River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-02
LATER NEW S.


The bill for the reorganization of the
army passed the United States senate.
Henry James, travelling man from
ST. Paul, was held up and robbed of
$500 by three women on the streets of
Chicago. The women were afterwards
arrested and identified.
Roland B. Molineaux. of Brooklyn.
\. Y. was arrested, charged with the
murder OF Mrs katherine j. Adams.
of New York. Death was caused by
cyanide of mercury sent through the
mails as bromo seller to Harry Cornish,
who in turn, unthinkingly, gave the
bottle to Mrs. Adams.
The Spanish senate, by a vote of 100
to :. approved of the motion of Marshal
MARTINEZ de Campos. signed by all the
Spanish generals in the senate demand
ing a parliamentary inquiry into the
conduct of the recent war.
The worst storm for ten years swept
Wyoming the 27th. completely block
ing all railway traffic.
A movement has been set on foot for
an extensive reciprocity scheme be-
tween Newfoundland and the United
States including fish for the West In
dies market, lumber, pulp, minerals,
and other valuable products of Ameri-
can industry.
The government troops defeated the
Nicaraguan rebels and General Reyes,
the insurgent leader, fled for protec-
ton to the British consulate at Blue
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further resistance, thus closing the
revolution.
The johnson steamer Moravia is
over a month out from Falmouth, Eng
land for Boston, and much anxiety is
felt on her account.
Advices received from Iloilo state
that all is quite there. The natives
who fled at the landing of the Ameri-
cans are returned to Iloilo and many
Of them are taking the oath of allegi-
ance. The Charleston and the Concord
are patrOlliug the strands in search of
hlibuSters.
The owners of the Toledo plantation
near Mariana complained to General
Iitzhugh Lee recently that Cuban
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cane every day to eat it. Major Rus
sell b. Harrison, the provost marshal,
with a guard of twenty-five men,
went to the plantation recently
caught fifty Cubans and disarmed
them.
1t is asserted in Madrid that the
number of disbanded Spanish sailors
in Cuba who are joining the American
navy is considerable increasing.
An extensive cave-in occurred in the
Delaware mine at WillSesbarre, Pa, in
which Thomas Garfield and Jacob
keinhart lost their lives.
The American flag has been raised
over the island of Guam by Commander
Taussing, of the gunboat Bennington.
During fire in an apartment house
in New York, Mary E. Prouty was in
stantly killed by jumping from the
fifth story window.
Rear Admiral Schley received from
the people of Maryland, his native
state. handsome medal containing
$50 diamonds
Young Jesse James, son of the no.
torious Jesse, on trial at Kansas City,
Mo, for robbing Missouri Pacific eX-
press train, was acquitted.
The cruiser Meteoro. formerly the
German steamer Fuerst Bismarck,
sprung a leak at Ferrol, Spain, and
was towed into shallow water, where
She was grounded.
The German warships viii soon leave
Manila.
Advices received from Iloilo state
that all is quiet there. The natives
who fed at the landing of the Ameri-
cans are returning to Iloilo and many
of them are taking the oath of allegi-
ance. The Charleston and the Concord
are patrolling the islands in search of
hibusters.
At the instance of she German gov
eminent. the presidcnt has consented
to take under the protection of the
United States army and navy comman-
ders at Manila and other Philippine
points the lives and property of Ger
man subjects resident there.
The rebels at Malabon fred upon
the cruiser Callao from the jungle
while Admiral Dewey was visiting the
Monadnock. Three of the shells were
dropped by the monitor into the Mala-
bon church. demolishing the structure
and killing number of rebels who
were inside.