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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10
For the Journal.
November.

November brown, November chill and Sere,
November barren and November drearl
Thus poets chant in many solemn dirge,
And all the miseries of November urge:
They sigh, they sing with melancholy breath
OF fading flowers, of falling leaves-and death.
But November has another, sweeter voice:
1t sings of rest and bids the heart rejoice
OF sorrow past and JOY beyond the tomb.
When LIES glad resurrection morn shall come;
There's nothing purer than November air,
SO clear and sweet and wholesome every
where.
The sky is not as clear and bright blue
AS that the summer sunshine glinted through,
But wears the flmiest and softest veil;
While floating clouds on thelhorizon trail,
Shaping themselves as phantomsiwinged for
fight,
Or giant forms OF stern and wrathful might.
At eventide, the stars peep shyly out
AS half in longing, half in ling ring doubt,
Lest the dark clouds by hurting storm-winds
driven
Obscure them all from sight, except where
riven;
There we behold at times CLEAN OF light
Flashed by these faithful sentinels OF night.
Again, the masses Of the clouds are piled
In tortuous heaps: the storm wind fierce and
wild
Toss them about until their strength is spent
And all theirt contents to the earth are sent
In deluging food cold bitter tears,
Which Nature sheds for all departing years.
Pedestrians are few, and these few forced
BY circumstances keen, that thus do their
worst;
They groan and grumble Ia sore discomfort
At the November storm, nor deem it heaven
sent,
Disconsolate they wander through the ooze
Spelling their temper while they spoil their
shoes.
But there's something in brisk November
day,
O1ot one that's robed in heavy sodden gray0
But one so bright and COOL so pure and sweet,
1t makes US worshippers at Natures feet
A day when one is thankful just to be alive,
And feels mis- strength renewed to live and
strive.
'Tis well, we feel, that in this month should
come
The day OF Thanks so dear to every home.
The hurry and the hustle now are done,
The harvest ended, and the rest begun.
The winter is at hand, and welcome too;
Kind, Winter King We doff our hats to YOU
And Thou, November, take our earnest thanks,
With full forgiveness for thy cherries FRANKS,
Which were but preparations for the coming
day,
When hoary Winter must be given sway.
Farewell, November, till another year,
If then, perchance, thy coming finds US here.)
Laura L. Thomas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10
A Vain Protest.

The Colombian government will
protest in vain against the attitude
of the United States towards the
new republic of Panama. Uncle
Sam offered the Colombian people
a good rake-of in the big canal pro-
ject, but this was rejected, and the
secession of Panama followed as a
logical sequence. This nation at
once recognized Panama as an indie
pendent power, entered into diplo-
matte relations with her, and opened
negotiations for concessions under
which work upon the canal might
be proceeded with by authority of
the United States. A treaty en-
bodying the requisite concessions for
this purpose has already been signed
and will go into effect as soon as it
shall have been ratified by the Pana-
ma senate, and the United States
senate. While the administration
has not been hasty in this matter, it
has been prompt and fearless. The
commercial interests of the whole
civilized world demanded this
prompt and decisive action, but the
gang of adventures who are run
ming the Colombian government for
what there is in it, are protesting
against the course being pursued by
our government and threatened to
declare war upon the United States.
if the present policy in canal matters
shall be persisted in. This threat
will give the Washington authorities
no alarm, and the canal business will
continue without the slightest inter
ruption from such source. If the
Colombian freebooters are harbor-
| ing the delusion that they car
thwart the United States govern.
ment in the great work it has under
taken, they will sooner or later come
to grief.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

Suppose the farmers of this coun-
try should decide to stop the pillow
and hang up the hoe for year,
what would be the result, is the
pertinent question asked by an ex-
change. The same exchange says:
Millionaires may hoard their money
and create panic. The miner may
go on a strike and produce a coal
famine; the railroads may combine
and paralyze traffic; the manufacture
er may close his factory and cut
short the supply of some important
article of commerce; the oil king
may plug the oil wells of the United
States and of the world, and in spite
of all these calamities the people
would find some way to get along.
But let the farmers of this country
go on a strike for year and see
what would happen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10
The Only Basis.

The only basis upon which party
harmony in Wisconsin can be re-
stored, is the turning down of Gov
ernor r. M. La Toilette. The
sooner that this fact is realized by
both stalwarts and half-breeds, the
better it will be for the party. Hav-
ing been given three terms in
Congress, and two terms in the
executive office, he will have no just
cause for complaint if he shall be
retired from the public service at the
close of the current term. The rea-
son that party harmony is contingent
upon his RELOCATION to the rear is,
that he is one of the most uncom-
promising and intolerant of leaders.
He has neither consideration nor re-
spect for the opinions Of those who
do not coincide with his views, and
seeks to crush all who stand in the
way of his vaulting and inordinate
ambition. He can not content him
self by attempting to pacify, or Civ
ing or accepting concessions. Like
a spoiled child, he must have his
own way, and failing in this, he
must be suppressed. His entire
course during the past year and a
half indicates that he would gladly
see his party in this state go down
to defeat rather than that an other
than he should be acknowledged as
its leader. Whenever any party
leader reaches this stage in his politi-
cal career, the time has come for the
party to assert itself, and choose
another man for its leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10
Getting Anxious.

| A confession of weakness in their
cause is shown by the half-breed
managers, in their proposition that
but one Republican state convention
be held during the coming presiden-
tial year. No precedent for such a
course has yet been established in
Wisconsin, and there is no sufficient
reason for the introduction of such
an innovation in 1904. 1t is evident
that Governor La Toilette thinks
his chances of nomination for third
term would be better in conven-
ton held in May, when only nation
al questions would be involved, than
they would be in convention held
in August, in which state issues
alone would be considered. Should
Mr.. Toilette indicate his prefer
ence for but one convention, it is
probable that the Republican state
central committee will attempt to
carry out his wishes. The method
of such attempt would be very sim
pie, and 'sdead easy" 1t would con-
sist Of including in the call for the
state convention to elect delegates
to the national convention, clause
providing for the nomination of state
officers. If protest is made, the
committee will suavely and innocent
ly respond that, "the adoption of this
plan saves the trouble and expense
of another convention" In view Of
the factional differences existing in
Wisconsin we are of the opinion
that national and state questions
should not be ssshuffled" in the same
convention. The election of dele
gates to the national convention
ought not to be influenced by con-
siderations legitimately affecting
only state affairs. This is suffi-
cient reason for postponing the
nomination of state officers until later
in the season, in accordance with the
custom which has heretofore pre-
vailed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

own.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

Why pay for wind to make soap
float? Why pay for rosin to make
bulk? Why not save the expense OF
washerwoman by getting a soap
that will do her work. Maple City
Self-Washing Soap is all soap, made
from Packers Prime Tallow and
Cocoanut Oil, with no adulteration.
1t will save you money in the end.
Your grocer is waiting to sell it to
you.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

Under the present statutes, the
railroad commissioner of the state
has the power to prevent any dis
elimination in rates by the railroad
companies of the state. If the peo-
pie of Wisconsin are being discrimi-
mated against, as the political orators
at the county fairs claim they are,
why does not the commissioner act
in the premises.-W Wisconsin Valley
Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

ALLEN P. WELD, City Clerk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10
m RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN, DECEMBER 10. 1908.

there was nothing he disliked more
than subordinate who always
obeyed orders.
.What is that you are saving,
Commodore ?" said President Grant
across the table.
The commodore repeated what he
had said.
"There is a good deal of truth in
what you say said General Grant.
Gone of the virtues of Gen. Sheri-
dan was that he knew when to act
without orders. Just before the sur
render of Lee, Gen. Sheridan cap
tured some dispatches from which
he learned that Lee had ordered his
supplies to a certain place. | was
on the other side of the river, where
he could get no communications
from me until the next morning.
Gen. Sheridan pushed on at once
without orders, got to the place fif-
teen minutes before the rebels and
captured the supplies. After the
surrender was concluded, the first
thing Gen. Lee asked me for was
rations for his men. | issued to
them the same provisions which
Sheridan had captured.
"Now, if Sheridan, as most men
would have done, had waited for
orders from me, Lee would have
got off,"
81 listened with WONDER" says
Senator Hoar, cat the generous
modesty which before that brilliant
company could move one of the
brightest laurels from his own brow
and place it on the brow of Sheri-
dan."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

Japan has a fighting force of $780,
900 men in its army. These troops
are well disciplined and splendidly
equipped. Japan's navy consists of
six first-class battleships, six armored
cruisers, fourteen cruisers, four tor
pedo gun boats, twenty destroyers
and forty-seven torpedo boats. They
are manned by 10000 seamen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

Grover Cleveland says that under
no conditions will he again be the
candidate of his party for president.
He makes it as explicit as possible.
So there's one ghost laid, anyway,
and Bryan can breathe easier.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

Senator Hoar, in his "Autobiog-
raphy of Seventy Years, y gives the
following incident of Gen. Grant
which shows feature of generosity
peculiar to men truly great:
CAT dinner when number of
distinguished men were present
Commodore Alden had remarked
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

The United States Senate sets
great store on dignity. 1t won't vote
on Cuban reciprocity until Dec. 10Th,
not because it isn't prepared to en-
dorse it, but just to show the presi-
dent his mistake in calling special
session. The mistake is the Senate's
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

Some of the half breed organs do
not take kindly to the non-factional
candidate idea.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
RIVER FALLS, WIS.
STUDENTS ADMITTED AT ANY TIME.

English, Latin and German Courses of -Four
Years These lead up TO The Diploma which
becomes Life State Certificate.
Elementary Course of Two Years. This leads
up to q Five Years State Certificate.
No Tuition to those who enter these with in
tention to teach in Wisconsin.
Tuition by the quarter in Preparatory, $3.50
Grammar Grades, $500; intermediate, 81. 90
Primary, S1.50; kindergarten is Free.
The Model Schools are MODEL and merit the
excellent patronage they have always re
ceived.
For other information address
w. j. BRIER, President
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-10

" :. :! ST. work 3 Is
Bills allowed all voting aye.
Claim of Bank of Hammond for
1925. 90 for interest on bonds stolen
from said bank taken up. On motion
the Mayor and Clerk are directed to
authorize the Minnesota Loan 81
Trust Co., to pay out of the Bond
Fund in it's hands said sum Of 1925. 90
a bond having been furnished by said
bank to indemnify the city against
loss by reason Of payment of such
interest. All voting aye.
On motion voted to place insurance
to amount of $1600.0 90 on the lower
power plant and that Aldermen Smith
and Winter are to act as committee
to procure such insurance. All vot-
ing aye.
On motion voted that the contract
between City and Prunella Lund and
Kate Winter be accepted and the
Mayor and City Clerk are authorized
to execute said contract in behalf Of
the City.
Adjourned,
ALLEN P. WELD. City Clerk.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
pITcRED AN EXPRESS TRAIN.
Switehman Did II to Avoid a Collision,
No One Hurt

Scranton, Pa, June 15-The pres.
ence of mind of Martin H. McMasters,
a signal man at the Carbon street
crossing of the Delaware and Hud.
son read, prevented a serious coils.
ion Saturday. To do this McMasters
was forced to ditch a passenger train.
the Saratoga express.
At Carbon street there Is a switch
which all passenger trains on the Del
aware and Hudson read take in or.
der TO reach TIE LackaIIanna avenue
station. The express, southbound, was
backing out of the siding. A fast
freight train, nortnbound, was ap.
preaching, The express to reach the
southern track had to cross in front OF
the freight
The signal man threw the signals
against the passenger train, but they
were not noticed, and it came on. Nc.
Masters as a last resort ditched it,
The two last cars to the train were
extra, and they went over on their
sides. Only trainmen were on them,
and they escaped by jumping. The
passengers in the regular coaches
we're badly shaken and scared, but no
one was hurt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
KING PETER ACCEPTS.
Addresses Proclamation to servian
1eople-starts For Belgrade


Geneva, June liking Peter in an
interview announced that he had ac-
cepted the crown of Servia and would
assume the title of Peter the First.
Il am profoundly touched" he said,
lat the confidence shown me-"
The king has addressed a proclaim.
alton to the people of Servia which
will be placarded and read throughout
the country, In it he thanks the Ser
vians, who have shown a desire to re-
turn to the traditions of their ances.
tors, He promises to be faithful to
those traditions, drawing special in
spiration from the memories of his
regretted father.
The king promises to ignore all that
has happened during the past 40 years
and not to bear Ill will to those who
opposed him. He concludes with prom.
Using to respect the rights of all EN-.
ployes OF the state, whom he invites
to retain the positions to which they
are legally entitled, and to resume
the normal condition of their duties
King Peter will probably start for
Belgrade Thursday evening, by way
of Vienna, accompanied by his Swiss
attendants. His residence is watched
by private detectives. The many cal
lers are rapidly filling up the new
kings visitors book with their con.
gratulatiOns.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17

all show improvement this week, and
the feeling has grown that damage
from the foregoing sources has been
overestimated. The feeling in the
flooded districts of the West is also
better, although freight business is
largely suspended, while the breaking
of the drought in the East has put to
an end to the forest fires, helped the
crops materially and led here also to
the feeling that crop damage has been
exaggerated.
Special reports to Bradstreets show
that 295,000 industrial workers were
on strike or locked out on or about
June l. Since then, however, all the
great strikes but one, that of Philadel
phia textile workers, have been prac,
tically settled, as also a host of minor
troubles; 175.00O workers concerned
have announced their intention of 60
ing back to work or have actually re
sumed operations
Since January l this year $4,000
workers have struck, against 100000
in the entire year 1894; but strikes
this year are for advances, shorter
hours, or unionism pure and simple,
whereas wage reductions. this year
unknown, were moving cause of idle,
ness in 1894, up to the present time the
most disturbed year in this country's
history.
Crop damage reports and speculation
held cereals and cotton high in May,
but other farm products, meat and
dairy products, moved lower.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
Fuel From Coal Dirt and sawdust.

Pottsville, Pa, June ia revolu
ton in the history of anthracite coal
mining is likely to be created by Ferd
inand e. Wesser, a Philadelphia man
who has made arrangements with the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron company for the manufacture OF
coal bricks on large scale Three
of the newly patented machines are to
be put in operation at once at the Lin.
coin colliery dirt banks and 1000
hands are to be given employment
The Wesser patent consists in the use
of so per cent coal dirt, Is per cent
sawdust and per cent coal tar. Vast
quantities OF waste coal dirt have
been stored in this region for years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
CaIlinan's Yacht Capsized.

New York, June 16.-Apprehension
OF wetting their sails and spelling the
set kept the trio of would be cup de-
tenders, Reliance, Constitution and
Columbia, at their moorings while 9th.
er yachts sailed a race for the Glen
cove cups of the New York Yacht
club on Long Island sound. While the
others were racing the schooner yacht
Estelle, owned by L. j. Callinan in
which the owner with a party OF
friends was following the racers, was
struck by a squall near the middle
of the sound off Oyster Bay and cap
sized. She lay in the water on her
beam ends and all hands we're taken
off safely by steam yachts and landed
at Larchmont. The racers weathered
the sQuall without disaster.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
Big Banks Consolidate.

Pittsburg, June Is. - Plans have
been perfected for the formation in
Pittsburg of one of the greatest com.
binatiCns of banking interests ever un
dertaken in the country. BY the deal
the Farmers Deposit National bank
Colonial Trust company, Colonial Ma.
tional bank, American Trust company
Pennsylvania Trust company, Colum
bia National bank, Tradesmen's Ma
tional bank, Germania Savings bank
and Freehold bank will be merged.
The capital of the new concern will
be $700O0OO, with $16,000,O0O surplus
and undivided profits, and about s55,
100000 deposits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
LEGALITY OF FAITH HEALING.
Case of Luther Pierson Before the
Court of Appeals.

Albany, June 16. - The legality OF
faith healing and its sufiiciency as
medical attendance" under the terms
OF the law requiring adequate provis.
iCn for children, was argued before the
court CT appeals in the case of the peo-
pie against Luther Pierson Of White
Plains, charged with a misdemeanor in
supplying only prayers to his adopted
daughter, 16 months old, in her last
illness.
Pierson and his lwife belong To the
Christian Catholic church, of which
cardinal principle of their faith
is the non-use of drugs. Ii ac-
cordance with this faith they failed to
provide a physician or medicines for
the child and she died.
Pierson was found guilty of neglect
ing the child, and fined $500 or 500
days in Jail The appellate division re-
versed the judgment and the state ap-
pealed.
The penal code makes it a misde-
meanOr to omit without lawful excuse
70 perform duty by law imposed upon
him to furnish food, clothing, shelter
or medical attendance to a minor"
The defense argued that the law
does not require the use of medicine;
that a great body of people have lost
faith in doctors; that medicine is not
an exact science; that doctors dis
agree among themselves as to methods
of treatment; that the state must
prove that medical attendance would
in this particular case have been bene-
fetal.
District Attorney Young argued that
the law restricted medical practice to
licensed physicians and that only one
such could render legal medical at
tendance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
Saturday.

Governor Odell expressed the belief
that the anti-Tammany campaign
would meet with success.
In a 15-mile beat to windward and
return in the open sea the Reliance
achieved a signal victory over the Con
stitution and the Columbia.
Herbert Hendrcksen, who recently
married a sister Of the former wife Of
Louis T. Disbrow, tried for the murder
of "Dimples" Lawrence, killed himself.
Members of the Northern Illinois
Coal Dealers association at Chicago
were found guilty of conspiracy in re-
straint of trade and were fined $500
each.
William f. Miller of the defunct
Franklin syndicate, told on the witness
stand of giving Colonel Ammon, then
his counsel, s55,OO0 in securities, max.
ing s250,000 in ALL
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
Friday,

Joseph Medill Mccormick of Chica-
go and Ruth Hanna, daughter of Sena-
tor Hanna, are welded at Cleveland.
William f. Miller testified that his
counsel, Robert A, Ammon, who is now
on trial, obtained possession of $780,
600 of the stolen funds taken in by the
Franklin syndicate.
It is reported in Sofia that Bashi
Bazouks attacked the village of
Enridge, near AdrianCple, and massa-
cred the entire population, with the
exception of 200 men.
Mr. Balfour in an adroit speech re-
lieved Mr.. Chamberlain of the neces
sity of resigning and averted a cabinet
crisis while net committing the gov
ernment either to protection or free
trade.
A military revolution in Belgrade,
Servia, resulted in the killing of the
king and queen, the queens brother,
three ministers and several members
of the royal guard. A new govern
ment was proclaimed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
IhurSdaN.

All the members of the British cab.
met are opposed to the Chamberlain
tariff plan, and it was repudiated in
the house of commons.
James NJ. Watson, Jr., clerk in the
office of the auditor Of the District of
Columbia, was accused of embezzling
$4,000 from funds in his charge.
Miss Ruth Hanna, youngest daugh,
ter of Senator and Mrs. NJ. A. Hanna,
was married to Mr.. Joseph Medill Nc.
Cormick of Chicago, at St Paul's Epis.
copal church, IN ClevelaIe
Thirty lives have been lost in the
East St Louis food due to breaking OF
the evee. A break in the Baltimore
and Ohio levee on the north is report
ed menacing the city from that point
Lulu Mullen and Bessie Kelso, pu,
pills in Corsica Academy, at Brook
vile, Pa, were killed by lightning
which struck the academy Three
other girl students and Professor Cur.
rier were injured.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-06-17
Ask For Shorter Hours,

Philadelphia, June 15.-Employes Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
numbering about $500, all connected
with the Philadelphia terminal divis
ion, have asked for reduction of the
working day from IL to s hours. 1t is
unofflcially stated that the demand OF
the car inspectors will be granted bur
that no concessions will be made with
regard to the baggagemen and train.
men