River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-05-13
LATER NEWS

Two masked men entered the mouse
of Rev. Joseph Flache, the Catholic
priest az Dyer, Ind. The priest was
roughly handled and robbed
Normand. the Larimore. n. D., muir
derer, was arrested near Towner by
Charles Thruen. He was first located
by the Indian police. lie admits his
guilt and says he expects to die.
The Bell Telephone company won
the suit brought against it by the
United States to annul the last Bcr-
liner ratent.
Bert Foster, an employe of the United
States Express company, was sand
bagged at the depot in Albert Lea,
Mimi, and robbed of $500 of the com
pany's money.
A terrible explosion took place in
the Shoeffel mine, on the Isle of Man.
/ large number of miners were en-
tom bed and at least Il were killed.
The US treasury the 10th had a gold
reserve of si47.4Oe, s2s
Gov. Pingree, of Michigan, vetoed
the anti-cigarette bill which makes
boys under Il years OF age liable to
Imprisonment for smoking cigarettes.
Capt Josiah King, who claimed TO
be over lO6 years of age, died at Troy,
n. Y.
| A British officer and 80 coolies were
killed by an avalanche in British India.
Dutch steamer Firdene, from Cagli-
are island of Sardinia. for Stockholm,
has been IN collision with the Norwe-
gian bark Roedvar. Both vessels are
supposed to have foundered. IL is re-
ported that thirteen of the two crews
have been saved and that the drowned
are largely in excess of that number.
The L. S. supreme court has denied
the pitition for rehe airing of the trans
Missouri Freight association.
The committee in charge of the Me-
mortal day exercises has received a
telegram from President Mckinley,
accepting the invitation to come to
New York and take part in the cere-
monies.
The president has appointed Albion
Nv. Tourgee, of New York, TO be U. 5.
consul at bordeaux. France, and Sid
ney b. Everett, consul at Batavia, Java.
The house the 18th, by a vote of 100
to 80, refused to concur in the senate
amendment to revoke President Cleve-
lands order as to forest reservations.
Fire at Quincy, H., destroyed the ].
x. Dayton Tablet company's plant, a
printing Office and book store. Loss,
slO0, 600.
The long expected ministerial crisis
lin the affairs of Denmark has occurred.
The premier and minister for foreign
laffairs, Baron Reedtz- Tbott. has tend
cred his resignation of the cabinet and
the king summoned ex-Premier Estrup
to form a cabinet.
A collective note from the powers ON
1.-The sub .ect of mediation has been pre-
scented to the Greek minister for foreign
AFFAIRS by the Russian minister at
ATHENS. II is said that the Greek gov
lernmeut has accepted the conditions
Imposed and has confined its interests
Ito the care of the powers The ex-
lpenses of Turkey in the war are esti-
MATED at So. 900. 900, which Greece will
lpay as indemnity in annual Install
ments, guaranteed 10y the Thessalian
revenues.
The firm of Williams, Brown e Co..
WHOLESALE shipping and commission
merchants at San Francisco, has failed.
Liabilities, 5000, 900.
Charlie jackson, colored, charged
with attempting to wreck train, was
hanged by a mob near Clinton, La.
Near Sloan, To-, the Missouri river
cut into a cemetery on the banks and
"a large share of bodies buried there
were washed into the river before they
could be taken care OF.
Frank Barse aud his two sons, and
Chris Barse, his brother, were asphyx-
lated i'm a we'll on their farm near
Grobe =. ID. One decended into the
well to clean it, and each III turn went
down to rescue the others, until all
-four were overcome with the gas.
The secretary of the treasury is in
Horned of the arrival of 272 Cinnamon
lat San Francisco to take part in the
Nashville exposition. OF this number
lonly twenty-O8e are needed 20 comply
with the terms of the contracts entered
Into bv the exposition company and the
remainder VIII be returned to China.
The Iowa legislature has adjourned.
Arthur Baber raised disturbance
at a church festival at Longstr Itch, o.,
and upon being ordered tn leave he
fred FIVE shots into Dunk" Christian,
killing him. Christians father re-