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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

This massacre OF the people BY
order Of the authorities at St. Peters
burg demonstrates as nothing els'
could that Russia is yet semi bar
barous. The country is two GEN.
turtles behind the times. The people
were exercising natural right in
their endeavor to present respect
full petition to their emperor when
men, women and children were shot
down in cold blood. What may be
the consequences of this massacre
cannot yet be definite ly determined.
1t is certain however that the loyal
ty of the people to their rulers will
he rudely tested.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

The Emperor of Russia has pub
li>hed rescript praising those who
died in dt Tense of Port Arthur.
This is very kind of the Gear. Ii
is not to be presumed however that
Nicholas makes this address exclu
vely to the dead. He must con-
ceive that for his purpose ''a living
dos is better than dead lion -"
His intention may have been to pre-
pare the troops of Kuropatkin for
the inevitable; to stiffen them as tar
gets for the 1000 cannon and 4oo,-
600 magazine rifles of the japanese
army when Oyama opens up. And
the Czarina sends an autograph let
ter to Michael Ahram"ff, Russian
knife grinder, in recognition of his
patriotism in sending his nine son>
to the front. They were all shot
by the Japs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

The registrations in the College OF
Agriculture at Madison for the las,
four years were: 1901, FL; 1902.
sc; 1903, 90; 1904, 90. This was
for the long course. In the short
course of two winter terms of Id
weeks each, $40. Dairy Course,
lasting twelve weeks, with sin
months previous experience in
creamery or cheese factory, l67
Farmers Course, lasting two WEEKS
and limited strictly to persons ove'
twenty-five years of age, forty-two
counties represented, rs,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

The women's clubs had generally
advocated the abolition of the army
canteen and after the law was passed
in suppression of the institution they
have preached against its restoration
in face of the recommendations o.
army officers, hut the Woman's
Army and Navy League send pc
tition TO the Hnu.e Committee on
Military affairs to have the cante. n
restored.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

Agriculture in England is not
properly encouraged. The land is
owned in large tracts by a few peo-
pie, who do not seem to encourage
its proper tillage to produce to its
full capacity. The tillers--tenants
holding the land or employed at
wages by the owners-work with.
out adequate remuneration. In 1880
there were 100000 more people
engaged in tilling the soil than there
are at present and 100000 acres
of hand lie idle and waste.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
The r eed- SmOOt inves

The Reed Smoot investigation
case is near its conclusion. The wit
nesses for and against his being seat
ed have all been examined and ar
guments "f the attorneys are now in
order. The investigation has de-
veloped much of the heretofore hid
den history of the Mormon church
but nothing has been brought against
Mr.. Smoot to dig alify him from
acting in the capacity of United
States Senator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

The number of insane in the state.
cared for at the several state and
county asylums, at the beginning of
the year was S $40, an increase OF
no over the number there year
ago. Of this number 1859 were in
the state hospitals for the insane-a'
the state hospital at Mendoza, the
Northern Hospital at Winnebag"
and the Milwaukee county asylum.
Patients, upon being declared insane,
are considered to be acutely so and
are first sent to these state in>titu-
tons and placed under a course Of
treatment calculated to restore them
TO their normal condition of mind.
1t, after sufficient period they show
no improvement, their insanity Is
considered chronic, when, generally,
they are sent to some one of the
county a~ylums. The number of
chronic insane in these county insti-
tutions the first of the year was 81
900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

Most of the candidates for office
in the last election filed reports, as
the law requires, giving an itemized
account of the money each spent in
his campaign. Looking over the
items in which money was paid we
are forcihly convinced that every
one of the candidates was a prohi-
bitionist. No one of them spent a
cent to ssset them up"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

St. Croix county fares pretty we'll
at Madison this winter on COM
mittees and other positions in the
senate and assembly. Senator Frear
is on five senate committees; Editor
Nagler Of the Hudson Observer is
one of the clerks of the assembly,,
and ex-Sherif Walby has good
appointment. Glenwond Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

The Michigan Legislature is unani-
mously Republican. There is not a
Democrat, Popul,st, or Socialist
either in the House or Senate.
There are but eight members in the
legislature of Washington other
than Republicans, but nine in the
legislature of Nebraska and six in
Utah.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

Governor La Toilette read his
message to the members of the
legislature. This was very kind of
the Governor although the act does
not necessarily imply that none of
the assembled Legislators could read
More people would know the con-
tents of the message if the Cover
nor should extend his kindness and
condescension in reading it to them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

1t is stated that there are 1856
sick and wounded Russian prisoners
at Port Arthur. This would indi-
cate tn It the original garrison was
o, er 10000 strong.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

The following have been elected
Unit ed States Senators since our
statement of senatorial selections last
week: Geo. S. Nixon, Republican,
Nevada, to succeed Senator w. NJ
Stewart, Republican; John Kean,
Republican, New Jersey, reelected
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

A Blu i'ngt"n tram recently gh"g
west through Prescott had several
car loads of submarine boats in Sec
tons, destined for Japan. This was
the second Consignment of the same
kind of freight over the road the
past season.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

The japanese during the past year
captured twenty-three blockade run
ners attempting to run into the Port
Arthur harbnr. Thirteen of these
were Russian and seven British.
The recent captures Of coal amount
to $4,000 tons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

Some of the Legislators want the
primary election law amended be-
fore it is tried A bill has been in
trodu ell in the Legislature exempt
ing school superintendent from its
application.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

Bills have been introduced in the
legislature providing for county
commissioners to replace the boards
Of supervisors. The bills call for
three commissioners elected for a
three-yea term
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26

1t seems to be the sentiment at
Washington that railway-rate bill
will become law before Congress
adiourns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
Jules Verne.

Jules Verne, the wonder-writer, fortu-
nately lived to find many of his apparently
impossible conceptions verified by science
He was a true prophet, and sincerely be-
lieved in himself as such, although the
reading public accepted his tales as mere
pigments of vivid Imagination intent upon
furnishing entertainment 1t is not diff
cult to recall the thrills that Verne's early
stories caused. the breathless interest of the
reader In each successive installment of his
serials He gripped the sympathy of all,
even the skeptical and the faded. There
was vital human quality about his stories
that gave them an immense vogue.
Was Verne in truth a creator of more
than fiction? Did his stories, with their
seemingly wild imaginings, inspire re-
searches and studies and experiments which
later resulted In achievements of science?
This will always be a question In many
minds. The submarine boat of Captain
Memo now has its type in the war craft
that dives beneath the surface of the sea-
The dirigible balloon Is an actually, and
the motor carriage has been developed to
remarkable point of perfection. The voyage
around the world In eighty days, which
verne's characters accomplished only by
dint of the most tremendous excrtions and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
A Spring House Cleaning.

Nature is a conscientious housekeeper as
q rule, and thorough one She has her
resting spells, of course, but in the long run
her work is done well and on time. In the
Spring there is much house cleaning to be
accomplished. Everything is dirty and
Shabby. So the good dame rolls up her
sleeves and puts her working cap and
Starts in to stir things up and make the
world shine. She has a rule just the re-
verse of that followed by her human proto-
types of the domestic establishment. They
put the house in swathings, hide the bric-a-
brac and keep the perishable goods out of
reach of moths. Nature turns out the best
OF her finery. lays her most beautiful car
pets, hangs her lace curtains, brings forth
her most beautiful pictures
Last nights securing rain was an evidence
that Dame Nature is hard at work on her
annual cleaning process. The streets were
polished off as slick as the floor of the most
scrupulously neat housekeeper The gum
was softened in the buds of the trees so
that the filmy draperies might begin to show
with the first touch of todays sun. The soil
was soaked to let the bulbs shoot forth their
sprouts. The grass was livened to insure
good start on the rugmaking of the year.
The dust was blown far away by the winds
or caught up in odd corners and washed out
into the drains, so that the city this morn
ing looked spick anG span and the purified
air, pierced by many lightning shafts for
the manufacture of ozone, was vital with
the elements of health.
Nature asks for but little help in her
Spring work 10 make everything beautiful.
A little spading, some sowing, an occasional
rakng, and with sunshine and showers the
good genius of the earth gives her abun-
dance lavishly. The returns she makes are
well worth the slight effort. With last
nights blessed rain a beginning and with
Some measure of human cooperation
Washington should soon attain the maxi
mum of loneliness in trees and shrubs. grass
and flowers and a general aspect of pros
perity and happiness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25

appearance at home serves good purpose.
He exerts an influence among his people
not easily overcalcuiated.
Even those Indians who join the wild
west shows, and knock about the country
In that loose way, are not without profit
from their experience. They get an idea of
the size of the country. and see many things
that entertain and Instruct them. They
learn the of things they have never
heard of before. and even the change of
fire water"-whicn is often for the better
is help.
These Igorrotes may not create a passion
for overcoats, or plug hats, or alarm
clocks among their neighbors and friends,
and thereby increase our exports In those
lines to the Philippines, but their accounts
of what they saw in America will go far
to increase interest in this country In sec
tions of that country not easily reached by
our regular establishments there, and In
that way do good 1t helps even the saw
age to get occasionally out of his rut; and
he, in turn, by sharing his information and
instruction. helps his less fortunate neigh
Dor who has remained behind and followed
the daily grind.
Let us hope for the best from our little
brown brothers in the far east, and espe-
cially from those who have looked in on
us here at home and observed how we live
and have our being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
Two Jefferson Dinners.

The gamble of the hour relates to the
coming celebration, April 13, of Thomas
Jefferson's birthday. New York and Chi
cago are each booked for a dinner and
money is up as to which function will
attract more attention and exert the
greater influence throughout the country.
Betting is based upon the celebrities who are
to speak. Judge Parker heads the New
York list, and Mr.. Bryan the Chicago list,
and each man will be supported by line
of interesting orators. Stockholders have
the question of their lives before them
The probability is that all bets will be
declared off. How shall such a question be
determined? Both dinners are bound to
be worthy of newspaper space, and both
are certain to receive long columns of it,
The next morning will show the speeches
and the descriptions of the scenes and then,
for some weeks at least, will follow the
comment, serious and otherwise, of writer's
anxious to help keep the country in the
middle Of the road. But who shall measure
the influence of it all? Mr.. Jefferson and
his works are an exhaustless theme with
us, and produce deliverances at times that
are quite as startling to the readers of his
tory as they are confusing to the curious
and uniformed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
Swindlers' Victims.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


The belated exposure of a number of get
rich-quickly swindles affords another pain
full illustration of the hopeless gullibility of
mankind. The method resorted to by these
concerns is not new. The promise of i'm
possible dividends seems to be all that is
necessary to bring thousands of green in
yestorS into the clutches of the confidence
men, thieves and gamblers who masquerade
as bankers and brokers. These vampires
easily find dupes in periods when the pre-
vailing rate of interest is low. The tempta-
ton to engage in extra hazardous ventures
Is strong among those who are unskilled in
finance when the stanch savings bank does
not offer higher return than modest 3
per cent. Risk increases as the interest Of
fered rises above the normal rate. The
warning has been repeatedly given but the
established laws of finance and the pitiful
experience of thousands are disregarded in
the wild rush to get per cent a month or
more. The supply of dupes is eXhaustless.
Any of the plucked patrons of the exploded
swindles might readily have been saved
from loss by seeking the advice of some
clear-brained, conservative business man.
They preferred to accept at its face value
an alluring advertisement to which no re-
sponsible name was attached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
Clothed and Unclothed Igorrotes.

The New York Evening Post makes in
teresting reference to the IgorFotes who
participated in the big show at St. Louis.
Ut mentions that when they left home they
were attired In the altogether" and it
describes them now that they have returned
home. 1t says:
They are wearing oyercoats, carry a
great amount of baggage, and are provided
with alarm clocks and mechanical toys
enough for years to come. All these things
OF course, are among the appurtenances of
civilized man. Now. the question is, How
will these Americanized Igorrotes be re-
ceived by their brethren? VIII they be OBJ
1ects of ridicule or Of envy? II the former,
will they relapse at once into their old
habits. which they kept up through the
summer for exhibition purposes or will
they form separate hereditary caste, with
the alarm clock, perhaps. as its emblem?
Or, II their friends are envious, will they
Share the good things, or try to buy or
make others? We know what civilized peo-
pie do when they bring back something
rlch and strange from a foreign land, but
with the lgorrotes 1t Is still guesswork."
We have had some experience In this
line with our Indian population. The diff
ference between the young Indian when
ne leaves the reservation for Carlisle and
when he returns after his training at
Fchool is marvellous. His experience pro-
quces new being. In feeling, In action
in appearance. and, of course, in intelli-
Eence. he has taken his place among re-
bponsible people. He has been so greatly
benefited by the change that his very re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
with grave dangers, has been often made
r., looc

with grave dangers. has been often made
since in much less time.
The tunnel to the north pole and the voy-
age to the moon have not been accom-
plished. But It is not safe to say that they
will never be. We live In marvellous
age. We. are trembling perhaps on the
verge of great discoveries and inventions.
New forces that we do not yet understand
are already within grasp. Who can tell
what may be done in the course of two
decades with radium, that subtle mystery
of concentrated force?
Jules Verne played an important part in
the field of fiction, by telling wholesome
tales of adventure in an artistic manner.
He stimulated the Imagination and drove
dull care far away. He set men to thinking
and talking about the great facts and
forces of nature. He provided entertain
ment which could be enjoyed by all classes
of people, and when blindness overcame him.
at the age of seventy-five, worldwide
sympathy flowed to him. His affiiction,
however, did not check his literary activity,
and he continued until a very short time
ago his active work in the fulfllment of the
remarkable contract by which he was
bound to furnish his publisher with two
novels each year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
Nothing the Matter With Kansas.

Governor Hoch balks at the idea of christ
ening the new battleship Kansas with
champagne. But he is not inspired partic-
ularly by temperance motives. He sees
chance to advertise his state and its recent
ly inaugurated crusade against the great
oil octopus So he proposes that when the
big vessel slips off the ways. fair daughter
of Kansas shall break over its bows a
bottle of oil, not the product of the Stand
ard Company, the hated trust against
which the state has just placed lance in
rest, but crude Kansas oil, drawn from the
bleeding soil and ready for the work of
the state refineries. There is truly nothing
the matter with Kansas when it comes to
keeping everlastingly in the eye of the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
General Charles Tracey.

General Charles Tracey, who died at AL
bany yesterday, was one of those demo-
Gratis to whom the country is indebted for
stubborn resistance in Congress to their
party s silver program. He did not receive
at tie time full credit for his services.
Others did less, and yet were more con-
spicuous. He lacked stature, voice, cheek,
If you WILL The House of Representatives
is turbulent body during such contests,
and General Tracey was not in his element
there. But, though leadership was denied
him, he was a sturdy fighter in the ranks.
and he had sand and character to spare.
He saw very clearly. and acted up to his
convictions. The public credit, in his opin-
ion. rose above all partisan considerations.
So that when the silver men in Congress
Numbered about party regularity and
against boilers he remained undisturbed.
His voice was at all times for sound money.
Those were strenuous days In Congress.
Mr. Bland was on deck, not the most in
spring of leaders, but certainly one of the.
most determined. Silver occupied him to
the exclusion of all other topics. If he
ever gave a thought to anything else the
fact did not appear in either his public or
private discourses. The result was that
every Congress was forced to consider the
democrats and republicans were regularly
called to go on record. Under which king
was the standing question, and General
Tracey was always ready with his response.
1t is amusing to remember that another
northern democrat who stood for sound
money at that time was Geo. Fred Will
liams of Massachusetts, The opposite of
Gen. Tracey in temperament and methods,
he consequently figured good deal more in
the public prints. Often on his feet and
ever with pledges of devotion to safe
finance. he appeared to the fpublic as bear
ing the heat and burden of he day. After
one of the contests in the House, extending
over some months, he was so exhausted
from his labors that trip to Europe was
necessary to set him up aga'n. Since those
days, as we all know Mr.. W lliams has been
one of Mr.. Bryans right-hlnd men in the
east, one of the loudest of shouters for free
silver and everything else he once opposed.
General Tracey, on the other hand, never
wavered, but resisted his party before the
country, as he had done in Congress- on the
issue which, as he thought, involved our
financial stability.
Personally, he was as attractive as po-
htically he was courageous. He had culture,
and cherished ideals. His friendships in
cluded the leaders of both parties, and the
country in his death loses an excellent citi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
Smoke and Fuel.

The latest decision of the Police Court is
that the government buildings are subject
to the laws prohibition of the emission of
dense smoke. For the present this fixes the
responsibility sufficiently to enable the
commissioners, if they desire, to proceed
Systematically against these fragrant Of
tenders against the statute, and thus, to
the extent that prosecution will reach, re-
duce the smoke nuisance. There will, of
course. still remain the railroad locomotives,
not touched by the law or even the ad-
mnistrative amendments, and they will
doubtless continue to smoke foully for the
next year at least. unless at its extra ses-
sion Congress passes an act. which the
President will sign, specifically including
these smoke-emitters with all others.
1t is a distinct gain to have the govern
ment buildings brought under the prohibit
tion of the law Their smoke emissions are
frequent and especially dense at times
and heretofore not even the executive ad-
monitions have awaited to check them
There has never been any degree of public
patience with the claim that these are the
sheep of the local smoke-making field as
distinguished from the business goats who
have had thus far TO bear the whole burden
of the laws penalties.
1t is suggested by the proceedings of yes
terday that President Roosevelt has in mind
the Transforming of Washington into a
hard coal town. The Public Printer, now
under fine. is to be enabled by virtue of a
larger appropriation to use anthracite in
his furnaces after the first of July and it is
not a great stretch of the imagination to
look for a recommendation by the President
that the law be amended to prohibit the
use of bituminous coal in this jurisdiction
after a fixed date.
But before any such radical move is
made some care should be taken to find a
way to prevent the exclusion of bitumnous
coal from being attended with bankruptcy
for all business furnace owners At pres
ent the price of anthracite is so high, due
largely, it is believed to discriminating rail-
road rates, that it is virtually out of ques-
ton for a business man, using large guam
titles of fuel TO adopt hard coal for the
making of power and heat.
So if the President seriously intends to
try to make Washington in spite of its
location in the soft coal belt, a hard coal
city, he should first investigate the ques-
ton of cost and see if a way can not be
found through one of the trust-busting bu-
reaus of the government to break the mo-
nopoly which is at present making anthra-
cite coal costly luxury to all local pur-
chasers.