River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-11
LATER NEWS.

l. I'AbEIt NEWSs
| Advices say that an entire town in
the island of Java, Dutch East Indies,
has been swallowed up by an volcanic
eruption and that hundreds of persons
were killed.
Three persons were burned to death
in a fire in a small dwelling house in
Cadieux street, Montreal, and four
others probably seriously injured.
Missouri convict wins $4O,O 900 in cot
ton deal.
Another accident occurs to the guns
of the battleship Iowa.
The insurgents of San Domingo de-
liberately fred on the launch of the
Johnson, the engineer. The bullet en-
tered the head above the eye. United
States marines may be landed.
The patrons of boarding houses in
st. Louis propose to form a union to
fight increasing rates.
Moses Wheeler, a veteran of the civil
war, was found dead in a hut near La
Crosse. Wis, the result of cold and
starvation.
A passenger train was derailed near
Watertown, N. Y. Deep snow saved
the lives of the passengers, although
eight were slightly hurt.
Charles Rannaclz, of Page county,
Iowa, has proven himself to be the
champion corn-husker of America.
O. T. Nelson was found near Cory
don, Iowa, with his head blown par
TALLY off. He was hunting rabbits.
Ten cows broke through the ice near
Homestead, n. Y, and were frozen to
death.
The funeral of VIM. c. Whitney was
held in New York the 5th
A cabman in New York chloroformed
Miss Sheldon and robbed her while
she was patron.
Senator Hanna is suffering from ty-
Iphoid fever.
Henry A. Thorne of Philadelphia
was killed by his Great Dane dog,
which he was training to fight.
Fire starting from spontaneous COM
bustion, has been burning several days
in a big pile of bituminous coal at No.
5 shaft of the steel corporations Ara
gon mine at Norway, Mich.
Congress of Chill refuses to pass bill
providing for the sale of the battle
ship Captain Pratt, the protected
cruiser Chacabuco, the torpedo gun
boats Almirante Condell and Almirante
Lynch and the transports Maipo and
Aconcagua.
Porto Ricans do not want native re-
giment disbanded.
National boxing association is or
ganized at Detroit, Mich.
Leslie w. Hulburt, formerly of the
district attorneys office of New York
and DR.. c. r. Harle, a physician of Ell
Paso, Tex, will be shot some day soon
at Chihuahua, Mexico, for many MUIR
ders committed by means Of slow poi
son.
| It is clear that diplomatic relations
between Japan and Russia have been
broken off. The Russian legation ex-
pected it's government to break the sill
ence the 9th, but no communication
was received except one announcing
the troops had been dispatched to
Seoul.
Exhibit palaces of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition are ready for the in
stallation of eXhi bits.
Luther Holbert and wife, negroes,
were burned at stake by Mississippi
mob; close of tragedy costing eight
| lives.
Employment of non-union miners
near Knoxville results in a bloody ira
gedy; four men are dead, one dying,
| two wounded.
Nearly all the business portion of
Baltimore was wiped out by fire caus-
ing a loss of $50, 900, 900. Fortunately
no lives were lost,
Ice gorge at Logansport, Ind, may
cause severe flood.
The Penroyd iron works at Phila-
delphia closed down throwing 5000
men out of work.
General Rafael Reyes, now IN the
United States was elected president of
Colombia.
Late advices from the sickbed of
S enator Hama are not so favorable
There are /, 025 cases of qyphoid fe-
yer at Colum bus, o.