River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
LATER NEWS.

w. w. O'Hara, the ''turf commits
s%ioner," was found guilty at Cincinnati,
o., on the charge of using the mails
for fraudulent purposes.
Indications are that organized labor
will become a party to the investiga-
ton of affairs of the postotfice depart
ment. A special committee of the Cen
trail Labor union of Washington, which
has been secretly considering the mat
ter, has formulated charges of favorit-
ism, incompetency, etc, against GER
tain officers of the mail equipment di-
vision of the department.
Maria Parr, of Peoria, ILL.,, died from
the effects of a bite received froma
pet cat.
In a squall off the coast of England
Shamrock III. was dismasted. Her
mast, as it fell over the side, carried
several of the crew and all the gear
and canvas overheard. One man was
drowned, and several persons, includ-
ing Sir Thomas Upton, who was
knocked down a hatchway, were
bruised or otherwise injured, but none
seriously.
Two negro desperadoes, Wilbur
Sharp and Cornelius Wilkens, held up
a ferry boat in the middle of the Mo-
nongahela river, opposite Courtney,
Pa, and with drawn revolvers robbed
the passengers of their valuables.
The strike of the marine firemen on
the great lakes has been declared off.
Both sides made concessions.
Thieves entered a church near Lo-
gansport, Ind, and stripped off every
thing movable except the pulpit, which
was demolished.
DR.. James L. G~artrell, the aged muir
derer of d. B. Donegan, a Colorado
man, was hanged in the county Jail
yard at Butler, Mo. About fifteen
ton, many coming to town from the
surrounding country.
Army and navy officers are indicted
in Porto Rico for smuggling.
Charges of favoriteism and incompe-
tency are formulated against certain
officers of the mail equipment division
of the post office department.
The convention of the United Irish
league indorses the land bill.
Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, wife of
the pugilist died in New York.
On account of a strike for shorter
hours all the paper mills at Neenah,
Wis, nave closed down.
Mabel Colgrove was killed by a trolly
car at Ashland, Wis.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob the First National bank at
Waupum, Pa. A battle ensued. in
which one of the robbers was killed
and a citizen wounded.
The Ohio republican state convention
is to be postponed on account of the
marriage of Senator Hanna's daugh-
ter.
Thirteen men were poisoned by eat
ing free lunch in a Chicago saloon.
Cracksmen wrecked the vault and
safe of the State bank at Allen, Kan,
and escaped with So, 700.
Snow billiards and extreme cold
prevailed in southern Austria the 18th.
Six persons were injured in a head
end collision near Algona, Mich.
The strike of the paper mill employ
es at Neenah, Wis, has been declared
off temporarily.
James McKinny the outlaw was shot
and killed at Bakersfield, Cal. Deputy
Sheriff Tibbitts was killed and Consta-
BILE Packard fatally shot.
Rev. DIR. Horton, of Philadelphia
was stricken by apoplexy while preach
ing and died Don after being removed
from the pulpit.
The cruiser West Virginia was sue
cessfully launched at Newport News,
Va.
A glass sign four feet long fell from
abe third story of a building into a
crowded street in ST. Louis and in
jured five persons, Henry Cramer be
ing seriously cut by the glass.
Captain Harry D. Chamberlain, of
the quartermaster's department, is on
trial in Manila on a charge of smugs
Cling silks and curios into Manila.
Charles P. Squiers, a retired CAPT
talist of Burlington, Ia, died suddenly
in a private car on the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy railroad at Abba.
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