River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-02-16
LATER NEWS,

LATER NEWS.
A bli1zarl prevailed all along the
Atlantic coast the 18th. A number of
deaths were reported. At New York
the North and East rivers were blocked
with ice, the former being frozen solid
ly across at the upper part of the city.
The harbor was full of masses of ice
and miniature icebergs, which serious
~ interfered with shipping. The Har-
lem river was frozen solid north from
the Harlem bridge.
The United States hotel, an old land
mark in Chicago, was totally destroyed
by fire.
John Gerbrandt, night fireman at the
Hunt stamping works, Cleveland, o..
was found dead in the boiler room,
having been stabbed through the heart.
The southbound express train on the
Pittsburg e Lake Erie railroad was
wrecked near Fleming Park, o., by
broken rail. W. A. Campbell, fireman,
was killed and number of others in
jured.
The United States forces under Brig.
Gen. Miller captured Iloilo capital of
the island of Panay, and seat of the
sO-called government of the Visayas
federation, on the 18th, after lombard
ment. The rebels set the town on fire
before evacuating it; but the American
troops eXtinguished the flames. There
were no casualties on the American
side.
Terrific gales have again prevailed
on the coasts of the British Isles.
Many ports have suffered serious dam
age from the waves, esplanades being
washed away in many cases. Shipping
has been battered severely, and several
minor wrecks with some loss of life
are reported.
The senate has passed bill creating
the Office of admiral of the navy. Rear
Admiral Dewey, it is understood, will
be named for the office.
The proposed combine of the sewer
pipe manufacturers is likely to come to
naught. The reason is the price asked
for the plants by some of the manu-
facturers.
The gold reserve in the U. S. treas
the 18th was 1927, 634,773
The steamer William Lawrence. run
ming between Baltimore and Savannah,
Ga, is a wreck end probably total loss
off Port Royal, S. C. The crew escaped
in boats.
Three menwere killed and an officer
wounded in sensational street duel at
DeLalb, Ark.
Almos Palmer, wealthy young man
| Edgewood, r. l., shot and killed his
wife and was placed in prison.
The senate passed the McEnery reso-
luton, which cites that the United
States does not intend to make the
Filipinos citizens of this country nor
permanently annex the islands, but
will prepare them for local self-govern
ment.
Mrs. Robner, of Clinton, To-, locked
her 15-month-old babe and 3-year-old
son in the house and went out to din
ner. The house caught fire, the babe
was burned to death and the boy near
ly suffocated.
The Arlington, one of the fashion
able apartment buildings in Chicago,
was destroyed by fire. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Marie and infant child are miss
ing.
Silas Jones and his six children were
burned to death on the Richardson &
May plantation at Cornerstone, Ark.
Mrs. Jones was away from home for
the night.
One man was killed and five serious
" injured by powder explosion at
Moss Grove, Pa.
The last battalion of the Seventeenth
/ infantry has been ordered to Manila
/ by the way of Suez canal.
Mrs. Anna White employed as
cook in the logging camp of b. f. Web
Der at Sprague eight miles north of
/ Necedah, Wis. was burned to death.
The camp was destroyed by fire and
/ Mrs. White persisted in the flames.
Senator Ramp of Missouri has intro
duced bill in the legislature of that
state prohibiting under penalty of
fine of from SIS to $500, theatrical
4 troupes from placing pictures of semi
nude actresses as advertisements.
During the recent cold spell fourteen
lives were lost in Texas by freezing.
and in ten days twenty persons were
burned to death,
w H. Truesdale, vice president of
the Rock Island railroad has been
chosen president of the Delaware &
Lackawanna.