River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DURING a fight with bandits and Off
GERS in the state of Jaliseo, Mex,
twenty-five of the former and four of
the latter were killed.
IL revenge for raid on the Italian
frontier Italian friendlies surprised and
attacked 500 Soudanese near Buri,
Africa. killing 200, including the lead
ing chiefs.
Ar st. Johns, y. H., Mrs. Rose Walk
err. 1O5 years old. was burned to death
by her bed-clothes catching fire while
she was smoking.
GEN. DA FoNsECA has been formally
elected president of Brazil
PRIER, WoTToN & Co.. lumber mer-
chants in London. failed with liabilities
of $500. 600.
The governor of Moss BE, an island
and French colony off the northwest
coast of Madagascar. caused the execu-
ton of over 100 rebels and killed their
wives and children.
DURING the bombardment of Iquique
Chilli. the insurgents sacked and burned
six of the principal squares and 200
women and children persisted in the
ruins.
y
stroyed eighteen houses and many fam.
lilies were made homeless. 4 number
of lives were lost and many cattle were
drowned.
AT Macoo, China, sin pirates were
beheaded ior footing a ST, amer
AMONG the bills passed in the United
States senate on the I'd were the postal
subsidy. the post Office appropriation,
the meat inspection, the agricultural
college and several public building
bills. In the house senate bills were
passed granting pension of $500 a
year to the widow of Admiral Porter
and 500 month 10 the widow of Gen.
Fitzpatrick; for public building at
saginaw, Mich, and the district of Co
lumbia appropriation bill. The con
ference report on the bill to repeal the
timber-culture law was agreed to.
Ar Adams. Mass, the Renfrew Man
ufacturing company lost $4,000 by
fire.
SENATOR MANDERsoN, of Nebraska,
was elected president pro tenn of the
United States senate to succeed Sena-
tor Ingalls,
DURING February the minis coined
s., Ala 400 of gold, S3.O73. 900 of silver
and S123. 900 of nicl1els and pennies.
THE Tooth anniversary of tn death
of John Wesley was COMMUNICATED on
the 2d by the Methodists In America.
and in England it was observed by the
unwilling of a statue erected in his
honor in London.
AT the mouth of the Warwick river
in Virginia twenty-four oystermen were
drowned in a gale.
Mrs FRED NEmAUsMYER jumped into
a cistern at Lima o.. with her sick
babe, both being drowned. The long
continued illness of the child caused the
mother To become insane.
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the I'd was: Wheat,
2S, go, 093 bushels; corn. ;, s07, PIG bush
els; oats, e,94s. 029 bushels.
THE Kansas legislature passed bill
prohibiting aliens from holding lands
in the state, and providing that all lands
held by aliens at the end of seven years
shall revert TO the state
HANS z. JACOBSON, aged Q years, and
his sister Mercy. years old, were
burned to death in their home in Chi
cago duringth absence of their parents
president HARRISON has approved
he direct tax bill.
The American ship Vigilant which
arrived at Hong Kong from New York
lost six of her crew while on the ont
bound passage
PATRIcK MoRAN died ct Campus. H.,
at the age Of los years.
THE public debt statement issued ON |
the 2d showed the total debt to be 81
54S, 100, SIS: cash in the treasury. S6as
so. O52; debt less cash in the treasury. /
SS49.5Sa. s95. Increase during February,
3. 994- 80. decrease since June 30, |
$50. S54.667 ESQ.