River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-14
LATER NEWS.

Ex-Queen Liluoa alani, of Hawaii. is
reported very ill at Washington, ID. c.
Miss Cisneros, the Cuban girl who
escaped from prison at Havana. is
with the Cuban sympathizers in New
York.
Herbert Crow, young business man
of Hastings, Neb., was fatally stabbed
10y young woman, the girl using her
hat pin for a weapon. The victim re-
fuses TO give the name of the girl or
the cause of the attack.
A trolley car. loaded with passen-
gers, on the Waterloo and Cedar Falls
DOL line, was precipitated over 30
foot embankment, and VIM. Meyers, a
travelling man, was killed. Some IF
teen or more were injured.
The schooner Nellie G.. Thurston left
New York for Klondike via Cape Horn.
George B. Dodwell and Hugh s. Wal
lace, of Tacoma, Wash, have organ
lied the ChilSoot Road and Transports
tiou company, and contracts have been
let for the tramway, which is to be in
operation by Jan. /. The line starts
at Dyea and runs to Greater Lake.
Gov. McLauren, of Mississippi, has
appointed Senator-elect fernando De
Soto Money as United States senator
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of the late J. u. George, whose term
would expire in 1898.
The state department has received
word that all FerrouclS Bey has APP
pointed Turkish minister to the United
States to succeed Mustapha Bey. The
new minister studied in Pa:is for five
years and for two years was secretary
of the legation at London.
by decision of the supreme court
Peter Ginger, mayor of Dubuque, 10.
in 1895. is adjudged liable for prosecu-
ton because he engaged IN raising his
salary from 81, 500 to $1,000
Emma Vane and her daughter. Mrs.
Sarah NJ. Shaw, were killed by bur
glars in their residence in Jersey City,
n. ].
In broad daylight the international
& Great Northern passenger train was
/ held up by masked men near Austin,
Texas. Conductor Tom IIea'y was
shot. but not seriously injured. The
passengers were robbed of some $500
in money. The bandits attempted to
rifle the safe in the express car but
failed.
1t is stated upon high authority that
/ Associate Justice Stephen Field, of the
/ United States supreme court, has made
/ formal application to President Me-
/ kinley to be retired from the bench
under the law that allows mem bers of
that court to be retired when 30 years
old.
Baron Kanopsky, young Brazilian,
attempted suicide IN a New York hotel
by inhaling gas He was discovered
and taken to a hospital, where he was
jresuscitated.
Charles w. Foster, former United
States senator from Florida, died at
/ Detroit, Mich, after several weeks
sickness.
Charles Pollack crossed the English
channel in a balloon, going from Eng
land to France.
A tornado swept over the northern
part of New Jersey. doing considera BILE
damage. AT Elizabeth, building was
blown down and man killed who had
sought refuge there.
Lee Hough. charged with the murder
of Joe Clark in Owatona Mimi Sept. 5,
and captured at Guthrie. Ky, has
made a full confession of his quit to
the sheriff. lie says he waited till
Clark was asleep, when he struck him
in the bead with hammer, and after
wards robbed him.
A live eat and a dozen eggs made a
trip in one OF the pneumatic carriers
Il sent between the postotiice and the
produce exchange in New York city.
/ The cat was alive and unharmed at the
end of this strange journey and the
eggs were unbroken.
Michael Skies. an electrician en-
lployed by the ST. Cloud. (Minn.l Light
Company was instantly killed while
repairing the wires. lie was at the
/ top of a pole and grasped two live
wires, in each hand closing the circuit
/ The Sherman House, in Chicago, was
damaged by fire to the extent of S..
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( The election in Indianapolis resulted
/ in favor of Thos- Taggart. silver DEM
ocrat, by a majority of nearly S., 900.