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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-29
HOLDS WALLER GUILTY.
Findings of the COurt-Martial Have
Been OverruIed by Gen.
Chaffee.

Manila, May 26.-Gen. Chaffee has
disapproved the action of the court
martial in acquitting Maj. Waller and
Lieut.. Day of the charge of killing
natives of Samar without legal pro-
cess. Gen. Chaffee says the verdicts
are miscarriage of justice and the
findings are opposed to the evidence
He holds that while the laws of war
justify summary executions in GER
tain cases, such cases did not arise in
this Samar campaign. A minute re-
view of the record leads him to de-
eide that justice to the military SER
vice and common fairness to the help
less natives whom Waller sent to
their death, his acts partaling more
of unlawful retaliation than justifi-
able warfare, making the case one
that should not become an approved
precedent for young officers. How
ever, considering the mental condi-
ton of Maj. Waller, so much of the
findings as declare the accused not
guilty of murder are approved. Lieut..
Day is censured because, though he
knew Maj. Walters condition, he did
not counsel delay. Instead, he sec
onded Maj. Walters resolve and
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WEST AND SOUTH.

At Rock Island the Illinois G. A. r.
encampment elected FL. M. Trimble,
of Princeton, department commander.
One-half of the business section of
Milford. Ind, has been destroyed by
fire.
Without any known cause John w.
Churry. of South Bend, Ind, killed SUI
same Kecskemetti, his sweetheart,
and himself.
At Whatcom, Wash, Alfred Hamil-
ton was hanged for the murder of ID.
NJ. Woodbury. at Anacortes September
Z, 1899.
The death of NJ. E. Turner, one of
the founders of the Columbus Journal
and for 80 years its editor, occurred in
Columbus, o.
Fire nearly wiped out the town of
Glover, Va.
The Kansas democrats have nomin-
for governor.
On his way to Washington Buen-
canine. former secretary of state IN
der Aguinaldo, reached San Francisco.
He praises the work of the Americans
in the Philippines and says peace is
near.
At Bonneville, Mo-. Charles Reeves
was hanged for the murder of his wife
February "a.
Harry Meyers, Fred Schwake, Ed
ward Miller and Harold Craig, boys,
were drowned at North Vernon, Ind,
by the upsetting of a boat.
At DEBORAH, Ia, cloudburst caused
the drowning of three persons. The
town was flooded and many houses
washed away.
In tornado at Union, S. c., six
persons were killed and many injured
and great damage was done to prop
erty.
In a jealous rage Frank Wilson
shot and seriously wounded his wife,
killed Abner Canter and then com
1nitted suicide in Arkansas City, Kan.
Near Arcola, No., Allie Petty shot
Mrs. Friend and her daughter and
then himself. The mother may re-
cover, but Petty and the girl will die.
On the Wabash road train made
a record-brealling run from Mont
pelier, O., to Detroit, Mich, a dis
lance of 81 miles. in IS minutes.
S. P. Long, of Columbus, O., has
resigned as president of Lima college.
The Buford arrived in San Fran
cisco from Manila with $50 members
OF the Third cavalry. 600 casuals and
124 discharged men.
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TOLD OF THE STAGE FOLK.

David Wartield will next season use
"Dinkelspiel," German comedy by
George Hobart.
Hazlitt, after the necessary work OF
preparation has been concluded, wrote
one lecture a week of the series Lee
lures on Authors"
Amelia Karle, who has been n MEM
Der of Rogers Brothers chorus, will
marry wealthy western ranch owner
in the fall, and bid good-by to the stage.
There is an apparent lack of mutual
admiration between some OF the people
who have written successful historical
novels and some of the critics who
would if they could.
Mrs. Langtry has signed contract
with Charles Frohman to appear in
this country next season. She will
probably be seen in Paul Kester's
"Mademoiselle Mars"
What is believed to be the largest
book that has ever been made was fin
ished few days ago at Los Angeles,
Cal. 1t is register for the chamber
of commerce of that city, and will con-
tain, when filled, more than $4,000
names. 1t weighs 324 pounds and COM
prises 1880 pages.
Some unfeeling newspapers are polk
ing at Andrew Carnegie the remark re-
Gently made by President Eliot, of Har-
ward: "a library that will go on shelf
five feet long is enough to give an in
tellectual training to any human being
that ever came into the world.
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FoREIGy INTELLIGENCE.

In the coal mines at Fernie, b. O.,
an explosion killed 100 miners.
An agent of the German foreign Of
fee says that the Anglo-Boer war is
practically ended, and suspension of
hostilities is expected to be announced
at any hour.
English has been introduced as the
official language of the courts and Gus
toms in the Philippines.
Panic at Fort de France, Martinique,
continues, two ship loads of fright
ened residents leaving the place and
others clamoring to go.
The first reports from scientists in
the Indies show that volcanoes gave
warning of approaching activity,
which were ignored by islanders.
From the Fernie mine in British
Columbia nearly 100 bodies have been
taken and about 80 miners are still
missing.
A Martinique dispatch says tha5
Mont Pelee is still very active, and
the whole top of the volcano appears
to have opened for a distance OF two
miles.
Lava from Mont Pe1ee swept away
and ruined the town of Basse Pointe,
Martinique. No lives were lost.
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SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS.
Fissure 400 Yards Wide Extends
from Peak of Mont PeIee
to Base.

Fort de France, Martinique, May
26-The government dredge went to
st. Pierre and the crew burned $50
bodies, including many of those killed
by last Tuesdays eruption of Mont
Pelee, who were evidently engaged in
footing. The workmen report that
Mont Pelee is split from peak to
base and there is fssure nearly 400
yards wide. 1t is unofficially re-
ported that the various governments
will be advised to discontinue send
ing supplies, as the enormous guam
tity now here is sufficient for the
greatest emergency. The financial
condition of the people, however, is
bad.
Fort de France, Island of Marti-
nique, Saturday, May 24.-Mont Pc
lee was comparatively quiet yester-
day (Friday). To-day the volcano
belched forth torrent of lava and
mud. which rushed down the north
ern slope of the mountain and swept
away what was left of the town of
Basse Pointe. New assures have
opened in the side of the mountain
Paris, May 26.-In his official re-
port to the French government on
the entire Martinique disaster, Gov.
L'Huerro, of Martinique, estimates
the dead there at 10000.
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

President Roosevelt will spend his
Fourth of July at Pittsburg, Pa.
A Montana man says that Senator
Clark's fortune is not less than $685.
900 900.
The Boston law forbidding the sale
Of ice cream and candy Sundays has
been repealed.
Grand Duke Boris, of Russia, who is
on a tour of the world, will be in this
country in June.
Paris aeronaut announced as the
result of 256 ascents that warmer at
mosphere exists above $4,000 feet.
Congress is likely to remain in ses-
sion till late in July; the vote on a
Philippine bill is not probable till June.
A monument to the late Empress
Elizabeth of Austria, who was assas-
sinated September 10, 1898, was un-
yelled in Geneva.
A mob of 1000 people in Boston
raided meat markets in the Jewish dis
trict, and after soaking the beef in
kerosene set fire to it.
Harvard's photograph collection,
received from the kaiser, which was
stolen a few days ago, was returned
as mysteriously as it was taken.
The agricultural departments re-
vised estimate of the 1901 grain yield
placed wheat at 4S,46O,21S bushels,
and corn at 1922. 1888 bushels.
R. A. Rainey, of New York, has paid
$4,000 to Baron de Rothschild, Of
Paris, for an automobile. This is the
highest price so far recorded for a ma
chine.
James F. Caldwell, the veteran race
horse starter, died suddenly in Sara
toga, n. Y. of apoplexy. He was a ma
tive of Danville, KY, and was 65 years
of age.
Judge Cowan. of North Dakota, has
denied citizenship to two old men who
have been in this country 16 years and
yet have learned nothing of the Eng
lish language.
The foreign office has sent to the
United States embassy in Berlin per-
mission for Rear Admiral Charles
O'Neil to visit the German navy yards,
dock yards, etc.
The late Senator John Sherman's
grave. on the Sherman lot in the Mans
field, (O.) cemetery, will be marked by
massive sarcophagus. It will be
of Rhode Islands granite, Is by IS
feet at the base. and will weigh so
tons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-29

In recent letter to DR.. Hartman
Congressman Botlxin says:
my Dear Doctor-It gives me pleas
ure to certify to the excellent curative
qualities of your medicines-Peruna
and Manalin. 1 have been afflicted
more or less for quarter of century
with catarrh of the stomach and con-
stipation. A residence in Washington
has increased these troubles. A few
bottles of your medicine have given me
almost complete relief, and l am sure
that n continuation of them will effect
q permanent cure. u. d. BotlIin.
Mr.. l.. f. Verdery, o prominent real
estate agent, of Augusta, Ga, writes:
al have been a great sufferer from
catarrhal dyspepsia. tried many ply
SicianS, visited a good many springs,
but / believe Peruna has done more
for me than all of the above pun
together. feel ike a new person.
l.. r. Verdery.
The most common form of summer
catarrh is catarrh of the stomach. This
is generally known as dyspepsia.
Peruna cures these cases like magic
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
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DEDICATE MONUMENT.
interesting Ceremonies Attend I'm
yelling of Rochambeau Memo
rial at Washington.

Washington, May 26.-The pres
ldent of the United States joined
with the official representatives of
the French republic in unwilling the
statue of Marshal de Rochambeau
the compatriot of Washington and
the commander in chief of the French
forces IN America during the revolu-
tlonary war. 1t was an event com
blnlng many demonstrations of inter
national good will, with French sail
ors from the battleship Gaulois min
Cling their cheers with American
blue jackets, French flags entwining
their folds with the stars and stripes,
and with oratory and music express
slve of Franco-American friendship.
Cardinal Gibbons was to have
opened the exercises with an invoca-
ton, but in his unavoidable absence
Rev. DR.. Stafford delivered an impress
sive opening prayer. At its conclu-
sion President Roosevelt stepped to
the front of the platform and extend
ed generous welcome to the French
guests in the following words:
''Mr. Ambassador and you, the Represent
tat1ves of the Mighty Republic of France:
extend to you on behalf of the people of
the United States the warmest and most
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-29
BURNING HEAD.

Star City, Ark, May 26th.-A very
remarkable case has just occurred
here.
Mr.. w. H. McFalls has been suffer
ing severely for two years with an
ailment that puzzled the doctors and
everybody. The trouble seemed to be
all in his head, which had burning
sensation all the time.
Sometimes this burning pain in the
head would be worse than at other
times, but it never left him.
At last he tried new remedy
called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and was
agreeably surprised to find that the
burning gradually disappeared.
An attack of La Grippe has laid
him up for the last few weeks, but
Dodd's Kidney Pills have banished
his old trouble entirely.
His son George used few Of the
Pills which his father did not need
and they have done so much good
that he says he would not take ten
centsa pill for the few he still has left.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-29
A DIPLOMAT is DEAD.
Lord Pauncefote, British Ambassa-
dor, Dies in Washington.
while He Had been Ill for Some
Time, His Death Was Unlocked
For - sketch of His
Busy Career.

Washington, May 26.-Lord Paunce-
fote, British ambassador to the Unit
ed States, died at the embassy Sat
urday morning at 5:35 o'clock.
The improvement which had been
noted in his condition during the past
week received a sudden check about
six o'clock Friday evening, when it
was noticed that he was experience
ing difficulty in breathing.
DR.. Jung, his physician, was imme-
diately sent for, and he decided upon
consultation with a local physician,
in the meantime telegraphing for DR..
,Osler, of Baltimore. In his stead
came DR.. Thayer, of Johns Hopkins
university, arriving about two
o'clock in the morning. The patients
pulse was still good, and when DR..
Thayer left the embassy at three
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-29
LATER NEWS.

A wind storm at Texarkana, Ark.
ruined three churches and number
of residences.
The safe of the Colorado Telephone
company, at Denver, was opened and
looted of 81 ,OOO One of the employees
is missing.
In a race between cyclone and a
Santa Fe passenger train in Kansas,
the latter came out about fifty feet
ahead, after speeding twelve miles.
Sixteen of the most prominent stu
denis of Northwestern university at
Evanston, ILL.,, were arrested, charged
with disorderly conduct, assault and
battery and resisting the police.
The president nominated Robert S.
Mccormick, of Illinois, to be ambassa-
dor to Austria Hungary.
Two bulls charged and broke up the
camp of the high school cadets of Oma-
aha, Neb. The camp looked as if cy-
clone had struck it.
Sawmills at Saltwater, Mimi, are
closed on account of strike.
Frank Robinson, of Kansas City,
Mo-, aged 20 years, shot and killed his
sweetheart, Gertie Rawlins. aged 16
years, shot and fatally wounded his ri
val, Albert H. Fesguson, aged 10 years
and shot and fatally injured himself.
Harry New from the stable of c. r.
Ellison won the Latonia derby in easy
fashion before 10000 people.
II, -
Benny Yanger defeated Austin Rice.
Five thousand union men employed
in the building trades went on a strike
at Denver, Colo, causing practically a
total stoppage of building operations.
The rivalry between the freshmen
and sophomore classes of the Uniyer-
sity of Vermont eliminated in the
drowning of Nelson Pease Bond, of
Burlington, aged 10, the treasurer of
the class. The freshmen charge foul
play, and this the sophomores deny.
Thomas Lampier, a wealthy farmer
near Beloit, Wis, while temporarily
insane through drink, committed sui
eide by cutting his throat.
Damage to the amount of SIS, 900 was
done by an electrical storm at Sigel,
Wis.
George L. Bruins, an examiner of ac-
counts, for the Equitable Life Assur-
ance company, shot his wife and killed
himself at their home in Brooklyn.
High water in the Fountain river
washed out the Colorado 81 Southern
railroad and flooded many buildings at
Pueblo, Colo.
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4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings OF a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FIFTY-sEvENTH CONGRESS.

Senator Hoar (Mass.) made re-
markable speech in the United States
senate on the 22d on behalf of the Fill
pinos and in opposition to the pending
bill. A bill was introduced by Sena-
tor lodge providing $1,ooo,ooo for the
removal of the battleship Maine from
the harbor of Havana and the recovery
of the bodies lost. In the house discus
sion of the immigration bill was re-
sumed and the amendment offered by
Mr.. Underwood (Ala.) requiring an ed
ucational test for immigrants to this
country was adopted.
The Philippine government bill was
further discussed in the United States
senate on the 23d. A bill was passed
making an additional appropriation of
$58,500 to the urgent deficiency bill for
the current fiscal year. Adjourned to
the Goth. In the house the day was de-
voted to private pension bills, 105 be-
ing passed, and to few other minor
measures. A bill was passed appropr1-
ating $4,000 to establish storm-warn-
ing stations at South Manitou island,
Lake Michigan. Adjourned to the
goth
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cordial greeting. We appreciate to the full
all that is implied in this embassy, com
posed of such men as those who have been
sent over here by President Loubet to COM
memorate the unwilling of the statue OF the
great marshal who, with the soldiers and
sailors of France, struck the decisive dow
in the war which started this country on
the path of independence among the nations
of the earth (Applause) l as sure that L
give utterance to the sentiments of every
citizen of the United States, of every Amer
lean to whom the honor and the glory of
our republic in the past, as in the present,
are dear, when l say that we prize this
fresh proof of the friendship of the French
people, not only because it is necessarily
pleasing to US to have the friendship of
nation so mighty in war and SO mighty
in peace as France has ever shown herself
to be, but because it is peculiarly pleasant
to feel that, after a century and quarter
of independent existence as nation, the
French republic should feel that in that
century and quarter we have justified the
sacrifices, France made on our behalf. Gap
plause)
''Mr. Ambassador the American people,
peculiarly because they are the American
people, and because the history of the
United States has been so interviewer with
what Franc has done for us; also because
they are proud of the whole yorld which ac-
knowledges and must ever acknowledge in
a peculiar degree the hea6ship of France
along SO many lines in the march of
progress and civilization-the American
people, through me, extend their thanks to
you and in their name 1 beg to express my
Acknowledgements to the embassy that has
come here and to President Loubet and all
of the French nation, both for the deed and
for the magnanimous spirit that laid be-
hind the doing of the deed, and 1 thank
you" (Applause)j
AS the president closed his remarks,
the Countess de Rochambeau drew
aside the wells enveloping the figure,
bringing into view the massive bronze
proportions of the famous French
commander, standing proudly erect
with arm outstretched, directing the
fortunes of war on the field of York
town. A great cheer went up from
Frenchmen and Americans alike.
Following the French ambassador,
Gen. Horace Porter, the United States
ambassador to France, made a BRIEF
address, and was followed by Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts,. AS Mr..
Lodge closed the French band played
''The Star Spangled Banner" he clos
ing remarks of the day were made by
Gen. Brugere, of the French army
Bishop Satterlee brought the cere-
monies to close with benediction and
the French and American forces passed
in review before the president.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

The president was rendered alunch-
con by members of the Rochambeau
commission on board the French bat
tleship Gaulois at Annapolis.
At the age of "a years Lord Paunce-
fote, British ambassador to the
United States, died in Washington.
A statue of Marshal de Rochaln-
beau, the compatriot of Washington
and the commander in chief of the
French forces in America during the
revolutionary war, was unveiled III
Washington.
The president is planning trip to
various states of the east and middle
west.
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1t is littre startling to learn that
the Swiss watchmakers, after being
distanced in competition by their
American rivals during the last quar-
ter of a century, have installed Amer
lean machinery and are now selling
their product in the United States to a
very large extent, 1t thus appears
that the foreigner cannot be relied
upon to acknowledge American me-
chanical supremacy without making a
final effort, and what has happened in
the watch trade may occur in other
Industries.
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The Martinique catastrophe, the
Johnstown flood, the Galveston hOr-
ror and cyclones like those at St.
Louis and Louisville some years ago
show with terrible clearness the ut
ter helplessness of man against the
aroused forces of nature. Humanity
is prone to vaunt itself upon it's
achievements, but it's littIeness is dem
onstrated swiftly and fatally when
confronted with fire, flood or tempest
in their full majesty.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-29

At Paris, Mo-, Abe Winthrop, white
man, was lynched by mob for the
murder of William Grow.
Francis NJ. Black, ex-chief justice
of the supreme court of Missouri,
died in Kansas City, aged IS years.
Fire swept away score of BUSH
ness blocks and residences at Johns
town, o.
ST. Clair county (Mo.) bond case,
pending for 81 years, will be settled
by compromise. The original debt of
5000, 900 is now 81, 100000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-29

Americans note with not little
amusement that the English corona
ton souvenir medals are being made
in Attleboro, Mass, and that the flag
staffs and spearheads for the corona
tion parade are being turned out at
less other stage properties for the
big affair viii come from the United
States. When the fact is made known
in England it will probably cause
grumbling, but Englishmen will have
the satisfaction of knowing that by
going to America they will be able
to secure the best shat money can buy.
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Thirty years ago Gen. Palma, now
president of Cuba, hastily buried his
mother, a victim of Spanish cruelty,
in an obscure cemetery in Bayamo,
with a wooden cross to mark the spot
The other day, with all tokens of re-
spect and love, he and his friends dis
inferred the remains, placed them in
a stately tomb bearing a tablet with
this inscription: "Candelaria Palma,
whose beloved son Tomas has re-
turned after so years and given her
Christian burial"
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Prof. Lewis Swift, the well-known
astronomer, whose discoveries num-
Der Is comets and 1912 new nebulae,
a record which in the point of num-
Der is said to be surpassed only by
Sir William Herschel, has turned his
eighty-second year. Despite his age,
Prof. Swift's step is elastic and his
movements agile. Many societies at
home and abroad have received him
into honorary membership. The best
part of his work was done in Roch-
ester, n. Y.
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Progress of Christian Science.

Washington, May 26.-Mr. Carol
Norton, in a lecture delivered before
large audience in the Columbia
theater, asserted that 100000 cases
of disease have been healed in Chris
tan Science during the 35 years of
it's history, and that in that time
have been established and are now
hourishing.
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The rich possibilities of Alaska are
made still greater by the report the
United States geological survey pub
fishes. Alfred HI. Brooks, who has
made a special investigation, finds
that Alaska has large stores of fuel.
In addition to coal it has heavy tim
Der and great deal of peat. Pc
troleum has also been found, though
whether it exists to an extent that
will make it commercially valuable
is not yet settled.