River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-02-01
LATER NEWS.

1t is learned from a reliable source
that Field Marshal Lord Roberts has
advised the abandonment of Lady
smith. At the London war office, the
dispatch adds, no confirmation could
be obtained of the advices said to have
been given by Lord Roberts. The fed
eral Gordon around Kimberley is draw
ing closer. Many kaffirs are arriving
inside the Boer lines from the be-
sieged town, where they are starving.
Stormberg, Colesberg and Mafeklng
are reported quiet.
Mr.. Allison presented resolutions in
the United States senate, first, that
Charles c. Bennett of New York be
elected secretary of the senate, and
second, that Daniel M. Ransdell of In
diana be elected sergeant-at-arms. The
resolutions were adopted without di-
vision.
The Depew opera house at Peekskill,
n. Y, was destroyed by fire. Loss.
SIS, 0OO.
In an attempt to arrest six supposed
| train robbers 1T Holden, No., John
Jackson, a detective, was shot and
killed.
Heavy snow storms prevailed
throughout northern France the goth.
Many small vessels were wrecked along
the coast.
Judge C. C. Kohlsaat, in the United
States circuit court at Chicago, decides
that the Illinois antitrust law is in
valid.
The steel department of Phillips,
Nimick & Co.'S mill at Pittsburg, Pa,
was completely wrecked by the explo-
sion of a battery of four large boilers.
Simon Halland was killed and a dozen
other workmen injured.
A decision which will close two
thirds of the saloons in Iowa was
handed down by the supreme court OF
that state. 1t is considered the most
generally important decision given
out in 10 years.
For the first time in many years all
the cigar stores, r groceries,
bakeries and the like were closed up
tight in Baltimore, Md. Few drug
stores kept open. Those that did dis
played placards informing the public
the soda fountains were closed, and
that absolutely nothing would be sold
without a prescription.
Prof. lie Flamboye was found dead
in a bath tub in Grand Rapids, Mich.
His body was has been parboiled tC
such an extent that the flesh fell of
when the body was moved. On the
floor near by was found his brother
George unconscious.
VIM. Goebel, contestant for the gov
ernorship of Kentucky was shot dowr
while passing through the state house
yard on his way to the capitol build
ing in Frankfort. The ball struck
him on the right side, passing through
the body. The wound may prove fatal
A refugee who arrived at Durham re
ports that the Boer she'll factory a
Johannesburg was destroyed January
20. The loss is irreparable.
A scouting party of the 25th infantry
while operating near Subig, was am
pushed by insurgents and a lleutenan'
and three privates were killed and two
or three privates wounded.
The bodies of General Lawton anC
Major Logan arrived at San Francisco
the 30th on the United States trans
port Thomas.
The German steamer Remus, from
Philadelphia, was wrecked off the
coast of Denmark. The captain anc
thirteen men were drowned.
Crazed by religion, Mr.. and Mrs
Spencer, of Lovilla, Iowa. deliberately
sacrificed their infant child by freezing
it to death. The little ones clothe.
were removed and held out of doors.
At Narrows, w. Va, Chris Fitzgerald
shot and killed his wife and her para
mour, John C. Wright. Fitzgerald es
capped.
The Associated Press learns tina
General Lyttleton's brigade is still il
its original position at Potgieters'!
Drift, showing that part of Genera
Buffers forces are still north of tn,
Tugela river.
General Butler reports that the casu
alties to the non-commissioned officer:
and men in the two actions of Jan. q
and 81 we're II killed, 233 wounded and
6 missing.
Five men were injured in a wreck OF
the Erie road near Kent, Ohio. TIL,
wreck was caused by a mistake in sig
mails.