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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

really important bridges an entrenchad
position, supported by artillery, has
been taken up.
The line has been constructed more
with a regard for convenience than
mathematical accuracy. 1t is somewhat
uneverly laid and very poorly finished.
1t is, of course, a single line, but one,
however, which possesses eXtraordln-
airy siding facilities. The rails are II
pounds; they are not fixed on chairs,
being merely nailed down with ten
inch nails to the sleeperS. In many
cases the line threads the level of val
legs, and suffers in consequence LA
bility to inundation at the time of the
rains Again, too, the embankment is
weak, while the ballast consists OF
rock, indifferently broken, thrown
loosely between the sleepers. Before
the line can be freely used as chan
mel of communication between Europe
and Asia, it requires complete recon-
struction, and it was upon this gigan-
tic task that the Russian authorities
were engaged before the war Prior to
the Boxer disturbances it was quite ev-
ident that partial, if not complete, re-
construction of the line was required
before it could be put to ordinary COM
mercial uses In some sections this
work had already commenced when the
Boxer outbreak removed the necessity
of making any further improvements,
Since then, time has not been found to
attempt more than a patchwork resto-
ration, although just before this present
war the decision to push ahead with
the reconstruction was attained. War,
however, has interviewed once again,
and the future of the railway is now
so obscure that all further work upon
it must be indefinitely postponed
ANGUS HAMILTON.
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NEwsY NOTES ABOUT NoTABLEs

The khedive of Egypt neither smokes
nor drinks, is an early riser, and speaks
six languages.
The queen mother, Margherita, Of
Italy, is preparing to make pilgrimage
to Jerusalem.
Queen Alexandra's eyes are deep
blue, and retain the mingled softness
and fire of youth.
D. A. A. Buck, who died recently at
Medina, N Y, was the inventor of the
Waterbury watch.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Can
ada, could not speak word of English
until he was 18years old.
Sarah Bernhard has kept diary OF
all her earnings, and says that her
United States engagements have been
by far the most remunerative.
John Sargent, the famous artist, is to
be requested by the grads and under
grads of Harvard to do life-size por-
trait of President Eliot as their birthday
gift.
Gen. Lew Wallace, the Hoosier SOL
der. diplomat and author, to whom a
loving cup was presented recently by
literary friends of the west, celebrated
bis seventy-seventh birthday lately.
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waist. For outdoor summer sports, the
shirt waist is the thing, and host OF wo-
men maintain stoutly that trim
tailored shirt waist is more chic III
connection with a coat and skirt morn
ing costume than the daintiest of sheer
embroidered blouses.. The latter IS,
perhaps, more distinctly feminine,
more exquisite in quality and, strong
est argument of all, more Partisan; but
it loses it's freshness and daintlness
readily and when mussed has little
charm.
The shirt waist, made of stouter stuff
and severely tailored, stands rough
wear better, resists the reckless as
saults of the laundress, and is really
an indispensable feature OF the summer
girls wardrobe.
The shirt waist suit is of course
smarter than the separate shirt waist,
and there is marked tendency this
season to make up simple skirts to
match shirt waists Of all kinds.
The embroidered linen and crasn
shirt waists so popular this season call
for skillful work, and expert embroid-
erers are kept busy in the shirt waist
shops, carrying out especial designs TO:
customers or copying stock designs in
certain colorings preferred by the GUS
toner.
Bulgarian heavy embroidery in open
work designs, Russian cross-stitch and
the coarse Scandinavian embroiderie5
are first favorites for the trimming OF
heavy linens and cottons, and there IS
great variety in the designs and in tn"
form of the trimmings. Epaulettes, Il
band down the front, and cuffs are the
forms this embroidery takes upon the
ordinary shirt waist, and deep turn
over collar of the embroidery, to be
worn with a stock, is made to match
the embroidery on the waist.
Bands of such embroidery on linen
are for sale in the shops and may be
used effectively at an expense far less
than that entailed by the special en-
broidery done in the shirt waist
shops; but the latter has the advantage
in designs and colorings and can be
done upon any fabric selected for a
waist, while the ready-made embroid-
cries are executed upon onIy Smdl-
number of materials.
Blue and red, contrasting shades Of
blue. black and white, and all white
are fayorite color schemes for such
embroidery, but others colors are used,
and the all white embroidery upon fine
white linen, crash, or linen etamine
has perhaps more distinction than the
colored embroidery.
Heavy cushion embroi cry upon the
heavy shirt waists is not so popular as
it was last season, such embroidery
being this year lavished upon the very
sheer stuffs.
One sees few of the heavy mercerized
vestings dear to the heart Of the shirt
waist girl last summer. Mercerized
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

hats, turned up with ribbons and
flowers at the back, which seem to en-
body the spirit of spring more than
any other form of headgear. These
fashions also mean a revival of tho
straw industry, and never indeed has
straw been treated with such an ex-
traordinary variety and inventiveness
as at present. So fancifully worked
are many of the newest straws that
they hardly need any trimming.
Take. for instance. a Vatican der
gere" in the new "paille chi-chi' in
cherry color. Each row of the satiny
straw alternates with row of quilted
tule of the same color, and at inter
walls are placed large "macarons" OF
cerise straw Such shape only needs
being deftly bent to becoming out
line and caught up sharply at the back
with a cluster of white cherry bios
som, with it's exquisite little green
leaves and shiny brown twigs, to be
ready for wear and admiration.
The tricorne also holds its own for
morning wear with tailor-made dresses,
and nothing looks smarter than this
natty little hat on a well-dressed head;
and the pointed toques, projecting in
front and very much curved at the
sides, with big bouquets over either
ear, are so immensely becoming to
every woman with an aquiline or long
nose that they are more worn than
ever. Sometimes the straw plaits are
divided into what is known in Paris as
"zizi' in satin, 'siZi' being the
term for ribbon very lightly gath
cred; and "zizis" are the rage in Paris.
Another fashion in straw is the tiny
round balls which are placed closely
together in designs on a ground or
satin straw These straw balls are
often of different colors mixed to-
gether which sometimes gives the effect
of tiny "immortelle" flowers, such as
are used in France for funeral wreathS.
They are very new, and some of the
most recent hats are trimmed with
nothing else; but whether they are
very beautiful is quite another matter.
ANNETTE GIRVY.
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Loss on Wisconsin Capitol.

AS required by law, State Insuranc.
Commissioner Host has ascertained anC
fixed the amount of damage to the capito
building and contents by the recent fire
and filed his report with State Treasurer
Kempf The commissioner fixes the loss
on the building at $179,425 and on the
contents at $5621. Under the law passed
at the last session of the legislature, pro.
viding that the state shall carry its OWE
insurance. the state treasurer must place
this $1S5,046 at the disposal of the state
superintendent of public property, who
has charge of the capitol, and he may
use it for repairing or restoring the build
ing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
The News Condensed.

Carl A. Larsen, Racine business man,
has settled his $25 900 personal damage
suit against the Milwaukee Electric
Railway & Light company for 81 800. He
was nearly electrocuted by live wire
during a storm last spring.
Peter Petersen, laboring man, was
buried alive by fall of earth while
working in a sewer trench at Kenosha
Although he remained under three feet
of sand and earth for more than five
minutes before being rescued, he will
survive.
Mayor Gault, of Beloit, has notified
the police that he expects them to en-
force the laws against gambling and
to suppress the slot machines.
William Burns, shell fisher living
in a houseboat near Lynxville, has
found a beautiful white pearl which
weighs 81 grains. It sold for Sill.
The first consignment of 1000 sheep
has arrived at Rib Lake, Wis, from
Montana for the Rib Lake Live Stock
association, which was incorporated
last November.
The dead body of John Larson, a
woodsman, was found a few miles from
Odanah by party of hunters. 1t is
thought that the body had been lying
there for a week.
Theodore GoettIieb, who left Chicago
ten years ago and has been mourned
as dead for five years, returned few
days ago to his brothers home at Ken
osha He is railroad man in South
Africa.
Miss Wilhelmina Jardine died in
Racine, aged SO years and five months.
She was born in Scotland.
While Theodore Whackler was about
to cut his wife's throat with razor at
Florence their ten-year-old boy came to
the rescue of his mother and struck
Whackler two blows on the head with an
ak, seriously injuring him.
Robbers entered the bank at lola,
wrecking the vault, safe and building.
They secured 1900 and overlooked
SO 600 Nitroglycerin was used. The
bandits escaped, frightened away by the
explosion, and did not have time to
search the vault thoroughly.
The boiler of Frank Hammes' sawmill
at Pound exploded, killing William
SQUIRE and injuring five other men. The
boiler house and part of the mill was
wrecked.
Mrs. Henry Arnsmeier was fatally
burned at her home near Darlington.
She was burning rubbish in the door
ward when the flames caught her dress.
She ran to field where there were
some men, who put out the fire, but 1t
was too late.
Henry Dayton, aged 25 employed by
Jaw Miller in the town of Pelican, slipped
and fell across a saw which severed his
right arm and cut his body nearly in two.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Expect Potato Shortage.

Shortage of potatoes will drive the
wholesale price to $3.50 bushel before
the new crop begins to come in June
according to the commission men in
Milwaukee. The price of tubers al
wholesale now is between $1.25 and
S1.30 bushel, as against go cents q
bushel last year, and hOuseholders are
trying in vain to make one bushel dc
duty for two. Two Wisconsin shippers
in the central portion Of the state, ac-
cording to reports, have gathered what
they could in the way of supply and
are already holding for $3.50. One oI
them has 10000 bushels.
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full whether even this distance will be
tain that night Journeys will not be at
tempted.
For the custody of the line the Rus
sian authorities have enrolled a Spe-
cial force of railway pioneers, number
ing nearly 10000 picked men. OF
course now, in view of the war, these
railway guards have been doubled. and
probably an equal number will have
been added to them again in order to
ensure its protection. The attitude of
the local population alongside the line
is unlikely to cause very much difficult
ty. 1t is the wanton destruction by
mounted brigands and the attacks
which these bands may make upon any
isolated post that will be the greatest
source of trouble to the Russians.
The native population take kindly
enough to the Russian occupation of
Mapchuria, and SO long as they are not
treated too brutally they will come for
ward readily with supplies, transport
and animals A Chinaman will do al
most anything for money. and while
tue huSStdu dutuOIIltSS may not pay
much for what they commander, if
they pay at all the local people will as
sist willingly. or. at least, remain qui-
escent. The villagers are devoted to
their fields, and it is incredible that
they will desert their homesteads for
any very long space. If the Russian
authorities once show that they are
anxious TO appease native apprehen
sions, the settlers will remain, nothing
causing them to retire, not even the oc-
casional burning of village. There
will be a good many villages burnt in
Manchuria, but as both sides may be
said to understand the people in whose
country they are operating, one can
rest assured that, as far as possible,
methods of barbarism" will be omit
ted from the war.
The line threads the heart of an ag-
ricultural country. particularly in that
part officially described as the Chinese
Eastern railway. This is the section
which unites Port Arthur with Hardin
The main line. a continuation of the
grand trunk system of European Rus
STA, and running from Moscow to Vlad-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
COSTS MANY LIVES.
Fighting in Asia Minor in Which
Nearly so Are Killed-Twelve
Villages Destroyed.

Constantinople, May 2.-According
Gus fighting in the Sassun district Of Asia
Minor between the troops and Armenian
insurgents numbering 1000. The troops
lost 20 killed and % wounded. Twelve
villages in the Talori district have been
destroyed, but whether by insurgents or
Kurdso is not known. There are 10000
troops in the disturbed area. Private adj
vices say that the Kurds attacked two
villages north of Sassun, losing 26 killed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
RANSOM FOR HUMAN LIFE

Few of those who, at the laying of
the corner stone of a new public build
ing, place a coin in the cavity reserved
for the purpose are acquainted with
the origin of the custom. This harm
less practice is the shadow of an older
tragic custom. The money stands
theoretically, for the ransom of the
human being who by ancient supersti-
tion should have been buried in its
place. Otherwise, it was held, the
building would not stand firm and en-
dure
There was time when this particu-
lar kind of human sacrifice had vogue
extending to most parts of the world
Even in England skeletons have been
found Embedded in the bases of castle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Claims Heart Of Chicago.

That a tract of land, 100 acres in ex-
tent, in the heart of Chicago, including
The Montgomery Ward building, sever
al hotels, and other Michigan avenue
property, may be lost TO the present
owners is the claim of Reuben Irish,
IF Shawano, who is an heir of Gideon
Irish, who, he says, bought the land
from the government in 1888. 1t is
claimed that none of the present own
ers has a warranty deed, and suit for
his property estimated to be worth
$4,000, 900, will be begun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
DAINTY Summer Waists

effects are still in demand, but they
are shown in lighter weights.
Dots, stripes, basket weaves, wool
figures of all kinds in silky mercerized
material of madras weight are popular
and though not too warm for comfort.
give good service. The ordinary madras
is, as usual, we'll liked. There are in
Vulnerable linens-coarse, fine, rough
and smooth-and certain rather heavy
cottons of linen weave and much re-
sembling linen, but most reasonable fla
price, are being exploited.
Linen etamine is perhaps the great
est success among the new shirt waist
linens; and deservedly so, for 1T COM
bines GOODNESS, lightness of weight and
a certain softness foreign to linen, with
firmness and durability. Then, too, it
does not shrink SO astonishingly as
most linens, and that is much in its
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Catholic Societies to Meet.

Cincinnati, May appropriations are
well under way for the fourth annual
convention of the American Federation
of Catholic Societies in Detroit August
2-5. The event promises to be one of the
most representative gatherings of Cath
olics ever held in the United States.
Over one million Catholics will be repre-
sented Representatives from Porto
Rico and the Philippines are expected,
and the Sioux, Chippewas and Mandans
will be represented by Chief Tall Man
dan, of South Dakota, who will be accom-
panied by other Catholic India chiefs.
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To Entertain Grain Dealers.

Plans for the entertainment of the
delegates to the convention of the Ma
tional Grain Dealers association which
will meet in Milwaukee June %, % and
"a, include, theater entertainment for
the first evening, trolley ride TO Wau-
kesha beach in the afternoon, a prone
made concert in the chamber of COM
merce on the second evening, and a
steamer excursion on Milwaukee bay
on the afternoon of the last day.
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walls and there is record of one Ger
man fortress at the building of which
child was bought from the mother
with hard cash and walled in to the
donjon tower-the unnatural mother,
according to the story, looking on the
while Efigies of human beings are
still used in some parts of Europe as
harmless substitutes and in remoter
and more ruthless places the old Gus
tom crops out from time to time in all
its grim reality.
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Exit.

But" said the British nobleman,
haughtily, Il am offering for your daugh-
ter and her paltry fortune a title which
is among the proudest in Europe Is that
not enough?'
NO" replied Mr.. Handsense; 81 want
something to boot. and I'm itching to do
it right ow"-Philadelphia Press.
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Girls Own Fine Farm.

Mary Trestik and Matilda Meyer,
two Manitowoc young women who To-
Gated in Oklahoma during the land
rush two years ago, are home for Wis
it to their parents. They are but %
years of age, and, before undertaking
their venture, had never been far away
from home. They have perfected a
claim to $50 acres of land, and made
improvements that make their holding
valuable
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Victim of Apoplexv.

st. Paul, Mimi, May Col. A. r.
Kiefer, republican candidate for comp
troller in the city election to be decided
next Tuesday died very suddenly of ap-
oplexy at the Ryan hotel at noon Sun
day. Mr. Kiefer was formerly member
of congress from this district, and served
a term as mayor of this city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Bakers on Strike

Boston, May "A strike Of more than
1,400 bakers in this city, Cambridge and.
Chelsea, went into effect Sunday night.
Every bakery in the three cities is af-
fected with the exception of the Hebrew
bakeries. The daily output of bread in
Boston is from 300, 900 to 35O, 900 loaves,
and this supply will be practically cut
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favor. This material is probably the
favorite linen for the seasons linen
shirt waist suit, and its canvas weave
makes it an excellent material for the
cross-stitch embroideries.
The illustration shows a smart VII
yella waist 1t is made with a fiat yoke
collar which might be edged with a
piping of plain material to harmonic
with the colors in the plaid, is made in
a new and very smart shape, and con-
tinued down the center of the front al
most in the form of narrow vest. The
upper part of the yoke might be orna-
mented with tiny gold buttons, while
the collar-band and the cuffs are An
ished with little turnover bands of
dark velvet. These. of course, should
be detachable, so that they can easily
be removed when the blouse is washed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05

W-HE Manchurian railway
eGYIM8M naturally plays great part
ESMebk in the transportation Of the
ON " troops and supplies to
81 ,00SN Manchuria The exact dis
~ lance from Port Arthur to
Moscow is $500 miles; from
VIadivostok to st. Petersburg is $500
miles; from Vladivostok to the west
ern frontier of Manchuria at Kaida-
lovo is 1,120 miles; from Dalny to Har-
bin where there is the junction for
Vladivostok, $50 miles; from Hardin
to the western frontier of Manchuria
again is TAG miles, the distance from
KaidaloYo to Port Arthur being 1900
miles There are stations every %
miles apart, and the working capacity
of the line at the present moment Is
estimated at four troop trains every "a
hours. A troop train with supplies.
complete, including the various i'm
pedimenta Of the troops, will not hold
more than 400 men. If anything, this
estimate is a little excessive. From
Moscow the dispatch of trains as far as
Irkutsk, perhaps, may be as many as
II to Is trains in the day; but beyond
Irkutsk the difficulty of crossing Lake
Baikal reduces this TO three or four a.
an outside figure every "a hours. The
rate of progress of one train on the
average of the entire line is less than
200 miles day. 1t is, however, doubt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-05
Brings Thousands of Seals.

st. Johns, N F., May 2.-The seal
ing steamer Diana has arrived with
full load of %, 900 hooded seals. This
is an unexpected addition to the catch
of the neet, as full loads at so late
ne Tod are rare
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well-Known Composer Dies.

Prague, Bohemia, May PAN An
tonic Dvorak, the composer, formerly
director of the Conservatory of Music,
New York, died suddenly here Sunday
Of apopleXy.
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many people here would
have us believe. The enormous Vic.
torian hats, weighed down with lace
draperies at the back, are worn in
Paris chiefly by ladies to whom eXag-
gerated advertisement is a necessary
factor of existence, but are eschewed
by women of fashion and social stand
ing. Some of these hats have a circum-
ference of 60 inches; woman would
need to be daughter Of Anak to carry
off such a heaGgear with anything like
success. Good taste has reigned among
us for SO many years now, that it is a
long time since we have been asked to
accept such monstrous eXaggerations
as certain houses are trying to foist
upon us at present. These immense
circular hats, with their heavy lace
draperies hanging half down the wear
er's back, are too exaggerated and too
ugly in themselves to hold their ground
for long.
If these Victorian mushrooms had
any beauty in themselves, we could en-
dure their eXaggeratiOn better; as, for
example, however exaggerated hat
may be in one of Reynolds or Gains
boroughs or Romney's portraits, We
admire it, because it has beautiful lines
and outline The Victorian hat, how
ever, has nothing of the kind; the bed
curtain at the back overbalances it,
and hides all the beautiful lines of the
neck and the carriage of the head and
shoulders; and when the hat is further
smothered by a loose floppy Victorian
veil hanging straight from the brim of
the monstrous hat like fly-preserver
round a luster, then the woman thus
disguised makes the judicious grieVa
and the unrighteous person OF taste
blaspheme.
On the other hand, Parisians are
turning their attention to revival o.
the coquettish and dainty Vatican