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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-31
Killed HinnseIf

August Amend, aged AZ, acquitted re-
Gently of the murder of William Erd-
man, of Menominee Falls, committed
suicide and made an attempt to poison
his wife by placing strychnine in the
sugar. She became violently i'll as
result, but will recover. Amend took
poison in saloon in the village of Du-
plainville and died shortly afterward.
The cause of his act was the refusal
of his wife to live with him after his
arrest.
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MnNnr Threatened.

Charles H. Pfennig, the newly elect
ed republican mayor of Kenosha, is
threatened with death. During the
last few days he has received num-
Der of letters supposed to have been
written by an Italian demanding that
he vacate the office of mayor or pre-
pare to die. The letters state that the
death of the mayor has been planned
which are not signed, is the man that
will do the deed.
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Three Killed.

In a head-end collision of trains on
the Minneapolis. ST. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie road near Pembine, Charles
johnson and William Raymond, engi-
neers, and j. A. Anderson, fireman,
were killed, and Frank Thorpe, a
brakeman, was seriously injured. All
were married and leave families. The
two trains crashed together at full
speed. Sixty cars heavily loaded went
into a ditch and, catching fire, were
consumed
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Shot by Trnmps.

Charles j. Feyhern, of Fond du Lac,
aged %, and Rudolph Seifert, aged 20,
of Austro-Hungary, were shot during
a quarrel with two tramps with whom
they were beating a ride on the North
western freight train near Boone, Ia.
Feyhern was shot through the body
and probably fatally wounded. Sci
fert was shot through the head. He
may recover. Their assaiIants, who
were strangers to them, escaped.
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fright or WEAKNESS or pain; the third
kind-faced man who had given the
best years of his life to the service of
the city waits, and who looked after
the business end-the transportation,
so readily granted by the railroad, the
transfer of baggage and the procuring
of food.
1t was to the motherly soul that 1
first appealed for information.
"Who are they, and where are they
going?" 1 asked.
She was not a talkative soul, save to
the babies to whom she gave her every
moment. Between her words of COM
fort to them she managed to tell me
that they were orphans from New
York going to new homes in northern
Wisconsin. and" she added, 1.-The
hours before we reach Ashland will be
all too short, for they are all my
babies now, and then l shall lose
them"
The look in her face would have told
me much the same had she never spok-
en- the words, but l wanted more infor-
nation, and appealed to the man.
From him / learned that the society
which he represented had placed a.
900 orphan children in homes within
the past 80 years.
81 could not now give you figures
showing the work done in this way by
all the various organizations engaged
in this form of charity in New York"
he said. thousands Of the little ones
are taken from the streets and the
tenements each year and placed in
homes. The homes into which we have
put children stretch from the Atlantic
coast to the Rocky mountains. In age
they range all the way from few
months. and I might say a few weeks
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Some with eyes in whose depths there
yet lurked the sorrow that comes of
suffering, sorrow that even baby
minds had not forgotten; some with
the sparkling, happy eyes of in
nocent childhood. Some with eyes
of deepest blue, some with eyes
of shining black; some with eyes OF
brown, and some with eyes of gray,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-31

rival of Monte
Carlo.
He is merely
surrounding the
o | d clubh ouse-
f a m e d as John
Morrissey's in the
old times-with a
beautiful p r k.
The acost is sup
posed to crowd
half a m I'LL o n
pr e t t y closely;
but the business
w i'll S t a n d i t.
e
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-31
our Little Philosophers.

Grandmamma-Com come, you
naughty little girl, you must go and
have your face washed. When l was
your age my face was washed three
times a day!
Perhaps that's what shrunk
it.-Moonshine
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CroD Outlook.

The weekly crop report of the
Washington bureau says for Wiscon-
sin:
Continued warm, with general rains,
heavy and slightly detrimental to crop in
south portion; corn growing rapidly; win
ter wheat and rye harvest delayed by rains,
excellent crops; barley harvest about com
pleted, oats ripening, heavy crop; all grains
badly lodged; hay crop fine; potatoes and
tobacco fine.
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A NnrrOXY Encnpe.

The four-year-old son of Oscar Mar
shall, farmer living near Galesville,
had a narrow escape from horrible
death. The child had gone to sleep
in the field where the father was cut
ting wheat with a harvester. He was
caught in the sharp blades and one
arm almost severed from the body.
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to girls and boys of ten to Is years,
though the great majority are as these
children are from two to three years
old.
cit would be hard to overestimate
the Importance of this form of char
liable work. 1t is to be found in every
large city in the land, and Thousands
of children are saved from lives of mis-
ery, if not of crime, and made into
reputable citizens. We watch over
each child that we place in home, and
see to it that it has all the advantages
of an education and the refining in
fluences of good home. 1t is only the
exceptional case where we find them
abused in any way, and | could point
out to you hundreds of cases that [
know of where orphan children from
the city streets that we have placed
in homes have grown up to occupy po-
sitions of responsibility and trust. In
fact [ could name for you now, if |
cared to, five federal officeholders,
men vino are filling places of great re-
sponsibility in the government, who
were among the first of the children
we placed in country homes 80 years
ago"
In talking to a gentleman engaged
in the same form of charitable work
in Chicago afterwards he said that
none of the home-fnding societies had
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-31

M a S t erson. 1t
S e e IN S t o 6 o
S t r a i ght to a
weak point in or
gained help.
I once worked
a week upon a
newspaper "spe-
C j a l'-i t w a S
never published,
b y t h e w a y,
though to me it
seemed and seems
an amazing and
helpful S t o ry-
G la S sifying the
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doubt of that.
One thing that
has made it so is
b e n evidence it
self.
Great corpora
tions like t h e
Pennsylvania rail
road and the Met
ropolitan Street
railroad are pen
sioning their en-
ployes. It's often
hard for a man
of 60 or 65 to be
put off at half
nav He may he
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-31

an unknown mil
lionaire had given
millions to col
leges and chart
ties has such a
sensa tion b e e n
created in New
Y o r k a S John
NJ. Burke, still
healthy i n h i s
n i n e t i e S, has
caused by giving
$4,O0O,OO0 t o a
charity of his own
design.
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The RiNaIa

Mr.. Richfello-Miss Beauties shoe
lace came unfastened, and she let me
tie it.
Miss Prettie-Yes, she wears such
tight corsets she can't stoop.-N. Y.
Weekly.
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One Agent snneIcheh.

Agent am agent, sir. for the
Great American Universal Encyclo-
pediae of History, Biography. Art,
Science and Literature, complete in
two hundred vol
Business Man-Don't need it.
married Boston grin. Y. Weekly.
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time hold.
There's Dan La
mont. People are
talking of him as a
democratic candi-
date for governor,
the point of uncer-
tainty being not
whether he'd be a
G o o d candidate
but whether he'd
run. Lamont was
a reporter on New
York and Albany
papers before he
ever became pri-
vate secretary to
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nlicht Prove Prontahle.

BRADY has new scheme with for
tune in it,"
"What is it?"
"He's going to start company whose
business viii be to pull off fights be-
tween senators in proper style.
Town Topics.
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Papa's view.

She-It is hard to give any logical
reason way this place is so fashionable.
Papa-But you don't have to give
any logical reason why anything is
fashionable. Any old reason will do.
Puck.
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Persists.

II haven't seen Spunjall since he
was a LITTLE boy. He and l used to
play tag together"
well, he hasn't got over the habit.
He was here this morning and
touched me for Chicago Trib-
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Precautions.

Life Insurance Agent-My dear sir,
have you made any provision for those
who come after you?
Harduppe-Yes, put the dog at the
door and told the hired girl to say
was out of town.-Brooklyn Life.
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Penalty of Greatnexs

First Guest-Who is that distin-
guished-lookng man who has been
sitting alone all the evening?
Second Guest-He is the author of
a dozen noted books which no one
here has read.-N. Y. Weekly.
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After Particulars

eyes" he said, Il got most of my ed
ucation by travelling.
did you?" she answered. ''Raye
you ever been out of this county o.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Annie Time

She (playing whist)-I don't see how
you can remember just what cards
have been played.
He-Oh, I memorize the play while
you're talking Brooklyn Life.
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ing the premiership of
Great Britain, and the office he has
filled with so much credit to himself
and the nation has been turned over to
Rt. Hon 4. J. Balfour, first lord of the
treasury and government leader in the
house Of commons. The appointment
of BaIfour to fill the vacant place came
as a disappointment to many, and as
glad surprise to others. The friends OF
the English colonial secretary, Joseph
Chamberlain, believed that he de-
served the place as a recognition OF his
efforts for the empire during the war,
but the liberals would have been
strongly opposed to his appointment.
The selection of Balfour was undoubt-
eddy a keen disappointment to the
colonial secretary, who has for years
been ambitious to occupy the highest
political office in England, and who is
now virtually out of the race for that
place unless another change should
come within the near future.
The late prime minister Of England
is the oldest active statesman in Eu-
rope. Marks of age show in his round
ed shoulders, his melancholy eyes, his
Observation-Disclosures; but the dignity
and stateIiness, signs of his pride OF
birth and Of his ''stern deyotedness to
duty still remain. Lord Salisbury IS
prominently proud man, and con-
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as well able to work as ever, or may
think he is; he will certainly prefer
whole pay to half.
More important to the middle-aged
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EVENLY orphans; 20 little
fatherless and motherless
babies, the oldest but just
turned three the youngest
just beyond the 21s mark.
Seventy pretty faces.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-31

Not since the filing of the Fayer-
weather will revealed the fact that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-31
Charity as a Blind Machine.

Burke's charity is named for his
mother, whose maiden name was
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The Rise of Reporter.
Never be rude to a reporter! There's
no telling what power he may some
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Canfeld,s "Monte Carlo,

Garfield, the gambler, says he's not
trying to make his Saratoga club a
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The Burke Foundation.

It's harder for a man over As, who
looks his years, to get work. No
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HAT England has long ex-
pected has happened and
after a lifetime of service
Lord Salisbury has retired
from n1blic life by resign
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29
FROST SKIPPED ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY

Special Telephone to The Herald:
AZTEC, N. NJ. May 27.-Your cor
respondent has made it point the
past week to ascertain the condition
of the fruit crop and can truthfully
state that never were prospects so
promising. It was feared the cold
spell of week ago might result In
damaging frosts but not one person
has reported damage of any nature.
Old settlers say they never knew fruit
trees looking better or fruit further
advanced for this season of the year.
This holds good for the northern sec.
tion of the county as well as the cen.
tral and southern portion.
Durango can look forward to hun
dreds of teams hauling apples from
San Juan county to market this fall.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29
uM IN ADVANCE.

brothers, who have been at the Sill
yer Ledge mine during the winter.
nave taken contract on the Camp
bird FOR the driving of 3OO-foot drift.
Inc Hidden Treasure in Mastodon
gnlch is being worked by six men
under the management of Rasmus
Hanson. This week a cross-cut from
'he tunnel which has been run par
ailel to the main vein cut into the lat
ter and opened up big body of ship
ping ore
The good progress that is being
made in the Royal Mining companv
tunnel on Sultan mountain will bring
the desired results before the summer
season shall have passed away. About
iOO feet of the 900 feet has been run
ana better progress is being made now
than during the past few weeks. NJ.
H. Kinney, president of the company.
together with Mr. f. NJ. Gallup. a met.
allureist who is making a thorough
study Of the Sultan mountain ores
are in Silverton and have signified
theif intention of becoming perma-
nent residents of our town.
carload of Magnet ore was sorted
this week for shipment to the smeIter.
While this property has been in the
past a shipper of some high grade
gold-silyer ore. the present shipment
is simply for a smelter test of the
lower grade ore bodies. which have
been opened up in considerable uuan-
titles during the winter.
Jack kilmartin is pounding away on
his San Pedro claim in Deer park with
good results. He is running tun-
mel on the vein and is in about 10
feet Mr. Kilmartln is still finding
the punches of rich free gold ore that
startled this section some six years
ago when the claim was known as the
Quail
There Is quite a little activity In
Gray Copper gulch Just above the falls.
There are located in this district such
well known shippers as the Dakota.
kentucy Indiana and Uncle Sam.
The latter Is now being worked under
lease by Messrs. Riggs and Grebles,
and they are extracting a very good
grade of ore carrying gray and black
copper with some gold and silver val
ues. Mr. West Riggs owns the El
Paso group, consisting of seven fun
claims. adjoining the Uncle Sam.
They also show remarkably well from
present developments, especially the
Clifton on which has been exposed
vein 200 feet in width and of good
milling grade. Frank Hicks owns and
operates the Maytlower group, lit
tie further down the gulch. He also
owns and operates group of four
claims known as the Belmont. Pale
face, Indianapolis, and Blue Ridge.
Mr.. Hicks will erect buildings shortly
and work his claims extensively the
coming season William Roberts. an
old-timer in this district. owns large
group of properties in this district
from which he will ship the coming
season These ores will all come to
the KendriclI smelter at Silverton. as
they are peculiarly adapted for that
plant There have been some new To-
cations made recently. Fred Grebles
Of boarding house fame. is the dis
coverer Of a fine looking vein which
he is now having work. Crap Cop.
per gulch win blossom as a rose this
summer.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29

So charles S. Thomas has the sena-
orial bee in his bonnet once more.
rms is not unexpected. however. be-
cause the more or less esteemed Mr..
Thomas has been a chronic Office
seeker for the past Is years that we
know Of and Lord only knows how
much longer Mr. Thomas prostitut-
ed the governorship for two years in
order to secure the place now being
mis- filed by a man named Tommy
Patterson 1t is 10 be hoped the peo-
pie OF Colorado have too much good
sense to elect men who will favor
such kind Of people for office OF any
character.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29
Found $40, 900 in Gold.

A pot OF gold supposed to have been
buried during the Civil war and worth
about 100000. was recently found in
an old spring by poor farmer. No
doubt the discovery brought him much
happiness. but really nothing when
compared to the happiness enjoyed by
slelIy people Tbo have been restored
TO health By Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
ters- This sovereign remedy is back
ed by'hfty years OF cures and is highly
inhoIsed by many prominent physi.
clans throughout the country. It is a
specific remedy for stomach liver kid
ney and bowel disorders. such as head
ache. heartburn, loss of appetite. indi-
gestion. constipation and biliousness.
be sure to try 1t. The genuine must
have our Private Stamp over the neck
OF the bottle.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29
waited in vain for official news.
FRUIT PROSPECTS THE
THE BEST IN MANY YEARS

Special Telephone to The Herald:
fARMlNGTON. n. NJ. May 27.-Re.
ports have been received from all sec
tons of San Juan county tributary TO
Pennington, and all are of the same
tenor, that not particle of damage
has resulted this season from frost
and that everything is well advanced
and fruit men are looking forward to
the best crop in the history of the
county. Apples are doing especially
we'll Apricots are almost grown in
some favored cases while peaches.
pears and small fruits look fine. Ev-
cry fruit grower is feeling greatly en-
couraged
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29

The railroads are going to come In
for somewhat decent treatment at the
hands OF the state board OF equaliza.
ton this year in comparison with a
year ago. This of itself is evidence
that the valuations placed on the roads
In this state were outrageous and no
one blames the roads for not waltzing
to tho front and settling. Had the
roads quietly submitted the fusionists
would have continued to pile hardships
upon them. Corporations are com.
PEELED to fight for their rights occa-
sionally.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29

Since writing the above we have
called on clothing stores grocery
stores and meat markets. We find
that while prices have advanced to
the dealer in some instances, no ma
terial advance has been made in
prices. Clothing is just as cheap
Broceries. including ranch produce
have not advanced over s
per cent, while common cuts of meat
have not advanced. Hams are selling
the same today as a year ago. Choice
cuts of beef have advanced 2Ia cents
| per pound. The choicest porterhouse
is sold in Durango for 20 cents There
fore. the writer's OF the above article
are just as far out Of the way as the
| Democrat, and Is only case OF the
pot calling the kettle black. The
quicker the man who tolls ascertains
| true facts. instead of being told this
or that. the better IL will be for him
AS for the other points In the arti-
| cle-thcre are none. II Is claimed
men are not given steady employment.
Because more men hang around u
mine than are required and each o. @
given so much work is no fault Of The
mine operator. and We can say that
| the operators have made the differ
ence 10 good miners when they were
In bad ground and could not earn 81
per day at the scale. The foreman NJ
all properties have the right to allow
miners 50 day when in poor ground.
hut this applies to miners. not incom.
petent help. new hands aud old men
who are unable TO earn 81. Let the
men apply for work at 80 and see II
the operators are In earnest.
In conclusion flo more the leaders
write the weaker they make their
cause.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29
FIVE FAMILIES FROM
ROCKY FORD DISTRICT
speclal Telenhone to The Herald.

Special Telephone to The Herald,
AZTEC. N. NJ, May 27.-Five fami-
lies arrived in Aztec yesterday direct
from Rocky Ford, all looking for loca
tions. One of the homeseekers has
been here twice before and located
each time going to Rocky Ford but
he saws he has got his fill this time
and is going to remain permanently
and those who are with him are well
pleased with the outlook.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29
cent at the very least.

cent at the very least.
Just think of 1t! Some miners,
and having families dependent upon
them, are digging coal on 30.inch veins
for 20 cents per ton, making all the
way from $500 to $3.50 per day. and
getting less than 200 days work in
an entire yeari Then imagine the
Democrat denouncing the miner and
assisting In turning down his wage
scale which provides an advance in
wages scarcely commensurate with the
increase in the cost of lving,-- This
makes us wonder if there are MANY
people in La Plata county who would
pawn their souls on the equlIibrity of
the Democrat on any question or pol
icy either in or out of an organiza-
tion?