River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-09-30
LATER NEWS.

ne MARQUIS OF SALISBURY mas not
withdrawn from the Scring sea con
ference, ont has simply objected to the
presence of Russia and japan. Ne
gotiations on the subject are proceed
ding. Great Britain is willing to take
part in the conference and is endeavor-
ing to secure the acquicscence of Can.
ada.
Charles Bass made murderous as
slult upon Mrs. Walter Owens, at her
home in Minneapolis, with a large cali
bre revolver. causing dangerous
wound. Bass was infatuated with Mrs.
Owens, but she resented his attentions.
Both are colorcd.
a locomotive just out of the shops
exploded at Georgetown, Pa, killing
E. B. Mitchell instantly. Fireman
.Crawley was badly scalded. The boiler
was blown $50 feet and alighted on a
mountain side.
An unknown man was hanged along
the Alaska trail to the gold mines for
stealing pair of socks.
Il. f. Lamar, a member of the Okla
homa Legislature, was found dead in
front of the Gaiety theater in 50 Louis.
The united democracy of New York
has nominated Henry George for
mayor OF Greater New York.
Mrs. a. NJ. PAU has been appointed
to take charge of the down town street
cleaning and garbage forces of Chicago.
Two Americans, Harry fullerton
and Prof ID. J. Holmes, of Meadville.
Pa, were captured by Swiss bandits,
who demand a ransom for their re-
lease.
A row occurred in Polish boarding
house at Glrardville, Pa. which in
volved IS or 50 men. When quiet was
restored, SO were found to have been
wounded, nine of them fatally.
Ex-Secretary Of the Navy John NJ.
Robson died at Trenton, n. J.
The cold storage plant and dove
hatchery of Ben Katz, at Usage, Iowa,
was burned. Loss, $50, 900. About g.
900 doves persisted in the flames.
Several women of Fort Scott, Kan,
were drawn to serve on the district
court jury. Judge Simmons decided
that they were not eligible.
At Terre IIaute, Ind, the PAGER Star
Pointer made the third quarter in a
mile race in IS seconds, being a rate of
a mile in 1:52.
An attempt was made to burn the
business portion of Stockton, Cal, sew
eral incendiary fires being started
simultaneously. ! he fires were ex-
tinguished without great loss.
Official report of the Mississippi
state board of health, Sept IS: Total
yellow fever to date, l21; yellow l. yer
under treatment, Is; new cases, ls,
total deaths, G.
The republicans of Greater New
York, in convention the 2sth, nomi.
mated Gen. i. T. Tracy for mayor.
The store and warehouse of n. z.
White & Co, Utica, n. Y, was burned.
Isaac Monroe aud John Hanlon, fire.
men. lost their lives.
The first annual conference of the
mayors and councilmen of the United
States, the Canadas and Mexico, as
held at Columbus, O., beginning the
.2sth.
The farm house of A. L. Gordon.
near Alma. Neb., burned, and three
children, aged 5. IL and IL years, who
were alone in the house, persisted in
the flames.
Two highwaymen held up the Boone
vile stage near Ukiah, Cal, and J. K.
Barnett, a passenger, was shot and
killed.
Russian police have unearthed plot
to kill the car.
I. F. Gill. formerly Of Perry county,
Missouri, and proprietor of the Biloxi
Manufacturing company, died of yell
low fever st Biloxi. Miss.
Colonel Robert A. Ammon, William
Woods, lawyers of New York. have
been ARE sted. charged with blackmail-
ing Samuel Keller. former manager of
the +. :. Dean CO., discretionary pool
operators. who failed in March last
Five men met a horrible death from
"black damp this after accumulation
of a fire in the Jermyn No. mine near
Rendham. Ia. The dead arc; Isaac
Watkins. William Tompkins, Joseph
Smith. John Gallagher. William Camp
bell
James NJ Woolworth has refused to
be a candidate for supreme justice of
Nebraska on the gold democrats ticket.