River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-24
LATER NEWS.

The Nebraska people have raised
| enough money to bring the First Ne
| braska regiment home from San Fran
| cisco.
A shooting affray growing out of the
| old row between cattle men and sheep
men occurred on range southwest of
Chadron, Neb., when George Coil, a
sheep herder, instantly killed Thomas
Ryan, cattle man. Coil claims Ryan
and other cattle men scattered his
| flock, abused him and threatened to
kill him. He surrendered. The cattle
men swear vengeance.
Among German officials it is consid-
cred quite within the range of proba-
bility that Prince Henry of Germany,
brother of Emperor William, and at
present commander-in-chief of the
German squadron in Asia, will visit
the United States some time within
the next few months.
Eugene Sprague, an aeronaut of
Lyons, Mich, and Miss Mabel Schu-
macher fell in bicycle collision in
front of an electric ear at Racine, Wis,
and both were instantly killed.
James Birch was shot and killed at
his home in indianapolis by Patrol
man c. M. Warren.
Secretary Root has signed the order
for the Cuban census. The order APP
points Lieut.. Col. Joseph p. Sanger
| director OF the census and Victor III.
olmstead assistant director.
1t is now estimated that the bodies
of $500 victims of the recent hurricane
in Porto Rico have been buried; that
1,5O0 are injured; that 1000 are still
| missing.
The United States transport Tartar,
from San Francisco, with Gen. Joe
| Wheeler and his daughters, troops of
the 10th infantry and more than
$1,000, 900 in coin, has reached Manila.
A serious head-end collision occurred
on the Northwestern, one mile east of
Dayton, Iowa, shortly after midnight,
between the east and west bound
freight trains and as a result
two engines were utterly demolished
and a third engine, that of work
train, badly crippled, while one en-
| gineer is seriously hurt.
A prominent Italian politician, ac-
cording to the Don Chisciottc Della
Mancia, has in his possession one of the
most popular documents referred to
| in the bordereau in the Dreyfus case,
and the handwriting of the document
is unquestionably not that of Capt.
! Dreyfus.
Thomas Il. Reed has resigned as con-
gresham from the First district of
Maine. The resignation is to take eff
feet Sept. 4, and has been accepted by
Gov. Powers.
An excursion train on the Cincinnati
& Muslingum Valley railway was
wrecked near Circleville, o., and five
persons were seriously injured and 20
others badly cut and bruised.
Admiral Dewey arrived at Vile
Franche, France, the 22d. The usual
salutes were exchanged.
General Otis cables from Manila that
the sailing of the Zealandia and Val
encia, with the Montana troops and
discharged men on board has been ar
rested by prevailing typhoons, but
that they will leave soon.
Three tramps stealing ride on a
| NiAChSO oACob Train
| that left Marshalltown, Iowa, shortly
after midnight, shot and killed Brake
men, J. E. Wilson and COMFY Matthews
and threw their bodies under the
wheels. The murderers escaped, but
an armed posse at once started in pur-
suit.
The union reform party of Ohio nom
mated Seth Ii. Ellis for governor.
Over 40 negroes are in the Bulaski
county, Ark, Jail as a result of con-
certed effort on the part of the author
| tiles to run down the men who, few
days ago, committed assaults on five
white women recently. Ed. Wright
was positively identified by Mrs.
| Kennedy as her assailant, and was
held TO the grand jury without bail.
Every precaution has been taken to
prevent a lynching.
! Officers have been assigned to regi-
ments under the second call for volun-
teers For the Forty-ffth, at Fort
Smelling, Maj. Daniel A. Frederick has
been assigned.
John and Jay Sanders. colored. We're
killed and four other negroes wounded
at Parsons camp-ground, near Russell
/ vile, KY, in fight.