The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-19
Foreign Gossip.

Chester Gray, saw mill employe.
Foreign Gossip.
Great Britain asks clemency for the
fiiibusters sentenced to death By the
Spaniards.
The Spanish minister for the colo
MES. Senior Tomas Castellano, intends
to resign.
The lockers strike at Rotterdam has
assumed an ugly aspect. The civic
guard, police and marines have been
called out to protect the workers.
Capt. Napier's column, while on it's
way to escort Cecil Rhodes column,
had a skirmish with and repulsed the
Matabele tribesmen.
The British steamer Woolwich, Capt.
Baebun, which sailed from New York
April 5, for Jeddah, Alden, Singapore,
etc, is ashore on Shab-el-Keger reefs.
The Ahyssinians have liberated the
Italians who were made prisoners at
Agama, and it is said that RaS Man
gasia will liberate the balance within
a week.
The correspondent in Guayquil, Ec-
uador, telegraphs that earthquakes OF
some violence continue ut intervals i'll
the mountain provinces of Manobi and
Bahai Two slight shocks were felt III
GuayQuil.
The London Daily Courier confirms
the report that DIR. Jameson's raid into
the Transvaal failed because Cecil
Rhodes wished the reformers to revolt
under the union jack, while the latter
insisted upon the Transvaal flag.
G IN
Rio de Janerio raised a serious disturb
ance. They maltreated the professors,
shouting death to the Directors!'
Live the Republicr'
A Rome dispatch to the London Daily
News says that there are rumorS there
that Mgr. Galimberti, whose death oc
CURED Oh May Z, was poisoned. A post
lortem examination of the remains has
been demanded.
Sir John Millais, president of the
Royal academy, is reported to be Suf-
fering from cancer of the throat. Sur
geons operated upon the distinguished
patient, and the alarming symptoms in
his case were much relieved.
A dispatch to the London Times from
Silnla, India, says that native troops
are being ordered to Suakim for gar
rison duty, and that two infantry regi
ments will start from there for Sual<im
as soon as possible.
Sir Hercules Robinson, governor of
Cape Colony, will sail for England May
20, for the purpose Of discussing the
South African situation with Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies.
According to the official returns, the
French customs receipts for the first
four months of 1896 show increases il
imports to the amount of 167 100000
francs and of exports to the sum OF
SO 100000 francs, as compared with the
same period of 1895.
Miss Gloria de Cespedes, only daugh-
ter Of the late Charles Manuel de Ces
pedes, first president of the Cuban re-
public, and twin sister of Carlos Man
uel de Cespedes, now governor of the
Oriental province, Cuba, was married
to Charles Abon de Lima in New York
Otherwise.
The pallium was conferred upon
Archbishop Kahn at st. Louis.
According to the government report,
the CODQ1I1On OIL WIuIcE WHEAT 10
points above the April average.
Prof Langley, of the Smithsonian
institution, has invented a flying ma
chine which is completely successful.
The Monterey (Mexico) Waterworks
company has been organized with a
capital of $2,000,0O0.
Adams & Pettingill. shoe manu-
facturers Of Amesbury, Mass, as
signed. The factory was closed Satur-
day by Sheriff Reynolds.
About 100 employees of the Salem On.
j. knitting mills, which are owned by
John p. Shepard, went on a strike on
account of a reduction in wages.
President NJ NJ. Garland, of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers, has announced the COM
mittee to settle the iron wage scale.
Dumble. Armstrong & Cronan,
wholesale and retail hardware mer-
chants of Houston, Tex, led chattel
mortgage for the benefit of creditors
The preferences aggregate $4,000.
The Sumner County bank 1T Well
ington. Kan, closed It's doors. \ quiet
run has been going on for several days.
and the bank was unable to stand the
pressure.