River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-20
LATER NEWS.

The natural gas supply at Akron, o.,
failed the nth and for a time there
was much suffering on account of the
cold.
The Kentucky has sailed from Turk
ish waters to Port Said, on its way to
Manila.
street car at East Liverpool. o.,
left the track, crashing into house
and killed James Christie, the motor
man.
John Rolla, the third of the negroes
implicated in the murder of Halle
Simmons, was lynched in the court
yard at bonneville, Ind
The Pacific Coast company's steam
ship Topeka went ashore on Lynn
Canal, Alaska, with strong prospects
of her being total wreck.
In the u. S. senate the 18th Mr. Car
ter of Montana introduced a resolution
calling upon the judiciary committee
to investigate and report to the senate
the facts in the matter of the charges
against Judge Noyes of Alaska. The
house committee on census. by vote
of to 6, agreed to report the Hopkins
reapportionment bill, leaving the to-
tai mem bership of the house at 357, as
at present, and rearranging number
of state delegations. The bill will
not be taken up until after the holt
days.
The state department has rendered
an opinion to the effect that the Unit
ed States government cannot inter
vene in favor of Porto Rico in the mat
ter of her claim against Cuba for ST.
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Serious riots growing out of the race
feeling took place in the streets of
Kingston, Jamaica.
The steamer Alpha foundered on the
eastern coast of Victoria island. The
captain and crew were drowned.
The natural amateur billiard match
was won by Albert Cutler of Boston.
The Thirty-seventh volunteer regi-
ment will leave the Philippines New
Years day.
Gus Rubin defeated Peter Maher in
six-round contest at Philadelphia.
John G. A. Leischer, now minister to
Switzerland has been nominated as
minister to Turkey, and A. 5, Hardy
of New Hampshire as minister to
Switzerland.
c. Metzger of Newark, N. j., shot
and killed his wife at hotel in Hope
we'll, Bedford county, Pa. and com
mitted suicide with the same weapon.
The safe in the Citizens bank at
Hope, Ind, was blown by robbers and
robbed of S1s,0 00 There were five ex-
plosions in opening the safe.
Lieutenant Herbert l.. Evans of the
Forty-fourth volunteer infantry regi-
ment, with fifty men, attacked Dec. II,
several hundred bolomen and fifty in
surgents armed with rifles, occupying
an entrenched position at Tonoxlgan,
island of Cebu. The Americans had
three men wounded and the enemy
lost twelve men killed aud many
wounded.
The residence of Mr.. Freeman at
Esterville. Iowa was burned and his
wife persisted in the flames. Foul
play is suspected.
Lillian Beatty was nearly killed by
in Chicago.
Peter Ganas and Nettie Adams were
arrested at Pana, ILL.,, for attempting
to wreck an Illinois Central passenger
train
Eight carloads of bananas were con-
demned in Chicago by the health Off
GERS
The strike at the Natalie colliery
near Shamokin. Pa, ended the 1920
employees returning to work.
John d. Rockefeller, makes the
University of Chicago another gift of
| 81, 500 600.
The Moorish government has set
tied the claim of the United States for
s., 600 indemnity on account of the
murder of Marcus Eszagui, a natural
lied American citizen.
A dainty Christmas present, and at
small cost. will be one of the Northern
Pacific railways beautiful Yellowstone
Park Flower Books. It contains ten
specimens of pressed Wild flowers in
all their freshness of color. and four
illustrations of Park scenes Many
requests for this book for Christmas
presents are now being filed; send
yours along The book will be sent
carefully mailed in pasteboard covers
for so cents by Chas ). Fee. q. z. & I.
A.. n. p. Rv.. St Paul. Mimi.