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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-21

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
chicago Wins
BALLOON race
COL. COEY'S BALLOON MAKES
BEST RECORD FOR EN-
DURANGO.
All Bags Land in Safety. Farthest
Distance Travelled Was EightY-five
Miles. Poor Gas Was Cause of
Short Flights.

ST. Paul, July 20.-The great inter-
held in the United States, is over,
with the mammoth Chicago, piloted
by its owner, Col. Charles A. Coey
of Chicago, the winner, and the
American, the ST. Paul balloon, pilot
ed by Capt. Percy s. Hudson and I'll.
P. Wild, second. The United States
of Minneapolis finished third, the
champion Pommern fourth and the
baby King Edward, fifth.
Although fourth in the long dis
lance race, the Pommern was second
in the endurance tests remaining IN
the air sixteen hours and fifteen min
utes.
The Chicago stayed in the air sew
enteen hours and twenty minutes,
covering distance Of 85 miles and
landing in a field three miles east OF
Blooming Prairie, Mimi, at II o'clock
yesterday noon.
The American, which finished Sec
ond, sailed 20 miles to Owatonna,
Mimi, remaining in the air four
hours and ~ minutes and landing in
field two miles east of the village
at 10 o'clock Saturday night.
The United States, sailing for four
hours and fifteen minutes, covered a
distance of 81 miles, coming down at
10 O'Clock of the same evening at
West Concord, MINI.
The Pommern, remaining in the air
sixteen hours and fifteen minutes,
traversed distance of only 81 miles
owing to shifting air currents and
landed at 1890 yesterday morning,
eight miles east of Warsaw, Mimi.
The King Edward, which finished
last, remained in the air only one
hour and ten minutes, landing three
miles south of Hampton, Mimi, a
distance Of twenty-nine miles, at 6
O'Clock Saturday night.
From the time the balloons cast
off it was constant fight on the
part of the aeronauts to keep them
in the air. When night came and
the damp contracted the gas further
fight was impossible.
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FATHER BRAVES MANY PERILS.
Walks Many Miles and Battles Down
River to Reach Babe.

Misunderstanding his road in the
woods during the night, Benjamin
Stanton improvised raft by putting
two logs toge her under board and
on this battled down stream in an eff
fort to reach his dying babe. Word
had been sent him that his i've
months-old daughter was seriously Ill.
He was employed at the time on fae
Main river drive near Sixty islands.
He set out at once on foot, but when
night came lost his way. Striking the
river he improvised the raft and made
his way down until he found clear
ing, when he awakened the occupants
of a hut who directed him to the right
road. Though numb and cold, as his
feet had been constantly in the water,
the sorrowing father continued on his
way to the city and after walking
seven more miles he reached Crivitz
where he took the train. But when he
arrived at home his child had passed
aWay
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HIBERNIANs ARE GATHERING.
Convention of the Order Opens In In.
dianapoIis on Tuesday.

Indianapolis, Ind, July 20.-Dele
gates and visitors began arriving Sun
day to attend the convention of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, which
will open in this city Tuesday morn.
ing. During the present week the
ladies' auxiliary of the order will also
meet here. The national officers OF
both organizations are already in the
city.
Monday evening at Tomlinson hall
a reception to the delegates and Wis
itors will be held. Tuesday the open
ing session will be held at which
Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter will de-
liver an address Of welcome. A mon
ster parade, one of the features of the
week, will be held Tuesday afternoon.
The social event of the week will be
a banquet at Tom1inson hall Thursday
night. The convention will adjourn
Saturday.
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NEWS NOTES.
FOR The
BUSY MAN
Most Important Happen"
ings of the World
Told in Brief.
PERSONAL.

Cen. James Allen, chief signal Off
Ger. and the board of ordnance and
Notifications of the war department
will recommend the appropriation by
congress next winter Of $1,00O,OO0 for
aeronautics for the army.
Isaac Rosenblatt, manager and part
owner of a dry goods store in Fond
d. Lac, Wis, which was burned, was
arrested on a charge of arson.
The trial of Prince Philip Zu Eulen-
burg in Berlin on charges of perjury in
connection with the court scandals
last year was indefinitely suspended
because the prince is in half-dying
condition.
John w. Kern, Democratic nominee
for vice-president, was welcomed
home after his trip to the Denver con-
vention by his indianapolis neighbors.
The man who delivered the leading adj
dress was Charles w. Fairbanks, the
Republican holder of the office to
which Mr.. Kern aspires.
Calling down maledictions upon the
Roman priesthood and shouting IN
Italian Long live Italy! Long live the
Protestants!" Giuseppe Ala, the muir
derer Of Father Leo Heinrichs, was
executed in Canon City, Col.
Mrs. Selma Carter has given $5O,OOO
to Omaha, Neb., for the purchase OF
land for park.
Roy Messena, deputy county treas
urer, was locked up at Warsaw, Ind,
accused of embezzling $1,000 of public
funds.
Thomas Mccarthy, aged 40 years,
for whose capture the warden OF In
diana state prison has had a reward
standing for three years, returned to
prison voluntarily and gave himself
up, with the prospect of serving IL
more years, unless the governor or
parole board should release him
sooner.
Rush l.. Holland of Colorado was
elected grand exalted ruler of the
Order of Elks.
Bishop Potter Of New York was so
much better that he was able to sit up
for a brief time.
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DROPPED COFFEE
Doctor Gains 20 Pounds on Postum.

A physician Of Wash, d. c., says Of
his coffee experience:
For years ] suffered with periodical
headaches which grew more frequent
until they became almost constant. So
severe were they that sometimes ] was
almost frantic. | was sallow, consti-
pated, irritable, sleepless; my MEM
DRY was poor, l trembled and my
thoughts were often confused.
my wife, in her wisdom, believed
coffee was responsible for these ills
and urged me to drop it. tried many
times to do so, but was it's slave.
Finally Wife bought package Of
Postum, and persuaded me to try it, but
she made it same as ordinary coffee
and / was disguised with the taste.
Ct make this emphatic because / fear
many others have had the same expe-
rience.) She was distressed at her
failure and we carefully read the di-
rections, made it right, boiled it full
Is minutes after boiling commenced,
and with good cream and sugar, /
liked tit invigorated and seemed to
nourish me.
This was about a year ago. Now
have no headaches, am not sallow,
sleeplessness and irritability are gone,
my brain clear and my bead steady.
1 have gained 20 lbs. and feel l am
new man.
81 do not hesitate to give Postum
due credit. Of course dropping coffee
was the main thing, but had dropped
it before, using chocolate, cocoa and
other things to no purpose.
Postum not only seemed to act as
an fnvigorant, but as an article of
nourishment, giving me the needed
phosphates and albumens. This is no
imaginary tale. 1t can be substanti-
ated by my wife and her sister, who
both changed to Postum and are
hearty women of about 70.
Il write this for the information and
encouragement of others, and with a
feeling of gratitude to the inventor Of
Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one apeesrs from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
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S. A. COOK OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN.
Five Thousand People Come to En-
courage Candidate.

Neenah.--Armory I was the scene of
a Fox River valley political meeting
when the senatorial campaign of S. A.
Cook was formally launched. 1t is es-
timated that 5000 people were in atten-
dance. Candidates for the various
Winnebago county officers were out.
In the professions which formed in
Neenah and Menasha and which
merged into one parade headed by
three bands on the island, there was a
large throng. A song, 'The Peoples
Man." sung to the tune of when
Johnny Comes Marching Home" echoed
throughout the parade and the meet
ing. 1t was written by J. r. Bloom,
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state factory inspector Whatever my
attitude in public life has been in the
past it was performed conscientious
ly," said Mr. Cook when called upon
for a few remarks. Il make no bid
for any man to vote for my personal
benefit only, but if elected, as I expect
to be, every individual and every in
terest will get fair treatment regard
less of political affiliation or religious
belief / believe that tariff and cur
rency have so much to do with paraly-
sis of business and labor that they
should be out of politics and handled
by a commission of nonpartisan MEN
who will rise above political bicker-
ing and conduct work with the pur-
pose of bringing the greatest good to
the people"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
WAS ONLY RED BLOOD.
And Three-Year-Old Had Been Told
That il Was Blue.

Three-year-old Allan had very arts
tocratic grandma, who prided herself
on her own and her husbands blue
blooded ancestry. She told him heroic
deeds of them and warned him from
ever playing with boys of low degree.
One day Allan came screaming up
stairs to his mamma and grandma,
holding his hand up covered with
blood, where he had cut his little
finger. They were both greatly
alarmed, as he was a child who rarely
cried or complained when hurt. Mann
ma washed the blood off and, exam
lining the cut, said:
"Why, dear, it's not so very bad.
Does it hurt you so much?"
I'm not cryin' cause it hurts" he
said, 'but cause it's only red blood,
and grandma said had blue. "-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
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GENERAL NEWS.

Princess Amelie Louise of F'ursten-
burg and Gustav KoZian, an employe
of an automobile firm, with whom she
eloped last May, were married in the
castle chapel at Kammerberg, Aus
tria.
Several fatal encounters between
strikers and officers took place in
Alabama and Gov. Conner ordered out
the state troops.
Persian revolutionists routed the
government forces at Tabriz and
sacked the houses of officials.
President McCrea of the Pennsylva-
MIA company said the decision of the
conference of railway presidents in
New York was that the time was not
opportune for raising freight rates.
Waldorf Astor, the eldest son of
William Waldorf Astor, was chosen
as conservative candidate for member
of parliament from Plymouth at the
next general election.
Frank Johnson, colored, was hanged
at Moundsville, Va, for the murder of
Mrs. Beulah Martin. He confessed to
five other murders.
William Hill, a barber at the Sol
diers' Home in Milwaukee, killed him
self after he had killed Mrs. Kimbell,
said to have been his wife, though
known by the name of former hus-
band. and Joe Biettner.
Three thousand two hundred men of
the Atlantic battleship fleet, all wear
ing leis, paraded the streets of Homo
lulu.
The Farmers & Merchants Banking
company of Cleveland, o., failed after
a run by its depositors.
Fire believed to have been of incen-
diary origin destroyed the plant of the
Elk Tanning company at Everett, Pa,
the loss being $950000.
Charles w. Hamilton, assistant dis
trict attorney of Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania, residing at Elizabeth,
committed suicide because of i'll
health.
Olga. Wilhelmina and Frederick,
triplets born January 10 to Mrs Adolph
LEOPOLD, wife of the gardener of the
Lutheran cemetery at Newtown, N.
Y, are dead, as the result of the heat
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
J. E. Wilson, w. de c. Ravenel of the
National museum and w. NJ. Geddes OF
treasury department were appointed
by the president as United States
government board of managers of the
Alaskan Yukon exposition at Seattle
Wash.
James Phillips, farmer, committed
suicide in Oskaloosa, Ia, by drinking
carbolic acid in olive oil.
James Guyot and his son were killed
by lightning near Clay City, III.
Fire in the town of Orcutt, Cal, In
the Santa Maria oil fields, destroyed
property valued at 100000.
Frank H. Montgomery, a leadins
physician of Chicago, and his stenog
rapher, Mrs. Head, were drowned
while sailing in White lake, Michigan
Mrs. Catherine Bruha, aged rs, ant
her grandson, aged Ii, were probabl,
fatally burned in mysterious ex
plosion in La Crosse, Wis.
Lightning struck and destroyed the
beautiful summer home of George w
Elkins at Ogontz, suburb of Phila
delphia.
H. L. Palmer, president of tn,
Northwestern Life Insurance company
retired after so years service with tn,
company.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
BRUTAL ATTACK
Mrs. Florence Hutchins of Minneapo-
lis Is the Victim.

Minneapolis, July 18.-Stealing in
to the house about 2 o'clock yester-
day morning, and entering the room
of Mrs. Florence Hutchins, 10 years
old, residing with her sister, Mrs.
Henry Smith, 2639 Thirteenth avenue
south, man whose identity is I'M
known to the police, brutally at
tackled the sleeping woman by kick
ing her in the back with his shoe,
hitting her on the head with blunt
instrument and then pouring guam
tity of carbolic acid over her face,
horribly burning her. The man then
escaped.
The attack was accomplished SO
quickly and quietly that Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith, who slept in an adjoin-
ing room knew nothing of it until
Mr.. Smith heard the bottle dashed to
the floor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
MAKES CHANGE OF FAITH.
Mother Superior General Edith, EPis-
copal, Becomes Convert.

ha-Announcement was re-
ceived at Kemper Hall in this city,
the western novitiate of the community
of the Sisters of st. Mary of the Epis-
copal church in America, that Mother
Superior General Edith, the head or
the great community, had become
convert to the Roman Catholic church.
She made her submission to Rome at
Philadelphia, and is now with COM
munity of converts at small town
in Delaware preparatory to being re-
ceived into one of the orders of the
Roman Catholic church. Her CONVEX
sion is due largely to the ministration
of DR.. McGarvey of st. Ellzabeth's
church in Philadelphia, who had been
the chaplain general of the community
until he left to join the Roman Cath
olic church. The Sisters of st.
Mary are in charge of nearly all the
church schools of the Episcopal church
where women are educated, and in adj
dition the order is in charge OF many
charitable institutions throughout the
United States. The community is the
largest community Of religious women
connected with the Episcopal church,
and Mother Edith has wide influence.
Sister Margaret Glare, who is in
charge of the western province of the
order, declared her loyalty to the Epis-
copal church, and she declared that
the great majority of the members of
the Sisters of st. Mary were loyal,
devoted women, who would remain
loyal to the Protestant church." She
declared that she did not expect any
assertions from the sisterhood in the
west as a result of the conversion of
the mother superior general.
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DOukhohors.

Winnipeg, July 1s.-Ten Northwest
mounted police made a raid on the
Doukhobor compound near Yorkton,
Saskatchewan, to arrest twelve ring
leaders of the band of hundred con-
fined there by the government. The
entire Doukhobor band fought fierce
ly for three hours with cordwood
sticks and other weapons, but were
hammered down. Six men and six
women were sent to the Northern
penitentiary, this being the policy
adopted by Canada to break up this
class of wandering Migrants.
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HEAVY GAS FLOW STRUCK
Presence of Oil Farther Down Is lndi-
Gated by Developments.


Watertown, S. D., July 18.-The
drills in the Codington county oil
fields struck heavy vein of natural
gas late yesterday afternoon, and
with every foot that the big drill
goes deeper the gas issues in greater
volume from the opening. The oil
men are enthusiastic, as the presence
of such strong flow of gas points
with almost certainty to the pres
ence of oil further down.
The company is maintaining the
secrecy regarding the depth of the
drill, the nature of the strata pene-
trated, and the general prospects Of
the experiment, but any one passing
within half a mile of the we'll is at
tracted by the strong odor of gas.
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LIGHTNING STRIKES CARS.
Several Barns and Other Buildings
Damaged in Heavy Storms.

GAINESVILLE. - Considerable damage
was done to property in and adjacent
to the city by storm. Three interur-
ban cars were struck by lightning,
the tobacco shed of George E. Dixon
at Brodhead was partially, and three
barns near Delavan entirely destroyed.
In GAINESVILLE, DIR. J. l.. Burdick re-
ceived a severe electrical shock while
resting his arm on wire fence and
Miss Hazel Howe was thrown from
her horse and severely injured, the
animal becoming frightened by the
storm. The John Yahn barn was
struck and slightly damaged.
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SWadeshi.

In the sense In which Sir William
Harcourt remarked I'VE are all social.
lists now" it may be said that all An
glo-Indians are believers in Swadesht
While all reasonable Anglo-Indians dep
recate the senseless agitation and
the unsound economics of the extrem-
list advocates of Swadeshi principles,
they are all anxious to assist that
natural development of Indigenous in
dustries and the creation of new ones
upon which the future prosperity of
the country SO largely depends.-Pio'
neer Mail.
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UIrich Eats EN- Alive.

Appleton.-Max Ulrich eats 'em
alive At any rate he bites off their
heads while they are still wriggling
It's fish that he thus devours. Find
ing a luckless lot of fishermen on the
river Ulrich jokingly agreed to eat
all alive what they would catch. Nc
sooner had he said this than luck
changed. Fish after fish was pulled
out of the water. When Ulrich was
instructed to keep his promise he de
INJURED, but finally consented to bite
off the heads of the fish if his friends
would let him off the other part of the
bargain. This was readily agreed to-
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browns in Fish Pond,

Waukesha.-Alva Warrington was
drowned while swimming with several
companions in a pond in the town of
Genesee. He was about 40 years OF
age and is survived by his mother.
Warrington was arrested on charge
of illegal fishing in this same pond.
At that time he claimed that the
pond was private property and for
that reason beyond the jurisdiction of
the state fish laws. The court held
the point well taken and dismissed the
case.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
Missina for Weeks.

Prairie du Chien.-Clara Hart dis
appeared from the Hesse home in the
town of Charme and though con-
slant search was kept up no trace of
The missing woman was found. The
theory of the police that she met with
foul play gained ground notwithstand-
ing that they received a letter mailed
ON a train and purporting to come
from the woman begging the authori.
ties to take care of her eight-year-old
child.
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Honeymoon Trip Slow.

Menomonee Falls.-Elizabeth Con-
nell is dead. She was born in County
Cork, Ireland, November II, 1920, and
came to this country in her youth, and
married William Cornell. Her
wedding tour consisted of lake trip
on a slow sail boat from Rochester to
Milwaukee and a still slower OK team
ride from Milwaukee to the Cornell
farm, 16 miles distant.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
Knew Him.

william" said the head of the
firm, looking at his watch, Il have
business out of town this afternoon
end may be detained several hours.
If anybody should call"
ether amt no ball game to-day, Mr..
Spotcash," interrupted the Office boy.
81 said nothing about bail games,
William" rejoined his employer, eying
him stern1y. However, my business
Is such that it can wait until some
other day. That will be all just now,
William"
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lad Been Attended To.

An italian went up to the civil SER
vice commissioners rooms in the fed
eral building the other day to be ex-
amined for a laborers position. He
answered most of the questions cor
rectly. Finally they asked him If he
had ever been naturalized. He seemed
q bit puzzled, but at last his face light
ed up.
"Ah, know whata you mean.
Scratcha de arm. Yes, lasta week.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Rurdened with a Name.

Eau Claire.-Paulo Suatio Jasa-
clubio Bergamine Jerephy Hit EN-
hardio Canepa and JANUS Tigelenious
Chiapanno, stewards at the Eau Claire
club, Italians, nearly beat to death Of
ficer George Wolf, who attempted to
place them under arrest for disturbing
the peace. They pleaded guilty.
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XIII Weeds EarIv.

Start the cultivator before the
weeds start and you will never have
a foul piece of ground. Possession is
said to be nine points of law. Wheth-
er it be the weeds or the cultivation
that take possession Of the field first,
the one that is late will have a hard
time making it's presence felt.
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OBITUARY.

Mai. Walter Carlin. brother of
former Gov. Thomas Carlin of Illinois,
dropped dead from heart disease at his
home in Jerseyville, III.
William F. Niedringhaus, aged 70
years, founder of Granite City, ILL.,, and
director of the National Enameling &
Stamping company, died in st. Louis
from pernicious anaemia.
Thomas D. Jordan, formerly comp.
troller OF the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society, dropped dead of heart
disease in the Wall street station OF
the New York subway.
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Save Woman from Assault.

Eau Claire.-Interurban passengers
stopped their car and rescued a wom-
an from an assailant between here and
Chippewa Falls. Miss Minnie Hefiin
was attacked by an unknown man
shortly after alighting from the car.
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Buvs Cigarette Papers.

Appleton.-Rev. A. H. Zechiel rep
resentative of the Wisconsin Anti-Sa-
loon league, caused the arrest of Mich
olas Retson, proprietor of a shoe shin
ing parlcr, and his clerk, George Pull
los, on the charge Of selling cigarette
papers. He himself had purchased
nacketS ON different occasions.
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Rev. DR.. EImendorf Is Dead.

Saratoga, N. Y, July 20-Rev. DR..
Joachim Elmendorf, widely-known
minister of the Dutch Reformed
church. died here Sunday after an III
ness of several months. DR.. EImen-
dorf was born in Rochester, N. T.. 81
years ago.
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Wife,e Wounds Are Fatal.

Chippewa Falls.-As result OF be
ing stabbed six times with scissors by
her husband at Colfax, Mrs. John
Welsh died at her home. The husband
was adjudged insane shortly after
the crime and sent to the insane
asylum