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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Three forts defending Port Arthur on
the southeast were reported captured
by the Japanese after an artillery duel
lasting all day. Kuroki and Oku con-
tinue to advance on the Russian posi-
ton at Haicheng.
At st. Petersburg 81 were drowned In
a Russian submarine boat.
The American fleet left Tangier on
assurances that France will maintain
order
Laurier, premier of Canada, created
a sensation at an Ottawa banquet by
urging dominion to prepare for war
A big force of Japanese won des-
perate battle within ten miles of Port
Arthur one Russian regiment being an
initiated in brilliant charge, and the
islanders now occupy the Wolf noun
tains, giving them practical command
by means of siege guns of the approach
to the fortress.
In the storming of Fenshui pass, east
of Liaoyang, the Japanese lost !, 120 men
killed and wounded.
1t is reported that the Vladivostok
squadron has again raided the Korean
coast. Fully 200 shells were fired into
Gensan and two vessels sunk in the
harbor.
The famous painter, George Fred
erick Watts, died in London Of bron-
chitis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
PROHIBITIONISTS
SELECT LEADERS.
Convention Nominates Rev. Silos c. Swallow
of Pennsylvania, for President. and
George w. Carroll, of Texas,
for Vice President

from the liquor traffic, it is necessary
that the legislative, executive and judi
cial branches Of the government should
be in the hands of political party in
harmony with the prohibition principle
and pledged to it's embodiment in law
and to the execution of those laws.
'Fifth-We pledge the prohibition
party, wherever given power by the suf-
frage of the people, to the enactment and
enforcement of laws prohibiting and
abolishing the manufacture, importa-
ton, transportation and sale of alcoholic
beverages
"Sixth-We declare that there is not
only no other issue of equal Importance
before the American people to-day, but
that the so-called issues upon which the
democratic and republican parties seek
to divide the electorate of the country
are in large part subterfuges under the
cover of which they wrangle for the
spoils of office.
"Seventh-Recognizin that the intel
ligent voters of the country may proper
ly ask our attitude upon other ques-
lions of public concern, we declare our
selves in favor of:
'The impartial enforcement of all law
1.-THE safeguarding Of the peoples
rights by rigid application of the
principles of justice to all combina-
tions and organizations of capital and
labor.
ga more intimate relation between
the people and government by wise
adaptation of the principle of the initia-
tive and referendum.
"The safeguarding to every citizen in
every place under the government of
the people of the United States of all
the rights guaranteed by the laws and
the constitution.
international arbitration; and de-
clare that our nation should contribute
in every manner, consistent with ma
tional dignity, to the permanent estab-
lishment of peace between all nations.
"The reform of our divorce laws, the
final extirpation of polygamy and the
total overthrow of the present shameful
system of illegal sanction of the social
evil, with its unspeakable traffic in girls,
by the municipal authorities of almost
all our cities.
eve declare ourselves in favor of
recognition of the fact that the right
of suffrage should depend upon the
mental and moral qualifications of the
citizens.
May Decline the Honor.
Harrisburg, Pa, July 1.-The Patriot
says: DR.. Silas G. Swallow may de-
cline the nomination after ALL Last
evening, in response to a congratulate
DRY telegram, he sent the following to
Chairman Stewart:
Harrisburg, Pa, June 30.-Hon.
Oliver w. Stewart, Prohibition Nation
al Convention, Indianapolis, Ind: If
honor referred to in your dispatch i'm
plies duties requiring my absence from
home, while / highly appreciate any
honor or duty the grandest party of
the age can give me, yet unless Mrs.
Swallows health greatly improves, I
would be compelled to decline.
IS. c. SWALLOW"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
THE POPULISTS.
Watson, of Georgia, and Allen, Of
Nebraska, Are the Lead
ing Candidates.

Springfield, ILL.,, July A movement
was started Sunday night to make the
standard bearer of the populist party
of 1904 Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia.
and ex-senator William V. Allen. of Ne
braska. AS to which one of the gen.
tlemen shall head the ticket there seems
to be little preference among those who
are behind the movement. Ex-senator
Allen arrived Sunday afternoon, accom-
panied by large delegation from Ne
braska, and it was not long until his
boom was launched for the head of the
ticket. j. A. Edmiston, vice chairman
of the fusion wing of the populist party,
is leading the fight for Allen.
One hundred delegates from Missouri,
Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ala
bama and Georgia arrived Sunday after
noon, headed by 10 A. Parker, ma
tional chairman Of the peoples party,
who at once started boom for Watson,
of Georgia, for first place on the ticket.
1t is understood that Watson will not
attend the convention, and the friends
of Allen believe that after he makes his
l. Jul III VI July Sp06Cn IO-ody, DIT LuC
state arsenal, there will be a stampede
among the delegates to the Nebraskan
for president. Allen is taking no part
in the movement to make himself the
nominee, and refuses to discuss the
question, but his friends declare he will
accept the nomination if the convention
decides to nominate him.
S. w. Williams, of Indiana, is an ac-
tive candidate for the nomination for
president, and has the delegates from
his state instructed for him. He is also
claiming the solid support of Illinois and
Iowa, and scattering votes from other
states. The Indiana delegation is work.
ing hard for Williams and F. ]. S. Rob
inson, chairman of the Indiana state
central committee, says their candidate
will poll surprising vote on the first
ballot
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

Indianapolis. Ind, July 1.-The pro-
hibition party in national convention
on Thursday nominated Silas G. Swal-
low, of Pennsylvania, for president,
and George w. Carroll, of Texas, for
vice president The platform was
adopted without argument, after a
long deadlock in the resolutions COM
mittee.
Miles Declines.
Gen. Miles put an end to the move
ment to nominate him for president
by sending to John G. Woolley a tele-
gram from New York, which reached
him shortly after noon, asking that
his name be not presented. This was
considered final, and the movement to
Mr.. Swallow was unanimous, no other
name being considered.
Platform Adopted.
The platform adopted is as follows:
1.-The prohibition party in national
convention assembled at Indianapolis
June 80, 1904, recognizing that the chief
end of all government is the establish
ment OF those principles of righteous
ness and justice that have been revealed
to man as the will of the ever living
God and desiring His blessing upon
our national life, and believing in
the perpetuation of the high ideals
of government of the people, by
the people and for the people, estab-
lished by our fathers makes the follow
ing declaration of principles and pur-
poses:
'First-The widely prevailing system
of the licensed and legalized sale of
alcoholic beverages is so ruinous to in
dividual interests, so inimical to public
welfare, so destructive to national
wealth and SO subversive to the rights
of great masses of our citizenship, that
the destruction of the traffic is and for
years has been the most important ques-
ton in American politics.
"Second-We denounce the lack of
craftsmanship exhibited by the lead
ers of the democratic and republican
parties in their refusal to recognize the
paramount Importance of this question
and the cowardice with which the lead
ers of these parties have courted the
favor of those whose selfish interests
are advanced by the continuation and
augmentationlo of the traffic, until to-day
the influence of the liquor traffic prac-
tically dominates national, state and To-
cal government throughout the nation.
The Liquor Traffic.
''Third-We declare the truth, demon
strated by the experience of half CEN
fury, that all methods of dealing with
the liquor traffic which recognize it's
right to exist, in any form, under any
system of license or tax or regulation
have proved powerless to remove it's
evils and useless as checks upon it's
growth, while the insignificant public
revenues which have accrued therefrom
have scared the public conscience
against recognition of it's iniquity.
"Fourth-We call public attention to
the fact, proved by the experience of
more than so years, that to secure the
enactment and enforcement of prohib
tory legislation in which alone lies
hope of the protection of the people
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
GREAT DISASTER
OCCURS AT SEA
BIG STEAMER NORGE FOUNDERS
IN NORTH ATLANTIC.
WAS LADEN WITH EMIGRANTS
Over 700 Lives Thought to Have
Been Lost-Vessel Strikes a
Reef off the Coast Of
Scotland.

London, July 4.-Over 700 Danish
and Norwegian emigrants bound for
New York are believed to have been
drowned in the North Atlantic on June
%. Out of nearly 800 souls on board
the Danish steamer Norge, which left
Copenhagen June %, only q are
known to be alive, and for the rest
no hope is held out When last seen
the Norge was sinking where she
struck on the islet of Rockall, whose
isolated peak raises itself from dead
ly Atlantic reef some 200 miles off
the west coast of Scotland.
Struck a Reef.
Early on the morning of last Tues
day the Norge, which was out of her
Rockall reef, which in the distance
looks like ship under full sail. The
Norge was quickly backed off but the
heavy seas poured in through rent in
her bows. According to the survivors,
the moment the vessel struck the en-
g1nes were reversed and the Norge
came back into deep water. The rent
,
that she began to fill rapidly. The
vessels eight boats were swung over
the sides rapidly and the women and
children were put into them first
There was a heavy sea running and in
lowering the boats all but two of them
were smashed
Story of a Survivor.
The steam trawler Saliva put into
Grimsby late Sunday night with II
rescued Scandinavians aboard Only
one of them could speak English. He
said:
eve left Copenhagen June 22. There
were 700 emigrants, Norwegians,
Swedes, Danes and Firms on board.
The crew numbered about go All
went we'll until June %. I lay in my
bunk waiting for breakfast We heard
a little bump, then another bump and
then | rushed on deck. I saw at once
that something serious had happened
and made dash below to gather up
my few belongings. Scores were rush
ing on deck and the hatchway was
crowded with emigrants. They were
launching boats and rushing into them
but there was no panic. Four or five
were in the boat into which I got and
we cleared the ship. Luckily for us,
in our party was the only seaman from
the Norge who escaped and he was
able to navigate our little boat We
saw two other boats capsize owing to
the heavy weather and because no one
could navigate them. We made
straight away and when we last saw
the Norge a large number of emf
grants were on the deck. Capt Gun
del stood on the bridge. Dozens of
passengers had jumped into the sea-
They wore life belts, but were drowned
before our eyes. After "a hours the
Saliva bore down and picked us up,
About 700 must have been drowned"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings OF a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
ALI the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

During the first six months OF lso4
railway construction in the United
States showed falling off as compared
with 1902 and 1908.
In an interview Chairman Jones, OF
the national democratic committee, de-
clared that William j. Bryan Will not
bolt the ticket if Judge Parker is nom
mated for president. If the nominee
should be Cleveland, Mr.. Jones said ne
would not say what Mr.. Bryan would
do.
The new cabinet appointees, PAU
Morton, Secretary Moody and Victor
H.. Metcalf, have been installed as sec
rotary of the navy, attorney general
and secretary of commerce and labor,
respectively.
The public debt statement shows
that at the close of business on June
3d. 1904, the debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to 1867, 231, TIA, a
decrease for the month of s8,060,86O.
Minister Quesada and Secretary Hay
have exchanged notifications OF the
permanent treaty between America
and Cuba, embodying the Plat amend
ment
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

Proper revision of the laws and re.
forms in the judicial procedure of di-
vorce courts will do much, but the de-
gree of sanctity attaching to the mar.
riage relation in this country will still
depend in large measure upon the at
titude of society regarding it. The in.
fuence of the churches in this matter
will be potent. The more they empha
size the fact that marriage is a sacred
bond the stronger will be the tenden.
cy to look with reprobation upon those
who hold it lightly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
LATER NEWS.


A work train was wrecked at Nor
ris, Mimi, killing the engineer and
wiper. Six others were injured.
By the premature explosion of fire.
works at Ogden, Utah, two persons
were killed and five injured.
Thomas f. Kelly, of Ireland wins
the A. A. u. title of all-around champ
ionship of the world at ST. Louis.
Military experts at st. Petersburg
say that the center of gravity is the
waf zone has shifted to Port Arthur.
Mark Hanna's estate must pay $780,
900 taxes to the state of Ohio.
Edgar G. Bailey, union hackman,
who killed Albert Ferguson, non
union hackman, at Kansas City, is
found guilty of murder and must hang.
The explosion of a torpedo in the
store of Nelson & Co., at Worcester,
Mass, set on fire $500 worth of fire.
works The store was crowded and
all the customers were driven to the
cellar, where they were rescued with
difficulty.
The new cruiser Denver exceeds the
contract speed.
The international congress of the
Salvation Army opens in London with
immense attendance.
Herman Starke, II years old, of Ash
land, Wis. is lost in the big woods of
northern Wisconsin.
Americans will present Admiral
Cervera with an engraved message of
gratitude for his care of prisoners at
Santiago.
A worlds fair train on the Wabash
railroad was wrecked at Litchfeld,
Ill, killing twenty passengers and in
juring. forty.
Over 700 Danish and Norweigen emf
grnts bound for New York are be
Ilieved to have been drowned in the
North sea Jnne %. Out of Nearly 800
souls on board the Danish steamer
Norge, which left. Copenhagen June %,
only twenty-seven are known to be
alive, and for the rest no hope is held
out.
A man named Wilson, aged twenty
two, employed as a ring stockman
with Ringlings' circus, fell from log
into the Chippewa river and was
drowned at Eau Claire, Wis.
A cloudburst leading into the Wa
satch range from the ben CHI lands
northeast of Salt Lake city sent a
wall of water from six to ten feet
high down Dry Canyon, causing much
do
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

The largest appropriation for good
roads ever made in one year, by any
state, has been approved by Gov.
Odell of New York. 1t takes 81, 500, 900
from the state treasury, and under the
law of New York local funds to an
equal amount will be added in the ex-
penditure of this large sum. Hence
$3,000,000 will be devoted to the bet
terment of Empire state highways, 1t
is expected that contracts will soon
be made for the construction of at least
$50 miles Of macadam and gravel
roads, and many parts of the state
will receive benefits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Peoples Party Convention.

tional convention of the peoples party
will be called to order in the state
arsenal here July A. J. A. Edmiston,
of Nebraska, will preside as temporary
chairman, and probably as permanent
presiding officer, as former Senator
Marion Butler, of North Carolina, who
has been chairman of the national
committee, has rendered his resigna-
ton and will not attend the conven-
ton
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

1t is much more satisfactory to have
Perdicaris alive than Raisuli dead, not
only on Perdicaris' account but be-
cause it relieves the United States
from danger of getting into trouble
some complications in efforts to en-.
force vengeance. Secretary Hay will
doubtless continue to encourage the
sultan to make life as unpleasant as
possible for RaiAlli. but he can feel
pure joy, untempered by apprehension.
Raisuli, governor of an important dis
trict, freshly provided with money,
and faithful allies, will be in a strong
er position to resist the sultan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

Government control of wireless tel
egraphy on the coasts of the United
States is absolutely essential to the ma
tional defense, and the navy department
has taken the first deciding step in that
direction by prohibiting the establish
ment of any private station within zone
of 240 miles from government station
on the coast. The government station
at the same time will transmit private
dispatches free of charge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
wISPS OF WISDOM.

Some men mistake heartlessness fer
can0or.
When we turn man down, why, Of
course we pass him up.
Gentlemen will not listen to stories
that are unfit for women to hear.
When people take the law into their
own hands they end by putting it I'M
der their feet.
The pessimist mourns over the BIOS
SONS that have fallen to the ground;
the optimist looks at the blossoms that
remain upon the tree.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Two Killed bv Train

Rochester, N. Y, June 30.--Two men
were killed, a third is not expected to
live and another is seriously injured as
the result of a Charlotte train on the
New York Central railroad running
through a gang Of track hands at Otis
station in this city late Wednesday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
To Suspend Work.

Joplin, Mo, July IA two weeks
suspension of work will be granted the
miners and operators of the Joplin dis
trict beginning July 2. A notice to that
effect has been sent to mine operators
and producers by the Missouri and Kan
sas Zinc Miners association.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

One of the results of the Anglo
French agreement is a renewal of the
tween France and England 1t is near
ly so years since the tunnel project
was first put upon a practical basis of
experiment, but since then the origi-
nal estimate of cost has been reduced
from $5OOOO,OO0 to $2O,OOO,OO0.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Raided by Robbers.

Lancaster, Pa, July 2.-Three rob-
bers made raid late Friday night on
the little town of Gordonville, on the
Pennsylvania railroad, ten miles east
of here, injured two men, and also
killed toll-gate keeper four miles
from Gordonville. Communication
with the town is interrupted because
of a storm
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

OF all the "big runs" in the book
line the Bible still holds pre-eminent
place. Statistics say that last year
the British and Foreign Bible society
alone distributed 5,943,775 copies, in
$40 languages, covering every part of
the globe. The issue by the American
society last year amounted to 1,993,55S
Bibles and portions
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

A local and limited car of the
Jackson & Battle Creek Traction COM
pany, collided two miles west of Mar
shall, Mich, and three men were seri-
ously injured and score of persons
were badly shaken up and bruised.
Daniel Decatur Emmett, the author
of the song, ''Dixie," who died June
%, was buried in Mound View ceme-
terry at Mount Vernon, o.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

The campaign rhymesters are hard at
work, but are having rather an unhappy
time of it. The name Roosevelt does
lend itself readily to verse, and though
there are words that rhyme with Fair
banks'-tanks, banks, cranks, manx and
the like-they do not commend them
selves greatly to the writers of party
SONGS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Beaten tn Death.

Muncie, Ind, July 4.-Edward Zim-
norman, % years old, was beaten to
death Saturday night during an encoun-
ter with Samuel Sharp and Hele and
James Ely. Sharp's wife, who claims to
have witnessed Zimmerman's death,
furnished the information to the police.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Fatal Explosion.

Kiel, July Through the accidental
explosion of rocket on board the
cruiser Juno, one of the English vessels
escorting the royal yacht, two of the
crew were killed. The Juno caught fire,
but the flames were soon extinguished.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

The General Slocum disaster, as
we'll as the Iroquois tragedy, shows
how great are the responsibilities of
those intrusted with the safety of hui
man lives. The lesson is a costly one
How soon will it be forgotten?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

A lawyer has no right to do any
thing as a lawyer which he would
scorn to do as a man and a citizen.
His obligation to the court and to the
public is and must be paramount to
his. obligation to his client.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
HanO16

Michigan City, Ind, July 1.-Benja-
min Springs, a negro who murdered
Jesse Case, another negro, at Terre
Haute, last March, was hanged in the
state prison here shortly after mid
night Springs mounted the scaffold
without finching, and a minute later
the trap was sprung. Twelve minutes
later he was pronounced dead.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Deadlock in Kentucky.

Shelbyville, KY, July lone hun
dred and forty-five ballots have been
taken without result for congressman
by the democrats of the Eighth district.
The candidates are: Hon. Harvey
Helm, G. G. Gilbert and d. L. Moore.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Uncle Sans Finances.

Washington, July 1.-While the
treasury books show a. deficit of $41,-
00O,c00 for the year, Secretary Shaw
reports there would have been a sur
plus of '$13, 900, 900 but for the Panama
canal payment and the loan to the st.
Louis exposition
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

One difficulty in estimating Rockefel-
ler's wealth is that by the time the est
mator has finished his computation the
figures upon which he based it have be-
come obsolete
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Convention of Y p G. TT.

ST. Joseph, Mo-, June 30.-The fif-
teenth annual national convention of
the Young Peoples Christian Union of
the United Presbyterian church opened
here Wednesday and will adjourn Sun
day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

A Cleveland professor advocates teach
ing reel and jig dancing in the public
schools If the pupils want to learn how
to dance let them play hockey and get
caught
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Quarrel Ends in Murder.

Fayetteville, Ca, July 1.-Steve
Renfroe, an old man 70 years old, shot
his daughter-in-law through the head
Thursday, killing her instantly. Mr..
Renfroe and his daughter-in-law disa-
greed about cabbage patch.