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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
ANTHRACITE MINERS AT PEACE
Satisfied with the Way They Are
Treated by Operators.

New York, July let is announced
by the anthracite coal operators that
the miners are at last presumably sat-
isfied with the way they are being
treated, and in support of this claim
the fact is pointed to that at last, after
four years of activity, the board of
Cancellation, created to settle disputes
between men and employers in 1902,
has at last a clean docket before it.
During the four years of the COM
missions existence 159 differences be-
tween the coal operators and their
employees have been settled. The
board itself has disposed of 1872 of the
cases, and an even division of the
board has made it necessary to refer
only q cases to an umpire. Of the
grievances considered only one was
presented by the United Mine Work
ers of America as a body represent
ing all the miners. Thirteen were pre-
scented by the operators and 146 by
the miners. BY the boards decisions
90 cases were sustained, lis not sus-
tanned or withdrawn and Is settled
through the influence of the board
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
SOMEWHAT OF A REFLECTION.
Naive Comment of Debutante That
Amused Hostess.

A charming hostess of one of the
big houses" as they are called by
those who are welcomed into them,
has the added beauty of premature
white hair. That which seems to her
contemporaries an added charm may
appear to the crudely young a mark
of decline, at least so it appears in
one instance of which the hostess her
self tells with enjoyment.
The lady is a connoisseur of an
tiques. At one of her teas a debutante
rich with the glow of youth, but sadly
constrained with her sense of novelty,
was handed a cup of tea; the cup
was beautifully blue and wonderfully
old. The hostess desiring to light
en- the strain on her youthful guest
by pleasant diverting remark, said
That little cup is hundred and fif-
ty years old"
"Oh,' came the debutantes high
strained tones: How careful you
must be to have kept it so long!"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
BRIEF REVIEW Of
A WEEKS EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST IMPOR-
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the PerusaI of the
Busy Man.
THE HAYWOOD TRIAL.

The state in the Haywood case pre-
scented strong evidence in rebuttal OF
that produced by the defense to dis
credit Orchards story. Or. !. l.. Magee,
who testified for the defense, was ar
rested on charge Of perjury.
William p. Haywood, the defendant
charged with the murder Of Frank
Steunenberg, left the witness chair
after he had been under examination
six hours, the time being equally dl-
Vided between his own counsel and
Senator Borah, who conducted the
cross-examination. He absolutely de-
MED all the crimes charged to him
and the Western Federation of Miners
by Orchard.
William d. Haywood took oath in
the Boise trial, a witness in his own
defense, and in a lengthy narrative
of his life and his work as leader
of his fellow miners, denied guilt OF
the murder of Frank Steunenberg and
the manifold crimes charged against
him by Harry Orchard.
Charles H. Meyer went on the stand
at Boise, a witness for his fellow
defendant, William d. Haywood, and,
beside making positive denial of all
the crimes attributed to him and the
other Federation leaders by Harry
Orchard, offered an explanation for
the unsolicited appearance of the
Western Federation of Miners as the
defender of Harry Orchard immediate
ly after his arrest at Caldwell for the
murder of Steunenberg.
The defense in the Steunenberg
murder case charged that Detective
James MCFARLAND has been guilty of an
attempt to manufacture testimony
against William D. Haywood, but was
unsuccessful in getting the basis and
details of the charge before the court
and Jury
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Assembly Elects Officers.

Kenosha.-The annual district as
sembly of the Rebekah lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
closed with the election of officers
for the coming year. More than 200
delegates attended the gathering, ten
lodges in Milwaukee being repre-
scented. The list of officers for the
coming year is as follows: President,
Mrs. Mary Fietag, of Milwaukee; vice
president, Mrs. E. A. Rockwell, of Mil
waukee; warden, Mrs. Gertrude Wen
eel, of Milwaukee; secretary, Mrs.
Otto Lauderbach, of Milwaukee; treas
urer, Mrs. Amelia Whitbeck, of Ke-
nosha.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
POWDER EXPLOSION
KILLS and MAINS
TURRET OF BATTLESHIP GEOR-
GIA is SCENE OF TERRIBLE
DISASTER.
Eight Killed and Thirteen Injured
Powder lgnited In Gunner's Hands
Explosion Thought to Have Been
Caused by Spark From Smokestack.

Boston, July Height dead and
thirteen injured, Of whom two were
on the dangerous list at the United
States naval hospital at Chelsea was
the grim record at a late hour last
night of the result of a powder explo-
sion on the battleship Georgia yes
terday off Provincetown.
Six were dead when the battleship
reached here, and two more, one of
them Lieut.. Casper Goodrich, of
Brooklyn, n. Y, son of Rear Admiral
Goodrich, died later at the hospital.
Among the injured now at Chelsea
is Orley Tagland, Rushford, Mimi,
chief yeoman.
Lieutenant Goodrich and Seaman
Walsh jumped overheard Immediately
after the explosion, with the apparent
motive of ending their terrible suffer-
ing from their burns. Both of the
desperate men were quickly rescued
by uninjured comrades.
AT Target Practice.
The accident happened while the
battleship was several miles off Pro-
vincetown and the men were engaged
IN target practice, together with
other vessels of the battleship squad
ron of the Atlantic fleet.
The powder had just been taken
from the ammunition hoist to load an
eight-inch gun. 1t was seen to be
burning and in an instant it exploded
In the very face of the loader of the
gun.
No damage was done to the vessel,
as the powder was not confined, and
early last evening, under orders from
Washington, the Georgia sailed back
for the target grounds off Province
town.
How the powder became ignited is
not yet known, but the theory held
at the navy yard is that it was set off
by spark from the smokestack of
the warship.
Immediately after the accident the
Georgia headed for the Charleston
navy yard. There the dead and in
jured were taken ashore, the wound
ed men being conveyed to the naval
hospital at Chelsea.
The Georgia is one of the newest
battleships of the navy, having been
in commission about ten months.
She is commanded by Henry McRea.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
His Name for II.

was once teaching a class of small
pupils in physiology in rural school
and asked the class what name was
given to the bones OF the head as
whole. A little girl raised her hand.
What is 1t, Lucy?" / asked
"Skull!" she answered.
Correct" said i; but what other
name has it?" expecting some one to
answer Uranium" All were silent
for while, then little fellow who
seemed to be in deep study quickly
raised his hand, his eyes sparkling
and confident smile spreading on
his face.
What is it, Henry?'' I asked.
"Noggin," was his immediate reply.
Judges Library.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Her Aim.

A man who runs a truck farm in
Virginia tells of the sad predicament
in which colored man named Sam
Moore, who is in his employ, recently
found himself. Sam had had consid-
cradle difficulty in evading the on
slaughts of dog from a neighboring
farm. Finally the dog got him, as
Sam kicked at him.
Sans wife, hearing a tremendous
yell, rushed to the rescue of her hus-
band. When she came up the dog had
fastened his teeth in the calf Of Sans
leg and was holding on for dear life.
Selling a stone in the road, Sans
wife was about to hurl it when Sam,
with wonderful presence of mind,
shouted:
Mandy! Mandy! Don't frow dat
stone at de dawg! Frow it at me-
Mandy!"-Youth's Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Bills Reason.

Hugo Osterhaus, the new captain OF
the battleship Connecticut, praised at
a dinner in New York the old salt OF
the past.
"He has disappeared" said Capt.
Osterhaus, sadly. I'VE made fun Of
him, and before our ridicule he blush
ed and vanished.
Such stories as we used to tell
of him!
"One, for instance, dealt with an
old shellback's beard.
Why is it, Bill youth asked
the old fellow, that you never shave
your upper lip clean?
We'll, ye see,' Bill answered, a
mans gotter have some place to
strike his match on"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Vacation.

The secret of rest is to get rid OF
detail for a time. Why is it that
sea voyage is regarded as the best of
tonics? Simply because the entire
change of surroundings wipes out the
mass Of complications attendant upon
the daily routine of the ordinary
worker. We all need occasional free
dom from the bondage of the tiny
strings that bind us to wearing tasks.
The man who realizes this and plans
his vacation accordingly makes no
mistake.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Child Firebuos at Racine.

Racine.-Two child firebugs before
the police have admitted their guilt.
A small shed on Clark street was dis
covered to be on fire. Later 20 tons
of hay belonging to Case Bros,
millers, was found to be on fire. Peo-
pie saw two boys, one five and the
other seven years old, set the shed on
fire and also saw them hanging around
the hay.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Green Buq DESTROYING Oats.

Fond du Lac.-The green bug has
made it's appearance in the oat fields
of this county, and from reports re-
ceived it is everywhere throughout
a large section. Towns west and
south of the city all bring the same
tidings. The impression prevails
among farmers that the oat crop is
in great danger of destruction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
New Electric Lights for VILLAGE.

MenOmonie Falls.-This town will
shortly have a new electric light
plant. During the past three years
the streets and business places have
been lighted by electric lights, the
dynamos being operated from the
Wisconsin Sugar company's factory,
but light has been available only from
dark till midnight, except when the
factory is in operation, from October
to about February 1. The new plant
will be operated "a hours a day and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
HERO OF CIVIL WAR KILLED.
Gilbert Kenyon, Who Saved Union
Army From Defeat, Hit by Train.

Oconomowoc.-Gilb Kenyon, who
is said to have saved the union army
from defeat at the battle of Shiloh,
was killed here by train. Kenyon
was a member of Company B, Six
teenth Wisconsin infantry, and at the
time of the battle was acting as scout.
In his endeavor to gather information
he accidentally got within the confed-
crate lines. During the night he
made his escape, returned to head
quarters and impaired the information
of the closeness of General John
ston's army, which act, it is said,
saved the union forces from defeat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Receiver is Appointed.

Oshkosh.-Judge Burnell appointed
Richard H. Hackett receiver of the
Winnebago Traction company, which
is valued at $1,O00,OOO and operates
city system and interurban lines in
Omro, and Neenah. Motion for
receivership was made by The Trust
Company of America of New York, all
parties conserving.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Probably Fatally Injured.

Racine.-Leon r. Rice, well
known business man, was probably
fatally injured in bicycle accident.
Mr.. Rice had been at Franksville,
seven miles west of this city. While
riding in on his wheel and going down
what is called the Stearn's hill, the
fork Of the machine broke, and he was
thrown to the road, striking on his
face and head. Farmers found him
unconscious, with his jaw and nose
broken, body and legs bruised.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Four Injured in Wreck.

Toledo, o., July 16.-Four persons
were fatally and number of other
passengers were badly injured at $3.50
O'Clock last night, when Erie pass
enger train No. II, running between
Marion, Ohio, and Huntington Ind,
jumped the track near Foraker, Ohio,
the entire train turning over in the
ditch
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
BLOWS HEAD INTO WIFE'S ROOM.
Dependent Over Family Troubles,
Wealthy Farmer Uses Shotgun.

Kenosha.-Placing both barrels of a
shotgun into his mouth and pulling
the trigger with his toe, William NAL
zahn, a wealthy farmer of the town
of Wheat;and, in this county, commit
ted suicide. A portion of his head
was blown through doorway into an
adjoining room, where his wife was
sleeping. Malzahn was respondent on
account of family troubles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

A horde of dogs, marooned on Nc
above ST. Louis, rendered ferocious
through starvation, has made danger
Gus the landing of river craft. The
Humane society planned to rescue
them.
The national fete of France was
marred by a dastardly attempt en- the
life of President Fallieres by Leon
Maille, a naval reservist of Havre,
who, it is believed, is suffering from
the mania of persecution. Maille fired
two shots at the president but did not
hit him. He was at once placed under
arrest
Mobs in Roanoke, Va, attacked the
Greeks and demolished a number of
restaurants and other places. Many
persons including the mayor, were in
jured.
F. H. Magill, former banker of Clin-
ton, H., accused of numbering his first
wife, will be brought back from San
Diego with his second wife for trial.
That e. H. Hartman is practically
situation in the western half of the
United States is shown by the report
of the interstate commerce commits
sion
The Japanese minister of war de-
MED that Japan had any army officers
acting as spies in America
Sir William Henry Perkin died at
his home in London. He founded the
coal tar color industry by the discov-
cry of the mauve dye in 1856, and it's
subsequent production on a large
scale.
Prompt arrival of the police in
Terre Haute, Ind, prevented the
lynching of Henry Martin, colored, of
Evansville, who shot and fatally
wounded Everett Van Osdal, white.
Heavy transforms in eastern Ne
braska put the railroads out of bust
ness and interrupted Geographic COM
munication.
A passenger train on the Canada
Northern railway raj into an immense
cloud of moths and was stalled for
two hours.
Fire broke out with such violence
aboard the British steamer Canada.
lying in the harbor at Oran, Algeria.
that destroyer towed her out into
the roadstead and torpedoed her as
the only means of saving her.
All firemen employed by the Stan
dard Oil company decided to strike to
enforce recognition of their union.
A cotton flywheel in the plant of
the American Car company at Joliet,
Ill, burst and Charles H. Bowers. an
oiler was killed.
Gilbert Kenyon, who is said TO have
saved the union army from defeat at
the battle of Shiloh, was killed by a
railway train at Oconomowoc, wis.
Misses May and Nell Dwight, of
Toledo o., were drowed at James
Lake. Ind.
Hiram S. Jones. colored, former
steward of the Capitol club when
Grant was president, is dead at Red
Bark, n. Y. He invented" the Sara
toga chip.
Fire caused a damage of $4,000 to
the factory OF the Decatur (Ill.) Coffin
company and destroyed five nearby
dwellings.
p. G. Cooley, superintendent of the
Chicago city schools, was elected pres
ident of the National Educational as
ISOLATION by unanimous vote
According to Engineer Dobson, of
the steamer st. Louis, the titled Eng
lishman who gave up his rights as
heir presumptive to a coronet and an
income of 100000 a year to work for
a living is Lord Francis Patrick Glenn
ents, the 22-year-old son of the earl of
Ieitrim.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Hotel Wrecked Bv Explosion.

ST. Paul, July 16.-The Avon hotel,
on Ninth and Wabasha streets, was
wrecked by gas explosion shortly
after 1920 last evening and Mrs.
Belle Johnson, the proprietress, and
Frank Graves, a gas inspector, were
injured, being hurled some 40 feet
down the hall. Seven rooms were de-
molished and a score of windows
blown out.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Makes win ON Whinstock.

Chippewa Falls.-After he had care.
fully written his will with indelible
pencil upon the stock of a whip whit
tied for the purpose, Frank Vanish,
well known farmer near Cadott, point
ed a shotgun at his heart, fired, and
instantly expired. Vanish was well to
do and no cause for his suicide is
known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
The New Kind

Visitor-What lovely children! Mr..
De Ivorce's by former wife, l under.
stand. How ole were they when she
died?
Mrs. De Ivorce-She isn't dead. You
see. I'm sort OF q grass stepmother
-p-Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Lightning Kills Young Man.

Berwick, N. D., July 16.-While
hoeing potatoes on farm near here
o. S. Love, eighteen years old, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed. His body was terribly burned.
His home was at Fergus Falls, MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Demand for MiIIet Seed.

Waupaca-Millet seed is at pre-
MUM. Since the destructive hail
storm many farmers are blowing up
their fields, which before the storm
was promising corn crop, and SOW
ing the land with millet seed in hopes
of getting a small crop.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
CHARGED with Robbinu Mails.

Green Bay.-William Tosch, aged %
years, has been arrested on charge
of robbing the mails. His room was
searched, and valuables to the amount
of $500 were recovered. Inspector
Reinbach made the arrest on COM
plant of w. J. Bryce, a local jeweler
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Kills Self With Revolver.

Owatonna, Mimi, July 16.-Jason
Bemis, chief engineer at the Pillsbury
academy here, shot himself last night
with 80 caliber revolver and died
instantly. It is thought that heavy
losses sustained in speculation led to
the rash deed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Will Build Model Road.

Janesville.-Two miles of model
macadam road are to be built in the
towns of Clinton and Beloit this sum-
mer under the direction of United
States government engineers and with
government equipment
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
!ncendiaries Destroy Town.

st. John, n B., July 16.-The town
of Hartland. in the northern part OF
New Brunswick, was practically de-
stroyed by fire Monday, the loss be-
ing placed at s25O,00O The fire was
believed to be of incen diary origin.
When the fire department attempted
to respond to the alarm it was found
that part of the apparatus had been
stolen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Indicted Men Give Bonds.

Milwaukee.-Seven defendants in
the Colorado coal land fraud cases
appeared before the United States
federal court and gave personal bond
for $1,000 each that they would ap-
year before the court on July II.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
kENosHA DOCTOR IN TROUBLE
Charged with Alternating Affections Of
Factory Foreman's Wife.

Kenosha.-Dr. Francis H. Gilman,
a prominent young physician of this
city, was arrested on complaint of
Richard Thierfelder, foreman in the
Chicago and Kenosha hosiery works.
The charge was made that the ply
stefan had alienated the affections
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Jury Hits Holy Jumpers.

Waukesha.-Leaders of the holy
jumpers" were found guilty by jury
of melting riot on the evening of
June &c. A motion was made and
granted for a new trial to be argued
July Is, bail in the meantime being
fixed at 5000
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
William z. Mcmillan Dead.

Kenosha.-William f. Mcmillan, Of
Omaha, Neb., aged So years, and
widely known as an assistant freight
agent of the Burlington road, died at
the Pennoyer sanitarium here from
general paresis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18

of Mrs. Thierfelder from her husband,
but the district attorney refused to
give out any of the statements on
which the complaint was made.
Mrs. Thierfelder, it is said, refused
to appear against the doctor and the
doctor said the charge was made for
the purpose of blackmail. The hear
ing was adjourned for a week.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Ore Trimmers Strike.

Duluth, Mimi, July Is. - Seven
hundred and fly ore trimmers on the
Duluth, Missabe & Northern docks
struck for an increase in pay. The
day men want $3.50 in place of 1925,
and night men 81. rs in place of $3.50.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Pioneer Teacher Dies.

Oshkosh.-Miss Sarah Ellsworth,
pioneer school teacher of Oshkosh,
died here at the age of Ga years. She
had taught for 40 years in the city
schools and for five years in the high
school.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Killed on Railroad Track.

Palmyra.-While walking on the
railroad track Squire Brisbin was
struck by a train and so seriously in
jured that death resulted. He was sc
years old and quite deaf.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Child Shot THROUGH Head.

Green Bay.-The IA months old
child of Antoine Denessen was shot
through the head by a stray bullet
while in the arms of it's mother. The
baby may recover if blood poisoning
does not set in.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18
Old Settlers Choose President.

Racine.--o'ohn S. Blakey has again
been e1ectee president of the Racine
County Old Settlers society. At the
annual meeting held in Union Grove
all of the debts of the organization
were paid.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-18

Glenwood, Wis. ,Jnly 16.-Whila flee
ing from the sheriff, Alfred Bcrge
committed suicide by drinking arboi-
ic acid.
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many local concerns have designated
their willingness to use this form of
power. Many private homes also are
being wired.