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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
HORROR IN PARIS.
Tempornry Bridge CoIlapses Bnryina
q umbe of People Nine
Know 40 he Dead.

Paris, April 30.-An accident with
in the exposition grounds caused a
total of nine deaths, while an equal
number of persons were injured.
Three of those dead succumbed to
their injuries after being taken to the
hospital.
A temporary bridge, unable to with
stand the Sunday crowd, broke. The
accident threw a pail over the happi-
ness of an immense throng who had
profited by the magnificent weather
to visit the exposition. Sundays was
probably the record attendance. Not
merely the interior of the grounds,
but the precincts also, were crowded,
and the concourse was particularly
great along the Avenue de Sufren,
which forms the northern boundary
of the grounds.
Here is situated a big sideshow, the
Celestial Globe. A foot bridge, on
which the finishing touches were be-
ing put crosses the Avenue de Sufren,
connecting the sideshow with the ex-
hibition. 1t was constructed of wood
with a stucco facade and with a plas-
ter-made tower at each end. Strange
ly enough, the bridge had been con
demned only Sunday morning as un-
safe by the exposition authorities.
The public was therefore not allowed
to go upon the structure. and in this
way a disaster even more terrible than
that which occurred was averted.
The weighty plaster towers seem to
be responsible for the fall of the
structure. The disaster was the lead
ing topic of discussion in the cafes
and at the other Paris resorts, and
strong criticism was leveled against
the exposition authorities for allow
ing an unfinished structure to ieop-
ardize the lives of citizens, fears be-
ing expressed that the incomplete
state of works within the exhibition
grounds themselves might lead to a
similar accident. 1t should be said,
however, that the exhibition authori-
ties are not responsible for the de
fective construction of the foot
bridge, which was erected by the man
agement of the Celestial Globe. As a
result of the accident, NJ. Pepine, pre-
feet of police, has ordered the closing
of several sideshows, the structural
arrangements of which are considered
dangerous.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
WORK OF FLAMES.
erty Destroyed In a Conhagra-
tton In Canada.

Ottawa, Ont, April IS. - Over five
square miles of territory burned over;
more than 1000 buildings destroyed;
Z lives lost; 1000 men. women and
children homeless, and property loss
of $f7, 100000, according TO the latest
estimate, insured for about half its
value are the results of the destruc-
tive fire which swept this city and Hull
Thursday and Friday. Although un-
ner control for many hours, the flames
were not entirely extinguished until
about noon Friday.
The n~eighboring villages of Hinton
burg, Mechanicsville, Eddyville and
Breakdown have also been the victims
of the terrible visitation.
The dead are:
Miss Minnie Cook, aged 40 years. ere
mated in her own house: o Pumple. car
repatrer, GIG Somerset, suffocated in Ca
madam Pacific railroad yards; George
Peeley, shoemaker, 124 Queen street. West.
s~uffocated; John Dare. Hull. fireman for f..
b. Eddy & Co.; unknown man. found
dead In Meyers house, Wellington street,
Hull; Mrs. carron, Wellington street. Hull,
died from fright, aged so years; A. Baudin,
eight years old. son of Charles Baudin,
Duke street. Hull.
A relief committee has been formed
by the citizens, and this, together with
the Catholic archbishops of Ottawa
and Montreal, will make an appeal for
relief to the country. The most Sc
rious problem that confronts Hull is
that of work. The majority of house
holders who were burned out are poor
and have large families. 1t is not ex-
pected there will be employment for a
considerable period, and the way in
which many of the poor are going to
live in the meantime is doubtful. On
the Ottawa side fully two-thirds of Dali
housie ward is devastated, and al esti-
mate by residents of the district places
the number who were without roofs
of their own in this district at 5000.
The fire area was viewed by hundreds
of people Friday afternoon and even
ing. One of the most remarkable things
about the sad scene was that no smoke
was to be seen. There were no half
burned buildings or smoldering logs
anywhere. Everything that the fire
touched was burned to ashes. All of
Hulr's principal buildings, with the ex-
CCpiioh Vi lnt RdlllOltC CAuICHs dit
things of the past. The buildings and
land in the place are valued at So, 7o0,-
600, and of this amount over 81 900 900
may be put down as a loss. Then in
stocks, fixtures, household effects and
wearing apparel there is a loss OF
nearly $4,000, 600. The vast piles of
lumber which went up in smoke may be
reckoned at So, 1900 more.
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At Junction City, Wis, Mrs. Maria
Hook and Sadie Hook, a granddaugh-
ter. were burned to death.
Near Sandusky, o., William Bolyard
killed his wife because she refused to
i've with him and then killed himself.
In jackson county, Wis, fires de-
stroyed over $4,000 acres of blueber-
ries.
Advices say that the Beers have
completely evaded the Gordon which
Gen. Roberts intended to throw
around them. They are not ex-
pected to make any determined stand
against the British until Kroonstad
is reached.
At Marshall, Mo-, Mindes Chowgoe
~(colored) was hanged by a mob for
assault.
Near Otter Lake, Mich, Mrs. James
Simonds while insane killed herself
and her babe by jumping in front
OF an express train.
Miss Eunice Arnson and Willis f.
Mayne, both of Minnehaha county,
S. d., were married whi,e the body of
Mayne's first wife was lying in the
house awaiting burial.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
SWEPT BY FLAMES.
Michigan Towns of GIadwin, Ames
and Others Suffer Severe
Iy by Fire.

Gladwin, Mich, May 1.-Aided by a
high wind fire destroyed 16 buildings
here, including the Methodist church,
Michigan Central depot, Brunswick no
tel, and the city hose house, causing a
total loss of $4,000. The fire orig
mated in a billiard hall, and Albert
Bergen, who slept there, is believed to
have burned to death. The destroyed
property was insured for only about
IS, 900
Fisher, Mich, May FOREST fires
ragd f~uriously north of Fisher. along
the right of way of the Wisconsin d
Michigan railway, Saturday and Sun
day. The town of Ames, Mich, was
practically wiped out, the loss being
10000.
Athens, Mich, May All but three
of the buildings in the east side of
Main street were burned Sunday. The
losses aggregate $4,000. The fire
started in the Athens hotel.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03

Hernley, chairman of the republican state
entral committee.
Observation-Disclosures Powell. T. III. Adams,
T.. A. Amsden, G.. Brewer.
Electors at Large-Hugh Fl. Hanna, In
dianapolis; Charles Miller, Goshen.
1.-THE republican nominee for governor or
Indiana is a native of the state, having
been born at L~awrenceburg May 4. 1877.
He served throughout the civil war as a
private in an Indiana regiment. He taught
school during his early life and then be-
came a dry goods clerk in st. Louis, arising
later to confidential credit man for the
firm. He removed to Anderson in 1873 and
engaged In banking. He is still In this
business, and Is also connected with the
natural gas enterprises of Indiana. He
has been known as a strong republican
since he was a youth. He has declined TO
accept public Office. In 1892 he went TO
the national republican convention as a
delegate. having prior to that time served
as a member of the republican state COM
mittee. In 1896 he was made a member OF
the national committee from Indiana. ana
since that time he has taken a prominent
part in the work of the national party. He
has taken an active part in grand army az
fairs. Mr.. Durbin was appointed colonel
by Gov. Mount to serve In the late Spanish
American war as commander of the One
hundred and Sixty-first regiment. He and
his regiment wen to Cuba, where 1t did
garrison duty.1
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
CoNFEREES AGREE.
Their Report ON Porto Rico Bill Is
Adopted by Both Houses
Changes Made.

Washington, May 1.-The conferees
on the joint resolution amending the
Porto Rico act reached a complete
agreement, after a second session, Mon
day. The original senate resolution
extending the tenure of military Off
GERS in Porto Rico until their successors
are appointed is retained intact. The
sections added by the house relating
to corporations are considerably
changed, and in their final form are as
follows:
Sec. 2. That all railroad. street railway,
telegraph and telephone franchises, privi-
leges or concessions granted under section
80 of said act shall be approved by the
president of the United States and no such
franchise, privilege or concession shall be
operative until 1t shall have been so APP
proved.
"Sec. 3. hat all franchises, privileges or
concessions granted under section ~
of said act shall provide that the same
shall be subject to amendment alteration
or repeal; shall forbid the issue of stock
or bonds, except In exchange for actual
cases, or property at a fair valuation, equal
In amount to the par value of the stock or
bonds Issued; shall forbid the declaring
of stock or bono dividends; and, in the
case of public service corporations, shall
PROVIDE Tor the eneCtlVe reSuidllOn OF tne
charges thereof and for the purchase or
taking by the public authorities of their
roperty at a fair and reasonable valuation.
No corporation shall be authorized to con-
duct the business OF buying and selling real
estate, or be permitted to hold or own real
estate, except such as may be reasonably
necessary to enablei it to carry out the pur-
poses for which 1t was created, and every
corporation hereafter authorized to engage
in agriculture shall, by it's charter, be re-
stricted to the ownership aud control of
not TO exceed 500 acres of land, and this
provision shall be held to prevent a member
of any corporation engaged In agriculture
from being in any way interested In any
corporation engaged in agriculture. Cor
porations. however, may loan funds upon
real estate security and purchase real es-
tate when necessary for the collection of
loans, but they shall dispose of real estate
SO obtained within five years after receiv-
ing the title. Corporations not organized
in Porto Rico, and doing business therein,
shall be bound by the provisions of this sec
ton so far as they are applicable"
The report was adopted in both
houses, SO the bill now goes to the
president.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
DURBIN is NOMINATED.
Republicans of Indiana Name Hin
for Governor-Brief sketch
of HIS Career.

indianapolis. Ind, April 27.-After a
contest that lasted from nine o'clock
till three in the afternoon, Col. w. i.
Durbin, of Anderson, vas nominated
for governor by the republican state
convention.
Newton W. Gilbert, of Angola, re-
ceived the nomination for lieutenant
governor on the fourth ballot. The fol-
lowing were nominated by acclama-
ton:
For Secretary of state-U. b. Hunt, Win
chester.
For Auditor of State-w. H. Hart, rank
fort.
For Treasurer of state-Leopold Levy.
Huntington.
For Attorney GeneraI-w. l.. Taylor. In
dianapois.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
IF. L. Jones, Upton.
For Judge of Supreme Court of Fourth
District-Leander ]. Monks. Winchester.
Delegates at Large to the National Con-
vention-United States Senators Fairbanks
and Beverage, Gov. Mount and Charles s,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
E THE ADMIRAL.
Henrty Welcome Extended to Dewey
Upon His Arrival at Chicago
Many Attend Reception.

Chicago, May Admiral George
Dewey stepped inside Chicago's gates
Monday forenoon to the ~thunderous
music of booming cannon and the
cheers of 5000 lusty-voiced Americans
gathered in and around the Grand
Central passenger station.
Mayor Harrison welcomed him to
the city, and the cheering multitudes
that patiently waited for his arrival
greeted him as he drove through the
streets to the hotel. Statutes of II
guns heralded his arrival at the
Grand Central station at 1855 o'clock.
FIVE minutes ahead of the scheduled
time, and a second salvo was fred
from the United States cruiser Mich
igan and venue cutter Morrill,, sta
toned in the lake, as the hero of Ma
Mia was driven to the Auditorium An
mex.
Two thousand persons attended the
ball in the Auditorium Monday night
given in honor of Admiral Dewey.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
BOERS GROW ACTIVE.
Threaten to Interrupt British Com.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Reported
to Have Resigned.

London, MAY 1.-The Beers are now
showing uncommon activity west OF
Bloemfontein. They are in force be.
tween Fourteen Streams and Kimber.
ley. On Sunday they occupied Wind
sorton, west of the railway. and now
threaten t. interrupt the communica-
tions of the British force at Warren.
ton, TO the north. This, too, at a time
when Gen. Hunter is about to start
on a 2O0-mile march TO Mafeking, prob.
ably with 5000 men.
According to information from Mas.
cru, the main body of the Beers
reached Leeuw river, due west of
Ladybrand, Sunday, small parties trail
ing behind at intervals Of ten miles 10
protect the real and whip up the
herds.
Slight outpost actions take place
daily beyond Karee Siding, where the
head of the British invasion is can
toned.
The morning papers give special
prominence to the statement of a news
agency that Sir Redvers Butler sent
his resignation to Lord Roberts after
the Spion kop censures were published,
and that Lord Roberts declined to ac-
cept it.
London, May /. - The latest news
received from the Orange Free State
indicates that though the Beers have
evacuated haba N Chu they have only
done so in order to occupy stronger po-
ctfinnG I'm GnnAnxr ,nrtI 90 Gu ~
Wet made an effort to turn French's
eastern flank, which was only foiled by
the cavalry after vigorous maneuver-
ing. The Beers hold the ridges to the
eastward, whence they will probably
fall back when the pressure of superior
numbers increases.
The British casualties sustained
during the Thaba N Chu fighting were
slight.
A conception of the continuous raw
ages of the val a be gathered from
n Cape Town dispatch, dated Monday,
briefly announcing the arrival from
Natal of % officers and 252 men in
valided home, and the sailing of the
Aurania for England with 400 sick
and wounded soldiers.
According to a special dispatch
from Lourenzo Marques. the latest
authentic estimates of the Boer forces
place them at $4,000, of which 49,
900 are at Kroonstad, 5000 at Four
teen Streams, 5000 in Natal, 700 about
Mafeking, and 1000 at Pretoria, while
$50 have been ordered north to inter
cept Gen. Carrington's force. The
work of entrenching Pretoria is pro-
ceedinp.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
A Grateful Porter.

Senator Clark. of Wyoming: Senator
Shoup, Gen. L. c. Ainsworth. Gov. n. O..
Murphy, of Arizona, and Representatives and
railroad men went on a tour of inspection
a short time ago. They had a private car
which was presided over by a porter named
johnson.
When the car got back to Washington
the men made up a purse for johnson. and
Senator Shoup was selected to make the
presentation. johnson was called into one
Of the staterooms where the men had as
sembled. Senator Shoup scolded johnson
for his many delinquencies, but finished by
saying:
Notwithstanding all this, johnson, we
have decided to make you a little present,
which l now take pleasure in handing
you"
johnson took the money and smiled.
"Gem'men,' he said, 81 shore is grateful
for this yere gif'. You is all gem'men. Vas
sir. | kin shorely say you is all gem'men
from Senator Shoup up."-Washington Let
tar
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viii visit Three Oaks.

Three Oaks, Mich, April 81. - The
world-renowned Dewey cannon doomed
for the first time on American soil
Thursday evening at sunset in Three
Oaks. The cause of the demonstration
was a telegram received from Mayor
f. X. Warren, who bad an interview
with Admiral George Dewey Thursday
morning, in which the admiral gave
his full and definite promise that he
would devote at least two hours to
Three Oaks early in June at the time
of his promised western trip, which
covers Detroit, Kalamazoo, Grand
Rapids and a few other prominent
cities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
WEST AND snuTH-

One hundred and fifty thousand
men and $25, 100000 capital are idle in
Chicago because of strikes.
Named for congress-: Nebraska,
Fourth district, John d. Pope (rep.);
Sixth, NJ. P. Kinkaid (rep.). Michi-
gan, Eighth district, P. r. Crosby
(pop,).
Flames of an incendiary origin par
TALLY destroyed St. Johns Reformed
Episcopal church in Chicago.
Indiana republicans in state con-
~vention nominated Winfield T. Durbin,
of Anderson, a colonel of volunteers,
for governor, and a full ticket.
At his home in Sparta, Ill.,. Lorin T.
Wolcott celebrated his one hundre,lth
birthday.
In the southern states Confederate
Memorial day was observed.
From Manila the transport Sher-
man arrived in San Francisco with
753 soldiers of the Fourteenth infan-
try.
The railway telegraphers threaten
to cause a tie-up on all railroads east
of the Mississippi river.
Robbers entered the bank at Coul-
terville. Ill.,, and carried off $1,000.
In a speech in Chicago Gov. Roose-
welt, of New York. said that under no
conditions would he accept a nomina-
ton for the vice presidency.
Mrs. William Brace was burned to
death and her husband was fatally
burned while fighting fire in a wood
lot near Lawton, Mich.
Burglars secured $4,000 from the
Massanutten bank at Strasburg, Va.
In Hays City, Kan, 16-year-old Peter
Goetz was sentenced to 25 years in
prison for killing his father.
Charles II. Allen, the newly appoint
ed governor of Porto Rico, arrived at
San Juan.
In Texas cloudbursts drowned six
residents of Waco and four more citi-
zens of Blackshear and did great dam
age to property.
Throughout the country the seven
ty-eighth anniversary Of the birth of
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was celebrated.
At Galena. ILL.,, his old home, Gov.
Roosevelt, of New York, was the
speaker.
In Milwaukee Adolph Landauer, dry
goods dealer, filed n petition in bank
ruptcy with assets of S~2S9,944.a9 and
liabilities of $3e1,945.s1.
Near Coloma. Wis. Levi Myhill
killed his wife and himself. Family
trouble was the cause.
The first white child born in Chi
cago. Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans,
died in Santa Ana, Cal.
Robbers blew open the safe in the
bank at S~taplehurst, Neb., securing
$500.
In the Second Nebraska district
David II. Mercer has been nominated
for a fifth term in congress by the
republicans.
In a fit of jealousy W. ID. Dickinson,
a popular young farmer of Sharon
township, o., shot Miss Edna Wilkin-
son and killed himself.
Democrats have nominated II. d.
Harrington for congress in the Tween
tieth Ohio district.
Burns accidentally received caused
the death of the wife of Maj. Gen,
James Fl. Wilson. military governor of
the department of Matanzas. Cuba.
Sarah Boston. of New brunswick, y.
J.. celebrated her one hundred and
fourth birthday.
Fire destroyed the big plant OF the
Atlas Brewing company in Chicago
the loss being S250,N00.
From Washington Gov. Taylor re
turned to Kentucky to face an indict-
ment found in the Goebel
In a drunken rage William Ed
munds fatally shot his wife and him
self in Chicago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
census OF KIondike.

Seattle. Wash. April 2s.-Telegraph-
ic advices of April 21 from Dawson to
Skaguay, and brought to Seattle on
the steamer Humboldt, state that the
census of the Klondike has been com
pIeted. The population of Dawson is
5.O44, and the Klondike, 1897. Daw-
son has 1.120 voters and the entire
district 1914. The district has 2,767
British subjects and $500 citizens of
the United States. The population of
Dawson has increased 1000 since Jan
/. arx-
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Plead Not Guilty.

Frankfort, KY, May 1.-The circuit
court convened at two p. m. Caleb
Powers, John Davis, Harlan Whitaker,
W. II. Culton and ''Tallow Dick" Combs
were arraigned on motion of the COM
ing William Goebel. Judge Cantrill
overruled a motion to take up the mo-
ton for a change of venue in advance
of arraignment. Combs and Whit
taker were first arraigned, and each
a plea of not guilty. All of the
defendants were brought into court
and arraigned. All of them entered
pleas of not guilty.
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Death In a CIoudburst.

accompanied by a high wind, descend
ed upon this city at moo Friday, and
the result is that eight people are
known to have persisted in the city
limits and property valued at several
thousand dollars has been destroyed
or injured. The known dead are: Mrs.
Nancy Caudle. Miss Clara Caudle, Rosa
Chapman, Emma Decker, Thomas
Capps, Frank Walker, two negro men,
names unknown.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
Grave ~Located.t

The body of the late Frank
Olson, of Racine, who died at Ha-
vana, Cuba, while serving in the
United States navy, has been To-
Gated through the efforts of Con-
gresham II. A. Cooper, who writes the
parents of the young man that it is
buried in the Cuban plat in Arlington
cemetery. As soon as possible the
body will be brought to Racine for
burial.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03
A New nook on Colorado.

We have received from Mr.. p. S. Eustis,
General Passenger Agent of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, a book just
off the press, which is unusually interesting
orado, ~fascinatingly written by James w.
Steele, a descriptive writer of great force.
The book is lavishly illustrated by engrav-
ings of a high order, and the printers art
has not been handicapped by an effort to
save expense. To anyone interested in the
grandeur of Colorado scenery and particu-
larly to one contemplating a visit to the
country described the book viii be indis-
pensable. Copies can be had by sending a
letter of request accompanied by six cents
in postage stamps to Mr.. Eustis, at his
Chicago address, 200 Adams street.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-03

What seems TO have very greatly i'm
pressed the foreign visitors to the re
cent great ecumenical gathering in
New York is the simplicity and cordial
ity with which the American people re-
ceive their presidents and governors.
The absence of pomp, display and cere-
mony when President Mckinley and
Gov. Roosevelt came upon the platform
at Carnegie hall was in striking con-
trast TO the fuss made when any old
world sovereign appears in public. But
Of course there is another difference.
In America the people themselves are
the sovereigns.