River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-09-08
LATER NEWS.

The British and Egyptian forces now
possess Khartoum.
General Jaudenes, ad interim gov
ernor of the Philippine islands, reply
ing to the governments request for in
formation as to the true situation of
affairs in the archipelago, reports that
ito assure the re-establishment of
Spanish sovereignty oyer the islands
would require a permanent army of
60, 600 men, fleet, and endless quanti-
ties of materials
hurricane swept over ST. Joseph,
Mo-, accompanied by rain and hail.
The rolling mills and five other houses
were wrecked.
Gen. Numez says many of the Cubans
are still short of food.
There have been several labor
strikes at Manila, the demand being
for excessive wages.
The German government has asked
that the same tariff decreases granted
France in the recent treaty shall be
accorded Germany, under the most ia
vored nation clause.
The steamer City of Seattle arrived
d
gold. She had sixty passengers from
the KlOndilze region.
The war department is getting up
statement to show that sickness and
disease among volunteer soldiers is by
no means confined to tropical ATTITUDES
and southern climates.
At Cohoes n. Y locomotive struck
trolly car loaded with people killing
1S and wounding 10 others The cars
entering the city from Lansingburg
were crowded with passengers return
ing from a Labor Day picnic at Renns-
salaer Park, a pleasure resort near
Troy. Car No. 1872 of the Troy city
railroad was the victime of the disas-
ter 1t came over the bridge about
1875 o'clock laden with merry party
Of people fresh from the enjoyment OF
the day.
The election in Arkansas resulted
overwhelmingly in favor of the demo-
Gratis.
Rev. J. p Mcintyre, chaplain of the
battleship Oregon will be courtmar-
tailed for savage citicism of Admiral
Sampson, Captain Evans, and other
officers of the fleet.
There were deaths from the heat
in New York the 5th.
The Carnegie company secured an
other great victory over its COMPETE
/ tors at Pitts burg, Pa. The Cambria
/ Iron company, at Johnstown, must
cease to operate its bessemer steel pro.
! cess. The court says it infringes upon
the Carnegie patents.
| At Gambia. on the Isle of Crete, a col
Iision between the Mussulmans, who
were demonstrating against European
control and the British authorities, who
/ have been installing Christians as rev.
enue officials, eliminated in bloody
/ lighting between the Mussulmans and
the British troops. Riots took place
/ in various parts of the city and many
have been killed. When the outbreak
was fiercest a warship stationed in
the harbor began firing shells with the
result that portion of the city was
/ burned.
/ The president has issued proclama.
1 ton directing that at all the ports in
/ Cuba controlled by United States
forces, food supplies for suffering Gu
/ bans be admitted free of customs duty.
| The middle of-the-road populists, in
convention at Cincinnati, O., nominal
/ ed Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania,
/ for president, and Ignatius Donnelly
for vice president.
/ Gov. Lord has called a special ses-
/ sion of the legislature of Oregon to
elect an United States senator to fill a
vacancy now existing by reason of a
deadlock
/ Pana, H., has been placed under
martial law on account of miners
/ strike.
The Spanish government will nego-
tiate with the Philippine insurgents
I to ransom the 5000 Spanish prisoners
! now in their hands.
1 President Mckinley will make a
! tour of the Western Country visiting
the Omaha exposition before his re-
I turn to Washington.
Two south spans of the information
al bridge of the New York and Ottawa
railroad, now under construction
across the ~ Lawrence river about
three miles above ST. Regis Indian
village, n. L. fell without warning,
with over 90 men at work on the
bridge. all being thrown into the
river, some 60 feet below. Over 90
were picked up and taken to Cornwall
hospital and over 80 are now missing.