River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-22
LATER NEWS.

The heat in Chicago the 10th caused
seven prostrations, one of whom will
die.
DIR. Summers, late surgeon major in
charge of the fever hospital at Sam
tiago, committed suicide by shooting
himself. Dependency caused by fam
cied lack of appreciation of his services
by the government during the Span
ish war is assigned as the cause for
the rash act.
The pope, at the consistory held the
10th, created eleven cardinals and
number of bishops.
Advices from the British West Indies,
says there has been a recurrence at
Montzrett, Leeward Island, of serious
riots in the northern district extending
to the capital, Plymouth, over the old
excise duty collections trouble, which
occasioned the riots of last year.
1t is stated at the navy department
that every man attached to the Olym-
pia, Boston, Baltimore, Concord, RAJ
leigh, Petrol and McCulloch during
the battle in Manila harbor, regard
less of rank of station, will receive
medal of honor.
Capt. Lorenzo Danford, congressman
from Ohio. died at his residence near
st. Clairsvillc, 0. His death was sud-
den and caused by heart disease.
Three men suspected of having con
nection with recent hold-up of the
Union Pacific mail train have been
captured and taken to Fort Yellow
stone.
The seth annual convention of the
| American Institute of Homeopathy
was held at Atlantic City, n. j.
A battalion of the Fourth infantry,
which left linus where Gen. Wheaton
is in command, to reconnoiter towards
| Peras das Marinas, where it was be-
| lieved most of the rebels who had es-
capped from Paranaque and Bacoor, was
attacked in the rear by apparently
| friendly natives. This brought on n
| sharp engagement which lasted several
| hours, resulting in five Americans be-
| ing killed and about 25 being wounded.
| The loss of the rebels was very heavy.
| Justice Furman of New York signed
| the order resubmitting the case of
| Roland b. Molineux, accused of the
poisoning of Mrs. Kate J. Adams, to
the grand jury.
| A gang of masked robbers, probably
! 10 in number, raided the receiving of
| fees of the Fairmont Park Transpor-
tation company of Philadelphia, and
after holding up the receiver and five
other employees of the railway, blew
open the safe, securing $4,000, the
company's receipts for two days.
A cyclone swept through the vicinity
of Oconto Wis, the 21st. doing some
damage and greatly alarming the peo-
| pie, though no one was injured.
The Goth annual convention of the
| National Eclectic Medical association
convened at Detroit, Mich.
The smaller magazine at Fort Pick
/ ems, Pensacola, Fla, caught fire and
blew up. Several privates were killed.
A pitched battle between jew and
Christian boys in Chicago became so
fierce that police interference was
made necessary. Nearly 200 boys were
engaged and several were badly
beaten.
Rear Admiral John C. Watson has
arrived at Manila and raised his flag on
cruiser Baltimore.
The Standard Oil company is prepar-
ing to get out of Ohio. Its headquart-
| ers will be removed from Cleveland to
| New York and on the first of July it's
Ohio charter will be given up.
The total receipts from all sources
at the ports of Manila and Iloilo dur
| ing the first four months of 1899 were
! S1,414,636. During the same period
500 vessels entered and 420 cleared
from the port of Manila, and 81 vessels
enterrd and "a cleared from Iloilo.
The British armed sloop Buzzard
and the special service vessel Column
bine left St. John for Bay Island to in
quire into the alleged misconduct of
French war vessels on the treaty
coast.
The supreme lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, in session
at Indianapolis. Ind, after discus
sion lasting two days, decided to in
corporate.
Walter Porter and John Newman
driver of mail wagons in Chicogo were
arrested for robbing the mails. Porter
made full confession.
The riots in southern India have
spread to Trabanacore, where the POI
lice have been severely beaten and
forced to retire.