River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-05-04
LATER NEWS,

Prof. Buchner, the celebrated Ger
man author, died at Darmstadt the LIST.
May 1 was generally observed
throughout the country as Dewey Day.
| AT Philadelphia naval parade took
place with the cruiser Raleigh the cen
ter of attraction.
The last move in the negotiations
terminating the war with Spain oc-
Cured at Washington the LIST, when
Secretary Hay paid to the French am
bassador NJ. Cambon, the $50 900, 900
provided by the treaty of peace for the
cession of the Philippines. The pay
ment was made in four treasury war
rants of S5,000 900 each, and was re-
ceipted for by M. Cambon as complete
ly liquidating the obligation of the
United States in this connection.
The Methodist Minister'S Associa-
ton of Chicago passed resolutions pro-
testing against anti-expansion demon
STATIONS, claiming they demoralized
the troops, cast slur upon the presi
dent and lowered America in the eyes
of the world.
The st. Regis Indian reservation on
the side of the st. Lawrence in Cana
da, was the scene of a serious incident
between a detachments of soldiers
sent from Ottawa and the Indians.
Jake Ice was instantly killed and two
other Indians were wounded.
Gov Stone, of Missouri, issued a
proclamation requesting subscriptions
for the relief of the tornado stricken
people of Kirksville and Newton.
The consolidation of the peanut in
terests of the United States under a
single company, with capital of So
600, 900, is about to be effected.
Fire in Chicago destroyed the homes
of % Polish families.
Admiral Dewey cables the secretary
of the navy that ten of the Yorktown
boat crew, including Gilmore, are pris-
oners at insurgent headquarters.
The following customs and taxes
were collected at the ports mentioned
during April: Manila, S457, 002; Iloilo,
$45, 594; Cebu, $50, 757; total, 1888, 29s.
Six thousand socialists assembled in
Union Square, New York, to celebrate
May Day. Conspicuous in the parade
were $50 women, members of the Work
| ing Women's association.
The gold reserve in the U. S. treasu-
| the 1st was STAG, 40, 2i5.
| Admiral Dewey, May 1, granted the
! fleet at Manila a holiday and held re-
ception on board his flagship. He was
visited by the American commissioners
and received large number of con-
gratulatory kilograms.
Major Manuel Arguelez and Lieut..
Jose Bernal of the staff of General An
! tonic Luna, returned to Manila the I'd
| to renew and press the request of Gen
| eral Luna for a cessation of hostilities.
! They have found the field of labor a
most uncongenial one. The two Off
GERS were received in conference by
| Major General T.. S. Otis. The pro-
posals which they had to submit diff
fered but slightly from those which
| they brought from the Filipino com
mander in the first place.
Thomas G. Hayes (dem.) was elected
mayor of Baltimore, Md, by nearly
| 1900 majority.
| Gen. Lawton the I'd captured the
village of Balinag, scattering and pur-
suing sixteen hundred insurgent
troops. Lawton's loss was two wound
ed. The insurgent loss was several
killed and a large number wounded
and captured.
Rear Admiral f. Stewart, paymaster
| general of the navy, has been retired.
| The contract to furnish the silver
service for the battleship Kentucky
was given to a Philadelphia firm at a
cost of $4,000.
The torpedo boat Somers, which was
| bought by the United States in Ger.
many previous to the war with Spain.
arrived at New York on board the At
| lantic liner Manhattan.
The president has approved parcels
| post convention between this country
and Venezuela.
! The president has appointed Colonel
| Frederick Funston of the Twentieth
| Kansas a brigadier general of volun-
teers. This appointment was recon-
mended by Major General Macarthur
and supplemented strongly by Gen
| eral Otis.
/ Two men were killed and one injured
while excavating for new building
| at Broadway and Warren New York.
| A cave-in occurred and several other
/ workmen narrowly escaped. The
dead are Jones Morelli and Peter
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