River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-12-07

LATER NEWS,

nOOu the fIu. III Jne SENATE, DIS Soon
as organization was completed, it adj
iourned out. of respect TO late Vice
President Hobart. In the house, D.. B.
Henderson was duly elected speaker.
When the name of Brigham Il. Roberts
vas called, Representative Taylor of
Ohio secured recognition and amidst
] breathless interest protested against
the swearing in of Roberts, on the
ground of his being a polygamist and
not a properly n~aturalized American
citizen. Mr.. Roberts was asked to
stand aside and the matter was re
ferred to the following day. The finan-
cial bill drafted by a special commit
tee of republican members was intro
duced in the house by Representative
Overstreet of Indiana, and was accord
ed the distinction of being bill No. /.
An immense bed of high grade silica
has been discovered at Dayton, Green
county, Wis.
While serving some attachment pa
pers, Deputy Sheriff Tom Walsh was
shot and killed at C~reston, To-, by Geo.
Williams. Williams surrendered him
self at once.
Francis C. Contine, an attorney, was
appointed receiver for Harper Broth
ers. publishers, of New York.
A Wabash passenger train collided
with an electric car in Chicago, injur-
ing II persons and demolishing the
car.
A rear end collision between two
passenger trains occurred on the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad, in which
six persons were killed outright and
several others severely injured. The
accident happened at English switch,
about six miles east of Salida, Colo.
The president has appointed Pieter
Lieber of Indiana to be consul of the
United States at Dusseldorf, Germany.
The state department has received a
cable message from United States Min
lister Loomis at Caracas, Venezuela,
confirming the press report of the
capture of Maracaibo by the insur-
gents General Hernandez.
Commissioner General Peck has de-
cided to set aside a fund of $40, 900 for
a corn kitchen at the Paris exposition.
VII I1Gh DClACN1O IN WILL hAl1IiCl
will result in large ly increasing the
export demand for corn.
A telegram received in Chicago an
nounces the capture of William +.
Miller, accused of having been connect
ed with the Franklin Syndicate swindle
in New York, as having been effected
at Montreal.
Representative Corliss of Michigan
introduced a bill in congress for a Pa
cifc cable to be built by the govern
ment to Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan
and China, at a limit of cost of SIS, 000,
coo, of which $500, 600 is to be immedi-
ately available.
United States Senator Monroe l..
Hayward died in his home in Nebras-
ka City, Neb., the 5th, aged 80 years.
He was elected last winter for the
term commencing March 4 last, and
consequently never took his seat.
Within two blocks of a police sta
tion in Chicago, masked men, under
threat of cremation, compelled Mrs.
Charles Snyder to give up S110.
Burglars secured S. 600 from the pri-
vate bank at Poplar Grove, III.
General Hughes now occupies Santa
Barbara and Cabutuan, Island of Pa
nay. his lines extending t~hIrty-five
miles north of Iloilo. He has occupied
twenty towns. The inhabitants are re-
turning with white flags, their fear of
the Americans diminishing as they
learn that they will be well treated.
The British steamer Hupeh, Captain
Quail. from Hongkong, has foundered
in latitude Il north, longitude III
east. The crew, with the exception
of the Chinese members, were saved.
A dispaech from Guatemala, says
the revolt ON the frontier of San Sal
vador has been suppressed.
Fire at Meridian, Miss, destroyed
property valued at $3.50, 600.
Julia Marlowe, the actress, has APP
piled for a divorce from her husband,
Robert Tabor. on the ground of sever
ity. neglect and refusal to support.
A body of insurgents. estimated at
500. attacked the American garrison of
200 at Vigan, province of South Ilocas.
After hard fighting the Fihpinos were
driven off, leaving So dead. The
American loss was eight killed ana
many wounded.