River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-08-05
LATER NEWS.


Hall Bros, of Muncie, Ind, large
fruit jar manufacturers, are preparing
to introduce machines for blowing fruit
jars. This will let out large number
of workmen.
Gen. Weyler has ordered Eduardo
Garcia, correspondent of the New York
sun, and George Eugene Bryson, of
the New York journal, 10 leave tine
Island of Cuba.
A band of moonshiners attempted to
enter the house of Frank Simmons, at
Conrad, Ala, and the leader, Dudley
Johnson, was killed.
During an electrical storm at Web
ster City, To-, not less than 25 buildings
were struck by lightning. Minnie
Lupus, aged ., and Carl Lupus, aged
years, were killed.
The monthly statement of the public
debt for July shows that the debt in
creased Sc, 700. 500 during the month.
The corn crop of Kansas will not be
over SO per cent of last year.
Mort Steward, blacksmith of Wins
low, ILL.,, while throwing up bricks to
be shot at, was accidentally shot and
killed by James Trickie, near Monroe,
Wis.
The steamer Queen. which arrived at
Tacoma from Alaska, brought word
that the Northwest Territory police are
meeting all people bound for the YOU
kou country at the British line and
compelling all who have not years
supply of provisions to return to the
coast
The Northern Transportation &
/ Trading company has let contract to
Moran Brothers of Seattle for the inn
mediate construction of three new
river steamers to ply on the Yukon
river from st. Michaels to Dawson
City, and for a tug to be used in the
vicinity of st. Michaels.
Great Britain has renowned the
treaty of commerce with Belgium.
The fast flyer on the Kansas Pacific
railway was wrecked near Denver,
Colo, and Engineer John Ward and
Baggagemaster w. b. Harrington were
killed.
The Travellers Insurance company
of Hartford. Conn, refuses to insure
travellers to Klondyke.
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the Union Pacific bridge at Omaha,
Neb.. slid out, leaving go feet Of the
track without support. A train had
Just passed over.
The volcano Mayor, on an island of
the Philippine group, has killed over
500 natives by its eruptions. Fifteen
small towns between the volcano and
the sea have been destroyed.
At Corinth. w. Va, Joseph Giovanni,
an Italian coal miner, was beaten so
badly by a gang Of strikers that he
cannot live.
A thousand miners in the 0ttumwa
(Io.) coal district have gone out for
higher wages.
The storthing of Norway has placed
duty of S cents on flour.
Advices from Honolulu are to the eff
feet that England's claim to the Island
Of Palmyra is disputed. Luther Will
cox, of Honolulu. declares the island
belongs to himself and two others; that
they secured the island from the Pa
cific Navigation company, which pur-
chased the island from the Hawaiian
government
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of Estherville, To-, to cut weeds on the
streets with a mower ran into a 2-year-
old child of c. r. Jones and cut its leg
entirely off.
Patrick Bramski was stricken dead
by the heat while walking along the
street at Des Moines, 70.
The steamer Noyo sailed from San
Francisco with 40 passengers for
Dyea, Alaska. Ten of the passengers
are women.
The Chinese at Vuchen attacked
and destroyed the mission of the Ply
mouth brethren and were about to at
tack the Catholic mission when the
lsoldiers interfered. The attack on the
Plymouth mission was brought about
by the report that the missionaries
had killed child.
It is declared positively at the state
department that there has been no
change in the in tructions given either
Ito Minister Sewell or to admiral
Beardslee touching their attitude
toward the Hawaiian question. The
ladmirars instructions were to protect
American interests at all points. and
to establish a proteetorate only in the
levent of serious disturbances, or the
commission of some overt act