River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-10
LATER NEWS.

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The court martial before which Capt.
Dreyfus is on trial opened at Renncs,
France, the 9TH.
James Baker on trial for the murder
IF Wilson Howard, at Babourville,
KY, was acquitted.
The Continental Match Companys
factory at Detroit, Mich, has been
closed indefinitely. The property, it is
stated, has been transferred to the Dia-
nond Match Company.
Marshal Martinez de Campos, presi-
lent of the Spanish senate, predicts a
ministerial crisis in November, adding
that the minister of war; marine and
Justice, Gen. Polavieja, Admiral Gomez
Imaz and Senior Duran, respectively,
will resign.
The Second Oregon regiment was
mustered out of service the 18th.
Fred Hunnell of Des Moines, Iowa,
attempted suicide by shooting. His
son, Archie Hunnell, undertook to
wrest his revolver from him and in the
scrimmage was shot through the
heart. Hunnell stood off score of
men and then slashed himself with a
knife before the police arrested him.
He will probably recover.
A labor political party has been
formed in New York city.
The situation in San Domingo is
considered critical. The governor of
Monte Cristo has 5000 men under arms
for the preservation of peace.
Jeffries, the pugilist, gave an exhi-
bition of sparring in London.
At the Coney Island Athletic club
Jack Bennett of Pittsburg defeated
Billy Hill of Boston, colored, in the
fourteenth round on a foul, after
having outfought him from the start
| William Borden shot and mortally
wounded Miss Mabel McKenna at Col
orado Springs because she refused to
marry him. Several hours later Bor-
den returned to the spot where he had
attempted to kill his sweetheart and
shot himself through the head, dying
instantly.
has shipped about 1900 tons of mate
rial to be used in the construction of
the great bridge at Galzleik, India.
A 3-year old daughter of Lawrence
Hanley, the actor, was crushed to
death under trolley car at Los An
geles, Cal.
A statement prepared at the war de-
partment shows that by October 22nd
there will be at Manila, or on the way
to the Philippines, 10000 men.
The coroner's jury, impaneled to
hold an inquest in connection with the
accident at Bar Harbor, Me-, whereby
| twenty persons lost their lives by the
breaking of the ferry slip, found that,
| "These people came to their deaths by
| the insufficient construction of the
| slip"
| The following was received from
Manila the 9th: General MacArthur's
force, consisting of 1000 men, advanced
| five miles beyond San Fernandino to-
day and encountered and defeated a
| Filipino force of 5000 men. The enc
my retreated, leaving many dead and
wounded. The American loss in
killed and wounded was 20
The business portion of Carlisle, KY,
was destroyed by fire.
| Nearly 1000 miners of the Susque-
hanna Coal company at Nanticoke, Pa,
are on strike.
| Another electric car was blown up
at Cleveland Ohio, on the Sth. The
motorman was badly hurt.
| Rev. Charles NJ. Lamson, d. d., of
| Hartford, Conn, president of the
| American board of commissioners for
| foreign missions, died suddenly of
neuralgia of the heart. He was S.
years old.
| Il. +. Thompson, colored, was lynched
| at Alexandria, Va, for attempted as
sault upon s-year-old Lillian Clarke.
The following cable was received at
| Washington from Gen. Otis, dated
Aug. 8: Three days typhoon, render
| ing work on bay impossible, passed
9th inst. Transport Pennsylvania left
| Iloilo, Cebu, Jolo this evening; Sheri-
dan, with Minnesota. South Dakota
and discharged soldiers, for San Fran
! cisco 18th inst; Valencia. Zealandia,
when coaled. requiring ten days good
weather, leave with Montana and dis
charged men. Suggest portion trans
ports coal at Nagaski, both coming
and returning, expedite business here,
where facilities for loading and I'M
/ loading vessels are primitive.