River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-02-18
LATER MEMS

La 6k NEWS
The toll gate raiders blew up the
toll gate on the Lawrencebu-g tKy.)
pike the 18th with dynamite. The
previous night a mob wrecked all of
the six toll gates on the Kinney turn
pike entering Vanceburg
Two Italians fought a duel at the
foot of the Columbus monument in
Lake Front park, Chicago, the 18th,
and the challenger, Batiste Melleri.
was shot to death by Joseph Berna-
scerie. The duel was about anarchy.
William p. st. John. ex-president of
the Mercantile National bank of New
York, and treasurer of the democratic
national committee, died suddenly the
l4th.
Gov. Stephens, of Missouri, refused
to interfere in the case of DIR. Arthur
Duestrow, the millionaire of st. Louis,
sentenced to be hanged at Union, Mo-,
for the murder of his wife and child.
The U. 5. supreme court the 18th, de-
cided the case of Jos. Il. Dunlop, of the
Chicago Dispatch, charged with send
| ing obscene matter through the mails.
The verdict of the lower court, which
was against Dunlop, was affirmed.
The National Creamery Buttermak-
ers' association met in annual convcn-
ton at Owatonna, Mimi, the 18th.
| The semi-ofiicial Fremdenblatt. of
/ Vienna, Austria, the 18th, confirmed
the report that the powers had accept
ed the p: oposal of Great Britain for the
occupation of Canea, Heraklion and
| Retimo by the marines of the foreign
| fleets, and adds: The commander of the
Austrian ship has already received in
structions to cooperate with the fleet
of the other powers, and, il necessary,
force will be used to prevent further
/ hostile action upon the part of Greece.
| The powers are on the Point of arriv-
| ing at an agreement in regard to steps
to avoid further bloodshed in Crete.
/ The commanders OF the squadrons,
under the presidency of the French
admiral. who is the senior of the others,
are holding consultations on the basis OF
identical instructions from their cabi-
nets"
The L. :. senate committee on ju-
dietary, the 18th, agreed to report IA
vorably the nomination of Charles +.
Amidon TO be United States district
Judge of North Dakota. This is the
second time the nomination has been
reported.
| An attempt was made the 10th to re-
move the Office of the head clerk of the
Modern Woodmen of America from
Fulton, H., TO Rock Island. A party
of 60 from the latter place went to
Fulton, seized the records and started
to board the train. Protests fIom citi-
zens and police were disregarded. The
/ fire department was called out and
turned the water on the intruders, who
were finally forced to restore the re-
cords.
A bill has been introduced in the
Idaho legislature to license prize fights.
The license is placed at 5000, but this
is understood to be for the purpose of
giving latitude in the matter of cut
ting.
The governor of kentucky has fixed
Saturday, March 20, for the execution
of jackson and Walling for the murder
of Pearl Bryan.
The committee of the New York state
senate began investigating the affairs
of the rubber trust the 10th.
1 me CoutullAbCt has AtCiuctl W
recommend one new battle ship and
that lump sum be appropriated for
the ship and armor plate.
J. NJ. Mcknight, OF the German Ma
tional bank of Louisville, KY, was ar
rested the 10th for misrepresentation of
funds.
Five numbered tanners employed by
IW n Eiseudrath * Co. Chicago struck
the 10th against reduction of wages.
An official dispatch form Bombay
says that 1,sS5 deaths occurred there
during the week ending Friday, Feb. IL,
of which SIS were due to bubonic
plague. At POona forty-seven cases of
the plague We're reported. as compared
with forty-three the week previous: at
Karachi 269 death were reported. as
compared with 297, Isl and 2s6 death
dnring the pIevious three weeks.
The Wisconsin legislature has passed
a law creating board of pardons.
Thomas Il. Gray, formerly of Mime
Iapolis. was arrested at Tacoma, Wash,
the 10th, charged with participating in
an attempt to murder Mine Breton,
lca plain of the Tacoma police force.
The trial of the libel suit of John
Lind against the ST. Paul Dispatch,
was begun the 10th.
The Merchants National bank of
Jacksonville, Fla, suspended the 10th.