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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
END SIXTH CONSTRUCTION YEAR
Review Of What Has Been Accomplish.
ed On Panama Canal Given Out.

Washington, May 14.-On May 3 the
sixth year of American construction OF
the Panama canal ended and the canal
record has presented an interesting re.
view of what has been accomplished.
Altogether 105,888,072 cubic yards OF
earth and rock have been removed
That leaves to be taken out of the
water approaches to the canal 29,232j
052 cubic yards Of material, while the
steam shovels have to dig out S8,S27,-
GIT yards of solid earth and rock.
The Culebra cut presents the hard
est problem for there remains to be
excavated in that miniature mountain
range 31,128,845 cubic yards, but as
this is being carried off at the rate OF
100000 yards per month, the end will
soon be in sight. While all this exca.
walton is going on rapid work is being
done in the construction of the great
dams and locks of the canal and it is
estimated that by June 1 an average
of $500 cubic yards of concrete will
be laid each day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
ALL TARRYToWN GOES RIDING.
John D. Rockefeller Gives His Neigh,
bors Trips in Automobiles and Car
riages-Paper Vests as Souvenirs.

Tarrytown, N. Y, May 13-John d.
Rockefeller, always popular among the
people of this town, is adding to that
popularity this spring by his fondness
for taking his friends and neighbors
out driving. Not pleasant day goes
by without the oil king inviting some
of them, men, women and children, to
ride with him in automobile or car.
riage and it is safe to say that the in
vitations are seldom declined, for his
vehicles are the best to be had, and
the drives around Tarytown are beau
tifu1
Mr. Rockefeller, before starting for
a ride, always dons paper vest, de-
claring it great protection against
colds, and he insists that his guest do
the same. After the ride he refuses
to take back the garments, and conse-
quently in nearly every home in Tarry.
town may be found a paper vest pre-
served as a souvenir of a delightful
ride with the multi-millionaire
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

been predicted. therefore, that after
his accession to the throne the court
gayety, which was always a feature
during Edwards reign, will be less
marked.
1t should not be forgotten, In consid-
ering the attributes of the new king,
that he was not brought up as the
heir to the crown. Chroniclers who
were in position to know state that
he came to the honors and duties of
heirship with no desire and with real
regret. He was twenty-seven years
old before he became heir to the crown
through the death of his elder brother,
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
and Avondale.
Prior to that time he had been at
liberty, as mere second son of the
then Prince of Wales, the late king, to
follow in large degree his own inclina-
lions. Those inclinations were for a
quiet life, with little of pomp and pub.
NC appearance.
He wanted to live unostentatiously
and to pursue his career in his own
way. He had married, morganatically,
woman whom he loved and who
loved him-a niece of Vice-Admiral
Tryon of the British navy, who lost
his life in the Victoria Camperdown
collision in the Mediterranean in 1898.
The wedding took place in theS English
church at Malta, and two children were
born to the couple.
Such was the situation of Georges
life in January, 1892, when the Duke
Of Clarence died. George found him.
self heir to the throne. with vast duties
awaiting him. Immediately his entire
life was changed. He had to give up
the sea, he had to abandon his retired
life, he had to part from his morgan
attic wife. The heir to the throne of
the British empire faced duties incon-
sistent with the life possible to a
prince not in direct line of succession.
Men who were in position to know
declare that George renowned his
quiet life as the sailor prince" with
regret so deep that it changed his
whole outlook on the world. 1t is GER
tain that after he became heir to the
throne he exhibited GOODNESS, lack
of whole-hearted interest, species Of
bored tolerance of life which had not
marked before.
Not only was George, when he be-
came heir, forced to take up the public
duties of the Duke of Clarence, but he
was also obliged ia marry his brothers
fiancee, Princess Victoria Mary of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE
Michael keenly Surmised Possibilities
Of Action Under the Circum-
stances.

Late one afternoon Michael F1anni.
gan and Dennis O'Rourke met upon the
avenue. Mike was considerably under
the weather.
"Moike," asked O'Rourke, "why don't
yez brace up, and lave the dhrink
alone?"
"Oi've thried, Dinnie, but the jobs
too big for me-"
"Thry this once more, Moike. Here's
church forninst us. Go in there, old
man, and confiss and take irish start.
I'll wait outside"
He waited until he was tired, then,
peering into the darkened building,
said in horse whisper:
''Moike!"
"Phwat?"
"Have yez confissed?"
"Oi have that!"
where's the prast?"
"'E gorrah, Dinnie, and Oh think he's
gone out to call cop."-Success Mag
azine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

When Lord Campbell published his
Lives of the Lord Chancellors" it was
wittily exclaimed that he had added a
new terror to death" The chantecler
hat, it seems, has added new terror
to life. At Newton, Mass, the other
day two young people had narrow es-
cape from drowning on account of the
capsizing of their canoe. The tele-
graphed account says: The upset was
caused by gust of wind striking the
new chantecler hat which adorned
Miss Larkin's head. The wide rim
acted like a sail" 1t was the wide
rim of the hat that did it-not the
ornamental bird. Miss Larkin's peril
would ave been equally great ii in
stead of a rooster she had worn a
duck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

his way to his CELL Mrs. Hyde re-
NAMED in the court room for some
time. She was extremely weak.
Neither Mrs. Logan o. Swope nor
any of her children except Mrs. Hyde
was in the room when the jury re.
ported.
DR.. B. Clark Hyde had been under
suspicion in connection with the mys-
terious illness and deaths in the Swope
family ever since the death of Col.
Thomas H. Swope on Oct, 8, 1909.
The death of Col. Swope followed
soon after he had sustained severe
CONFUSION, and the CONFUSION, it was
charged by members of the Swope
family, followed Immediately after
the administration of a capsule at the
direction of DR.. Hyde. DR.. Hyde said
it was a digestive tablet. 1t was prov
en- at the trial that DR.. Hyde had pur-
chased cyanide OF potassium in five
grain capsules and he was prosecuted
on the belief that he gave one Of
these capsules to Col Swope. DR..
Hyde said he bought the cyanide cap
sules to kill cockroaches in his Office.
Two days before the death of Col.
SWope, Moss Hunton, cousin of the
millionaire philanthropist, died at the
Swope home following stroke of
apoplexy. Drs. Hyde and G. T. ivy
man of Independence treated Hunton.
The patient was bled profusely, it is
charged, at the suggestion of DR..
Hyde. After six pints of blood was
taken from Hunton the bleeding pro-
cess was stopped, but not until DR..
Twyham had repeatedly protested
that too much blood was being taken
from the old man.
Beginning early in December an cpl
demic of typhoid fever broke out in
the Swope home, during which ten
members of the family were stricken,
and one, Chrisman Swope, brother
of DR.. Hyde's wife, died.
Chrisman died after taking cap
sule given at DR.. Hyde's direction and
after suffering CONFUSION similar to
the one that attacked Col. Swope.
Margaret Swope, Chrisman's sister,
who also was treated by DR.. Hyde,
had a convulsion after taking cap
Sule, but she was given an emet1c az
once by DR.. Twyham and she recov
cred.
On Jan. Z, 1910, the body of Chris
man Swope was secretly exhumed, and
four days later the body of Col
Swope was removed from it's tomb
and the viscera of the bodies were
taken to Chicago for analysis.
The analysis of the liver of Col
Swope's body showed the finding OF
$3.50 of a grain of strychnine by the
Chicago chemists.
In all DR.. Hyde was indicted on II
counts, the remaining indictments
charging him with trying to murder
members of the family of the Swopes
by introducing typhoid germs and pol
sons into the medicines administered
to them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

The long hat pin ordinance is not
directed against style of dress, but
against a public nuisance. 1t has
been shown that painful wounds and
even loss of sight have resulted from
the maintenance of this nuisance. The
style might be harmless If each of it's
devotees could be consigned to a ten
acre lot and duly surrounded by a
barbed-wire fence, but when they
throng the streets and street cars of a
great city 1t is dangerous, says Chi
cago Record-Herald. 1t is to be hoped
that women will have the good sense
to realize that the ordinance, with it's
$50 fine, is not piece of freak legis-
lation; that there were excellent rea-
sons why an effort should have been
made to abolish the nuisance, and
that it is their duty to put the long hat
pin out of business.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
A Little Learning.

Holding little Arthur by the hand,
papa paused before the ever-interest-
ing spectacle of broken-down motor
bus
"Oh, papa" asked little Arthur the
inquiring, what makes the bus go
when it goes?"
Papa twirled his mustache.
Simplest thing in the world. Ar
thur" he trumpeted. you see this
thingummybob here? Well, that
goes down through that hole and fast
ems the jigmaree, and then connects
the crinkumerankum; and then that
man-he's the chauffeur, you know
kind Of stirs up the what-you-may-call-
it with that whatsitsname, and then
off it goes. D'you see?"
yes, papa" blinked little Arthur.
81 see!"-Answers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
HYDE IS CONVICTED.
JURY, OUT SINCE FRIDAY, CON.
VICTS KANSAS CITY
PHYSICIAN.
FACES IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE
Verdict Is First Degree Murder In
Killing of Thos. n. Swope.-
Poisoner Takes His Medi-
cine Cody.

Kansas City, May 17.-Dr. B. G.
Hyde was found guilty of numbering
Colonel Thomas H. Swope. His pun
ishment was fixed at life imprison-
ment.
DR.. Hyde sat motionless. He looked
firmly at Judge Latshaw while the
verdict was being read AS the words
imprisonment in the state penitenti-
tary during his natural life" was pro-
nounced, DR.. Hyde's gaze was fast
ened on the floor.
Don't worry, dearie," he said to
his wife as she clasped him in her
arms.
Within ten minutes after the verdict
had been returned the doctor was on
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

A Chicago chemist is said to have
discovered a preparation made from
SKINNED milk which has wide vari-
ETY. of uses. 1t will preserve foods.
1t will mummify dead bodies. Railroad
ties treated with it become imperish-
able. Applied to patent leather shoes,
it prevents the patent expiring" not
a crack ever appearing on the smooth
surface. The most porous brown pa
per becomes water tight under its &C.
ton. 1t supplies an indelible writing
fluid impervious to acids. Evaporated
and compressed, it becomes an artifi-
cial ivory. AS a glue, it is without an
equal The inventor, it is understood
disclaims that his preparation will
grow hair on a bald head. 1t is to be
considered, however, that he makes
the preparation from SKINNED milk
Suppose he should try what could be
done with rich Jersey cream!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
OLD GRIST MILLS.

The establishment of grist mill
was a very important matter to the
early settlers of America. 1t was of
little use to grow grain unless it could
be ground and made suitable for food,
and settlement without a grist mill
was at a serious disadvantage, the
more especially because the roads,
where any existed, were not of the
best. Not many of the Oldest OF the
grist mills remain. Here in New Eng
land, as elsewhere, they were placed
In the beginning upon small streams
which could be damned without resort
to the engineering methods of today,
says Manchester Union. AS a conse-
quence most of them were abandoned
as population increased and the re-
sources of the communities made 1t
possible to erect mills on larger and
more reliable streams. Then, too, in
these later years the old-fashioned
country grist mill has disappeared al
most altogether. Last Saturday one of
the historic landmarks of New Jersey,
the old grist mill at Mount Holly, was
destroyed by fire. 1t dated from 1928
and it's loss is, of course, irreparable.
1t appears, however, that New England
could claim precedence of New Jer-
sey, even before the Mount Holly grist
mill was burned. The Providence Jour-
nal says that there is one at New
London, Conn, which was built as
early as 1850, and is of especial his
toric interest because it was the prop
erty of Gov. John Winthrop, Jr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
LIFE OF GEORGE v.
AT A GLANCE.

LIFE OF GEORGE v.
AT A GLANCE.
1865, June 3-Born at Marlborough
House, London.
1977-Entered the navy.
1880-Promoted midehipman.
1884-Promoted lieutenant.
1889-Commander of torpedo boat.
18oo-Commander of Gunboat
Thrush.
1892-Became in direct line of sue
cession through death of his
elder brother, the Duke of
Clarence.
1892-Created Duke of York.
1893-Promoted captain in the
navy.
1893, July 6-Married Princess
Mary of Teck.
1894HPrince Edward Albert, pres
ent heir, born.
19o1-Made a tour around the
world of the British posses
sions.
190f-Created Prince of Wales.
1905-Toured India for five
months.
191o-Succeeded to the throne of
England.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Twin CITY Markets.

Minneapolis, May 17.-Wheat, July,
$1.1S5s; Sept, $1.O01s; No. northern,
$1.115s; No. 2 northern, $1.O99s; No.
1 Durum, sec. No. 4 corn, SIC. No.
3 white oats, 41asc; barley, Coo; No.
2 rye, 73c; No. fax, $2.231z.
Duluth, May 47.-Wheat, July,
s1.O9T; Sept $1.017s; 20. northern,
$1,000.
South st. Paul, May 17.-Cattle--
Steers, s5.25@65O; cows, fair, $500
$500; calves, $5.00@6.00. Hogs, $9.15
@9.25; sheep, yearlings, $8.00@8.25;
lambs. $7.00@8.50.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Even Amonq the Hoboes.

"Hullo, Dusty" said Weary Wag-
giles, as the two tramps met in the
street. Flows livin'?"
"Somepin awful" replied Dusty
Rhodes. "The cost of everything's
gone up so Teller can't hardly get his
three meals per-"
"Humph!' calculated Weary. II
never knowed you to pay for nothin',"
NO." returned Dusty, "but It's the
solemn fact that along my route,
where used 20 have to ask only once
for a breakfast, they make me ask
twice these days."-Harper's Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Roosevelt Will Reach N. ", June 1s.

New York, N. Years that the
commission he has accepted to ACT
as the official representative of the
United States at the funeral of King
Edward might delay the return to
this city of former President Roose
velt necessitating change in the
plans for his welcome home were set
at rest by the receipt of cable mes
sage from him announcing that he will
sail on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
as scheduled. This will insure his
arrival in New York on June IS, with.
put fail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Powder MAGAZINE ExpIodes.

Logansport, Indiana. = Three hun
dred pounds Of powder stored in
the magazine of the Casparis Stone
company at Trimmer, Ind, seven miles
west of here exploded, injuring about
twenty residents of the town. John
Elroy, in charlie of the magazine, can.
not be found and is believed to have
been blown to atoms. Houses in the
town were badly damaged and the ex
plosion could be felt for miles in every
direction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
The Simple ShepherdI

A Cockney, while spending his holi-
days in the Highlands, met an old
shepherd driving a flock of sheep.
Wishing to show off bit, he said:
Nov, If were a shepherd l would
teach the sheep to follow me-"
"Oh, ave." said the shepherd, "and
hiv nae doot We wild manage, for
If they saw anither sheep ia trent
they wild be sure to follow "-Tit-Bits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, May Observation-Disclosures
steady to 1Oc lower; beeves, $500
$50; western steers, s5.1007.25;
stockers and feeders, $4.00@6.65; cows
and heifers, s2.SO@7.35; calves, $3.50
Hogs-Market 15c lower; light.
s9.30@9.65; mixed, s9.30@9.65; heavy.
s9.2509.65; rough, $9.25@9.40; good
to choice heavy, $9.40@9.65; pigs,
S9.00@950.
Sheep Market, 10c to 15c lower
native. s4.15@740; western, s4250
7.35; year1ings, $6.90Q8.15; lambs, ma
tive. s7.QO@9.30.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Upon the Pun.

upon the TuH'
The best pun in the English Ian
guage is Tom Hoods:
He went and told the sexton,
And the sexton tolled the bell"
The worst pun is that of the mar
who fell into a ditch and rose with
the remark: How very ditchtress-
ipg!"
Doctor Johnson said that the pun
was the lowest order of wit, but to
this Goldsmith replied: "The pun, in
other words, is the foundation of it.
eh?"
Every Latin master likes to tell his
boys two pun3. The first is a pun
ming derivation of restaurant: RES, a
thing; taurus, a bull; bully thing"
The other is derivation OF virgin:
'sVir. man; gin, trap; man trap"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Mr.. Adea In Eurone.

Second Assistant Secretary Adee Of
the state department is on his annual
vacation In Europe. In company with
Mr.. Tha ckera, United States consul
general at Berlin, and Mrs. Thackera,
he will devote about six weeks to a
bicycle tour of southern France. He
expects to return to Washington about
the middle of June.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
FuIfiIment of Prophecy.

Hannibal the illustrious general,
driven to despair by his enemies, had
taken poison and had laid himself
down to die.
Anyhow" he said, my name will
live in history"
His foresight was hnsrring.
Two thousand years later town In
Missouri was named in his bnnor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Something Visible.

"Show me some tiaras, please.
want one for my wife"
Eyes, sir. About what price,"
"Well, at such a price that / can
say: DO you see that woman with the
tiara? She is my Wife"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

A Philadelphia physician prescribes
automobiling as a cure for weak
hearts. The theory is that it forces
great quantities Of fresh air into the
lungs, stimulating the heart without
exertion. But it won't do for timid
folk, who, whenever the machine
spurts, feel their hearts leap into
their mouths.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

A mineral expert says the coal sup
ply in the United States will last for
ABB years, but he may not have taken
into account the remarkable coal
consuming capacity of the furnace in
your house.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

College boys who have secret socie-
lty letters tattooed on their bodies are
mot necessarily crazy, but when they
arrive at years of sense they will think
that they must have been.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Freedom of John r. Walsh Sought.

Chicago, Ill. - Bearing so thou.
sand names, petition will be formally
presented to the department of justice
of the United States within few days
asking for the pardon of John r.
Walsh, of Chicago, now serving term
in the Leavenworth federal prison for
violation of the national banking laws.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

The "chantecler" umbrella nas ap-
peared. 1t would be IN undoubted sue
cess if it would crow loudly when it
was picked by another than its owner.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
New York Hat Etiquette.

There is an undeniable tendency on
the part of New York men nowadays
to cling to their hats much more in
sistently than they ever did before.
says the Sun of that city.
Il was reconciled to having men
keep on their hats in the elevators of
the downtown office buildings said
a New York woman who now lives in
London but makes several trips a year
here on account of business, "as it is
taken for granted that they are as
much out of doors as the halls. On
the other hand 1t is new to me to
see men walking about the corridors
or winter gardens of hotels where
there are women gathered at tables or
reading with no more indication of
the fact that women are present than
If they were in the heart of Africa.
Men In New York used to take of
their hats under such conditions and
they showed altogether a much great
err disposition to take of their hats at
every opportunity than they do now"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

An American girl has become en-
gagged to a prince who is heir to an In
come of s1,0O0,000 year. There are
new things under the sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
odd FeIIows' Paper?

Wright-He's going to call his new
paper the Sausage Links.
Penman--Be in three sections, sup.
pose.-Yonkers Statesman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

John D. twirls his cane In a stroll
on Fifth avenue, says a news item
What should he do with it-pick his
teeth?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

A new play called The Girl in Wait
ing" has been put on the boards
There are lots of such girls, more's the
pity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Advice That Should Help.

If you have your row to hoe, hoe
it well, and make the furrow straight,
not a wiggle-waggle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

Census takers might find out more
thrilling particulars by asking the
neighbors.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

Why is 1t that the average man be-
gins to sit up and take notice when
10 Is introduced to a grass widow?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

You may not be able to eat your
cake and have 1t, too. but you can
drink your drinks and baye 'em bad.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19

A clear brain and
Steady, dependable nerves
Can win wealth and fame
For their owner.
Clear medicines and a
Strong, healthy body
Depend largely on the
Right elements In
Regular food and drink.
Coffee contains caffeine
A poisonous drug.
Postum is rich in the
Gluten and phosphates that
Furnish the vital energy
That puts "ginger" and
''hustle"
Into body and brain.
There's a Reason"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
Loubet Caught in Crowd

Paris, France. - Former President
T,oubet while walking across the Pont
Neuf. during the crush of the noon
hour was knocked down. He was only
slightly bruised.