The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-07
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Judge Neff has granted temporary
injunction, expiring Sept. 20, against
Sunday base ball at Cleveland, Ohio.
The corporation of Browns univer-
sity has voted to request President
Andrews to withdraw his resignation.
Fred Mcconnell, bank cashier of
Ambia, Ind, is missing. So is $4,000
or more.
The leading Italian society Of Cincin-
natl has sent long cablegram to the
count of Turin cOngratulating him on
his defense of the honor of Italy.
The stone wall about Whitelaw
Reid's country seat, Ophir farm, at
White Plains, n. Y, has been decOrat-
ed with scriptural texts painted by
some fanatic.
Jack Everhardt and Kid McPart-
land fought at catch-weights before
the st. Bernard Athletic club at New
Orleans. At the end of the twentieth
round the fight was declared no con-
test.
The town of Dawson, Alaska, which
is the scene of so much excitement at
present, was named after Judge
"Lafe" Dawson, a Missouri politician
months ago.
Prof. James G. Hanson, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, has been APP
pointed by Librarian Young to be
chief of the catalogue department OF
the congressional library. The salary
will be $4,000 year.
The pressed glassware scale, affect
ing 5000 men in Ohio, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and Indiana is settled,
and factories will be started at once.
The Lawrence cotton mills in Low
ell, Mass, have started up after a
shutdown of four weeks.
George Julian Zolnay's bust Of
"Sam" Davis, the Confederate hero,
who met death on the scaffold at Pu-
laski, Tenn, is now on exhibition at
the Nashville centennial, and is said
to be one of the best of the many good
art exhibits.
The result of the parliamentary cleo
ton in the Third district of Brest is
that the Able Eayraud. Christian So
cialist and Republican, whose previ-
Gus return was invalidated by the
chamber on the ground of clerical in
fuence, has been reelected.
The vestry of the church of Benicia,
Cal, where the remains of Rev. DR..
James Lloyd Breck are inferred, has
refused to allow the remains to be re-
moved to Nashotah, Wis, unless there
is money consideration forthcoming
for the care of the grave.
Mrs. Edith Sigler, wife of Frank
Sigler, travelling salesman of Kansas
City. says she is q descendant of
Stephen Girard, the multo-millionaire
of Philadelphia, founder of Girard col
lege, and will try to wreck the college
and get the money.
The Volunteers oe America are con-
sidering the methods of sending n.en
/, to the Alaska gold fields In the spring.
If the rush to the new diggings keeps
up the men will doubtless be seIt. The
| Salvation Army las already decided to
send a band of workers up among the
miners.
The Northwestern glass works in
| Milwaukee has resumed operations,
| giving employment to IL men. Will
| lam Franzen, principal owner of the
| glass works, says that the plant starts
UP with one furnace in operation, but
| that two more furnaces now being
| built will be started in six weeks.
| The Western Union has refused
compliance with orders of the district
| court notifying 1t to furnish office
records required by the court in the
| EIdon bank robbery case, which will
| be tried at Ottumwa, Iowa, next week.
The papers were introduced in evi-
dence at Hamilton's trial last fall, but
this time the company refuses to give
| them UP. Manager Sheehan has been
given twenty-four hours to get the
records, which he says are in Chicago.