River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-07-27
LATER NEWS.

An explosion OF gas and hre damp
occurred in the mine of the Redstonc
Coil Osl & Gas company at Grindstone,
Pa, IN which 20 men were entombed.
Three are known to have been killed,
and 1t is feared that many more are
dead. Two bodies were brought to
the surface, but owing to their black
ened and mutilated condition they
could not be identified.
The United States transport Sheri-
dan, which sailed from San Francisco
June % with reinforcements for Gen.
Otis. arrived at Manila the oath.
Admiral Dewey telegraps Mayor Van
WyclS of New York that the invitation
to reception is accepted and that he
will arrive about Oct. l.
A second attempt was made to wreck
a street car in Cleveland by dynamite,
but the explosion failed to do material
damage.
President Mckinley has been invited
to attend reception of the First Ne
braska volunteers at Lincoln, Neb.,
Sept 18th.
The gold reserve in the u. S. treas
ury the 9th was S244,997, las.
The Nez Perces Indians are disposed
to make trouble over railroad building
in Idaho.
The transport Morgan City arrived at
San Francisco the 24th from Manila
with returning troops, including those
invalided home. She was sent to the
Angel Island quarantine station for
examination and fumigation.
During thunderstorm at Berlin,
Germany forty persons who were lean
ing against wire railing at the
Cbarlotenburg cycle track, were struck
by lightning. Three were killed and
twenty were severely injured.
In resisting the attempt of three ne
groes to hold men who were going
through railroad camp near Mt.
Pleasant, Ia, Fred Bennett, white,
was shot and will die The sheriff and
posse are in pursuit of his ASSISTANTS.
One suspected case of yellow fever
was reported at Santiago de Cuba the
z4th, the first in ten days.
The strike of the messenger boys at
Cincinnati, o., became serious, and two
were stabbed, several hit with missiles
and many slugged with clubs
A northbound passenger train on the
Central Railway of Georgia collided
with a construction train on trcstle
near Covington, GA. Both engines and
several cars fell so feet into a ravine.
Engineer Griffin and Fireman Teasley
are badly injured. None of the passen-
gers was injured
Secretary Hitchcock has announced
that the government has determined
to sell the north half of section Is OF
Cass Lake (Minn.) TOWNSHIP, under the
act of 1889. The land will be adver-
tised in the regular way and settlers
will be allowed to remain until the
sale is effected. Settlers on section 1G
will have to move, but the government
will not use any harsh measures. 1t
was decided that, as section lands are
agricultural. they cannot be sold until
other parts of the law are complied
with. This order will allow the whites
to remain.
Charles Mack, a negro leader of a
game of toughs, was lynched at Seat
lODts oti' NlbGI hNdOA lis 1ObN Nofs
cut up in small pieces and distributed
among the mob as souvenirs.
The transport Tartar has sailed
from San Francisco for Manila with
Gen. Joseph Wheeler. a portion of the
18th infantry and number of recruits
for the army in the Philippines on
board.
Secretary Hay has called upon the
Nicaraguan government to refund TO
the American merchants the amount
which they were illegally compelled
to pay for port and other duties dur
ing the recent revolution at Bluefields.
The funeral of the late Robert G.
Ingersoll occurred at Dobbs Terry.
n Y the 25th. There was no clergy
man present and there was neither
music or pail bearers.
The bank of villa Marie. at Mon
treal. suspended payment on account
of defalcations on the part of the
cashier and paying teller both OF
whom have disappeared.
Samuel d. ketchum. the train rob
Der arrested at Cinnamon, \. NJ. died
in the peuitentiary from wounds re-
ceived in the fight with the sheriff's
posse He refused to make u state
ment, although he knew he was dying.