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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

Inc A'noi'ion u Fo"'S' a h T which
runs well toward 2, OOO, 900. None of them
has more influence upon the makers of
opinion than the Post. 1t is examined
by all newspaper men, as the Sun was
in the old days when Dana was alive.
You will see that Mr.. Ogden's post is
important; also, in way, easy. The
counting room does not lord it over
him, but is humble and submissive.
He does not need to mind if he is
''beaten" upon news of doubtful au-
thenticity. He prints no scandals, no
society items. An indignant sub
scriber berated the Post for even print
ing news about the condition of young
Cornelius Vanderbilt when he was i'll.
There are no pictures to bother about.
And there is plenty of money.
Something akin to the Posts posi-
ton in New York is that of the Eagle
in Brooklyn. The Eagle has nearly
twice the circulation of the Post, but
nothing to compare with that of the
penny papers. 1t is one of the six best
papers in the United States. 1t leads
all in the amount of summer re-
sort and hotel advertising. 1t is
building an enlargement of its
offices which will make it in some re-
spects the finest in the United States.
One of the owners of the Eagle is
William ZiegleT, also famous as bak-
ing powder manufacturer and-here
come in his public activities-as re-
former and Polar explorer, by proxy.
1t was Ziegler who furnished the
funds to rescue Brooklyn from the To-
cal gang" ten years ago. 1t was Zieg-
Ter who sent Evelyn Baldwin to find the
north pole, who brought back only q
quarrel Ziegler says he will keep it
up. He will furnish unlimited money.
If Baldwin cannot do the trick, he
will try some one else. His expedition
will start in the spring.
The indications are that Peary, de-
spite his promises to his wife, will try
the north again. He is prematurely
aged by exposure, he is partly crippled
by the loss of his frosted toes, but he is
full of grit. Peary is backed by the
Peary Arctic club, whose chief active
member is Herbert Bridgman, business
manager of the Brooklyn Standard
Union; so that if the pole is found by
Americans in the immediate future it
will be to the credit of Brooklyn local
journalism.
b. BE-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

Because his daughter Rose, a pretty
girl of 10 years, married Wall Mulder,
a prosperous young farmer, against
his wishes, James Kane, an aged and
wealthy farmer of Mandora, Lacrosse
county, committed suicide in hotel
by drinking laudanum. Kane was 50
years old. He quarreled with the
young couple upon several occasions
and less than week ago took up his
abode at the hotel. He leaves a large
amount of property.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
RepeIIinG the Boarders.

Across the deck appeared the
swarthy face of the leading boarder.
His eyes had fierce glare.
Draw" j cried.
Still he said nothing-only con-
tinued to look at me as if to read
my Utmost soul.
Now, to either side of him, could
see the other boarders. They all
seemed to be waiting his lead.
The one between the leader and
myself dropped his hand.
This must have been the cue, for
saw the leading boarder's eye
brighten.
''Draw!" / repeated.
He spread out his hand.
Looking carefully at it, he said:
"Give me three cards"
/ stood pat.
Then the boarding house game was
over, for had won all the money.
IN. Y. Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

practically I II e
first time since
the historic days of
Dolly Madison the
remodeled white
house has been
the social center,
and the guests of
President and Mrs.
Roosevelt h a V e
seemingly n o t
taken to heart the
absence of such
pieces of furniture
as the Lucy Webb
Hayes sideboard,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

VINO gave TO ms
country a lifetime
of faithful service
H IL b b ard 7.
Smith.
Hub" Smith,
as he was known
i n Washington,
where h e h a d
served in the war,
treasury and state
departments, was
a man of many
attainments, and
into whose life
had come many
lsit1a arsa,,nnC
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
WASHINGTON LETTER
Timely Gossip OF The Diplomats, Officials
and Society al The National Capital.

when she comes to rule over the Chi
nese embassy. just at present Wash
ington people are interested in know
ing whether the marriage ceremony
will be performed here or in China, and
if here how far down the! line of official
rank the invitations will go.
Another coming wedding in which
Washington society is greatly interest
ed is that of Miss Marguerite Porter, a
granddaughter of Admiral Porter, to
Prof. Cusachs, of the Naval academy,
The wedding is set for some time in
the spring, and will be an elaborate af-
fair.
A Conscientious Consular Oficer.
There recently reached New York
from Cairo, Egypt, the body of man
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
GaYe Children Poison.

Worry over domestic matters drove
Mrs Oscar Nobel insane in Madison,
and she tied the hands of her three
little children and forced laudanum
down their threats. A neighbor dis
covered what had happened and the
children were saved. Mrs. Nobel was
examined for her sanity before the
county judge and was committed to
the state insane asylum at Mendoza.
She is SO wears old.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19


come for some hours.
There is probably no other man in
either house who has so many friends
in thepress galleries as Senator Depew.
This is because he is always courteous
to them, makes friends of them, and
never turns a reporter away without
"copy" of some kind, though it is not
always of the kind they were looking
for.
But while Senator Depew is the ac-
knowledged friend of the press repre-
, sentatives, there is probably no other
man in Washington who is responsible
for the wearing out of more editorial
blue pencils than he is. When he is APP
preached for information on any sub
iect upon which he is not at liberty to
talk. he has happy faculty of avoid
ing the subject, and at the same time
making the reporter believe that he is
giving him exclusive informa ton for
an excellent scoop" It is more his
way of telling it than what he tells, and
when the copy reaches the editorial
desk it is literally blue-penciled. Sen
ator Depew is responsible for more
interviews credited to an unnamed
prominent senator" than any other
man in the upper house, though Senator
Hanna and Senator Cocllrell follow him
closely in this regard.
OF the prominent men in the lower
house the next speaker, Congressman
Cannon, of Illinois, is noted as being
"close mouthed" when important legis-
lation is up for consideration. He sell
dom gives anything away until after
tits too late to make interesting copy"
from the newspaper standpoint.
CHARLES E. LLOYD.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
Elect Officers.

The Wisconsin state board of agri-
culture at it's yearly meeting in Mad
.ison, elected the following officers:
President, George McKerrow, of Sus-
sex; vice president, George G. Cox, of
Mineral Point; secretary, John M.
True, of Barab boo; board of managers,
President McKerrow, Vice President
Cox, C. G. Wilcox, of Depere; G. w.
Harvey, of Beaver Dam, and p. H. Han
nifin of Milwaukee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
Cornell Deaths TWENTY-FIVE.

Ithaca, n. Y, March 1.-THE death
list of students at Cornell from ty-
phoid now numbers %, the deaths
of r. s. Knapp, a sophomore in Wa
verify, and H. N. Rockwell, a fresh
man i'm Pike, being the last report
ed. Both of these students had been
home only a short time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

~ w luluSS'
A man at the mo-
m e n t m IL C h in
front of the scenes
and doing nothing
Of consequence is
M o II S o n Morris,
the new cotillon
leader.
Morris succeeds
E i S h a d Y e r =,
"Normy" White
house, Orme Will
son, tom" How
ard. He is 2S years
old, a Columbia
man, went to Cuba
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

Der o I the SUI
preme bench for
the reason that
such an appoint
ment always raises
an old question of
precedence in So
cial affairs. The
code of etiquette
to be found in the
capital city is en-
t ire / V different
from that found
in any other city
in the country, and
there is ever some
disputed question
6 - - n nnInnna
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

| wrote a moment
before about men
of more influence
than notoriety.
The death of f.
L. Godkin was a
loss to New York
j o Il n alism. He
had what Conkling
called "the instinct
of the carotid and
the jugular ar
terry" He knew
how to reach the
vulnerable point
with his pen. He
could make it at
will n ro,D;o,- ~ -
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

81 understand that old Goldust car
ries $4,000 in life insurance.
81 shouldn't wonder"
''He must consider his life of very
great value"
"Quite likely; but that doesn't make
it so.''
''No?"
''Oh, no. 1t merely shows that he Is
worth more dead than alive, so tar as
the community is concerned. N. Y.
Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

new Chinese min
lister, Sir LANG
Chen. Rumor has
it that b e f o r e
many months he
will lead to the
altar Miss Nellie
Yu, daughter of
the recently re-
called &C h in e S e
minister at Paris,
Lord Yu-Kenig.
The lovers met
first in Paris when
Sir LANG Chen Wis
tied that city as a
member of the
suite that repre-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

of Louisville, KY, then visiting in
Athens. She has been for two weeks
Mrs. Willard.
1t would take long to tell the various
ways in which these two young people
are connected with American history.
Miss Sanford is daughter of that
John Sanford who was killed in a street
brawl by William Goebel, who was him
self afterwards shot cold-blOodedly
from an upper window in the Ken
tucy capitol during an electoral con-
test that ran perilously near to civil
war On her mothers side Miss San
ford is related to the famous Breck-
inridge family.
Willard is the son Of that Heinrich
Hilgard, German newspaper reporter,
who as Henry Willard" became the
president of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road and the principal owner of the
Evening Post. Willard made and lost
two fortunes and left fair substitute
for one when he died Reforming
blood ran in his blood also, and he made
a marriage of love with the daughter
of William Lloyd Garrison the famous
abolitionist orator. whose name young
Willard bears in his mothers memory.
The Sanfords, on the other hand, were
slave owners.
The Evening Post, in the days when
Garrison was being cheerfully mobbed
by southern sympathizers in the north,
was edited by William Cullen Bryant,
who was by no means an abolitionist,
Time brings about some queer changes.
~ y "
The Evening Posts New Editor.
In the Office of the Evening Post sits
daily quiet man who illustrates what
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Mystery Solved.

The mystery surrounding the dis
appearance of Barney O'Hare from
Kenosha, on the evening of Deem
Der 9, was solved when the body was
taken from the lake by the captain
of the tug Hoffnung. The body was
badly discolored. O'Hare left his
home to go to hospital in Chicago
for treatment and this is the last
ever heard of him. 1t is thought pos
sible that he lost his life while on
the journey on some boat, and that
the body drifted home after many
DAYS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

On warrant issued tow. w. Cargill,
a multimillionaire who bears the repu-
tation of being the richest man in La
Crosse, Judge julius J. Hirshheimer
was arrested charged with stealing a
small quantity of coal. Judge Hirsh-
heimer is one of the oldest justices of
the peace in La Crosse. He collapsed
when the warrant was served and was
very i'll.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

York think that Depew is still the
president of the New York Central, for
instance.
Mr.. Baldwin is in the youth of mid
die age, not wealthy beyond reason;
an active, rather than an ornamental
president. He looks like prosperous
farmer who comes to the city rather
often on business. He was the presi-
dent Of the famousCitizens' Committee
that redeemed the city from the fright
full degradation of the last four years
Of Tammany rule-a degradation that
Tammany itself will never again dare
equal. Baldwin is the moving spirit OF
the vast improvements the Pennsyl-
yania railroad is making about the
metropolis. The Long Island is part
of thePennsylvania system.
Another man who counts is Robert
c. Ogden. In the business world he is
the junior partner of John Wanamaker,
and manager of his enormous affairs
Like Baldwin he finds time for great
public tasks. He is the active man in
the movement for better education in
the south, which is just at the begin
ming of momentous changes. These
men find time for social engagements,
for public services that would swamp
weaker and less busy men. The man
agement of a railroad or of several
enormous department stores seems
sufficiently strenuous. But man who
can do one thing can do others. The
busiest fellow has the most time.
Either of these men may die untime-
ly. If so the city and the country are
the losers. If not, look to them for i'm
portant action in various ways in the
future year.
D. b. b.
"UncIe Robert" as Matchmaker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

ing patronag e.
Go into Manager
Seymour's o fiji C e
when the presses
are running, and
you see above his
head a n i II d e x
w h o S e changing
mum bers tick out
the precise number
printed. There are
two papers in the
city which print
more than 4,000,-
900 copies a week
of all editions, and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

pr o p % TT l o n 10
to their wealth
and position.
VILLA m II.
Baldwin, Jr., is
such a man. In
business he is
president of the
Long Island Rail-
road company ard
there are roads
ten times as big
whose heads are
ciphers so far as
public in t e r e S t
a n d knowledge
go. Nine out of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

task of welcoming
the members of
the National Re-
publican E d t.
orial association
t 0 Washington
when they IN e t
here a few days
ago. The gifted
senator from New
York likes that
kind of a job, and
seldom fails to inn
prove each oppor-
tunity that is Of
fered, but he wa $
not on time in this
ncno. md Ito ndit
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

KO pert. u q S /
April he went to
Athens, Ga, to at
tend the Southern
Educational con
ference. With him
went Oswald Gar
Tison Willard, pub
Usher of the Even
ing Post-tO pick
out a southern
wife, Mr.. Ogden
jocuIarly insisted.
1t proved so. The
young lady was
Miss Julia Brock
enridge Sanford,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
An Oriental Romance.

Another romance that is exciting
curiosity in Washington is that of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

New York-There are men in New
York who exert an influence out of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

Washington-Society here is inter
ested in the appointment of men,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
A Gny Social season.

Social festivities in Washington have
been unusually gay this winter. For
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
Depevv and the Press

To Senator Depew was assigned
the, to him, especially pleasant
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

The United States has 1O,s53,7 96 men
fit for soldiers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
The New Coti1Ion Leader.

HV NV NUNIAHUH 11C111VI'
This is quite group of little-known
men who sit behind the scenes and real
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

"UncIe Robert" ms n Matchmaker.
TO one pair of honeymooners in New
York Mr.. Ogden is known as 'Uncle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19

The Evening Post has circulation of
about $4,000 and profitable advertis-
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-03-27
.FoRsALE.

New Swiss 7 room furnished cottage
neat and convenient, Massachusetts
Ave, central location, garden Of 28
peaches. A this for $40 if sold
quick. Easy terms Address P. @.
box I63, Southern Pines.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-03-27

|
.s.s.sH
Did you get letter?
Read Junge and Beck's ad.
Fewer gallon; wears longer. DeVoe.
See notice of auction sale of the
Prospect House.
An elegant line of boys and gents
white crash summer hats at Patch's.
S. S. Thomas has a new ad in this
paper; read it.
H. L. Edgerton and wife of Gull
ford, were guests Of l. G. Edgerron
at the Southern Pines hotel the first
of the week.
Do you need a trunk See Patch &
Bro. at once before the best ones are
gone.
Rev. w. A. Atchley, Of South
birmingham, Mass, visited with.
Tev. G. NJ. Emory this week, making
the Free Press a pleast call Tuesday
evening.
A pleasant call Saturday from Nj.
UP. Grundy, of,New York, who ar
rives to us after spending while at
Pineburst. He is enjoying his visit,
and is at the Piney Woods Inn.
FOR SALE House on Bennett st.
Opposite Pembroke Lodge which is
well adapted for three small seperate
apartments. S. w. Stevens.
The Hart-Ward Hardware Co., at
Raleigh, have recovered from the ef
fects Of a small fire aad are doing bus
mess at the same old prompt
y and to the satisfaction OF all who
leal with them See them when you
90 to Raleigh.
We call attention to the ad. Of Cross
Z Linehan, Raleigh N. c., the most
popular dealers in gents clothing and
in the capital city. They
will be glad to see and serve those in
iced Of goods in their line, and when
'ou 60 to Raleigh stop in and see
hem.
]. G. Webster and family have gone
Q their home in Hartford. Conn, af-
II spending the winter in, their very
andsome cottage on Page street. Mr..
Webster is on adinirer Of Southern
ines, and vii be with us again next
aason-in plenty Of time for the re-
MON Of the Sons and Daughters Of
[aine. !.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-03-27

Lightweight clothing for men and
boys, also a nice line Of crash suits, at
Patch s.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-12-17
poPe's UNFORTUNATE NAME
Those Who Have Been Called Plus
Had Troubled Lives.

The new Pope in deciding to be
known as Plus. has assumed a name
which has anything but a fortunate
record in the history Of the Papacy.
The first Plus, who ruled in the sec
ond century was martyred. No Pope
took the name again for 200 years.
The second Plus was somewha of an
adventurer in his lay days, and
was poet laureate at Vienna
ON becoming Pope. Plus ILL.,,
ruled for a few days in 1903, and is
said to have died from poison. Pius
". and V. followed each other in the
middle of the sixteenth century, and
It was the later who. with the use
Of abominable language, excommuni-
Gated Queen Elizabeth.
The name of Plus was not again
heard of until the close of the eigh.
teenth century. Plus VI. ruled in
Rome when the storm of the French
revolution burst. Bonaparte drove
him from his city and ordered the
Papacy to be abolished. The aged
Pope was treated with indignity his
private property was confscated and
he died in exile at Nalence in 1T90.
His successor also took the name OF
Plus when he was elected at Venice,
the conclave being under the protec-
tion of Russia. II suited Napolean's
purpose to recognize the temporal
power OF Plus VII, and the Pope
came to Paris TO crown Napoleon. But
in 1909 Napoleon again abolished the
temporal power, and deposed Plus,
who was not restored till 1914.
The next Pope but one was Plus
VIII. and he had an uneventful reign
from 1920 to 1881. Another Pope now
interviewed, and Plus IN. was elected
in 1910. With him the misfortunes
that seemed to attend the name cui-
minated in the total abolition OF the
temporal power.-London Paper.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-12-17
Correctinu History.

Recently the Emporia Gazette attri.
buted to the late Joe Ady the state
ment about Senator Burton that, 81
would rather have that fellows nerve
than a license TO steal"
It was Bakers luck and not Bur
toms nerve that the late Joe Ady VAL
ued above a license to steal 1t was
the occasion OF the Senatorial caucus
In 1895. Ady, Burton. Hood, Thatcher
and others had sought the Republican
nomination but had sought in vain.
Baker had not sought the place, but
the toga had fallen upon his shoulders.
After the die had been cast and the
contest ended the various candidates
were called before the caucus and
made to dive down into deep floods
of disappointment and remorse and
bring up from the pebbly bottom ex-
pressions of loyalty to the principles
of the party, satisfaction as to the re-
suit and congratulations for the cho-
sen champion. 1t was then that the
brilliant clean and worthy Joe Ady
said 81 would rather have his Bak-
er's) luck than license to steal"
It was on that occasion that Burton
limited at the blots upon his past ca
reer that had made his defeat pos
sible and said: when will the stat
ute of limitations apply?'
Consumption had already made deep
marks upon poor Joe Ady, and he
went to Colorado to linger few
years and to die.
Six years later the statute of limi-
tations had applied" and Burton was
elected to the United States Senate.
Baker served in the Senate for six
years, but was hardly big enough to
stand alone in such high place and
gracefully retired when he found he
could not be reelected, Judge Thath-
er is dead. Hood is enjoying his great
wealth and retirement.-Dalton Tri-
bune.