River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-11-02
LATER NEWS

Wilson III. Jenkins, prosecutor of the
pleas of Camden, N. j., and disting-
uished lawyer, dropped dead at the
Aqueduct race track on Long Island,
n. j.
1t is announced that Rear Admiral
Schley will take the South Atlantic
squadron to the coast of East Africa.
The squadron will consist of the Chi
cago, Montgomery and Wilmington.
The naval hospital ship Solace, which
has been undergoing repairs at Mare
Island, has been placed in commission
and will soon sail for Manila.
Princess Isabelle of Orleans and
Jean, prince of Orleans, were married
in London.
The Philippine commission held it's
first meeting in the Arlington hotel at
Washington the 30th.
Admiral Dewey announces his en-
gagement to Mrs. Hazen, daughter of
Mrs. Washington Mclean. The time
of the wedding is not announced.
The Pennsylvania ferry boat Chica-
go, plying between Jersey City and
New York, was cut in two by the
steamer City of Augusta. There were
between so and 40 persons aboard, but
all were saved.
Gen. Guy V. Henry was given mill
tary burial at Arlington, Va, the 30th.
The president and cabinet attended.
An electric spark from switch
board at the Indiana Powder company's
plant at Fontanei, Ind, ignited some
powder on the cap of an employee,
burning to death Samuel King and
Alfred Mcbride.
George Bartle, the oldest clerk in
the state department at Washington,
keeper of the great seal" is dead. He
was appointed by Buchanan in 1915.
William A. Webb. the shipbuilder
and philanthropist, died in New York,
aged SO years.
Andrew Carnegie sent a check for
Dennis, Texas, to pay off the indebt-
edness on their building, the first
woman's club building erected in the
state of Texas.
General White has fought an en-
gagement, presumably with General
Joubert's force, which was pushed
back after several hours fighting.
The British lost about 100 men and
the Boer losses were much greater.
The Beers were in large numbers and
had better artillery.
Sixty men of the Gloucester, Mass,
fishing fleet were lost during the year
just ended, less number than usual.
They left fifteen widows and twenty
six children. Fifteen vessels, valued
at $40, 750. were lost.
The torpedo boat Shubrick was
launched at Richmond, Va, the 31st in
the presence of the president and cabi-
net.
The Webster House, at Montreal,
burned the 31st. A number of persons
were burned or suffocated. Three
bodies were recovered, one of which
was identified as scrub woman.
Gen. White telegraphs from Lady
smith, IN the Transvaal, that acolumn,
consisting of the Royal Irish Fusileers,
No. 10 Mountain battery and the
Worcestershire regiment sent out to
guard the left flank, We're surrounded,
and after losing heavily were obliged
to SURRENDER. Inc BOeTS suffered Sc
verely during the engagement some
persons estimating their loss at 900 to
1000 killed and wounded.
Gus. McArdle, bartender, was shot
and killed in saloon at Weir City,
Kan, and in less then two hours his
supposed murderer, George Wells, a
negro miner from Scammon was
swinging to a telephhne pole the vic
tim of a mob which had forcibly talk
en- him from Jail.
The express ear on the M. X. & L.
road was held up and robbed at Denni-
son, Texas. The express messenger
was badly injured.
A freight train on the Big Four rail-
road went through bridge near Gull
ford Ind, killing Edward McCleary
and injuring three others.
The new administration building at
Sing Sing prison, built by convict labor
under Warden Sage, and considered to
be one of the handsomest structures of
the kind in the country, was half de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is about $780,
600: uninsured.
Henry Adams Medley, bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Maine,
died at Portland.