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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
THE BIG FAIR
BREAKS RECORD
MINNESOTA EXPOSITION OPENS
WITH A BLAZE OF BRIL-
LIANCY AND GLORY.
The Crowd on the Ground was Larg-
est in History of the Fair, Being
$4,000. Dan Patch Breaks the
Track Record.

Minneapolis, Sept 5--Minnesota's
great state fair was opened yesterday.
The attendance record was broken.
Dan Patch broke the track record,
making the mile in 1:593a. The agri-
culturists. manufacturers and others
broke the record for the greatest and
best industrial exposition of its kind
in the hist Dry of such expositions The
crowd broke the record for good ma
ture. There is nothing left to stand
before the 1905 opening day at the
Minnesota state fair. That is yester-
days story in nutshell.
There were rs, 900 people on the
grounds yesterday. 1t was thought
that the opening day record of two
years ago might be topped but nobody
had an idea that the attendance would
opening day, but for any day of the
week. But that is what was done.
There were more than rs, 900 people on
the grounds. That many went through
the turnstiles, to say nothing of the
small army of men and women, en-
pioyes and helpers about the grounds,
who have made their home there the
past week. The grounds were literally
packed with humanity and even with
upward of so. 600 people watching the
races in the afternoon, very respeca-
bic crowd was distrib nted through the
buildings, barns and over the grounds
viewing the exhibits
The turnstile at O'Clock last night
showed that SO, 936 people had passed
through the gates No separate record
of the evening attendance was kept,
but it was estimated that at least 16, !.
900 more visited grounds making u
grand total of 70, 900 for the day.
The attendance on opening day in
1904 was 16, 800 and in 1903 it was 49,
3s4. The 1908 opening day attend
ance broke the record and was count
ed very respectable crowd for the
first day at state fair.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
AFIERcE STORM
Sweeps Over Lake Superior Doing
Damage to Shipping and
Navigation.

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. "A firece gale
prevailed on Lake Superior the worst
of the season. A fifty mile wind blew
all day Saturday,andco continued throuh
the night.
The steamer Samuel Mather started
down the lakes and when off i aife Is
eighteen miles out, Waterman, John
Lindquist, of Cleveland, was washed
overheard and drowned.
The big steel steamer d. M. Clemson
which cleared from Duluth with ore
for South Chicago had terrible exper-
fence. Some of her matches were tom
off. pillows poured into the hold and
the cargo shifted. She put about and
came to Two Harbors, arriving there
with four foot list and only two feet
of free board. It is said she came
near laundering.
The Penobscot was ashore in Allouez
bay, but was released.
The steamer Northwind as she was
entering the harbor was thrown by
the waves against the pier and hole
was stove in her bow causing her to
sink in twenty feet of water.
Ashland, Wis, Sept. 4.-Eleven of
the crew of the steamer Sevona were
drowned by the wreck of the steel
steamer on York Island in Lake Super
Tor Friday night. Eleven others were
rescued including the remainder Of the
crew and four women
The story of the disaster is a thrill
limo tale of shipwreck such has sell
dom been told, tempestuous thong h
the record of the Great Lakes has
been.
Six of the dead offered their lives as
sacrifice for others on board the i'll
fated ship. They took faint chance
of rescue-and lost. OF those for
whom they gave their lives five are
dead The rest reached shore after a
night of buffeting by the waves in an
open boat and trip of more than
twenty-four hours through the wilder
ness of Northern Wisconsin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
HOW TO TELL A STATESMAN
Not Only Man Who Makes Speeches,
But Man Who Makes
Good Ones.

The late Horatio G. Herrick, of Law
renee, for many years high sheriff of Is
sex county, always took a keen interest
in the Lawrence schools, and was for a
long time chairman of the school commit
tee. Visiting the Saunders school soon
after the death of Garfield, relates the
Boston Herald, Sheriff Herrick spoke
to the pupils of the life of the late
distinguished statesman, and thus asked,
genially:
Nov, can any of you tell me what a
statesman is ~
A little hand went up, and little girl
replied:
"A statesman is a man who makes
speeches.
Hardly that" answered Mr. Herrick,
who loved to tell this story. For instance.
l sometimes make speeches, and yet l am
not statesman"
The little hand again went up, and the
answer came, triumphantly:
II know; statesman is a man who
makes good speeches."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
FEVER'S AFTER EFFECTS
Did Not disappear Until the Blood
Was Renewed by Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills

Typhoid fever is sometimes called ner
vous fever. During the course of the
fever the nerves are always profoundly
disturbed, and when it is over they are
left so sensitive that the patient has to
be guarded against all excitement. Inthe
tonic treatment then demanded. regard
must be paid not only to building up flesh
but also to strengthening the nerves. A
remedy that will do both, make sound
flesh to repair waste and give new vigor
to feeble nerves, is the most convenient
and economical. Such remedy is DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
One proof of this is the experience of
Mr.. Charles Worth, of East Vassalboro,
Maine. He says: {" had severe at
tack of typhoid fever late in the fall
which left me very weak and debilitated.
My heart palpitated, my breathing be-
came difficult after the least exertion and
there was numbness in both hands.
suffered i'll that way for fully six months.
AS did not grow out of it, did not i'll
fact see the slightest Improvement as
time passed, I decided to use DIR. Will
liams Pink Pills as knew of some cures
they had effected in cases like mine.
almost as soon as l began taking
them l could see decided Improvements
and after keeping on with them for
several weeks / was completely well. /
consider DR.. Williams Pink Pills most
valuable remedy, and am in the habit
of recommending them to others afflicted
as was
When the nerves ache and trem-
BILE it means that they are starving. The
only way to feed them is through the
blood, and the best food is DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. They are absolutely guaran-
teed to be free from opiates or other harm
full drugs They are sold by all drug
gists, or may be obtained directly from
the DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Science
tady, N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Like Father, Like Son.

While taking a quiet stroll one Sun
day afternoon, last October, clergy
man came across some men playing
football on piece of waste ground. AS
one of the younger players was about
to throw the ball in, the parson stopped
him with the remark: Young man,
do you not know that it is very wrong TO
play football on the Sabbath day? What
would your father say if he knew about
it?" The boy quietly dropped the ball,
looked vacantly at the parson for Sec
ond orfwo. and then replied: You'd
better ask him; he's keeping goal. -
Taller,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Suicide.

Minneapolis, Sept. 5.-The lifeless
body of young and pretty woman
hanging by shall strap from the
limb of huge oak tree was the start
ling discovery made by John Simons,
strolling through the woods between
Thirty-second and Penn avenues,
north, near Crystal Lake avenue, at
5 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Simons
was hunting rabbits, when he came
across footprints made by woman
He followed them until they led him
to the oak tree. He turned and fed in
honor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Feature of State Fair

Milwaukee.-A novel feature of the
state fair this. year will be the exhibit
of the Wisconsin Archaeological society.
This group will consist Of speci-
mems, photographs, diagrams, surveys,
sketches, maps and similar materials re-
lating to the archaeology of the state,
and will be as extensive as the rather
limited space placed at the society's dis
posal in the county building, will per-
nit. 1t will serve to interest peo-
pie of Wisconsin in the study and pres
ervation of Wisconsin antiquities, by
calling their attention to what the So
ciety has accomplished.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
STRONGER THAN MEAT.
A Judges Opinion of erape-N0ts.

A gentleman who has acquired a
judicial turn of mind from expert
ence on the bench out in the Sunfiower
State. writes a carefully considered
opinion as 10 the value Of Grape-Nuts
as food. He says:
"For the past years Grape-Nuts
has been a prominent feature in our
bill of fare.
"The crisp food with the delicious,
nutty flavor has become an indispensa-
BILE necessity in my family's everyday
life.
at has proved to be most healthful
and beneficial, and has enabled us to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table, for the children prefer
Grape Nuts and do not crave rich and
unwholesome food.
"Grape-Nuts keeps us all in perfect
physical condition-as a preventive or
disease it is beyond value. have been
particularly impressed by the bene-
fetal effects Of Grape-Nuts when used
nv ladies who are troubled with face
blemishes, skin eruptions, etc. 1t
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
GAS to it's nutritive qualities, my ex-
perience is that one small dish OF
Grape-Nuts is superior to pound OF
meat for breakfast, which is an I'M
portant consideration for anyone. IL
satisfies the appetite and strengthens
the power of resisting fatigue, wmle
its use involves none of the Disagree
able consequences that sometimes fol-
low a meat breakfast" Name given
by Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich.
There's a reason.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Interstate Rate Making.

One of the most plausible arguments
advanced by the advocates OF political
rate-ma king is that if the Interstate
commerce commission can determine
that rate is unjust or unreasonable,
| it is equally able to determine what rate
would be just and reasonable This does
not at all follow.
The interstate commerce commission
may be perfectly competent to determine
that rate is unjust and unreasonable,
while it is unable to say what rate is
just and reasonable. The reason for
this is that what makes rate unjust
or unreasonable, is its effect upon the
commerce of the public, and that is sus-
ceptible of proof and relatively easy of
determinatiO But what makes rate
just and rea sonable is quite another
matter, and involves, besides the mega
tive proposition that it shall not impede
or impair the commerce of the people
the very important and vital affirmative
proposition that it shall give the carrier
his full legal compensation, as well as
that no rate shall be imposed upon him
that will impede or impair his CONNER.
cial prosperity.
The facts are that all rates are sc
closely inter-related to other rates that il
would not be possible for the interstate
commerce commission to lay its hands
on single rate or set of rates without
upsetting and disturbing hundreds OF
other rates. 1t is as impossible to limit
the rate-making power, either of the
commission or the carrier to the pre-
scribed area of single rate or
set of rates, as it would be to
corfne the influence of a pebble
thrown into the water to a less number
of circles than the physical force of its
displacement would produce.
1t would seem much more logical So
luton of the situation to confine the
commission to what it can do, rather
than impose upon it something that it
cannot do. If the law empowers the
commission to condemn a rate, and
gives it ample machinery with which to
compel the carrier to speedily and eff
fectively adjust the rate to basis that
is just and reasonable, the means will be
provided for doing something which it
is possible to do, instead of the attempt
being made to do something which in its
own very nature cannot be done.
WILLIAM ELLIS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.

The New Orleans yellow fever rec
ord to date is: Deaths, I'll; total
cases, 1878.
The yellow fever situation at New
Orleans continues to improve and it is
believed the worst of the epidemic
has passed, but the situation in the
country districts continues gloomy.
Yellow fever is reported to be sweep
ing the sugar plantations of Louisiana,
where hundreds of Italians are quar-
tered, over 60 cases being found.
The surgeon general of the army re-
ceived telegram stating that the may
or Of Pensacola, Fla, has officially an
nounced that yellow fever has broken
out in Pensacola
Investigation of the bayous and lakes
of Jefferson parish, % miles from New
Orleans disclosed 80 cases of yellow
fever.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

President Roosevelt is highly graft
fed over the successful ending of the
peace conference, and has received con-
gratuiatory messages from all over the
world
An armistice has been signed, to
take effect after signature to the
treaty. The delay in cessation of
hostilities was due to refusal of Japan
to consent to earlier time.
Emperor Nicholas sent cordial mes
sage of congratulation to the president
on his triumph as a peacemaker.
The car failed to thank M. White or
to make any acknowledgment of his
services in the peace conference The
success of the envoy arouses the fear
Of the court clique that is opposed to
him that he may become too powerful.
The acceptance of peace terms breeds
intense anti-government agitation in
Toxic.
The people of Washington will ten
der to President Roosevelt a public
reception upon his return to the CAPT
tai in recognition of his services in
bringing the Portsmouth conference
to successful termination. The
President does not object to the plans.
Fire in Portland, Ore, destroyed the
dock of the Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton company and the Pacific Coast
Elevator company's warehouse, entail
ing a loss of $250,000.
At Tonopah, New, R. d. Chase,
alias Russell, formerly of Cherokee,
Ia, shot and killed Allie Watson and
then fired bullet into his own brain,
in1licting fatal wound.
Frank Weakley, alias Harry Parker,
and Tom Sherman, alias Harry John.
son, were found guilty of numbering
Pawnbroker Joseph Meyer in his shop
in Detroit, Mich, July %, and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment.
Fire destroyed the Calumet, Mich,
high school and the Miscowaubik
club house, entailing a loss of $780,
900.
Emperor William is arranging for
another transatlantic yacht race to
be sailed in the summer of 1907.
A horse belonging to Wallace jamie
son, dropped dead in the road at Belle
fontaine, O., from fright at the sight OF
the first automobile it had ever seen.
The American steamship Peconic en-
countered fierce gale off the coast of
Florida. Twenty of the crew of % were
drowned.
G. J. Jordan, telephone lineman, was
killed by live wire at ST. Joseph, Mo
He was working on top of pole at the
time. His wife lives in st. Louis and his
parents in New York
Brig. Gen. Carter reports that the
Vasayas islands are still in condition
of revolution.
w. F. Franks. druggist at Sidnaw
Mich. was hit by foul tip at ball
game. His skull was fractured and death
followed in a few hours.
The national gallery at Berlin, Ger.
many, has bought Mensel's Court Bal
Supper" of Emil Meiner, of Dresden, fol
$4,000.
Gus Bobbs, who is alleged to have
stolen $4,000 in cash and checks from
Charles A. Stevens & Bros, OF Chicago
on August II, was arrested in Seattle
Wash
Several fatal cases of cholera are
reported in Prussia and the disease
threatens to become endemic.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Kermit Kills a Bear.

Deadwood, S. D. Sept Hermit
Roosevelt has realized his ambition. A
small brown bear and two wildcats
hang as scalps to his belt
A hunting party consisting of Capt.
Bullock, his son Stanley. Kermit
Roosevelt and Paul Martin, returned
from trip shrough the mountains
and plains through the north. Three
hundred and fifty miles were ira
versed in ten days by the lads on horse
back. Plucy little riders they proved,
never noticing hardships. and of un-
firing energy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Skeletons unearthed.

Fond du Lac. Two skeletons, each
measuring more than seven feet in
length, were discovered in a gravel pit
in a forest near here. The skulls are
as large as those of two ordinary persons
and the thigh bones are almost six
inches longer than those of a six-foot
man. The bones are in good state of
preservation. 1t is probable the skele-
tons, which are thought to be the re-
mains of some prehistoric race, will be
sent to Milwaukee for examination.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Want Them Tried.

Lawrence, Kan, Sept. IA move
ment rowing out of the annual reun-
ion of the Quantrell raid survivors
held at Independence. Mo-, has been
started here to have the men who
have been indicted for the famous raid
brought here for trial because of their
alleged infammatory utterances.
In Nov. 1s, 1868, the grand jury re-
turned twenty-five indictments Tor
murder in the first degree against the
raiders. Under the law these indict-
ments do not outlaw, and now many
citizens want them revived.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
A New Road.

Milwaukee-The head of the lakes,
Duluth and Superior, will have Milwau-
kee and Chicago connections next sea-
son over new line of road. now in proc
ess of construction by the Wisconsin
Central Railway company, which will
connect with the main line at Owen, a
station between Abbotsford and Chippe-
wa Falls
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Rob FREIGHT Cars.

Milwaukee.-By breaking into freight
cars of the Milwaukee railway at points
between Chicago, Corliss and Milwau-
kee, gang of thieves have stolen prop
erty valued between $4,000 and $4,000.
Within week they have stolen clothing
worth $3.50 and cigars and tobacco val
ued at 5000. The thieves board outgoing
trains at Chicago, or Corliss, get into
cars and throw the freight out. After
ward it is picked up and carried away.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Beetles DESTROY Trees.

Fond du Lac.-Owners of large maple
trees at Fond du Lac have been COM
planning during the last few days that
their trees were dying and an investiga-
ton revealed the fact that the branches
were literally covered with locust
beetles that are boring into the trees
and killing them. No remedy has been
found to rid the trees of the pest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Two Drowned.

Kilbourn.-B Dennis, of Chicago,
and Sophia Nordbloom, an attendant
at Pine Glen resort, summer board
ing house on the river below Kilbourn
were drowned. They were in bathing
and stepped off ledge into deep water
and strong undercurrent. Being un-
able to swim they failed to get out
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Very Democratic.

Il see you're using my comedy
here" said the English playwright.
How about my royalties?"
My dear sir" replied the New
York theatrical manager, I'VE have no
respect for royalty here, this is re-
public. ''-Philadelphia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
A New Acquaintance.

Mother-I don't like the looks Of the
boy who has just moved in next door.
Small Son-Nuther do I. He's awful
why, aud I'm afraid when it comes
to gettin' acquainted, I'll be the one to
get licked.-N. Y. Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
The Answer.

Teacher-Now, Tommy, il your
father had 20 dozen eggs in his store
and found that 18 of them were bad,
how much would he lose?
Tommy-Nothin'. l guess you don't
know pa-Cleveland Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07
Benefited.

Did you enjoy your sojourn in the
country"
yes" answered the man who is
never truly happy ct made me ap-
preciate the conveniences of city life"
Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07

Wealth in Hot Weather.
Between showers big crops are ripen-
ing. Sunshine is minting cereal gold.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-10-27
PHONES THAT HE KILLED MAN
Frank Womack Tells salt Lake Po-
lice of Fatal ARRAY.

Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 23.-About
midnight Frank Womack, a freight
handler at the Oregon Short Line de-
pot, formerly of Weiser, Idaho, called
the police station by telephone and an
nounced that he shot and killed Joseph
Mathews, formerly a fireman on the
Short Line and more recently an EN-.
ploye of the city water department
Womack roomed at Mathews house
Witnesses say that Mathews said be
fore the shooting that he was going to
put Womack out because of the lat
ter's attentions to his wife. He forced
Womack to get up out of bed and had
begun to beat him, when Womack
| fred three times.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-10-27
Gu NLlFFE IS QUESTIONED.
Pinkerton Detectives Wild In Efforts
to Get Money.

Pittsburg, Oct. 2o.-Edward G. Gun
life, who committed the 100000 theft
from the Adams Express company and
who was captured at Bridgeport, Conn.
is. thoroughly exhausted. Upon his ar.
rival from the east he was taken to
the local office of the Pinkerton agen-
cy, where he was put through a pro.
cess Of sweating by the officials.
Notwithstanding the severe examin-
alton given Cunliffe in the Pinkerton
Offices, it is said no additional admis.
sions were secured from him. The
prisoner was exceedingly aggravated
when he was told nearly $4,000 more
of the money was found wrapped in a
laundry package in Bridgeport. 1t is
believed he will remain stubborn about
the remaining $11, 900 and will only re-
veal its location when he is assured OF
clemency by the courts.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-10-27
CHANGE POLICY ON PHILIPPINES
President Takes First Step Toward
Law Revision.

President Takes First Step Toward
Law Revision.
President Roosevelt's reference to
the Philippine question in his speech
at Atlanta, 1t is learned, indicates the
nature Of legislation to be proposed by
his friends in congress this winter.
A bill is to come out of the ways and
means committee providing for the
free entry into this country Of Philip.
pine products, and also opening the
islands to investment. The restrictions
at present imposed are to be swept
away.
Mr.. Roosevelt's reference in his
speech to unfortunate measures
which have seriously, in some respects
vitality, hampered the development OF
the Philippines" marks his first step
away from the policy Of ''The Philip
pines for the Filipinos."
He serves notice that the policy ex
Guiding capital has failed. The Phil
ippines need capital, and there are
two ways of securing it. One is by
alienation of the tariff arrangement
which now levies heavy burden upon
Philippine products exported to the
United States. Another is by remov
some Of the restrictions which have
prevented the direct investment of CAPT
tai by individuals or corporations from
the states.