River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-11-18
LATER NEWS.

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secretary of the interior to instruct
the Alaskan officials to gather about
600 head of reindeer from the govern
ment herds for the use of the expedi-
ton for the relief of the icebound
whalers in the Arctic regions
The official canvass of the vote OF
Ohio gives Bushnell (Rep) plurality
of 2s 3O1.
John Firestone, of Liepsic, o., killed
his 6-year-o old daughter with flatiron
while in delirium from typhoid fever.
He also made an unsuccessful attempt
upon his own life.
Ex-Congressman John NJ. Langston,
colored, died at Washington, ID. C. He
was formerly United States minister
to Hayti
! The Wyoming supreme court has de-
cided that foreigners cannot vote in
that state unless able to read the Eng
lish language.
Albert Kneeland, the bigamist who
has twelve living wives, was SEN
fenced Ly the court at St. Joseph, Mo,
to three years in the peuitentiary.
Fsur hundred and fifty miners were
thrown out of employment at the At
lantic mine, Houghton, Mich, by
strike of the trammers.
A stranger robbed the Rockesdale
Is. d. postoffice of $50 in gold dust
and sl2 in stamps.
DIR. Thomas w. Evans, the famous
American dentist who facilitated the
flight of the ex-Empress Eugene from
Paris in 1870, died suddenly at Paris.
Charles NJ. Spencer, manager of the
Z lstal Telegraph company's office at
lDeadwood, :. d., purposely fatally
shot himself in the Methodist Episco.
pal church at Westyille, Ind.
Mrs. Henry Payson. of Clinton. Iowa.
was burned to death trying to save tn,
life of her child whose clothing had
lighted from bonfire.
1t has been determined to appeal tc
the public at large for subscriptions
to a memorial for Henry George.
Mrs. Terrill and her nephew, Ed.
ward Mason, living near Peru, n. Y,
were burned to death by lamp ex,
plosion.
The bank of Delta, Cal, has suspend
ed business.
L. ID. Spickler, a farmer near Cush-
ing, To-, shot and killed his wife and
afterward blew out his own brains.
Four children are made orphans by the
tragedy.
The final act on the part of this gov
ernment in the ratification of the
treaty adopted by the recent universal
postal congress was taken the 10th,
when President Mckinley signed the
formal convention or treaty, and Sec
retary of State Sherman had the gov
lernment seal affixed. Postmaster Gem
leral Gary had already signed it. The
treaty takes effect Jan. I, 1898.
Julian Gunion, the boy who shot and
killed District ATTORNEY Charles Jones,
at Carson City. New, was exonerated
BY the grand jury.
The national convention of stock
growers will be held az Denver, Colo,
Jan. 25-27.
There were II new cases of yellow
fever and two deaths at New Orleans
the 10th.
The general assembly of the knights
lof Labor has selected Chicago as the
next place for their meeting.
President Fetterlof. of Girard college
at Philadelphia, Pa, has issued an
ledict against football and henceforth
the students of the institution must
keep off the gridiron.
The departure of late for Cuba of a
humber of Americans who have had
military experience is to be followed
by other expeditions during the present
month. and it is probable that before
the first of December there will be
lenough Americans in Gomez camp to
make a formidable addition to his
larmy.
Consul Monaghan, at Chemnitz, in a
report to the state department on ex-
ports TO The United States, says: Ger
many is alarmed. Exports 20 the
United States are dropping off. Moth
ling so alarming has appeared in 20
years America was always the best
customer in many lines of manufact.
ures.
I The qua-antina in Kansas on cattle
from the South was lifted and accord
ing to the chairman of the state live
stock commission the biggest influx of
cattle for years was begun.