River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-07-20
LATER NEWS.

| Inree hundred ana SeVenty-nVe
freight handlers on the Pennsylvania
railroad company's piers at New York,
who struck for higher pay, are practi-
| cally shut out, as the railroad COM
pany has announced that there will be
no more night work on the piers.
The supreme court of Colorado has
declared unconstitutional the eight
hour law passed by the last legislature.
| The law, as enacted, applied only to
miners, smelters and mills for the re-
duction of ores.
With the glass doors of saloon be-
! tween them, VIM. Van Allen, saloon
keeper, and Frederick Gondoff, a trav-
cling salesman, fought a duel to the
death at Chicago. Gondoff was NOR
tally wounded and Van Allen was shot
through the thigh. The men were for
merly business partners.
A party of strikers fired on the
guards at the Central Coal and Coke
company's mine near Bonanza, Ark.
| The guards returned the fire, and for
few minutes shots were flying in
every direction, but the strikers soon
retreated. No one was hurt.
Gen. d. $. Stanley, acting president
of the society of the Army of the Cum
berland, announces that the next an
nual reunion of the society will be at
Detroit, Sept. 20 and 81.
Bloodhounds belonging to the Hanna
Stock company of Hanna, Laporte
county, Ind, ran down Harry King of
Kansas City, Mo-, resulting in his cap
ture. The crime of burglary for which
he was being pursued was committed
at Davis station, Ind.
The war department has chartered
the steamer Siam to carry 800 cavalry
horses to Manila.
A fruit Gamers combine including
eleven corporations and twelve plants
has just been formed in San Francisco.
The oil tank steamer Maverick lying
at Halifax, Nova Scotia, was destroyed
by fire. The crew escaped with diff
Guilty. Loss $3.50, 600
In a fight with bandits near CHM
marion, n. NJ, Sheriff Farr and two
deputies were killed.
The city council of Columbus, o., by
vote of 10 to 2 has impeached and
ICHONtu from OtIlCG Ds w
director of public safety.
The authorities have been warned
aginst filibustering expeditions from
Florida against Central America.
In trial race off Southampton, Eng
land, the Shamrock easily outsailed the
Prince of Wales yacht Britannia, beat
ing her thirteen minutes in 40 mile
run.
Ike WATSON, farm hand near Wau-
saul1ee, Wis, was gored to death by
mad bull. His head was nearly sew
cred from his body.
The extensive barns and store houses
of the Twin City Street Car company
at St. Paul were destroyed by fire.
Sixty cars of the equipment used in st.
Paul were burned, causing loss of
1925, 900.
Joseph Boxell, who has been on trial
at Buffalo, Mimi, on the charge of
numbering his father and young step
neither at Howard Lake in 1857, was
acquitted.
The Grace hotel at Milwaukee, Wis,
was burned and % firemen were in
jured, two of whom may die. At a
time when the fire seemed to be under
control and while several firemen were
in the structure to subdue what little
flames were left, and ten others on the
roof, the structure tumbled with .
loud sound, and nothing but a mass of
debris was left.
In figting which occurred at Sofata,
in the Suateles district of Samoa. on
July 4, one Malietoan chief was NOR
tally wounded and two Mataafa chiefs
and one Suafete were killed and three
others wounded
A. w. Blades, his wife and eight
children were swept away and drowned
by cloudburst near Tekamah, Neb.
The family was en- route to Minnesota
and had camped for the night beside
creek.
VIM. S. Graham, ex-school agent,
clerk and secretary of the Chicago
board of education, is self-confessed
defaulter in the sum of s54.500
The court martial to try Dreyfus will
begin its sittings Aug. 10.
The steamer Garonne arrived at Van
couver, II. b., from st. Michael. Alaska,
with $50 passengers and about 81, 500,
600 in gold dust.