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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-24

guished naval commander and give
them honored burial among the great
heroes and fathers of the revolutionary
war to bear fruit? Congress has for
years been urged to act in the matter.
Time and time again has the report
gone over to Paris that the United
States was about to pay tardy tribute
to it's dead patriot by bringing his body
back and burying it in the land of his
adoption, which he so ably served
when it was struggling for it's indepen-
dence. But nothing has been accom-
plished.
At the present time much interest
has been excited in Paris by the report
that the United States congress had
made an appropriation for the purpose
of disinterring the remains of Admiral
Jones and bringing them back to
America. This, of course, is not true,
but it has served to awaken renewed
interest in the project. and turned the
attention of the reading public to the
last resting place of the daring hero.
The place where he was buried was at
etery, but with the passage of time and
the growth of the city of Paris, the old
burying ground was filled up and
buildings erected thereon. SO that to-
day the remains of Admiral Paul
Jones lie somewhere under the floor of
a photograph gallery owned by Nine.
Dunlap, at No. l Rue des Ecluses-St.
Martin, and No. At Rue Grange aux
Bellies, near the Canal ST. Martin.
The man last in charge of the Gene
terry before it's abandonment and oblit-
Grafton died only two or three years
ago at Suresnes, and he always indicat-
ed the spot underneath the floor of the
photograph gallery as the place where
John Paul Jones was buried. 1t is also
said that plan of the cemetery is in
existence which indicates the exact To-
cation of Jones grave. But some doubt
has been expressed as to whether the
actual bones of the famous commander
of the Bon Hommie Richard could be
recovered, even though the grave were
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-24

and have day as well as an evening
bodice.
Very few of us want two velvet or
panne dresses at once, but such skirt
with two bodices is extremely useful, and
unless of a striking color, no one real
ICES that the smart skirt does duty on so
many occasions Most of these velvet
frocks have good deal of real lace on
the bodice-destined for day wear-as
we'll as on the evening blouse.
This Is, without doubt a most gor-
geous season as far as fashions are con-
cerned, and the wearing of lace has come
more than ever into vogue with the re-
vival of the 1880 modes. Imitation laces
are being dyed blue, brown, gray or
what you will, and these for the newest
ball gowns of the moment.
Bright royal-blue is much en- evidence,
and so are brown and gray. These dyed
laces have shades of white or cream left
in them, and although it does not sound
particularly attractive, l assure you in
reality an all-brown or all-blue frock is
charming Of course, these laces are
mixed with light fabrics such as chiffon,
chiffon wolfe, and anything of gauze-
like texture.
I do not think enough attention is
given among new fashions to spotted
taffetas. There is something to my mind
deliciously quaint as we'll as useful about
shot taffetas spotted with black velvet.
Of course, they are not cheap (nothing
is this season. in the first place, but
such gown does duty on so many oc-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-24

charming home dinner gowns, tea
gowns, empire frocks, ETC. Sashes.
sleeves, ichus, underslips. can all be
bought ready-made and really cheaper
than one can make them at home. If
carefully adjusted, these look delightful.
You cannot make glace petticoats as
cheaply as you can buy them, neither can
you so skilfully manipulate under
sleeves, the belt, or the sash, but onca
you have collected all these things you
have only to put them on with great
care to get very excellent effect.
There are many lovely embroideries,
particularly in gold and silver, but these
must be bought with discretion. A
great deal of money can be wasted in this
way, and good frock ruined by inferior
| accessories. The study of dress is very
difficult subject now, even for the rich,
while ordinary folk have much to grum-
BILE about.
The difficulty of walking in the new
wide, afternoon skirt is certainly great,
but at the same time you must remem-
Der that you can walk in the morning
about town in the smart trotteuse skirt,
while in the country you can wear it
continuously. That is an improvement
on the long, serpent-like skirts of two
or three seasons ago.
The smartest morning or street cos
tune to my mind is the one that shows
variety of tones of one color. For
instance, let us take the peculiar wine
color. The darker shade might form
the foundation of the cloth frock,
which is trimmed with taffeta or vel
vet ruchings of a brighter shade Then
still another shade is introduced into
the inner vest. Any idea of heaviness
is dismissed by charmingly light
cravat of lace, or crepe de chine. The
hat can take a bright tone, with the
inevitable trimming of fiat braid and a
touch of gold or oxidized silver. and
perhaps an aigrette to correspond.
| am glad to say that the craze for
birds is fast dying out, although
think good deal of sentimental nom
sense has been talked in connection
with this subject. People think moth
ter purposes-or food, II you like and
then are very upset at seeing some of
their breasts or wings utilized for cut
ward adornment.
But probably the idea of birds and
feathers as a trimming is disliked by
many people as suggestive of savagery,
and associated with tar, blue paint and
feathers!
At any rate, there is nothing really
pretty about the majority of decora-
tive birds as placed at all sorts Of odd
angles on fiat plate-shaped hats Big,
soft rosettes and cockades of silk and
silver are infinitely smarter on the mill
linery of the hour.
there is no need to wear heavy fur
toques this year. The milliners have
thought out charming idea. The
crown is composed of chiffon-velours,
while for the brim one of the new fur
pushes is used. This comes less ex-
pensive than fur, and looks exceeding
well. The only trimming necessary is
one shaded feather.
have seen a charming toque of
mink in the turban shape. The BAN
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The News Condensed.

| The Wisconsin Development assOcla-
ton has been disorganized at Marshfield,
through lack of cooperation by real
estate and land companies throughout
| the state.
Fire at Prentice destroyed the opera
| house, Nelson's saloon, the jail and
a. barn. The lower floor of the opera
house was used for the village council
room, public reading room and library
and the Calumet printing office.
Marquis D. Moore, pioneer lumber
man, died in Fond du Lac as the result
of stroke of apoplexy, aged Is years.
Robert Jones, of WATERFOWL, has re-
ceived, the appointment of special in
ternal revenue agent, with headquar-
tiers at Milwaukee. He has been assigned
to work in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
and the Michigan peninsula.
Miss Susie Mullen, of Racine, until
recently employed at shoe factory, will
enter a convent at SinsinaWa Mound.
Gov. La Toilette has refused to par
don Joseph G. Baker, of Stoughton, who
was convicted and sentenced to 31a years
in the state prison for highway robbery
last year.
The organization of building and loan
association in Menominee is assured.
The object is to supply houses for those
who wish to move to Menominee to edu-
cate their children. The erection OF a
$4,000 dormitory is also projected.
Fred Lichtenteller, who escaped from
the Green Bay reformatory four months
| ago, has been captured at Kenosha.
During the last few weeks 40 head of
fine cattle suffering with tuberculosis,
near GAINESVILLE have been ordered
killed and their bodies buried.
Mrs. Margaret Miller, aged SO, of Ra-
cine, fell downstairs and sustained in
juries that will cripple her for the re-
mainder Of her life. She weighs over 200
pounds.
III. Bulls hotel and William Down
ing's general store and stock of goods at
Dexterville were burned, the entire loss
being 1900.
Herring fishing in the Apostle islands
has closed, the schools which have been
running near the islands having dis
appeared The catch has been large.
George c. Sherman, immigration
agent of the Homestead Land company
of Appleton, has returned from Norway
and Sweden, where he has organized
colonies of several hundred Scandina-
Wan families, who will come over next
spring to locate on lands of the company
in northern Wisconsin.
The dwelling and cheese factory of
Walter B. Constantine, near Plain, nine
miles north of Spring Green, were
burned.
Gelsomine Conforti, the Italian girl
who was threatened with deportation by
the United States officers because she
smuggled herself into the country over
the Canadian border, will be allowed to
remain with her family at Kenosha.
The inquest in the death of the school
BOY, Lightner, was concluded at Barron
and the jury returned verdict that the
BOY died Of diabetes mellitus, due to ma
tural causes, thus generating the school
tea cher from all blame.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-24
John Paul Jones, Famous
AmericuD Naval Hero ~ -
Something of the Man Who Played Prominent IN
Our early National History

AT the time of Admiral Jones' death
United States whom he had so essen
TALLY served. and with so much honor
to himself, would claim his remains,
and in order that disinterment and
shipment might be made easy, as we
have already said, the body was placed
in a leaden coffin. The American con-
gress, then called the national assem-
bly,, paid the memory of the dead naval
hero the honor of sending deputation
of II of their body to attend the flu
neral, but that was all. Neither the
American ambassador, Goueverneur
Morris, nor the United States thought
it necessary to claim the remains and
have them returned to the land of his
adoption. No marble slab or monu-
ment has ever marked the grave, but
instead the vulgar tread of business
life has been felt over the spot, and not
even a tablet set in the wall of the
building is visible to remind one that
somewhere way down in the soil be-
meath there lie the bones of one of the
greatest naval heroes which ever
walked a deck or faced an enemy in
deadly combat
But the failure of the United States
to honor Admiral Jones does not arise
from his lack of claim upon this coun-
try as one of its loyal citizens, for by
direct avowal on his part America was
the land of his adoption. He us u to
say: America has been the country OF
my fond election from the age of Is,
when / first saw it." And it may not
be known that his hand was the first
which ever raised the stars and stripes
over ship. His account of this inn
portant event is as follows: Il had the
honor to hoist with my own hands the
flag of freedom, the first time it was
displayed, on the Delaware; and have
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ders of modern man-ofwar. Flags CT
divers nations flutter there in the
trade wind during the course of the
that now reigns supreme. He had for
some years a lien on Pearl Harbor, IL
miles away from the city, but now both
Pearl Harbor and Honolulu Harbor are
his very own. Which is well, for as high
an authority as Capt. Mahan regards
their possession as of the utmost i'm
portance. According to Capt. Mahan:
These islands are the key of the en-
tire Pacific, and for foreign nation to
hold them would mean that our Pacific
coast ports and our Pacific ocean COM
merce would be at the mercy of that
nation"
Immediately Hawaii was annexed to
this country United States soldiers
were ordered to Honolulu for garrison
duty, and that same summer Honolu-
LUIS population was increased by the
addition of So officers and 1905 men
Transports stopping at Honolulu, 1.-The
half way refreshment house." added
their quota to the military aspect, the
streets began to be given over to the
men in khaki; and in the eyes of the
damsel of Hawaii the army man began
to take the place of the naval officer;
the brass buttons with whom she had
long been acquainted. But the indica-
tons are that the naval man is to come
into his own again.
Considerable study has been made of
the question of defense for the Hawaii
an islands, but active measures for es-
tablishing a naval station at Pearl
Harbor have been delayed from time to
time. The preliminary projects for
Pearl Harbor were in readiness quite
while before congress voted the re-
quired money for the improvements,
and after the sum was voted the work
was further postponed. The Army and
Navy Journal, commenting on the
''uncompleted links in our chain OF ma
tional defenses." says that the work
projected at Pearl Harbor is of special
Importance and should be pushed to
completion with all possible speed. but
that it would be downright folly to es-
tablish the station without properly
terrifying it, "A first-class naval base
at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and an
other in the Philippines. both adequate
ly fortified, would be almost indispen-
sable to the navy in struggle on the
Pacific. ,and without them our squad
rons would have to work under almost
Unreasonable disadvantages"
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
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attended it with veneration ever since
on the ocean,"
The account of how Jones won rec
ognition for the flag from France, the
first over given it by foreign nation,
is exceedingly interesting. 1t was at
Quiberon, France, where the Ranger,
his ship, was being rcfitted, prepare
tory to descent upon the coast and
shipping of Great Britain. Jones dis
played great professional address and
characteristic firmness in compelling
the French admiral to give the Ameri-
can flag the first salute it ever received.
He wrote to the French commander,
who had ignored his claims: 1T is true,
my command at present is not impor-
tant, yet, as the senior American Off
Ger at present in Europe, it is my duty
to claim an equal return of respect to
the flag of the United States that would
be shown to any other flag whatever"
And he stood by his contention until
the boom of the French guns was heard
in salute of the then young Glory. or
his triumph he was naturally very
proud, and wrote to the marine
committee at home: 81 am happy in
having it in my power to congratulate
you on my having seen the American
flag recognized in the fullest and COM
pletest manner by the flag of France"
The story of Paul Jones exploits reads
like the wilde9t fiction. The engage
ment between the Scraps and the Bon
Homme Richard, SO named in honor Of
his friend Franklin, was the most des-
perate and most remarkable in naval
chronicles. AS O close and deadly fight,
hand to hand, and accompanied by the
dreadful circumstances that can attend
a sea engagement it has no parallel.
Its incidents have been selected as the
foundation of fictitious narratives of
maritime combats. Mr.. Cooper, the
celebrated American novelist, and AL
len Cunningham, have both chosen
Paul Jones as the hero of romances.
For his services congress gave him a
vote of thanks Nnd later presented him
with a gold medal, and now, after a
century and quarter since he won
the victory over the Scraps, ii may be
that money will be appropriated to
bring his remains back TO this country
and give them distinguished burial.
No Kick Coming.
Mr. Roxe-Tsis portrait doesn't look
like my wife at all.
Artist know it doesn't, but it looks
as she thinks she looks.-Judge.
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of defense. Back in 1916 certain Rus
slams invaded the islands, put up
blockhouse at Honolulu and raised the
Russian flag. Whereupon Kalanimoku,
one of the kings advisers, to show
these Russians what was what, pro-
ceeded to build fort commanding the
harbor It was commenced January,
1916, and finished within year. The
fort was nearly square, 900 to 400 feet
on side; it's walls, about u feet high
and 20 feet thick, were of coral rock,
and there were embrasures for cannon.
Forty guns, eight, six and IL Founders,
were mounted in the fort, and on
Punch Bowl, just above Honolulu,
were placed eighty 32-pounders. The
fort, which was demolished in 1857.
stood on the lower part of what is now
Fort street.
There are left here and there about
the islands some vestiges of the fort
resses, pakaua, of the early Hawaiians,
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years was one of the sights of Honolu-
LUIS water front.
Queen Liliuokalanl. too, mad guards
to add to her dignity, although scoffers
declare the number of soldiers in the
royal army was not equal to the num-
Der of musicians in the royal band. But
the peace folk of to-day doubtless
would not consider this criticism.
rather would applaud her majesty for
thus encouraging the piping times of
peace Immediately behind the queens
palace stood 1.-The barracks building
of modest dimensions, but sufficiently
spacious to accommodate the so sol
diers of the kingdom.
One of Honolulu's streets, Fort
street, suggests that the city at some
period in its history had need of show
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mand of those islanders to the south
that they yield him due reverence and
tribute.
The navy was established. 1t con-
sisted of a single ship made over into
a war vessel. This mighty armada, in
the endeavor to make its master en-
peror of Polynesia. set sail for Samoa.
The enterprise did not meet with sue
cess; but the doughty captain of the
vessel never returned to Hawaii 10
give in his report, having fallen under
the many seductions that invite one to
linger in the isles of the South sea. 1t
is said the ammunitions and guns
were bartered for gin; but, be that as
it may, dismantled ship, minus all
war paint, crawled back to Hawaii, and
the wreck of the Hawaiian navy for
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George E. Hoskinson, of Grand
Rapids, died at his home from an attack
of neuralgia of the heart, at the age OF
81 years Mr. Hoskinson was pioneer
in the affairs of Wisconsin, having
moved to the state from Akron, o., in
1856. In 1863 he settled in Green Bay and
from that time until 1876 he published
the Green Bay State Advocate. In 1876
he was appointed consul to Jamaica by
President Grant. This post ne held un-
til 1886.
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Buried Side by Side.

The pathetic ending of lifelong com"
radeship was brought about in the town
of Somers by the death of Miss Phoebe
Bishop, aged 81 years, one Of the best
known residents of the village. A week
previous a sister, Miss Victoria Bishop,
was buried. She was go years old. The
two spinsters had lived alone together
for the last 40 years, and the survivor
died from pneumonia, contracted while
standing at her sisters grave. She was
buried by the side of her sister,
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS
state May Get Thousands.

According to computations made by
State Insurance Commissioner Host,
Wisconsin may recover from $150OO0 to
5000, 900 in back taxes from Isl fire in
surance companies operating at present,
and from 40 that have operated here in
80 years. 1t has always been the custom
to allow these companies TO deduct from
their gross incomes all moneys paid
for reinsurance. Under an opinion just
rendered by the attorney general the
taxes must be computed on the gross
incomes of these companies, including
the amounts paid for reinsurance.
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A Big Fee.

DR.. William Osler, who is among the
leading physicians in the country, ar
rived in Milwaukee from Baltimore to
attend consultation of the physicians
of Capt Fred Pabst. While the captains
condition was not considered desperate.
yet his family would not be satisfied I'M
til they had consulted the highest au-
thority in the country. DR.. Osler had a
consultation with the other physicians,
saw the patient for about five minutes,
pocketed fee of $4,000 and returned
home
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Has Sixteen libraries.

The Fox River Valley Library associa-
ton met in Marinette and President
Lawson stated that ten library build
ings had been erected in the district at
total cost of $4,000, with total en-
dowment of 100000, in five years. It
now has 16 Libraries, for the support OF
which 5000 to 900 is expected year
ly. These Libraries last year had total
of 100000 visitors, who read 100000
books
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"There is something" he said, that
I have wanted to tell you for long
time, but"
ooh, BERTHE" she said blushing sweet
ly, mot here in the car before all these
people Wait Come this evening"
Its merely that you have streak
of SCOT down the middle of your nose,
but | couldn't for the life of me get a
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set up for himself a guard (of "a pal
ace hangers-on) and imported for them
uniforms designed by the famous Fred
eric. 1t must have been sight for
gods and men, those mild, kindly
brown gentlemen in the garb of the
Prussian grenadier.
Then Kalakaua desired to emphasize
still further his kingliness, yea even to
build up a great empire-perhaps still
keeping in mind German models. He
dreamed of a great Pacific ocean do
minion, and his fancies were fostered
by certain revelations made by his
kahunas, soothsayers. They told him
that he was to become the strongest
monarch of the Pacific, was to unite
under his rule all the islands Of the
Polynesia. AS a preliminary to the
necessary conquests, he determined to
build navy, and planned to send out in
his vessels of war valiant men to de-
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MEDAL AWARDED TO JONES BY CONGRESS

accurately located, for, lying in such
close proximity to others who were
buried in the cemetery, there would be
great danger of confusion. 1t has been
suggested as a way around this diff
Guilty that the remains of Jones could
be identified by the skull, if by no
other means, for the admiral had a
head which was nearly twice as large
as that of an ordinary man. But in
considering the difficulty the fact has
been overlooked that at the time of
burial the remains were enclosed in a
ieaden casket, which ought to keep the
dust and bones from mixing with the
surrounding soil and make Identified
ton easy.
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More Deer Killed.

The reports made to the state game
warden's department show that 4,129
deer were shipped on the railroads in
Wisconsin during the season now closed.
1t is estimated that the total number
killed this year was about 5000, against
5000 last year. The casualties to hum
ters include ten killed and over 30 in
iured
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casions. Of course, they must be made
up in old-fashioned style with gaugings
and ruchings, and with the new wide
bands they are adorable.
Now few words as to those bands
the real, old-fashioned Marie Antoinette
belts. They are shaped, padded, and
fitted like a pair of corsets, so do not
imagine they can be made by any but
an expert.
Ready-made robes can be turned into