River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-01-06
LATER NEWS.
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London.
John d. Rockefeller has given 5000,
600 more to the Chicago University,
Chaa IT, Byrnc, president of the
Brooklyn base ball club is dead.
The Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf
train was robbed inside the city limits
Of Kansas City Mo. Two men. whom
no one but the express messenger
seems to have seen. climbe into the
express car as the train left the depot.
They overpowcred the messenger,
bound and gagged linn, and rifled the
car before the train came to a stop.
When the train slowed up at the rail
road crossing known as Air Line June
ton. near the southeastern limits of
the city, they climbed out of the car
and disappeared Nothing was known
of the robbery until negro train por-
ter entered the car and found the help
less express messenger
The st, Louis base ball team has
been sold to John T. Brash Of Indian
apolis.
The Z, $, treasury the 4th had IA gold
reserve Of St6i. COS, 100
Mrs. Adeline NJ Fassett, an artist of
national reputation, dropped dead on
the streets Of Washington, y. G.
Julius Tunnis was given q sentence
Of 50 years in prison hy the courts Of
Chicago for burglary There were 81
indictments against him
Robert Evans and George Duncan,
each aged z years became involved 10
stabbed Duncan in the heart with n
pocket knife. Duncan died instantly,
Fire in the Never Sweat mine Of the
Anaconda company at Butte. Mont,
suffocated Michael g. Thorrity aud
John f. Sullivan.
The employees Of the tcn-inch mill at
the Homestead, .Pu,) mill of Carne-
gic's refused to accept the new scale
Of wages and the mill has been closed
down indefinitely. All other depart
ments are in full operation,
Greatly to the surprise Of admins
tratiou officials, the award of the arbi-
ter ia the matter Of the claims Of
Charles Oberlander and Barbara NJ.
Messenger, citizens Of the United
States, against the government Of
Mexico. is against the claimants.
] he French papers claim that Clip
perton Islands, over which the Mexi-
cans flag is reported to have been moist
ed by a party OF marines from the
gunboat Democrats, after the stars
and stripes had been hauled down, n
spite Of the protest Of the Americans
there, belongs to France
The Ohio legislature convened the
Sd, and the opponents Of Senator
Hanna organized both branches 10y
electing Senator Crowley president
pro tenn of the senate and !. p Crit
it'll speaker pro tenn of the house
Crowley is a democrat and Griffith a
rcpu blican.
by the collapse Of the floor Of the
city hall at London, Ontario, thirty
persons were killed and an unknown
number injured The hall was filed
to its utmost awaiting election returns
when the collapse occurred.
Girard college, at Philadelphia, cele-
brated its 50th anniversary the Sd.
The event Of the cele bration was the
Grafton delivered by Speaker Thomas
y Reed
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too far over the balcony railing Of
Chicago theater and fell into the par
quet Strangely, he missed falling on
anyone, but went between two rows
Of seats His injuries We're slight.
Lee Mills, a murderer, attempted to
escape from the jail ut Clinton. Mo,
and was shot and fatally wounded by
one of the guards
Charles O. Dawes Of Illinois the 81
took charge OF his Office as controller
Of the currency and n, b SOFT Of
West Virginia, assumed his new duties
OF commissioner Of internal revenue.
Ono Of the most dangerous confer
feits ever discovered has uade its APP
pcaraucc Mr. John Cramp, OF the
sub-trcasury at Philadelphia brought
to the secret service five one-hundr9d
dollar counterfeit silver certificate,
head Of President Monroe
At Monroeville, Ind. the dead bodies
OF Miss Viola Vanguard, daughter of a
wealthy farmer. and Michael Miller,
a soloonkeeper, wore found lying in
room IN the rear of Miller's saloon
Evidences indicate suicide.