River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-01-18
LATER NEWS.

James Welch attempted to shoot
Judge VIM. Lochren, of the United
States district court. The judge was
sitting in his rooms in ST. Paul when
Welch entered and presented a pistol
to his head. Before ne could press the
trigger he was caught by a court crier
and disarmed.
An ordinance was presented to the
Chicago city council offering a reward
of $500 for the killing of any highway
men or housebreakers. No incentive
is offered for the capture of any of the
offenders alive.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Live Stock association met at
Fort Worth, Texas, the 10th.
General Wood for the first time in
the campaign, has established a post
in the enemy's country. With a force
of all arms he took up a position on
Jan. 6 at Zeutpans Drift on the north
side of the Orange river in the Free
State.
Every effort is being made to taha-
late the returns as rapidly as possible
of the census in Cuba and Puerto Rico,
and it is probably that the general re-
suits of the work may be ready for
public announcements in three O. four
weeks.
The Robert Emmett society at
Youngstown, Ohio, pledged $500 to the
Boer fund and will raise $3.50 by addi-
tional by subscription. Youngstown
Englishmen have raised 81, 600 to aid
the British widows and orphans funds.
Opie Reid, the novelist, made his
debut in vaudeville before a Chicago
audience. Mr.. Reid recited a number
of original sketches and dialect sto-
ries.
John IL. Whallen and Charles II.
Ryan were indicted for attempting to
bride a member of the Kentucky legis-
lature.
The transatlantic steamship lines
have increased their passenger rates
between New York and Europe owing
to the heavy travel that is expected to
the Paris exposition.
The Orange Free State has called
out every available man including the
leading merchants who expected to
enjoy immunity.
Bolo men and armed insurgents,
robbers from Zambeles mountains,
attacked two companies. Twenty
fifth infantry, O'Niel commanding, at
Iba, Jan. G, driven and pursued with
loss to them Of fifty men. There were
no casualties.
Ex-Congressman David 6. Colson shot
and killed Ethelbert Scott and Luther
Demaree, and slightly wounded a third
party named Golden, in a hotel at
Frankfort, Ky. The killing was the
result of a feud.
John II. Gear was formally elected
by the Iowa legislature to succeed
himself in the u. 5. senate.
The total of the Lawton FUND the
10th was 5000
Fire at Dawson, Alaska, destroyed
$500, 600 worth of property.
During service a church in Russia
collapsed. killing 10 persons and wound
ing IS.
The U. S. senate has ratified the
Samoan treaty.
The marketing of the dried fruit
crop of California has peer placed I'M
der the management of an association
of growers.
The contract for building the under
ground railway in New York City was
let to j. b. Mcdonald for s35. 600, 600.
Captain j. w. Murphy, cashier of the
Third National Bank of Columbus, Ga,
shot and killed the teller, p. T. Shuttle,
and then killed himself.
The fine passenger steamer Lexing-
ton, owned by the Carr line of Charles
ton. w. Va. while racing with the OPP
position packet Argand, struck the
lock wall near Scary, Ohio, on the
Ohio river, breaking in twain and
sinking Immediately.
The president sent to the senate the
name of Robert NJ. Nc Wade of Penn
s~ylvania 10 be consul for the United
States at Canton, to succeed DR.. Edwin
S. Bedloe.
In the L. S. senate, Mr.. Cullom, Qll.)
presented a petition handsomely bound
and signed by 5000 colored persons
asking for legislation to protect col
ored men from '~'barbarous practice of
lynching and burning"
A dynamite factory at Avigliano,
France. exploded killing ten persons
and reducing ) buildings.