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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Child Pours Acid on Body.

Racine.--A 19-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Dunn, Of Wisconsin
street, had just been prepared for a
bath, when his mother left the room
for a few moments. During her alb.
sence the boy got hold Of bottle filled
with carbolic acid and poured the
fluid on his body. The flesh was hor-
ribly burned, and fears are entertained
for the life of the child.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
cABMAN HELD FOR MURDER.
Oshkosh Jehu Said to Have Killed
Victim in Trivial Quarrel.

Oshkosh.-Michael Madl, Jr,, a cab
man, was arraigned in the municipal
court on the charge of murder and
was held without bail to the circuit
court. He shot and killed Louis Con
roy, bartender, after an alteration
over trivial matter. William Thuer.
wachter, travelling salesman Of Fond
du Lac, who witnessed the crime, was
placed under bonds of 5000 to appear
at the trial. The testimony showed
Madl, after an argument, purchased a
revolver, came back, loaded the
weapon in the presence of his victim
and then fired.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
State Taxes RENTED.

All the state taxes, with the excep-
ton of the school tax, which was re-
duced to half of one mill, have been
remitted by the state board of asses
sors. There already is SO much money
in the state treasury that none of the
officials knew what to do with it..
With the prospect of more than ST.
100000 coming in from this years
taxes, State Treasurer Kempf threw
up his hands in despair and said there
was no way to spend it. Accordingly
Gov. Davidson, Secretary of State
Houser and Mr. Kempf met and de-
cided to remit the taxes. The rail
roads are footing the bills. That, in
the main, is the reason for the action,
the first time such sweeping move
has been made in the history of the
state. Under the new ad valorem law
the roads pay about $2,600,00O annual
ly, or one-third more than they did
under the old license fee system. The
amount of taxes RENTED is $1,818,-
1856. Instead of raising this amount
from the taxpayers it will be deducted
from the general fund of the state to
meet certain fixed expenditures. The
school tax, amounting to $643,68O, goes
back to the taxpayers in the support of
the public schools. This is the first
time since the law was passed pro-
viding for state aid for common
schools that any part of the school tax
has been RENTED. During the La
Toilette administration, some of the
usual state taxes were RENTED, but
none of the remissions ever approach
ed the amount of that just made.
October /, the balance in the general
fund of the state treasury, the fund
out of which is taken the amount of
the taxes just RENTED, and out of
which comes the general expenses of
the state, was $2,129,411, or nearly
one dollar for every person in the
state. It is estimated that the total
receipts of the general fund for the
current calendar year will be $4,6S9,-
700, and the total expenditures $4,-
327, 200. It also is estimated that the
balance in the fund January /, will be
$1,544,1 15.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
ENFORCING Child Labor Laws.

State Factory Inspector j. e. Waller
is encountering many difficulties in his
efforts to enforce the child labor laws
The trouble is not always with the
employer, but with the worker who in.
sists on taking up life's burdens be.
fore attaining the age prescribed by
law. The most elaborate articles are
resorted to in order to evade the
watchfulness of the officials, but the
detection of these attempts has be-
come such an exact science that few
succeed in violating the law for any
length of time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
EIGHT on for Erear,s Place.

George w. Chinook, of River Falls,
filed petitions as an independent can
didate for state senator in the Pierce
ST. Croix county district to fill out the
unexpired term of Senator James A.
Frear, of Hudson, who resigned when
he was nominated as Republican can
didate for secretary of state. Chin
mock declares the political designation
Of his candidacy is Republican by
nomination papers" Charles Dono-
hue, of New Richmond, filed papers as
a nonpartisan candidate for the same
Office.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
All Looked Alike.

Uncle Eph had long boosted that he
had never needed the services of a
doctor, but now he was i'll, and his
neighbor felt that the time had come
when physician should be called.
Come now, Uncle Eph," said she,
I'VE will call whomever you wish
you know there's good allopath and
good homeopath, and there's a new
doctor, an osteopath. Now, who'll you
have q -
WAL drawled Uncle Eph, Il DIM
no ez it matters-they do say that all
paths lead to the gravel"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01

Kenosha.-A trust deed was filed
here transferring the property of the
Visible Typewriter company to the
Metropolitan Trust and Savings bank
of Chicago. The transfer is made to
secure the payment of bond issue.
Nearly all of the stock of the company
is owned by Milwaukee men, Sigmund
Wollheim and E. II. Bottum being the
principal stockholders.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Bandits, Victim in Dancer.

Kaukauna.-Th Armstrong, of
this city, who was. shot in an ARRAY
with tramps, is still in serious condi-
ton, only one bullet having been re-
moved. The desperadoes who did the
shooting are said to be ''yeggmen." A
full kit of rude burglary tools was
found upon one of the men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Dane County Grows Richer.

Dane county property is assessed
this year at 69,397, 726, which is an
increase of $3,673,959 over last year.
The greatest increase has been in the
city of Madison. The total value of
all real estate in Dane county Is $780,
O00,262 The average value an acre
of land in the county is $45.26 an
acre.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
investigating Committee Reports.

tuNCSkl9dblf4 0OUUUtAA~G tNSkOt NSs
Book writing professors who devote
large part of their time to author
ship and private gs in at the expense
of university work for which they are
paid by the state are scored by the
university legislative investigating
committee which filed its report with
Gov Davidson The committee frowns
on double salary" zeal when it inter
feres with class work The committee
also suggests that regents hold more
frequent meetings and take more of
a directing hand in the management
of the university and not leave so
much for the president to do. Re-
gents also are scored in the report
for not having knowledge of existing
abuses about the institution. The
board of regents is the governing body
of the institution, declares the report,
but the president has assumed the
governing power The members of
the board are not paid salary, and,
as result, they devote as little time
as possible to the work of overseeing
university affairs. The committee rec
ommends that salary be paid to en-
courage industry and foresight. No
personalities are INDUCED in. 1t is
said that not one name of a professor
appears. The criticism is directed at
the department in which the abuse
existed, but no person is mentioned.
Only once President Van Hise's name
is used Recently the committee ex-
amined number of students and pro,
fessors and the testimony was to the
effect that all was now harmony in
the institution. While the committee
made an exhaustive examination as
to fraternities, the junior prom" and
social life generally at the institu-
ton, it makes no recommendation as
to the regulation thereof, save to sug-
gest it is within the province of the
regents to use restraining hand IL
necessary. The report completely ex-
onerates Prof. G.. N. Knapp, whose
yelled charges year ago of irregu-
larities in the management of the ag-
ricultural college and university farm
led to his discharge and the subse-
quent investigation of the university
by the legislature. The report says
nothing was presented rejecting on
the integrity, honesty, and capacity of
Prof. Knapp, and says il more tact
were employed in his department there
should be no difficulty in getting along
with Knapp. The agricultural college
management is censured for monarchi-
cal methods in government. Most OF
the reforms suggested by the com
mittee are already under way at the
university, and due credit is given
President Van Hise therefor The re.
port closes in these words: ut is due
the university to say that many of the
recommendations which the commit
| tee has made in it's report already are
being inaugurated."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
MAY Leave Wisconsin University.

Charles r. Van Hise, who, it is re-
ported, may resign to become secre-
tary of the Smithsonian institution in
Washington, has been president of the
University of Wisconsin since 1908.
DR.. Van Hise has been opposed to
football and the rumor of his resigna-
ton has been hailed with delight by
many of the students. DR.. Van Hise
was born at Fulton, Wis, May 20,
1857. He graduated from the state
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
DR.. Van Hise Opposes Segregation.

DR.. Van Hise, president of the uni
versity, talking of the segregation of
the sexes in educational institutions,
said: while conditions at some in
stitutions may make it desirable to
segregate the sexes, we have not
found it advisable or necessary and
shall not adopt it. During the SO
years our university has been running
the male and female students have
freely intermingled in all their work.
and our experience has shown that it
has been beneficial to both sexes"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Oqdensburq Founder Dead.

Waupaca.--Judge Caleb S. Ogden, a
Waupaca county pioneer, died at the
age of 80 years. He was county Judge
for % years and held many other posi-
lions of trust. He was the founder of
Ogdensburg, Wis, and settled there SO
years ago. A widow and several grown
children survive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Show True American Grit.

During the disaster the good humor
and self-possession of San Francis
cans astonished the world. Now, in
the long tug Of disposing Of the
ashes and rebuilding the city, this
good humor never deserts them, and
they are as confident as though they
were beginning city for the first
time There is inspiration in num-
bers, comfort in common trouble, and
a spirit of brotherhood that has not
deserted them, although it is not as
marked as it was during times of
danger. The love of good cheer in
the way of eating, drinking and lis
tening to music is as strong as ever.
The climax is a continual tonic, and
invites to hard work. The very size
of their disaster seems to nerve the
San Franciscans to hasten the recon
struction of the new city. They come
very near to boasting when they show
their ruins, and some of them display
a remarkably fresh memory of his
tory by comparing their disaster with
the fate of other cities that have per-
ished by earthquake and fire, and
risen again. According to these men,
who cite history while making it,
the only bonfire that excelled San
Franciscos was that which con-
sumed Rome in Nero's time. The
great fires of London, Boston, Chi
cago and Baltimore were mere hints
of what a real confiagration can do.
So say these dusty, smiling. tireless
San Franciscans, who revel in the
advertising that their city has OBJ
tanned. Their belief in the speedy
reconstruction of the city is absolute,
and they are backing their belief with
money and energy that balks at
nothing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Charaes Veteran WIN libel.

Waupaca. Smith, who made
the charges against the veterans
home, has been arrested on complaint
Of Chaplain Brown, who charges Grim
inal libel. Smith has gone to Milwau-
kee to get help to start an investiga-
ton. A recent inquiry resulted In the
officials being exonerated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01

Attorney General SturdeVant ex-
plains why, in his opinion, the money
received by Wisconsin from the fed
rral government for war claims was
turned into the general fund instead
of the trust fund He says the money
was not originally borrowed from the
trust funds, but was raised on bonds
issued by the state. The war refund
from The general government was Gov
cred into the general fund of the state
IN accordance with an opinion issued
by the governor at the time the money
was received.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Thiexes cut Windows: Steal Gems.

Kenosha cut out the plate
glass windows in the I. H. Dale jewel
ry store and got away with valuable
diamonds. The burglary was most
daring, as the jewelry store is located
in the most central part of the city.
There is no clew to the robbers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
6ttrh Ynltr 111agnit
tn i Stu.
BY MICHAEL L. PADDEN,
Registrar of Water Supply. New York City.
Dress as well as luck will let you
The coat doth often make the

Dress well luck will let
The doth often make the
line of that hit with There
ten feet of the wostp style of word coupling and it
through mails prince who had his private yacht
that uncoveng the water front
gratis" happened be position to help him get his daily
supply water board without having to extra toll for It
He letter of thanks when he sailed and after he got
n election district he this m string of philosophy
shc compliment nasmuch especially translated
iof
secretary accompanying tells that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
sneaker Uroes Good Roads.

Green Bay.-Col. Moore, Of the Ma
tional Good Roads association. spoke
before the city council and citizens in
the interests of good roads conyen-
ton. The Business Mems association
has agreed to lend its influence in the
movement
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
rhe.tricaI People in Trouble

Kenosha.-Frank J. O'Brien, mana
ger of the Bijou theater in this city,
William Gehle and E. P. Richardson,
all well known to the vaudeville pro-
fession, were arrested by Deputy Fac
tory Inspector Evans on charge of
violating the state labor laws by al
lowing children under IA years of age
to appear at the theater.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01

university in 1879. The University OF
Chicago gave him the degree doctor
of laws in 1903. He has been contin-
uously connected with the University
Of Wisconsin since his graduation. He
is the author of several standard
works on geology.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Handsome Gift for Church.

Racine.-Mrs. Theresa Miller has
presented to the st. Roses church the
largest organ in this city in memory
of her husband, Joseph Miller.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Zine Imposed on State Bank.

Madison.-A fine of 800 was i'm
posed by State Commissioner Of Bank
ing M. G. Bergh upon one Of the banks
which was derelict in promptly fllirg
certain required reports.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01

city needs 10000 skilled men and
ers. Some of the shrewder unskilled
men have dubbed together and form
ed little companies of their own. They
take contract to remove debris for
price, and perform the work during
the noon hour and in the night. As
unskilled labor is getting 81 a day,
these willing workers who put in
extra time are getting more money
than they ever saw before. In much
of the burnt district work is carried
on by electric light.
Will San Francisco ever be rebuilt?
is the question asked by people in
the east. The answer is that San
Francisco is now being rebuilt. 1t is
not question Of the distant future.
The process is visible to the naked
eye. Every steel building that was
under construction at the time of the
disaster is being rushed to compile
ton. Other buildings have been con-
tracted for, and with the removal of
debris and the arrival of materials
be more absurd than to doubt the re-
covery of San Francisco from its
great misfortune, in the face of the
work that is actually in progress.
The contract for the reconstruction OF
the Palace hotel on its old site, on
grander scale than ever, has been
let The St. Francis is now complet-
ing its great steel annex. Business
houses are arranging to build newer
and stronger structures than those
which succumbed to the conflagration
of April Is to 81 The city will not
be rebuilt in day, or a year, but it
will go up with remarkable quick
ness.
"city Beautiful" Must Wait.
There has been much talk of city
beautiful, with winding avenues
about the hills, broad boulevards. park
extensions, and SO on. 1t was thought
that with the buildings leveled to
the ground the opportunity was open
for the construction of a model mod
ern city, uniting utility and beauty to
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01


Hitch your wagon to a
star,
Or just as near it as you
can;
Be gentle, IL the world
will let you,
For the morrow always
plan.
Don't be timid. don't be
boastful,
Don't borrow coin or
cooking pan;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01

cisco. There was time, indeed,
when the stuff piled up to such an
extent as to paralyze the operation
of the roads. Five thousand cars OF
freight were congested at San Fran.
cisco and Oakland. BY heroic eff.
forts the lingering freight was dis.
posed of and serious situation re.
lieyed. Now that the railroads are
able to look after their own business,
they are expanding great sums in
permanent Improvement, which will
facilitate the reconstruction of the
city.
Insurance Situation Hurts.
The insurance situation at San
Francisco is exasperating to those
who happened to have policies in
shaky or dishonest companies. but
on the whole the lapses of these com.
panies have not affected the city
as seriously as early reports indi-
Gated. Nearly one-half of all losses
has been paid Considering the fact
that insurance records, as well as
everything else, went up in smoke,
this is fairly good showing for five
months. Payments are being made
through the banks at the rate of near
ly $1,000,O0O day. The money goes
into circulation for the most part,
and the resulting activity overshad-
ows the fact that hundreds of other
policy holders are waiting for a set
tlement
The people of San Francisco per.
sonally and through their commercial
organizations, are watching the insur-
ance companies with jealous eye.
Companies that come to the front
with money are reaping harvest of
new business, while those which
fought for time or actually repudiated
their obligations in whole or in part
will be made to smart for it.
The chamber of commerce is max
ing up list of honest and dishonest
companies. The California delegation
in congress will have something to
say on the subject next winter. The
names of defaulting companies are
to be sent broadcast through the
world, and the opinion is universal in
San Francisco that in the long run
the defaulting companies will dis
cover chat they played losing game
when they defraudedEp policy holders OF
their rights.
Insurance litigation promises to
become great Policy holders who
have money enough to fight are not
slow in invoking the aid of the courts
One or two important cases already
have been decided, but the critical
question is yet to be passed upon
This question is as to the part played
by the earthquake in causing fire
losses. Policies are variously word
ed, but in the main they provide that
payment shall not be made if the
loss is caused directly or indirect
ly'' by earthquake or other act Of
God Of course, il there had been
no earthquake there would have been
no fire, but the man whose house was
consumed three days after the
quake does not think the indirect
cause is quite close enough to the
effect to justify the insurance com
panies in regulating all liability.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01
Waupun Sentence for BURGLAR

Whitehall.--Frank King has been
sentenced to Waupun for seven years
for the burglary on August %, 1904, at
Trempealeau.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01

written by relation OF that fellow, Omar
Khyyam who the historians tentmaker who wrote poetry
that the clown fellows read the criminal rich when
they having beefsteak parties along about the time that they
teaching Cleopatra to nursing bottle.
thing about that strikes most focby is that you can't
any the truth that will make stronger now than it
those chaps writing philosophy without the AID Of typewriter
give them boost
The higher game the certain You are to hit
something trying kind life
mand doesn't set his aims high else Will
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01

Kewaskum. Within two days JOS
eph Theusch, farmer, lost ten head
Of cattle by death from anthrax.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-01

man came to me for place bookkeepel
in a big place where friend of mine had some in
auence and said eYou can't be bookkeeper.
You are only porter, and he replied:
We'll, let's start for the bookkeeping job and
maybe well land some job between that and
cold throw-down.''
He had the Glitch vagon-to-a-star" idea,
all right.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05
GROUND BROKEN FOR
SAYRE HALL On
THURSDAY
Interesting Ceremonies Mark
Consumation Of College
Amliation.
SEVERAL ADDRESSES
President Merrifield's Address
Discussed History of
Last Six Years.

Yesterday evening at 5 O'Clock
ground was broken for Sayre Hall, the
first of the buildings which will be
erected by Wesley college under the
plan of affiliation with the state uni
versity. The ceremonies were inter-
esting in that they marked the con-
Summation of a plan which the two
principal participants begun several
years ago, and which President Mer-
rifield discussed in his address yester-
day.
The ceremony was in keeping with
the traditions of the great educational
institutions of seeking to impress the
intelligence rather than to please the
fancy, and while the event will be a
distinctive mile stone in the education
pathway of North Dakota and in the
years and centuries to come the young
men and women will read in the edu-
cational history of the state of the SIM
pie though impressive ceremony which,
in fact, marked the af1lliation of the
state and religious educational insti-
tutions, 1t will be as much remembered
by the work which will come from the
act as much as from the event itself.