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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
DEFEAT FoR BoERs.
British Troops Under Gen. French
Win a Victory al Coiesherg-
Neaa Bil of strategy.

Rensberg, Cape Colony, Jan. 2.-Gen.
French has completely defeated the
Beers and occupied Colesburg. The
general continued to keep the Beers on
the move, and pressed them closely
Saturday and Sunday, giving them no
time 10 make a prolonged stand. and
when day broke he was within striking
distance of the enemy. Monday night
all the cavalry, artillery and infantry,
the latter riding in wagons 10 increase
the general mobility. started upon q
night march. with the object Of turning
the Beers right. The flank operations
were successful. The infantry and field
batteries Immediately made a feint at
tack upon the Boer front, and while
this was proceeding the cavalry and
light artillery got completely around
the enemy's right flank, as arranged.
The programme worked without hitch
The Beers were utterly surprised and.
finding their retreat threatened, fled
in disorder TO the eastward, leaving
Colesburg in Gen. Freuch's hands.
London, Jan. 2.-The Daily Mail has
the following dispatch, dated January
/, from ~Rensburg:
yesterday afternoon a big force of cav
airy and infantry. with ten guns, under
the personal command OF Gen. French.
moving by detour. occupied ON hills three
miles from Colesburg. where the Beers
were In strength. confident in the natural
aid afforded them by the hills around
The enemy's position extended six miles
around the entire village. Atdaybreak our
artillery opened the battle. The Beers
were taken by surprise, but replied Wig
o~rously. An artillery duel was maintained
for two hours. Then a Boer h%otehkiss coll
lapsed and was abandoned We captured
1t. A Boer big gun was sileneed, but this
and the other Boer guns were withdrawn to
the northward. where we are harassing the
Boer retreat by a damaging shell fire,
Colesburg is In our hands and the few re-
naming loyalists are jubilant. We have
captured many wagons and a considerable
quantity of stores. Our losses were quite
slight. but the Beers must have suffered
heavily. They may stop at Achtertang or
cross the river altogether at Norval's
Point. where the bridge is still intact"
One important effect of the success
Of Gen. French is that it will prob
ably have Il deterrent influence upon
Dutch disaffection. There is some dis
position here to exaggerate the inn
portancc of small skirmishes and en-
gagements. 1t should be borne in
mind that Gen. French has only 1000
men, and so far as the important
points of campaign are concerned the
situation is virtually unchanged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
shot Through the Henri.

New York, Jan. ELLEN Labash was
shot and instantly killed at Passaic, ".
j., at the beginning of the new year
Monday. Michael Schwartz celebrated
the advent of the new year by going
outside The house and firing four shots
from his revolver. After entering the
house he pulled the trigger, believing
there was no other bullet in the pistol.
There was a loud report and Miss La
bash fell to the floor, shot in the heart.
Schwartz was arrested.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

The American army mule is coming
to his own again in South Africa. n
short but eventful experience with
him has shown the British that he is
superior to the Spanish. or English,
or Australian mule. He is not invuI-
nerable to seasickness on long voy-
ages, but after four weeks at sea he
kicks up his heels with the enthu-
siasm of those of his kind that capered
in the same way 81 years ago after the
mud campaigns on the ~Chickahominy
or on the long march to the sea.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
The Finest Road.

81 suppose" he began, as he entered a
railroad ticket offiee-"I suppose you sell
tickets to New York;"
Certainly, sir" was the reply.
You have a direct line?"
1t is down on the map as the only direct
'As you see, sir," replied the agent, as he
opened a folder.
yes, ] see. You land passengers in New
York ahead Of competing lines, OF eourse?"
"Of course"
Luxurious coaches-no dust-finest din
ing cars-scenery unexcelled!"
Eyes, sir"
"By taking your line I avoid delays and re-
duce the chances of accident to a mini
NUM-"
Yes, sir, you do. HAYS a ticket to New
York over our line, sir?"
Cant say yet. I'm going to see five other
agents, each with the shortest and most di-
rect line, and if | find a liar among the six
I'll ticket over his road!'-Ohio State Jour
,noI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
THE EAST.

The National Baseball league will
have ten clubs in 1900.
Daniel S. Ford, of Boston, left nearly
all of his $500, 600 TO Baptist char
titles.
At the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges durS
ing the week ended on the Goth aggre-
gated ST, 595. 1929, against S2,222,-
4s4,264 the previous week. The in
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of 1898 was 1873.
In the United States there were 221
business failures in the seven days
ended on the goth, against 220 the
week previous and 252 in the CORE
spending period of 1898.
Bradstreet and Dun say industries
in 1899 were the most extraordinary
in the history of the country.
The business failures in the United
States in 1899 were fewer than in any
year since 1888 and liabilities small
est since 1881.
In a battle of five rounds at Coney
leland. N. Y, Kid Mccoy defeated
Peter Maher.
The Fenians are said to be storing
large quantities of ammunition in re-
mote district in Vermont and Maine
near the Canadian boundary line.
At Knoxville. Pa, an explosion of
sewer gas wrecked - houses and
stables and tore up several streets.
In Pittsburgh the Carnegie iron
works resumed operations, advancing
the ages of 10000 employees, increas-
ing the pay roll over 81 ,0o0,0 900 a year.
Nine hundred and fifty old en-
ployes have been placed on the pen
sion list by the Pennsylvania railroad
company.
After a term of % years in Sing
Sing On. " prison for murder John
f. Baldwin has been pardoned. He
was sentenced for life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Church nnrned-

Stromsberg, Neb., Jan. Eden
Baptist church, which was dedicated
only a year ago, was totally destroyed
by fire early Sunday morning and two
people seriously injured. The fire
was caused by an explosion of acety-
lene gas, with which the church was
lighted. New Years watch meetings
were being held and a large number
of people were present, but most of
them had just left the building when
tie explosion occurred. The building
was badly wrecked and what was not
destroyed by the explosion was con-
sumed by fire. Mrs. j. l.. johnson and
her daughter Pearl were seriously in
inred.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Anofher Cir hv Carnegie,

New York. Jan. 2.-Andrew Carnegie
has given 100000 to Cooper union for
the establishment of a dny school, sim
liar in scope 10 the present night school
and the object of which will be to give
such practical instruction as shall en-
able young men to become first-class
and skilled workmen. The school,
which will complete the last depart
ment of the original plans of Peter
Cooper, the founder of Cooper union,
will be technically known as the Me-
chauics' Art High School of Cooper
unipn
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

The famous old American liner, the
City of Paris, is TO again ply the ocetn
with the tar and stripes at her mast
head. 1t will be remembered that
after the Paris went aground on the
Manacles, near Falmouth, England,
last summer, and the American line
had given her up, the insurance men
went to work and saved her. She is
now being repaired, the American line
has again come into possession of her
and she is soon TO be flying back aud
forth across the Atlantic. She will he
given a new name, but will be named
after some American "ity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
.DOINGS OF 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.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

Representatives of the Filipino on
gress arrived in Washington to pro-
pose TO the president terms of peace in
the Philippines.
In the past year 4,5o0 miles of rail
road have been constructed in the
United States, breaking all records
since 1890.
The $50 victims of the Maine were
given a military burial in Arlington
cemetery in Washington. President
Mckinley, members of his cabinet, Adj
miral Dewey, Gen. Miles and staff and
other officers of the army and navy
attended.
The death of Edwin T. Osborne,
twice elected congressman at large
from Pennsylvania, occurred in Wash
ington.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
of Olntments for Cntarrh.
That ConIain Melcury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such artie' es should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they viii do is
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by j. J. Cheney g. Co, Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken inter,
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the. gen
nine. 1t is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold bv Druggists. price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
MARKETS.
Minneapolis, MINI

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 2.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 66a67c;
No. s northern, 64@65c; May, 6714c.
Oats-No. 8, white CSC.
Corn-No. 3, soc.
Cattle-Steers, 81. 0o@4. so; cows, So. rs
$500.
sheep-Muttons, S4.50; lambs, Sc. rs.
Hogs-s3. 40@3.s5.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 25@26c:
creamery, firsts. 24@25c, dairy, fancy,
o3629
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
McCoy M~insIln FiYe nounds.

New York, Jan. 2. "Kid" Mccoy
again placed ninfslf in the champion
ship class by DEFEATING Peter Mahe.'
in a brisk, well-hught battle of five
rounds before tit Coney Island Ath-
letic club MONDAY afternoon. The
fight was scheduld Il last 25 rounds
and the purse was to have been $4,000,
but the attendants was not as large as
had been expected and before the fight
was begun the principals agreed that
the winner should receive the gross re-
ceipts. Mccoy received $4,000, and
Maher $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Fatal Explosion.

Lockhaven, Pa, Dec. 3o.-Grant
Bathurst, assistant postmaster at
Rote, this county, was killed and two
other persons were injured Friday by
an explosion of dynamite in the weigh
masters office Of the B%ellefonte Lime
stone company, at Salona, eight miles
from this city. One of the men in the
office raked the fire in the stove VITA
a poker, and while it was stiIl hot
hung the poker on a nail. II slipped
from the nail and fell into a bucket
filed with dynamite and fuses, and a
terrific explosion followed. The build
ing was blown to pieces.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Tolono, ILL.,, Jan. 1.-The Bank of To-
lono, a private institution, Of which r..
A. Bower is president and S. NJ. Bower
cashier, was entered by burglars at an
early hour Saturday morning and $4,-
500 in cash taken from the safe. Besides
this about $500 in stamps and postal
funds were taken from a deposit box
which Postmaster Campbell had placed
in the bank for safe keeping. The safe
was ruined.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

ST. Paul. Mimi, Dec. 3o.-Eugene u.
smalley, the editor and publisher OF
the Northwest Magazine, died shortly
after midnight at his home in this city
with stomach trouble. AS 0 newspaper
man, author and publisher, Mr.. Smalley
was one of the most widely-known
writer's of the northwest. As a po-
litical correspondent, he travelled
through almost every state in the
union. He was president of the Ma
tional Sound Money league.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Albert II. Holder, an expert mining
engineer who has arrived from At
rica, says that the war between the
Beers and the British will last at
least two years. He predicts that be-
fore giving up johannesburg the Beers
will destroy the mines and everything
else. the whole being valued at a bill
lion and a half dollars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Ia 1880 there were COSTA telephones
under entail in the United States; in
the latter part of 1898 there were
1924, SAC, with nearly 1,20e, goo miles Of
wire. In 1855 there were 1.225 miles
of wire underground; in the year 1899
there were 35S.1S4. 1t is estimated
that the total number of connections
made between points in the same ex-
change on the last day of 1898 was
3,s23,O70. If the exchanges OF one day
should be multiplied by sos an idea
of the amount of telephone talk can
be obtained. This is. indeed, u won
derfui increase.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

A Kentucky man undertook to do a
little work with blasting powder in
a room where there were three chill
dren and a fire, and as a natural re-
suit the powder worked overtime.
When all people have learned the adj
visibility of never getting on familiar
terms with explosives n may rea-
sonably hope TO find the millennium
Just around the corner
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

The Russians are preparing for the
Paris exposition a map of France in
stone, which will be a remarkable
specimen of the l%apidary's skill. 1t
will show each separate department in
jasper, while the sea will be repre-
sented by lapis lazuli, the rivers by
platinum and JOG towns marked by
,,,anfo,tc et0ppS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Fatal Boner ExplosIon.

Lancaster, Pa, Jan. -Four men
were killed and several others injured
by a boiler explosion one mile west Of
Elizabethtown. They were employees
of Keller and Kresson, railroad con-
tractors. The dead are: Donald
Haldeman, of cambridge; Wit Sher-
balm, of West Donegal; Burt Harris,
a negro; an Italian, known as Tony.
The latter was hurled $50 feet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Price of Thrend Ad,nneeh.

New York, Dee. 29.-It "a announced
at the Office of the Clark Thread COM
pany in Newark, N. j., that the concern
had made an advance on the price of
cents a dozen spools, in ommon with
the other cotton thread concerns. The
increased price of cotton and the in
crease in wages in the New England
mills is given as the cause of the in
crease in price to the retailer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Assistant Postmaster General Heath
a Y his order prohibiting the retention
OF married post office employees is no.
intended as a encouragement of matri-
mony-though it may work hat way
but is simply for the betterment OF The
service, aud was made necessary by the
peculiar unreasonableness of brides
and grooms. Two clerks will work TO-
getber in The same office and give entire
satisfaction, even after they have fallen
in love, be declares, but as soon as they
are married their personal relations are
constantly obtruding themselves and
getting in the way OF public business.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
sent to Prison.

Troy, Kan, Dec. 30,-Pooi Grinslead,
editor of the Wathena Star, was SEN
fenced in the district court here to II
months Imprisonment in the county
Jail under a conviction of criminal libel.
The conviction is an %outgrowth of a
Legislative scandal, the editor having
accused State Senator John Fulton, of
Brown county, of accepting a bride in
connection with the location Of a new
state insane asylum. Senator Fulton
was the complaining witness. Grins-
lead will edit his paper from the county
iail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Fire Losses.
A Brtsht SPOT
vo,ues Of Foreign coins.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The quarter
II statement OF the values of foreign
coins. issued by the director OF the
mint. shows that during the last three
months the value of silver has de-
creased us cents per ounce, 2 the
value of foreign silver coins has de-
creased accordingly. These figures
win be followed in estimating the
value of all foreign merchandise ex-
ported to the United States on and
after January /, 1900
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Foreigners who visit the Paris ex-
position this year will have an oppor-
tunity of seeing a typical American
machine shop in full operation. Not
only will the machinery in the build
ing, such as travelling cranes, hangers,
shafting, electric motors, etc, be of
American make, but the structure it.
self will have been made on this side
of the Atlantic.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Indebtedness very Heavy.

New York. Dec. 30.-IIarper & Bros
indebtedness to country banks, it is
said by those familiar with the reor-
ganization affairs of the company, will
amount TO $ ,7o0,0oo, and negotiations
are under way for the organization of
a protective committee representing
the banks holding the paper Of the
firm. Many of the banks purchased the
paper of Harper e. Bros without in
vestigation, and it follows now that
they have a number of unsecured
claims
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Representative Cushman. of Wash
ington, has already made a reputation
in congress for an Abelincolnesque
style of humor. He is tall and lank
and his legs are SO thin that he him
self says he has often been arrested
for being without visible means Of
support. Another quaint expression
is that he was once so poverty-stricken
that he sewed buckshot in his sum
mer coat to make it heavy enough for
winter wear. This is all said in a Sc
rious manner and Cushman may be
said TO have made a decided hit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Their FinaIRcstinp place.

Washington, Dec. 29.-Upon the
windy heights of Arlington cemetery
the Maine dead, brought from Havana
by the battleship Texas, IN Thursday
were laid away in their final resting
places with simple religious services
and the impressive honors of war in
the presence of the president, mem
bers of his cabinet, officers of the
army and navy and other representa-
tives of the government.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Left No VIII.

Springfield. Mass. Jan. "A petition
was presented in the probate court
here Monday by w, H. Moody, eldest son
Of the late evangelist, Dwight L.. Moody
asking that he be appointed admins
traitor of his fathers estate. The petit
ton will be acted upon to-day, when
it is expected that the request will be
granted. Mr.. Moody left no will.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Land in Cuba is not measured by the
acre. 4 planter buys a "csbaleria' of
land, not an acre. When it is said that
a cabaleria of land is in the form of a
circle it will be seen at once that
there is unlimited room for dispute.
These circles overlap each other and
chunks are left out, and the result of
a land transaction is b~ewildering.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
below Zero.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 30.-Dispatches
from northern Michigan report ex-
treme cold weather with heavy gales
from the west and snow. At East
Tawas the thermometer registered
is below zero Friday. Ten degrees
below is reported from Sault Ste.
Marie and other upper peninsula
POINTS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

The centennial of Washington's
death, which occurred recently, recalls
the fact that his illness was only OF
one days duration, and this was the
first time that he was ever known 20
have been sick. Various opinions have
been given of the medical treatment,
and one prominent writer pr~onounees
it little less than murder, bHi 1T.
Cohen, of Philadelphia. after very
elaborate examination, not only repess
this charge. but defends the attend.
ing physician. DR.. Cohen SAYS the ds
ease was oedematous laryngitis, Of
which few cases have ever been known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Boston, De-. 29.-The common coun-
ell of Boston on Thursday, after a spir
tied debate. adopted a resolution OF
sympathy for the Beers.
New York, Dec. 30.-At a meeting Of
the New York city council Friday res
olutions of sympathy for the Beers
which were offered on last Tuesday
were adopted with but one dissenting
vote
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
nnmnI prnnnunced FnIse.

Berlin. Dec. 20.-Regarding the state-
ment by the Lokal Anzeiger that a Sc
cret observation-disclosures treaty
exists for the division of the Portu-
ruese colonies in South Africa a cor
respondent of the press is able to as
sert on the highest authority that the
story is a pure fiction aid is all its
claim without foundation in fact.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Rich Gold strike.

Omaha. Neb., Dec. 3o.-A dispatch
from Spokane, Wash, tells of a rich
strike on a claim Of the Lemon Gold
Mining company, of British Columbia.
In grading for a stamp mill site near
the shaft of the Gold Standard mine,
the men uncovered a 12-foot ledge of
oxidized quartz, which assays 1925 per
ton in gold and nine dollars in silver.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

Congress will shortly consider the
a~dvisability of completely revising the
laws now governing Alaska. A new
clause that might not be out of the
way would be a statute regulating the
size of yarn to be sent out concern
ing the wonderful gold fields diseov~
cred with such startling frequency.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
JUNE
EVIL
Mormonisni.

This is a question that should interest
every one. Ii is a blot upon our fair land
a symptom of governmental ill-health. The
right laws would act as speedily upon it as
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters does upon CON
stipation or dyspepsia. They would quickly
this is just what the bitters does for the hui
man constitution. 1t makes the stomach
strong by curing Indigestion, biliousness and
liver trouble.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04

In this country we do not know
what it is to suffer. This years fam
inc in India covers an area of 100000
square miles, and a population of So
100000 is affected, or more than the
entire population of the United
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-04
Mi..Ia.lnnI Frnzen Over.

st. Louis, Jan 2.-For the first time
in many years the Mississippi river is
frozen over here. a steady cold snap
that has existed for a week or more
has formed a sheet Of ice that resists
the river boats. As a result no boats
are arriving or departing and the fer
ries have been compelled to shut
down.