River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
LATER NEWS.

The government was defeated in the
French chamber of deputies on ques-
tion of police outrages," and the cab
met at once resigned. President LOU
bet accepted the designations, but re-
quested the ministers to remain in
their offices until their successors are
named.
The attempt to run the street ears at
Cleveland with non-union men resulted
in several small riots which were
dispersed by the police, Trolley ropes
were cut and tracks blocl1aded,
Nearly five inches of water fell at
La Crosse in twelve hours. The Mil
waukee and the Burlington tracks
were badly wrecked and some of the
trains had to be abaneoned.
Another chapter of crime has been
added to the Taylor-Lee feud in Ken
lucky. Tom Mosser, one of the Lee
faction, was shot down near his home
by unknown parties. This is the Sec
ond murder within two weeks In con-
nection with the feud between the
Taylor and the Lee families.
The Stella Po1are, with the duke of
Abruzzia, the nephew of the king of
Italy, and his polar expedition sailed
from Cristianla, Norway.
The salvage experts who again visit
ed the American liner Paris profess re-
newed hope of saving the vessel. The
increased depth of water in the en-
tire hold serves to steady her. Under
the most favorable conditions the Paris
may yet be floated.
I. G, Shaughnessy was elected pres
ident of the Canadian Pacific railroad,
vice SIR William c. Van Horne, re-
signed.
1t is annouced that the gum trust is
an actually. The company has been
written. The company has stock of
50, 900, 900. OF this one-third is 0 per
cent cumulative preferred.
The United States transport steamer,
st. Paul, arrived at San Francisco,
from Manila, the voyage occupying
twenty-eight days. The st. Paul
brought thirty-seven passengers, most
of whom were returned soldiers.
Geo. Savers, of Texas has received
acceptances of his invitation to attend
an antitrust convention at st. Louis,
Sept. 20, from Governors Tanner, of
Illinois; Shaw, of Iowa; Bushnell, of
Ohio; Pingree. of Michigan: Thomas.
of Colorado, POINTER, of Nebraska,
and Bradley of Kentucky.
Advices to the navy department am
nounce that the Wilmington has put
into port at Porto Rico to undergo re-
pairs to a shaft.
Information, believed to be reliable,
has reached Manila of the assassination
of Gen. Luna and his aide-de-camp,
Lieut.. Pasco Ramon. June s, by Agui-
naldo's guard at the headquarters of
Aguinaldo. 1t appears that Luna and
Ramon went to the Filipino headquar-
tiers to confer with Aguinaldo, got into
an alteration with the captain of the
guard and one of them drew a revolver
The guard then killed Luna and RAJ
mon with their bayonets.
Eight hundred miners at Redding,
Cal, went out on a strike.
A national combination of printing
ink manufacturers has been arranged.
Three large Cincinnati concerns are in
cluded. 1t viii be called the Federal
Ink and Supply company.
A tornado swept away several build
ings at Barron, Wis. No lives were
lost.
The little town of Herman, Neb.,
was totally destroyed by cyclone the
18th. Twenty bodies were recovered
but it is thought the total list will
swell to IS,
The worst battle of the Philippine
war was fought the 18th. Lawton en-
gagged the rebels near Barcoor, driving
the enemy back with heavy loss. Law
ton had some so casualties.
The Old Dominion steamship Hamil-
ton, which sailed from New York for
Norfolk and Newport News ran into
the German steamship Macedonia, off
Long Branch, and it is supposed that
the Macedonia subsequently sank.
Four small children. named Christen-
sen. We're drowned in the Platte river
at North Platte, Neb. One fell into
the water and the others were drowned
while attempting to rescue it. The
bodies were recovered.
New York, New Jersey and the adj
joining parts of Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut and Pennsylvania are suffer
ing from the most severe spring
drought that has visited those sections
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