River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-10
LATER NEWS.

Comptroller Eekels has ordered an
assessment on the stockholders of the
Citizens National bank of Fargo, n.
d., of 100 per cent
Five men were killed and several
hurt in a collision near Hudson. Wis,
the 18th, between a freight train and
a work train on the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha. The killed are
Thomas Kelley, f. ). Iurd, Milton
Swain, Joseph Leightheisen and Her
man Isebe. The wreck took fire at
once and all but Beebe were eremated.
The disaster was caused by disobedi-
ence of orders.
James Williams, editor of the Chrou-
icle at Ardmore, |. T., was shot and
killed by Clarence d. Douglas, an at
torney. The killing was the result of
a newspaper article.
A boiler explosion in the print works
of Nariega Bros, at puebla, Mexico.
killed 90 Or more persons.
William j. Calhoun, who was sent to
Cuba as a special commissioner to in
vestigate the circumstances of the
death in prison of DIR. Buzz, an Ameri-
can citizen, reached New York on his
return the 18th. lie was accompanied
by George w. Fishback, his secretary
and Charles NJ. Pepper. Washington
newspaper correspondent who went to
Cuba with the commissioner.
The senate the 18th disposed of the
lumber paragraph, which has been
more stubbOrnly contested than any
feature of the bill thus far, by defeat
ing the motion of Senator Vest to
/ place white pine on the free list; yeas,
( 20. nays, IS. The contest was mainly
/ significant in breaking party lines,
which have been maintained with few
exceptions during the early stages of
the debate.
An explosion in the fireworks factory
of NJ. Shore, Chicago, caused by a
dropped match, injured several work
men.
Jerome Gibbs, an ola resident of
Northfeld Mimi. was burned to death.
lie went into a shed and probably ig-
nited some matches.
! A mortgage for 500 600. 600, the larg-
est ever placed on record in Cook coun-
ty, III, was flied the Sth by the Lake
! n
company. The object of the mortgage
is to issue bonds with which to refund
the bonded indie btedness of the COM
pany.
A serious labor riot occurred at Mi
monk. ILL.,, the sth, among the coal
miners who have been on a strike since
May !. Superintendent Morgan and
John Wetasli miner, were killed.
The L. 5. treasury, the sth, had a
cash balance of $3.50, 07S, O37; gold re-
serve, STA, O63, 464.
The Mystic Shriners opened their inn
perial council at Detroit, Mich, the
sth.
". d. Cofree and J. X. Shepard, two
lawyers who were trying a case at
Junction City, Ark, became involved
in a quarrel in the court room, in which
shepard shot and killed Cafree.
The United States will take an ap-
peal from the decision. OF Judge Locke
releasing the suspected filibusterer
| Three Friends.
The peace negotiations do not seem
to make much progress and there was
considerable disquietude in Athens
1 EduAt0 Nv the pPtttHAlN ftAldult state
ment that the negotiations were in
danger of collapsing altogether. The
ministers who were questioned on the
subject. however. had no definite news
of an official character and expressed
the opinion that the report was with
out foundation.
Governor Dan w. Jones of Arl. ansas
has refused to appoint delegates to re-
present Arkansas at the international
gold mining convention. to be held in
| Denver early next month.
The republican senatorial caucus
the sth voted to stand together on all
schedules in the tariff bill. The eau
ems instructed the finance committee
to report a new sugar schedule. the
duty to he all specific, and on all SUI
gar which has gone through process
LOT refining l.95 cents per pound, IN
stead of Isis cents per pound, as pro-
vided by the house.
Spain is supplied by the extraordi-
aary solution. The Liberal feeling is
violent against Senior Sagasta. The
majority of the Liberals call him a
traitor. accusing him of secretly re-
! fusing the queen regents request to
accept Office The peril OF the situa-
alton. so far from being finished by the
CONSERVATIVES continuance in Office is
considered 70 be only Just beginning.