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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
A SITUATION.
tuatio as Viewed by Dun-snys
Volume of business Is
Smaller.


New York. March 1O,-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review OF trade says: "A certain
hesitation in business, with shTinkage IN
its volume, is not unusual nor unnatural AT
this season. 1t is not necessarily disheart-
ening, therefore, IL business Is no longer as
large In volume as ever, but falls behind
that of February or January or of the cor
responding week last year. Strikes in
building trades or of m~achAnists and otherS
at Chicago, affect many industries and the
wages of $4,000 hands. The remarkable
rise In cotton has apparently met the ex-
pected reaction which tends for the time 20
repress business. A few great corporations
are striving to hold prices without regard
to present demand. hoping that the needs
of the consumers may prevent reaction ana
renew the rise OF last year. Wide differ
ances OF opinion also exist regarding the
effects of monetary action by congress-.
Special causes are not needed to account
for some pause after a year OF unprcce-
denied buying. That such trade could not
continue without a pause. was evident. and
there Is not the excessive speculation
which threatened monetary trouble a year
ago.
Estimates OF wheat In farmers hands
March !, l64. 900. 900 bushels, according to the
American AgricultlTalist, do not Indicate
n lack OF supply this year, for with 5f,OO0,0OO
bushels In visible stocks there is In sight
nearly as much as a year ago, when Tor
eign demands were extraordinary. and yet
the crop year ended with over 33,0oO,0oO
bushels la visible supply. This year net ex-
ports In seven months. -four included, ave
been Ill 221 ,S35 bushels, against 1896, 40'
last year, and In February enough TO make
about 125, 900, 900 bushels. against lGS.0O0,V0
bushels last year, with no Indications of a
future foreign demand approaching that
of last year from March ! to July !. Re-
turns as to condition of winter wheat are
"a lac Rn VNaf - INAYf 80 "a a nFtnaG hHEE
been very low, and have advanced this
week nearly three cents for spot and one
cent for May options.
Failures last week were In amount So
4s2.s27, manufacturing, 81. Ia .65l, and trad
ing, 81. 16l. I'll. Failures for the week have
been POS In the United states. against l32
last year. and 80 in Canada. against "a last
year"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
THE EAST.

Pauline Fitzgerald awoke after lying
nearly seven weeks in Il trance in New
Haven, Conn, caused by excessive in
diligence in dancing.
For the season of 1900 the National
Baseball league viii have an eight
club circuit.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during
the, week ended on the 9th aggregated
1864, $3.50 az ainst l ,715, 100, 307 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1899
was lis.
In the United States there were 205
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 9th, against 222 the week pre-
vious and 1872 in the corresponding peri
Cd of 1899.
At Trenton, \. j., Edward Williams
(colored) was hanged for the murder
of Minnie Eizley (white).
The death of Edward J. Phelps, head
of the law department of Yale uni
v%ersitv and minister to England under
President Cleveland, died in New Ha-
ven, Conn. aged as years.
In New York 1874 negroes were bap-
tiled at Mount Olivet Baptist church.
In Boston the grip has assumed
an epidemic form.
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AN ALL-DAY BATTLE.
Beers stubbOrniy Resisting
of Roberts-Engagement at
Driefontein.

Driefontein, Orange Free State,
March H. BrCadwood's cavalry brig
ade, advancing on Bloemfontein, unex-
pectedly found the Beers in a strong
position in the Driefontein kopjes Sat
urday. Gen. Kelly-Kenny's division ar.
irving, severe fighting ensued. The
Beers resisted stubbornly, but were
driven from their center position, leav-
ing a number of dead and 40 prisoners.
During the fighting, in which five regi-
ments took part, with artillery, the
Beers, though forced from their center
position, clung tenaciously to the other
kopjes, shelling the British freely with
three guns and two vicker-maxims.
The British cavalry began to turn +he
Boer position, but night fell before the
movement was completed. The Beers
retired during the night.
London, March IA dispatch to
the war office from Lord Roberts dated
Driefontein, March II, says:
'The enemy opposed us throughout ~Ns-
terday's march, and from their Intimate
knowledge of the country, gave as con-
siderable trouble. Owing. however. to the
admirable d of the troops, the enemy
We're unable TO prevent us reaching our des-
tlnation. The brunt of the fighting fell on
Gen. Kelly-Kenny's divisions. two bat.
talions OF which. the Welsh and Essex,
turned the Beers out of two strong posi-
lions at the point of the bayonet.
II cannot get the precise number of cas-
ualties before | march. but viii communi-
cate IL as soon as possible. The Beers SUI
fered heavily, lO2 of their dead being left
on the ground, We captured about ~ pris-
oners.'
London, March i2.-The British re-
ported casualties up to this date are
as follows: Killed, 2,41s; wounded,
STAY; died Of disease, 1929; missing,
3,4S3; total, 1857.
London, March l3.-Lord Roberts Is
making a very rapid advance, and he is
again misleading the Beers by continu-
ing the advance southwark instead of
through the fat country due east OF
Aasyogel kop lie will probably seize
the railway south of Bloemfontein,
and, although another battle is pos
sible, 1t is more likely that the Beers
are only endeavoring e delay his adj
vance until all the rolling stock OF the
railway and the stores and troops from
the Orange river district can be gotten
away north.
Venters Wei Orange Free State,
March 13.-The British forces which,
since the hghting at ~Dreifontein, have
been marching rapidly hither, have
turned the Boer position. Our cavalry
are ahead. The Beers were reported
Monday morning about 1900 strong,
with IS guns in position on a range of
kopjes commanding the direct road
TO Bloemfonte;n, which is distant 10
miles.
London, March 13.-The subscrip-
ton lists for the khakis, otherwise
the British war loan of C 10000, 900,
closed for the town Monday night and
will close for the country to-day, II
is understood that the loan was COW
cred 20 times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
TO l N CLEAR SOIL.
Some Plants That Shoot Their Seeds
with the Force of Tiny
Bullets.

The witch hazel throws its seed to a
greater distance than any other plant.
1t flowers late, after the fall of the
leaf, and amid its plumy yellow bios
SONS cluster the nuts produced from
last years flowers, each containing two
black, white-tipped seeds. As they
ripen the outer shell cracks from the
top, while the inner covering splits
and turns its edges inward, so as to
press on the seeds. As oon as the
crack extends below the middle of the
nut this pressure expels the seed, which
is, it is said, sometimes thrown forci-
bly, to a distance of As feet. TO pass
through a witch hazel copse in late
autumn is to expose oneself TO a minia-
ture bombardment. Many other plants
throw their seeds TO a great distance,
the advantage being that the seedlings
find fresh grounds, neither overshad-
owed nor exhausted by the parent
plant. In different species the means
employed is very various. The distTi-
button in the case of the geraniums is
on the principle of a released spring,
by which are often thrown seeds for
20 feet. With some pod-bearing plants,
as the vetch and the broom, the pods
burst suddenly with a spiral motion,
so that the seeds may be projected 10
or Is feet. The woodsorreI has its
seed pods split along their whole
length, but the assure remains closed
until the tiny, delicate capsule in which
each seed is WraDDed bursts. and In
so doing propels both itself and its
contents with considerable Violence
Cincinnati Enquirer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
CALL FOR AID.
FIIIpInos Harass Appari So strongly
That Gems. Young and Hood
Request Help.

Manila, March 10.-Gens. Young and
Hood are asking for reenforcements
and a battalion Of the Forty-eighth
regiment has been sent TO APART.
Other troops will follow. The rebels
recently persistently attacked Aparri
for several hours, but were finally
driven away. Details Of the affair are
lacking. The rebels are holding re-
unions in the province of North Ilocos,
and the red Katipunan cross, sym
bolic of resistance, is again appearing
among the natives. II Is believed that
the i%nsurgent generals, Tinio and
Flores, have been driven by Gen.
Young into Gen. Hoods territory
south of APART. The fact that Gen.
Young is unable, owing 10 lack cf
troops, to maintain garrisons in all
the towns occupied has had o bad ef-
feet on the natives.
The liberated priests from New
Caceres report that the insurgents
killed Gs Cinnamon and 40 Spaniards
at the town Of Calabanga.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
IS MORE PEACEFUL.
The situation in Kentucky Not quite
So WarIilSe-A Few, However,
sim Fear Trouble.

Frankfort, Ky, March 13.-The sit
uation In Frankfort shows a radical
improvement. Public excitement,
worked up to the highest pitch by the
arrest of Secretary of State Power RS,
Capt. Davis and the others accused
of completely In the assassination of
Gov. Goebel, and by rumors among
the republicans hat by hastily-organ-
lied militia Gov. Beckham was to at
tempt TO take possession of the state
buildings or arrest Gov. Taylor, and
among the democrats that the state
militia would attempt TO arrest GOV.
Beckham, died away almost entirely
when il became evident that neither
side had any intention of initiating
hostilities. Nevertheless great I'M
easiness still exists, especially among
the republicans. Democratic leaders
do not deny the reports that further
arrests will be made in connection
with the Goebcl assassination.
Louisville, Ky, March IA de-
cision sustaining the contention of
the democrats that the Legislature is
the tribunal designated by the consti-
tuition for the determination of o
tests for the Offices of governor and
lieutenant governor was handed down
in the circuit court Saturday morning
by Judge Fields. The republicans will
appeal the case 10 the state court of
appeals and il the decision there is
against them will try to get a hearing
before the United States supreme
court.
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FIRST PAPER ISSUED.
Experiment of Rev. MIR. sheldon 10
Publish n Christian Daily
for a week.

Topeka, Kan, March ID. The
"main purpose of the paper viii be to
influence its readers to seek first the
Kingdom of God"
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, who on
Monday assumed editorial and bust
ness control of the Daily Capital.
which he will retain one week, makes
this announcement this morning in
his editorial leader outlining his pol
icy.
The first item on the first page is n
prayer written by Bishop John A.
Vincent, of the Methodist Episcopal
church. 1t is as follows:
"A morning prayer and resolution; J
will try this day 10 live a simple, sincere,
serene life; repelllng every thought OF
discomfort, self-seeking and anxiety; culti-
waiting magnanimity. s~elf-control and the
habit of silence; practicing economy,
cheerfulness and h~elpfulness.
"'And as | cannot In my own strength
do this. or even with Il hope of success at
tempt IL, l look TO Thee, O Lord. my
Father in Jesus Christ, my Saviour, ana
ask for the gift OF the Holy Spirit
A notable feature of the paper is
the method of handling advertise
ments. They are banished from the
news and editorial pages and are
punched in places reserved for them.
The censorship here is even more rig
orous than in the news columns, and
n large quantity of this class of mat
ter has already been cut out, includ-
ing all relating to patent medicines.
The familiar corset advertisements of
the magazines, accompanied by cuts,
have sought In vain for space. No re-
tail advertisements from Kansas City
or other out-of-town tradesmen will
be accepted, Mr.. Sheldon holding that
this would be an injustice to home
merchants. The $50 suit of clothes for
STATS style OF advertising is also
barred.
The Capital appears with a radical
change in style and makeup. Prac-
tically the only feature that is ia
miliar to its regular readers is the
title headline. The first page. for in
stance, ordinarily devoted exclusive
" to telegraph news, has not a line
of the current news Of the day. In
stead the page is given up to discus
sions on what Mr.. Sheldon considers
the most important questions now be-
fore the world.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
SMALLPOX DISTRIBUTORS.
How the Germs are Nurtured and the
Disease Is Spread.

How the Germs Are Nurtured and the
Disease Is Spread.
1t would seem that people will never
learn to be careful. The recent alarm
ing spread of that dire epidemic,
smallpox, throughout different sec
tions of the country has been traced
by physicians and s~anitarians in many
instances directly to the moldy and
rotting layers of paper and paste
which cover the walls of many houses.
The practice of laying layer after
layer of paper on a wall, using com
mon -four paste, is especially calcu-
lated to create homes for disease
germs. People could not do more to
effect such a result if they tried. The
rotting vegetable matter affords caves
from which are ready to dart forth
the infection at every opportunity.
There is no excuse for this practice,
as walls and ceilings can be coated
with a pure, clearly and sanitary ma
terial like Alabastine, for instance, at
no greater expense. Alabastine is n
rock-base cement, which incorporates
itself with the wall or ceiling. 1t is
easily applied, ome ready to mix
with cold water, requires no washing
or scraping before renewing or re-
tinting, is beautiful, l~ong-lasting and
safe.
For walls that have been infected,
nothing is equal to Alabastine as a
disinfectant to render them pure and
clean and the rooms once more hab-
itable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
DOINGS OF A WEEK
What Has Happened T. "oughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
| A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FIFTY-sIxTu CONGRESS.

Formal discussion of the Porto Rico
tariff and government bill was begun
in the United States senate on the Sth.
In the house it was decided to vote on
the financial bin on the 18th. William
f. Aldrich (rep-) was given the seat
occupied by G. y. Robbins (dem.) from
the Fourth district of Alabama.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty, amend
ed so as to give the United States
control over the Nicaragua canal,
was reported to the United States sen
ate on the 9th, and Senator Lindsay
(Ky.) spoke in opposition to the Por-
to Rican tariff bill In the house Mr..
Hepbrrn Qa.) introduced a bill to pre-
vent any picture or description of a
prize fight being transmitted through
the mails. Ninety-seven pension bills
were passed.
The United States senate on the
10th passed the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bin, after defeat
ing an amendment to give former
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii $20, 900
and an annuity of $4,000. In the
house it was agreed to take up the
bill providing for the government of
Hawaii on April 3, the final vote to
be taken on April 3 at four p. IN.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

Paris needs 100000 quarts of milk a
day.
Sweden has 75,54O,OoO invested in
railroads.
There are 700 men training in ath-
letics at Yale.
A small body of infantry covers
three miles an hour.
London annually about
1900, 900 tons of coal.
France receives 100000 a year
from taxes on bicycles.
Sunshine is thoroughly hostile to
many disease microbes.
Hundreds of squirrels viii be turned
loose in Lincoln park, Chicago, in the
spring.
Patience and long credits are abso-
lutely essential in order to do business
in Russia.
The state of Washington furnish
ed over 500,O 600 tons Of coal to Califor-
MIA last year.
In the Transvaal the working day
for both white and black men is eight
hours by law.
Lights dot the coast line of Great
Britain at the rate of one to every
fourteen miles.
Mime. Loubet, wife of the French
president, is one of the best chess
players in Paris.
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New York. March 13.-Fourteen per-
o n lost their lives, two persons were
seriously injured and many others
slightly burned in a fire in Newark, n.
j., Monday morning. The firemen,
after the flames had been subdued, took
- bodies from the ruins, and while
they were thus engaged another victim
of the fire died in the city hospital. One
family was wiped out completely, and
of another only the father lives and no
is in the city hospital, where, it is be-
lieved. he will die.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In London Flying Fox, the English
Derby winner, sold for $l96, 900 at auc-
ton, the highest price ever paid for a
thoroughbred.
The queen drove through London
and was eheered by countless thou
sands, the demonstration exceeding
that of her jubilee.
Fire swept away the famous Theater
Francois in Paris and Nine. Henriot,
an actress, was burned TO death.
The Beers continue to retreat before
the British and they may not defend
Bloemfontein, They were said to be
concentrating at Abraham's kraal, 30
miles from the Free State capital. The
evacuation of the northern districts OF
Cape Colony is now nearly complete.
Notwithstanding reverses the patriotic
spirit of the Beers shows no diminu-
ton, and everyone is willing to give
his services to cid the government.
1t was said that President Kruger
had appealed 10 Lord Salisbury for n
cessation of hostilities, Offering at
length by cable the terms which he is
willing to accept. Lord Roberts was re-
ported to be ten miles nearer Bloom
fontein.
BY an explosion in n coal pit at Bes-
seges, France, 16 miners were killed.
At the Paris exposition the American
pavilion is to be closed on Sunday.
The insurgents in Luzon were resum-
ing operations. Liberated priests from
New Caceres reported hat the insur-
gents killed 6S Cinnamon and 40 Span
iards at the town of Calabanga. Gen.
Bates troops have occupied the Daet
and Mambulao gold fields without re-
~sistance.
Sharp fighting took place in the Or
ange Free State between the Boer and
British armies, and 100 dead Beers were
left on the field, while the list of Brit
ish killed and wounded vas about the
same. President Kruger's appeal TO
Lord Salisbury for a cessation of hos
Utilities is taken as foreshadowing that
the end will soon be in sight.
Organized Filipinos were resisting
Col. Houston's battalion at Antique,
province of Panay, which is the only
province which Americans do not oc-
cupy. The Americans have lost seven
killed.
BY the sinking of the British steamer
Cuvier, run down in Dover Straits, 30
men were lost.
Emigration from Germany to the
United States is increasing.
The Davis amendment to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty has been rejected
by Great Britain, and that convention
is practically dead.
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A SAD TRAGEDY.
While Temporarily Insane nm AEed
Lady kills Her In
Joliet, Ill.

Joliet, H.. March 12.-Mrs. John
Gallagher, so years old, while in a fit
of temporary insanity Saturday night,
arose from bed, procured a razor and
returned to the bedroom, where she
cut her husbands throat from ear to
ear. He died before the police ar
rived on the scene. The demented
woman is now confined in Jail. Two
small children were sleeping in an adj.
joining room, but were not molested.
After committing the shocking nun
der, Mrs. Gallagher went to a neigh
boris house in her night clothes satu.
rated with blood and told them of her
1aaI
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CHEATED THE GALLONS.
A 81. Louis Wife Murderer who Was
TO Have been Hanged Monday
Takes Poison In His Cell.

st. Louis. March Drank B. Gala
way, under sentence for murder in the
four courts jail, committed suicide
about midnight by taking poison.
Galloway shot and killed his wife in a
big department store eight months
ago. The murder was a very sensa-
tional one, the store being crowded
with customers at the time. Galloway
was TO have paid the penalty of his
crime on Monday next. He informed
his cellmate of his intention to take
the poison, and enjoined secrecy by
producing n razor and threatening TO
cut his cellmate's throat and then his
own. The threat had the desired eff
feet
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15
Funny F~ootnotes.

IF a girl can make lovely chocolate car
smels a man thinks she can cook.
Success is like a chicken; if you get it
cooped up, it is well to keep an eye on tha
coop.
When some women get the blues tho
family find it out by having to eat dried
peach pies.
When the truth is told all our good
| resolutions last longer than we thought
they would.
sons she can do the French shrug betteS
than her teacher.
Two souls with but a single thought
surprise everybody by finding an awful lot
to talk about.
Birth doesn't amount to so much; indo.
lence often presents a fine imitation Of the
correct aristocratic air.-Indianapolls Jour-
nal.
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A Sad ARaIr.

Amigo, Wis, March 13.-Whils
Bernhard Wendorf and his 15-year-old
son, Otto, were loading logs at Neva,
near Amigo, the grabhooI flew back,
striking the boy on the head, killing
him instantly. The frantic father
carried the boys body home, a dis
lance of two miles. He seemed to
blame himself for his sons death, and
his mind giving way under the strain
he took paris green and died Monday.
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Indianapolis, Ind. March 10.-The
national convention of the social dem
ocratic party adjourned Friday after
noon after having nominated Eugene
V. Debs, of Indiana, for president and
Job Hartman, of California, for vice
president. After many hours of firm
refusal of the nomination Mr.. Debs was
finally prevailed upon to yield and at
noon Friday he was escorted into the
convention hall by a committee and
there accepted the nomination in n
moving speech.
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why His Coat was Unbuttoncd.

The thermometer stood at ten de.
grees above zero.
He had on an o%yercoat, u%ndercoat and
a vest. His other garments cut no ice
here.
Although the wind blew a Greenland
gale. his o%vercoat and undercoat were
both unbuttoned and tapped like the
sails of a schooner set wing-and-Ning'
Why did he not button his coat on
this piercing day?
Because he was The Man With a
Badge.
By leaving his coat unbuttoned Peo-
pie could see that on his vest was dis
played his vested right to wear a Badge,
and who ever saw a man with such au-
thority, when off duty, who didn't dis
play at least the rim Of his Badge?
No one, because power is sweet to us
all. from the President 10 the Peasant.
Washington Star.