River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-03-17
LATER NEWS.

Colo. proposes to organize a troop of
cavalry composed entirely of women,
The government tug Lydon arrived
at the Philadelphia navy yard with 20
torpedoes and 5000 pounds Of gun cot
ton, which were transferred TO the
magazines of the Column bia and Min.
neapolis.
Bridge manufacturers from all over
the country we're in session at Cleve-
land, o., for the purpose of forming a
trust. The meeting was held behind
closed doors and was extremely secret.
According to an official dispatch from
Manila, capital of the Philippine
islands, 500 insurgents were killed dur
ing the siege of Balino The dispatch
adds that the insurgent forces have
not offered any resistance to the Span
ish troops sent to the relief of the gar
rison.
Texas will have two state elections
this year, the regular election of state
officers and congressman on Nov. s,
and one on Nov. to pass on some con-
stitutional amendments.
The court of inquiry into the Maine
disaster left Havana the 18th for Key
West on board the Mangrove. The
court has no prophecy to make as to
the further duration of its sittings, or
as to when and where its findings will
be promulgated.
w. O. Lavake, a prominent attorney
of Dubuque, To-, was shot dead in his
Office in the center of the city. John
Moe ,,aC nrractaI Tor "a or;y,,n
High water at Grand Rapids, Mich,
forced all the factories on the river
bank to shut down.
The Victor Mills, at Cohoes, n. Y.
one of the largest wooden mills in the
| United States was burned. Loss
$500, 600.
Five modern dry docks were agreed
upon by the naval aft hrs committee
They are to be located at Boston,
Portsmouth, n. H., League Island,
near Philadelphia, Algiers, near New
Orleans, and Mare Island near San
Francisco. These dry docks are all to
be of wood except those at Algiers and
Portsmouth. The method of construc-
ton of these will be determined later.
BY orders from the war department.
Capt. Pope, of Company A, Third regi
ment, New Hamphire National Guard,
has detailed a sergent and four pri-
Yates for guard duty at Fort Constitu.
tion Portsmouth, ~ II. This is the first
National Guard Of any state to be
called into active service by the war
department since the close of the civil
war.
The big armored cruiser Brooklyn
arrived at Fortress Monroe the 18th
direct from Venezuela.
The three-masted ship New York,
from Hong Kong for San Francisco
ran ashore near Half Moon bay, on the
California coast All of the crew were
saved.
Fifteen hundred persons have been
driven from their homes at London,
Ont, by the overflow of the Grand and
Thames rivers.
Gov. Culbertson, Of Texas, has issued
a general quarantine proclamation,
gong into effect April /, and applying
to all coast points along the Rio
Grande.
The wife of Senator Thurston, of Ne
braslla, died on board the yacht Anita.
IN Cuban harbor.
The bank of Abbeville, Ga. has as
signed. The cashier left Immediately
after assignment, and the safe cannot
be opened.
Senator Mason received n challenge
to mortal combat, sent him by the ed
itor of the Spanish illustrated paper
FL Cordo.
The reported sale to the United
States of the United States of the two
Brazilian cruisers, Amazonas and
Admiral Breuall, now receiving
finishing touches in an English ship
yard, was confirmed at Washington.
1t is learned also that Spain has not
secured the O'Higgins, and that Chilli
will not sell her to Spain.
Memorial services for the Japanese
who died on the Maine were held at
the japanese Club in Brooklyn The
services were in Japanese.
Teirty-six carloads of naval ammu-
milton and two carloads of torpedoes
have arrived at Tampa, Fla, The
cruiser Marbel head will take the am
munition to the fleet lying at Dry
Tortugas.