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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Bills on Various Matters.


Eight new bills have been introduc.
ed by different committees. One of
them requires nonresident persons
fishing for trout in the counties of Bar
ron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn
Pepin, Polk and Rusk, to pay license
fee of $40 a season; another provides
heavy fine and Imprisonment for
fraud in the sale of nursery stock; a
third provides for turning over one
half Of fines collected for violations of
the fish and game laws to the persons
furnishing the information of the vio-
iation; fourth prescribes the manner
in which elections of school directors
shall be held a fifth requires all fra
ternal or beneficiary corporations or
ganized in this state or licensed to
operate in the state to charge no low
er rates of assessment than those
adopted by the national fraternal con-
gress; a sixth strikes out the provision
of the present law requiring the name
Of the location of mutual fire insur-
ance company to be made part of the
legal name of the company; seventh
increases the number of persons that
are required to form town insurance
company; and an eighth authorizes G.
f. Stout and others to construct dam
in Taylor county.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
capitol Park Bill Reported.

The committee on capitol and
grounds has reported the bill for adj
ditional grounds for the new capitol
park for passage coupled with the
recommendation that the measure go
to the committee on claims for further
consideration. Although the bill car
ries no direct appropriation, it was
deemed best by the committee to have
the members on claims give it full
consideration and discussion. Many
of the members take so favorable
view of the proposition that it is be-
lieved the bill will be passed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Would CHANGE System.

There is quite bit of sentiment
among members in favor of change
in the system of county government.
The growth of population is making
the boards of some counties quite I'M
wieldy, as, for instance that of Dane
county, which now numbers ga men,
bers and will soon be increased to IL,
making it nearly three-quarters as
large as the assembly. AS the men,
bers draw some $50 year each for
services on the board this makes an
annual cost of something like $4,000
a year on the county.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06

cord and Of Valencay in France, and
Prussian duchess of Sagan.
Titles in Italy date back long time,
and had their origin in the times when
there were free cities, each of which
had its own collection of nobility. The
title of prince there is not awe-inspir-
ing, and the others of lower grade fall
far short of honor The Italian equiv
alent of Burke's Peerage will look up
your ancestry, determine your heraldic
bearings and include history of your
origin in its next edition for nominal
sum.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Prince Owns Gambling House.

The prince of Monaco, who runs
Monte Carlo, was married to Alice
Heine, of New Orleans, and the pres
ent heir to the gambling receipts is
her stepson. Prince Reched Bey
Czaykowslzi is Turkish diplomat, but
not very important as Turk. Miss
Edith Collins, of New York, was the
princess maiden name.
Boston is not wonderfully well rep
resented among the titled Americans
abroad. Foremost, perhaps, among
Boston girls of this description is the
countess of Edla, who, on June 10,
1869, married the late king consort of
Portugal, Ferdinand. She was Miss
Elsie Hensler, and received the NOR
ganatic dignity of Countess Edla,
which she still bears.
Then there is Lady Playfair, nee
Miss Edith Russell, who visits Boston
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Chance for Student Voters.

The bancroft bill prohibiting stu
dents of the university and other edu-
cational institutions and commercial
travellers from voting anywhere ex-
cept where they actually reside mar
rowly escaped being killed and was
saved only because of the absence of
it's author. The vote by which the bill
was ordered to engrossment and third
reading was reconsidered on motion of
E. G. Keup, of Wautoma. seconded by
Thomas Reynolds of Jacksonport. It
was laid over until next Tuesday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Report CoempIoye Bill.

The senate judiciary committee will
report two coemploye bills for pass
age, the subject matter of the Durley
bill relating to the liability of rail
way companies for injuries to en-
ployes having been practically deter
mined upon. This bill, will, it is I'M
derstood, establish the doctrine of
comparative negligence in this state
as it relates to railway employees. The
committee will also report for pass
age the Sanborn bill covering en-
ployes generally, which provides that
the assumption of risk is no bar to
the recovery of damages.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Report Public Utilities Bill.

The substitute bill of the general
public utilities state regulation meas
ure was reported by the transporta-
ton committee to the assembly and
is expected to come up for considera-
ton Wednesday. 1t is similar to the
act recently passed in New York and
disapproved by Mayor Mcclellan and
provides for state regulation of all
heat, light, power, water and tele-
phone companies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Annther Paul Revere.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that he was
another Paul Revere, John Jasalski,
insane, broke down the door of the
home of Father Jutter, priest of the
South side, and called to him to flee
from the terrible food. The police
we're called, Jasalski was arrested,
and was held for examination for his
sanity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06

annually and Nine. Jusserand, wife OF
the French ambassador at Washing.
ton, who was the daughter of George
Richards, of Boston, who founded the
banking firm of Monroe & Co., Paris
Lady Gilbert Carter, wife of the gov.
ernor of Barbados, was Miss Gertrude
Parker, of Boston.
The curiosities that have grown up
around the matter of nobility would
fill volume. In England, where the
heraldry Office is more than it is else
where, the technicalities are best OBJ
served.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Leander 1. Medberv Dead.

Elkhorn-Leander l.. Medbery, SER
geant of company G, Sixth Wisconsin
infantry of the Iron brigade in the
civil war, and long resident of this
city, died at Columbia, S. c., aged SO
years. He fought from 1861 to 1864,
and was wounded at Gainesville. For
years he was conductor on the Eagle
branch of the Milwaukee road.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
LICENSE REVEALS ELoPEMENT.
Wisconsin Man and Chicago Girl Dis
appear from Friends.

Milwaukee.-A marriage license is.
sued in Chicago to w. Gilbert Rog-
ers, of Wauwatosa, and Miss Victoria
Bellows, of Chicago, formerly of Mil.
waukee, gave the clew here which led
to the discovery of the elopement of
the young people. Rogers is the son
of G. G. Rogers, Of Wauwatosa, man
ager of the J. G. Flint Spice company,
of this city. Miss Bellows is the
daughter of George ID. Bellows, who
left Milwaukee about two years ago
to live in Chicago. She graduated
from the high school here three years
ago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Irvine Repairs Fences.

Sergeant-at-Arms Irvine Of the as
sembly is home looking after his
fences in the true sense of the word.
He had some long stretches of rail
fence on his Clark county farm burnt
up few days ago and is home hold
ing the gaps.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Aims at the Cigarette Habit.

Aims at the Cigarette Habit.
If bill passed by the lower house
of the legislature becomes a law, and
there is every indication that it will,
it will effectively stop cigarette smok-
ing by schoolboys and other youths
in this state. The bill makes it an of
tense punishable by fine or impris-
onment in the county Jail for per-
son under Is years Of age to smoke
tobacco in any form in public or for
anyone to allow such persons to
smoke on premises occupied by him.
Two years ago the legislature passed
a law prohibiting the sale of cigar
cites or cigarette papers in Wiscon-
sin, but this did not put a stop to the
habit among the boys addicted to it.
They bought the tobacco in their
home towns and sent out of the state
for the papers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Sells Mining Interests.

Racine.-Frank Brownell, former
business man of Racine, has sold his
mining interests near Florence, Ariz.,
to e. A. H. Tays for $4,000. Mr..
Brownen was the owner of the Chief
and Century groups and has held
them for 20 years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Unsexinq BnI is Defeated.

The Elver bill, providing for steril.
ization of imbeciles and insane per-
sons, was killed in the state senate.
The measure passed the assembly, but
without an act appropriating funds
for its enforcement and operation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Two Speeches by Bancroft.

Assemblyman L. H. Bancroft deliv.
cred the memorial address at Rio, Co
lumbia county, on decoration day, and
the following day delivered the COM
mencement address to the members
of the class of the Lone Rock schools.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
weaIthx Paper Maker Dies.

Neenah.-A. NJ Gilbert, million
aire paper manufacturer and a mem
Der of the Gilbert Paper company, was
found dead in bed. Mr.. Gilbert was
about So years of age.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Violated Child Labor Law.

BeIoit-The manager Of the Hilton
hotel was fined for violation of the
child labor law on complaint of Depu.
ty Factory Inspector d. D. Evans, of
Racine. A boy under age was operat-
ing an elevator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Gov. Davidson Accepts.

ir.-Preparations are underway
for one of the largest picnics ever held
in the state on June Z. Gov. Davidson,
Congressman Esch and Assemblyman
!. F. Baker will be among the speak
erS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06

If You Work, Work WeII.-Never do
any kind of work which is not worth
doing in the very best possible man
ner. If a thing is not worth doing
well, it is not worth doing at all.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06

Many Times a Duchess.
There is one American woman who
is duchess on four commonplace
counts This is the Duchesse de Dino,
who is the same of TalleyrandPeri-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Russian Princes Plentiful.

Russian Princes PlentifuI.
Prince Michael Cantacuzene, who
married Miss Julia Dent Grant, is one
of these, but he has escaped the adj
ditional title, a "thinned-out prince"
Every member of the family of Rus
sian kniaz is a kniaz, male or female.
Count up generation or two in
mathematical terms. and it will not be
surprising that there is bona fide
Prince Krapotkine driving a Peters
burg cab, Prince Dolgoruki who is a
stevedore, or Princess GalatZin in
fourth-rate circus.
A Dolgoruki ancestor was once king
of Russia, and the Galatzin and Krap-
otkine families are among it's most
honorable and ancient. Occasionally a
''Zakhndaly kniaz" has fallen SO low
that he is but peasant, and thus
minus the title of noble that is given
to the educated subjects of the car.
This Russian disregard of primogen-
iture observance, which does so much
to keep the English peerage up to the
standard, obtains also in Germany.
Certain immunities and privileges, be-
sides the satisfaction of defined prece-
dence, make the English lord
marked and envied person. Most Ger
man and Prussian mobiles are devoid of
extra privilege, and their children all
bear the titles of their fathers.
The house of hatfield is one of the
fairly numerous exceptions. The heir
of Prince Alfred, present head of one
branch, is Prince Francis, whose wife
was the adopted daughter of the late
Coils P. Huntington. On the other
hand, the late ambassador to Germany
was only Count Hatzfeldt His case
was particularly interesting because
he had genuine love affair with an
American woman, Miss Helen Moul-
ton, of Albany. He married her in
1863, and was forced to separate from
her by Prince Bismarck, who made it
rule never to allow German diplo-
mat to marry foreigner. The sepa-
ration lasted until Bismarck went out
of power, when the two promptly re-
married.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06

the wife of pasta. That dignity
isn't worth much, and in the matter
of value of titles Turkey, for once,
agrees with the rest of Europe.
A Russian prince is travesty on
language, actually and literally. Prop
erly, he isn't a prince at all, according
to respectable English standards, but
the Almanach) de Gotha mistranslated
the word "kniaz" that way, and the
mistake of significance has persisted
like the Almanach. It's correct Eng
lish synonym is lord. The incident
that led to the present English trans
lation occurred at Paris. where a pre-
sumptuous one of these squireens ap-
peared at Louis XIV's court. ETY.
mologically, however, prince" is the
proper rendering.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06

Boston, Some titles are had and
some titles are worse, but there are
no good titles" a sarcastic American
father is said to have exclaimed
apropos of the marriage of relative
to a foreign nobleman.
He was not altogether right, nor
was he altogether wrong. The Old
World is flooded with titles, good, bad
and Indifferent. The bad and the in
different greatly outnumber the good.
American girls have some of the good,
possibly more of the bad, and, per-
haps, still more of the Indifferent.
There is a heraldry office in London
that spends all its time Strengthening
out the kinks in the peerage. With
some 500 American women married to
foreigners. duly handled as to their
names, some Of the freaks of aristoc-
racy's rating are apropos.
In America it is self-evident-
though some children disprove it
thai parent is superior to the child.
Yet an American woman is on record
to disprove the fact. The late widow
of Isaac M. Singer married sol
disant Due de Camposelice and later
M. Paul Sohege, a plain Frenchman.
But her daughter is Duchesse Decazes
among the French aristocracy, and
Duchesse de GIuecksburg in the high
lights of Denmark. If it isn't a case
of daughter understanding the moth
err it is the nearest approach to the
condition.
Some of these daughters have be-
come duchesses of England, prin-
cesses of Russia, duchesses of France.
principessae of Italy, duquesas of
Spain or Portugal, and still others
have obtained titles of the Holy
Roman Empire and papal titles by
marriage. There are said to be about
500 Of them all told but how do they
rank among each other? Where in
the scale of high-sounding handles to
matrimonially acquired surnames doth
rank Lady Tennessee Claflin Cook,
who is the widow of an English baro-
net, and who, through him, is Wis
countess Montserratin in the peerage
of Portugal? And why does not she
employ the higher Portuguese title in
stead OF the inferior English one?
Peculiarities of Peerages.
The truth is that peerages are now
worthy of but half respect Only two
of them are really to be very serious
~ taken, the English and the dignities
confined to the mediatized Teutonic
families. And the latter of these is
not open to American ambitions, as
Miss Mary Wister Wheeler of Phila-
deIphia discovered in 1890, when she
was married to Count Macmillan Pap
penheim, of that ilk, and learned,
when Berlin heard of the event, that
she could never be more than a NOR
ganatic wife.
Recently it transpired that English
titles are not always exactly what
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Mes NL/TlIZ/H>zhII.

they seem. 1t came out that one peer
age was obtained by the typically
American practice of contributing to
a political campaign fund. It took
$1,250,000 in that case to make
baron of the United Kingdom, and at
the same time $150,000 was required
to secure a knighthood that labors
under the disadvantage of not being
heritable. Scandal aside, however,
the British peerage is the best of it's
kind. An American girl looking for
foreign honors can better realize her
ambition In marrying mere English
baronet than by contracting half
dozen alliances with Russian princes,
papaI princes and such
There are half a dozen kinds of
dukes, spelled according to the genius
of their geographical situation. There
are dukes in England who are real
aristocrats. When, therefore, an
American girl, Miss Zimmerman of
Cincinnati, captured the heart of his
grace of Manchester, she got titular
matrimonial prize.
French DucaI System.
There are dues in France, but their
only value is as contributors to the
governments income, by the sarcas-
tically graded scale that puts more of
a price on them the farther up
they go. One exception may be made
to this general rule, for the royalists
still hold levees, and to them a title
is instinct with meaning and dignity.
The fourth Due de Dino, who unsuc-
cessfully INDUCED his prediction
for American wives on two occasions,
would be entitled to enter this society,
and either she who was born Eliza
beth Curtis Of New York or the pre-
viously divorced wife of Frederick
w. Livingston could have accompan-
led him during their reigns over a
heart whose unhappiness became
rather well known at divorce court
The royalist society constitutes the
worth of French title, but only two
per cent. of all titles of La Belle
Paris and elsewhere in France are
legitimate. The others are jokes.
His Turkish Title.
In all except the mediatized fami-
lies-formerly royal German families
there are women to represent the
greatest country without a nobility.
Even at Constantinople, where you
can buy the order of Osmanieh and
the lower grades dirt cheap, there is
one of our women. She has had the
wings of her dignity clipped, but she
is still Margaret Fehim Pasha.
Her husband was, till few months
ago, chief of the Yildiz secret police,
likewise a distant relative of the
sultan. The German ambassador OBJ
jected to little pleasantly of his,
and Fehim is now in real exile. But
his wife, who was circus rider, mar
ried a week after rencontre, is still
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-31

Those who students of constitutional reform fail
find plenty interest them these days
though the situations Russia and China attract the general
attention All to be discounted by the
Russian conditions For time the be that
and all his followers would fall
revolution Month has followed month and Douma followed
Douma and the be his
OF than All this is indeed hard for
matter how we'll acquainted with the Russian
to realize 1t different from France The poverty of the
sian lower classes is than that of the French beed
and the
governing classes Notwithstanding the
be hardy devoid of considerable skill
meeting unusual situations.
There is however but little encouragement
country be found the sownss with which the will
accept that members of the Douma believe be needed
for the better and the happiness of the majority of the
Russian people Rulers may by skill in the of oppression
keep the majority under for considerable
but the fails
OF reckoning wrong
cpon OF Russian conditions the of those foreigners
have studied the absolute
fetal institution in Russia than
Russia is puzzing proposition, China is The
of Europe long became reconcied the fact
impossible make the Chinese by customary of
No dependence be placed declarations
officials has been figure
evidently directed in fact bound
results exactly opposite to those be expected The
few from the celestial kingdom has been
reputation of the country One report the effect that
dowager who had before down hard
form proposition OF the had declared for the broad
This followed by another
reform proclamation had been misunderstood and
remain conservative the future had been the past
Another report from reliable Pekn the
while empress dowager has ordered all public gatherings
Pen suppressed that such orders only aay the
feeling and that the dowager really ready surrender
hc reform forces Mixed with this question that Of
the by the English
for native pirates. Then there the part power
u element increase the and influence OF the provinces
the This effort against the centralized dynasty
against all foreigners similar Of the Boxers of few
years ago.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-31
NEW YEAR DUTIES-1oos.

Never perhaps did the United States appreciate much
quarters, the proper time retrench is The
the fact that the opening month of the year faced both the
and the future What the year will have for the nation
tell Much will depend however, the first month
Will the pessmts and other dangerous folks be permitted
troll the opening of the will they by be
TO the rear? If who wishes we'll for every else
just busy spreading confidence all these evil and their
pomugaos will be queus that will insure the starting of
the right and then splendid months of profitable business
The just closing has been wondrous many
In science has fully worked splendid schemes of
advantage Until few weeks ago promised bril-
liant finish In how another there change and
such change any has enjoyed Who blame the
not important The thing for everyone do
get back feeling Of confidence True be that the mighty
OF business will require time get full speed again but
the thing to do the is speed them There have
been good and really has been made apeny the
hoaders real mischief makers, they and the pemsts
Let 1908 in in just hilarious possible If
spent freely to suit your ideas Of business
quarters the proper retrench that now The
people OF this country suffering from the effects of sudden
Tightening OF the strings just and suffer for
months II the money oolshly tonight later
it will be wisely but the duty of the hour dis
credit the msey for the prudent blame for present
troubles.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-31
FURTHER CURTAILMENT
IN THE BAY STATE

Lowell. Mass, Dec. 3i.-The plant or the
Merrimack wooen mills, called the
navy yard mills" in this city. VIII be
closed for several months within few
DAYS and all orders will be transferred to
the company's mills in Tilton. n. II. The
action OF the company In closing down the
plant is a result OF the refusal OF the
weavers to accept the double loom sys-
tenn. which went into effect on the re-
sumption OF work in the mill last week
after a months shutdown.
Holyoke. Mass. Dec. d.-A further
curtailment OF operations in the mills OF
the American Writing Paper company IN
this city is in effect this week and VIII
continue indefinitely. The latest shutdown
order includes nine mills. employing to-
tai OF about 1000 hands. The divisions
sharing In this closing are the Beeoe ana
Holbrook. George c. gill. Hoiyoke Paper
company, Mount Tom Paper company
Nontack Paper company, Norman Paper
company. Parsons Paper company. Waur-
egan Paper company and the Riverside
Paper company.