River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-08-23
LATER NEWS.

several houses were blown down u
Sheboygan, Wis, including the Crocker
chair factory, causing loss of $500, 600.
The total population of Chicago is
1908, 515, gain of 54.44 per cent since
1890.
Mrs. Theodore Wallert and four
children were STABBED to death at Ar
lington, MINI. Another child is Sc
verely wounded. The murderer first
set fire to the barn, burning it and it's
contents to the ground, also several
outlying stacks of grain and outhouses.
He then entered the house by means
of barrel placed near window.
At Farley, Mo-, while drunk, DIR.
Stanley Harrington killed James Wal
lace, Mrs. Wallace, and j. Z. Dilling-
ham, the sheriff who attempted to ar
rest him. Harrington in turn was
shot dead by Harry Dillingham;, the
sheriff's son.
During street fair at Hammond,
Ind, the wind unroofed several build
| ings, injuring number of people.
William Henry Lawrence, one of the
first original negro minstrels of the
United States, died at Chicago, aged
SO years.
At Prairie du CHEN, Wis, the mem
bers of Buff lo Bill's Wild West show
went ON a rampage and held high car
nival, having complete control of the
| town.
The Chinese government, through
Lii Hung Chang, has made application
to the United States for the appoint
ment of Minister Conger or some other
| American official with authority to
open negotiations for the establish
ment of peace and for fixing definite
| terms for the settlement of the present
| trouble.
The German police have agreed to
stop all anarchist meetings, and four
have been suppressed in Berlin.
| 1t is said that 1s6 foreign anarchists,
of whom 103 Italians, have been ex-
PEELED from Germany since the assas-
nation of King Humbert.
William NJ. johnson, of New Jersey,
has accepted the Office of First As
sistant postmaster general made va
cant by the resignation of Perry
Heath.
Special dispatches from Pretoria an
nounce that Gen. De Wet bivouacked
Is miles from the city and that Col
Mcmahon briskly engaged him.
Theodore Wallert, the murderer of
his wife and four step-children near
Arlington, Mimi, was captured in
barn near the scene of the tragedy.
The cabinet decided to reject the
latest appeal from Ii Hung Chang for
a cessation of hostilities. The rejec-
ton is based on the Noncompliance of
the Chinese government with the spe-
cific provisions of the declaration
the United States under date of Aug. H.
A freight train wreck occurred on
tho New York Central road at Kensi-
co. n. Y, killing seven persons and
more are missing.
The sultan of Turkey has ordered a
committee to investigate the recent
massacre of 200 Armenians in the Sas-.
sun districts of Asiatic Turkey.
1t is asserted that Russia will try to |
float loan of 800, 000,O0O roubles in
the United States.
A severe wind at Hamburg, To-, did |
considerable damage to fruit orchards
and outbuildings.
At Maxwell, Va, an engine crashed
into freight train, killing Engineer
Allen and Fireman Marshall.
Six men lost their lives at Guthrie,
Okla, by the caving in of well.
Ten million dollars damage, it is es-
timated, will be the result of the for
est fires in Colorado and Wyoming.
By the explosion of the boiler of
Helsers saw mill at Glenford, O., Da-
viga Dupler, Eliza Winegartner and
John Mclaughlin were killed. Mamma
Heiser, owner of the mill, was seriously
injured.
l.. A. Goodman, secretary of tn
State Horticultural society of Misso
ri, received a letter from G. b. Brack-
EFT, who has charge of the United
States display of fruit at the Paris ex-
position, announcing that the Nilsson
ri apples had received first prize.
The Union Iron Works, San Francis
co, have notified the navy department |
that the monitor Wyoming will be
launched on Sept. S. The same firm
also announces that the Wiiconsin will
be ready for her preliminary trial trip
| on Sept. Is. She will go first to Puget
Sound IN he dry docLed and cleaned