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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-09

e n r m OuSly lat
and went clad like the lilies of the
field for splendor. His jewelry was
the most expensive, his valet accom-
panied him to court, assisting him from
street car or carriage. After his fash
ion Mr.. Howe was eloquent; he could
command a ready tear-his own or
Jurors. He was master of every trick
to delay or defeat justice. Such was
his reputation that after time it
grew to be a saying that for an ac-
cused man to employ him was equiv
aIent to a confession of guilt. After
a hard trial in which he had succeeded
in ''getting his man off, P" it was Howe's
delight in a restaurant with his crOnies
to say of the client in pOnderous John
sonian tones: ''Sir, he is as guilty as
h-1." There were no illusions in his
case.
For time the firm of which Mr..
Howe was head enjoyed almost a mon
opoly of theatrical business. When an
actor and his wife fell out it was a
race to see which could first retain
''Billy" Howe. Naturally he and his
partners were inveterate ''frst-night-
ers'' at the theatres. On such occa-
sions their display of jewelry was a
feature of the occasion; though Howe
himself was never more magnificent
than when, his vast bulk clad in spot
less white and wearing a white yacht
ing cap he rolled into a courtroom of
summers day, followed by his faithful
valet.
Jewelry and expensive clothing were
partly a personal taste with him, part
ly an advertisement. am told by men
intimately associated with the courts
that the fees of Mr.. Howe and his
imitators were by no means as great
as popularity supposed, and fell far be-
low those of many quiet office lawyers
of whom the public never heard. It
was necessary to impress possible
clients with display of personal
pomp and splendor.
But what a change from the type of
lawyer represented by Mr.. Evarts aud
Mr.. Butler!
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EuSlduu TIE &ASUOT
who is known as 1.-The man without
country" has a manly, well-liked son,
the most vigorous physically of all the
young AStors, and daughter of mar
riageable age, Pauline. There have
been at times grave doubts whether
Vincent Aston would reach maturity,
though at present his health is said to
be improving; if he should not, the
son of William Waldorf Astor would
alone bear the name, unless the Eng
lish fashion were Followed by some
son-in-law of assuming the name with
the fortunes of the great house.
The Astors have never been prolific
race, and of their surviving members
women have been in the majority.
The original John Jacob had two sons.
and each of these left only one surviv-
ing son. On the 'distaff side" of the
family, Mrs. Van Allen, of Newport;
Mrs. r. 7. Wilson, Jr., and Mrs. Haig,
whose unfortunate experience as Mrs.
J. Coleman Drayton is remembered,
have been Astors.
The Nanderbilts are prolific race,
and their vast wealth is much Gubdi-
vided. No Vanderbilt to-day has so
much money as William Waldorf AS
tor does not know what to dc with in
England. None has prospect of such
wealth as will be John Jacob Astor's
when the death of his mother, the
present leader of New York society,
consoldates the money of the "Ameri-
can branch"
1t is pathetic illustration of the
vanity of great riches that the hold of
the Astor name should be so slight,
and that the little nine-year-old girl
in England who bore it should have
died of consumption, which doctors
nowadays are CHASING as preventible
disease
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the famous group of lawyers who were
Buffers contemporaries. He measured
wits with Tilden, Charles O'Conor, S.
L. M. Barlow, Daniel Dougherty, Jo-
seph Choate, now minister to England:
and Col. Ed" James, who died only
the other day, were many years his
junior. He leaves no one in his own
class except the solitary figure of
James G. Carter, the little seen leader
of the bar" who is to most New York
ers no more than great name.
In the all-important branch of cor
poration law new school of lawyers
has sprung up. Dill, who has formed
more trusts than any other man alive,
is yet in middle age. Stetson, Mr.. Nor
gan's personal lawyer, is well-dressed
man scarcely past middle age, looking
more like a gentleman of leisure than
the solemn, slender, black-coated law
yer of a former day. The leaders of
even ten years ago were men of great
eloquence and keen study, carrying
along the traditions of Webster and
Rufus Choate. The leaders of to-day
are business men and managers who
delegate study to their junior partners,
take plenty of time to play golf, never
appear in court, cultivate epigrams
rather than long sentences, wear eX-
pensive clothing and pride themselves
on their capacity for managing indi-
viduals rather than iuries.
EX-Judge Henry e. Rowland, who
with men like Judge Dillon, the Gould's
family lawyer, stands upon ground
midway between the old and the new
schools, states frankly that court work
is being delegated to specialists upon
whom Office practitioners rather look
down; and that criminal practice es-
specially is in class by itself, a spe-
cialty into which no young lawyer care
full of his reputation will venture.
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Killed His Ffuther.

Gust z. Seifeld, a farmer near Pesh-
tigo, was shot by his son. Seifeld, it
is said, was pounding his wife, and
the boy shot his father to protect his
mother He then carried his mother
to bed and drove to Peshtigo, giving
himself up to the officers, and notify
ing DR.. Aubin, who Immediately left
for the farm. The victim of the shoot
ing died before the doctor reached
the house. Several farmers volun-
teered to go on the lads bail Inc
sympathy of the community, it is said
is with him.
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DISASTER IN A FACTORY.
Elevator in Factory at Lynn, Mass,
Falls, killing Two and In
juring Eleven

Lynn, Mass, Oct. An an elevator
accident at the shoe factory of A. E.
Little & Co., here early in the day, two
persons were killed and II others
more or less seriously injured
A cable parted and not only did
the car which contained 10 per-
sons fall four stories, but a
6OO-pound weight descended with
great force on the top of it, breaking
through and crushing to death Ben
iamin o. Crane, foreman in the fac
tory, and causing injuries to Miss
Frances Herlihy, an assistant fore
woman, from which she died within
short time. The injured suffered
mainly from cuts and bruises.
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Cartop Outlook.

The weekly crop report of the Wash
ington weather bureau says for Wis
consin: General and copious rains
latter part of week improved late pas
lures and benefited winter wheat and
rye; corn in southwestern counties
and along lake not injured by frost ana
now fully ripe, but little sound corn
in other sections; potatoes mostly
dug; fair crop of good quality; cram
berry picking about completed; crop
shortened considerably by frost; quail
ity good.
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Killed in q Tunnel.

Parkersburg, w. Va, Oct. 3.-Five
persons were killed and three injured
in a head-end collision between two
freight trains in a tunnel near Corn
wallis, on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road, Thursday The train carried
several cars of cattle, which were all
killed or injured. Probably 20 cars
were wrecked, and the tunnel is filled
with debris. Fred Pearce, engineer of
one train; William Miller, brakeman,
and tramp were killed. 1t is thought
several others are in the tunnel, and
two can be seen, but are beyond reach
at the present time
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the largest firms it is not the custom
for more than one member to own one.
For this purpose one of the junior
partners, usually a man in the prime
Of life and of considerable physical
strength, is nowadays commonly
chosen. He is known as the ''stock ex-
change member" Only in some of the
older firms is it the custom for the
head of the house to venture personal
Nv on the floor. The bubbling of eff
fervescent youth accounts forthe high
inks played on change when new
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-09

Washington, Oct. 4. - The great
coal conference between the presi-
dent and Representatives of the OPP
orators and the miners came to an
end at the temporary white house,
facing Lafayette square, at 4:55
o'clock Friday afternoon with fail
ure to reach an agreement. Appa-
rently the rock upon which the con-
ference split was a recognition of the
miners union. The president had
urged the contending parties to cease
strife in the interests of the public
welfare; the miners, through the
president of their union, had ex-
pressed a willingness to submit diff
ferences to arbitration of tribunal
to be named by the president, and
to enter into an agreement to abide
BY terms fixed by the arbitration
for period of from one to five years,
and the employers, through the pres
dents of the railroad and coal COM
panies and leading independent
mine operator, had squarely refused
arbitration, had denounced the
miners labor organization as law
less and anarchistic body with which
they could and would have no deal
ings,. had demanded federal troops
to ensure complete protection to
workers and their families in the
mining region, and court proceed
ings against the miners union, and
had offered if the men returned to
work to submit grievances at individ-
ual collieries to the decision of the
judges of the court of common pleas
for the district of Pennsylvania in
which the colliery was located. There
the matter closed.
No Middle Ground Possible.
What, if anything, will result from
the conference, is for the indefinite
future. The views of the contenders
in the great industrial struggle were
so extreme and wide apart that there
was no middle ground possible and so
the conference came to an end without
any agreement for its continuation.
The conference had lasted six hours,
including a recess of three hours be-
tween the morning and afternoon ses-
sions, taken to enable the miners and
opera 70 prepare WIlIteu res pOuSeS
to the presidents appeal The imme
date parties to the strike say they will
continue as heretofore. What course
the administration will take next no
one is prepared to say. One of the
operators as he left the white house
with closely set jaw was asked regard
ing this and replied: eff any one knows
what the president will do next, that
is more than I know" It was an
nounced at the white house that the
president had no comment to make on
the conference.
Fourteen men, including the presi-
dent, were in the second story front
room at the temporary white house
during the momentous conference.
Those who took part were: George T.
Baer, president Reading railway sys-
tenn; w. Ell. Truesdale, president Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
company; E. B. Thomas, chairman of
board, Erie Railroad company;
Thomas P. Fowler, president New
York, Ontario G. Western Railway
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Select New Candidate.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. AFTER an ami
mated discussion, lasting nearly three
hours Tuesday afternoon, the demo-
cratic state central committee selected
L. T. Durand, of Saginaw, as the party's
candidate for governor. The new nom
nation was made necessary by the
withdrawal of Judge George 81. Du-
rand, of Flint. brother of Tuesdays
nominee. Judge Durand was stricken
with paralysis five weeks ago and his
condition has remained such that all
thought of his going through cam
paign or filling the office of governor
had to be a abandoned
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CONFERENCE PROVES A FAILURE.
Roosevelt Unable to Bring Coal Operators and Mine
Offieia1s to a Agreement-Text of
the Presidents Appeal.

company; David Wilcox, vlce-president
and general counsel Delaware & Hud-
son company: John Markle, represent
ing independent operators; John
Mitchell, president United Mine Work
ers of America; Thomas D. Nichols,
Thomas Duffy and John Fahy, dis
trict presidents United Mine Workers
of America; Attorney General Knox,
Secretary. Cortelyou, Carroll D. Wright,
commissioner of labor.
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change that has
come over criminal
practice since men
like Abraham Lin
coln-and in much
later days eX-Gov.
Robinson, of Mas
sachusetts, in the
case of Emma Bor-
den-thought it no
dishonor to defend
men accused of
crime. The man
was William +
Howe.
Mr.. Howe was
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Tainted in Court.

Mrs. Mary Horning, when convicted
in Madison of a systematic course OF
robbery of several people for whom she
had worked. tainted in court when SEN
fenced to $50 fine and costs or two
months in Jail. She is a widow and WITS
to have been married shortly, and her
many thefts were with view to set
ting up housekeeping.
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First Tnhaccn Crop.

The first tobacco crcp harvested IN
Trempealeau county is now in the
sheds at Galesburg. The land put to
this use this year was largely an eX-
pertinent, but the result has been so
satisfactory that large acreage will
be used for the crop next year. More
sheds are being erected in the vicinity
of GaleShnrp
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change for $4,000,
For a year prices
have ranged from
100000 u p w a r d,
and once before
$4,000 was paid
for a chance to do
business in the
beaut j f III n e w
building which the
m e m b e rs a r e
erecting on Broad
street.
A stock exchange
seat is so expen-
siye that even in
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Coal Dock Gives Way.

The giving away of the Jones & Adj
ans coal dock in Ashland allowed 5000
tons of anthracite and bituminous coal
to be split into the bay, and did dam
age to the dock which it will take thou
sands of dollars to repair. About 2,o0o
tons of coal will be recovered. The APP
proximate loss is computed at $4,000
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nam w a | d o + t ,
/ e a e S o f t h e
younger genera
ton of that ia
nous family but
four members. In
New York John
Jacob As'tor has
the delicate son,
V i II c e n t upon
whose survival the
family hopes are
placed, and t h e
b a b y daughter,
born only a few
weeks ago. In
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Will Have a Surplus.

Secretary John NJ. True, of the state
board of agriculture, estimates that
the board will have over $4,000 with
which to prepare for the next state
fair. This money should be devoted to
improving the fair grounds and to Sc
curing special features for the next
fair, the secretary declares.
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Greeks Murdered.

Constantinople, Oct. 3.-The Greek
legation has Informed the porte that
$50 Greek notables were murdered by
Bulgarians in the districts of Monast ir
and Salonica during the last two
months and has asked what steps Tur-
key proposes to take for the protec-
ton of Greeks
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Confesxes His Awful Crime.

Menominee, Mich, Oct. 4.-Joseph
Beck, the blacksmith, has confessed
that he murdered the little girl, Julia
Wozeniak, and says he had no ac-
complete. The fact of the confession
was withheld by the officials for fear
citizens would attempt to lynch the
prisoner
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New York, Oct. 3.-The Wall street
panic is over, although Secretary
Shaw's relief plan cannot be fol-
lowed. The bank statement will
show reserve against other than gov
eminent deposits that is $4,000, 900
higher than otherwise.
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WrOnged.

Lucille-But he has no imagination.
Hortense-He hasn't. That's
where you wrong him. Why, he
thinks there are fully dozen girls
in this town who have hearts that
he broke al to pieces.-Chicsgo
Record Herald.
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Big Contract Awarded.

London, Oct. "A contract to the
value of So, 900 has been awarded
to an American company for the equip
ment of two generating stations in
the Clyde valley, intended to supply
electrical power for industrial pur-
poses over an area of 755 square miles.
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Mexican war yete-.n No.

UttumWa, Ia, Oct. 3.-DanleI Carl,
q veteran of the Mexican war, and
for 35 years justice of the peace, is
dead at his home at Blakesburg. He
is believed to have been the Oldest
white citizen of Iowa.
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ligh ter drama has
the power to draw
the ducats is once
a gain proved in
the opening of the
season.
One single music
h a IL t h a + of
We Der 81 Fields
has attracted to
itself enough stars
and leading peo-
pie to general a
d OF e n travelling
companies. Y o u
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S&@5K them is essentially warm
Mssz wind, whose effect is most
GA AS noticeable in winter. I'm
der their influence snow is melted with
astonishing rapidity, and the weather
soon becomes balmy and springlike.
The name Chinook" is that of an In
dian tribe which formerly lived near
the mouth Of the Columbia river. 1t
was first applied to a warm southwest
wind which blew from cover Chinook
camp" to the trading post established
by the Hudson Bay Fur company at AS
tOria, Ore. The name soon cam e into
general use in that locality, and as the
adjacent country was settled the
usage extended, so that now Chinook"
is applied not only to the warm, moist
southwest winds along the Oregon and
Washington coast, but to the warm,
dry, descending winds east of the Cas-
cade range in Washington and the
Rocky mountains in Montana and else
where. In 1895 Mr.. b. S. Pague, the
local forecast official at Portland Ore.
began to call the descending southeast
winds that visited western Oregon and
washington curing the winter Chl-
hooks.
The warm, wet Chinook of the-Pacific
coast was for many years supposed to
owe its existence to the Japan current
over which it was thought to blow.
This is still the popular belief in many
localities, where the wind occurs. Sci
entifc investigation has shown the
fallacy of this view The Japan cur
rent is but a small fractional part of
the Pacific ocean, and it's influence is
correspondingly small. It's effect, if
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-09
Rir Land Deal.

Sault Ste Marie, Oct. 2.-The De-
troit, Macl1inaw & Marquette Rail
way company has sold to the Cleve-
land Cliffs company, for considera-
ton of S5,ooo,ooO, a million acres of
timber and agricultural lands, To-
Gated largely in Chippewa, Marquette
and Luce counties, Mich.
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blown to Pieces.

Mr.. Bordereau, manager Of the farm
near Bruce Of the Arpin Hardware and
Lumber company, was blown to pieces
by the explosion of some dynamite
and caps which he had in pail and was
carrying with him to blast stumps.
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'57 by his satirical
poem published in
Harper's NJ a G "a
zine, which detail
ed how Miss Flora
NJ c + Ii IN S e y, of
Madison Square, "
after having made
three sep a I a t e
trips to Paris" and
bought everything
in sight, had yet at
the end of three
months nothing
to wear"
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All Is Vanity,

Mrs. Dorcas-Why is Mrs. Gadsby so
glG5 she hasn't any children?
Dorcas-It gives her time 10 attend
those mothers meetings.
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Elects Officers.

Chicago, Oct. fl Hampton
Moore, city treasurer of Philadelphia,
was unanimously elected president
of the National League of Republic
can clubs. C. w. Weeks, of Iowa,
was elected secretary.
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Topics OF the Times That Interest
New Workers and Others * * *

The death of William Allen Butler
will recall the hit made away back in
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The Nestor Of Criminal Lawyers.
There died the other day man who
in his own person illustrated the
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The Reign of VnudeviIIe

Is the reign of vaudeville in New
York sign of frivolity? That the
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The Heritage of the Astors.
The death of Gwendoline Astor.
daughter of the English Astor," Will
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Stock Exchange Gambling.

A new record" has just been made
by the sale of seat in the stock ex-
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L THE present time there
are three different winds
called chinooks. Each of
them is essentially a warm
wind, whose effect is most
Evening journal., 1902-12-23

raised by an entertainment given Ia
Asbury Church last week when the
Rev. Burgette Short gave lecture on
sunshine.
The articles given away are donated
by persons throughout the city. and
the tree is annually donated by James
Logue. Dozens OF dolls have been
cent to the matrons and many OF them
are already dressed. MRS. Wogan. i'm
speaking of the tree said:
while some of the children look
Ipiuful it is worth a treat 20 see their
faces brighten up when they behold the
tree.
Among the persons who every year
donate towards this affair for the chill
.dren are many OF the women OF the city
who have been ostraclzed by society.
Their donations of both money and
clothing are always large and they
take great pleasure and satisfaction ia
watching the happiness which these
donations bring to the children"
The Associated Charities will follow
its usual custom and give Christmas
dinners to many families. Baskets
containing poultry vegetables, gro
ceries and fuits win be provided for
each family, and also gifts OF clothing.
books and toys for the children
Evening journal., 1902-12-23
THE EVENING JOURNAL TUESDAY DECEMBER % 1902

work several days ago Captain IIand-
ley said:
1T costs us a lot of self-denial, but
we are amply repaid ON Christmas
Day when we see how the unfortunates
enjoy the dinner and ho~ happy the
children are over the trees and toys.
Christmas Trees at Police Station
AT the Police station thursday
morning about 400 children will be
made happy when they behold the i'm
mense Christmas tree ia the City
Court room wn.eR will be trimmsd as
pecially for them and receive their por-
tiOn of candies. nuts. dolls, toys and
clothing.
The police mauons, Mrs. Wogan and
Mrs. White with the assistance Of all
the police. arrange and have charge OF
this annual treat to the poor children
of the city. The mawOns take great
pride in the work.
The doors viii be opened at o'clock
and it is expected that 400 children
viii be there to view The tree and re-
ceive their presents. 1t is for children
regardless Of color, between and IA
years of age, and admission is by cards
which are distributed previous to
Christmas Day. The cards Of invita-
tion read as follows.
"The Police Matrons cordially in
vite you 10 meet Old Kriss in the City
Court room on Christmas Day at 9
o'clock IN the morning" +"
Much of the money Tor ans treat was