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The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
SCHOOLS MAKE
 GOOD SUM

The schools netted more than Sl00 from the entertainment that was given last Monday night at Elks' hall. Tho gross receipts were SlOS. .75 and the ex- penses, $6, leaving a balance of Sl02. D. This will be applied to the school library.
 The Elks donated the use of the hall to the school and the orchestra contri- buted it's services free of charge. That helped to keep the expenses down.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
Christmas Press nts at COmmissnry

There is nothing that will be appre' ciated as a Christmas present as well as a box of good cigars. The Commissary cigar store makes a speciality of selling them by the box. The low est prices on the best domestic and imported goods. Boxes contain 9, 50 and 100. Come and see for yourself. John Haley.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
CHADWICK CASE
 UP TOMORROW

The preliminary hearing of Ed. Chad wick, charged with robbing the office of the Pacific Coast Steamship Con- pany, will come up tomorrow morning. The nature of the evidence that it is proposed to introduce has not been dis closed. MT. Chadwick stoutly claims he is innocent and that he will be able to show it. He has given a bond.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
WILL URGE II.
Larger Powers to Interstate
 Commerce Commission

Especial Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.
 Washington, DC, Dec. 2l-President Roosevelt admits that he is much inter- ested ID legislation regulating the rail road systems in the United States and favors the plan to increase the scoDs of authority of the interstate commerce commission. He will urge the next congress to pass a bill of this import.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
Cured Paralysis

w. S. Baily, p. O. True. Teyo". writes; My Mife had been suffering five years with paralysis in her arm, when 1 was persuaded to use Balfsrd's Snow Liniment, which cured her all right. have also used 1t for old sores, frostbites and skln eruptious. l does the work" 55c, SOC, sl.oo. Sold by Kelly Drug Co.,
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
BIG SHAKE
Town Sinks From Earth
 quake on FOrmosa

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan ]
 Tainan, Formosa, Dec. PA dis asterous earthquake shook the Island of Formosa November and a town sunk, wrecking 1S0 houses. Sixty four people are known to have been killed in the disaster.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

tleship Sevastopol in the harbor of Port Arthur.
 Japs Seize British Ships
 Tokyo, Dec. 2l-The Japanese have seized the British ships King Arthur and Nigretia. One of the ships was coming from Port Arthur and the other was going to Vladivostock. Both were engaged in contraband trade and both had many Russians on board as passen- gers.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
Will Elect Officers Tonight

At their regular meeting tonight the Knight of the Maccabees will elect officers for the ensuing term. All members have been requested to be present.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

Christmas trade is now in full swing. The sizes in our mems and boys suits and overcoats will soon be depleted. come now and select what you want while we have a coplete line of sizes.
 F. H. Clayson SJ Co.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
STAGE LEAVES
 FOR DAWSON

Whitehorse, Dec. PA White Pass stage left here at ! a, m. today for Dawson with nine through messengers and one way passenger, There was 700 pounds of mail, 335 pounds of ex- press and l72 pounds of through freight.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
DIG UP
Lone HighwaYman Raids
 Gambling House

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan ]
 Tacoma, Dec. 21-The Pullman gam bling rooms in this city were held up by a lone robber last night. He se- cured S365.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
PEABODY TO BE GOVERNOR

injunction that was issued by the su- preme court. The court will undoubt- edly seat Gov. Peabody over Ava Adams, whom the democrats claim was elected, and whom it was at one time conceded had been chosen to the office, The legislature which according to the face of the returns is democratic will be turned over to the republicans. The feeling among the people is intense and trouble is feared,
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
Dr. Hall on Fire Commission

Dr. M. F. Hall, formerly of this place, is enc of the leading citizens of Fair banks. He is not only on the city coun- cil but is a member of a fire commis- sion selected at a mass of the citizens
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

Baths 9 cents. Fine porcelain tubs at the Portland Tod ring House. Rooms 25c, soc, 75c and s. Fifth avenue, op- posite Canadian Bank of Commerce.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

French and American Candies made daily at the Alaska Candy Co, Sixth Avenue between State and Broad way. lz-i-l
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

Burnt work novelties and hand paint ed china made to order at Harrisons'.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

A fine variety of fancy and French bon bons; also a nice line of novelty box goods at the Vienna Cafe.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

Handmade ornaments for Christmas at the Vienna Cafe.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
At the Idaho Saloon

Hermatage whiskey, bottled spring 1901, made lS93-ll years old-l24 cents a drink at the Idaho.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
20 Per Cent Of

On all Haviland china and cut glass un- til December p. H. D. kirmse.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21
CIayson Cots New Line

Brand new line of smoking jackets and belt overcoats have been received by F. II. ClaysOn & Co.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

The latest game is "Royal Fluff" at HarrisOn's.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

All the delicacies of the season at the Pack Train Restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-12-21

Dolls, dolls, dolls, at Harrisons'.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07

he is more on the order of rSdagogue
who has been accustomed to give in
struction on elementary subjects with
out having his statements called Ia ques-
ton by anybody. While he was seated
at the head of the committee table, re-
plying to the questions showered on
him by the investigating senators, one
might have imagined that he was an
old-fashioned college professor deliv-
ering lecture on the rudiments of the
Mormon religion and looking down from
a superior height upon the ignorance Of
the pupils who were unfortunate enough
not 60 understand clearly all the in
tricacies of the subject of which he was
an easy master.
The question of the eligibility of Reed
Smoot to seat in the senate has be-
come SO complicated with religion, poll
tics and morals that the committee on
privileges and elections are going to
have hard time in coming to a con-
clusion and the senate may have an
equally hard time in acting upon the
committees report The far western
senators, both republican and democrat
are very much stirred up about the BUSH
ness. They say that if Smoot is permit
ted to retain his seat it will not be many
years before every one of the Rocky
mountain states will be represented
there by a Mormon, so great is the spread
of Mormonism through all that part Of
the country
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07

of paint. Rather a shabby fence, the
more so as some mischievouS person
seems to have broken off all of the knobs
from the tops of the pickets. One is
tempted TO suspect bad boys lin the next
block" where the bad boys always live.
In fact, the knobs were broken off four
generations ago by grown men who
wanted them to use as chain shot to shoot
at King Georges soldiers. There was in
those days statue of King George-on
Understanding within the fence. That,
being of good solid lead suitable to a
monarch whose virtues were of leadeD
dulness rather than bronze vigor, was
broken up and moulded into bullets. For
the little enclosure where it stood was
the famous Bowling Green, then the ia
vorite meeting place of patriots, now a
tiny patch of green surrounded by 16 and
1S-story buildings.
The great $60,000,00 subway-that
portion which is to duck under the river
to Brooklyn and which was two years
later than the rest in starting-is leisure
ly creeping down Broadway. No trace
of it is seen upon the surface of the
street. Here there is no offence and dis
grace of streets long uptorn. At night a
few feet of Broadway are dug up. Be
fore morning dawns, and with out inter-
rupting car, plank bridging is substi-
tuted for the pavement and under this
cloak of concealment digging goes for
ward. Right under the spot where
George looked proudly forth upon two
story town of his subjects the mole-like
highway of the 32-story town which
repudiated him is soon to be bored. Then
the fence will come down. Every sec
ton will be numbered and put away in
strict order and when the excitement is
all over it will be put back again as good
as ever and. as available for showing to
British visitors.
Even when l came to New York from
back of nowhere Bowling Green looked
almost as in Washington's time. The
hotel in which he often stayed was stand
ing. Cyrus Field pulled it down for the
first of the away downtown office build
ings And that building, only ten stories
| is already dWarfed by those about it. AL
about the upper end of Battery park We're
houses dating back to colonial times
in some instances to the Dutch rule. The
| last row of these disappeared only three
years ago to make room for the new
! custom house.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07

the city heard from the lips of James
Ridley himself how he started in bust
ness on tEa corner of Grand street and
Allen in shop about 20 feet by 40, tended
only by himself and his wife and by
their sons as they grew bigenough Upon
the same site he had then-20 years ago
raised mammoth structure with 1000
employees. Nor was he an old man at the
time.
Neither Ridley shop nor Ridley name
is now in evidence upon Grand street
which for all its Understanding name has
become the main thoroughfare of the
great East side Ghetto. Upon the site
are half dozen enterprising stores kept
by Hebrews. The big stores are all with
the single exception of Wanamaker
whom the Stewart tradition keeps to the
ancient site, moving uptown. Even the
big Store" of the Siegel-Cooper Co. no
longer the property of the original own
ers, is now rather far downtown, al
though only few years built. Wanna
maker alone is within two miles OF
Bowling Green and the ancient city.
The most curious movement in shop
dom now in New York is its centrifugal
tendency. 1t is not now mere thread
and needle shops alone that cling to the
outskirts of the city, but great depart
ment stores are springing up, or growing
by degrees as 'Ridley's" grew, in the
heart of the outer wards, ten miles, it
may be, from the city's center. The chief
shops in Harlem to-day would have been
| -.
ago. Women will not travel an hour and
half from Jamaica, for instance, to do
a trif1e of shopping that can be arranged
for at an enterprising place near home.
| Perhaps that fact is at once the answer
to the question why there is no shopping
trust, and the reason why young men to-
day have bright opportunities in re-
tail trade, not under the shadow of the
great gather-all establishments, bur
miles away.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07
The News Condensed.


An ice gorge formed at Gays Mills
and when it let loose it took out the
heavy dam there and two bridges OF the
Wisconsin Western railroad.
The mill dam at Chiffon was swept
away by high water in the Manitowoc
river At all points along the riyer dam
age by flood was reported.
Fire at Ladysmith destroyed Burnie
& Pederson's hardware store, the First
national bank building and Miss Collins
millinery store.
At the annual high school prize declat
nation contest at Beloit, Miss Elinor X.
Parker took first place and Miss Ila Cook
second. The winners will represent Be-
lott at the league contest to be held in
Whitewater soon.
Harry E. Kimpel, of Racine, lost 8
watch at Buffalo, n. Y, six years ago.
From Paterson, N. j., he received let
ter recently asking if he had lost some
thing at Buffalo years ago. Mr.. Kimpel
wrote to the address given in the letter.
He later received his watch without any
explanation.
At the second annual convention of
the National Association of Lumber
Statesmen at Chicago, w. r. Mackenzie,
of Madison, was named secretary treas
urer.
Frank A Cady, prominent attorney
at Marshfield, jumped from a hotel
window at Hot Springs, Ark, while de-
lirious and was killed
Ex-Alderman John Caster pleaded
guilty in Kenosha to accepting bride
of 1888 and was fined 5000 and 500
costs.
Fire that broke out in the basement
of the Fair store in Madison damaged
the stock and building to the extent OF
SIS 900.
Wisconsin's gymnasts won the third
annual contest Of the intercollegiate as
ISOLATION held in the university gymnasi-
UNI at Madison.
Peter Rosthe was killed and James
train on one of the principal street cross
ings in Ashland. The men were riding
on a milk wagon, and attempted to cross
the track in front of the train.
The offer of Messrs Henry, Edwin and
Willis Ludlow to give to Monroe and
school district s125OO for a public IL
brary will be accepted. The condition
is that the structure be built upon the
site owned by the school district.
George Shamburg, aged so, farmer
who resided near Seymour, was saving
wood with a power saw when the pile
of wood tipped over upon him and threw
him head first upon the saw, killing him
instantly.
At a meeting of the Oneida County
Fair association in Rhinelander dates
for the ninth annual fair were set for
August "a, 25 and &c, the week preced-
ing the Wisconsin Valley fair circuit.
Wisconsin university won the debate
with the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor, taking the affirmative on the
subject Resolved, that the states should
relinquish the personal property tax
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07
MYSTERY OF THE BREEzES
Problems Long a Puzzle Are Rapidly
Being Solved by the Men
of Science.

From the earliest ages the air cur
rents have been invested with the most
profound mystery which the learned
men of all times have vainly sought to
solve. Now, however, the meteorologist
Is gradually divesting the wind of its
mystery and is able to explain conyinc-
ingly how and when it originates. The
study of a great number Of observations
taken simultaneously all over the coun-
try and, in fact, all over two continents
has enabled the expert to foresee just
when wind and storm will arrive at GER
tain sections of the country.
Of course, the physical topography OF
any neighborhood has it's influence on
the local storms, fogs and prevailing
winds. The mountain" and valley
breezes" that are so eagerly sought dur
ing the summer recreation or sojourn is
an instance of the effect of mountains on
local climate and weather conditions
AS explained by w. S. Tower, assistant
in meteorology in Harvard university
because of active radiation at night the
LAYERS of air near the earth become
cooled ana as cool all Is heavier IHdn
warm air, law of physics that is gen.
orally appreciated theoretically, but usu-
ally Overlooked practically, this heavy
air tends to move down the hillside.
The tendency becomes, after a time
sufficiently pronounced to produce a
general downhill movement, eventually
resulting in a perceptible breeze.
That is what is commonly designated
locally as 1.-The mountain breeze" and
which, from it's origin, is practically in
one constant direction, though the in
tervention of powerful storms may tenn
porarily reverse the customary move
ment. Vice versa, during the day, the
presence of warmer and therefore light
er air near the earth causes movement
Of the atmosphere with an upward ten
dency, creating the so-ealled valley
breezes. In certain favorably situated
localities disappearance of the mountain
or the valley breeze is as regular as
clockwork, the transitional period being
marked by a calm.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07
Rivers Falling Slowly.
Losses of Cattle Heavy.

Minot, n. D., April 4.-Heayy cattle
losses have resulted on the prairies
from the recent blizzard Several own
ers report the loss of entire herds.
Hundreds of cattle are dying daily
from starvation. Conditions have been
somewhat relieved by the melting
snow, but nearly all cattle are too
weak to go to grass. 1t is said that
fully one-fourth of the cattle on ranges
will die
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07

The excitement is an indication Of the
constituencies of statesmen at the capitol
just now to any development which
might seem to connect them, even re-
motley, with the irregularities in the
post office department. 1t is due largely
to the officiousness Of somebody in the
government printing office who for the
lack of any other headline manufac-
tured for the document the title
Charges Concerning Members of Con-
gress," when, in fact, there were no
charges whatever and the document con-
sisted simply of a compilation of routine
letters, such as any congressman is
writing daily to department officials, on
all sorts of matters affecting his dis
trict.
In the entire list OF congressman
whose names were published there is
not one who is properly open to criti-
cism for anything that he did, for there
is no intimation that any one of them
profted directly or indirectly through
the advances they secured in the allow
ances for post offices in their districts
In almost all the cases the sums in
yOlved were small, amounting in only
two or three instances to more than
$500 a year, and in almost every in
stance all that the congressman did was
to forward with his Endorsement the
local postmaster's request for an ad-
vance.
There was no real reason why Mr..
OVerstreet, chairman of the post
Office committee, should have brought
the matter before the house at all, and
in doing it he supposed that the publ
cation in itself would be complete an
swer to those who imagined that mem
bers of congress were badly involved
in the post office scandals. 1t was the
bad break of the man in the government
printing office that really caused all the
trouble.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07
WE ARE MOVED TO REMARK.

That 1904 is acting even worse than
1903.
That the Russians do not know when
the newspapers have whipped them.
That the war correspondents did not
kill of quite all the Russians last week.
That the hopes of the twentieth CEN
tury are not entirely bound up in the
result of the war in the east.
That the beautiful thing about the
song of the hooking bird is that he does
not ask to have it published at usual
rates. Chicago Advance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07
MEDALS OF HONOR COPIED.
Ruthless Piracy Practiced Upon De-
signs Adopted by the United
States Government.

In nearly all the countries of Europe
medals of honor issued by the govern
ment or the sovereign to people deserv-
ing recognition for distinguished SER
vices in the army, navy or pursuits OF
civil life are protected by law from i'm
itation. 1t is a penal offense in Eng
land, for instance, for an individual
or a society to issue a bronze bearing
a resemblance to the Victoria cross.
Although the genuine token is of tri-
fling intrinsic value, to possess one is
the highest ambition of the British
soldier or sailor In this country, how
ever, says an exchange, there
is no penalty attached to the wearing
of limitations of the medals that may
have been worn on the field of battle.
Because the Grand Army of the Re-
public and other societies have copied
the original design of the medal OF
honor issued by the United States gov
eminent it is proposed to call in all
these emblems and adopt an entirely
new design. A bill to accomplish this
is now pending in the senate, having
been favorably reported by the COM
mittee on military affairs. A great deal
of complaint has been made over the
custom of various patriotic organiza-
tons of copying the medal of honor
given in recognition of deeds of valOr
on the part of army and navy men.
The insignia of the Grand Army of the
Republic are almost precisely the same
and many others are so similar in gen.
eral appearance that it is difficult tc
distinguish the medal or badge of hon
or. when on the wearer, from the insig-
MIA worn by members of military, fra
ternal. charitable aud other associa-
tons
Designs have been prepared which
will furnish new medals and rosettes
entirely different from those adopted
for other purposes and which are more
appropriate for the purpose in question.
For instance, the present emblem worn
in lieu of the medal is a double bow
knot of narrow red, white and blue
ribbon, mounted on a button and de-
signed for wear on the lapel of the
coat. Sometimes the bow is in hOri-
zontal position, sometimes vertical and
sometimes slantwise, according to the
position of the button. Because OF
these varying positions the badge is
not a complete success as a tasteful,
ornamental and durable decoration
On the button it is not stated that the
emblem is an award of valor or a
badge of honor. The only reading mat
ter thereon is the imprint of the firm
which has been given the monopoly OF
manufacturing the badges. Thus the
emblem is declared to be an advertis-
ing card instead of badge Of honor
When the present bill came from the
war department it proposed to permit
the award Of medals Of honor for
''other soldierlike qualities" This pro-
vision created suspicion that it was
intended to authorize the issuance OF
medals for desk work and other duty
out of sight of the enemy. 1t was
quickly changed so as to restrict the
award of medals for "gallantry in ac'
| finn ~
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07
Declare Girl-BoY Insane.

Earl Marshall. also known as Eva
Marshall, resident of Kenosha, who a
short time ago caused quite a sensa-
ton in the scientific world, has been
adjudged insane in the county court.
At the hearing of the case the father
of the boy gave the first authentic &C
count of the child's history. He stated
that Marshall had been considered a
female child up to the time when he
was II years of age, when the discov-
cry was made by physicians at Mount
Pleasant. Ia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-07


was once occupied by Dawes and
Conkling and Sumner 1t is the
most desirable seat in the senate.
Next in order are Allison, of Iowa;
Proctor, of Vermont; Hale. of Maine;
Hoar and Lodge, of Massachusetts,
and Burrows, of Michigan. German,
of Maryland, occupies the conspicuous
seat in the king row on the demo-
cratic side Aldrich who is usually
regarded as the floor manager for the
republicans, has never chosen a seat
in the king row, but has place just
behind, and Hanna's place adjoined
that of Aldrich. Frye, of Maine, and
Plat, of Connecticut, are in the very
front row, although Frye's place is
usually occupied now by John Kean,
of New Jersey, while the Maine SEN
ator presides over the senate.
So long as the republicans have so
pronounced a majority in the senate
it will be the fortune of some of them
to be isolated in the corner of the
democratic section of the chamber.
Just now there are enough republicans
over there to form quite a respectable
group-Dryden and Kean, of New Jer-
sey; Long, of Kansas; Ball and Allers
of Delaware, and Dick, of Ohio.
The section corresponds to what 10
known in the house as the "Cherokee
strip" where in past congresses some
of the leading republicans have been
forced to choose seats-Hitt, of Illi-
nois, and Hepburn among the others.
The Cherokee strip received its name
away back in the Fifty-second con-
gress, when the democrats had so big
a majority that many of them had to
go over on the republican side. That
was when the Cherokee strip in Okla
homa was being opened to settlement.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.