River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-08-12
IhTER MEMS

At Star City, Ark, two white boys
became involved in a quarrel during
church services, and were so vicious as
to drive the congregation out of the
house. Both boys were mortally
wounded.
The towboat Fritz was blown up
men are missing.
A riot broke out in the Jail at ST.
Louis, Mo-, but was soon quelled, and
twenty of the malcontents were placed
in dungeons.
duty of 80 per cent will hereafter
be collected on bicycles entering Can
ada.
In a family quarrel at Ottumwa, To-,
Clarence Cohen shot and killed his
father-in-law, John Hieronimus.
AS result of a church war between
two factions of the NJ. f. church at
Dodgeville, Wis, four of the principal
members were arrested and jailed.
John Gordon, the negro who muir
dered William Allen, a white man. at
Brunswick, Miss, was taken by a mob
and hanged.
Several thousand Armenians invaded
Turkey and killed 200 of the Migrilxi
tribe.
The anarchist who killed Senior Can
ovas is Michael Angene Coli. He has
confessed that he killed Senior Canovas
to avenge the barcelona anarchists
and the insurgent leader, Don Jose
Rial, who was executed at Manila,
Philippine Islands, on Dec. 30 last, as
the instigator of the PHILIPPINE rebell-
ion. DIR. Rial denied that he was a
rebel leader. but admitted that he had
drawn up the statutes of the Philip
pine league.
The PAGERS Joe Patchen and Star
Pointer have been matched for a
purse of 81, 600 at Chicago.
F. Y. Robertson, president of the
suspended First National Bank of
Kearney, Neb., was arrested for MAX
ing false statements of the banks con-
dition.
Train wreckers, for the fourth time
in two months, wrecked two trains on
the New Jersey Central road near
Phillipsburg. n. j., causing loss of
$50, 600.
While attempting to escape from the
prison at Boston, Mass, Herbert Will
lis. a murderer, was fatally injured by
the guards.
The republicans of Kentucky, in con-
vention at Louisville, nominated James
q. Bailey for clerk of the court of APP
peals.
All of the negroes in Clayton, n. NJ,
have been notified to leave the town
at once.
Bar silver sold at 552s cents in New
York the 10th, the lowest price on rec
ord.
Internal revenue officers raided the
house end of the national capitol at
Washington in search of "blind pigs" "
They found a cheap restaurant in oper-
alton, but the sale of liquor had been
stopped some days before.
DIR. Joseph c. Kinyoun has been
designated by the secretary OF the
treasury to represent this government
at the international exposition of hy-
gienic and sanitary service on ship
board, to be held at Brussels, Belgium,
in September.
The VIM. Cramp & Sons ship build
| ing company OF InliduclpHld nave
brought suit against the United States
government to recover 81, 736, 149 dam
ages incurred in building the Massa-
chusetts. Iowa and other battleships.
The complaint cites delays and de-
faults of the United States in furnish
ing armor plates and plans as basis
of the proceedings.
The wholesale price of dressed beef
has been raised by all the big packers.
The lowest price on dressed beef now
is 8 cents, whereas, week ago fair to
good western beef could be bought for
4s+, at she. Better grades were raised
in proportion. The best grades of ba-
con were also raised ! y cents per
pound.
There is growing feeling of appre-
hension among coal operators that the
prolonging of the strike for a few
more weeks will prove Dad for the lake
shippers. 1t is cited that when the
miners will have returned to work
there will be such demand for coal
for lake shipment that cars viii not be
lobtainable to rush it through for ship
ment before lake insurance rates adj
vance, which occurs near the time for
rough weather on the lakes and great
er risks of cargoes.