River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-02-17
LATER NEWS.

The suspected flibusterer Dauntless
succeeded in eluding the vigilance Of
The government officials at Savannah
and has passed out of the harbor to
sea. The Dauntless is said to have a
cargo of arms, ammunition and other
supplies intended for the Cuban in
5urgents.
Three men were instantly killed and
two seriously injured by accidents in
elevators in one day in New York City
One of the injured will die.
The United States government lost
three antitrust suits in the United
States district court of appeals at st.
Louis, Mo The suits were brought by
United States Attorney Judd, of Utah,
against +. II. Moore, ID. G. Sharp and
E. L. Carpenter.
David w. Ramsdell, who discovered
the Norway Oat," amassed fortune
and spent $4,000, 600 advertising, died
at South Royalton, VT, comparatively
poor
At meeting of the Spanish cabinet
it was decided to publish decree nc
cepting the resignation of Senior Dupuy
De LONE as minister at Washington
and appointing Senior Louis Polo Ber-
nabe as his successor.
Timothy Hogan, who has eluded the
officers for long time, was arrested
at Westerville, O., for tampering with
mail boxes. A large numbe of mail
keys and letters were found with him.
1t is known on high authority that
the real reason for sending the United
States torpedo boat Cushing to Havana
was that abe Spanish authorities have
been tampering with mail sent to the
battleshlp Maine in Havana harbor
Mrs. Norman Selby has sued her
husband, Kid Mccoy, the prize fighter
for divorce.
Advices from Port SAID report that
The British battleship Victorious,
which sailed from Malta Feb. II for
China, went ashore while entering
that port.
The south wall of the Union Storage
/ Co. building, which burned at Pitts
burg, Pa, few days ago, fell the 18th.
Five boys who were playing about the
! ruins were caught and buried under
1 the debris.
/ A severe blizzard swept the coast of
/ Alaska, from the head of Lynn canal
/ 10 Fort Wrangel, at least 20 persons
/ are reported lost.
A number of men, estimated at be-
( tween 90 and So who were fishing
( through the ice on Lake Erie near
[ Cleveland o., were blown out into the
( lake and drowned
/ In the presence of 1000 spectators,
L i l. II a
/ was hanged at Senatorial, Kas., for the
murder Of Roxie Williams, committed
in July, 1895.
A special from Madrid says the popu-
lace of that city is greatly enraged
I owing to the belief that the Spanish
cabinet has apologized to the United
/ States The populace, the dispatch
adds, Is bitterly opposed to such a
course and exceedingly hostile to the
government and may make a demon
stration.
The house passed bill to amend
the navigation laws of the United
States
Luther G. Billings, pay director in
the United States navy, has been found
guilty by a courtmartial which has
been in session at the Washington
navy yard for the past few days, of
falsehood and scandalous conduct has
been sentenced to dismissal from the
navy. The result of the trial caused
the greatest surprise in naval circles.
BY a vote of so to AZ, the lower
branch of the Iowa legislature de-
/ feated the resolution to submit con-
/ stitutional amendment for woman suf-
frage to the people. The vote was
one short of a constitutional majority.
I The National City Bank of Boston,
Mass, has gone into voluntary Lydia
ton.
4 The thirteen-months-old babe of Ira
/ Painter, of Verndale, Mimi, fell head
first into basin of concentrated I've
and was killed.
Another rich gold strike is reported
as having been made in Trinity coun-
ty, CAL, by the Graves Bros. The new
pocket is said to DE worth $50, 600. 1t
/ will be remem bered that rich strike
by the Graves brothers caused a rush
/ to that locality last summer.
The municipal election at Pittsburg
Pa, resulted in victory for the re-
publicans, Notwithstanding a division
( in the ranks