The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

Otherwise.
The tobacco directors have declared
2 per cent dividends on the preferred
and per cent. on the common stock.
The managers of the Newberry,
Mich, state prison have let contracts
for additions to Lysette Il Gray OF
Sault for $31 1868.
Fred PETER has been released from
the Chicago ball club. He has not
played for some time and the club
does not need him any more.
Maj. A. J. G. Wrench, of the Royal
Welsh FusiIeers, was married at the
Scotch church, at London, to Miss
Alys Theodore Briggs of Cincinnati.
Col +. B. Mussey, the we'll known
Washington correspondent, is dead at
Middlebury, VT, of Bright's disease.
He was tifty-one years of age and had
been i'll for some time.
Emile D. Nustadt, senior member OF
Nunstadt & Co., formerly one of the
most important flour commission hOus-
eS on the New York Produce exchange
died suddenly, aged fifty years.
The Western Writer'S association
held reception at the WinOna hotel at
Eagle Lake, Ind. James Whitcomb
Riley, John Clarke Ridpath, Eugene
Ware and others took part.
The directors of the Pittsburg. Fort
Wayne & Chicago Railroad company
met in New York and organized by
re-electing Charles Lanier president
and John j. Haley secretary and treas
urer.
The Pulitzer Publishing company has
Of hn
Louis Post-DiSpatch, Col. Charles FL
Jones having resigned as editor and
manager and severed all connections
with the paper.
At Lincoln, Neb., District Judge
Holmes appointed S. A. D. Shilling re-
ceiver for the failed Merchants bank.
The bank suspended a month ago and
it was thought at that time a receiver
would not be necessary, but the stock
holders have disagreed.
Peter Maher was married at St.
Thomas church, Philadelphia, to Miss
Agnes Torpety. After the marriage
the couple left for New York, where
they will take the steamer Lucania
for an extended European tour.
J. A Jordan of Hannibal, Mo-, was
made general manager of the ConSoli-
dated Green Bay & Western and Ke-
waunee, Green Bay & Western rail
roads to succeed s. w. Campion,
whose resignation has been accepted.
Actors and actresses, playwrights
and theatrical managers attended the
funeral of William #. Hoey, "Old
Hoss," which was held at his late res
idence at New York. The casket was
almost buried from view with floral
tributes.
The suspension of Harvey B. Rich
Sc Co. was announced OH eX-
change New York. Mr.. Rich ..ds been
a member of the exchange since 1860.
1t is said at the office of the firm that
the liabilities are small; that there are
no open contracts and that they hope
to be able to resume business in few
days.
Detectives raided the stock broker
age offices of Gerlick & Co., on the
twelfth floor of 30 Broad street, New
York, and made eight arrests. Il. j..
Gerlick, the leading member of the
firm, was among those captured. In
the police court he and his companions
were charged with unlawfully gam
bling in stocks.
Mahoning Valley Iron company and Of
Coleman, Shields & Co., at Youngs-
town, Ohio, were discharged to-day be-
cause they had refused to make GER
tain concessions asked by the firms I'M
der the amalgamated scale. The men
were taken by surprise.
The will of DR.. John p. Atwater was
filed in the surrogate court at Pough-
keepsie, n. Y The estate is valued
at a million dollars, mostly real estate
in Chicago. Yale college is to get a
lot of land in New Haven valued at
$4,000. The remainder of the proper
ty goes to the two children.
A report from Anderson, Ind. says:
All tin plate works in the gas belt, par
ticularly EIwood, Atlanta, Gas City
and Montpelier, have closed in all the
departments governed by the wage
scale. All skilled labor in the Union
Window Glass factories was suspend
ed pending a readjustment of the wage
scale.
The Clan-Na-Gael guards of Chicago
have decided to test the new state law
against uniformed and armed indie
pendent societies. Major James ].
Reilly and his men will turn out on
July % to participate in the unveiling
of the Logan statue. A member of an
other independent military company
will swear out warrants against them.