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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
State Dairy School Students.

Nine students from other states
and country and 1913 from Wisconsin
make up the quota who have thus far
registered at the dairy school. Before
the course is completed there will
doubtless be an attendance of $50,
as there are always a number who
register in December. One student is
from Ontario, two from Illinois, one
from Panama, one from Norway, one
from Argentine republic, one from
Mexico and one from Missouri.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Senator Frear Spent s1,s4o.

James A. Frear Of Hudson, secretary
of state-elect, filed statement in the
secretary of states department de-
claring that his campaign expenses
amounted to $3.50. Of the amount
1925 went to newspapers, $500 to the
Republican State Central committee,
$500 for postage, $50 for labor for
distribution of cards, $125 for office
help, $40 for railroad fare, $50 for ho-
tel bills and $40 for incidentals. O.
G. Kinney of Colfax spent $1,19S.55
in trying to get the Republican NOM
ina.;on for congress il the Eleventh.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
New in State Offices.

The termination of election brings
a new troop of Office seekers to the
capitol. Every state officer, except the
chief executive, will be newcomer.
Gov Davidson will make no changes in
the executive force. 1t is understood
that Private Secretary o. G.. Munson
will be temporarily displaced during
the session of the legislature, but will
resume the duties Immediately fol-
lowing the session. William d. Con-
nor, the lieutenant governor, is the
wealthiest of the newly elected Off
GERS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
No Solution at Inquest.

Mauston.-All that a coroner's jury
could determine upon investigating
the recent death of Vern Hungerford
on the right Of way of the Milwaukee
road, was that he met his death as
the result of blow on the head from
some blunt instrument. A strong eff.
fort was made to clear up the mystery
but no evidence was given which
would warrant a charge of murder.
The two companions are held on u
charge of stealing handcar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
The Crown of Success.

Gobsa Code looked narrowly at the
aspirant for his daughters hand.
After ALL he said, Il have no real
proof that you are the successful man
you claim
But" cried the other, eagerly, you
forget that 1 have been muckraked
thrice in the Trash Magazine"
Gobsa Codes manner suddenly
changed.
my boy" he said. forgive me- She
is yours
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29

hold the pen firmly in the fingers, dip
same into the ink, and see that said
graphic automatism. After writing
said letter, said graphic automatism
will write ad libitum for plaintiff;
plaintiff must see TO it that the pen
is not allowed to wander off the line"
This Napoleonic trance is vouched
for by a physician. Mr.. Chanler thus
describes it:
in communicating with my .X-fac-
ulty' by means of vocal automatism,
which is also one of my trance-like
states. 1 was informed by my 'X-fac-
ulty' that it would like me to go into
a Napoleonic trance. 1t gave me to
understand that I would represent the
death of Napoleon Bonaparte by SO
doing, and that my features, when my
eyes were closed, and face, would re-
semble strongly those of the dead Ma
poleon Bonaparte. This was in Feb
ruary. 1897, upon or shortly after my
arrival at the Hotel K, New York
city.
MY 'X-faculty' did not tell me what
to do in order to produce the so-called
Napoleonic trance; it merely informed
me that when the time came it would
instruct me what to do to produce
the said trance. The distinguished
sculptor, Mr.. S. G.. called at the Hotel
K, shortly after my arrival. while l
was in bed and in the evening my X
faculty gave me to understand, with
out Mr.. S. G. knowing it, that it would
be the proper time for me to enter the
Napoleonic trance; 1 was interested
myself from a scientific point of view
to know just what l would do in a
trance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Entrance Into Trance.

-tilf djSC INV .
''Mr. S. G. expressed keen interest in
seeing me in trance. | then took,
under the direction of my 'X-faculty' a
small hand mirror, which | used for
shaving, in both my hands, and hold
ing it rigidly above my head stared at
my eyes for several moments without
any result. l did not know but what
the experiment was about to prove
abortive and ridiculous; it was one
of the most daring experiments / ever
entered, for that reason. After a min
ute or two of complete passivity and
rigidity, for the first time in my life
I experienced the entrance to a
trance"
and of Bloomingdale thus:
'Bloomingdale,' is nay as we'll be
admitted first as last, is run purely
for money, purely on business princi-
pies. and not on charitable ones. A
candidate for certificate of lunacy
is requested by his masters therein
the said examining doctors-to stand
I'D and then deliberately to throw him
self off his balance by putting his feet
SO close together, toes and heels
touching, that ones equilibrium is
menaced. He is then commanded to
extend his arms to their fullest ex-
tent. hands outstretched palms up
ward and close together. He is then
ordered to open his mouth, put out his
tongue and shut his eyes.
IF ne does not falb down on the
spot he is lucky 1t is while in the
above described preposterous position
that the physical observation of the
examiners is taken"
Thus John Armstrong Chanler pre-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Great Experiment in Corn.

Farmers of Wisconsin should be in
terested in a variety of corn that is a
heavy yielder and at the same time
comes early to maturity. Such a corn
is known as the Silver King, or Wis
eonsin No. Z, which after four years Of
careful selection and effort on the part
of Prof r. A. Moore, agronomist at
the Wisconsin experiment station, has
been made to produce upon 20-acre
fieA at the Hill farm an average of 70
bushels of shelled corn per acre. This
is r remarkable yield Of corn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29

opens his book, quoting from voltaire.
And here is the way be begins:
Stop thief! 1 hereby raise the hue
and cry-stop thief
The above extraordinary announce
ment is called forth by the cold, hard
facts about to be collected.
And his excuse for the book is this:
Now the sole and only object on
earth in bringing out this look at this
time is a desperate, forlorn hope upon
the part of plaintiff to bring the crime
that is being attempted against plain
tiffs property to the ear of the court
that appointed said referee, in order
that said court may prevent said
crime by setting aside the Ubiquitous
decision, as above foreshadowed, of
said referee"
Complains of Injustice.
The book recites with bitterness
what the writer calls the injustice of
the proceedings leading up to the judg-
ment Of the New York courts and to
his incarceration in Blooningdale.
How Stanford White got him to
Bloomingdale is told in this wise:
Il received telegram from my
friend, Mr.. Stanford White, proposing
to visit me in company with mutual
friend. AS I was on rather unfriend-
ly terms with Mr. White at the time,
owing to an abusive letter he had re-
Gently written me, [ did not look Tor
ward to a visit from him with pleas
ure. I therefore sent him telegram
to say that I was not well enough to
see him. A few days later Mr.. White
walked in on me in company with a
physician I shall not attempt to pic
ture my surprise. Let it suffice to say
that [ was struck dumb.
''Mr. White hastily excused his in
trusion and implored me to accompany
him to New York for plunge in the
metropolitan whirl.' AS l had some
business which needed my attention in
New York | consented"
OF New York Mr. Chanler says:
TN other words, a citizen OF the
state of New York can be condemned
and imprisoned without hearing. All
that is required to deprive a citizen OF
the Empire state of his liberty is one
or two false witnesses, two dishonest
doctors and a judge who can swallow
sworn conflicting statements without
a qualm. No defense is allowed to the
accused.
"This is truly the Empire state.
sometimes wonder, as l look through
the bars of my cell, how such things
can be outside the Russian empire.
Calls on Virginia for Rescue.
Fortunately for myself, however,
am no longer a citizen of the Empire
state, but am and have been since
1895 a citizen of the sovereign state
of Virginia; which title to sovereignty
| propose to see Virginia make good
by rescuing me-"
Graphic automatism" he defines
thus:
I'm word, the writing is, as the
name implies, automatic. So far-but
SO far only-as conscious thought, i.
e., conscious mental action is con-
cerned, the hand does the writing
without the help of the head In other
words, it is as though one had magic
pen-or pencil, since a pencil is
smoother and easier to operate than a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Hunters Wounds Are Serious.

Dakota.-Frank Currier, son of Sid
ney Currier, was brought home from
Curry, Wis, with severe gunshot
wounds in his left hand and the side
of his face. He was standing on a
log with the gun resting by his side
when the gun slipped, struck on the
hammer and was discharged
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Pleads Guilty to Graft.

Milwaukee-JacobS Schultz, the form
er South Milwaukee supervisor, plead
ed guilty to grating and was fined
1900 and costs. He was once con-
yicted on the same charge, served
three months and then got a new trial.
He gave evidence on which scores
were indicted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Brown County Insane Asylum.

Green Bay.-The annual report OF
County Physician Buchanan shows the
Brown county insane asylum, located
just out of Green Bay, to be in as good
condition as any Of a similar class in
the state of Wisconsin and in most
instances to rank little higher.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Starts Fire with Oil; Dies.

Mauston.--Mrs. Rounds, aged 80
years, was burned to death while try
ing to light fire with kerosene. She
ran to the door to call for help, but
died in the doorway before anyone
reached her
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
killed under Freiaht TraIn.

Green Bay.-John 3. Wallen, fore
man of Northwestern switch engine
crew, was killed by slipping and fall
ing under the wheels of an incoming
freight train. His body was cut in
two at the waist line and his features
mangled beyond recognition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Edward w. lie Roy.

legislature, for he it is who makes
up the personnel of all the committees
of the lower branch of the legislature.
Mr.. LIE Roy is making a campaign for
the speakership by seeing the mem
bers-elect personally and feels sure
of success.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Reouisition Refused.

Gov. Davidson has refused to honor
requisition from the governor OF
Michigan for John Balhover of Mil
waukee, who is wanted in Detroit to
answer to the charge of having sold
household furniture that he had not
fully paid for. 1t was found that the
requisition papers were defective.
Adolph Kanneberg of Milwaukee APP
peared before the governor in behalf
of Balhover. Detective Baker of De-
troit presented the requisition to Gov.
Davidson
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Quarantine Lumber Camps.

Ashland.--Camps Nos. and 10 OF
the Foster-Latimer Lumber company,
near Mellen, have been placed under
strict quarantine and nine cases OF
smallpox which have developed have
been placed in the pest house. The
disease has been prevalent for months.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
WoIves Close Schools.

Sturgeon Bay.-Paul STRAIN had a
narrow escape from wolves in the
thick woods. Children are being kept
home from schools on account of the
animals.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
RurqIars Shoot Watchman.

Fairchild.-Ben Christopherson, a
Waterman, discovered two burglars in
a saloon. One shot the Waterman in
the arm and both fled.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29

pen-that started out to write SO soon
as the operator took it into his or
her hand.
1.-THE operator has no more linking
of what the next word will be before
the said magic pen has written same
than the onlooker
'All the operator has to do is to
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Get nIack the Huaaer.,

Oshkosh-In Albert Neubauer the
police believe they have captured the
Jack the Hugger," who has been ter
rorizinx little girls here for several
days.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Expects to Be Speaker.

Edward w. lie Roy of Marinette is
coafident he will be the next speaker
of the Wisconsin assembly and as
such the most powerful member of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Under Scientific Observation.

No. He goes straightaway to san
itarium in Philadelphia. He states
his case calmly to the physician in
charge and asks to be put under
scientific observation. After six
months voluntary confinement there
the physicians there tell him that he
is perfectly sane and has always been
so. He is not even now content. He
goes to another institution and goes
through the same voluntary process
all over again. Once more the physi-
clans tell Mr.. Chanler he is well bal
anced. Then suddenly he appears at
his old home, Merry Mills, Gotham,
Va, where he has stayed to this day,
master of his ancestral estates.
Once safely home, this so-called
lunatic retained counsel The matter
of his sanity was brought up in the
Virginia courts and then and there
John Armstrong Chanler was pro-
nounced sane and competent But
the greater part of his fortune was
here in New York state, and here it
is on record that John Armstrong
Chanler is a hopeless lunatic. Should
he come here he would be deprived of
his liberty. And that is why he is
suing in the United States court in
the hope of winning back his inheri-
lance and his standing as a man of
sound mind
And why was John Armstrong
Chanler, Columbia '83, called insane?
Because, as the physicians said, he
had delusiOns-at least some of them
said So
Those who committed him to a liv.
ing grave declared that he had Shakes.
peare's power, and could make himself
Napoleon by going into a trance. That
he was possessed of the power of
graphic automatism" and had devel-
oped his X-faculty-type of subcon-
sciousness-was taken as another evil
dence of insanity.
Yet some of the most prominent
psychological writer's discuss this X
faculty in all seriousness and admit
that there is such thing as graphic
automatism. And all of this is told
in remarkable book which Mr. Chan
Ter has just published.
He calls it -Four Years Behind the
Bars of Bloomingdale: or, The Bank
ruptcy Law in New York" In it he is
extremely bitter toward his two broth
ers, William Astor Chanler and Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29

Perhaps he was romantic-the first
condition of all unhealthy persons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
Modern Proverb.

Whom the gods would destroy they
sometimes, in periods of unexampled
prosperity, find it more convenient to
make rich.--Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Gathered by Our Special Cores
pendent Madison.

Madison.-The state treasury is $685.
1925 to the good as a result of Ii
censing peddlers of the state according
to the annual report of the treasury
agent made to the governor. Edward
Pollack Gives the following table of
moneys received:
Fees on licenses ....................43 5U0o w
Receipts from Milwaukee agent. 100 90
Receipts from Racine agent...... 1856 90
DISBURSEMENTS.
Commission to special agentS.....$ sos 90
Assistant in Office. ............... "a 90
Agents expenses and extra serv-
ices 40@ %
Expenses and railroad ticllet...... 145 %
Salary of treasury agent. ......... 1000 %
Total disbursements .............$ 1855 70
This would leave the state $27, 554.25
but to this is added the additional sum
of 1924 which was collected but did
not pass through the agents hands.
These moneys are collected altogether
from licensing peddlers in the state.
Cities have the right to impose an adj
ditional fee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29

sents his case. He will know his YER
dict soon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29

may reach him at the asylum until
it has been scrutinized. In this way
he manages to borrow $10-this man
with an income of $4,000 year.
One day he does not return from his
daily walk. No, he has walked well
and far-he has taken a train to New
York from an obscure railway station
miles distant from White Plains,
where Bloomingdale now is. BY night
fall he is safe in Philadelphia.
And now what does he do?
Does he go into paroXysms Of impo-
tent rage at those who incarcerated
him, as do many Of the insane when
they escape? Does he try to kill
those whom he might imagine respon-
sible for his sufferings? Does he
break out in incoherent rawlings
against fancied evils?
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-11-29
Killed BY . Horse.

A horrible accident occurred Wed
nesday Of last week by which Harry,
the ten-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Boschker, old settlers and re-
spected citizens Of the southern part
Of the county, lost his life. 1t was at
first reported that the boy, who was
out on horseback gathering up his
fathers horses, had been thrown and,
his foot catching in the stirrup, he
had been dragged to death. DIR. VOL
verton, who was at once sent for, says
that II hardly seems possible that such
could have been the case, and the doc
tor gives the following account Of the
sad happening: The first that was
known 0f 1t was when the horse came
running to the house with one Of the
boys feet caught In loop that is
fastened TO the saddle and holds the
lariat used in catching horses; his
head dragging on or near the ground.
How the foot could have been caught
the way It was is merely conjecturaI,
but it is thought that the horse became
frightened aud fell with young Harry.
breaking one Of the boys legs; that
he managed to get on the horse again,
and fastened himself with the loop to
the saddle, fearing that he would be-
come unconscious and fall Of; that he
did become unconscious, and that he
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-11-29

grcssion. As the brave men cautiously
entered the forest wherein the dens
Of the fcrocious Wild beasts are To-
Gated, the beasts aforesaid, Knowing
their time had come unless they
tossed tub to the whale, quickly
assembled in mass-meetlng and chose
fourteen fine roberL-tails as a sacriice
to appeasc the wrath If the invaders.
Chief John called council Of bis men
OF blood and tile sacrifice WAS utialii-
mously accepted 50 The fourteen
wild beasts Of the forest were slailgii-
tered, and silently and With meas
ured tread the grim procession wend-
ed its way homeward to the kilm~r
carayansafy, where in due time tie
boarders fea,ted jyously upon baked
rabbit, rabbit pot pie glzzard stea
and things like that And 50 cndrth
this vcracious and voraciosis chIopicle
Of the doin's III the 'ilree Mighty
Hunters who oycrcaue he lferoei9li,
Wild Beasts Of the Forest
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-11-29
The Visiting Knights.

The Pythians from abroad who as
sisted in instituting the new lodge
were as follows, and we can truthfully
say that jollier and more sociable
bunch hasn't ever struck this neck o.
the woods:
From Eureka Theodore J. p. Giedt
chancellor commander of Eureka
lodge), l. Seitziek
From Aberdeen: c. B. Foncanon
deputy grand chancellor commander
of South Dakota and II. w. Boettcher.
From iceland: Adam Heel.
From Hazelton: Christ. Winterton,
DR.. Snyder, Attorney Niles, 9. A..
Norman, Alex. Macdonald, A. T..
Cell, w. p. Thurston, r. d. Coonen,
j. G. Kurtz, r. A. Yeater, Adolph
Staak, Andrew Hansen, John Otter
son, Harvey Smith, s. \. Mikalson.
AL. Mikalson, j. /. Roop, r. w. Orth-
meyer, a. E. klabunde, III. ~ Arm
strong, L. S. Chapman, Peter Shier.
Harrie Spalding. VIM. Baxter, Fred
n.,tx.n
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-11-29
A Rabbit Tale.

And it came opass that one day ear
ly in the week Of Thanksgiving three
mighty Nimrods OF Linton-on Beaver
went forth to pursue the blood
thirsty cottontai. They were John
whose surname is McMurry, Bert who
was born Remelc, and George OF the
ancient family OF Hyde, whose an
ce,tnrs were earls OF Clarendon and
uncles Of Queen Anne. Did they get
amy? Well we should say they did
When the dangerous svarmintssa saw Sure
Death. as represented by the hunters,
approaching their lair Please don't I
transpose the inside letters Of that
word, gentle reader, and apply II to
either OF the hunters who, when they
got home, told blood-curdIing stories
Of their prowess. Pardon the d.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-11-29

then fell of, the loop holding one OF
his feet. The poor boy lived about
ten minutes after he was borne home
by the running horse. He was terri
bly, injured, the back Of his head being
broken to pulp. This sudden end
ing of promising young life has cast
a gloom over the entire neighborhood
in which the family resides, and many
expressions Of sympathy are heard in
Linton, where the boys father is well
and fayorably known.