River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-10-28
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handed ;he messenger g letter 70 all
appearance genuine, signed by the Route
agent. givi < bin permission 10 ride in the
r, 10 learn some points IN the bu.lness-
W hen the safe open Cummings
covered the messenger with a pistol and
forced him to submit to his orders The
bags Of silver COZ he left. they being too
heavy. The robber locked the car and got
of At a dangerous pass where the trsius
run slow for safety. From The descrip-
tion given OF the rObber he is believed ca be
Jim Cummings, the only one OF the noted
Jesse James gang not before accounted
for.
The following has been delivered 70 Gen.
sheridan from the War Department By
1 rection Of the President. il il ordered that
he hostile Apache adult Indians, fifteen in
lumber, recently captured in New Mexico
aud now at san Antonio Geronimo. Nat
chez, Pericies, Fun, Alexandria, RAMA,
Pahnszt, Fishnolth. roreze, Bishi, Chapo,
LqZaiy ma, Malz1s, kiithdigai, Sephonne and
Loaah-be sent, under proper guard to
Fort Piekeus, Florida, there to be kept in
close custody until further orders. These
Indians have been guilty OF the worst
crimes known 10 the law, committed under
circumstances Of great airocity. and the
public safety requires that they should be
removed far from the scenes of their dep
relations and guarded with the stricteSt
vigilance. The remainder or the band cap
tured at he same time. consisting OF IL
women, Is children and = enlisted scouts,
you are TO send to Fort Marion, Florida,
aud place with the other Apache Indians
recently conveyed to and now under Gus
toby at that post. You will see that all de-
tails are made for the prompt and tffcienJ
exc ution OF this order.
A. r Cutting has forced his way again
before the state department. Friday a
voiuminous bundle OF papers came TO As
+ -
menf, containing Mr.. Cuttings claim
against the government OF Mexico aud
state Of chihuahua for $4,000 punitive
aud exemplary damages. The state de
partmeat y i'll Civ the matter very mature
consideration before it will press this
claim. The department does not deny
MeNIcO'S right TO punish Cutting or any
other man for violation of Mexican law
upon Mexican soil. and it will first decide
from the facts secured by Mr.. Sedgwick and
the laims of the state authorizes in Chi
huahua whether Mr.. Cutting has any claim
whatever.
At The CCot,l meeting of the directors
Of the Northern Pacific r. r. held at New
York, Gen. Adna Anderson, chief enein-
eer Of the company was made second vice
president TO succeed j. Is. Williams, who
was made third yics-president, an office
created by the meeting. Gen. Anderson
will have his office on the Pacific Coast
aud ). D. Mas On, assistant engineer-ln-
chief will have charge of the Office at s..
Paul. A q. PostIethwsire of ST. Pau,
was appointed general land agent of the
I company, succeeding X. j. Wemyss re-
signed.
The following telegram from Gen. Miles,
dated Fort Apache, Arizona, Oct. - has
been transmitted by Gen. Howard To the
war department a detachment under
T.,-f
arrived at tie post, having captured
hangus aud his whole party consisting OF
Maugus. "a o msu. three squaws and I've
children. also tWeBty-nine mules and I'VE
ponies. all OF which were brought in
these indians have been pursued bg Lieut..
johnson and Others through Chlricahua
tMexico1 aud New Mexico since Sept
5. r. Hubbard. principal keeper Of the
life-saving station at Fire Island, n. Y,
who is charged with secreting goods
taken from the wrecked steamer Oregon,
has rendered his resign ton 10 the sec
rotary of the treasury. No sction will be
taken on il, however, until the inyestiga-
ton of the charges against him now IN
progress is concluded. IL the charges are
sustained he will be dismissed.
Gov. West Of L tab furnishes the follow
ing statisti G. The number of children of
school age in the territory June 80 was 81
s3S; expenditures for school purposes,
So, 81. In addition are mission schools
maintained by various Christian de-
nominations, which the government
praises very highly. They number 8,
with 20 teachers, q, 336 pupils, maintained
at a cost Of s35OC00.
On Tuesday a construction train on the
Nebraska & Colorado division of the
Burlington a Missouri River railroad was
+ n L
Fairfield station. The whole train
was precipitated down an embankment -
feet. and six cars were totally wrecked.
+ Five men were killed outright and nine
more or less seriously injured. The
+ wreck was caused by the engine running
over bull.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven
days, as reported to r. g.. Dunn & Co,
number for the United States Isl, and for
4 Canada -, or total OF 1gS failures as com
pared with ~ last week and 1910 the week
previous 20 the last. TIE casualties IN the
/ eastern and middle states are light, while
+ in the western. southern and Pacific states
4 the number reported this week is about
4 the average
/ Elsa Hoffman, who was three years con-
nected with the Stddt Theater in Vienna,
has sailed for America. F.aItering offers
/ from the manager OF the Thalia Theat er
I New York, induced her to return to the
stage in some Of her former roles. After
/ tier appearance in New York she contem-
plates tour Of the principal cities of the
United states.
A Winnipeg company, formed for the
purpose of getting a line of railroad built
from Winnipeg to the boundary to
connect there with one of the United
States RAILWAYS, in opposition to the
Canadian Pacific, has signally failed, all
tue roads approached having refused Il
enter into the project.
President Cleveland with Secretaries
Bavard, Endicott. and Villas visited
Richmond. Va, or the Dist and were
/ accorded great reception. The occasion
was a visit to the State Agricultural
Society Gen. Lee made the welcoming
address TO which the President responded
Rev. Robert West, editor Of the
Chicago Advance died at Sycamore, Ill.
on Monday. He preached twice OF
sunday. Suddenly on Monday he lspsed
/ into a stupor aud bresthed his last with
out pain or struggle. He was native OF
Ohio md forty one years OF age.
Akron, o., is endangered by the fires il
the adjacent swamps. which are still ra
ging and cannot he quenched until a soak
I ing ram falls Farmers are fighting the
I flames to keep them ont OF the woodlands
Several farm houses have been des royed
The issue Of STANDARD silver dollars from
the mint during the week ended Oct y
was 81. 00S. 81. The issue during the cor
responding period OF last year was ssl6
a5< The shipments of fractional silver
coin since 0c5, !, amounts to s. 24ls.
The D. r. Sparks Milling Company Of
Altor. H.. has failed and assigned tC
Frank u. Miner, of Litchfeld, Ill The
corporation was chartered Sept 30, lss5
~irh "a paid in capital of Sl25,0e0. lheii
liabilities are estimated at $4,000.
At Pittsburg Pa, scaffold at the new
building u the Allegheny County Elec
trio Ligat company fell. precipitating five
men 10 the ground. distance of about
fifty feet. All were dangerously hurt, and
Two OF them received fatal injuries.
A German who owns a building near
Pembroke, Ont., which a poor woman
occupied, dubbed her to death and threw
the body with two small children back into
the shauty. which be set on fire, because
shs could not pay the rent.
The Northwestern Territory council has
agreed TO sPpoint committee Of the
elected members to devise scheme fOI
dividing the territories into provinces and
securing responsible government at the
+ earliest possible moment.
81 san Francisco Cal. on the 22ad Gus
tom officers made seizure Of go COO worth