River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-05-17

tuoIitIeS anu lorIldlly opened 10 the
public.
Lord Roberts occupied Kroonstad
without opposition. the Free Staters
removing their capital to Lindley, As
miles east. The British expect no seri-
Gus resistance south of the Vaal river.
LATER VIEWS.
An attempt was made to assassinate
Rev. Father Bloznoski, pastor of the
Polish church at Wilkesbarre, Pa. He
was shot at through the window, the
bullet striking within an inch of his
head.
The u. s. supreme court decides the
inheritance tax is constitutional and
valid, but held that it applied to the
amount of the legacy and not of the
estate as a whole.
General Roberts has an army of 2O0,-
900 men for guarding his communica-
tions and operating on a front virtu-
ally 200 miles wide, from Fourteen
Streams to Biggarsburg. Against this
army the Beers have 20, 900 burghers
in the Transvaal and Natal, and Presi-
dent Steyn has perhaps 5000 burghers
under arms in the Bethlehem district.
After Governor Gambler of Georgia
had ordered the militia to prepare to
protect William Willis from a mob, the
ron was notified hat Willis had
been taken from a train en- route to
Atlanta by a mob and lynched.
The Manitoba & Northwestern rail
.Ool lo. hoo, lnaEol 70 tha Cnnn1ia n
Pacific.
Seven Filipinos made an attempt to
burn a quantity of hay near the quar-
termaster's ~storehouse in Manila. The
guards killed one and injured another.
The rest escaped.
The lumber town of Fisher, Mich,
was wiped out by forest fires.
The carpenters strike IN Omaha has
ended with an amicable understand
ing, the men returning to work.
Mount Vesuvius is again in a state
of eruption, and spectators are for
hidden to approach within a certain
distance.
The Democratic congressional con-
ventIon of the Ninth district of Mis-
souri, declared Champ Clark, of Pike
county, the nominee for congress to
succeed himself.
Fire destroyed the large livery es-
tablishment of G. NJ. Klotbach at Madi-
son, S. D.. together with from go to SO
horses, among them a team valued at
$500. The loss aggregates Sill, 600;
insurance, S1,500
The Germans have forcibly seized all
the Congo Free State territory up to
Rusizi river, occupying 5000 square
miles on Congo territory with 1000
soldiers and fifteen n The Bel
gian officer withdrew from his station
under threat of instant attack. The
Germans burned the station. Their
officers acted on instructions from
Berlin.
Senator Clark of Montana announced
the 18th that he had on the 18th en-
dered his resignation to the governor
of his state. Acting Governor Spriggs
at once appointed Mr.. Clark as senator
to fill the vacancy.
Liluokalani, ex-queen of Hawaii,
has left Washington for Honolulu.
Mrs. Thomas Moser, wife of a farmer
living near fremont, ILL.,, and her four
children were found dead in their
home, all with their Threats cut.
The steamship Massadam arrived at
New York with the Boer peace ENJOYS.
General Butler has occupied Dundee,
the Beers retiring toward Glencoe.
General Rumble has completely check
mated the attempt of the Beers to
come south again and the enemy are
retiring before the persistent advance
of the British, Many have been cap
tured or are surrendering.
An explosion of a tank in the gaso-
line storehouse of A.. G. Wykoff at
Raritan, n. Y, terribly burned A. H.
Conyne and A. j.. Chamberlain. 1t is
doubtful if the men will recover.
A FIRE occurred at the exposition in
Paris the 18th. The flames were dis
covered in the basement of the Chateu
d'Eau. which is intended to be one of
the leading features of the exhibition.
Assistant Attorney-General Boyd
has rendered a decision in the case of
express companies, in which he holds
brokers by reason of their issuing
money orders and travellers checks.
The general conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church voted TO increase
by two its board Of general superin-
tendents. thus adopting the majority
report of the committee of episcopacy.
Thirty-seven Japanese were arrested
at New Whatcom, Wash. who are al
legged to be paupers and who are en-
d~eavoring TO secure entrance into the