River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-11-15
LATER NEWS.


Hotel Netherland. New York City, the
18th.
Henry Willard, the railroad maguate
and financier, died the 18th at his sum-
mer home at Dobb's Ferry, n. Y.
The Paris exposition closed the 18th
with an evening illumination.
1t is announced that the North At
lantic squadron will winter in gulf
waters, and that Pensacola has
been designated as their coaling sta
ton. Large quantities of coal are
now being received at the Pensacola
navy yard.
The dowager empress of Russia is
again very ill.
A heavy frost visited Texas the night
of the 18th.
Frank Jarvis Patton, inventor of the
multiplex telegraph system, died in
New York.
The republicans have decided not to
contest the election in Kentucky.
Under the increase in the navy, Sec
rotary Long asks for an appropriation
of $40, IT,, O00
Prof. w. II. Rosenstengel. head of
the German department of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. fell dead at the
faculty meeting at Madison. He was
IS years of age, and had occupied his
present position for 90 years.
AT least four persons were killed.
one is missing, two were fatally in
jured, seven were fatally hurt at
least dozen sustained minor hurts in
fire which destroyed the Clifford
house at Poplar Bluff, Mo. More
bodies may be found in the ruins.
BY direction of the president the
department of Porto Rico will be dis
continued on Dec Is, 1900, and the is
land of Porto Rico and the islands and
KEYS adjacent thereto will be attached
to the department of the east and desig-
mated the district of Porto Rico.
Two Mexicans who gave their names
as Velino M. Preza and Alexandra A.
Maroucci were arrested in New York
charged with smuggling into this
country part of the famous jewels at
one time worn by Carlotta, the widow
of Emperor Macmillan. The jewels
in the mems possession are said to be
worth SIC, 600.
A strike of the electric linemeu and
telephone operators at San Antonio,
Texas leaves that city without local
or long distance telephone service.
The National Salt company have ad-
vanced the price of common salt 100
per cent.
While in bed, Mrs. o. w. Potter, of
Chicago, was nearly killed by a bur
glar, who struck her on the head with
a slung shot.
Yale college will educate five Fill
pinos, to be selected by Judge Taft or
the Philippine commission.
At Victoria, Il. c., Thomas Connell
shot and killed William Ashley. pros
. porous gardener. Connell then took
to the woods and when pursued shot
himself. but not fatally. Ashley had
refused to work for Connell.
The car of Russia is quite sick with
influenza.
Holland has expressed willingness
to purchase in behalf of Mr.. Kruger
for the exiled Beers a portion of Ger
man Southwest Africa.
At the meeting of the cabinet the
18th, President Mckinley expressed
the hope that every member of the
cabinet would remain during the next
four years. He regarded the result of
the elections as an Endorsement not
only of his own ideas and policies but
also of the administration of the gov
eminent
Fierce gales sweut over portions of
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans
the 18th, and several vessels were
either wrecked or damaged by the
storm. The English channel did not
escape the fury of the wind, and from
there reports come of great damage to
shipping and considerable loss of life.
Even the coast of far away Australia
visited by hurricane.
Jerome w. Hunt of Waterloo. Iowa,
was found guilty of attempting to
murder his wife. He sent her an in
fernal machine which failed to ex-
plode.
In a quarrel at Fruit Cave, Fla.
over a matter of 40 cents. Albert Hous-
ton decapitated Dorman Fatio with a
knife.
A strike of the telegraph operators
on the Santa Fe road lasted thirty
minutes.