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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-14
SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
AT HOME TOLD IN CON-
DENsED FORM.
LATE FOREIGN DISPATCHES
Interesting Items of News Gathered
from All Parts of the Globe and
Outlined in the Briefest Manner
Possible.
RESUME OF THAW TRIAL.
Z. MORSE, Publisher.


What promised to be a very dull
session of the Thaw trial was MADE
notable in the court annals or New
York city by District Attorney Jerome
placing himself in the position OF
openly defying the presiding judge.
He declined point-blank to submit GER
tain authorities to Justice Fitzgerald
on the ground that the question OF Ia"
involved was so elemental and the au-
thorities so abundant that he must as
sumo the court to have knowledge OF
them. Dr. Wagner was on the stano
all day, Mrs. William Thaw waiting IN
the witness room.
Mrs. William Thaw took the witness
, stand in behalf of her son Harry ana
told of the change in his mental state
after he had heard Evelyn Nesplt
story. She broke down twice, ana
was treated with great consideration
by Mr.. Jerome. In a dispute with
Mr.. Delmas, the district attorney
made his first public threat OF asking
for commission in Iunacy
Counsel for Harry X. Thaw sur
announcing that their case was closed.
Mr.. Jerome said that on the evidence
as 1t stood he would got to the jury
and not ask for a commission In
Iunacy. He thought the case might
be given to the jury by Friday, March
IS.
The defense in the Thaw case hav-
ing rested, the trial was adjourned to
give Jerome chance to arrange his
testimony in rebuttal. Mrs. Evelyn
Thaw was subpoenaed to bring into
court letters from Stanford White.
May Mackenzie and Howard Nesbit
also will be called on to testify 1t
was reported that if Thaw is acquit-
ted his family will seek to separate
him and Mrs. Thaw.
Harry Thaw received long COM
munication from Dolphin M. Delmas,
his senior counsel, and Prosecuting
Attorney Jerome and his experts
framed hypothetical question.
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than half a dozen faithful followers,
including paid attendants, and one of
them negro. No kinsman was at his
bedside. His wife and son, repulsed
last November, when they endeavored
to see him, were at their Michigan
home, Ben McDhui-practically all
that remains of the vast estate gath
cred by Dowie-when news of the
death came.
The man who had healed others
could not cure himself. His indomita-
BILE will was forced to submit to the
disease which had had him in it's grasp
for the greater part of two years. His
faith in his own restoration to health
was powerless against the effects of
paralysis, dropsy and a complication
of diseases.
Story of His Life.
Born of Scotch parentage in 1847,
John Alexander Dowie as boy was a
member of the presbyterian church.
Little is known of his early life. He
went to Australia in 1878, when he
was 81 years old, and there began his
career as divine healer and evan
gelist that in little over quarter of
century made him the head of the
Zion church, with following of over
$4,000 in every country of the world
and the virtual master of property
valued at $21,OOO,O0O Had he been
able to carry out his Mexican planta-
ton scheme, the largest of his later
year plans, he would have increased
his property to nearly double its value
at the time of his death.
Practices His Divine Healing.
He passed ten years in Australia,
most of that time in Melbourne, and it
was there that he first began practic-
ing divine healing. When he went
there from Scotland he believed he
possessed healing powers and his first
trial was upon himself. He declares
he cured himself of chronic stomach
trouble Reassured by this success,
he went among the victims of the
putrid fever that broke out in Mel
bourne shortly after his arrival there,
and it was always one of his boasts
that he cured hundreds of sufferers.
In 1888 he left Australia and, with
wife and children, landed in San
Francisco, where he lived two years
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DR.. JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE
PASSES AWAY AT ZION CITY
Founder and Deposed Leader of Chris
tan Catholic Church Dies Almost
AIone--Sketch Of His Re-
narkabIe Career.

before coming to Chicago. He and his
friends always declared that he left
Australia in order to enter a wider
field. 1t was repeatedly charged, how
ever, that he was compelled to leave
to avoid apprehension on the part of
the authorities.
Real Career Begins in Chicago.
At first his evangelistic efforts in
Chicago were of a limited kind. He
passed two years laying the founda-
tions of his work and it was not until
the fall of 1892 that he was noticed in
the newspapers.
A born actor, he studied out those
things that he had grown to realize
made food for the news columns and
using the ridicule that was at first
heaped upon him as evidence of perse-
cution, he made this as plea for sup
port. The faster he grew the more he
became a subject for newspaper notice
and with consummated skill he deliv-
cred his addresses an hurled his phil
ippics in order to hold that notice and,
if possible, develop it.
When he came to Chicago it was
then the seat of numerous sects and
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Chicago.-John Alexander Dowie,
founder of the Christian Catholic
Apostolic church, died at 7:40 o'clock
Saturday morning at Shiloh house, in
Zion City. He died like the fighter
that the was, with his face to the foe,
unafraid.
Before the end came he forgave his
rebellious followers, and his final
words, which could not be understood
distinctly, contained q reference to
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, who succeeded
him as general overseer and was re-
garded bitterly by .Dowie as an in
CRATE and usurper.
To the awe-stricken faithful few
who wept at his bedside he promised
that he would return to earth in a
thousand years He died as he had
lived, firm believer in his exalted
position.
Wife and Son Not at Bedside.
Amid the former scenes of his
greatness, in the heart of the COM
munity founded entirely by his genius
and magnetic personality, the self
styled prophet died unhonored and al
most alone. There were with him less
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religions" but with only two or three
minor exceptions he is the only one of
the leaders of the cults that succeeded
During the time of his growth his
meetings we're attacked in many
places and broken up. Dowie was
many times arrested and put in jail
Stones were thrown at him and his
followers and at one meeting held in
Evanston the city authorities turned
the fire hose on him and his band in
order to break up one of his meetings
Founding of Zion City.
His first great business venture was
the purchase of the old tabernacle
building at Fourteenth street and
Michigan avenue. After he had Occu-
pied this building for several years,
filling it nearly every Sunday, he de-
veloped his plans for the founding of
Zion City. The north shore theocracy
is laid out on tract of land consisting
of $500 acres, having frontage of
two miles on Lake Michigan and a
depth of six miles, being crossed by
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad.
In 1900 Dowie took trip to Pales-
tine, where he passed several months
going over the Holy Land. A few
years later he made special trip to
New York city, taking with him 5000
of his followers. This trip was his
first failure The press of the city SO
bitterly attacked him, showing up his
past life, his career in Australia and
other places, and he was finally vir-
tually driven from the city because of
the hostile reception. The cost of the
pilgrimage was enormous and was a
severe drain upon his finances, and
when he returned to Zion City he was
broken in health and spirit.
1t was shortly after this that his
health began to fail him and he made
several trips TO the Bermuda islands
and Mexico for the purpose of re-
cuperating. All efforts failed.
1t was while he was on one of these
trips to Jamaica and old Mexico that
he appointed Wilbur Glenn Voliva as
overseer, giving him general power
of attorney, and through this appoint
ment brought on the revolt against
him and his accommodation from
the church.
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Aioh Prices paid for pets.

A spinster with money to burn re-
Gently paid $4,000 for bulldog. A
man in Massachusetts has just bought
a COW for $4,000. Walter Garvey has
a hog for which he refused a cash
offer of $4,000. James Keene refused
100000 for Sysonby, a race horse.
There are several roosters of fashion
able blood priced as high as $500
each. You can buy a fine lion for
$500 and tiger for 500. BY and by
we shall have craze for breeding
fishes, and a fine male salmon, edu-
Gated to pond life, might be worth
$1,000. The $4,000 COW has one calf
a year, worth $4,000. The female sal
mon may become the mother of SOO,-
600 little fellows in the same times
worth in the aggregate, possibly, az
much as the CALM. Y. Press.
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LOUISVILLE TIED UP
BIG STREET CAR STRIKE is ON
IN KENTUCKY CITY.
NO RESORT TO VIOLENCE
Company Promises Resumption Of
Service at Once Without Strike
Breakers-What the Men
Demand.

Louisville, Ky.-With the exception
of the suburban lines entering the
city and a few cars carrying United
States mail to and from the post Of
fee substations, not a street car
moved in Louisville Sunday. The
strike of the union employees of the
Louisville Railway company, which
had been pending for over week and
which was declared Saturday, became
effective at five o'clock Sunday morn
ing. At that hour the 'owr' cars
which had been in operation during
the night ceased running and none OF
the union men showed up at the barns
to begin their days work.
Although there were left nearly 300
employees out of a total of LOO, who
were not members of the union at the
time the strike was called and part of
these showed up for work, the COM
pany made not the slightest attempt
to run passenger cars. Only the pos
tai cars bearing the signs United
States mali were operated and suf-
ficient force to man them was ap-
parently secured without difficulty.
The men operating them were not mo-
Tested in any way The details of po-
lice at the barns, ETC., had nothing to
do
The company officials denied that
they had ordered a force of profess
sional strike-breakers from other
cities They stated that counting the
number of individual applications on
file since the strike doomed up and the
number of old employees holding out
from the union, they would have a
force sufficient to operate their main
lines Monday and would start the
service promptly and maintain it.
The demands on which the strike is
based are: A ten-hour work day,
with % cents an hour pay; 45 min
utes for meals; pay for extra work to
begin when report for duty is made;
time and half for overtime; subse-
quent employees to be allowed to join
the union, and board of arbitration.
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Matrimonial InfelicIty.

Divorces are, happily, rare IN so
ciety circles. Separation by mutual
consent, however, grows more fire.
uuent every year Every one has
upon his or her visiting list husbands
and wives who never meet if they can
help it, but between whom there has
never been an open breach. Incom
patibility Of temper is the usual
cause. and the reason for that is, one
imagines, the still common custom OF
encouraging the younger generation
to marry before they have begun to
approach years of discretion.-Lon'
don Throne.
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GENERAL BREAKDOWN
A Condition Which DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, the Great Blood Tonic, Have
Been Curing for Years.

There is no more perpleXing trouble
for physician to treat than debility
cases, especially in women, in which
there is no acute disease but in which
the patient every day sinks lower and
lower despite changes of medicine and
similar experiments.
That DR.. Williams Pink Pills win
restore health under these conditions
Is no speculation but the fact has been
proved in hundreds of cases similar
to that of Mrs. Sarah Ramsey, of 1908
st. John St., Litchfield, Ill. She says
Il never felt well after my first
child was born. had a gnawing pain
in my stomach and could not hold any
food down. My head ached great
deal and sometimes the pain went all
through my body. / had dizzy spells
SO that l could not stand and seemed
to be half blinded with pain. These
spells would often last for over an
hour. My blood seemed to be in a
very poor condition and my hands and
feet were like ice. / seemed to be
growing weaker and weaker and could
not get around to do my work in
the house. ! was extremely nervous
and the least excitement would bring
on dizzy spell.
"For a number of years / was under
a doctors care but seemed to get no
better. I had heard about DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills and / began to take
them. / soon felt better and gained
in weight and strength. My nerves
are strong now and am we'll woman
in every way"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists or will be sent, post
paid, on receipt of price. so cents per
box. six boxes for $3.50, by the DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Science
tady. N. Y. A booklet OF valuable in-
formation, entitled plain Talks to
Women" sent free on request.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Faithful followers of John AleXan-
der Dowie, who died at Zion City,
forced his family and the Voliva fac
tion to arrange funeral services in
which both factions should partici-
pate.
The strike of the union employees of
the Louisville Railway company be-
gan and for time no street cars
were run except those on suburban
lines and few carrying the United
States mails. The strikers were or
Derby
IT was announced that the railways
would seek to have the Nebraska two
cent fare law declared invalid
Chicago employees of the American
Shipbuilding company refused to
obey an order to strike and the ex-
pected tie-up of shipyards was
aVerted
Will j. Davis, on trial for man
slaughter in connection with the Iro-
quois theater fire, was set free, the
Chicago building ordinance being de-
clared defective.
The strike of Paris electricians
came to an end, the men gaining
their demands.
Richard Kennedy, Jr., of Scion, o.,
in defending his mother killed his ia
Their with baseball bat.
Five women bull fighters were gored
and tossed by the bulls at Juarez,
Mexico
NJ S. Brundridge, who was shot last
Monday by A. H. Sniff, editor of the
Harrison County News, at Missouri
Valley, Ia, because he objected to an
article in the paper, died of his in
juries
c. b. Green, merchant of Shan
don, suburb Of Columbia, S. c., was
waylaid and killed by Edward Mar
shall, who himself was killed by
Green. Robbery was the motive.
An entire business block of East
Chicago, Ind, was destroyed by fire,
entailing loss of 100000.
Congressman John j. Esch, of Wis
consin. decided TO become a candi-
date for the United States senator
ship.
Five Massachusetts physicians, by
weighing persons just before and just
after death, determined that the soul
weighs from one-half to one ounce.
The j. H. Crane Furniture com
pany, one of the pioneer furniture
concerns of st. Louis, made an as
signment. The assets of the company
are estimated at over 100000.
The safe in the Farmers Savings
bank at Masonville, Ia, was blown
open. The robbers took $4,000.
Attorneys entered a plea to quash
indictments against Helen Dixon,
Bloomington, Ill, charged with a
church theft.
DR.. Columbus Hixon, one of the
founders of the Kansas City Medical
college, died at the Kansas City hos
pital, aged so years.
Attorney General Bonaparte has
rendered decision which makes the
Importation of immigrants by states,
as was done by South Carolina re-
Gently, unlawful.
Senator Spooner denies that he will
become James ]. Hills personal coun-
sci.
Members of the commercial clubs
oS several cities visited the Cuban
battlefelds of Ell Caney and San Juan
Hill
Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska signed
the two-cent passenger rate bill.
The Nebraska house voted down a
bill permitting Sunday baseball.
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WILL FIGHT LOW FARE RATE.
Railroads to Attack Validity of the
Nebraska Measure.

Omaha, Neb.-It is authoritatively
announced in private report of an
official character from Chicago that
the railroads of Nebraska will con-
test the two-cent fare law which the
legislature enacted week ago, and
the governor signed last Wednesday
night, placing it in effect at once. The
roads are now preparing to carry the
case to the courts and there make
vigorous contest to determine the
validity of the new law.
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ROOSEVELT LAD RECOVERING.
Or. Rixey Says Archie Is Practically
Out of Danger.

Washington.-Ma Improvement
was shown Sunday in the condition
of Archie Roosevelt, the presidents
son, who is i'll with diphtheria. No
official bulletins were issued Sunday.
Surgeon General Rixey in the eve
ming expressed the opinion that
Archie was practically out of danger
so far as the diphtheria is concerned,
but that the disease has left him in
somewhat weakened condition. He
added, however, that if no complied
tons set in the boy should be well in
two or three weeks.
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WILL j. DAVIS SET FREE.
Not Punishable for Iroquois Fire, Or
dinance Being Defective.

Danville, Ill.-Will ]. Davis was
freed Saturday of all legal guilt for
the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago
that cost 500 lives on December 30,
1903.
Judge Kimbrough, while declaring
that Davis might be morally guilty,
decided that Davis was not legally
guilty, because the Chicago building
ordinances were defective.
The jury, so instructed, promptly
returned a verdict Of not guilty, and
the sheriff was directed to set Davis
free
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Turkish School is Burned.

Constantinople.- The state educa-
eional establishment founded during
the time Ali Pasha was grand vizier
and organized by the French diplo-
mat, NJ. Bonree, which was known as
the Lyceo Imperial de Galata-Serai,
was destroyed by fire Sunday.
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Friend of Charles Dickens Dies.

Paola, Kan.-John Turner, who was
intimately acquainted with Charles
Dickens, the author, died at his home
here Sunday, aged 81 years. He was
born in York, England, and entered
the British navy.
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Niearaouan Army Wiped Out.

San SalvadoS, Republic of Salvador.
A Nicaraguan column, as a reprisal
for victories of the Honduras army, at
tackled the cavalry IF Honduras at Tu-
guare. After three hours fighting the
Nicaraguans are said to have been an
initiated by the Hondurans.
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Serious Blaze at Charleston, S. C.

Charleston, S. ca serious fire on
the water front, which threatened to
develop into confagration Saturday,
was finally gotten under control, but
with property losses aggregating prob
ably 500. 900.
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Utah Town ckeers for smoot.

Provo, Utah-When Senator Reed
6moot and party arrived here from
Washington many citizens, large
delegation of students from Brigham
Young university and brass band
were on hand to aid in giving a well
come to the senator.
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Ohio Boy Kills His Father.

SoloD, Orchard Kennedy, Jr., 20
years old, struck his father Sunday
with a baseball bat, killing him in
Stantly. His father and mother were
Quarreling and the son came to his
mothers rescue.
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Well Known ohioan Dead.

Cincinnati, O.-Robert G.. George,
chief deputy clerk of the United States
circuit and district court for the south
ern district of Ohio for the past 26
years, died Saturday of asthmatic
heart trouble, aged 81 years.
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Cheaper Gas for Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-The Milwaukee Gas
Light company Sunday announced
reduction of rates to an so per cent.
basis. Hitherto Illuminating gas has
been one dollar and fuel gas 80 cents
per thousand.
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panuhe River in Hood.

Bucharest.-The Danube is thawing
rapidly and flooding thousands of
acres of cultivated land, the inhal +
tants of which and their cattle arc es-
Gaping with great difficulty.
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Steamers Sink: "a Drowned.

Berlin.-Two German steamships,
the Wettern and Joergensen, have
foundered during gale en- the North
sea. All hands. numbering "a men,
were drowned.
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shipvards strike Ordered.

Chicago.-A. strike of all the union
shipbuilders employed in the yards Of
the American Shipbuilding company
at South Chicago and other lake ports
was ordered Saturday night. The or
der takes effect Monday.
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New York Broker Arrested.

Scranton, Pa. It. Haviland of 20
Broadway New York, who says he is
a stock specialist, was arrested here
Sunday on a charge of embezzlement.
He is accused of embeZzling $4,000.
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VIII Try to Gust Railroad.

Columbus, O.-After a conference
with Gov. Herrfck and Attorney Gen.
eral Ellis, the state railway commits
sion decided to bring quo warranto
suit to GUST the Ashland & Southern
Railway company.
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Lose Loot: Shoot officer.

Carlville, Ill.-After dynamiting the
post Office safe two men engaged in a
running fight with two policemen In
which Officer Van Meeter was serious
" wounded. The robbers got nothing.
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w. A. Mitchell, dealer in general
merchandise, Martin, Ga, writes:
MY wife lost in weight from 100
to 6S pounds. We saw She could
not live long. She was a skeleton,
so we consulted an old physician.
He told her to try Peruna.
"She gradually commenced inn
proving and getting a little
strength. She now weighs LOG
pounds. She is gaining every day,
and does her own homework and
cooking"
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Glover G. Grass Seeds.
Everybody loves lots and lots of Clover
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