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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The Beers have captured IL cannon
from Gen. Gatacre's column south of
Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State. 1t is
also reported that Col. Plumer's forces
have been isolated north of Mafeking,
the Beers having destroyed the rail
road. Kruger has issued a proclama-
ton annexing the Orange Free State,
but Steyn issued a counter proclama-
ton declaring the Free State intact.
A Manila dispatch SAYS that civil
government has been established in
every important town in the Philip
pines, but the insurgents are report
ed active in the country.
The report that 0sman Pasha, the
hero of Plevna, is dead, is false.
British colonies of Australia have
planned a federal government, using
the United States as a model.
The Orange Free Skaters were pre-
pairing for a big battle at Kroonstad,
after which they will fall buck to the
Vaal river. Col. Plumer admits his re-
pulse north of Mafeking. and Lord Me-
thuen appears equally unable to re-
lieve the besieged town. The Boer
commander, having prevented the
raising of the siege, can now return to
Mafeking and resume operations there.
1t is reported that Mr.. Steyn has been
deposed from the presidency of the
Free State.
At Dunkirk, France, the Norwegian
schooner Triton was wrecked and ten
of her crew drowned.
To check the British advance en-
couraged by the ameer, Russia was
sending more troops to the borders
of Persia and A~fghanistan.
Dispatches received in London say
that the Beers have retaken Griqua-
town and that British troops have
been sent from Kimberley to drive
them out. 1t was believed that the
Beers would abandon Kroonstad and
make their first stand at Johannes
burg. \ British cavalry column in
vaded the Transvaal at it's extreme
southeastern The total Brit
ish losses thus far, exclusive of the
invalids sent home, are 16,41S in killed,
wounded and missing.
A dispatch from Manila says that
Pedro Palermo, who was the head of
the Filipino national assembly, pro-
poses to surrender to the Americans.
Gen. Hughes, military commander in
the island of Panay, says that the
island of Negroes has n model civil
government and that everything is
peaceful there. The situation in Cebu
is improving. In Panay the natives
are FESTIVE and Gen. Hughes expects
that some campaigning will be neces-
sary.
The queen will give a breakfast to
10000 Irish children during her visit
to Ireland.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
A SERIOUS SITUATION.
A Gloomy Report Is Made as to
the State of Affairs in
Porto Rico.

Ponce, Porto Rico, March 24.-The
situation here is now more serious
than it has been at any time before
since the terrible hurricane. In many
places the poor are starving. The
price of rice, beans and Goldfish has in
creased from so TO 100 per cent. Dem
onstrations against the delay of the
United States government in settling
open questions have recently been held
at Mayagues, Yuace, Arecibo, Aqua
dilla, Fajardo, Juana Diaz, Guyana
and many other towns. The people
are unable to understand the delay
and condemn all Americans indiscrimi-
nately. Bad feeling is arising, which
it will take years to overcome. Even
riots are threatened. Trouble is al
most inevitable unless the tension is
relieved. Even wealthy land owners
cannot command ready cash, and many
Americans are penniless, being glad
to work for their board.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
TIE EAST.

Republicans in Delaware elected dele.
gates to the national convention in.
structed for Mckinley.
In New York d. Appleton & Co, one
of the oldest and best-known publish
ing houses in the country, has failed
with liabilities of SO, 100000.
At Paterson, n. j., the memoria.
committee has now s12, 500 in the fund
to build a monument to the late Vice
President Hobart.
The grand jury in New York indict.
ed Miss Olga Nethersole and others fol-
playing "Sapho."
At Pittsburgh the Carnegie company
was organized with a capital of $3.50,
0O0, 900.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 23d aggregated
1882 5s,2 PTS, against $1,611, 020 ,647 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was $40.
In the United States there were IS;
business failures in the seven days end.
ed on the 23d, against 1913 the week pre-
vious and 200 in the corresponding pc
Rod of 1899.
Three fremen-William j.. Smith
Peter +. Bowen and Foreman John j
~Grady-were killed in a fire in New
York.
On April 10 the National League
baseball season will open.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
RELOCATED THE HASH.
The Landlady Could Not withstand
the Onslaught of the Face
tiOus Feeders.

In a certain boarding house, where variety
was not the spice of life, and where hash
was so frequent an occurrence that II would
have been advertised for if it had come up
missing, lived six boys, who were battling
with a cold world and a colder landlady.
This perpetual hash grew monotonous,
and the boys determined to Danish it from
the table, by fair means or foul. Accord
ingly, when they filed into the dining-room
on Monday morning and recognized the
Sundays roast served up in hash the first
boy made a low bow and said:
why, good morning, sir; / think I've met
you b~efore!"
The second shook his head mournfully and
exclaimed: The last sad state Of Mr..
Beef"
"Ab, yes" said the third, "the poor fell
low is all cut up"
The remains of a close friend" sighed
the fourth.
yes, closer than a brother" assented the
fifth.
"The victim of a terrible grind!" finished
the sixth, as they took their places at table.
The landaldy wore a naughty don'tknow-
what-you-mean air, but hash has no more
been seen in their midst.-Memphis Scim-
ltar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
IOWA ELECTIONS.
Various Municipalities I'm the State
Cast Their Ballots for Mayors
and other Officials.

Des Moines, Ia, March 27.-The city
election was unusually exciting and
a heavy vote was cast. Returns at ten
o'clock from "a of the 90 precincts in
dictate the defeat of Mayor John Mac
Vicar (rep.) by Jeremiah Harten-
bower (citizens) by n majority of
from 500 to 500.
Clinton, Ia, March 27.-McDaid
(rep.), for mayor, carries Clinton by
athousand or more over Miller (dem.),
and most of the republican city ticket
is elected. The democrats will on
troll the city council, as before.
New Hampton, Ia, March CIV.
]. Springer (rep.) was elected mayor
over w. G. Shaffer by 81 majority.
The fight was purely local, both AN
didates being republicans.
Marshalltown, Ia, March 27.-Poli-
tics were not an issue in the munich
pal election. II. j. Benson, g. w. Har-
ris and r. Mcclure were reelected
councilmen. 1. S. Finkle, the present
incumbent in the First ward, was de-
feated by /. II. Kirby. The tax propo-
sition for a public park was defeated.
Grinnell, Ia, March 27.-The mu-
nicipal election was for aldermen, and
two democrats and two republicans
were chosen. The council stands five
republicans and three democrats.
Burlington, Ia, March 81. The
democrats elected Marquarde mayor
over Carter (rep.) and also the city
ticket. The republicans probably have
n majority Of city council.
Sioux City, Ia, March 27.-A. II.
Burton (rep.) defeated Quick (dem,)
for mayor by about 100 majority.
But four democrats were elected on
the entire city ticket.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
A TERRIBLE CRIME.
Colored Brute Kills Woman and
Daughter Then Burns to Death
Four other Children.

Raleigh, N. c.. March ga negro,
Tom Jones, commonly known in the
country as preacher jones'" on
Thursday morning murdered Ella
Jones and her oldest daughter Ida,
and then set fire to the beds in which
lay the bodies of his victims and four
sleeping children, ranging in years
from a babe one month old TO the
largest boy who was not more than
five. The crime was committed at
Gamers, a little town five miles east
of here and the work was done with
an ak. The murderer, according to
the story of little seven-year-old
Laura Jones, who escaped, with her
younger sister, deliberately struck
the mother four times and then made
two cuts into the body of the oldest
child. He then fired the house and
it was completely destroyed. The
body of Ella Jones and that of Ida,
the 13-year-old child, were burned be-
yond recognition. The dead are:
Ella Jones, the mother, aged 80; Ida
Jones, IS years old; Josie Jones, five
years; Nancy Jones, three years; Eva
Jones, two years; an unnamed baby
one month old. The two girls who es-
capped were Laura Jones, seven years
old. and Sid Jones four years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
ON AN EQUALITY.
Secretary of Justice In Cuba Has De-
cided Upon Reform In Several
Existing Laws.

Havana, March 27.-Senor Estevez,
secretary of justice, has decided upon
a reform of the laws relating to Of
lenses against Protestant clergy, low
regarded as more serious than Of
lenses against laymen. He will inau-
gurate similar reforms in the laws APP
plying to offenses against Catholic
clergy, which have hitherto been con
sidered more serious than those
against Protestant clergy. His idea is
to place all these offenses on the same
footing. The law making the offenses
Of negroes more serious than those
of white persons is to be modified, so
as to put the races on an equality.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
DOINGS OF 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 al Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FIFTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.

Almost the entire session Of the
United States senate on the 22d was
spent in the discussion of the confer
ence report upon the Porto Rico APP
preparation bill. In the house the Loud
bill relating to second-class mail mat
ter was recommitted to the committee
on post offices.
The United States senate on the 23d
agreed to send the diplomatic and con-
sular bill to conference and passed
the Porto Rico 50, 900, 900 appropriation
bill as amended in conference by a vote
of 35 to IS. In the house the confer
ence report on the Porto Rican relief
bill was presented, 142 private pension
bills were passed, and Mr.. Fitzgerald
(Mass.) offered a resolution directing
the postmaster general to exclude the
book "Sapho" from the mails.
The United States senate on the
24th recommitted the bill providing
for a civil government for Porto Rico
and accepted a statue of Oliver p.
Morton from the state of Indiana to
be placed in Statuary hall. In the
house the conference report on the
Porto Rican relief bill was agreed to
and the bill appropriating $4,000 for
plans for a Grant memorial to be
erected in Washington was passed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
AND FRICK.
An Understanding Reached by which
Big Steel Company VIII he Re-
organIzed-Suit Withdrawal.

Pittsburgh, Pa, March 23.-The diff
f~erences between ii. C.. Prick and An
drew Carnegie have been settled. This
announcement was made officially by
the Carnegie Steel company, limited.
TIE parties interested have agreed
upon a plan OF reorganization, the new
concern to be incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey. The effect of the
proposed reorganization will be TO ter
inmate all equity proceedings now
pending. The stocks and bonds of the
new corporation are to be taken by the
present owners themselves, and not
offered to the public, as once contem-
plated. Mr.. Schwab will continue as
the executive head of the new company.
1t is learned from n in close touch
with the Carnegie company that the
new organization will be capitalized at
$3.50, 900, 900. This cannot be definitely
confirmed at this hour, but the author
ity is considered reliable. The same
gentleman says Mr.. Prick will remain
in the new company in the same rela-
tive position he held just previous to
the bringing of his suit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
THREE MEN KILLED.
Terrible Result of "A Boiler ExplO-
sion In n SawmiII Near
Muncie, Ind.

Muncie, Ind, March 24-The James
Nickum sawmill, six miles southwest
of Muncie, was destroyed by a fearful
explosion Friday evening. Three men
are dead, one will die and three others
were injured. The dead are Thomas
Sullivan, Lon Van Buskirk and Ma
rion Carey. Young Van Buskirk's
head was blown off and his body ter
ribly mutilated. Clifford Van Buskirk
will die. The injured are James
Dragstrim, shoulder crushed and arm
broken; James McCreary, leg broken
and injured internally; VIII Green,
head split open and leg broken. The
explosion resulted from the water
pump becoming broken when the boil
er had on a full head of steam. The
engineer and proprietor had just dis
covered the trouble and Nickum had
gone to the blacksmith shop to get
repairs. This saved his life, but the
building ne was in was buried in
debris. The boiler split in three
parts and went in as many directions
from one to three hundred yards.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
NaiIed Up the Pens.

The worshipers at the St. Thomas
Catholic church in Beloit were greeted
with a strange scene when they en-
tered the edifice for the morning mass.
a large number of the pews at the
rear of the church were nailed up, pre-
venting their use. To the regular at
PENDANTS of the church this was not a
surprise, for Father NJ. j. Ward had
threatened that unless the seats were
all rented by a certain date they
would be closed altogether.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
Mob Hangs Two Men.

Richmond, Va, March ga mob
which for 36 hours had surged around
the little Jail at Emporia, Greenesville
county, Va, about noon Saturday Sc
cured the opportunity for which it
thirsted, dragged two prisoners forth
and hanged them to the same limb,
filing the body Of one with bullets as
he hung writhing and gasping in the
air. The two men were Walter Cot
ton, a negro, who on Thursday shot
two officers who were attempting to
arrest him for burglary, and a white
man who aided Cotton in the robbery,
but was not implicated in the murder.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
CnII for Convention.

Duluth, Mimi, March 81. = Chair
man Charles A. Towne, of the ma
tional committee of the silver re.
publican party, has issued the cal
for a national convention pursu-
ant to a resolution of the nation
al committee of the silver republican
party at its meeting in the city of Chi.
cago on the goth day of November
1899, to meet in the Coates opera house
at Kansas City, Mo-, July A, for the
purpose of placing in nomination can
didates fer president and vice rresi-
dent of the United States.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29

San Francisco, March 26.-The board
of trade and other commercial organi-
cations of this city propose to call a
meeting for the purpose of refuting
sensational reports regarding the bu-
bonic plague which, it is asserted, have
iniuriously affected business interests.
There is no plague scare here, and, de-
spite the opinion expressed by the
board of health. the statement is posi-
lively made that not a single east of
that disease has been discovered in
Chinatown
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
Wages Advanced.

Philadelphia, March 26.-In accord
ance with their notice posted shortly
after January /, 1900, promising an
advance to their employees, to take
effect April /, the Berwind-White Coal
Mining company has notified all its
miners of a general average advance
of 20 per cent. The miners are now
placed upon a basis of 60 cents per
gross ton and all day labor increased
accordingly. This advance will make
the wages the highest paid during the
last 30 years and in some instances
the highest that have ever existed by
nearly seven per cent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
Rank Robbed Of $4,000.

Hoopeston, ILL.,, March 26.-Pate's
bank, owned and operated by Alex
ander Pate, of Wellington, five miles
north of this city, was entered by
burglars at an early hour Saturday
morning, the safe blown open and
5000 in cash, notes and other valu-
able papers taken. The robbers Sc
cured entrance to the bank by prying
open the side door to Pate's large
general store, in which the bank is
located
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
No wonder lie smemed It.

A commercial traveller whose wife is one
Of those women who borrow trouble indis-
criminately had occasion to make a trip
east recently.
His wife was very anxious about him and
felt certain that he would fall a victim to
smallpox, which was reported to be preva.
lent in the city to which he was going. She
begged him to carry a little lump of asafetida
in his pocket to ward off contagion.
Naturally he objected and positively re:
fused to be made the permanent abode OF
such a persistent odor.
When he came home from his trip he said
to his wife;
1T is wonderful, the power Of tie magma
ton. Why, don't you know | imagined that
] smelled asafetida the whole time | was
gone!"
1T wasn't Imagination at all" quietly re-
piled the willy little woman. | sewed a bit
Of asafetida in the corner of your coat be-
fore you went away!'-Memphis Scimitar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
Ernie whips Cans.

New York, March 24.-Frank Erne,
of Buffalo, successfully defended his
title of light weight champion of the
world against Joe Cans (colored), of
Baltimore, before the Broadway Ath-
letic club Friday night. Erne did
most of the heavy fighting, display
ing better judgment aud more skill
than his opponent. Cans received his
punishment gamely until the twelfth
round, when his left eye was started
from its socket by a terrific right
hand swing from the Buffalo boy.
Cans was helpless and there was no
alternative for the referee but to
award the decision to Erne.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29

A cablegram from Athens says that
the press and the government there
propose doing all in their power to
stop the ever increasing emigration of
Grecian peasants to the United States.
1t is stated that entire villages are
being depopulated, and many large
districts are left uncultivated merely
because the villagers and the farm
ers are coming to America.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
saws He Is Chief.

Tom Thunder, son of John Thun-
der, the big medicine man of the Win
nebago tribe of Wisconsin, has pro-
claimed himself chief of the tribe.
Thunder says white Buffalo, other
wise known as Thomas r. Roddy, Of
Chicago, who was made chief by the
will of the former leader, is only a
show chief. He is willing to settle
the question by an appeal to the
tomahawk, as is the tribes custom.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29

A meeting was held in La Crosse of
egg dealers and produce men repre-
senting western Wisconsin, southern
Minnesota and northern Iowa. An or
ganization was perfected, to be known
as the Interstate Egg Shippers asso-
citation, with the following officers:
President, Don Ferguson, La Crosse;
vice president, John Lynard, Ovation
ma; secretary, w. II. Garlock, Winona;
treasurer, w. j. Eaton, Rochester.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29

The ordinance bureau Of the United
States navy is now experimenting
with a new explosive called "marsite."
This new explosive, which is said to
have wonderful power, can only be
exploded by the combined force of
percussion and conclusion. Now some
one will invent an armor that will
resist it's force. Thus the fight has
gone on for centuries between armor
and armament, and so it will go on
until the end of all things.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
Assessment Increased.

Des Moines, la, March 24.-The
state executive council fixed the rail
way assessment at $40, 900, 900, which is
an increase of $500, 600 over last year.
The assessment on the old roads was
reduced about $150,OO0, and the new
roads were assessed at about S1,650,000
The Chicago & Northwestern assess
ment was raised 100000, while the
Rock Island and Burlington assess
ments were reduced S250,OO0 each.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29

In the Hawaiian islands, according
to the latest reports, there are 21,616
Chinese. Of these Is are doctors; mer-
chants and traders number 500, in
Guiding 3 women; 1856 are clerks and
statesmen, is of these women: of me
chanics there are 220; mariners, Is
only; fishermen, 294; drivers and
teamsters. los. In the country, apart
from Honolulu, there are SO Chinese
coffee planters, 9s ranches, 71S rice
planters. . of them women; of farm
ers and agriculturists 1,27S. and the
laborers number 1891. There are no
Chinese lawyers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29
1nunns onnose Porto Ricnn iii.

Des Moines, Ia, March 20. - Just be-
fore the adjournment of the lower
house of the legislature at noon Thurs
day a resolution was introduced by
Representative Kendall declaring
THAT the people of Iowa are unalter-
ably opposed to the Porto Rico tariff
bill passed by the lower house of con-
gress.' After considerable debate the
resolution was adopted by a unani-
mons vote.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29

Another terrible habit which is said
TO be even worse than the drinking of
alcohol is becoming very common in
eastern Prussia. 4 correspondent of
one of the eastern papers in writing
q letter relating to the matter says
that this new habit is nothing more
nor less than the drinking of ether.
1t is now sold in the saloons like any
other liquor, four OF five grammes to
the glass, and in the town of Memel
alone the amount sold last year was
$500 quarts. The effect is said to be
four times more powerful than that
of an equal amount of alcohol.
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To XIII Reformers,

London. March 27.-The Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
THE empress dowager has ordered
the Chinese cruisers Hal Tien and Hal
Shou to proceed 10 the Straits settle
ment. there to act in conjunction with
the men detailed to capture or assas
sinate Kang Yu Wei and the other re-
formers"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-29

Following close upon the vigorous
exploitation of the wonders and pos
sibilities of liquid air m the an
nouncement that a Swiss scientist has
discovered a process of separating it
into its component parts in such a
way as to produce pure oxygen on a
large scale and at little cost. This
would be an ideal solution of the fuel
question. 1t looks a little as if these
wonderful statements might be part
of a scheme to boom a liquid air spec
nIatiou
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Fatal

Lancaster, o., March 26.-The boiler
at a stationary sawmill at the Boys
industrial school blew up Saturday
afternoon, killing the proprietor, Mr..
John Neubauer, who was also the
blacksmith at the state farm. His
three sons were badly injured by hav-
ing bones broken and a son-in-law had
n leg broken.
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Want ~RecinrocIfN.

st. Johns, N. f., March 27.-Mr.
Bond, the premier, will appeal to the
country at the coming election on
the question of reciprocity with the
United States, advocating q renewal
of the Bond-Blaine convention, nego-
tiated some years ago by him, which
provided for reciprocity between the
two countries. Canada objected, thus
preventing the convention taking eff