River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-28
LATER MEMS

FIVE dead bodies, four men ana one
woman, were stolen from the morgue
at Dunning. Ill. The bodies were
those of paupers at the county asylum.
/ The robbery. from all indications, had
been carefully planned and done in a
deliberate way.
High winds drove the sea inland
along the coast of New Jersey and
Long Island, doing great damage. The
village of Bowers Beach, Del. was in
undated and several houses swept
away.
The Spanish soldiers at Santander,
/ Spain, have refused to don the colo
NAL uniform, and say they will not
embark for Cuba.
There were two deaths from yellow
fever at Memphis, Tenn, the 9th.
A case of yellow fever was discov-
cred at Cincinnati.
VIM. Mathews was arrested in Bos-
ton, charged with robbing the mail
boxes in that city and in New York.
In an engagement in the outskirts of
Havana, General CASTILLO. command
ing the insurgents, was killed.
Over 500, 900 fraudulent warrants on
the L. S. treasury on account of the
Creek Nation Indians in Indian Terri
tory, have been discovered by the au-
thOrities.
Justice Beach, of the New York SUI
preme bench, has enjoined the United
Portable Hosting Engi leers' union
and its walking delegate, Peter Glib
int
Davis. a non-union man, and also or
ders the defenant union TO pay Davis
$500 damages for having kept him from
working from June, 1895, to August,
1896
The international seal conference
met in Washington, ID. c., in the state
department building. The proceed
ings were secret.
The brick Baptist church building
at KIlbourn, Wis, collapsed and is a
total wreck No one was hurt but the
loss is $4,000.
A heavy snow storm prevailed
Throughout Colorado. breaking down
telegraph wires and delaying trains.
The express car attached to the New
York Central train that was wrecked
near Harrison. n. Y. has been raised
from the bottom of the river and one
of the safes that it should have con.
tanned is missing. 1t is thought that
there was in the neigh borhood of $780,
900 in the safe, for one package con-
tanned $50, 900, and there were a nnm-
Der of packages shipped.
| The supreme court of Iowa declares
that while no law compels bicyclists to
use lantern or bells at night, wheelmen
without them are guilty of contribu-
tory negligence in ase of accident.
While service was in progress in the
village church of Khnieleff, Russia. an
alarm Of fire was raised. panic en-
sued in the crowded congregation. and
the efforts of the officiating priests to
calm the tumult were absolutely I'M
availing. In the stampede for the ex-
its 81 persons were killed By suffoca-
ton or being trampled, and so others
were seriously injured.
Silss $. Gray, who served IA years
for a murder which it has developed
was committed by another, was re-
leased from the penitentiary at Pitts
burg, Pa.
Six noted politicians of Costa Rico,
who were exiled by the president of
that republic, have arrived in New
York.
Jacob McComb and George Stoirch
were killed and five others injured by
the breaking of a bulkhead in the
power station of the General Electric
company at Portland, Or.
The officials of the New York Cen
trail railroad claim that the recent ac-
cident was caused by dynamite. This
view is corroborated by a special en-
gineer, who investigated the wreck.
| He examined the engine and found
that all its injuries are what are con-
sidered superficial among railroad men.
Neither the main Tor side rods were
broken, and the pilot was practically
intact
Don Mcleod, won the championship
of the world at heavyweight catch-as-
catch-can wrestling from Farmer"
Burns, at indianapolis. He took the
FIRST and third falls, Burns taking the
second.
Great damage has been done to pine
forests in Warren County. Pa, by fire.