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never Deen devised.
Now Chicagoan comes to the front
with scheme which he declares en-
tirely practical to accomplish this
long-desired object. He proposes to
force cables under the sunken ship,
and attach these to hydraulic jacks,
and with these the ship is to be raised.
He intends to go before the next ses-
sion of congress and ask that the gov
eminent release its claim not only
on the ''Maine" but also the Spanish
vessels sunk by our fleet around Cuba
and in Manila bay. If he can in this
way secure a title to the boats he will
undertake to raise them without any
financial assistance from the govern
ment, and when they are again afloat
proposes to tow them up the Missis-
sippi to ST. Louis as an attraction at
the coming exposition there.
George Richardson is the name OF
this genius, and, according to his fig
ures there is millions in the scheme
for himself and his associates. He es-
Inmates the cost of the work of raising
the boats at 100000, while he places
the value of the ships after they are.
afoat at between fifty and sixty mill
lions.
If his estimate of the cost of raising
the ships is anywhere near correct.
and he can accomplish this, he should
find no trouble in getting good re-
turns from the investment by eXhib-
iting them at ST. Louis next year, and
after the close Of the exposition it
should not be a difficult task to dis
pose of her to the government. The
same public sentiment that desires to
see the boat afloat again will demand
its restoration to the navy should the
first object be accomplished.
Chicagoans have never been dream
ers, and it is more than possible that
Chicago brains will put the good ship
on top of water again.
FathOming Criminal Mysteries.
The man who wears a detectives
star of city police force has not al
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Rocky Mountain Pie.

Il thoroughly enjoyed everything in
the Sportsmen's show last week, said
a clerk in the New York postoffice,
because it was new to me. [ was
born in a New England town. and
knew little about such things. But
nv wife came almost from the base
of Pixies Peak, and asked me to take
her. so l did. AS we were coming out
[ saw sign outside the restaurant,
Rocky mountain pie In my opinion,
you cannot tell New Highlander much
he doesn't know about pie, so went
in and asked for some. Ny wife said
she did not know what was coming,
either. Well. sir, it was a revelation.
There was thick, rich bottom crust,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

or cane, which should be grasped by
the hands extended above the head.
Swing the arms and shoulders in uni
son. first forward, then backward. EX-
tend the arms at fullest length until
they are nearly is possible at right an
giles with the body. Swing in this way
at the rate of about Is movements 10
the minute. The shoulders must be
swung with the arms, or the exercise
will have little Chicago Daily
News.
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civilian, what has become of that
big eat that has been hanging around
the back yard for the last month or
more?"
1.-THE last two or three times 1 killed
him he was on top of the barn after the
pigeons. He's still somewhere about
the neighborhood, l guess. Chicago
Tribune.
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composer who has
had an operate
work produced at.
the Metropolitan.
The critics say
gallant l Y I h a t
Miss SIN Vt h e's
work is w e ak:
it shows the lack
of masculine pow
er; some III q II
must have orches-
trated it for her. no
woman could have
smashed in the
bra sses" as she
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

ue Us VI w dSHIli 3
ton is the wife of
Senator Russell A.
Alg'er. In one
sense she is not
"new," for she
III a d e m a n y
friends here while
her husband was
secretary of war.
The Algers were
installed in their
elegant home here
on SiXt e e n t b
street last Janu-
airy. In her dual
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

brought back to
Washington a rare
collection of Gu
rios picked up dur
ing he~ recent trip
around the world
with her husband.
Among the most
treasured are sew
eral gifts from the
empress dowager
of China. Mrs.
Miles met this IA
nous old aG.ocrat
and tells some in
teresting stories
of her. She says
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

less power TO OD-
struct legislation,
began anew dur
the recent special
session. The rea-
son for this. is that
during the regu-
lar session the
statehood bill was
talked to death
by a determined
minority. T h e
Panama C a n a /
treaty was not
ratified becau sc
Senator Morgan
fn
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Disastrous Fire.

A fire occurred at Kendall, a village
about 80 miles southeast of Sparta,
destroying the ingalls, hotel, Andrew
Felker's hardware store, Adrion's
general merchandise store, George r.
Evans jewelry store and George
Weiss saloon, meat market and
Burkhart's general merchandise store.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Thought They Could.

'For the first year of our married
life. DEAR" said the young man who
was poor, but had prospects, 1--WE shall
have to live principally on love"
well, people can live on spoon vic
tuals, can't they, George" she said,
smuggling closer to him.-Chicago
Tribune.
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ways the easy Ire
that is generally
conceded to be his.
His TIA SIX often de-
mands brains of d
superior and pc
culiar kind. The
observation-disclosures"
type of detective
is nearer the ideal
than many read
ers of the famous
stories IN j G h t
think.
Chief of Police
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

The lake city is
furnishing Goth
am many of its
most capable bust
ness men; men
who are handling
g + e a t financial
and Industrial in
terests u n t i |
within a compare
lively few years
t h e e a S t W a S
looked to to pro-
vide the brains of
the west. Now the
tide is turning and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
An Artistic Arm Described.

The proportions for an artistic arm
are as follows: Length of arm from
shoulder to finger tips, 2s 10 inches;
from shoulder to elbow, 1874 inches;
from elbow to finger tips, 1874 inches;
around the upper arm, 10 inches;
around forearm. S34 inches; around
elbow, 1875 inches. around wrist. 6
inches. One exercise for developing
the arms and adding to the shapeli-
ness of the shoulder requires a wand
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

duties as wife of N'S' Nu''0" A. Ais0i'
cabinet officer and then as wife of
senator, Mrs. Alger probably recalls
a momentous question of etiquette
which threatened to disrupt the friend
ship of all upper tendon at one time.
Society had been proceeding in an in
formal, republican way when all at
once some smart Aleck suggested that
there should be rules of precedence for
the wives of the supreme court, the
senate, the cabinet and the house to
follow.
The women caught onto the idea, APP
proved it, and war Of words waged
a whole season. They say the mistress
of the white house even took hand in
it. There were several first-class rows
before this question of social prece-
dence was settled in the order which I
have given above. The senate wives
won precedence over the cabinet wives
because the senate had to confirm the
members of the cabinet! The sena-
torial phalanX tried the same game
on the judiciary, but it did not work,
for one clever wife of justice of the
supreme court reminded the senatorial
women that the justices held on for
life, while the senators were safe for
only six years! The argument was I'M
answerable. and the wives of the sena-
tors yielded the point.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

cowboys Tor the
St. Louis fair graf
flies and satisfies
the artist colony.
Remington is a
c Q " b O. himself.
lie is the son Of a
famous northern
New York politi-
clan and editor,
and a graduate of
Yale, where he
was a ia III 0 Il $
f o o t b all player.
Remington is of
"rhllnlyy" n uil q
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with quarters of apples sticking up
endwise all over it, and the little val
leys in between them filled chock-
a-block with delicious cream. 1t looked
like snow between mountain ridges.
My wife and l ate whole pie be-
tween us.''-N. Y. Times.
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GovRrC HoiIstOrn.

One of the most severe hailstorms
experienced in La Crosse for many
years caused great damage to all
greenhouses and conservatories IN
the city. Hundreds If panes of glass
were broken by the hailstones, which
were an inch in diameter and came
down quickly for Is minutes. Early
vegetation and lighthouses were also
damaged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

America "a tile
ship maine" de-
S t roy ed by a
Spa nish torpedo,
that the good ship
be raised and re-
stored. To t h / $
sentim e n t t h e
ocean commercial
interests h a V e
added their plea,
but. a practical
plan for accom-
plishing the de-
sired result has
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for her reputa ton
as a producer of
successful thea tri-
cal attractions. In
the same class
with AIDE may be
mentioned Opie
Read.
The work of
both of these men
has been succe SIS
fully produced all
over the country,
though the former
has achieved the
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Five generations Present.

A ANt OPHt TsttIVHN 4 IVNNKIt'
Five generations were present at the
celebration of the one hundredth birth
day anniversary of Mrs. Susan ID. Cross
man at the home of Mrs. Crossman's
grandson, John c. Eddy, five miles
from Beloit. Mrs. Crossman was born
in Massachusetts March %, 1903, and
at the age of 16 was married to Warren
Crossman. In 1S4S they came to Alton.
Four of their seven children are living.
Grandchildren and great grandchil-
dren, and one great great grandchild
completed the five generations present
at the celebration.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

cessful men for the city are coming
from the river valleys of Indiana, from
the prairies of Illinois and Iowa, from
the sand dunes of Michigan or the lake
dotted forests of Wisconsin. Among
this second generation of Chicago sue
cesses may be numbered George Ade-a
country boy born and bred. AS boy
he was familiar with the fields of In
diana. He helped to pillow them and to
harvest the bountiful crops.
He was a farmer boy, and he looks
the part to-day. Though the author of
two of the most successful comic OPP
eras ever placed on the American stage,
he has about him none of the traits of
the stage. While cultivating corn
around Kentland, Ind. he also cultivat-
ed a bashfulness that will never wear
off.
At the opening night of his ''Sultan
of Sulu" at the Stude baker theater in
Chicago the audience demanded sight
of the author and speech from him.
At last he appeared before the curtain,
but in so embarrassed a state that he
could utter but half a dozen words of
thanks and retire. Nor has the sue
cessful presentation of his second OPP
era peggy from Paris" tended to re-
move any of this embarrassment. He
is still the simple, unassuming country
boy, and will ever remain such.
The foundation of George AIDES fame
rests upon slang. His "Modern Fables"
are built of the slang of the city streets,
vet the author never uses it in his con-
versation. He hears it repeated about
the Athletic club, of which he is mem
Der and at which he lives, but he re-
peats it only in print, or causes the
stage characters of his creation to re-
peat it for the edification of the audi
ences that crowd the theater where his
plays are produced.
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o L ms personal
popularity and in
timacy a t. t h e
white house. His
tastes are liter
airy and his views
in the main coin
eide with those of
of the president,
on most public
questions. j u S t
now S e n a t o T
Lodg e has two or
three fav crit e
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east. They emf
g T a t e d f r o m
homes in New
England to the
western wilder
ness and grew up
with the country.
The grandsons of
the successful pio-
neers are many of
them going the
w a y o f t b e
" e a | t h y i t y
youth of other
places, and a new
onpara+iOo IF c1,o-
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y >
it is said, is to
marry Violet Cru
ger, though there
is no formal en-
gagement.
Harold is t h e
son Of William X.
Vanderbilt, a n d
cousin Of t h e
sporty brothers,
Alfred and Regi-
maid, and of the
industrious, disin-
herited Cornelius.
Tho "hannN. man"
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e. = . l.
on investigation of
irrigation posi-
bilities in the ma
jority of the states
and territories of
the arid region.
In connection with
these investiga-
tons it is, of
course, necessary
to make extensive
surveys, behring's
and Investigations
to determine the
magnitude, feast
bi1itv and cost of
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for its use. 1t is
that of the Speyer
Bros, who, have
just moved into
their new offices
at PA and 26 Pine
street.
In a city of sky
scrapers it is a dis
tinction to have a
b u il d n g only
three stories high.
In the Speyers'
case the structure
is the finest of its
kind in the world.
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ton ca HIlOD : "a y
anonymous. The
benefactress of
Bernard college,
the woman's col
| e & e connected
with Columbia uni
versity, has been
traced as Mrs. A.
A. Anderson, and
thereby an inter
csting personality
is revealed.
Mrs. is
IN j d d ! e a e c d ,
,-,,J,nII nuiaf nt1in-
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A "StrenmOusv Artist.

The announcement that Frederic
Remington will do a heroic group of
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Social Precedence.

Among the handsomest of the new
senatorial matrons who are now resi-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Harold vanderbi1ts Romance.

The limit" in society romances is
reached in Harold Nanderbilt's case.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Consular Reforms

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is called
the Administered ton senator" because
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presses her as a brave-hearted, lonely
woman. with ideas far in advance of
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Washington.-The reclamation serv-
ice of the United States geological sur
yeV is on on oed nm
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May Chnnge Senate Rules.

The agitation to change the rules of
the senate so as to give the minority
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The only Woman Composer.

New York has been considerably in
terested in Ethel Smythe. the only
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Chicago.-The first generation of Chi
lagos successful men came from the
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does. / know nothing of all this. But
Miss Smythe is the breeziest little
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New York-Even in these days the
anonymous giver of a million to educa-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Invading New York.

In more lines than that of play writ
ing are Chicagoans invading New York.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Curios from the Orient

The wife of Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
commander in chief of the army,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Chicago to Raise the ..fnine".

Public sentiment has demanded,
since the Inflated night that saw the
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A THEATRES Producing. Center.
To George AIDE probably more than to
any other one man is Chicago indebted
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
A New Fashion in Bank buildings.

There is only one banking firm in
New York that has an entire building
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Fathoming Criminal Mysteries.
The man who wears a detectives
star of city police force has not al
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15

and the daughters take turns in reading aloud to
father from the works the standard poets. If any
thing could add 10 the weight of woe already bowling
down the heart of this poor man. it would be the
prospect of having TO listen to poetry after hard
days work. He may have liked poetry in his salad
days. but he has been pretty roughly handled in fes
hurly yburly since then, and there isn't enough sent
ment left i'll him cover flea. It's not his fault;
it's his misfortune of that evening after even
ing Of enforced communion with the muse would bring
him the bughouse of mental irresponsibilty
Yet this is the truth of the situation. and he couldn't
look his business associates in the face IL he thought
they suspected him of such shameful proceedings
night after night.
Dear Miss Butler, you right: be good 10 father
and try TO make him happy-he needs help in that di-
recton Sing him. if you will: laugh and talk with
him. include him in of your ''goOd-time" plans;
make of him much of comrade as his deplorabe
relationship TO you will permit. But do not read
poetry to him. His burden Is heavy already and his
powers of endurance not what they once We're.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15

rnsny-indeed. almost tvery actor-has been
greatly benefited both in his art and his
pocket by the appreciation and encourage
ment OF nistaking an apprec!ative criticism
The critic IN his judicial capacity should
aim TO pass truly Just and humane YER
dict on plays and players
That It be truly honest and worthy. he
should keep steadily in mind not only his
duty to the public, but the common right,
Of author and actor. casting aside any iurk-
ing personal animosities ignoble desires to
be considered witty even when at the great
personal discontinue of innocent persons
and any unworthy and de.p.cabie fears that
by rendering a high-uioded and impartial
judgment, he would be considered disioyal
10 a rival who may happen TO be his idol
or his friend.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15
WORLD'S-19O4-FAlR
BACILLI MADE THE TRIP.

st. Louis is never backward about discussing the
canal case with Chicago. There is every reason for
the latter's alarm at Doctor Ravolds mcrobe tests,
for they so the very life of Chicagos contcntons
Noted scientists have for many months. in that
ctys behalf sought prove that disease germs could
not survive the long journey to ST. Louis. The self
publication theory has been strained to its limit Com
piled data, almost by the ton, has been offered to
show that however disease-laden the water might be
when it left Chicago it must of necessity cleanse
itself 1t babbled sweetly down TO reservoirs.
Our increase In typhoid In spite OF locally improved
sanitary conditions closely following the canals open
ing. together with thousand and other Indicative
facts has thoroughly convinced st. Louis independ-
emily of any special tests that the canal is foun
tain of evil from which are compelled TO drink.
Manifestly the germs ability to live the distance
IL the gist OF Clearly Doctor Ravold took
the only sane way to prove-it. He showed that the
Honorable Bacillus Prodigiosus was foreign to the
waters in question. On given date there was not a
of his family The doctor, having imported and
propagated 200 barrels of him. dumped them into the
waters Chicago Whether it done secretly
at night and under the gibbous moon. as a Chicago
contemporary maintains. matters not The doctor
turned TO ST. Louis and in due time the Honorable
B. Prodigiosus put in his appearance via the faucet
in the City Hail. fatter and If anything happier and
prosperous than ever. and without the fantest
show of fatigue.
Chicago demurs that Bacilli Prodigosi are harmless
germs, and that their safe arrival is proof that
poisonous germs could make the trip. Certainly no
officer would imper the lives of 100000 people
by liberating an enormous quantity Of poisonous mi
crobes in their drinking water.
Is 1t not sufficient that do find every day In the
water poisonous microbes Identical with those found
in and near Chicago? But, says Chicago there is no
precise. absolute proof that these germs come from
Chicago. that Chicagos germs do not die en- route
Every character Of germ must die. says Chicago
Doctor Ravod has refuted the latter contention and
II would seem. has supplied the link to complete the
chain of proof.
How can the self-purifcation theory be exploded
otherwise: OF what value would be tests made with
poisonous germs of the which polute the water
both there and here Are the germs be registered
and labeled so that they may be distinguished?
As for the self-purifcation theory an absolute
theory. it is relic Of ofashioned times when NO.
body had heard OF germ life.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-15
READING POETRY rovFArHER.

When Miss May Louise Butler of Chicago. at a re-
cent meeting of the particular club to which
she belongs pleaded with her fellow-members TO de-
vote some thought and discussion to the problem of
how to make father happy. her hearers We're amazed
that the performance Of such duty should be urged
upon their attention.
This was eminently natural under prevailing mod
ern conditions Perhaps the most pathetic figure in
the life of the average American family of ordinary
means is the head of that family. He has to hustle
for whatever fun he gets and it is lonesome sort
OF hustle. too As his children grow up around him
his wifes maternal instinct develops and strengthens
the point of making him secondary in her thoughts
and plans. To his offspring he is the who pays
the bills and is saddled with the and response
blites. There is somehow place for him in their
schemes Of entertainment the suggestion that be take
a hand would rather dampen things. Surely, some
thing should be done for fathers happiness
And yet shudderng protest must be voiced
against Miss Buffers weird proposition that mother