 per cent.
The population of Newport, KY, is
2s,301, as against 24,91s in 1890; an in
crease of 1883, or 1888 per cent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
FOUGHT WITH BOXERS.
Americans Victorious In q Recent
Engagement-They suffer
No Loss

Tientsin, Sept. IA, via Shanghai.
Sept. IA British signal officer re-
ports a sharp engagement between a
company of the Fourteenth United
States infantry and 1000 Boxers at
Mo Tao (Ma Tow?) on the road to Pc
king The Americans made a gallant
stand, and detachment of Bengal
Lancers near by hearing the firing.
came to their rescue and charged the
Boxers in the rear. The Chinese
were routed, leaving 200 dead. The
Americans had no eausalties. The Ger
mans report an engagement with a
heavy force of Boxers west of Picking.
The German loss is said to have been
20. Indications now point strongly to
the withdrawal of all the powers from
Peking to Tientsin.
In connection with the prediction
by Sir Robert Hart that there will be
further hostilities in China in No
vember, it is understood that the
British government is already con.
sidering the transfer of troops from
| South Africa to India in order 10
make it practicable TO send more
British troops to China. The mill
tary authorities consider the war in
| South Africa so far ended that troops
may now be safely moved.
The Peking correspondent of the
| Daily News says that the assassin OF
Baron Won Ketteler has been shot.
Picking, Sept. II. via Tazu, Sept. IL
| The allied generals were in conference
four hours. the principal topic being
how best to encourage the Chinese to
return TO work. 1t was agreed that
footing should cease and that forag-
ing parties should hereafter be ac-
companied by an officer who should
give receipts for all supplies taken.
The question of wintering at Tientsin
was brought up with view of ascer-
tanning, if possible, the attitude of
the Russians. Gen. Linevitch admit
ted that most of his troops would win
/ ter there.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
DOINGS Or A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
THE EAST.


In furious gale on Lake Erie the
barge John b. Lyons foundered and
IA persons were drowned. The schoon-
er Dundee went down. All on board
except woman, the cook. were saved.
Fruit in the region of Buffalo was
damaged by storm TO the extent OF
$500 900. and several of the pam
American exposition buildings were
partially wrecked by the wind.
A disastrous fire at Narragansett
Pier destroyed the Casino, the Rock
ingham and other noted structures.
Loss S250.O0O.
Officials of the United Mine Work
ers' association predict that every an
thracite mine in Pennsylvania will be
idle after the date for the strike to
begin. The operators predict that a
majority of the men will stay in.
Miners to the number of several
thousand in the Pennsylvania coal re-
gions have already quit work and the
strike leaders say the tie-up will be
complete.
1t is expected that the American
Federation of Labor is TO take hand
in the anthracite strike.
The announcement is made that
Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard died
of apoplexy at his summer home in
Westernville, y. Y.
Dun's agency says trade has been
seriously impaired by the threatened
strike of anthracite coal miners and
by the West Indian storm.
In the National league the per
centages of the baseball clubs for the
week ended on the 10th were: Brook
lyn, .612; Pittsburgh, .573; Philadel-
phia, .522; Boston. 4s7; Chicago, .475;
St Louis, ASS; Cincinnati, .453; New
York, .427
In his letter of acceptance of the
republican nomination for vice presi-
dent Gov. Roosevelt makes silver the
paramount issue, but defends expan
sion.
In New York John B. Randolph, a
famous art critic, was killed by fall
ing downstairs.
Rains extinguished forest fires that
did damage to the extent of $780,
near Plymouth, Mass.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

Russia expects to spend 100000. 600
in addition to the $40,0OO,00O already
paid out, to complete and equip the
Trans-Siberian road, and NJ Boutfsky
vice minister, who is at present in
san Francisco, is authority for the
statement that considerable part OF
this immense sum will come TO this
country. il being the Russian govern
ment's intention o patronize American
manufacturers very largely
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

4 wealthy pioneer in Wisconsin died
the other day whose life was a record
of frugality and honesty and love for
children. As to the latter, it is said:
AT his funeral the children of Ke-
nosha outnumbered everyone else"
Many man now living and who when
dead will be inferred in a marble
mausoleum will not have such a noble
and honorable an epitaph as that sim
pie statement of fact.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

\ street fakir in Kansas did a thriv-
ing business selling electric belts I'M
til some one examined one of them
Then it was found that beneath a
strip of guaze was a layer of dry
mustard. When the wearer perspired
little the mustard was moistened
and set up a burning sensation, and
the deluded victim believed a cur
rent of electricity was passing through
him. Before all this was discovered,
however, the fakir had smelled danger
and was on his way to another gullible
ncighborhood.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

People marvel at the mechanism of
the human body, with its 492 bones
and 90 arteries. But man is simple
in this respect compared with the
carp. That remarkable fish moves no
fewer than 1856 bones and muscles
every time it breathes. 1t has 1920
veins, to say nothing of its 80 muscles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

One reason, doubtless, why men have
been slow to adopt the shirt waist is
that ordinarily there are few changes
Of importance in mems dress. 1t con-
sists of the same articles made in
about the same way year in and year
out. Nomen's clothes. on the con-
trary, are constantly changing. and so
one change more or less attracts little
attention. TO doff or to don a coat
or a jacket is with them variation of
small consequence. With men. how
ever, the coat has so long been regard
ed as essential that it takes some cour-
age 10 go without il.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

Rev. John j. Eberle, of Pottstown,
Pa. has lived upon just one meal day
for the past 40 years. He celebrated
his seventy-first birthday a few days
ago and says he never felt better in
his life. DIR. Eberle says he adopted
the diet of one meal a day for the pur-
pose Of curing indigestion, and was SO
benefited that he determined to con-
tiuue IT, He eats to live, evidently.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

boxing match in New York ath-
letic house resulted in the pounding
of one young man so that his life was
despaired Of This is not unusual in
clubhouse boxing matches But the
great point is that the victor was
practically without scientific train
ing. This shows what unaided native
ability can do True, with Il careful
training he might have killed his man
on the spot. but even without train
ing he came so near it that all am
bilious young men who are so situated
as TO be deprived of scientific prepare
zion must feel encouraged
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

A New York physician is now out
with the announcement that tea
drinking is to be INDUCED in with eau
ton, as the fannie acid in the tea
causes rheumatism. If one followed
all such suggestions there would be
little that he could eat and drink.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
A Fatal Fall.

New York, Sept. 17.-John B. Ran
dolph. well-known art critic of this
CITY. was killed by fall downstairs
in his residence on West One Hun
dred and Twenty-first street Sunday.
The accident took place shortly after
midnight. and death came at hos
pital at nine a. M, his skull having
been fractured by the fall.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

After all, we know but little about
this world of ours. Sven Anders
Hedin, the famous Scandinavian geog-
rapher who has been making extern
sive explorations in Thibet, has found
the ruins of an ancient city of great
size. There are great broad roads in
tersecting the ruins-roads such as
China cannot show to-day-and Hedin
says that everything in the city was
Quilt upon grand scale.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

New York doctor recommends as
sure cure for consumption the drink
ing Of the last quart of a cows milk
ing usually called stripping" before
t has lost any of its natural heat. As
the strippings consist of almost pure
cream, it is possible the doctor might
agree TO compromise on a diet of
peaches and cream.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

For years eattlemen have dominated
the grazing country around okmul-
gee. the capital of the Greek nation in
Oklahoma Now a Kansas City firm
proposes to turn the rich valley into
a gigantic wheat field. Already 25,
GOO acres have been leased The In
dams for years received only IS cents
an acre from the eattlemen for graz
ing privileges, and the entire eoun-
try was given up to this The new
firm offers them 25 cents an acre for
all lands and one dollar for all lands
in cultivation 1t agrees to erect wire
fences and make other improvements,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

Another family has been poisoned by
eating toadstools for mushrooms. This
fact seems to make it necessary to re-
peat the famous test as to mushrooms:
Eat them, and if you die, they are toad
stools; if you do not die they are mush-
rooms
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

Frank Morehead. New York insur-
ancc agent, had bad fall from BIZ
cycle lately on account of New Jer-
sey mosquito, which insisted upon
making itself acquainted with him.
While raising his hands to drive it
away he fell. but was not seriously
injured. There are people who in
preference to accepting this version
viii insist that the mosquito very
probably pulled him off his wheel
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20
KtIIed I'm a Crap Game.

Lexington, KY, Sept. lin crap
game in the suburbs James jenkins
was shot through the heart and in
stantly killed by William Hulett. Hn-
lett escaped.