River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-11-25
A Washington telegram of the 18th an
nounces the resignation of Bishop Whipple

A Washington telegram Of the 18th an
nOunces the resignation of Bishop Whipple
rs a member of the North western Indian
Commission. and tire appointment of
John W. Dsnieis for tbs following
reasons: The Bish Dps hsalt h
mas not been good for some time, and it was
doubtful il he could with immunity have
brGvcd the rigorg Of the Montana and D8-
kota climate with the ettCT dEut disCcut-
fort this winter. II is net unlikely thas the
late terrible experience at Rio may have
something to do y q his determinatOu, as
he must of necessity have been compelled
10 be away from Mrs. Whipple a got par
of the winter under the programme laid
out by the commission. j W. Daniels was
appointed solely upon the Bishops recon
meEdatiOn. The bishop speaks of Daniels
an excellent man, devoted thor ughly
and completely to the interests or the In
dians, and havipgA wide experience among
them. He was at one time an inspect or in
the Indisn service. At one time during
Hayes administration when the appr0pri-
a ION bills failed 20 uass and congress at an
extra session passed n lump sum for the
support of the Indians the amount, some
SO coo, was placed in Bist op Nhipple's
uaudS for Distribution. He associated with
him Mr.. Daniels, and highly commended
his judgment in the disbursement OF the
mOGcy. Ii is not unlikely that Assistant
Indian Commissioner Epshaw will go to
n North vest this wint TO travel with
the commission for time,
At Jones Ferry, near PittsburG, Pa, the
| Cincinnati limited express encountered a
land slide, mass Of rocks and earth com
! ing down upon the train from 80 feet above,
striking three slet psrs, wTecklug them bad
/ ly and ipigT.ug eight passenger, two prob
/ ably fatal a stone that struck one Of he
cars made an opening in the top Of the car
about six feet square. Twenty men could
not move il. 1t weighed over fifteen thou
sand pounds, and was broken up and re-
moved with crane.
st. Augustine. Flo, telegram, nth; IL
is fair to presume that the plan of the gov
eminent in sending Geronimo and his
/ Apaches to Florida for safe keeping will be
/ eminently successful. Tue savagcs are I'M
used TO the climate, and are dying II ct q
rate of about a day. The ciose coI noe
/ ment is very severe on them. Their filthy
habits also tell on them ia this warm c'lIn-
are Geronimo himself, with about a dOz n
Others of MS band. is cOnfiued at Fort Pick
ems, near PsnsG' ola.
The suit brought by the government
against Gen. Adam Badeau to recover
/ $40 COO, alleged to have been received by
| him for rotaIibI fees While cling ps
] Unite states col sui general at London
was dismissed To-Day by Judge Bru~n in
he Unltcd States cifcuit court, who h Id
/ that the payments were maze yoluEtaTi-
/ IN to Gen. Badeau while he was acting
! IN a none ificial capacity.
On the nth, an explosion occurred in a
Philadelphia, Pa, cigar box factory, kill
! ing one girl and injlred Is persons, young
men end women. The explosion YVES
caused bv the engineer banking up his fire
% that IA bach draft blew flame into an
air tight dust fine. he 3 story building
va. VIZ, ca j end burned and livery sta
he adjoining good deal Damaged.
Miss Jennie Saxton of Richmond, VT.
aged2J years has been arrested for forgi"g
orders On the Burlington Saving b Tx in
the name of John l.. Wilson, TO the amount
Of $3.50 She claims Wilson, who is an
I'll ,ial OF the Vermont Central X. X, and
ia crested IN the bank, authorized her TO
sign his name. Some curious develop
meLts are expected.
A. L1udsyil'e, Ind, on the 18th the
house of James johnson, e farmer took fire
lust before daylight and burned. johnson
aud his wife aud heir two Sons escaped AZ
their night clothes. The two daughters Of
of Johnson, Ella and Minnie, aged respect
lively eighteen and twenty years, were
burned to death. hired man named
Turner was fatally burned.
FOtheringham has been arranged at st.
Louis for the Adams Express obbery and
plead not guilty. He was taken back to
Jail, as he has made no attempt to give
BAIL The detectives are lust a'goingn
70 arrest some one else, for having a hand
y the sGaiT, but have not found any enc
as yet.
An attempt IVES made TO poison the faTni-
liz Off D. Armour, the Chicago packer,
by ,ending them a sample bag Of buck
wheat -four strongly impIegusfed with
strychnlne and arsenic, bat the 5ur was
sent to a chemist instead Of the cook aud
tie scheme failed.
Congressman Collins and Ranney OF the
judiciary committee with other friends of
5ua bankruptcy measure Intended again
this session TO eDdeByor to seCurf actor
mon the L i'll " hich the house committee
on the Judiciary has fayorsbly reported
AT Grange City, Ky, Frank Kissick.
preacher, became involved ia a quarrel
wi John C-ndif, a saw Tnill hand, and
male at Cundin for fight. Cund II grab
bled a broadax and cut Kissick's body near
ly in twain, killing him Instantly.
Two Pullman sleeping cars, the Cimbria
and the Leghorn, part of the Grand Trunk
Western express, were burned 10 the
tracks Friday morning near kingston,Ont.
Few Of the passengers saved more than
their night clothes. Loss $4,000.
Charles Francis Adams, Sr., died a.
Boston, Mass, Aov. q. He was born in
the same city, Aug Is, iS01. For the les
i've years MS life has been practic lily
1iAnk, owing TO brain trouble. produce
y overwoTk. lie Eas an original Free
SoilOr, snd was appointed Minister t.
England by Mr.. Lincoln.
At Ishpeming, Mich, on account Of the