River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-10-04
LATER NEWS.

Proposals for the construction OF six
armored cruisers will be received at
the navy department in Washington,
Dec. z.
A threatened race riot at George
town, 5. c., growing out of the arrest
of negro for killing white man, ha s
been averted, it is believed. May or
Morgan cleared the negroes from tn e
streets without the assistance of tn e
military, and stopped the sale of liquor.
The main building of the city gar
bage crematory at Buffalo was de-
stroyed by fire.
General" Jacob S. Coxey, who six
years ago marched at the head of an
army of several hundred unemployed
workingmen, and led them to Wash
ington, is advertising for men to work
on the immense steel casting plant,
which he is erecting in Mount Vernon,
Ohio. Mr.. Coxey expects to spend
$780, 600 on these buildings.
The recent storm damages at the
town of Velasco, Texas, are announced
by the local committee to aggregate
$500, 900.
A special meeting of the American
National Woman's Bryan league has
been called to meet at indianapolis
during the convention of the National
Association of Democratic clubs.
A grand jury at Philadelphia has
recommended the revival of the whip
ping post.
Striving to regain ball with which
he was playing in the hallway of his
home, in New York, Eddie Mcfarland,
five years old, fell from the fourth to
the ground floor and was instantly
killed.
The mine operators of Pennsylvania,
at meeting at Wilkesbarre, in addi-
ton to the offer of an increase of 10
per cent in wages, decided to reduce
the price of powder from 81. rs to $1.50
per keg.
During a quarrel at Antlers, /. T.,
Ben iamin Anderson, full blood In
dian, was shot and killed by his
cousin, Nicholas Anderson.
Three women were attacked by an
other woman on the street in Chicago.
Their hats were torn from their heads,
crumpled into indescribable shapes,
hurled to the sidewalk and trampled
upon. The police claim the woman is
demented.
Within the next four or five weeks
large numbers of Bocrs will arrive in
New York, whence, they will proceed
by way of Chicago and the twin cities,
to the fertile veldts of North Dakota.
South Dakota and northeastern Mon
tana,
Favorable news has reached Wash
ington from the European chancellor
les indicating that complete agree
ment as to China is within sight. The
agreement will be on the basis of pro-
positions laid down by Secretary Hay
in his note of July 5, and the subse~
quent notes treating of that subject.
The standard Oil steamer Majo
Barrett, which sailed from Philadel-
phia. ran into and sank the tug boat
Fleetwood at the junction of the
Schuylk1ll and Delaware rivers drown
ing two of the crew of the Fleetwood,
In consequence of the Beers captur-
ing convoy of Natal volunteers be-
tween De Jagers Drift and Blood river,
burning several wagons and capturing
the escort, the intended home-going of
the Natal volunteers has been indeh-
nitely postponed.
The emperor of China sends letter
to Emperor William, expressing re-
grets over the death of the German
minister in Picking.
Harrietta Sathore, an actress, was
killed at Toledo, o., by a wardrobe
falling upon her.
Fred Schilling, German cabinet
maker. was found dead in his room in
Toledo, o., with over 40 knife wounds
in his body.
The Advertising and exhibition car
belonging to the state of North Caro-
lima was burned with all its contents
at Kingston, o. Two men who were
in it were awakened by the barking
of dog and barely escaped with their
lives.
Winfield Townsend, alias Floyd,
negro. was burned at the stake in the
town of Electric, Ala. The Negroes al
legged crime was an attempted assault
on Mrs Lonnle Harrington, whose
husband set fire to the fuel which re-
duced Townsend's body to ashes
Melbourne viii be the capital of
confederated Australia.