River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-16

THE patents through which the Bell
Telephone company has controlled the
telephone business of the country for
tine last twelve years have expired.
RoBERT BEATTY and Hugh I. Demp-
sew district master workman of the
Knights OF Labor, convicted of the
Homestead Pa polsonings, were
taken TO the penitentiary to serve their
sentences of seven years each.
STITCH Bios, wholesale hatters in
New York failed for SIS, 600 and on
account OF the suspension Julius
Stitch, the senior member, shot himself
dead.
Is Allegheny City. Pa, a policeman
found in clump of bushes the bodies
of James Hill and Rose Rutzeler with
their throats cut. Whether it was a
ease of murder or suicide was un-
known.
II New York the stars and stripes
were raised over the steamship Paris,
of the new American line.
GAIL HAMILTON Miss Abigail Dodge
announces that with the cooperation
OF Mr.. Blaine's family she is preparing
a biography of the late James G.
Blaine.
THE widow of Gen. L. ). Grant has
sold her New York home for $3.50, 900 and
has begun negotiations for the pur-
chase OF the Blaine house in Washing
ton. where she intends TO make her
home in the future.
II the central portion of New York
city and along Long Island a severe
earthquake shock was experienced.
TIRE White Star line steamer Runic
arrived in New York, briugingn no news
of her sister ship, the Naronic, now
twenty-five days overdue. II was
thought the Naronic with her entire
crew of seventy had gone to the bot
tom.
DIRECTORS of the Western Union Tel.
egraph company in annual meeting in
New York elected L. T. Eckert presi-
dent in place Of DR.. Norvin Green, de-
ceased.
THE great naval review will take
place as follows: At Hampton Roads
April Il; in New York April -.
Ar the age of 1O1 years Mrs. Mary
Smith died at her home in New York
city. She was born in ireland in 1856
and came to New York in 1913.
Is the city of Railway, \. J., and
vicinity an earthquake shock did con-
siderable damage.
Is anintervieU in New York President
Palmer OF the worlds fair stated that
the closing of the exposition on sun
dav was undoubtedly settled fact.
TIN legislature of Massachusetts has
passed bill making eight hours a
DAYS work for state. city and town
employees
Miss MARY FOLEY and Miss Kate
Donohuc were burned to death in
Pittsburgh 10y the explosion of lIero-
senc oil with which they were starting
a fire.
THE death of Dr. Andrew z. Peabody.
Tor City years associated with the fac
ultv OF Harvard college, occurred in
Boston. aged &c years
4 FRS among business buildings in
Boston destroyed property valued at
- 100000 Two persons persisted in
the flames, nineteen others were in
jured and several more were missing.
JANEs ". HYATT. who died at his
residence in NorwallS, Conn, aged 80
years. was treasurer of the United
States during the latter part of the
first Cleveland administration.
JOSEPH MASSEY fatally shot Mary V.
Lafave IT Quincy, Mass, because she
refused TO marry MIN and then shot
himself.
AT Gloucester, Mass, five fishing
scbooners were given up for los. with
sixty lives. They were supposed to
have foundered in n recent storm.
Mis-. ANN JULIAN. so years old, and
Mrs. Moses Miller, 6s years old. we'll
TODD sisters living at White Plains, n.
y. were sufocated by coal gas.
SEVERAL steamships arrived in port
at New York and 2,15O immigrants,
mostly Italians. were landed at Ellis
island