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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
BOER RETREAT CONTINUES.
British Troops Driving Enemy De-
fore Thcnn-Expectcd 10 Make a
stand Mt kroOnstRd Hills.

London, May S.-The Beers are
everywhere retiring before the Brit
ish. except on the Natal frontier and
at Mafeking, TO the inner circle OF
their d~efenses. They appear deter
mined not to fight until the Kroon-
stad hills are reached. Lord Roberts
is expected 10 do another 40 or so
miles and then wait for a time in or
der to bring up supplies and TO re-
pair the railway.
London, May S.-Lord Roberts re-
ports to the war Office, in a dispatch
dated Smaldeel, May 6, afternoon, as
follows:
" crossed the Vet river this morning,
and are now encamped at Smaldeel juno
ton. The enemy is in full retreat toward
Zand river and Kroonstad. The turning
movement was made by the mounted in
fantry just before dark yesterday. IL
was a very dashing affair. The Canadians,
New South Wales. New Zealand rifles and
Queensland mounted infantry Wed with
each other I'm the determination to close
with the enemy. Capt. Anley, of the Essex
regiment, commanding the Third infantry
battalion. behaved in very gallant manner.
THE naval guns and the artillery made
excellent practice, particularly two hve-
inch guns used for the first time with this
force.
I'VE captured a Maxim and Is prisoners.
Our casualties are very few-only Is wound
ed. one killed and three missing"
W~arrenton, May saturday Gen.
Barton drove from 1000 to 5000 Beers
from hilly positions at Rooidan, where
they awaited them. They retreated
after stiff fighting, leaving a number
of dead on the field. The British cas-
ualties were slight. Gen. Barton is
still pursuing. Windsorton and Kip
dam have been evacuated. Gen.
Paget's brigade is attacking the Boer
position at Warrenton. The engage
ment Saturday was severe and lasted
from nine in the morning until four
in the afternoon. More than once the
British infantry were obliged to en-
gage the Beers at close quarters, and
the Beers only retired when their re-
treat was nearly cut off.
The British losses were five killed
and 25 wounded-mostly Welsh fusi-
leers. The British took a batch OF
prisoners, including the Swedish am
bulance, which they allowed to re-
turn. The Beers, in their hurried re-
treat, left IS dead.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

Near Geneva, Ala, an unknown ne.
gro 20 years old was lynched for as.
saulting a 1~2-year-old white girl.
In st. Louis Sophia Everson, % years
old, and her cousin, Melyina Wilson. q
years old, We're accidentally smothered
to death in bed.
The death of Granny" Ray (col.
ored), lis years of age. occurred in
Cincinnati.
Admiral Dewey and wife were greet
ed by a crowd of 1000 people at Mem
phis. Tenn.
David B. Culberson, ex-congressman,
died in Jefferson. Tex. of the grip.
Republicans renominated George +
Foss for congress in the Seventh Hi
nois district and the democrats renom-
mated Champ Clark in the Ninth Mis-
souri, d~istrict..s
At Marshalltown. Ia. churches, the
aters, schools and clubs were closed be-
cause of smallpox.
Miners in Alaska lynched a comrade
accused Of murder to save trouble OF
guarding him as a prisoner.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
THE METHoDIsTs.
Bishops Q~nRdrenniaI Address Read
10 the General Cohference-A
Splendid Document.

Chicago. May 4. The reading By
Bishop Andrews of the episcopal adj
dress, an official expression of the high
bling in scope the annual message of
the president of the United States, was
the event of great interest Thursday at
the second session of the Methodist
general conference. 1t outlined the po.
sition Of the church on the great ques-
lions of the day, political, temporal
and ecclesiastical. Many of the leading
men present characterize il as the
greatest expression of ~present-day
Methodism that has been altered. 1t
was signed by 10 of the board of bish-
ops.
The address, among other things, ex.
pressed the following points:
Hearty concurrence in the equal lay
representation act.
The conclusion that the time is not ripe
for formal Christian unity.
That the church has a message con-
corning trusts. labor unions. lockouts and
strikes, capital and labor. tariffs and tax
alton, currency and the colonies, but It is
not one of dictation and observes no
class.
Inc CHURCH,, aroused at the aBgreSSiOnS
of the liquor traffic and inexcusable mis-
carriage of the a~nti-eanteen law, will
pledge ministers and people to a more de-
termined struggle.
Divorce statistics indicate that the
glory OF the pure family is suffering
eclipse and If need be the church law
should be amended to conform with the
New Testament rule of marriage.
Amusements are being degraded; the
attempt to enforce absolute abstention
from recreative amusements reacts to-
ward unrestrained indulgence; the amuse-
ment question deserves careful attention
of the conference.
Sabbath dissertation is increasing and
the church must stand opposed to laxity.
The church must sound the call for a
strenuous and militant political right
eousness TO meet the colossal evils that
threaten the nation.
Entire removal of the time limit of pas
torates, with limiting of appointment to
three years. would be of advantage.
Bishop j. G.. Hartzell pleaded the
cause of the Briton in the Transvaal
Thursday night before an audience
hat almost filled the Auditorium. He
| spoke from impressions gained by per-
sonal observations of conditions in
South Africa, from personal acquaint-
ance with President Kruger and his
advisers and from a close study of laws
and administration of laws by the gov
eminent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

Nearly 1900 Spanish prisoners still
are held by the %Filipinos.
Havana, Cuba, has 20 paris and
seven miles of boulevards.
The post office department has APP
pointed over 20 postmasters for Porto
Rico.
In the Klondike eggs are now SELL
ing at $500 a case and beef at $3.50 o
pound.
Exports of American liquor have de-
creased 40 per cent. during the last
nine months.
In the year ended on March 81 the
Rock Island roads net income in
creased s667.32t.
Berlin. with the approval of the
kaiser. sent over 100000 marks for the
famine sufferers in India.
Six thousand passengers for Cape
Nome are booked for May sailings n
all berths are preengaged.
Miss Morgan, a San Francisco girl,
is the only woman among 600 art stu
dents at the Beaux Arts in Paris.
In New York city $50 retail drug
gists have formed an association to
compete with department stores.
william d. Hall, a st. Louis street
car conductor, is in active service, al
though he has just passed his eightieth
birthday.
Rochester, n. T.. the home Of Gen.
Otis, is planning a large reception for
that soldier upon his return to the
United States.
The total receipts for liquor IL
censes in New York for the coming
year are s4.s59,s15. This is $1,000
more than was paid last year.
President McKinIey's favorite poem
is LongfelIow's psalm of Life" 1t
was the first bit of verse he learned by
heart when he was a schoolboy
Mrs. Laura A. Alderman, of Hurley,
S. D.. owns and operates one Of the
largest orchards in The state. She has
$50 acres covered with over 5000 trees.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has given the
old Stanford home in Sacramento,
Cal, TO Bishop Mora. of the Catholic
church. together with a $1,000 IN
dowment, TO maintain il as an orphan
age.
DR.. Theodore Herzl. originator of
the scheme to assemble all the Jews
of the world in Palestine, say money
in plenty is in hand and the project
only awaits a satisfactory charter
from the sultan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
six Drowned.

Cape Henry, Va. May 5.-The Brit
ish steamer Virginia, Capt. Charles
Samuel, from Daquiri, Cuba, for Bal
timore, with a cargo of iron ore and
with a crew of % men, including one
stowaway, stranded on Diamond
shoal about six p. M. Wednesday, May
,, during thick. heavy weather. The
crew took to the boats and attempted
to leave the ship. One boat with 10
OF the crew got away, but the other
BOAT was swamped and six men
drowned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
win Not close.

The sash. door and blind plants Of
Oshkosh will not close down this sum
mer, as threatened soAe weeks ago.
The conditions in this particular line
of business are not the most favorable,
but n canvas reveals the fact that the
plants viii probably not close. Some
mills are favored with a greater volume
of business than others. and the own
ers of these refuse to agree to close
their plants or to curtail their output.
Consequently all win remain in opera
fion
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

Jacksonville, H., May 5.-The last
session of the Grand Army of the Re
public encampment was held Friday
amid much enthusiasm. Peoria will
have the gathering next year. The
principal officers elected were: Judge
Longenecker, Chicago, commander;
+. NJ. Berry, Chicago, senior vice com
mander; T. II. Blankley, Litchfield
Junior vice commanders; Rev. 5. w
Thornton, Jacksonville, chaplain; r
l. Lane, South G~alesburg, medical di
rector.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

Ottawa's great contiagration re-
minds the word again that cities on
this side of the Atlantic are sometimes
almost wiped out by fire. Under GER
tain conditions of wind great areas of
buildings are devastated and the flames
stop only when they have cleared ey-
erything in their path. Ottawa was =
well-buiIt city in every respect except
that it was not fireproof. 1t was con
structed of the most convenient mate
rails. not of those that would have
saved it $4,000 0O and its people great
hardship and suffering. Such fires do
not occur in Europe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
There is much room for development

There is much room for development
in Cuba. The total area of the island
is $4,000 square miles, and of this 10
600 square miles, or one-third, is I'M
cleared and %unexplored forest. Some
1900 square miles is devoted to pas
ture, 10000 square miles is fit for cult
walton, but has never felt the pillow,
and only about $4,000 miles, or a little
more than one-fourth of the aggregate
area, has ever been made productive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

Gov. Roosevelt, of New York, has
signed the new law which makes it a
misdemeanor to publish the letters left
by IA suicide unless permission to pub
fish the same has been given by the
Such letters will not be pub
lished unless there is some chance that
the publication will lead to the dis
coyery of a crime. The law is a good
one. The public hears too much about
sensational suicides.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

years as they are this spring in the
vicinity of Friendship. The forest
south of that place is all burned over
for miles. The fire came within one
half mile OF the village and from there
south ii is all burned over for five or
six miles wide and 20 miles in length.
The loss to timber is very great. some
of the land owners losing thousands of
dollars worth of pine and hardwood
timber.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

Secretary Wilson, of the agricul-
tural department. has been consider
ably worried by the continual appear
ance of a fake story in the press of the
country about great fortunes being
made in skunk farming in different
parts of the country. Secretary Viii
son says that the story is a barefaced
fake. and that he does not know of any
one who is making a fortune out of
skunk farming. Not a scent!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
The Mine Disaster.

Salt Lake City, May s.-W. q. Sharp.
superintendent of the Pleasant Valley
Coal company, has made a report TO
the treasurer of the company in re-
gard to the mine disaster at Scotield,
in which he says: Total killed. 1879;
bodies recovered to date, 1875: injured,
Z. OF those in the mine. 1913 escaped
alive and uniniured. There are 10j
widows and 270 orphans"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

New York, May 5.-EXplosion after
explosion followed the breaking OUT
of a fire in the extensive Standard var
nish works at Elm Park, Staten Island,
shortly after midnight. Vast tanks
of varnish were blown to pieces, and
the blazing material, hurled high ir
the air, made a pyrotechnic display
that was wonderful to behold. The
damage was $150,O00. After a hard
fight of four hours the firemen saved
the main plant of the works.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

1t appears from a letter of an army
pavmaster that the soldiers in Panay
and Negroes islands have deposited
5000, 900 of their pay as savings during
the past six months. He says hundreds
Of the men intend to remain in the
Philippines when their terms Of enlist
ment expire and engage in business,
and are boarding their pay as capital.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
Free Government lands.

There are stil thousands of acres of gov
rnmen lands in the states of Washington
and Oregon, also prairie and timber lands
near railroad or water communication that
can be bought for $500 per acre and up
wards. Finest climate in the United States.
No failure of crops. If you wish to raise
grain or the finest stock on earth, you will
find locations in these two states where
you can do this to perfection. Take your
choice. | have no lands for sale. but If you
want information where il is hest to locate.
call on me when in st. Paul. OF write me at
cor. Third and Rosabel SITS, st. Paul,
Mimi. r.. E. Workman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

4. Il. Stillwell, organizer of the Orient
Short Line railway from Kansas City
to Port Stillwell on the Pacific coast,
states that the road will be 1.S00 miles
long. will cost $50. 100000; and trains
will be running ove the road in Is
months. Kansas City is anticipating
great benefits from this new road, be-
cause it will be $50 miles the shortest
route from that place to the Pacific
coast, md ( will shorter the water
route TO South American ports 1000
miles; that is, Port Stillwell is 1000
miles nearer the South American ports
than San Francisco.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

a woman in B~inghamton, y. y. just
for a joke, told her husband that she
had taken poison and intended 10 end
her life. When he attempted to force
a strong emetic and antidote down her
throat She thought the joke had gone
far enough and refused to take it. Be
lieving that she was still making a de
termined effort to end her life, her huS-
band struggled with her and finally
succeeded in getting the stuff into her
stomach. The result was thar after
being sick for a week or two the wife
has come TO the conclusion that there
are several kinds of Jokes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
SAY WAR is OVER.
Leading EiIIpinos So Express Them-
selves 10 Gen. Otfs-LendinG In-
rgents surrendcring.

Washington. May 5.-The war de-
partment has received the following
report from Cen. Otis;
Manila, May April captures from
enemy were 80 pieces artillery, 1,209 rifles,
considerable ammunition and large stores
of property. During the early portion OF
the month the enemy was active In the eA-
IRENE northern and southern Luzon ana
some Niscayan islands. Gu reported
losses for the month were Is enlisted men
killed, three officers, "A enlisted men
wounded; hundred recent loss In Samar OF
10 killed and number wounded not yet re-
ported. This is due to small detaehments
scouting In mountains in the interior oil
the island. The enemy losses officially re-
ported were 1,721 killed. wounded and cap
tured. Leading Filiplnos express CONN
dence in the early paciication of the
islands. They say the war has termin-
ated. Leading insurgents are surrender
ing. OTIS.
Washington, May Sin accordance
with Gen. Otis request to be allowed
to return TO the United States the war
department Friday issued orders re-
lieving him, to take effect Saturday
morning, May 5, the date fixed by Gen.
Otis for sailing.
The orders designate Maj. Gen. Mac
L " SuCCctd bCIs OAis III Gum
mand of the division of the Philippines.
Brevet Maj. Gen. Wheaton is designat-
ed to succeed Gen. Macarthur as COM
mander of the department of southern
Luzon.
Manila, May 7.-Gen. PANTHEON Gar
ella. the highest insurgent officer ex-
cept A~guinaldo, was captured Sunday
by Lieut.. f. V. Smith, of Gen. Funs-
toms staff, in the town of Jaen, three
ince of New Ecija.
Manila, May S.-Telegrams received
here from Gen. Young report that
Aguinaldo has rejoined the rebel gen
eral, Tino. in the north, and that they
have reassembled a considerable force
in the mountains. Gen. Young desires
to strike them before the rains and
asks for reenforcements.
The tenor of the dispatches indi-
Gates that Gen. Young is confident
that Aguinaldo is with Tino and it is
presumed they are planning to re-
sumo fighting during the rains.
Two rebel attacks on the American
| Shli lnOtio ia u iSh oh 'AHh'Ao ~
Gently have resulted in the killing of
2s0 of the enemy and the wounding of
two Americans.
A force of Filipinos estimated to
number ECO men armed with rifles and
and eco armed with bolos, and oper-
ating four mu~zzle-loading cannon, at
tackled Jaro, on Leyte island, April Is,
which place was g%arrisoned by 25 men
of b company, of the Forty-third regi-
ment, Lieut.. Estes commanding.
Estes left Is men to protect the town
and with the remaining ten men he
advanced on the enemy in two squads,
sheltered by the rides south of the
town, whence they stood off the Fill
pinos for three hours. Then 90 armed
members of the local police force sal
lied out to help Estes Americans.
The latter, with the police, charged
the enemy, and together they dis
persed the Filipinos and after the
fight was over buried 1875 of them.
There were no American casualties.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
status of Porto Rico.

st. Paul, Mimi, May 4.-Jud6e Loeb
rem. in the United States circuit court,
on Thursday remanded Rafael Ortiz,
the Porto Rican, back to Saltwater
prison. IN his decision Judge Lochren
held hat by the cession of Porto Rico
that island became an integral part
of the United States, and that the fed
eral constitution thereupon, ex pro
pria vigore. extended over the island
and it's people.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
Ex-sccretary Endicott Dead.

Boston, May William Crownin-
shield Endicott, secretary of war under
President Clcyeland's first a~dministra-
ton, died at his residence in this city
Sunday afternoon of pneumonia, aged
73 wears. The funeral will be private
and burial will be in Salem. Mr.. Endi-
colts daughter, the wife of Joseph
Chamberlain, the English secretary of
state for the colonies, was notified by
On hla
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10
Gen. Bailey Dead.

Uniontown. Pa. May Cen. Silas
NJ. Bailey, one of the BOG of the fa-
nous ''old guard" which stood by
Gen. Grant in the convention of 1880,
died ut his home here Saturday. aged
G. years, of brain trouble, which re-
suited from a bullet wound received
during the war. After the war Pres
ident Johnson brevetted him major
general of volunteers for gallant serv-
ice. He was elected state treasurer
by the republicans of Pennsylvania
in 1881.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

An Iowa young man not long ago
proposed marriage to a young woman
aud was accepted. But hearing that
her hair was false he declined to fulfill
his engagement. She brought suit
against him for breach of promise, and,
being put on the stand, admitted that
She wore a wig, whereupon she was
nonsuited on the ground that she had
won the young mans affections under
false pretenSeS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

New York, May IA fire that start
ed at the river end of the Mallory line
steamship pier. at the foot of Maiden
Lane and the East river, early Sunday
morning, completely destroyed the
pier and valuable contents. The po-
lice place the loss at 81 100000. Sew
eral barges which were moored near
the pier were also destroyed, and
many rescues of their captains and
of the members of the families on
board were made. Only one life was
lost. The nine-months'-old daughter
of Capt. Charles Lochs. of the barge
Sherwood, was drowned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

Washington, May 1T is authori-
tatively announced that until the
pending issue relative TO the payment
of the American indemnity claims is
settled to the satisfaction of the state
department no United States min
lister will attend at the Turkish cap
ital. and Mr.. Straus' leave of absence
will remain as it is now, indefinite as
to duration.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

According to the rolls Of the pension
department. Hiram Cronk, of Dunn
Creek, near Rome, \. V, is the last
pensioner of The war of 1912. Mr..
Cronk. who is Just 100 years old, was
born in Frankfort, y. Y. and Joined the
United States army at the age of 10.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

1t is rather surprising to find that
there were dentists of considerable
skill in Egypt in the time of the Pha-
raohs, but it is a fact. At the same
time the artificial incubation Of eggs
was practiced in Egypt, and at the
present day ovens for the purpose are
Fouud there.
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mil Caune. Great Damage

Toledo. o., May s.-A terrific hail
storm here Monday broke many thou
sands of dollars worth of plate glass,
damaged the city greenhouses,
stripped young fruit trees of buds
and blossoms and caused a number
of serious runaways. The aggregate
of losses over the city and vicinity
will be large.
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Promoted for Gauantry.

Capt. Frank l.. French, of Sparta,
of company II. Thirty-fourth infantry,
now in the Philippines, has been pro-
NOTED TO the rank of major for gal
liant and meritorious service since
landing in Luzon. Capt. French was
a member of the Wisconsin national
guard for a number of years and was
the first Wisconsin man to qualify as
a sharpshooter under the army regu-
l~ationc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-10

Gustavus Bates returned to Eoches-
ter. y. Y. to plead guilty to an indict-
ment for forgery which was returned
against him 25 years ago. He ran away
from the Indictment and has kept out
of its way ever since, but the strain
was too much for him and his con-
science finally forced him to give him
self up. This man has lived as a fugi-
tive from justice for 25 years and the
forgery netted him a mean little 5000.
The straight and narrow path is the
~
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
A ViIlaxc Sold.

What is known as Ellis junction;
Marinette county, has been sold By
H. Geek. Of M~arinette county. to the
Polska Industrial company. The vil-
lage is suburban to Crivitz and is in
cluded in a tract of 10000 acres. The
tract will be ~coIonized by a cooper
ative community of Poles from Mil
waukee, Chicago and the old country.
The transfer includes houses, saw
mills. general store and all the lum-
bering interests ON the tract. The
amount of money paid for the tract
is not stated, but il is estimated at
considerably Over 500, 600.