River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-02-05
LATER NEWS.

Ex-Governor Long, McKinley's sec
rotary of the navy, is very sick at his
home in Boston.
The Clyde line steamer Gulf Stream,
from New York to Philadelphia, went
ashore in a fog off Cape May The
crew was removed in safety.
The big Greenpoint plant of the
Standard Oil company on Newton
creek near New York, has closed down,
throwing / 200 men out of work.
The measure prohibiting the prac-
tice of Christian Science or of mind or
faith cures in healing, was defeated
overwhelmingly in the house of repre-
sentatives of New Hampshire, the vote
being 20 to 1914.
The senate committee on foreign re-
lations. authorized favorable reports
upon the Alaskan boundary treaty and
the protocol for the extension of time
for the ratification of the Cuban reci-
procity treaty, but failed for lack of
time to reach decision upon the Pana-
ma canal treaty.
The private car of President Mellen
nearly destroyed by fire at Prescott,
Ariz
Anjmmense ice gorge has formed in
the Pennsylvania river between Nc
Keesport and West Newton, Pa,
threatening damage to much property.
A fast express train on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad collided head on with a
freight near Leslie, Pa, killing Engi-
neer Meyer and Fireman Gearhardt.
A number of passengers were injured.
A sudden sinking of ground on one
of the slopes of the Telegraph mine at
Bingham, Utah, split the house of
James Johnson, miner, and instantly
killed two of his sons.
The attorney general of New York
decides that offering a pass to legis-
lator and the acceptance of the same
is a violation of law.
Lee S. Overman was elected to the
U. S. senate by the legislature of
North Carolina.
Thebusiness portion of Rio, Wis,
was destroyed by fire.
A severe blizzard swept Upper Mich
igan the both.
The British war Office has decided to
invite tenders from Canadian farmers
for the sapply of fresh meat to the
British army in South Africa.
The Olympian games scheduled for
Chicago in 1904 have been transferred
to st. Louis.
Over 500 letters were found buried
in lumber yard at Toledo, o. The
envelopes had been rifed for jewelry
ana -Jew Years gifts.
Naval Constructor Hobson, who won
glory in the Spanish-American war by
mac in Santiago harbor, has rendered
his resignation from the service on &C
count of an affection of his eyes.
Brigands have been terrorizing the
Caucasus recently, levying tribute on
towns and holding up trains to an eX-
tent hitherto unknown.
Congressman Rumple from Iowa died
in Chicago.
The three shift system, by which
work will be kept up day and night,
will be inaugurated in the gun car
riage shops at the Washington navy
yard.
Germany is trying to purchase war
ships from Chile.
Gold was found near Metropolis, ILL.,,
in small amounts.
E. c. Peter has been appointed dep
uty attorney general for Hawaii. He
is well known in California, having
been a student at the University of
California and Stanford university.
Baron Specl1 Won Sternberg, the en-
voy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary from Germany to Washing
ton, arrived at New York on the steam
ship Augusta Victoria.
Lees Barnes and George Silverthorne
fought duel with nine-inch knives in
small cabin twenty miles from Red
ding. Cal. Silverthorne is dead while
Barnes cannot live. The men were
gambling for small stakes and quarrel
ed.
The Iowa inebrinte law is valid, &C
cording to decision rendered by Judge
A. II. McVey of the district court of Des
Moines, who holds that it differs from
the Wisconsin law, which has been held
to be unconstitutional.