River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-06-19
NEWS SUMMARY
GRIMES AM CRIMINALS.

thiMtsS AND CRIMINALS.
June 8, the sentence against Alexander
Solovieff who attempted the assassination of
the emperor, April IA, was carried out
Reports have reached the Government
at Mandaly prompted by the king of Burmah,
Policeman Rugent has been committed
TO Jail in New York city, in default q $4,000
bail FOR completely in the Manhattan bank rob
berry.
At Huntsville, Alabama, June 12, while
the State conyicts were marching to dinner six
broke away. Two were skot dead, the others
are at large.
At the St Nicholas house in Cineinna-
Ii o.. June IA, Mrs. Sieismund Van Loue Of
Vienna, Austria, shot herself with suicidal intent
and althogh not killed outright, cannot rrcor-
eT.
-Four soldiers and several civilians have
been killed in disturbances occasioned by the
collection Of taxes att Calalabiani, Sicily, and
troops have come from Catania to suppress
| the disorder.
Nicholas Francis and Thomas Keegan
have been bound over under $500 bonds, ON a
| charge of burglarizIng the house Of Gov,
Davis, Of st. Paul In default Of bail, both
were committed,
At indianapolis, Ind, june II, the jury
after being out ten minutes brought in a YER
dict Of guilty, and that he suffered death
| against Lewis Guetig for the murder of Mary
McCilcn. This was second trial
An inccndiary attempt was made early
on the morning of June Is to burn the % cent
store No. 10, West Third street The fire was
| kindled in the basement where by the action
of the fire DEPARTMENT It was confined
At CHARLOTTESVILLE, Texas, June 16, in a
fight with Dr. Charles Rivers of Galveston,
Lieutenant George .Rosseau, was shot and
killed, the former shooting him five times
| The deceased was redently stationed at Fort
| Smelling.
At Central City, H., June 10 Oliver
Sails was shot and killed by Richard Brown
| a brother-in-law; cause, family difficulty OF
long standing. Sails threatened to whip
Brown. and Brown went to his house, got d
| shot gun, and returned and shot Sails in tho
breast, killing him instantly. Brown is i'll Jail
The trial of Solovieff, who attempted tC
/ assassinate tli1 emperor of Russia, was com
mcnced June 6, at Fortress Peter Paul. Pro
cecdings secret A dispatch from St Peters
burg reports that Soloviefi, before the cour
martial persisted in denying that he had &C
completes. He said he had committed thu
crime and knew the penalty, therefore an ad
vocate would be useless.
The building in winch the 80 cent stort
was kept, is known as Rogers block, No. 6
West Third street, st. Paul, and belongs to tn
estate of the late Hiram Rogers. The damage
to the building by the fire Of Friday morning
june 49, is estimated at $4,000, fully insured
Mr. Dickinson's damage, the proprietor Of tn
~ cent store is esteemed at from ten to lively
thousand dollars, covered by insurance.
A telegraph from Rome of June L
states that the waters Of the river Po are still
rising In the Grandola district 1900 hec
tares are submerged and 10000 quintals 0
, grain, 10000 quintals of forage and 5000 hca'
, of cattle were destroyed. foundations ON tn
Adda are also threatened. There have bee
destructive hailstorms in the north IF Italy
A daring attempt at robbery was mad
4 Fridy night june IS, at Charles Blossoms res
. dence on Rusnbel street, in St Paul MINI
About ten o'clock he heard 4 noise in his bacl
. I y
S,On discovered several causes in the shape {
, - many tidmrs, who were taking possession
uf his barn He ordered the men off but the
only responded with threats. Despairing [
! coming out victorious if he attacked the ganl
:. alone, Olcsun went back TO and entered hi
/, house, leaving it again by the front door
Z look up policeman. His wife somewhat III
easy, accompanied him to the front door
await his return there. While at the door Mr.
Olcson heard noise in the house She hast
Is entered and there found two burly ruffian
in possession Of her bed room. They wer
/ making themselves at home by Il thoroug
i search through wardrobe and bureau. Sll
i gave scream; this alarmed them, and will
g out any plumber they rejoined their comradC
out in the yard near the barn Just here Ok
son came in with policeman, and both bein
u informed of the raid, rushed out IN the bac
yard to catch some enc of the trumps. NJ
quick enough, the tramps saw them comm
and decamped with such speed that they corll
I not be ovcrtaken,