River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-11-04
IAIER MEMS.

A riot between union and nOu-union
worlImen occurred at Scottdale. Pa,
in which three men were injured.
Many shots were fired but no one was
killed.
The vault and safe of the private
bank of r. G. Baxter, at Burlington,
Vt, was wrecked by dynamite and
about - 600 taken.
The monthly statement of the pub
/ lie debt shows that at the close of
business on Oct. 81, 1897, the debt, less
cash in the treasury, amounted to ST.
)20 563, 90l, an increase for the month
Of 5, Hiss
The Spanish ministers. after exami-
nation of the documents in the case,
have decided that the Competitor was
not filibusterer, and that Spain must
satisfy the demands of the American
state department
= = repor.ed that the Cuba filibus-
terror rendezvous in the bahamas has
been seized by the British government,
quantity of arms secured and few
men arrested.
As the result of serious trouble be-
Pierce. Fla, the negro settlement has
been broken up, their church burned.
and the members compelled to leave.
The Union Pacific road proper, in
Guiding the buildings and all that goes
to operate the system. was sold at
Omaha, Neb to the reorganization
committee for the sum of SIS. 52S, 522. 76.
! This amount does not include the sink
/ ing fund in the hands of the govern
ment and taking this TO be 81. O36, 400,
the amount stated in the government
decree covering the sale of the road,
the total paid for the property was
So, 56I, 932.7 There were no other
bidders and the road went TO the re-
organization committee without any
Opposition
The new congressional library at
Washing b.. which has been in course
Of construction for the past SIX years.
, is open to the public
August Bergman notified the officials
at Oshkosh, Wis, that he had been
held up and robbed Of S3l5 The next
morning he admitted the story was a
/ joke and the justice gave him 80 days
IN Jail
burglars entered the postofiice at
Forest City. To-, and carried away
Everything of value. They left no
lclew
\ During the progress of fire at Bor-
Lnet's dyeing and securing establish
ment at Philadelphia. large can of
Benzine exploded Thirteen firemen
were SO seriously burned that they
had to he taken to q hospital. 1t is
feared that some oj them may lose
their eyesight The loss by fire was
slight
Election day at Frankfort, Ky, was
ushered in by a bloody encounter be.
tween republicans aud democrats. re-
sulting in the death of three men and
the wounding IF two more
\ mixed passenger and freight train
rolled down 4O-foot embankment on
the Sedalia. Warsaw q Southwestern
road. three miles north of Warsaw, Mo-
Engineer John Minnier was instantly
killed, Fireman C. McCanos had leg
broken. and Brakeman VIM Price,
Conductor w. L. Bass and Fred
Schwettmann passenger. were badly
injured.
Edward Hamilton. employed at the
Worcester Mass National bank. shot
his wife and daughter and then killed
himself.
James II. Jordan, postmaster at Dem
yer, Colo. died from an overdose of
morphine pills, which he had taken by
mistake.
| Marshall Blanco. the new captain
general OF Cuba. has sent a cable mes
sage to the Spanish government saying
( he has formed a favorable opinion re-
garding the prospects for the pacifica-
ton OF Cuba.
The 1910 Steenhouse at Tappan
| y Y was blown down by the wind
This 5 the house where Major John
Andre was imprisoned and from which
he was taken 10 to his execution on
IOct =. 1879. 1t was owned by DR.
Sterhens, of Tappan, and has been
visited by people from all over the
world
Important preparations are being
made for the signing of the new treaty
between the United States, Russia
and Japan Tor the suspension of pela-
gic sealing in Boring sea aud the north