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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

''strong armed The Pretty MlIIners
into coats too big for them and as
sured that at fits like de paper on de
vail" It was the kind of trading
that succeeded best with men partly
drunk, and that made the most of its
sales after people in other parts of
the city had gone - bed. The goods
were cheap, and if wisely bought not
bad bargains. Most of them were
secondhand, but cleverly faxed to
conceal the fact. I have no doubt
that Baxter street was a boon to
many poor man who kept sober
enough TO know what he was doing
Fifteen years ago the system was
at its height. The 'pullers-in" were
brawny fellows, full of fight. Ere
quently they got into conflict over a
promising customer, when the poor
fellow would fare like an angleworm
seized by two fish at once. OF late
years the police have been obliged to
interfere with such rough methods,
and one can venture into Baxter
street at any hour without fear.
Division street is less than half as
famous as Baxter, and until last year
it was more than twice the fun. 1t is
the great East side millinery quar-
ter. Imagine a long succession of
shop windows filed with the cheap
est possible hats and bonnetS, and
in front of each door. instead of a
brawny prize fighter, a girl skilled
IN language and full of wiles. In
suits for her rival saleswomen, bland
ishments for the girl customers, sar-
casm for those who pulled them
selves free from the OBTAINING hand
and went their ways--Oh, it was all
worth seeing! And when the girls
Sell to hair pulling over close sale,
the police couldn't well club them,
Baxter street fashion.
It's all spoiled now. A sort of trust
has been made up of the former rivals
There is still a puller-in before each
shop, but she seldom ventures beyond:
owe have some very nice hats, lady:
won't you walk in? 'Twon't cost you
nothin'," or some mild-as-milL obser-
walton of that sort. In some ways the
town does get less interesting.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

''It's the newspapers that make De-
very" he said. eff they'd let him alone
he would drop out of sight in week
''Why, you aren't afraid Of him?" J
asked.
''Well, if he should run for mayor,
really / should not be surprised if ae
got $4,000 votes; and that might beat
the ticket"
This is Devery's reasoning precisely.
He will rule or ruin. He will assuredly
run for mayor as he threatens-in
which case we shall see if there really
are $4,000 fools and knaves combined in
the city-or compel Tammany to take
him into the fold as the leader of his
district
It's a difficult position for Boss Muir
ply. Devery does control the district.
He masters the majority of the votes
there. His delegation was thrown out
of the democratic state convention at
Saratoga, but it was there with the
vote behind it. Now if Murphy yields
and surrenders TO Devery the places he
covets, the vile character of the man
and his following may defeat the whole
Murphy ticket. If on the other hand
Murphy sticks it out and refuses to
recognize the ex-chief of police how
many votes will the big fellow draw
off?
Devery was good enough for Mayor
Van Wyck to call him ''the best chief
Of police New York ever had" but
Tammany has learned a few lessons
since and isnot anxious to put itsworst
foot forward this time. On the whole
Murphy would probably do better to
''stand pat" and let Devery run for
whatever Office he desires. Bat will
he have the nerve 10 withstand the
pleas of his frightened leaders?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

With all his mil
lions, coming to
him in a way which
might well turn
the head of a sim
ple-minded Irish
man, he is as un-
affected and genu-
inc as he was in
the old days when
he was sweating
over a pick and
pan.
Most people be-
lieve that Tom
Walsh's money
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

Mrs, Mary Merrill, widow of an Iowa
farmer, applied for relief and was sent
to the poorhouse in La Crosse. Her
husband died in April, leaving her the
bulk of 10000 estate. Shortly after
ward she was persuaded to sell the
property to the sons. the latter giving
notes for it. Later they drove her
from their house, according to her
story, and she found they were made
payable ten days after her death.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
A. theI.iars, Climb

"Have you got the plans for your
new house completed yet?" some one
asked him.
'sNot quite he replied. There is a
difference of opinion between my wife
and me as to the interior arrange
ments. She says the pantry is too
large and that there are too many
closets"
Without another word the medal for
the biggest lie of the evening was
awarded to him-Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
Must Paw 7'0x.

The appraisers of the Daniel Wells
estate in Milwaukee will file their re-
port next month. 1t is rumored that
when their report is placed on record
it will be found that the estate will
have to pay the government an inner
itance tax of $1,O00,O0O The apprais-
ers have been at work for a year past
in getting at the valuation.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Crnn nntInnk.

The weekly crop report of the WASH
ington weather bureau says for Wis.
consin:
Killing frost in exposed places 18th
and 18th; winter wheat and rye head,
ed, good crops; oats. barley and spring
wheat improving; frost killed corr
and garden truck in exposed places
and damaged potatoes, tobacco and
cranberries to some extent; pastures
good; hay crop heavy; Strawberries
large crop and good quality.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
Killed Himself.

William E. Tippetts, charged with
the murder of Ira Shrake, about six
weeks ago, and released on $1,000 bail,
shot the top OF his head off with shot
guh in La Crosse. Tippetts was bound
over to the circuit court under the
charge of murder. and his trial was to
have been held in September.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
Many Injured.

bridge approach in Eau Claire went
down under the weight of between $50
and 200 people and six persons were
seriously, probably fatally, injured.
Twenty-Five or 80 others were less seri-
ously injured. The accident occurred
during an illumination of the street
carnival booths along the main streets
of the city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

The Wisconsin grand lodge of Ma
sons, in session in Milwaukee, elected
former Grand Treasurer John Henry
Corscot, of Madison, as grand master
to succeed DR.. ID. McC. Miller, of Ocon-
omowoc. Jesse c. Bradley, of Milwau-
kee, was elected deputy grand master
and w. W. Perry was chosen secre-
tdly,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
He Was Bitter.

"John," said the stern woman,
"what great man was it that wrote
woman is Heavens best gift to
man'?"
HE was no great man at all,
growled the little henpecked husband.
HE wasn't?'
"No, be was chump. Chicago
Daily News
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

aShlngton that
the swell resi-
dence section is
a | m o S t trans
formed. 1t is
quite the fashion
for those who
have made their
millions in the
mining regions,
in lumber camps
or perhaps in
soap factories to
come to Wash
ington to spend
them.
L b e national
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

without becoming @
tain ted-the Sal
walton Army las
sic.
The amount of
good the women
workers of the ar
my accomplish in
this city is ines
timab BILE. No place
is too vile for
them to enter if
by so doing they
can accomplish a
work of rescue;
mono are Sn vile
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

make SOOu lne
loss of the la
mented Wu-tung-
fang, who, when
he first came to
Washington was
a revelation to
us of oriental ca
pacity.
Chen-tung not
o n l y possesses
Wu's tact a n d
quickness of per-
ception--an easy
adaptabi to
A
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n, the Verge of Lunacy.

Mr.. Ardent-Do you believe that
love is blind?
Miss Cynique Yes, to certain ex-
tent. / am fully convinced that a
man in love cannot see himself as
others see him. Town Topics.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

years. his mctnOdS have been copied
over the whole continent, his name
is as old as the Ragged Dick
stories, and is made familiar by a
hundred farce comedy companies
touring the country
Cohen must have been at 35 years
Of age already famous. He has made
money. When his daughter was mar
ried few years ago to swell He
brew merchant of the neighbOrhood,
the array of diamonds exhibited as
gifts for the bride was one of the
finest ever seen in the city upon such
an occasion. The old man lost much
money Of late years. He went into
politics, which is good way to get
rid Of superhuous wealth. Worse
than that, he invested in a stableful
of race horses and went upon the
turf. However shrewd he may have
been in Baxter street, he was child
on the track, and presently failed.
He drifted into the produce bust
ness in Brooklyn, and his native
Shrewdness won him another fair
fortune which he left to his eight
children and his "a grandchildren.
Mr.. Cohen was generous. So long
as he remained in Baxter street THE
Genuine Original Harris Cohen No.
]" he gave a great deal @f money
away in charity. He was leader in
East side society-the kind of society
in which Tim Sullivan and Big Tom
Foley shine. and which is curious
medley of pawnbrollers, politicians
of the kind that's out of a job when
the city is properly run, Of gamblers,
pugilists and saloon keepers on the
edge of decency. Cohen was too good
for the company, but they were his
neighbOrs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

two hundred and
tiftieth birthday
has a VIGOROUSLY
b ad m a n, the
friend and cham
piOn Of the foulest
characters and a
former protector
o I til e worst
abuses of the city,
begun a campaign
for election as
mayor.
Is it all a joke I?
May be; but al
ready I find Tam
many men heaon-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

III uSeum or art De-
side which none Of
the existing art
galleries either of
the capital or the
metropolis will be
lin it,"
For years Mr..
Morgan has been
collecting paint
ings, bric-a-bric
and antiques from
every quarter of
the world. He has
had his agents and
experts in all sorts
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

which he calls the Devery at the Pump. y
"Bugs'-fOr no particular reason. This
is the parent playhouse" There are to
be, if all goes we'll or i'll, bughouses all
over the city to provide for the need of
a general organizat ton willing t o stand
up and be counted in the support of
a Deyery.
The bugs are all young men; there
are over 400 members in the parent or
ganization, with others in other parts
Of the city as charter members for the
branch houses. Perhaps not all these
men are so bad as one must at first
thought decide. Some of limited in
telligence may have been caught by
the coarse, rough and ready wit of the
big fellow. Here are some of his say
ings:
Republicans and fusionists and Tam
many are lot of grafters and the people
is tired of the whole lot
I'VE ought to have more schools an do
away with a lot of them high salaried pro-
fessors
Now amt no angel an Imay not go to
Heaven with a pair O. white wings, but
none O. them political grafters that is run
mn IdHlHldilS Hail can keep me from QOln
il.
Lows all right for head of a college, but
not for head O. the city. He amt got the
executive ability"
Devery bothers Tammany in one
way. He knows what happened under
Van Wyck; where the money went,
who got the contracts, where the
''rake-off' finally landed. Suppose he
should tell!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

d RI We r. In the
d 0 w n t own dis.
trict he encoun
ters a greater con
gestion of traffic
than any other
city OF the coun-
try knows; within
this district he
has more obstruc-
tions to look out
for in the way of
street car tracks
and elevated road
structures; out
c.;,1 ~ 4Io 1,nrs
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

for consumptives
erected in the
city. In several
ways it is a pecu-
liar building.
Its most peculiar
feature is its lack
of corners. There
is not a square
corner in the en-
tire building, and
for this reason it
is as nearly dust
proof as it is pos
sible to make a
building in this
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Dever.y;sm meant.
The campaign
for fusion was
won in 1901 large
ly upon Devery-
ism as an issue, in
a great moral ris-
ing a against indie
bic wrongs
C o IN IN i t t e d
a g a inst women,
p a I t i c u | a 7 | y
a g a i n 5 t youn g
girls who speak no
English and can
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

capital has greater attractions for
most of these than Manhattan
island If for no other reason, Wash
irgton is a good place for rich man
to live, because he mas here the full
est protection of the federal govern
ment. More than enc millionaire
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

'rhe American Bonding & Surety
company, of Baltimore, viii be asked
to make good $4,000 of the funds of
the defunct Plankinton bank in Mil
waukee, of which Henry Herman, now
from Milwaukee, was assignee.
The surety company was on Herman's
hand
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
The Game of Love.

at always takes two to play the
game of love-" she said.
ooh, don't know" he replied. "The
brisk business which is being done in
the divorce courts seems to indicate
that it is common to have three or four
hands dealt around. Chicago Record
Herald.
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who died the
other day, was
but 81 years old.
Harris Cohen
was the pioneer
of the peculiar
clothing industry
of Baxter street.
He was so famous
locally that a
whole brood of
initiating Cohens
forced him to en-
phasize the "orig-
inaP" in his firm
n q a Il n FOR
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shop. He sta
toned his clerks
upon the sidewalk
to yaylay pass
ers = b v. drag
t h e m b Y III a j n
strength into his
place, and see
that they did not
escape without
b u y i n g some
thing.
These were the
unwilling custom
crS who would be
Gs-frInrr nn,,nnTII'
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L IL z lelc lHOuC,
and with giving
the deaf and dumb
the means OF com
munication .yfth
their fellows, has
set out in the ripe
ness of fine old
age to add to these
achievements an
other which may
cast them both in
the shade.
For, great as is
the telephone and
benefcent as it is
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

Is, 'ACJ nave d
greater n II III Der
of lives. E V e r y
few IN o II t h S a
m o + a ! S t T eak
strikes the police
d e p a rtment and
the worst of the
dives are closed,
only to reappear
again in a new sec
ton.
A dozen years
a g o Twenty-sec-
ond street, east
q o. -
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CompIying with the Rules.

Here" said the doorkeeper in the
lobby of the playhouse, what are
you going to do with that baby car
riage?"
.sTake ut in tn theater,'' respond.
ed Mrs Murphy; tut siz on tn pro-
gramme thot babies are not admit
ted in ar-rums.' "-ChicPgo Daily
News.
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end is not yet.
The fair was not a
money maker for
anybody. In fact it
brought financial
disa ster to many,
and another chap
ter to the Ion G
drawn out story
of losses was add
ed when a few
days ago the Fer
ris wheel was sold
under the ham
mer for the insig-
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ouite Natural

sRoscoe, dear, 1 see they've again
raised the price of diamonds"
That's true, Evelyn; but then, you
know, sparks will fly upward. "-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
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that the faint of them ever clings to
their skirts.
The army in Chicago has leased new
and larger quarters than any they
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His e n e m j e S
claim that it rep
resents the unhal-
lowed profits of
gambling houses
and worse places
where girls were
imprisoned f o t
purposes t h a t
make the heart
sick. With his
money Devery has
fitted out a fine
club house for his
org "a n liz a t j o n,
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Where immortality Reigns.
DANCING AeApe M

The dives of Chicago are like the
proverbial cat, only more so-that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
A Representative Type.

"Tom" Walsh, as he is commonly
called, is an unspoiled child of genius.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
The Ferri. wheel Going

For 10 years the Worlds Columbian
exposition has been passing. and the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

ing very FESTIVE under it. A prominent
leader of that side of the house was
lately complaining OF this.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
THE GOSSIP
OF CHICAGO
a Digest of What Is Doing in the
Western Metropolis.
Salvation Army Lassies Try to COun-
teract the Work of the Dives
The Ferris Wheel Sold
for Song.

Chicago.-There was recently dedi.
Gated IN Chicago the first sanitarium
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A Hnmn nf Meath

In the past ten years so many
handsome houses have gone up in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
TALKED ABOUT
IN NEW YORK
The Topics That Keep the Tongues
of Gotham Wagging.
Features OF Commercial Life on ths
Enst Side-Devery and His Pecu-
liar Candidacy for Mayor
of the City.

New York-It seems almost in
credible that ''the Original Cohen"
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J. Pierpont Morgan is planning to
establish in Washington a national
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Chicago is classed as the worst city
in the world for the fire department
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WASHINGTON
HAPPENINGS
Timely and Interesting Gossip from
the National Capital.
Prof. Bell Believes He Has Solved the
Problem of Areal Navigation
why the MiIIiOnaires Flock
to WasbfnStO

Washington. = Alexander Graham
Bell, not content with giving the world
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25
The Chinese Minister.

Sir Chen-tung Liang-cheng, the
new Chinese minister, sets our to
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The Great Deverv Camp,,.n

Never before in the history of the
city--and it has just celebrated it's
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The Darkest Side of Devery.
/ shall here, with apologies, hint at
the darker side of the conditions which
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tt was COhen's discovery that a
merchant did not have to stay in his
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work of the saIvationists.

There is one class of girls who enter
these dens and emerge from them
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The "Bugs" and the pump"
By whatever means obtained, Devery
has mOney-lOtS of IT,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14
CHAPTER TX.

The dual wedding of Stella and
marcia was set for early in the neyv
year. rumor had it that Sir Arthur
moved perhaps by the sight of SO
much killing and cooling, would short
" afterwards console himself like
Nlss' and put period to his bach elor-
hood by leading to the altar the
daughter OF a neighboring county
magnate.
Inc time was rapidly approacbinp
ana while the girls were busted with
the delightful mysteries of trossea,,-
building the two men, Roster kane
and Richard Dysart, were perforca
thrown much on their own resourcao
ana naturally saw great deal of each
otner. Frequent trips to town were
necessary, and these they often mada
III company on the oh-days when there
was no hunting Kane could never
nave told how it came about but II
was certainly not or his deyisine and
10 have shown indifference or distaste
would have been to court suspicion
And besides, the attraction was mn
tual; under any other conditions the
older man would have been comrades
with his intended brother-in-law with
unfei9ned heartiness.
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ton followed, and the man died out.
He drank while he could stand. and
then lay down in a corner, where his
companions left him.
1t was late at night, almost midnight
when the landlords wife came into this
oar-room to see what kept her husband
up, and quickly saw Tom.
Peter" said she, not in pleasant
mood, why don't you send that miser.
able Tom Darcy home? He's been
hanging around here long enough
Toms stupefaction was not sound
sleep. The dead coma had left tho
brain, and the calling of his name stupe
his senses to keen attention. He had
an insane love for rum. but did not love
the landlord. In other years Peter
I1ndar and himself had loved and wooed
the sweet maiden-ElIen Goss-and ia,
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ITEMS.

VI T54 papers published In Kansas
only 20 publish liquor advertisements
DR.. Barnardo, the famous social work.
er OF London, says that 80 per cent .,
the homeless children of that citv "a
made so by drunkenness of one or bott
parents
The National Catholic Total Absti.
hence union met in Pittsburg a few
days ago. About 1000 delegates wers
In attendance. The union now MN.
bers about 10000 members
With the bells in every church in
norfolk, Va, ringing and women prav.
Ing constantly the temperance voters
OF Elizabeth City, n. c.. carried tbe
local option election by a majority OF
ITO. VI
Within few years the American
saloon has directly murdered or as.
saulted ten or twelve ministers of the
gospel, dozen editors and reporters
several officers of the law, an unnum.
bered list of private citizens. and Z,
has burned or blown up with dyna.
mite large number of churches nub.
lie buildings and private residences
Yet saloon keepers express wonde,
why we do not let the saloon alone :
Michigan Christian Advocate.