River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-31
LATER NEWS.

Prof. John Underwear, who was &C
companisG to Jenny Lind, died in
Cleveland, o.
Snow five feet deep was reported in
Montana the 2jth.
Failing to agree, the operators will
shut down the Iowa coal mines, throw
ing 80, GOO men out of work.
Turkey acquiosces in Austria Russia
compact regarding Macedonia.
A Chicago newspaper states that the
meat packers meet daily and fix prices.
The Russian troops hold north bank
of the An-Ju river and the Mikado's
the south shore.
At Dewitt, Ark, five negroes who
had been arrested at st. Charles as
result of race troubles, were taken
from Jail and shot to death.
James Britt, the champion light
weight, of California, was given the
decision over VIM. Rothwell, better
known as Young Corbett," Colorado,
the champion featherweight of the
world, in twenty-round contest at
San Francisco.
A tornado, in which three people
were killed and thousands of dollars
worth of property destroyed, swept
over Illinois and Indiana, with the
transform that inundated Chicago.
high wind blew down the tower of
the Hershey lumber plant at Musca-
tine, Ia, unroofed the planer, blew in
several plate glass fronts and did other
damage.
France has not the slightest inten-
ton of intervening against the activi-
ty of the Chinese troops.
Detachment of Russian troops re-
ported to be pillaging the country
around Anju.
Only residents with provisions, esti-
mated to last eight months, allowed to
remain at Vladivostolz.
The judiciary committee of congress
recommends that Charles Swayne, U.
S. Judge for the Northern district of
Florida, be impeached for high nisde-
meanors.
John Slicker fell forty feet from a
bridge at Prairie du Chen, Wis, and
escaped with slight bruises.
In freight wreck at Niles, Mich,
two trainmen are scalded to death.
Fire in the county hospital at Es-
canada. Mich, threw 60 patients in a
panic, many of whom escaped in their
night clothes.
Floods damage Lansing, Mich, to
the extent of $500, 600.
Three thousand buildings are food
ed at Grand Rapids, Mich, doing dam
age to the amount of 81, 5000
President Mitchell advises the miners
of Colorado to continue the strike.
Dan DAILY, the comedian, died sud-
denly in New York of tuberculosis.
George Collins was hanged at Union,
Mo-, for the murder of Detective Schu-
maker.
Gov. Cummins of Iowa, who has been
suffering from pneumonia, is pro-
nounced out of danger.
The offices of the Adams and Ameri-
can express companies in New York
are destroyed by fire. Loss at least
$500, 900.
The hardware store of Burnie &
Peterson, at Ladysmith, Wis, was de-
stroyed by fire.
Bank loans in New York the Goth
exceeded one billion dollars.
The Iowa miners are divided on the
strike question.
Two more negroes have been put to
near Dewitt, Ark, making eleven ne
groes that have been killed as the re-
suit of the rioting which began a week
ago.
Vladivostok squadron reported to
have captured japanese cruiser.
japanese could easily have captured
Dalny at time of first attack on Port
Arthur.
Gen. Kuropatkin- arrived at Hardin;
Manchurian army modified.
Rumored that Russians will make
first stand in force on the Yalu.
Estimated that Kuropotkin now has
army of 1s1, sss at disposal.
Four miners were instantly killed by
the falling of the cage at the Dor
rance shaft, operated by the Lehigh
Valley Coal Co., at Wilkesbarre, Pa.