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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Stops Sale of .Wild,, Stock.

Senator Wilcox provides in measure
introduced last week that no oil or min
ing stock may be sold in this state unless
the company has filed prospectus of
its basis with the secretary of state
This bill will block the sale of much
worthless stock, it is believed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Murder Mystery Solved.

Manitowoc.-The mystery surrounding
the supposed murder Of John Wren of
Manitowoc, who was killed at Trevor On
Christmas day, was cleared up when n.
j. Schumacher, the proprietor Of the
tavern at Trevor, admitted that he had
struck the blow which had caused
Wren'S death
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Bill for Incorne Tax.

A graduated income tax is proposed
BY the committee on assessment and col
lection Of taxes in a joint resolution in
troduced into the legislature. If the
resolution passes both houses, it wilfbe
submitted to a vote of the people, and
II accepted. the legislature will have
mower TO act.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Bill Breaks Faction Lines.

fractional lines in the legislature have
been obliterated by its recent action
when the bill extending the statute of
limitations and enabling that state to
bring suit against railroads who have
not paid their taxes in full passed tina
assembly and was recommended uuani-
nlously by the senate judiciary commit
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Lovers Need Elone No More

Needless Opponents are the target
of the bill introduced into the assembly
by Mr. Ties, in which it is proposed to
abandon tie five days requirement for
a marriage license. Mr.. Ties explains
that it is his purpose to save money for
the state.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Wants Vessel Tax Killed.

Mr.. Henry Johnson has introduced
bill providing for the repeating of the
tax on vessels, boats and other water
craft. The law now in force was en-
acted four years ago, after a sharp legal
light
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Report FavorabIy for Exhibit.

The committee on state affairs has re-
ported favorably on the bill providing
for an appropriation of $4,000 for q
Wisconsin exhibit for the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland. Ore. and
the measure is now before the commit
tee on claims.
nAEnxSNN
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Banks in Good Condition.

State Bank Commissioner Bergh IS
sues his compiled statement of informa-
ton gathered last month, showing Wis
consin's 375 banks to be in unusually
good condition. The report follows:
RESOURCES
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
The First CITY.

New York was the first city incor-
porated in the limits of the United
States. Its charter was dated 1854.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Fuel for Beezlebub.

seTime to burn keeps the devils fur
mace going.-Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-09
Money for Institutions.

MONEY lot INSTITUTIONS.
Ifi&nafor Rogers bill. introduced last
esd, passes, the Wisconsin Industrial
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
THE lNDIScRETIONS OF A.DUcH-

Whether the world owes the ac-
counts of them to some imaginative
correspondent or whether they have
merely been truthfully reported as they
manifested themselvec, certain it is
that the vagaries of the youthful
fiancee Of the German crown prince
have introduced an element of romance
into what promised to be a very pro-
sale royal wooing. Long ago all glamor
was stripped from thrones. If modern
rulers are not bored to death it is be-
cause the invention of the bomb has
introduced an element of excitement
into what would otherwise be a monot-
onous existence. The Duchess Cecile's
determination. therefore, to have her
own way while she has the opportu-
nifty Is an excellent indication that she
intends to get out of life all there is in
1t for royal parsonage.
Instead of going in for violent speed
ing of motor cars. like the king Of
Spain or for chicken raising like Will
helmina of Holland she is developing
fondness for fitting lances with his
most potent majesty, the German en-
peror. So far the honors seem to be
pretty evenly divided and it Is just.
possible that when his son and the
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
THE PUBLIC AMusEs ITSELF

All New York is f1ocking to see an
imported Partisan lady loop the loop
in an automobile. 1t is not an ordinary
loop by any means, but one in the form
of figure eight that necessitates the
machines turning two complete SOM
ersaults while in transit. The lady's
press agent proudly refers to it as
''the flying DEATH" and the lady herself
has airily declared that every time she
is strapped in the machine she sees a
mental picture of her mangled body on
the floor of the arena.
In the matter of thrilling amuse-
ments ancient Rome is still many laps
ahead of us. We fancy, however, that
even one of those mammoth audiences
that was wont to gather in the circus
maXimus would not have been bored
by the automobile act of the Partisan
lady. To be sure, it might have in
sisted upon putting some obstruction
on the figure eight track to make an
accident certain, but we think who
ever has arranged this modern specta-
Gle has shown his wisdom and his
knowledge of modern human nature
by introducing into 1t the element of
uncertainty. Leaving something to
chance certainly insures more thrills.
Ultimately, of course, the lady must
break her neck; but not knowing when
the accident is to occur, every audience
is bound to experience the sensation of
breathless expectancy.
A few seasons ago daredevils on
bicycles looped single loops and their
feat was the sensation of the day. But
though a few of them met violent
deaths most Of them survived, and the
man who invented the charming device
woke up one morning to find his in
vention no longer popular. The public
was bored by the act. It was for the
purpose of arousing 1t with a new SEN
sation that the automobile loop the
loop was invented and the Partisan
lady imported. If she survives too
long, she and her automobile are
bound to share the fate of the bicycle
loop the loop man.
Just what the amusements. of thir-
tieth century Americans will be it is
impossible to predict with any degree
of certainty. If We read present day
signs correctly, however, and if they
possess any lasting significance, some
thing refined in the way of human tor
ture will be demanded by posterity
when it desires relaxation. We are
cultivating, slowly to be sure, but GER
tainly nice taste in this direction;
and unless some stupid legislation
shall put an end to exhibits similar to
the Partisan lady's automobile act, we
must in time go the resourceful Ro-
mans one better in the matter of de-
Vising pastimes with real thrills
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
THE AUTOMOBILE MEET

The members of the Automobile club
of st. Paul propose to show that it is
quite possible to do something to at
tract the attention of the country, and
they have gone at the work of securing
a great auto meet for this city in way
that points to a successful issue.
The plans Of the organization, which
have been practically indorsed by the
big club at Chicago, will bring an i'm
mense number of machines and much
money to st. Paul. We do not know
that there is now available another
gathering which would result in bring
ing so desirable lot of visitors to the
city as this project is likely to. All
over the west the toot of the chauf-
feur's horn will proclaim the rendez-
vous at st. Paul, and this town will be
the point of attraction for not only the
owners of cars of a size and capacity
to enter the endurance race, but of all
car owners who feel the Indifference of
the east to the west.
1t was to have been expected that
the western automobilists would SOON
er or later declare their independ-
ence of the domination of the national
association by eastern men and inter-
ests, and when the White mountains
rendezvous was named by the man
ayers of the association it was to have
been expected that Chicago with it's
5000 machines would rebel. 1t is
probable that there will be a western
association formed, in which the mem
bers will have something like common
interests and the assurance of fair
treatment. The first outcome of the
proposed run to St. Paul. The local
club members have gone into the af-
fair with enthusiastic energy, and they
should be backed in their efforts by the
entire community. 1t would be diff
cult TO say how many automobilists
would be attracted to the city by the
event, but the number would be as
suredly very large-and IL 1t were not,
the city owes it to the st. Paul club to
support it earnestly in the undertake
ing 1t does not appear that anything
beyond moral aid will be necessary.
If more material support is needed 1t
should be forthcoming.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17

duchess are married, William the Only
will find his hands so full keeping the
strong willed crown princess in the
background that he will have no time
moves that today keep the European
powers on the qui vive. The future
German empress may succeed in sup
pressing the present German emperor.
In the meanwhile she seems to be
having very good time with her not
too conventional mother to back her
up. The emperor has already had oc-
casion to deny twice that relations be-
tween him and his daughter-in-law
elect are strained so. accepting the
supposition that there is no smoke
without fire, there is every reason to
believe that the former has suffered
some bad quarters of an hour and the
latter has enjoyed some exciting ones.
All of the gossip may be, as we have
already remarked, the vain imagining
of some well equipped correspondent,
for in spite of the telegraph and the
swift moving liners, Germany is still
far away; but it is much pleasanter
to believe that the youthful duchess
has as strong a win as the reports in
dicate and that she is both able and
willing to assert it.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
HELP FOR THE AGRICULTURAL
SCHOOL

The house will be directly RESPONSE
bic if it does not indorse the action
of the senate and restore to the appro-
priation bill the item Of $4,000 for the
construction of an auditorium at the
agricultural college. There are some
items in the appropriation bill OF the
merits of which we have some doubt,
but of this one item OF an appropria-
ton for this purpose there can be no
doubt.
The entire state has been very much
impressed by the excellence of the
work that is being accomplished in the
interest of intelligent husbandry by the
state school No other one institution
now maintained by the state of Min
ncso.a yields such large and immedf-
ate results. The immense gain in in
formation by. the agrlculturists of the
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
MONDAY, APRIL II. 1905
WILL WAIT AND SEE

1t will be comparatively useless for
any faction in any city in the country
to attempt to carry out the plan of
municipal ownership of public utilities
for some years to come 1t having been
decided to make the experiment In Chi
cago, and to make it upon so great and
decisive a scale, it would be folly for
some other community to rush in and
at its own expense duplicate the un-
certain experience. Only if driven to
extreme resistance by the misdoings
or shortcomings of public service COR
porations, would any other city try to
anticipate the result.
This is shown by the refusal of the
Citizens union in New York city to
adopt the municipal ownership idea at
present. 1t is a wise and conservative
policy. Chicago is the theater upon
which the principle of municipal con-
troll will be worked out, and to us it
seems probable that its success or fail
ure will be contingent upon one simple,
but all important and generally un-
considered distinction. If Chicago
adopts the idea of municipal ownership
and control only, she may succeed and
furnish model upon which other
American cities will fashion their
course. If she adds to municipal own
ership and control a scheme for munic-
ipal operation, she will run up against
disgraceful failure This is the de-
cisiye point that other cities will do
Well to watch and heed
Public utilities may possibly be re-
served for public control but the priv
ilege of operating them may be leased
to private corporations or individuals
on a fixed percentage basis or on con-
tracts made after public competition
In this way the city obtains the maxi
mum revenue, the private individual
gets ample compensation for his serv-
ices and the city government is re-
lieved of the function of administering
a vast business which it has shown
itself in other respects so i'll fitted to
discharge. We believe that all experi
ence will show the truth of these posi-
uons, that Chicago will move forward
definitely along these lines and that
all the other cities of the country will
sooner or later be guided by what hap
pens TO her.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17

Bowery Burlesquers at the Star ves-
.erday afternoon was a hit with tbe
mouse. That form of crude comedv
known as horse play" is dominant ~
the nrst and afterpieces. Those who
uelisnt IN broad humor found much tn
applaud, and did applaud boisterouslv.
The specially list lacks novelty. En-
ian Lee Is the euphonistic name of the
young woman who opens the oIio. Az
IlXed TO her name on the programme is
the term Southern Nightingale" a de-
scrlpuYe title commonly INDUCED in
by singing soubrettes. The Davenport
brothers start with comedy acrobatics
and finish with a burlesque boxing
match. The Taylor trio presents an
act composed of instrumental music,
songs and comedy. Watson and Bar
rett give tangle talk stunt Carmel
ilta d ARGOS, a shapely person, poses in
hVlng pictures. Ben Jansen, the pro-
sramme states, "sings the songs he
writes. This courageous admission
compels admiration.
The sale of seats for the engagement
OF Florence Roberts at the Metropoli-
tan, commencing Thursday night, be-
gins this morning at the box office.
The repertoire will be 'Zaza'' for
thursday night and Saturday matinee,
!ess of the d'Urbervilles" for Friday
nlght, and Marta of the Lowlands''
Ior saturday night. Each play will be
complete production. Mr. Melbourne
MacDoWen and Mr.. LuciuS Henderson
VIII De the principal support.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
Young Mems Protest

1t is an interesting fact that the
leaders who inaugurated the protest
against the acceptance of the Rookie
feller gift by the board of missions
were generally the young men, while
those who argue that the society
should not question the source are OF
an older generation. OF course, there
are exceptions, such as the appearance
of Washington GLADDEN. as a protestant
while there may be young men taking
the opposite view, but in the commu-
nifty where the fight is the fiercest this
rule prevails.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
"Open Door, in Morocco

Whether this most western portion
of the Barbary states becomes French.
Spanish. German or English is of no
material Importance to the people OF
this country, but if the Anglo French
agreement is intended to maintain
order. to maintain the open door,
policy of trade in Morocco, while at
the same time upholding as far as may
be the political rights of the sultan's
government. we can see no reason why
we should object to having 1t carried
out or feel under the least necessity of
Joining in the demonstrative utterances
or the German emperor. - Boston
Herald
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
RAILWAY EXPERTS TO
MEET IN WASHINGTON
Delegates Representing MANY
Million Dollars VIII Gath
er Together

WASHINGTON, April 16~Nearlv
1000 delegates, the owners and operat-
ing officials of upward of 100000 miles
OIL railway in forty-four different coun-
tries, constitute the personnel of the
international Railway congress. which
is to hold a ten days session in this
city beginning May 4. AT the close of
the congress the delegates are to make
q thorough inspection of the RAILWAYS
or the United States, particularly with
reference to equipment and shops
The congress is somewhat UNIQUE in
lts organization purposes and manner
OF conducting its affairs. 1t was or
ganized in 1875 and has held sessions
every hVe years since. Its first session,
heId in Brussels, celebrated the fiftfeth
anniversary of the opening of the Bel
glan railways. Milan, Paris, St Peters
burg and London have been meeting
places since, Paris having had two ses-
slons. At the session in that city in
1900 the invitation of President Nc
Kinley to hold the next meeting in
Washington was accepted. Congress
at its last session enacted appropriate
legislation committing this government
to participation in the congress.
Fairbanks Will Speak
In the absence of President Roose-
Velt Vice President Fairbanks will ac-
cept the post of honorary president
and open the congress with an address
of welcome, afterward extending to
the delegates the courtesies of the
nation at the white house.
The preliminary formalities over the
congress will resolve itself into FIVE
sections and proceed to its discussions
in French and also in secret. All of
the papers to be presented have been
under consideration for some years.
all have been printed, and the dele
gates are thoroughly familiar with
their contents. All of the topics to be
considered are technical and neces-
sarily devoid of popular interest.
The honorary presidents, represent
ing the railways of this country, will
be Messrs A. J.. Cassatt and e. H Har-
riman, while the actual president will
be StuyVesant Fish of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad. The lines these three
gentlemen represent touch one another
and form q continuous line of rail from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, passing
through the heart of the continent, and
extending from the great lakes to the
gulf.
Met in London
The largest attendance of American
railway officials of any of these ses-
sions was at London in 1895, when out
of about 500 delegates 49 were Ameri-
cans.
Part OF the important work accom-
plished at these meetings is the in
spection of workshops, equipment and
construction in each country visited,
with the result of stimulating inquiry
into improved methods and giving the
whole world the benefit of the work Of
the brightest minds everywhere en-
gagged in solving problems which pre-
sent different phases in different cOun-
tries, but which have features of COM
mon interest to all alike.
An extensive exhibit of railway sup
plies will be made at the time of the
congress and will give an unusual op-
portunity of examining in detail a
great part of American railway ap-
pliances.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
What the Editors Say

The legislature refuses to make any
change in the primary election law.
Some of its features badly needed cor
rection. but the wise men who have
been in session all winter at St. Paul
evidently were afraid of the cars. AS
II stands, the primary election law in
Minnesota lis a good deal of a farce.
1t is well calculated to keep a lot of
fellows in office continuously. In many
instances this is all right, but in cases
of unfitness or incompetency the law
as it stands is all wrong-Winnebag
City Press-News.
In two days the Minnesota legisla-
ture must adjourn, but il will take two
years and then some for the state to
recover from the result of some of the
laws that will be passed during that
time. 1t might not be a bad idea, for
the voters to give a boost next election
to the candidate for reelection who has
introduced the fewest bills and who
has accomplished the repeal of the
greatest number Of dead letter laws
already on the statute books.-Winona
Independent.
The difference between good and bad
| roads is often equivalent to the differ
ence between profit and loss. Good
roads have money value to farmers
as well as political ard social value,
and, leaving out convenience, comfort
social and refined influences which
good roads always enhance, and look
ing at them only from the almighty
dollar side, they are found to pay
handsome dividends each year.-Man-
kato Free Press.
For a decade the tendency has been
to advance the marriageable age of
both men and women. The average
parties to this most solemn of all con-
tracts have had time to develop men,
tally and physically. This must have
a natural result on the we'll being of
their offspring. No one can say just
what is the best age for marrying. 1t
is risky TO generalize. The age of dis
cretion varies in individuals.-Red
Wing Republican.
Gov. Johnson has signed the bill di-
vorcing the university and the normal
school management from the board of
control. The interests of the various
state institutions are so diversified that
the central control does not save-in
many cases - where at first blush it
seems to have been good economy for
the state.-Fargo Forum.
The postage on four pound package
from Chicago to Indianapolis is 64 cents.
On four pound package to London
1t is 4S cents. For an explanation of
discrepancy apply TO the president of
the United States Express company.
care the United States senate. - ST.
Cloud Times.
Now we are confronted with the in
formation, right from the bat of Secre-
tary Wilson, that bread will become a
luxury. After a while pancakes will
be among the things that a poor man
cannot afford.-Mankato Free Press.
In years to come the lumber baron
will sleep in magnificent tomb, while
the town site and new settlements will
be planting weeping willows on Arbor
day.-Princeton Union.
10 Which of the great political parties
would refuse a contribution of $100, 900
from Mr.. Rockefeller?-Goodhu -Coun-
ty News.