The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-11-08
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Gen. Greedy, chief signal officer, tells
in his report Of inventions which prom
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The first test of American Krupp
armor was made at Bethlehem, Pa.
The plate was not cracked. Russia
has ordered a large consignment.
The national convention of whole
sale saddlery dealers was held at Gin
cinnati last week. The next meeting
will be held in Boston.
The Newcastle, Pa, wire nail mill
shut down on account of a strike of
seventy of the helpers against what
they believe. to be reduction of
wages:
In the Cape Colony assembly w. B.
Schriener, the premier, introduced n
bill proposing an annual contribution
by the colony of 100000 to the British
navy.
Miss Flora Shaw, who is now in the
Klondike, is the woman connected
With the London Times who was said
to have engineered the London end OF
the jameson raid
The first case in Ohio under the
bankruptcy law was that of the Lee
high Carriage company of Dayton, o.
The liabilities are $4,000 and the as
sets $4,000
The First Maine artillery, consisting
Of four batteries, $50 out of the SO
members and II officers, commanded
by Maj. f. r. Newcomb, left Augusta
for Savannah, Ga.
At Huntsville, Ala, preparation Is
being made for the troops to spend the
winter there. A contract involving an
expenditure of $50, 900 has been let for
the erection of mess halls and sheds.
The affairs of the First National
Bank of Lisbon, Ohio, look more prom
Using. The shortage Of Child, the
missing cashier, will not exceed $780,
600. Depositors will be paid in full
The citizens of Atlanta, Ca. having
in charge the arrangements for At
lanta's peace jubilee, have decided
upon Dee. / and 10 for the big event.
President Mckinley has signified his
intention of being present.
George II. Bonebrake, president of
the First National Bank of Los
Angeles, Cal. and a well known
tinancier, is dead at his home, aged
sixty years. He was born in Ohio and
was a pioneer OF Southern California.
The Massillon Stoneware Company
of Massillon, Ohio has voluntarily in-
creased the wages of it's employees, re-
storing the 10 IL per cent cut made
last winter. The force of employees
will leo no jncIaaca6 IN nor cont
Frank Collier of Chicago, who was
said to be insane as the result of
blow, underwent an operation upon
the brain. Nothing was found and the
doctors now diagnose "turor on the
BRAIN
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Standard says that official ne
gotiations are about to be opened be-
tween the UIGited States and Turkey
to raise their ministers to the rank of
ambassadors.
The civil service commission has Or
dered an Investigation of the charges
preferred by ex-Goy. Buriel of New
Hampshire, against the Republican
state committee of New Hampshire for
making political assessments upon
United States officials in that state.
In the United States circuit court
Monday, Judge Hallett will hear mo-
ton for a preliminary injunction to re-
strain Western railroads from enforc-
ing discriminating rates to the Pacific
coast on iron and steel products, in VIZ
olation Of the interstate commerce law.
John III. Mason & Sons, cotton goods
manufacturers, have filed voluntary
petition in bankruptcy at Providence,
r. I. The petition shows that the lia-
bilities amount to $4,000 and the as
sets to about 100000, $4,000 in real
estate and personal property and $780,
600 in accounts.
The revenue cutter Morrill,. Capt.
Davis, has arrived at woodstock,
Mass, from Norfolk, bound for Nil
waukee via the st. Lawrence river and
the great lakes. She will take the
place of the Gresham, which came to
the coast during the war, and which,
owing to her size, cannot return,