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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
ICE GORGE IN OHIO RIVER
River Traffic Is Entirely Abandoned
Bridges Across Stream at
Pittsburg Threatened.

Pittsburg, Pa.-With tons upon tons
of ice piled high against the piers of
bridges spanning the Ohio river here
and at points below Pittsburg, river
traffic has been entirely abandoned
and river men Tuesday prepared to
cope with one of the worst ice packs
ever experienced in the local harbor
An estimated 100000 bushels of
coal has been diverted from it's usual
rover transportation to southern
points, and cars are being asked for
from all railroads by coal operators.
who realize that it may be weeks be-
fore the packet owners can again take
UP the work of transporting the coal
fleets down the Ohio.
philadelphia.-With food products
coming scarcer and prices higher,
with street car traffic uncertain and
slow and with many railroad trains
late, Philadelphia was Tuesday busy
raising the blockade caused by the
snowstorm. Eggs, vegetables and
other food are scarce and prices have
risen. 1t is expected, however, that
the blockade will be raised sufficiently
to make farm products more easily
transported.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
RECORDS DEATHS APPROACH
Lawyer Keeps Memorandum of His
Condition When He Feels His
Life Is Ebbing Away.

Kalamazoo.--Hearin the soft foot
steps of death approaching him,
Attorney William A. Luby, alone
in his Office, kept memo
randum of the reaper's approach while
he fought for his life during the 13
hours before the end came.
When Luby failed to appear in court
to try case bailiff went to his Of
flee and found the body on the floor,
lying on it's back, with the vest and
shirt torn open and the hands clutch
ing at the heart. On the desk were
these notes:
81 am not feeling well. DR.. - has
told me that the next attack will fin
ish me. The attack has begun. / am
taking the medicine prescribed. 1t
is one o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Il am taking medicine every two
hours.
cat 4:2O my condition does not i'm
prove. Am still taking my medicine.
Il must have been asleep the last
two hours. I do not remember"
wrote Luby shortly after seven
o'clock.
At nine o'clock he wrote: II am
not feeling as easy
There was no other notation until
two O'Clock in the morning, when he
wrote:
Gold; | know my condition is seri-
GUS. Tt is hard to breathe. / am"
Mr.. Luby was widely known as an
attorney and writer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
TO FIX TRUST LAWS
TAFT is PREPARING SPECIAL
MESSAGE GIVING HIS
VIEWS.
DIsREaARDs OIL DECISION
Will Not Wait for Ruling by Supreme
Court-Federal License for Corpof-
atoms to Be Voluntary, Is His
Plan.

Wasnington.-Pres Taft will
send to congress next week special
message dealing with proposed amend
ments to the interstate commerce and
Sherman antitrust laws. the final de-
tails of which he and members of the
cabinet went thoroughly over Tues
day.
At one time it was thought that the
president might deal only with the in
terstate commerce act, leaving the
antitrust law to some future date.
He has decided, however, that as the
two subjects are so closely related he
will adhere to his original intention
of making his recommendation for
changes in the two acts in one COM
munication to congress.
He also will bring forward his ideas
as to issuing federal licenses to cor
porations. The proposed license will
be voluntary one. TO be taken adj
vantage of by such corporations as
desire to place themselves under fed
eral jurisdiction, or left alone as the
directors of the corporations see tit.
It had been currently reported for
some time that President Taft might
delay his antitrust recommendations
until the supreme court had finally
passed upon the recent Standard Oil
decision. Those to whom the presi'
dent has talked within the past day or
two say, however, he has decided to
go forward with his legislative pro-
gram regardless of the pending de-
cision and that having determined
that many changes were needed in
the antitrust law he will proceed to
recommend these changes without re-
gard to the Standard Oil case.
The president and the members OF
his cabinet, together with the inter
state-commerce commissioners, have
given more thought and study to the
needed changes in the interstate-com-
merce and antitrust acts than to any
other subjects since the beginning OF
the present administration. The pres
ident has outlined his views in gen
eral terms in speeches he has made
from time to time since his Inaugural
ton and they have become pretty gen
orally known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
TO PENSION CHERRY WIDOWS
Plan of Red Cross Awaits Only Sane
ton of Mine Workers and
Legislature.

Chicago.-Maintaini that there
exists no physical suffering or
want at Cherry, ILL.,, and declaring that
the real pinch among bereft families
will come next spring, Ernest p. Bick-
nell, national director of the Red Cross,
announced that he would call a con-
ference of foreign consuls in Chicago
as a preliminary step to final dis
bursement of funds to the widows of
mine disaster victims.
He announced also that his organi-
zation had officially adopted perma-
nent relief plan for pensioning the de-
pendent women, which now awaits the
official sanction of the Illinois branch
of the United Mine Workers OF Ameri-
ca and the state legislature.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
FOOTBALL PERILs FOR UNFIT.

Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsyf
vahia, Michigan, Minnesota and institu-
tons of like rank are not represented
in the seasons list of dead and the
critically injured at football. OF the
big teams in the country that at West
Poin. lost Cadet Byrne, who died of
his hurts, and that at Annapolis saw
Cadet Wilson disabled by fractured
vertebrae. Cadet Byrne received his
fatal injury when he returned to the
game in a weakened condition after
having been retired for slighter hurt.
says New York World. From the
rolls of the football dead and of those
critically hurt it can be seen that the
majority of victims came from high
elevens of irregular training. We
read of one death from lung trouble
due to exposure on the field, of an
othe. from overexertion and of stu
dent of Dickinson seminary in Penn
sylVania who was Frustrated by
stTychnine taken to stimulate his heart
action during contest. All these
fact: support the contention of those
unwavering advocates of the game
who contend that the supreme perils
of football arc chiefly for the unfit.
Perhaps it is true that the direct road
t. saving reform in football lies in a
more rigid regard for physical fitness
among players than in much tinkering
with the rules.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
PEACE TERMS ARE REJECTED
Gen. Estrada Rejects Proposals or
fered by President Madriz for
Suspension HostiIities.

Washington.-Gen Estrada, revolu-
tionary leader in Nicaragua, will not
accept the extraordinary terms pro-
posed by Madriz, new president, as
basis for peace.
A telegram from Bluefelds Tuesday
said that Madriz proposed to Estrada
December % suspension of hostil
tiles pending the arrival of commit
tee which he was sending to Estrada
to discuss an amicable and equitable
settlement In his telegram Madrls
begged Estrada not to obstruct his
efforts for peace.
Gen. Estrada, in his reply, expressed
his willingness to meet the Madrl2
commissioners, but said the revolu'
tionary party would not recognize the
action of the legislative assembly in
placing power in the hands Of Fadriz.
He denied emphatically the assem-,
blys right to deal with the election
of president He said that he saw in
Madriz the usurper of the rights OF
the Nicaraguan people.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
RIVAL PASTORS FIGHT.
Controversy for Pulpit Ends in Near
Tragedy.

AShland.--.A long drawn out fight
for control OF the German Evangelical
association church at Ashland nearly
terminated In tragedy New Years
morning, and one of the rival pas
toys, Rev. August Lott, is locked up
in the county Jail The affair has
been suppressed till now.
Rev. Lotz was assigned to Ashland
about a year ago, but some time ago
the presiding elder, backed by the
bishop, orderd him to give up the
charge and sent here Rev. Gustav A.
Bloedes. Revfl Lott refused to turn
over the church property to Rev.
Bloedes. Both pastors offictated at
the regular service, Sunday. Dec. &c.
On that day Rev. Mr.. Lott was re-
moved from the pulpit platform by
force as he knealt to pray. On New
Years morning Rev. Bloedes was adj
vertised to preach a New Years ser
mon at 1920 in the morning Aiming
himself with revolver, Rev. Mr.. Lott
called at the residence of his rival,
and. forcing an entrance to the house.
Rloedes whether or not he intended
to preach that day
Pastor Bloedes gave an affirmative
answer and Rev. Lott at once drew
his revolver and aimed it at the minis
ter's head. They clinched and in the
struggle Preacher Lott struck the 9TH
er man a blow In the mouth. Rev.
Mr.. Lott was arrested charged disor-
derby conduct.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
ROCK ISLAND STOCK SCARS
New York Exchange Appoint Commit
tee to inquire Into Alleged "Cor-
ner" in Common Shares.

New York.-Following one of the
most sensational movements in stock
exchange history, with Rock Island
common shares as it's subject-a move
ment, too. enshrouded in some mys'
terry as to it's direct cause.-the gov
ernors of the exchange met Monday
and perfected plans for rigorous In
vestigation.
The governors appointed a special
committee of inquiry who began their
labors at once to run down the men
who "cornered" Rock Island, and
gave Wall street brief chill.
At the opening of the market Rock
Island common, which had closed Fri
day at 1914, started at 509s, and in
one string of transactions amounting
to 1880 shares ran up to 80. A min
ute later it touched 81 at which
price 1000 shares changed hands. 1t
then fell back, as rapidly as it had
risen, to SO. The whole affair was
over in less than half an hour.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
GEN. WEAVER A DIVINE HEALER
POPULIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDl-
DATE WILL HEAD MOVEMENT.
Is Convinced That the Sick May Be
Healed Through Prayer
and Faith.

Des Moines, Ia.-Firmly con-
yinced that the SaviOur's promise
to heal the sick through prayer and
faith is for literal Interpretation, zen.
James B. Weaver, presidential candl-
date on the Greenback and Popullst
tickets at different times, has con-
sented to head a movement for ma
tional convention of Divine Heaters to
meet in Des Moines some time next
spring.
Gen. Weaver has been giving a
series of lectures on divine healing at
local church and the meetings nave
commenced to attract wide attention.
He claims that his own health has
be, restored through prayer and
that he has seen so much benefit to
others through the same source that
he proposes to devote the remainder
of his days to the cause.
The general who has cam aligned
every state and perhaps nearly every
congressional district in the nation,
regrets that his eyes were not opened
sooner to the truth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
MONROE DOCTRINE MENAcED
Mexico Rebels Against Dominance OF
United States as Guardian OF
All Americas.

Washington.-A crisis in Central
and South American affairs not con-
templated by the United States gov
eminent has grown out of the Nicara-
guam war.
The Importance of the situation was
realized thoroughly at the state de-
partment Thursday and Secretary
Knox will consult with the PRESIDENT
on the latter's return from New York
as to the best way of meeting it.
The new situation involves not only
the rebellion of Mexico against the
dominance of the United States as the
guardian of all the Americans, but it
also threatens the Monroe doctrine,
in that European embassies and lega-
lions in Washington sympathize with
Mexico.
Senior Creel, former ambassador to
Washington, was sent here as spe-
cial envoy in the Nicaraguan affair.
In spite of the statement Of the state
department that it would hold Zelaya
personally responsible for murder Sc
nor Creel succeeded in getting Zelaya
out of Nicaragua into Mexico, from
which country Zelaya is giving de-
fiance to the United States.
Senior Creel has issued statements,
saying that everything was peaceful
between the United States and Mex
ico The United States government
learned that Me3ico<will insist that
Madriz be recognized as President of
Nicaragua.
The United States will regard the
recognition of Madriz by any other
government as an act of international
discourtesy. Mexico, however, expects
that such recognitions will be made.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
SAYS PEOPLE ARE PlUNDEUED
CHIEF FORESTER PINcHoT FLAWS
ERICH CRIMINALS
Declares Special interests Have Made
Repeated Attacks on U. S.
Forest Service.

New York. - That the people
of the United States have been the
complacent victims of a system OF
plumber of the public forests-crimes
often perpetrated by men of high sta
ton in commercial and social life
was the open declaration of Chief
United States Forester Clifford Pin
chot in an address, before number of
prominent publishers at the Univer-
sity club.
Condemning the methods of these
"rich criminals" he said:
But they have suffered from a
serious moral perversion by which II
becomes praisworthy to do for cor
poration things which they would re-
fuse with the Hottest scorn to do for
themselves. Fortunately for us. all
that delusion is passing rapidly
away"
"'rhe American people have evident
ly made up their minds that our natu'
raj resources must be conserved, ne
said. THAT is good, but it settles only
halt the question. For whose benent
shall they be conservation the bene'
fit of the many, or for the use and
profit of the few? The great confiic;
now being fought will decide. There
is no other question before us that be-
gins to be so important--or that will
be so difficult to straddle-as the
great question between special inter
est and equal opportunity; between
the privileges of the few and the
rights of the many; between govern
ment by men for human welfare and
government by money for profit; be
tween the men who stand for the
Roosevelt policies and the men who
stand against them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
where is Bessie Hartman?

Rosanna and Bessie Hartman lived
with their mother at Chapman, Nebr.,
in 1901, the year that their father was
killed by falling tree at Anada, Mo.
Their mother, an invalid, being unable
to care for them, the girls were sent
to Omaha to school, being housed and
mothered by Mrs. Smith.
Finally, in 1903, Bessie, the younger
of the two, was taken in charge by the
Nebraska Children's Home society,
wha refused to tell her married sister,
Rosanna, where she is. Bessie be.
came of age last February. II she
will send her address to p. 0. Box
S9S, Omaha, Nebr., it will be for
warded to her sister Rosanna, who
is now Mrs. Geo. Duerr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06

Every time that we make up our
mind that there's no such thing as
pirate gold buried hither and yon,
something occurs to change our belief
and to get us all on edge again, says
Boston Herald. The recent severe
storm along the coast of Yucatan is
said to have uncovered thousands of
last century English and Spa nish coins
buried by the old pirate Lafitte, and
again into our soul comes tina old boy
hood unrest and belief that if we
started out with a proper digging out
fit and a reliable map we could I'M
earth treasure galore. When people
find a pot of gold why in the name of
Captain Kidd can't they keep still
about ii and let us tend to our blissful
Knitting?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
CHARITIES GET MILLIONS
Chicago Grocer Leaves $2,5oo,ooo for
Charitable, Educational and Re-
Iigious institutions.

Chicago.-Between 100000 and
$2,5O0,000 was left to religious. edu-
cational and charitable institutions by
the late Thomas Murdoch, president
of Reid, Murdoch C Co., wholesale
grocers.
The will, which was filed in the pro-
bate court Thursday, disposes of an
estate which is estimated at approx
mately from s3.5OO,0O0 to 100000.
Mr.. Murdoch, who was a bachelor,
left 100000 to the widow and chill
dren of James Murdoch, brother,
and 100000 to John Murdoch, an
other brother.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
STAYS GIRL; KILLS SELF
FondIy Embracing Sweetheart Roy
Mckinney Shoots Her, Then Ends
His Own Existence.

Peru, Ind.-Embracing her fondly
as he placed revolver against her
body Roy Mckinney of Indianapolis
Wednesday shot and killed Dora
Chapel in the dining-room of the
Bearss hotel, and then ended his own
life with the same weapon.
Mckinney robbed a restaurant in
Indianapolis, and it is believed that
the daring hold-up was committed to
gain funds to take him to Peru. Let
tiers found in the dead mans pockets
show that the murder of his sweet
heart was planned a week ago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
Twin CITY Markets.

Minneapolis, Jan. 4.-Wheat. May
SI12N; July. SLIPS; No. ] northern
$1.14; No 2 northern. SLIP; durum
No. 1. 96Ac. Corn-No. 3. 55c Oats
No. 8 white. 43k. Rye--No. 2
74Ac Barley-66c. Flax-No /
$2.10A.
Duluth, Jan 4. No. | northern
$1.14A; May. s1I3: July. S112A.
South ST. Paul. Jan A. Cattle
Steers. S5.0O@6.75: cows. fair, s3.25d
4.25: calves. $350@5.50. Hogs, $50
QS.20; sheep. yearlings, $525@6OO;
lambs, $6O0@7.0O
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06

1t sounds like older and not better
times to hear of orders for the pursuit
of pirates. The British ship Rowann-
moore reported that she was attacked
by piratical schooner in Bahaman
waters, and the United State govern
ment has directed that the revenue
cutter Window shall proceed from Gal
weston to the Bahamas in search of the
rover of the seas. Other cutters will
join the Window and, adds the dis
patch, for the first time in many
years American armed vessels will
search for pirates" This sma cks more
Of the times of the buccaneers and the
black flag with skull and cEossbones
flung out by sailing vessels directed by
skillful though wicked navigators than
of the days of steam, wireless teleg-
raphy and other modern improve
ments. But fleet of modern revenue
cutters would make short work of any
pirate craft that offered resistance
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
MARKET REPORT.
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, Jan. 4-Cattle-Steady to
10c higher; beeves, $4.2007S5; West
ern steers. $4,000: stockers and feed
ers. $3Q5.25; COWS and heifers, $2.1O
@5,5O; calves. $7.25@95O.
Hogs-Market generally 10c higher
light. $S.1O@S.50: mixed, SS.15@S.6O;
heavy. $S.30@S.60; rough, $S.3O@S.4O;
good to choice, heavy, $S.40@8.6O;
pigs. $730@S35.
Sheep Strong; native. $4,000;
western. $3.75@5.90; yearlings. $3.50
Q7.S5; lambs, native. $575@S.65.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
CITY LOSES CASE
MAJOR CLAIMS OF TROLLEY COM
PANYE>ARE UPHELD BY
HIGH COURT.
IN MINNEAPOLIS Ask FER" CASE
Limited Franchise Contention OF the
City Is Acknowledgements Aep-
resented Hard Blow for
Municipal Control.

Washington United States SUI
preme court held to be invalid the or
dinance OF 1907 requiring the Mime
apolis Street Railway company to sell
six full fare tickets for 25 cents.
The opinion was written by Justice
Day and sustains the contention oi
the company that the ordaninancs i'm
pairs the obligation of the contract
implied In the charter Of the company
which was issued in 1873. THIS char
ter runs for 90 years and authorizes
the charge of cents for each fare.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
CHILD of the Press.

Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden was
the founder of the international Sun
shine society, which is now said to
have a membership of 100000. She
is president general of the society,
which was christened with Is spon-
sors in New York city at Christmas,
1896. 1t has been called the child OF
the press. Mrs. Alden being connected
with New York paper.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
His Little Mistake.

They stood beneath the stars, silent
as the heart-beats of the night, look
ing into the diamond-studded SHIFT
front of the sky.
els that Mars?" he whispered, as he
slipped his arm round her taper waist,
and gazed upon a glittering orb in the
distant blue.
mo, it isn't" she exclaimed, jerking
away; it's mine; and if you think
you are hugging mother, l can tell
you that you are very much mis-
taken"
The matter was amicably adjusted
before anything serious resulted.-Ex-
change.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06

The multiplicity of flying devices
leads inevitably to discussion as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of establishing rules for
regulating aerial navigation. One
genius has suggested that certain
strata be designated as routes for GER
tain classes of airships, though just
how these routes are to be marked or
'buoyed" is not explained. But COM
plication difficult of adjustm ent may
arise if the contention of some lawyers
is correct. This is that under the COM
mon law, which comes from England
and in turn was based on the old Ro.
man code, property holder owns tho
air above his head, with no limit to
height. This, in English speaking
countries, at least, would make a tres
passer of any aviator who flies above
another's land, and if identified and
caught the flying man could be pun
ished accordingly. All these things
are conjectures, of course. Still, it is
evident that il travel by the air route
shall ever become general here will
be many novel points to be co sidered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
New Tonic Mixture.

At this season many people espe-
cially old folks need a tonic appetizer
which will also relieve kidney and
bladder troubles and strengthen the
blood and tissues. A well known ply
stefan claims there is nothing superior
as a winter tonic to the following taken
three to six times daily in tablespoon,
fuI doses. To a half-pint of good
whiskey add one ounce compound fluid
balmwort and one ounce compound
syrup sarsaparilla.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06

There is no longer the slightest
doubt that China is well on the road
to civilization of the modern brand
in fact, the most civilized civilization
that can possibly be imagined And
as usual the impetus comes from the
Urited States. The Chinese are devel.
oping a special liking for two first
class American Neutrality-suspicious.
graphs and ice cream. The popularity
of the latter article is said to be really
phenomenal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
Goals of Fire.

One Christmas evening a Sunday
school pupil appeared at church, only
to be surrounded Immediately by a
number of deriding playmates.
"She's wearing her sisters coat!"
cried one.
"And she's got her brothers gloves
on" cried another.
eyes," was the retort that turned
the tide of ridicule, "and ] came with
my mothers blessing. Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
He caught a little cold
That was all. (Puck)

Neglect of a cough or cold often
leads to serious trouble. To break up
q cold in twenty-four hours and cure
any cough that is durable mix two
ounces of Glycerine, a half-ounce of
Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and
eight ounces of pure Whisky. Take a
teaspoonful every four hours. You can
buy these at any good drug store and
easily mix them in large bottle.