River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-11-16
LATER NEWS.

CnarleS gross, the lf-yeaf-old chore
boy who was arrested at Stamford,
Conn, for the murder of Mrs. Sarah
G. King, has made a confession of the
crime.
Colonel HAYES and Major Coleman
captured Aguinaldo's secretary in Cor
ranglan, with an escort of IT'S bolomen,
on mis- way to the province of Nueva
Visaya.
The United States cruiser Charleston,
which was patrolling the northern
coast of Luzon, was wrecked on a reef
Tuesday, Nov. Z. All the men and of
fcers escaped. The Charleston has
been in Asiatic waters more than a
year. She was one of the first vessels
to be sent to Manila after the destruc-
ton of the Spanish feet by Admiral
Dewey, the navy department utilizing
her for the purpose of sending ammu-
milton and other supplies for the
Asiatic station.
Attorney General Griggs decides that
no civil appointments can be made in
Cuba and Porto Rico until congress has
taken legislative action establishing
civil authority to supercede the mill
tary government now in operation.
The magazine of the Bradford nitro
glycerine factory near Gibbonsberg,
Ohio, exploded, killing benjamin Card.
The shock was felt for radius of 40
miles.
While Mrs. Kate Orr of Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich, was absent from home,
the house caught fire and her three
sons, aged 5, 6 and s years, persisted in
the flames.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press with General Yovng telegraphs
from San Jose that Aguinaldo did not
escape to the northeast. He and his
army, the correspondent adds, are sur
rounded. His last order to the Filipi-
no commander at San Jose were to
hold San Jose and Carrangian at all
costs.
Ed. Grandson, notorious negro
murderer. thief and all-round crook,
was hanged at Yazoo, Miss, for the
murder of Deputy Sheriffs Stonestreet
and Everett, in July last year.
In fight between Grin Springer,
Fred Smith and William Busby, near
Kollomo Ind, Springer was instantly
killed and Busby was wounded in the
shoulder. Springer and Smith were
hunting and had been ordered off
Busbys farm.
The national republican committee
meets in Washington, Dec. 15
James J. Corbett deposits S., and
challenges Jeffries to fight for the
championship.
Major John A. Logan, son of the late
Senator Logan of Illinois, was killed
in a fight in Luzon. He was leading
his battalion in action.
An explosion of gas at a society fair
at Kenosha, Wis. severely injured four
men. The accident was caused by
turning on the gas several minutes be-
fore lighting.
State Secretary Reitz has demanded
that General White Immediately re-
lease the supposed spy, Nathan Marks,
who is confined at Ladysmith, coup
| ling his demand with threat to exc
cute six British officers.
A proclamation has been issued by
which the president reserves for naval
| purposes certain lots and plats of
ground in the city of Honolulu.
The whereabouts of Aguinaldo and
his army and cabinet is perfect enig-
ma. General Otis has learned that
Aguinaldo recently issued proclama-
ton transferring the capital to Bon
| gabong. giving as reason for the step
the unsanitary condition of Tarlac.
| Charles E. Stewart, alleged to be
one of the most dangerous forgers and
! confidence men in the country, has
been arrested at Pittsburg, Pa.
The Scorpion has sailed from Kings
ton for Carthagena. Colombia, to look
after United States interests during
| the revolution in that country.
Andrew Carnegie has writ zen to the
! Louisville (Ky.) Polytechnic Library
| society, offering to subscribe SIS, 600
| for the construction of public library
| building. providing the city pay at
least $4,000 year for running ex-
penses and the purchase and renewal
of books.
The gold reserve in the Z. S. treas
ury the 14th was $3.50, 424, 324
Mathew Howard died near Paris,
Ky. He was the last of family of
eleven. the largest of which was feet
11tS inches and the smallest, the
mother 6 feet = inch.