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

A passenger train on the Wabash
railroad struck bull near F3~cistell,
Mo-. and ten cars were dit"heGL None
of the passengers were hurt, b. an
unknown tramp was killed and Engi-
neer John Egan fatally injured
In row in a Milwaukee saloon
Daniel Hagelmyer was killed with a
beer keg.
At GAINESVILLE, o., train of six cleo
trio ears got beyond control and dashed
down an incline into another train
Four persons were killed and several
wounded.
Ramoul Selpni, who had been SPEND
ing the summer at Ocean Springs, La,
was taken to New Orleans, where he
died. The board of health announced
yellow fever as the cause, and at once
established a quarantine.
The Amoskeag mills at Manchester.
y. H., have started on full time, after
shut down of one month. Eight
thousand operatives thus return &c
work
The democrats of Colorado decided
that hereafter there will be no fusion
with other parties.
The annual meeting of the National
Association of Letter Carriers was held
in San Francisco, commencing the 9th.
George w. Clarke broke the worlds
high dive record at Chicago by Jump
ing off the railing of the Halstad street
lift brl ige when the structure was
raised to an elevation of los feet above
the Chicago river. The diver was
taken out of tine river without injury
and placed under arrest by the police.
The plant containing the Mendehl-
sohn piano works and Barckhoff organ
works at McKeesport, Pa, was burned
to the ground, entailing a loss of
SOS, 600.
The admirals in command of the
/ fleets in Cretan waters have decided to
raise the blockade.
The Marquis Salisbury's proposal for
the constitution of an international
commission, representing the six pow
ers, to assume control of the revenues
with which Greece will guarantee pay
ment of interest for the holders of old
bonds as well as payment of the in
demnity loan, has been accepted by
the powers.
The postotfice department is in
formed that Postmaster Stull at Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa, and Postmaster Ham
ilton at Warren, Ind, who declined to
surrender their offices when removed,
on the ground that the recent civil
service order covered the cases, have
both surrendered their Offices to the
inspectors.
! An explosion of nitro-glycerine at
I Cygnet, o., resulted in the death of
Sam Barber, Allan Falls, John Thomp-
son, Charles Bartel and n boy named
Ravens. The men had attempted TO
blow out a gas well aud the gas ig-
nited the nitro-glycerine.
/ The Duke and Duchess of Rio Grande
were arrested in London for non-pay-
ment of board. The duke is said to be
Brazilian nobleman and the duchess
Is a niece of ex-senator Conger of
Michigan.
Customs inspectors at Laredo, Tex.
found an unclaimed valise with dia-
monds. jewelry and other valuables
aggregating 5000, 600.
There were three we'll defined cases
of yellow fever at Bolaxi, Mss, the
9TH.
Myrtle Sullivan was atally burned
at Webster City. 10. We she retired
she took wax candle to her room for
light, and dropped asleep while sitting
on the side of the bed. The candle fell
from her hand, ignited her garments
and the bed clothing, and it was only
after serious trouble that the flames
were extinguished.
/ Finley Ackert, the oldest conductor
ON the Wabash railroad, was pushed
/ from his train near ottumwa, To-. by
ttramps and killed.
The American Bicycle company of
Chicago has failed for $50, O0e.
The efforts to evict the striking
miners of the Pittsburg and Chicago
Goal Co. at Orangeville. one and half
miles from Gastonyille. Pa, resulted in
/ riot of no mean proportions and the
utter failure on the part of the COM
pany TO accomplish its object.
The full text of the formal occupa-
ton by the japanese government TO
arbitrate the Hawaiian matter has
been delivered to Secretary Sherman.