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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
A LIVELY SCRIMMAGE.
Admiral Remey Reports Fight of
Landing Party with Filipino
Insurgents.

Washington, Dec. 2f.-The follow
ing cablegram from Admiral Remey,
giving an account of a sharp brush
with Filipino insurgents, was received
Thursday at the navy department:
"Cavite Dec. 2O.-Bureau of Navigation.
Washington Fifteen troopers, Fourth
cavalry and five of the crew were landed
from the gunboat Basco yesterday al Linn
banes, Cavite province Surprised so insur-
gents sharp skirmish half hour; Is insur-
gents killed; IL rifles captured; large amount
stores destroyed; one soldier wounded
(Signed) "REMEY."
Manila, Dec. 24.-Advices brought
by steamer from southern Luzon say
that a lieutenant and 60 men of the
Ninth United States cavalry attacked
large body of insurgents last
Wednesday near Guinobatan, province
of Albay. After the battle AS dead
insurgents were counted, together
with many wounded. The only Amer
lean casualty was the wounding of
sergeant, who was cornered by sew
eral rebels and struck in the leg by
bolo. The rebel loss was the heaviest
recorded among recent encounters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
FOREIGN rSTrY

Cagayan island and other islands Of
the Philippine group are offered for
saIe 10 the United States by Spain.
Flre swept away the Knechtel furni-
ture factory at Hanover, Ont, the loss
being 100000.
a uisPateh says Germans shot 60
Chinese soldiers and took 200 prison
ers in Lung Ching.
The death of Carl Becker a famous
German historical painter. occurred
in Berlin, aged so years.
Future laws for the pb;l;rr;res are
to be in English.
III is announced that the Chinese
terms have been signed by all the pow
ers.
Boer invasion of Cape Colony is caus-
ing alarm in England. More troops are
to be sent to South Africa from Great
Britain and the colonies 70 crush the
burghers.
Despite sights Kruger is confident
that some government will mediate in
the South African war.
1t is said Great Britain will not op-
pose the United States If the latter de-
cides to fortify the Nicaragua canal.
For the calendar year immigration to
the United States will reach 400 900.
AS Christmas present the American
Express company gave five dollar gold
pieces to 10000 employees.
In Difference to crusaders, Tammany
has ordered all gambling and pool
rooms in New York city closed.
As indemnity for the Boxer outrages
$200,000,000 is the maximum sum the
powers demand of China.
Beers have occupied Britstown, but
Lord Kitchener reports his forces ac-
tive and hopeful.
The oldest field marshal in the Ger.
man army, Count Leonard Won Blumen-
thai, died at Gullendorf. aged 90 years.
Near Goeteborg, southwestern Swed-
en-, the sailing ship Iverra was wrecked
and nine of the crew were drowned.
During battle in southern Luzou
As Filipinos We're killed and many
wounded. Loyal natives in the Philip
pines have organized a political party
and adopted a platform.
The amended Hay7Pauncefote treaty,
says the London Times, is unaccepta BILE
to Great Britain.
Berlin. Germany, has population Of
Q, 469,676
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
FROM WASHINGTON.

The official returns of the Novem-
Der election give Mckinley 7,22O'7o7
votes; Bryan, 6,357,43l.
In the Porto Rico case c. H. Aldrich
made the closing argument before the
supreme court, contending if the new
colonies are not American they are
Spanish.
The secretary of war has approved
the selection of two farms near Des
Moines, Ia, as the site of new army
post.
The wife of William P. Frye, presi-
dent pro tenn. of the senate, died sud
denly at the Hamilton hotel in Wash
ington.
Auditor Frank II. Morris, of the war
department in Washington, was killed
bv Samuel Mcdonald. formerly clerk
in the same office. Revenge for fan
cied grievance was the cause. The
murderer also shot himself. probably
fatally.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
LATER NEWS.

An uprising of the Indians is feared
at Sitka.
The torpedo boat destroyer Melon
| augh was launched at East Braintree,
Mass.
Eighty thousand people witnessed
the pope perform the ceremony of
closing the holy door of st. Peters ca
thedral at Rome the Gath.
j. j. johnson, a prominent farmer
at Gober, Texas, was murdered by
| robbers.
A British ship will take 200, 900 bush
els of wheat from Tacoma, Wash, to
England via Suez canal.
Santiago de Cuba experienced sec
ond shock of earthquake within thirty
days.
Frank P. Bennett, the noted Ameri-
can scout, committed suicide at Homo
lulu. Financial troubles were the
cause.
General Peraza has revolted against
the venezuelan government.
The supreme court of the United
States adjourned the Gath until jan
uary I.
Gov. Allen, of Puerto Rico. cele-
brated Christmas by pardoning "a
prisoners in the Puerto Rican jails-
direct line of steamers between
Portland and Manila will be in oper-
alton by Feb. &c.
Gustav Kindt. 20 years old, an ex-
convict, was arrested in Philadelphia
upon the charge of burglary.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob the Sonora, KY, deposit bank.
Two men were killed and one wound
ed at Faris' distillery in Clay county.
Kentucky. Four members of the
Sizemore family, on one side, and Hen
ry Barrett and w. H. Young, on the
other. engaged in desperate fight
Young and one of the Sizemore were
killed and two OF th~ Sizemore were
pr obably fatally wounded. An old
feud was the cause of the trouble.
Three boys of Dick Lamberson were
burned to death in their home in
North Little Rock, Ark. Their father
had locked them in the room on the
second story while he went to the de-
pot. They started fire while playing
with matches and were burned to
death before the firemen could rescue
them.
w. |. Smith, lately appointed consul
at Singapore, committed suicide in a
Philadelphia hotel by cutting his
throat and wrists.
st. Joseph's church, an English
speaking Catholic church in Paris, has
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
The Most Complete .ictiday Season
Some ObservanceS Americans
Might Do Well to Adopt.

"The New Years festival of the Chi
nese, said to be the most complete
holiday season kept by any nation of
the earth. is celebrated wherever
single Chinaman is found, whether in
Picking or New York." writes Belle
NJ, Brain, in Woman's Home Compan-
ion, discussing New Years Customs
in the Orient" at is a movable festi-
val, falling on any date between Janu-
airy 81 and February 10. Preparations
for the great holiday begin weeks be-
forehand. The accumulated dirt of
many months disappears as il by
magic. Even the Chinaman himself
passes through the cleaning process,
washing his clothes and bathing his
person-the latter being great event
in the lives of a few, since it occurs
but once a yearl
Buildings of every description ars
deliberately decorated. Flowers are
in great demand. the fayorite being
the Chinese narcissus. The prospect
of happiness for the year is believed
to be in proportion to the number of
flower stalks produced from a single
bulb.
During the closing days of the old
year Chinese streets present a busy
and animated scene. Shops are
thronged with customers eagerly lay
ing in large quantities of food, cloth
ing and New Years gifts. Debtors
and creditors are seen hurrying to
and fro, endeavoring to settle their
accounts, for according to a most COM
mendable custom all debts must be
paid or settled in some satisfactory
manner before the New Year dawns.
To meet these liabilities shopkeepers
offer their goods at unheard-of prices,
and families frequently part with odd
bits of bric-a- brac, curious relics and
valuable ornaments for a sum pitt
fully small. No disgrace is equal to
being found on New Years morning
with an unpaid debt. On the other
hand. the creditor who fails to col"
lect his debts at this time may not
press them again for many months.
He therefore pursues his debtor far
into the night, continuing his search
into the New Years day if necessary.
This he may do if he carries lighted
lantern, to indicate that he is still
engaged in last nights business, and
has not discovered that the day has
dawned!"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
Measure Is Completed by House Conn
mittee-TotaI Amount Appro-
priated About 60,0OO,000.


Washington, Dec. 21.-The house
committee on rivers and harbors COM
pleted its bill and it will be given
to the public to-day. The decision to
make it public for the holiday recess
was due to the fact that the various
items of the bill had leaked out. The
bill was vigorously pruned at the last
moment. The total appropriations car
ried by it Wednesday, including con-
tinuing contracts, amounted to about
$50, 900, 900. A subcommittee pared the
bill down Wednesday night TO about
SOC, 900, 900. The large items, as rule,
suffered most in the pruning.
Indiana-Mchigan City. outer harbor.
$4,000.
Illinois-w aukegan. 500 900 cash; con-
tract $4,000
Michigan $4,000; Frankfort.
So. 500: Grand Haven, 1000; Grand Marais.
harbor of refuge. 10000 Manistee, $500
Holland. Black Lake, $4,000; Muskegon,
SIS. 600: Ontonagon, 5000; Pentwater, SO
900; Portage Lake, refuge, $33 500; Sand
Beach, refuge, s.. 500; st. Joseph. $4,000;
South Haven, $1,000; White Lake harbor.
ST.. 900: Marquette. $26, 900; Ludington, $780,
coo. Petoskey $4,000; Saugatuck, $4,000;
Menominee harbor Michigan and Wiscon-
sin. 5000; Cheboygan harbor. 5000; Mon
roe, s., eco.
Observation-Disclosures, 5000 Green Bay,
SO 200: Kenosha, SO. 800; Kewaunee, 81. 1000;
Milwaukee, harbor of refuge. SIS, 600; Mil
waukee harbor, $5i 900; Port Washington,
Sheboygan, new project, $4S,l00: Ashland,
$40 1000; Two Rivers harbor, $40, 600; Sturgeon
Bay canal, harbor of refuge, S11 900; oconto.
IS. 600; Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan
ship canal, $73500; Manitowoc, 5000; Mani
towoc breakwater. $4,000; Port Wing,
$25, 600.
IIlinois-Calumet river, Illinois and In
diana, $4,000; Illinois river, $4,000; survey
deep waterway, $4,000
Indiana-Wabas river. below Vineennes.
| $35, 600
Michigan-Saginaw river $4,000; Black
river at the mouth, 1850: Rouge river, S.
300; st. Joseph's river. 500; Grand river.
s125 00o; Detroit river, $4,000: st. Clair Flats
canal, $3.50, 600; West Neebish, $500 900.
Wisconsin-Fox river, $50 900: st. Croix
| river, 81, 900; Menominee river, $500.
Minnesota-Red River of the North, $le,-
| 900.
The house passed the Indian and the
military academy appropriation bills.
The former carried $9,036,526 and :he
latter $70O,151 Neither provoked much
| discussion. A few minor amendments
were placed upon the former.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
A FATAL STORM.
Rroes and Destroys Much
Property.

Macon, Miss, Dec. 24.-News was re-
ceived here Sunday afternoon that a
tornado passed through the eastern
edge of Noxubee county and the west
ern part of Pickens and Sumpter
counties. Ala, Saturday night about
nine o'clock, doing great damage.
Telephone news is meager. One house
on the Sparkman place was de-
stroyed. A residence on the Ross
place near Cooksville was wrecked
and its furniture destroyed. On the
Beal place several houses were blown
away. On the John Windham place
the storehouse and barns were de-
stroyed and several mules killed. One
negro was killed. On the Nancy
Blantat place everything was de-
stroyed. Wash Oliver, a negro, was
lri1led
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
TABRY. I sPosE YOU KNOW THE PUMP NEEDS FIXING"

half buried in Aunt Agathas best
feather bed, she heard tapping at
her door.
'Lizbeth," said her uncle, your
aunt and ! have been summoned to Mr..
Abbotts. They think she's got
stroke. We may he gone all night,
but don't you be m tie afraid, for Wen
lock the door and take the key"
Elizabeth's first Impulse was to
spring up and follow them, but the
next was to stay in the nest, even
though the loneliness was dreadful to
contemplate. She heard the front door
close, and the light from their Ian
tern flickered for moment across her
window. Then an intense stiffness set
tied over everything.
"Oh, / hope she don't die before they
speak" she whispered to herself. How
dreadful that would BET What If Alice
had had a stroke? Wouldn't just kiss
her and cry over her and forgive every
l couldn't bear il.
I'll write tomorrow morning and tell
her | love her. There! feel better
already. ! do love her, and love every
body. I'm glad Uncle Simeon called
Christmas the forgiving time I'm
glad there was a little Child who
brought peace, and love Him to-
night"
The sudden happiness which filed
her heart. driving out the pride and
jealousy and bitterness of three long
months. gave her sweet sense of com
partnership and comfort; she went TO
sleep like a child who has just found
its mother.
The morning sun was shining, her
uncle and aunt had returned, and
breakfast was nearly ready, when she
dressed and ran downstairs.
did they speak? Is she alive?' were
her first questions.
Her uncle knew why such interest
was felt in strangers, and FASTENED to
answer: "At first we didn't know as
she'd recover, but we did the best we
could, and by n by the doctor got
there. But before he came Abbott
leaned over the bed, and says he very
slow and distinct: j paid the butter
money towards the hill pastur, Clor-
INCA. ana Sne seHstu IL. oHe Uldbt
desperate effort to speak, and says she:
John That was all, but it showed"
At this point Uncle Simeon turned
to the window and looked out toward
his neighbours in silence.
1.-THE Lord was good to give EN- a
chance to speak together again"
chirped Aunt Agatha. as she placed
the coffee pot on the table.
As soon as possible after breakfast
Elizabeth sat down at her uncle's desk
in one corner Of the spacious kitchen
and wrote a long letter 10 Alice. II
was such letter as she might have
written from the planet Mars, if she |
had been visiting that mysterious orb.
for she felt possessed of another |
worlds spirit" 1t was true girls |
letter, full of adjectiyes and exclama
ton points. but had she written ii sit |
ting beside the manger-cradle, it could /
have breathed no less selfish affection. |
"One day more in this year; then, l
will il be Happy New Year for me?"
she asked herself again and again, as
she devoted herself outwardly TO her /
friends. Her uncle knew she had writ
ten. and guessed her anxiety.
Whatever happens. you've prepared
the way. 'Lizbeth." said he. Il don't
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Hawthorne school, while her own was
in another state several hundred
miles away. When the invitation
came to spend the latter part of
Christmas week and New Years at
the farmhouse her first sensation was
a SILVER. Then she had said: What
do care for the cold? I'm freezing
inside here, and few frostbites out
side win only be counter-irritant."
But there was little danger of freez-
ing in Uncle Simeon's sleigh with
foxskin robe tucked around her and
Aunt Agatha's big shawl over her
warm jacket. The December air was
a clear, bracing cold, the snow was
packed and crusted on either side of
the roadway. and Doll, the good gray
horse, trotted just fast enough to
keep the sleigh-bells jingling with a
monotonous and restful sweetness.
Her world of duties and perplexities
was leagues behind. This new world
with its wide reaches of pure white,
untrodden fields, its circling noun
tains clear-cut against the blue-gray
sky, its lines of forest with their in
describable shades of coloring-this
world was a delightful surprise. Slow
ly she disentangled her thoughts from
this fascinating outlook and brought
them back to her uncle's words.
IT ought not to let you think I've
been studying too hard" she said.
'I've been a naughty girl, and my
heart aches. I'm all out of sorts
with myself-that's the trouble"
"Sho! You don't mean to say!
never thought you was naughty. You
come of a steady gong race" and he
gave her a quick glance over his fur
collar as if to read her face.
ooh, / haven't been cutting up
Uncle Simeon, but I've-had trouble
with my very. very dearest girl
friend. and-we don't speak to each
other" The last words were almost
sob.
Simeon Goldthwaite had been
class-leader for many years, and had
learned to read the inner life of old
and young in his small circle. 1t is
great gift-that of genuine. unselfsh
sympathy with other people, but this
simple man had received it,
and used it with reverence.
'sWeH. now, Elizabeth. dare say
twas a small affair to start with"
"Oh. yes-yes. it was! Alice and ]
were rivals in class work, but we loved
each other dearly until-she threw
suspicion upon me, Uncle Simeon;
suspicion that was unfair and untrue.
/ could have forgiven her, but right
away she grew cold and distant, and
she hasn't spoken TO me fer three
months Elizabeth paused to control
her voice and then went on: at is af-
fecting all the girls. They take sides,
and Alice is so bright and winning that
they follow her. But / don't care so
much for that-it is her friendship I
miss. But she doesn't seem to care at
ALL"
'You can't be sure how that Is, for
no two bear trials alike. But. pears TO
me. 'Lizbeth. / wouldn't let j run on
like this much longer. Why don't you
speak yourself?"
I'm not at fault, Uncle Simeon, and
she is She ought TO come TO me"
faint right not to speak. though. /
Right over there lives a man and his
wife that haven't spoke to one another
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
ROGER woLCOTT DEAD.
Close of the Life of the Massachu-
sette Ex-GovernOr-AS Sketch
of His Career.

Boston, Dec. 24.-Former Gov. Roger
Wolcott died at his residence in this
city Friday. He became i'll with ty-
phoid fever several weeks ago, but re-
ports from his bedside indicated moth
ing alarming until the latter part of
last week. when new combinations
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27
DOINGS Or A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and ALI Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FIFTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.

The United States senate on the Zoth'
by a vote of SIS to is. ratified the hay
Pauncefote treaty. 1t makes the Unit
ed States independent of all powers ex-
cept Great Britain in maintaining neu-
trality of the isthmian canal. In the
house the Indian and the military acad-
envy appropriation bills were passed
The former carried s9,O36,526 and the
latter $500, ISL. A bill was introduced
increasing the vice presidents salary TO
$4,000 and cabinet members to $4,000.
Mr.. Hopkins presented the report OF
the census committee on reaPportion-
ment, providing for 357 members.
Both houses of congress adjourned
on the 21st until January without
transacting any business.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27

IN n4nsas City, Mo-, British orre.r
was purchasing $4,000 lorses and
mules ior service in the South African
The civilization Of the Indian Is near
a. az NAM az rn sass The general superintend-
a.a5 :. conservatives are violently
opposed 70 a United States protector,
IN onleago Michael Britzius labor
Leader was buried without religious
rites.
The debts OF the duke 81 Nanobes+er
Sizoiooo, nave been paid. presumably by
Cincinnati. -
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27

Paris dispatch tells OF a new shell
to be thrown by the French artillery.
The shell rises to a great height and
then bursts, throwing out globes that
illuminate the country for a great dis
lance, and permit the artillery to get
the range of the enemy. Now some
inventor will get up some scheme for
binding the light thrown by this shell.
and thus the contest will progress until
at lest men become wise enough to set
lie their difficulties by arbitration in
stead of war.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27

IT, dozen years ago, person had
declared that before the close of the
year 1900 a Pittsburgh company would
sell structural steel in England at a
lower price than British competitors,
his name would have been mentioned in
connection with an institution for the
feeble minded. Such, however, is the
fart
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27

University Of Chicago girls complain
OF their monotonous bill Of fare-hash
and toast, eggs and hash-and say their
meals only cost II cents per day, while
they pay $3.50 per week. This would
leave a profit to the menumakers of
S2.31 per week for each student. The
situation is not exactly cheerful one
from the girls point of view, but by
the time they arrive at the ideal basis
OF rs cents a day" they will probably
ret used TO IT.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27

New York and Pennsylvania are buy
ing cheap lands not we'll adapted to ag-
riculture and are planting them with
forests. Pennsylvania has already Sc
cured 100, 900 acres for this purpose. A
half century hence the wisdom of the
plan will be generally recognized and
the states that do nothing now will be
regrettinp IL then
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27

Fairly reliable statistics show that
1900, 100000 of hens eggs Will have
been laid in the United States during
the year 19C0-a startling estimate,
truly, inasmuch as these eggs, stood
one on top of another. point to butt.
would make a column 461 GAS miles in
aitftude-ne nearly twice as high as the
moon from the earth when that orb
is seen overhead. The annual value of
this product exceeds that of any min
eral except coal, and is greater even
than that of our pig iron.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-27

The poor did not fare very well at
tie Paris exposition. Boxes for con
tributions to the poor were placed in
tie exposition buildings at the time of
the Inaugural ton and remained there
until the close, but upon being opened
they were found to contain but So
frsncs and 60 centimes