River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-16


The government will take census
of Cuba the same as the United States.
The United States hospital ship Re
lief, from New York March for Ma
Mia. has reached Gibralter,
Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden was
hooted and pelted with snowballs on
the streets of Christiania.
The legislature Of Delaware adj
journed the 18th amidst the most eX-
citing rcenes ever witnessed in legisla-
tive halls, without electing an United
States senator to succeed George Gray.
w. c. Johnson, senior vice comman-
der-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic. has issued a call for the eX-
ecutive committee of the national
board of administration of the Grand
Army to meet at Philadelphia on April
T., to select a commandcr-in-chief to
succeed the late Gen. j. a. Sexton.
The skeleton of Admiral Villamill,
who commanded the Spanish torpedo
boat destroyers at Santiago, was found
on the rocks near Ell Moro.
1t is expected that General Otis will
be authorized to organize three or four
regiments of the provisional army from
the volunteers from the various states
now at Manila when the time comes
for mastering out these volunteers
Morten J. Carter has been appointed
consul of the United States at st.
Johns, \. +.
The Norwegian steamer Idraet foun-
dered in the North Sea, and twelve of
the crew were lost.
The navy department has agreed to
loan the steamer Dicllie. formerly of
the Morgan line, to the war depart
ment for use as troop transport.
The ice in Saginaw bay, at Bay City
Mich. broke away carrying 200 fisher
men toward Lake Huron. After drift
ing for twelve hours escape was finally
effected.
General Wheaton attallcd and cap
tured the City of Passig, east of Manil-
la the 18th. The enemy made a stand
for an hour. but at the end of that time
were forced to retreat. The loss of the
Filipinos was thirty killed and sixteen
prisoners OF the United States forces,
six were wounded.
Robert and Thomas Hannifan of De
troit were each sentenced the 18th to
twenty years in the state penitentiary
at jackson for killing Frank Edwards
of Lansing.
The president has issued two pro-
CARNATIONS relieving from further dis
eliminating duties shipping from the
British West Indian islands of Trini-
dad and Tobago.
The German reichstag rejected the
army increase demanded by the gov
eminent.
Over a score of prominent men of the
east have signed an appeal to the pres
ident to stop the war in the Philip
pines.
The Spanish cabinet has advised the
queen regent to ratify the treaty of
peace with the United States without
waiting the reassembling of the cortes.
August Becker. the Chicago sausage
maker. who has been under arrest for
four weeks on a charge of numbering
his wife, has confessed. lie said he
cut his wife to pieces and burned the
remains in a stove.
General Gomez says he recognizes
only one power in Cuba-that of the
United States. All that the Cubans
can do, he declares, is by permission of
the American authorities. and. there
fore, the military assembly can only
talk.
The headless corpse of man. man
.rled and bruised. with a rope tied to
one ankle. was found floating in Lake
Michigan, at Hyde Park, Chicago.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby a combination of the sheet
steel manufacturers OF the country will
be effected,
Brigadier General Wheatons column
advanced the 14th beyond Pasig to the
shore of Laguna de bay, sweeping
everything before it. The enemy made
"A running fight and suffered severe
loss The native avenue Of commune
cation north and south is now closed.
The American cordan stretching over
a mile from the river to the lake.
An order has been issued by the war
department increasing the age limit
for enlistment from 80 10 - years.
The youngest age at which man can
be enlisted is Is years.
Admiral Dewey will invited to at
tend the peace festival in Washington,
May - A strong effert viii be made
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