River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-06-07
FOREIGN NEWS Notes.

Paris cable: The lire of the Is inst. proved
even more dis. ,strous than was announced,
and heavy losses difficult to estimate are
| involved. The police with difficulty kept
back terrible crowd who were in danger
OF being kilied by the falling walls. The
| flames broke OUT in the agricultural imple-
ment ma ufactory of Decker & M0ts, and
spread with great rapidity, destroying many
neighboring houses. The fire burned over
| the entire ground between the Rue Secretan
and the Canal st. Martin-one of the most
| closely built aud most populous districts in
| the city. Over 800 persons were left home
| less in the streets, having lost all their
goods Many of them are entirely penni-
| less. 4 falling wall struck and killed a
| fireman, aud seriously injured seven other
| persons.
| The anniversary of the death of Gen Gar
ibaldi was commemorated Saturday, night
throughout Italy. The syndic of Rome I'M
yelled bronze bust of Garibaldi in the
capitol. 4 number of persons formed in
procession, and marched to the capitol to
witness the unwilling ceremony. In
| | .ssing the Austrian embassies the process
onists shouted viva oberdank." The
chamber of deputies to-day passed bill
| providing for the erection OF a national
monument to Garibaldi on Janiculum hill,
| the site of Garibaldi's defense of Rome
against the French.
London Cable novel wager is intre-
| esting London society. Mr.. Labourche,
visiting to put thought-reading to a practi-
cal lest, has staked 81 900 bank note to
fl00 that Mr.. Bishop. its principal expon-
ent, will not guess the number of a note,
viii will be placed in the hands ola mesn-
Der of parliament. Opinion is divided upon
Mr.. Bishops claims to read thoughts.
AT meeting OF the libeial party in Lon
don Gladstone announced it would be un
necessary to drop for the present session
the government bill for remodeling the cor
poration of the civ of London. He said he
could not expect this would be brilliant
session, but thought it would not be a dis
creditaable one.
The dynamite conspirators DR.. GallIger
bernard Gallagher, Austin, Curtin, White
head and Wilson, against whom true bills
were found J riday. were arraigned in the
OH Bailey Saturday morning before Jus
tice Hawkins, and pleaded not guilty. The
trial was fixed for the 18th st.
The Cuban budget, read in the Spanish
chamber of deputies Wednesday, provides
for the payment of the remainder of the in
demnity of $494 $50 awarded by the Spanish
suffered losses during the Cuban revolt.
Owing to the fact that grave imputations
have been introduced in questions put in
the house of commons on Irish affairs, it is
contemplated to call the attention of Glad
stone to the necessity of modifying the rules
relating to the questions.
A preacher named Byerd was tarred and
feathered by a mob at Franklin, Neb., for
beating his daughter, who had informed her
mother of his aduterous relations with
other women.
A fund of over $1,000 has been raised
among French Canadians, chiefly liberals,
'or the widow of De Lorimier, hanged in
1878 Tor articipation in the rebellion
n Ottawa dispatch says the viceresal
party ran the Chandler, slides in a crib of
timber and passed through the dangerous
dip without accident or mishap.
The extra guards on the parliament build
ings and Rideau hall, Ottawa, have been
discontinued The Toronto detectives and
policemen have returned home,
No serious lighting is expected to occur at
Tonquin' before the middle Of July, when
the French will be ready TO take the of
fensive.
The prince of Wales wants Henry Irving,
the actor, knighted, but the queen objects.