River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-19
LATER NEWS.

LATER NEWS.
The "coal' barons" of Chicago were
found not guilty of conspiracy to con-
troll the price of coal. The judge held
it was, if anything, violation of inter
state law and not the statutes of ILL
nois.
Robert Sinclair, treasurer of Rial
province, Philippines, attempted sui
eide by taking poison. His books are
in bad shape.
Gottlieb Niegenfnd was hanged at
Lincoln, Neb. He shot and killed
Mrs Peters, his divorced wife, and her
father, Albert Breyer, Sept. II last.
Charles Howard, general manager of
the Muscatine North and South rail-
road line, extending from Muscatine,
Ia, to Elrick Junction, has been APP
pointed receiver of the property.
Robert G. Hedricl1, commissioner of
Indian affairs under President Lin
coin, died at indianapolis in poverty.
Heavy snow causes the cattle in
western Kansas to starve to death by
the thousands.
William Minch, of Washington, Ill,
shot and killed his brother-in-law,
Adam Aetzel. Then Minch rode to the
home of his former wife and cut off
her right ear and one of her fingers
with butcher knife.
Vancouver, B. c., offers a purse of
$25 900 for the JeffrieS- Corbett fight
Eight men were drowned by the
sudden flooding of the Milne mine at
Iron Mountain, Mich.
United States Consul John L. Bet
finger, at Montreal, has been requested
to resign.
Taylor Cornell, a well known real
estate dealer of Dubuque, Ia, commit
ted suicide in a saloon by shooting
himself.
The financial burden of England is
causing great delay in the payment of
taxes.
A distinct shock of earthquake was
felt at Olympia, Wash, and also at Sc
attic.
Three men were killed and fourteen
injured in an explosion of fire damp.in
the Cardiff mine at Pontiac, Ill.
The business portion of Hixton,
Wis, was destroyed by fire.
An independent tobacco factory will
be established at Detroit, Mich, by
eastern capitalists.
The Caribbean squadron under COM
mand of Admiral Coghlin has been Or
dered to Honduras.
At a masquerade ball in Chicago
Emma Schffenbergar was accidentally
shot and killed by Frank Kappe, with
whom she was dancing.
Mrs Alice Waterman, of Chicago,
was held up and brutally beaten by
highwayman, who demanded her
money.
The president nominated John g.
Daily surveyor general of Oregon.
Jacob Thomas, aged IS years, shot
and killed Irwin McClain in Chicago.
Both are deaf mutes and were playing
highwaymen.
The United States, through the fed
eral land office at Los Angeles, will
open to settlers within the next sixty
days about 1000, 900 acres of land in
California.
President Roosevelt will start on his
western trip April going through to
the coast.
James Kline and John Gibbons of
Brazil, Ind, loved the same girl and
because thereof fought duel and
both were fatally wounded.
Richard Hannah, charged with the
murder of Charles Mass at Hibbing,
Mimi, was found guilty.
At Riddles Mills, KY, Clyde Keller,
sonof prom inent physician, shot and
killed William Weaver, smallpox pa
tient. Keller was guard at the pest
house and shot the man when he re-
fused to stay in the lines.
By the decision of the higher state
court at Rochester, n. Y, bootblack
who refused to shine the shoes of
negro at that place was required to
paw fine of 500 and compelled to
perform the Objectionable task.
Bud higgins, a negro on trial at
Chicago for the murder of Mrs. Annie
Butler. created a sensation in the
court room by confessing on the wit
ness stand that he committed the
crime.