River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-04-06
LATER NEW 5.

Gen. Otis the Sd telcgraphed as fol-
lows: Present indications denote in
surgent government in perilous condi-
ton; its army defeated, discouraged
and scattered, insurgents returning to
their homes in cities and villages, at
points which our reconnoitering par
ties have reached and desire protec-
ton of Americans. News from Visayan
islands more encouraging.
Admiral Dewey congratulates Gen.
Otis upon the work OF his army.
The One Hundred and Sixty-first In
diana volunteers win be mustered out
of service April %.
John Farley, democrat was elected
mayor of Cleveland, O., over Robert +.
McKisson by plurality of s, 500.
Five men working in a deep and
killed by cave-in. They were buried
under IS feet of earth.
The steamer City of Topeka, which
runs between Puget Sound and Alaska,
went ashore on a reef at the south end
of Wrangel Narrows 100 miles south
of Juneau. The passengers were all
taken to Juneau by the lighthouse
tender Manzinillo.
The British government is about to
send an engineering corps of /, 400 men
to fortify Port Stanley and other points
in the Falkland islands.
The crew of the battle ship Iowa, at
San Francisco have presented Bobby
d. Evens who commanded the Iowa
during the war with Spain with a
handsome sword.
The strike of the unskilled window
glass workers at Pittsburg, Pa, is
practically at an end, the tenders and
shove boys having agreed to go back
to work at the old wages.
Cotton mills generally in the New
England states, operating more than
three-quarters of the total number of
spindles in the north, have begun
work under an advance wage schedule.
Light Battery f of the Fourth and
Light Battery f of the Fifth artillery
are on their way to Manila via San
Francisco.
Germany is to send an expedition to
seize I-Chou, ShanTung province Chi
ma, to compel the Chinese government
to grant to German firms some big
commercial concessions.
Great Britain will ask the United
States to indemnify the family of
British subject named Simpson who
was killed by mistake at the battle OF
Manila.
Clyde Mattox, who was pardoned
from the penitentiary by the president,
shot and killed Lincoln Kinney, a
ranchman at Ponca City, Kan. The
next day Mattox was shot and killed
by the sheriff.
Carter II. Harrison was reelected
mayor of Chicago by a total vote of
146, GA against 107, 3O4 for Zina r. Car
ter, the republican candidate, and A.,
4O1 for John p. Altgeld, the independ-
ent democratic candidate.
VIM. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and Virginia
Fair were married in New York the
4th.
The Cuban military assembly voted
the 4th to disband the army and dis
solve. The voting was II in favor to
l opposed. Copies of the muster rolls
will be at once prepared for Gov.
Brooke
The Philippine commission publishes
a new proclamation assuring the Fill
pinos Of good faith and that home rule
is the ultimate purpose of the United
States.
Striking coal miners at Bellevue and
Hargreave, Ala. have resumed work.
Another blizzard visited St. Louis,
Mo, on the 4th.
Acting Secretary Allen has received
a letter from the manager of the Nep-
tune Company. the greatest Swedish
wl.ecking corporation, announcing
that it is not possible to raise and re
pair the vessels of Cervera's feet sunk
near Santiago
Three men killed by an explosion at
the railroad cap factory at Braddock,
Pa. One was w. p SchooIy, the pro
prietor. Andrew Sheppard and a num-
Der of others were injured.
A charter has been granted to the
American Colonial Banking company
to establish a bank at San Juan, Porto
Rico. The authorized capital is 81, OO0,-
600.
To save his mother from his fathers
murderous attack. Lewis Dennis of
Millheim, Pa, killed his father by
blow with a chair.