River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-27
LATER NEWS.

of China has been removed"
Snow fell all over the state of Ne
braska the night of the oath.
Gen. 10 del Pillar, who is looked upon
as being the foremost rival of Aguin-
aldo for the leadership of the Philip
pine insurgents, has been summoned
to MalOlas, the insurgent headquarters,
and arrested. The charge against him
is disregarding Aguinaldo's authority
and attempting to defy the Americans.
Seven gypsies were arrested at Cum
berland, Wis, charged with highway
robbery.
A syndicate for the reorganization of
the Glover Leaf railroad is being formed
in New York.
Admiral Schley cables the navy de-
partment that with the sailing the
oath of the last detachment of Spanish
troops the evacuation of Porto Rico is
complete.
The commanders of ali warships of
the British North American squadron
have been ordered To mobilize Hall
fax.
The Cuban general, Jose Martel, has
issued proclamation addressed to the
people of Cuba, demanding Cuba for
Cubans The proclamation ends by
urging all Cubans to resist the landing
of the American troops by force. 1t
is highly inhamatory document, but
finds few to justify it.
| Mai. Gen. Wesley Merritt, who was
recently in command of the United
troops at Manila, was married private
/ ly at London the gath to Miss Laura
Williams, of Chicago, who recently
arrived from New York.
/ The president has approved the SEN
tence of the courtmartial dismissing
from the naval service Chaplain Me-
Intyre of the Oregon, for remarks made
| in lecture at Denver rejecting on
Admiral Sampson and others.
/ The supreme court of Illions decided
that the action instituted by eX-Attor-
ney General Maurice T. Moloney dur
! ing his term of office to compel the
Pullman Palace Car company to res
trict its charter limitations should
stand, and remanded the case to the
circuit court of Cook county, where
! it will now be tried.
The French ministry, headed by NJ.
Brisson, has resigned. This action
was taken as the result of stormy sit
/ ting of the chamber of deputies, during
which Gen. Chanoine, minister of war,
after a violent attack made upon him
| by deputy. presented his resignation
/ to the chamber. which later rejected
! by a vote of 236 to pa a resolution of
confidence in the ministry
Snow fell throughout Iowa, Wiscon-
sin and Illinois the 25th. Several
places in Iowa reported a depth of six
inches'' while at Chicago all telegraph
wires were Frustrated.
| The Iowa corn crop has been badly
damaged by the recent wet weather.
/ A 2-year-old daughter of Joseph
Baker of Stevens Point, Wis, fell into
| kettle of boiling water and was killed.
The first session of the Cuban assem-
! blv was held the cath. at Santa Cruz
| del Sur A majority of the delegates
were mill airy delegates. each of the
| six army corps being represented by
/ eight delegates. The sensation of the
assembly was the appearance of Gen.
! Calixto Garcia as one of the delegates
from the sixth army corps, a fact which
practically rendered him supreme at
| the assembly session.
/ At recent cabinet meeting it was
decided to give the Spaniards until
! Jan. to evacuate Cuba.
! The strike of the 1856 girls at the
American Cereal company at Cedar
Rapids, To-, promises promises to be
one of the most important disturban-
ces in local labor circles for many
years. The demand of the strikers is
for an increase of cents per hundred
packages and other concessions.
| After a session of three weeks the
/ Episcopal triennial conncil of 1898
came to an end at Washington, d. c..
/ Probably never before at one conven-
/ ton has the council transacted more
/ business than at this meeting, or so
much of vital Importance to the church,
1 The American peace commission was
/ in session during the whole afternoon
| of the 25th The deliberations had no
/ relation to the question of the Cuban
debt, upon which the United States
/ has been strictly determined. The
commissioners discussed the Philippine
question, and decided upon policy.
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