River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-31
LATER NEWS.

Great Britain will consent to a mod
ification of the treaty regarding the
building of warships on the lakes in
such way as to permit the creation
of a reasonable fleet of modern ships to
be built above the Niagara Falls.
Frederick Johnson, farmer near
Gilbert Plains. Manitoba, shot and
killed his wife and three children and
then killed himself. lie is supposed
to have been insane.
Five cases of yellow fever have de-
veloped at Cabanas, Cuba.
The battleship Alabama left Cramps
shipyard the 2Sth for her builders trial
at sea, which will occupy about three
DAYS.
The National Manufacturers associ-
alton has purchased in Shanghai, China.
a building containing 10000 square
feet of floor room, and as soon as soon
practicable permanent exhibition
will be established there. One hun
dred firms have asked for space and all
but two have signed contracts.
Fire destroyed nine of the ten build
ings of the St. Agnes Convent at Spark
hill, N. Y, and the following persisted:
Helen Brown, Emma Macliin, Jane"
a pensioner and Mary mccarthy.
An earthquake shock is reported
from Wabash, Ind.
About seven miles below Dardanelle,
Ark, party of negroes-Mrs. Caloin
jackson and two children, Mrs. John
Smith and three children, and Louis
Price-were crossing the river in a
skiff which capsized, drowning the en-
tire party.
At Greeley, Colo, the 2sth, the Their
mometer registered 105 in the shade.
The Red Cross society has news
from Manila that Aguinaldo has prom
Used to release all sick Spanish prison
erS
The brass and iron bcdstead factory
of Oliver Bros. at Locllport, N. y, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, $500, 900. Jas.
McVittle, workman, was fatally in
jured.
Twelve steel arches, each weighing
33 tons, which were to have supported
the superstructure of the coliseum
building in course of erection on Wa
bash avenue in Chicago, fell to the
ground 1t is known that nine lives
were crushed out Seven are in the
hospital with injuries received in the
accident, and of these two will surely
die
jealousy caused Conrad Falscraft,
burlington, To-, aged 20, to shoot his
wife, aged 10, and himself. He will
die, but his wife will recover.
The builders trial trip of the battle
ship Alabama resulted in the develop
ment of maximum speed of ia knots
per hour.
A Cincinnati firm has received an or
der amounting to half a million dollars
from French company for electric
railway generators, to be shipped to
France, China and South Africa.
In 20-round contest at Dubuque.
To-, Joe Choynski defeated Australian
Jimmy Ryan.
The brick factory of p. p. Guise, at
Williamsport, Pa, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000.
VIM. A. lIarshaw, president of the
Harshaw, Fuller & Goodwin Co., was
arrested at Cleveland, o., charged with
selling adulterated linseed oil.
Rev. IL. Il. Moseley, of Florence, S.
c., has resigned his passionate and will
after Oct. 1 take charge of Baptist
missionary work in Cuba.
A passenger train was wrecked near
Barnard, Mo-, by cattle. Engineer
Cress was killed and Conductor Mather
and Fireman Smith were fatally in
jured.
Rioting along the line of the Cleve-
land (0.) street railway again broke
out with serious results.
Notice has been given that the OPP
ton on window glass plants which ex-
pires September 1, will not be renewed
A meeting of the Retail Butchers
| Association was held at New York
behind closed doors. After the meet.
ing it was announced that most OF the
time had been taken up in reading and
consideration of letters from promin-
ent ranchmen offering their aid in the
movement against the beef compine.
j. f. Turner, a real estate agent of
San Francisco, was shot and killed by
Joseph Frena. a barber, in the corridor
of the third floor of the Cricker build
ing, as the result of a long standing
fond arising from n land deal