River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-03-03
LATER NEWS.

In the U. S. supreme court an opin-
ion was handed down in the case Of E.
f. Holden VS.. the Sheriff of Salt Lake
County, Utah, upholding the constitu-
tionality of the territorial law fixing a
days work in smeltcrs and mines in the
territory at eight hours.
Serious bread riots have taken place
at Galipoli, Turkey, where mob has
attempted to burn the government
offices, The police made 80 arrests.
Fire in Brooklyn, n Y. damaged
property to the extent of $50 900 and
made 20 families temporarily homeless.
The United States supreme court has
decided that a United States official
could not take advantage of his Office
to secure advantage over others in the
location of government land.
Representative Bromwel, of Ohio,
introduced a resolution authorizing
the secretary of the navy to eXpend
$50, 000 600 in purchasing war vessels
from foreign powers in case of war
Lyman Dart, a l7-year-old boy under
sentence of death in a Nova Scotia Jail
for murder, is to be released. Evidence
has been discovered showing cOnclu-
sively that the shooting was acct
dental.
One of the men who attempted the
life of the king of Greece has been ar
rested. He was n minor emplOye in
the mayors Office at Athens. His name
is Kardtza, but he refuses to divulge
the namo of his accomplice lie did
not express any regret, and declared
that if the gun had not t.enbled in
the hands of his accomplice the king
would have been killed
A 10 per cent reduction in wages has
gone into effect in the cotton mills at
Waltham, Mass The 1900 operatives
accepted the cut-down.
The murder OF the coIored postmas-
ter and his infant child at Lake City,
S. g., is being investigated by the
presidents cabinet.
The Spanish cruiser Vizcaya has ar
rived at Havana.
Senior De LONE, former Spanish min
ister to the United States was hanged
in efiigy at Troy, n Y. The police
had to be called to dispense the crowd
Consul General Lee has made the
ties in the way of relatives who seek
to secure the removal to the United
States of the remains of such of the
victims of the Maine explosion as have
already been inferred: Most bodies
buried some weeks ago unrecognizable.
Against Spanish law to cXhume until
expiration of five years. Neither
steamers nor authorities permit ship
ment of bodies unless at once embaImeC
and in metallic cases. Cost of en-
balming and encasing from $500 &c
$500 each
The French bark Felix Faure ar
rived at Adelaide, South Australia, and
reports that during Il gale on Feb.
her second mate and fifteen sailors
were swept overheard.
1t is rumored that Major Esterhazy
has challenged Col. Plcquart to a duel,
as result OF the Iattcr's evidence in
the recent trial of lola.
The war department has decided tc
abandon its expedition for the relief
of the miners in the Klondike country
because the conclusion has beer
reached that no necessity exists for it.
A terrific hurricane has devastated
New Caledonia, n. S. w, doing great
damage to shipping The hurricane
also sank a French gunboat, the St.
Loyalty.
The United States senate passed
the Bacon resolution for the erection
in some suitable place in the capitol of
a bronze memorial tablet commemora-
tive Of the officers and sailors who lost
their lives in the Maine disaster
The secretary OF the treasury has
received through the British ambassa-
dor information that the Canadian
government would hereafter allow
American vessels to carry merchandise
from one port IN Canada to another.
The boilers in Clark and Acker's
Single mill at Wetmore, Mich, cXplods
ed, killing two men and seriously in
turing several others. Hugh Long, a
teamster, was killed Instantly Peter
Morris, ex-sheriff Of Alger county, was
found lying dead and badly mangled
near the boilor.
In view of the increase in the price
of grain in Spain, the government has
decided to reduce the import duties.
A decree on this subject is momentar-
lily expected.