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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
FIGHT WITH BURGLAR.
a Burly Burglar is surprised in Ho-
tel and He Puts up an
Ugly Scrap.

Minneapolis, March "a "A giant
midnight prowler, surprized by the
proprietor, the clerk and guest, while
ne was burglarizing the kitchen and
dining room of the Window hotel, 119
University avenue, Sc, fought his way
to liberty with large butcher knife,
and escaped only after he had inflicted
three painful wounds upon Robert
Shaver, the clerk, who with the pro-
prietor, and the guest engaged in a
desperate encounter with the prowler.
Shaver has knife wounds in his hip,
right hand and left arm, which neces-
slated the taking of nine stitches by
an East Side doctor. The proprietor,
William Mckee, has a bruised hand,
while the guest, Charles McWha, who
is meet wagon driver, escaped unin-
iured. The burglar has welt some
where on his head from a paddock
which Mckee threw at him, and his
clothing is soaked with the blood of
the clerk
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30

Toledo, Ohio, March --(Special)-
Harry L. Lewis, the well-known dentist
of 607 Sumit street, this city, is telling of
using Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Il was fat on my back and must say
] had almost given up all hope OF ever
getting any help" says DIR. Lewis.
MY kidneys had troubled me for years.
The pains in my back were severe and /
had to get up several times at night. l
tried different medicines but kept on get
ting worse till / was laid up.
''Then friend advised me 10 try Dodd 8
Kidney Pills and in about two weeks /
started to improve. Now / am glad to
admit / am cured and ] cannot praise
Dodd's Kidney Pills too highly"
If you take Dodd's Kidney Pills when
your kidneys first show signs of being
out Of order you viii never have Bright's
Disease. Diabetes, Dropsy, Gravel or
Rheumatism.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
DEMOLISHED
BY A TORNADO.
THE LITTLE TOWN LoUIsBERG
MIMI, rs ALMOST WIPED
OFF OF THE MAP.
Eight are Injured, Two Seriously.
Many Buildings are Raced,
Elevators Wrecked.

Appleton, Mimi, March oS--A cy
clone travelling north struck Louisburs
at $50 last evening. Every business
house was either totally demolished Oh
badly damaged.
Eight persons were injured, twomaN
die. Physicians from Appleton anc
Madison are caring for them.
The Injured.
Tom Winger, bruised and injured in
te~nally; may die.
Minnie Winger, badly cut.
Jennie Winger, aged seven, proba-
bly, fatally hurt.
Johnnie Winger, knee hurt and other.
wise injured
Paul Paulson, aged IS, head bruised
may die.
Bennett Bergeson and Roy Beedle
badly bruised, but lives, saved by hav-
ing crawled under pool table.
Fred Moen, head badly bruised.
EThe heaviest looscrs are the Henne-
pin Lumber company, lumber yarc
and machinery; Northwestern Elevator
company; Philley & Beedle, hardware,
and Tom Winger, restaurant.
The Luthern church was demolished
and only two houses escaped untouch-
ed. The depot was damaged and sew
eral cars were blown off the track.
MANY people from the neighboring
towns are inspecting the ruins in the
darkness. 1t is believed much damage
was done outside of the town.
Rumors tell of several elevators be
ing demolished along the line of the
storm, which took a northwesternly
path. The elevators are undoubtedly
those situated along the Breckenridge
branch of the Great Northern road
which runs from Watertown, S. D., tc
Benson, Mimi.
The storm swept down upon tn
town suddesly, the atmosphere having
been heavy and the wind changing
rapidly, left the villagers little time
to prepare for the devastating wind.
Louisburg is lis miles from Breckin-
ridge, and 1853 miles from the Twin
Cities via the Wilmar- Benson route of
the Great Northern. The exact origin
of the storm could not be located but
it is supported TINT it was somewhere
in southwestern Minnesota or north.
western Iowa.
Upon receiving word of the misfor-
tune of the neighboring town, several
physicians at Appleton, eight miles
from Louisburg set out TO give aid to
the sufferers, being. carried on a hand
ao1.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS

Castro defies the United States, refus-
Ing in an offensive way the request of
Minister Bowen for the arbitration of
American claims. The president will
take no immediate action, as he prefers
to have congress in session should the
use of force be necessary.
Jules Verne, the famous novelist,
died at Amiens, France, aged X years.
Senior Don Manuel de Azpiroz, Mex
tco's first ambassador to the United
States, died at the Mexican embassy
in Washington.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
for a library to be erected on grounds
owned by Pomona college at Clare
mont, Cal.
President Roosevelt has appointed
A. S. Van Valkenburgh United States
district attorney for the western dis
trict of Missouri.
Former Representative Gen. Charles
Tracey died at his home in Albany,
N. Y, at the age of 81, after an illness
of some months. Gov. Tracey served
as a member of congress from this
district from 1887 to 1895.
Mrs. Chadwick said under oath at
her bankruptcy proceeding in Cleve-
land, o., that her debts do not exceed
$75O,00O, including bonuses paid to
bankers and others for securing loans
for her.
Lewis w. Lyons was hanged in New
Orleans, La, for the murder of For
mer District Attorney j. Ward Gurley
in 1903.
The joint resolution for the return
of battle flags to Alabama was adopted
by the Wisconsin senate with but one
opposing vote.
Patrick Powers, flagman at street
crossing of the Illinois Central railroad
in Memphis, Tenn, was struck by an en-
CINE and killed. He stepped in the way
of a work train while tagging freight
Plans are rapidly maturing for the
establishment in New York of a school
of music endowed by James Loeb, the
banker, in memory of his mother. The
fund to be furnished by Mr.. Loeb will
be 100000.
Charles B. Morrison has been appoint
ed United States district attorney for the
northern district of Illinois to succeed
Solomon H. Bethea, recently promoted
to be district judge.
Directors of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society adopted plan to admit
policy holders to the board of control.
Stanley Heaton, of Latonia, KY, two
of whose brothers had committed sui
eide during the past few years, killed
himself by shooting, his body being
found on an abandoned road.
War having removed menace of at
tack by Russia, the German government
seeks close relations with France.
Fred W. Faulkes, editor of the Cedar
Rapids Qa.) Gazette. died at Excelsior
Springs, Mo. The cause was heart dis
ease.
Recrudescence of peasant uprisings
and strikes, with agitators planning
joint finale and threatening to assassin
ate officials, alarms Russian leaders.
The remains of Mrs Jane L. Stanford
arrived in San Francisco on the steamer
Alameda from Honolulu. and were taken
to Palo Alto on special train.
Horace G. Burt, former president of
the Union Pacific, has been offered the
100000 a year task of directing the
work on the Panama canal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
The Battles Being Fought

between Russia and Japan bring out
there was never battle in history that
demonstrated personal bravery more than
the battle being waged every day by both
men and women who are handicapped by
pain and sickness in their struggle. to
provide for their families and themselves.
If all sufferers could only know Of the
they would find LIES path much easier
Dr. Pusheck is mailing to all sufferers u
full sized dollar box Of his remedy, with
out any deposit or obligation of any kind
the only understanding being that after
it has helped you you are to send the
price-One Dolar.--Write to-day to DIR.
G. Pusheck, Chicago. For sale at drug
gists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Was Murdarad

Wheeling, w. Va, March 27-The
coroner's inquest into the cause of the
death of Hilda Schubart, the young
woman who was found dead on the
hillside near her home in this city, a
few days ago, resulted in the jury find
ing verdict that Miss Schubart came
to her death by strangulation by a
person unknown to the authorities.
The authorities are hard at work on
the case and sensational arrests are
momentarily expected.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30

ficers, 761, 467 men, LAG, 408 horses. ], 521
guns and 316,321 tons of munitions
and supplies,to the front, declaring the
transportation strained the Siberian
railroad to its utmost capacity. The
army organ admits that the army in
the far east when the war opened
was hardly worth the name (no figures
being given, but it is known that the
troops did not exceed 60, 900 mem, de-
Tending this on the ground that EN-
peror Nicholas desired to avoid war
and therefore refrained from sending
reinforcements which surely would
have provoked it.
100000 Men Lost.
1t is denied that the war Office was
deceived in regard to the available
strength of the Japanese army or the
organization of the Japanese reserves,
but the army organ frankly admits
that the talents of the officers and the
wonderful spirit of the soldiers were
miscalculated. The publication of this
article has created sensation among
military men, and in public circles
many of the former censuring the gen.
eral staff for disclosing valuable mill
tary secrets, and the latter finding
from the figures a practical admission
that the war has cost almost 100000
men in killed, wounded, prisoners and
sick, as the whole effective in the tar
east is now believed not to exceed
100000 men.
The Massacre at Mukden.
Berlin, March 27.-The newspaper
Die Post has received by telegraph
from its correspondent at Muxden,
who has reached Yokohama, en- route
home, the details of the massacre that
followed the evacuation of Mukden by
the Russians. Almost before the rear
guard of the cars army was clear of
the town band of 5000 Chunchuses
entered and pillaged all of the hospi-
tails and larger buildings, numbering
all who opposed them. Before the
Japanese arrived and drove them out
of the place they had killed Is sur
geOns and 46 nurses, besides having
terribly wounded many more. The
hundreds of dead were all horribly
mutilated. The Japanese attacked the
Chunchuses and killed many of them
before they finally retreated from the
city and ceased their bloody work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Chance for Another Guess.

A guest who went to pay his bill not
long since at fashionable Florida hotel,
was given a statement which showed him
indebted to the house to the extent of
SPA. AS he had been there only four
days, and had had few extras, he thought
1t little steep, but ne never 1inched.
Opening up o fat roll, he extended huge
bunch of bills to the cashier, with the
remark: Guess again. I've got more
money than that Washington Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Acquitted.

Pomeroy, o., March 27.-The jury
in the noted county treasury robbery
case returned a verdict of not guilty
in the trial of Treasurer T. J. Chase.
The trial grew out of the robbery of
the county treasury of nearly $4,000
last September, in which Chase claimed
he was held up by masked men and
robbed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Aged Seminole Chief Dies

South McAlester, I. T., March 27-
Hulputta Niece, chief of the Seminole
Indians. died here, aged rs years. Niece
served in the federal army during the
civil war with a band of his tribesmen.
He became Baptist minister several
years ago, although he could not speak
word Of English.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Evidence.

Mamma-No, dear, the Atlantic ocean
never freezes over
Elsie-Ohl but it must heard papa
telling Mr.. Gayly that when he was COM
ing across from Europe the last time he
had his skates on all the time. -Phila-
delphia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Presbyterians at War.

Over two per cent of the membership
If the Presbyterian ct-.rch in Japan
has gone to war. This is more than
twice the proportion of enlistments
from the general population. Sixty-one
Presbyterians are officers in the army
Or navy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Heavy Storm at FARGO.

Fargo, N. D., March es--A heavy
electrical storm, the first of the sea-
son, occurred last night, followed by a
heavy rainfall.
The rain is generally regarded as
timely to put the soil in proper shape
for seeding, which it will delay for a
few DAYS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Mistake Made Somewhere.

Mrs: Kindle (whose husband had told
her that the apartment house was the
proper thing for her, on the principle of
suites to the sweet Henry said an awful
ly nice thing to me to-day.
Mrs HANDLE Yes?
yes. He said this was just the place
for me-fats to the--why, somehow that
doesn't sound right, after all Boston
Transcript.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Eight KILLED in Landslide

Semlin, Hungary, March PA great
landslide occurred here Sunday. A
squadron of soldiers who went to the
rescue of a buried woman suffered
severely, eight of their number being
killed and 10 injured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Found awels.

Chaska, Mimi, March 20 Men at
work here tearing down the old brick
walls of the county Jail, under the
courthouse, to make a coalbin, found
six diamond rings, gold watch and a
pearl necklace, hidden in the brick
wall of a cell
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
OPERATION AVOIDED
EXPERIENCE OF MISS MERKLEY
She Was Told That an Operation Was
Inevitable. How She Escaped 1t

When a physician tells woman suf-
fering with ovarian or womb trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought Of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are full of women coming
for ovarian or womb operations.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Explained.

II don't see how that Guzzlem can
drink so much
''Oh, man can do most anything with
practice. cleveland Plain Dealer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
killed bv a Street Car.

Burlington. Ia. March 27.-Mrs. w. H.
Schwiering, the wife of the presiding
elder of the German Methodist church,
was run down and instantly killed by a
street car here.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Tornado in Kansas.

Eldorado, Kan, March rs - A tor
struck the business portion of this
city last night. injnring several per-
sons, one fatally, and wrecking a ho-
tel and school house.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Fatal Wreck

Wilmington, Del. March 27.-Two
men were killed and another was in
jured Sunday in freight wreck on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Stan
ton, six miles south of this city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Sues the Governor.

Chicago, March PIP. H. O'Donnell
sued Gov. Deneen for 100000, which he
charges should have been paid into the
school fund from fees and bond forfeit
ures collected when states attorney of
Cook county.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis. March q


Wheat-No. l northern, $L12; No. 2
northern, $l.0o: May, sLo9T. Oats
No. white, CSC. Ccrn-No. 8, 45c.
Rye-No 2, soc. Barley-No. 2, 4oc
Flax-S1. 80. Butter - Creamery, ex-
tras, 27@2sc; firsts, Ss@25c; dairy,
fancy, 22@24c. Poultry-T1rkeys, 90
1oc; chickens, 7@sc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
Bard TO Find.

First Squirrel.-Well, what have you
been doing?
Second Squirrel.-Looking for the
truth in nutshell
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30

From the surgical news that is floating
around we may reasonably understand
that this is a sort OF reconstruction period
Cor physical man.--roledo Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30

1t takes ladies and gentlemen to create
scandals.-Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30

Innocence that is advertised usually
hides some iniquity Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30

/ am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Ihos.
Robbins. Norwich, n. T., Feb. IL, ]yJO.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30

A dignifed mans hat is seldom as large
as he thinks it ought to be.--Chicago
Daily News
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
S. Paul. March 26.

st. Paul, MARCH 20.
Cattle = Steers, SO. 50@4.O0; cows,
So. oo@3.5o. Hogs-S4. 5o@A75. Sheep
-Muttons, SIS. 90; lambs, Sc. rs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30


Pusleck 's-Kuro is wonderful ] cannot
praise it enough. L am very thankful for
it. II. III. Bnadnor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30
TO Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money lift fails TO cure.
Z. w. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-30

Two llLLlo IelIOWS naQ attempted 10 Cross
the lake with sleds.
The Ohio supreme court has affirmed
the validity of the suicide clause in an
assessment insurance policy.
George NJ Collier, of Columbus, o.,
found guilty of having embezzled funds
of the state while chief examiner of
steam engineers, was sentenced to the
Ohio penitentiary to serve four years,
and he was fined $4,000.
Col. Allen Smith, Sixth cavalry. has
been retired, with the rank of brigadier
general.
1t is estimated that 1000 miles of new
railroad trackage will be laid this year,
with prospects for 10000.
The racing element of New York plans
to equip big steamer and operate an
ocean poolroom.
Anna Robinson, an actress and profess
sional beauty and well known in the gay
world of London and Paris, was married
to the earl of Rosslyn.
Congregational ministers Of New
England protested against accepting
Rockefeller's 100000 gift to missions.
Rev. Judson Swift, field secretary OF
the American Tract society, announces
that Ralph VOORHEES,, of Clinton. N. j.,
has notified him that he has made a
donation of 100000 for the work OF
the American Tract society.
j. E. DAILY, who was acting as a
messenger for the Central bank OF
Oakland, Cal, was held up by two
highwaymen and robbed of $4,000
while on his way to tire Standard Oil
Refinery at Point Richmond, Cal.
Gen. Miasoredoff, governor of Viborg,
Finland. was shot three times and seri-
ously wounded by q 15-year odd boy, who
claimed to be . revolutionisl.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-08-11
The Dog Spider.

The giant of the whole spider family Is the hound" or dog" spider of Mad agascar. Its body weighs almost a pound, and each of its eight legs is longer and larger fin diameter than the common cedar pencil Each of its mandibles is three fourthS of an inch in length and very strong. The dog spider does not spread a net and lie In walt for its prey, as do the gigantic bird spiders of Ceylon, but follows the trail" in exact imitation of a hound. It will follow a faint scent to and fro through the weeds and underbrush un- til the course Is ascertained and then suddenly dart of in a bee line and quickly overtake the lizard, rat, mole or other animal of which 1t Is in pur- suit. It has been known to capture and Kill lizards foot or more in length, and Professor Barnahy tells of one which bounced upon and killed full grown rat. The dog spider is said to be the only variety among the larger species of spiders which is absolutely nonvenomous, there being no more dan ser in its bite than there Is in that of a squirrel or a rabbit.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-08-11
READ ALL THIS
You New Know tn MomHnt When This Information May Prove of
 Infinite Value

It is worth considerable oany citizen of Alaska to know how to be cured Of painful, annoying and itching piles. Know then that Doan's Ointment Is 6 positive remedy for all itchiness ot the Skln, for piles, eczema etc. One apph- cation relieves and sootheS. Read ihls testimony of its merit:
 $. NJ. Allel, Seattle, editor of the Green Lake N ,ws, residence 59O5 Kirk wood Ave: "Doau's Ointment is with out any exception the best preparation ever used from personal experience, the best of all teachers. proved that it does all that is claimed for 1t. l was troubled for years with itching hemor- rhoids, commonly called piles. l tried several remedies and was treated by physicians, but relief was just as re- motely in the distance the day l went to the drug store for Doan's Ointment as it was whenI first learned of the preparation. The first application gave immediate relief and short con tiuuation SO contracted the area affect ed, that although there have been symptoms of a recurrence since a few applications of Doan's Ointment never failed to bring the desIred relief. l keep 1t on hand all the time.
 For sale by all dealers. Price 90 cents Foster Milburn O., Buffalo, New York sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-08-11
The Mnn Eating nnttns.

The man eating Battas of North Sumatra have a postal system. They make use of hollow tree trunks at cross roads, and these primitive letter boxes are largely patrOnized by young men and women, who read and write and correspond fin a degraded native script, which Is traced on palm leaves in vertical lines that run upward and from left to right. These Battas
 though undoubted cannibals, are skilled In agriculture and in raising stock. They form large communities, have an organized government, hereditary chiefs, popular assemblies and a writ ten civil and penal code. Their pictur, esque dwellings have been compared to Swiss chalets, and the ground floor Is reserved for their live stock. For their skill in ironwork, pottery and weaving they are probably indebted to Hmdoc teaching, and their repulSlve habit is combined with a belief in a triune deity, Creator, Preserver and Destroyer,
The daily Alaskan., 1905-08-11
prInkIng Hot Water.

There are four classes Of persons who should not drink large quantities of hot water: First, people who have irritability of the heart Hot water will cause palpltation of the heart in such cases. Second, persons with d. lated stomachs Third, persons af- tilcted with sour StomachS. Fourth, persons who have soreness Of the stom- ach or pain induced by light pressure These rules are not cr those who take hot water simply to relieve thirst but as a means of washing out the stom- ach. Hot water will relieve thirst bet. ter than cold water and for that pur pose Is not to be condemned. But hot water is an eXcitant and In eases in which irritation of the stomach exists should be avoided.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-08-11
RIflemsn Give Pleasant Dance

The Dawson rifle team, consisting of A. W. Robertson, D. NJ. Campbell, A. A. McMillan and A. NJ. Withrow, gave a dance at the Fifth AAenue hotel last night. Those present were the guests at the Fifth Avenue hotel many of whom are waiting for the opportunity of getting away for the south. The evening was pleasantly spens