River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-10-01
LATER NEWS.


Two lives were lost and several per-
sons were injured in fire that de-
stroyed the Hotel Brunswick at Ro-
chester, N. Y. The dead are Mr.. and
Mrs. George HARDWOOD, of Concord,
N. FL.
A. w. Machen will be the first per-
son involved in the postal frauds to be
tried, a practical agreement between
the attorneys representing both sides
to begin the trials in October having
been reached.
A movement is on foot by the rail-
roads of the entire country to bring
about a general advance in freight
rates, the general reason assigned be-
ing the big increase in the wages of
all classes of labor and in the price of
all material used by the railroads
Dynamite was exploded under the
buggy of Contractor Ferguson, of the
| Wabash railroad, near West Middleton,
Pa. Ferguson was killed and his book
keeper, Martin, was severely hurt.
The strike on the Great Lakes of the
masters and pilots has been settled by
arbitration.
A new Turkish cruiser named Abdul
Hamid was launched at Elswick on
the Tyne, England. She will carry %
quick firing guns.
| The sultan of Turkey asks that the
American warships be withdrawn from
Beirut. It is not thought the United
States will consent
According to a dispatch from Wen
to fight if the Hungarians push their
Opposition to his wishes to the ex-
IRENE. The Austrian war minister
and number of officers have already
gone to Hungary.
| Bloodhounds have been put on the
trail of G. Driscoll and Harry Parry,
who dug out of the O'Brien county
Ejail at Primghar, la. They were in
jail for robbing Worth's store at Shell
dom, Iowa, month ago.
Sheriff Davidson, of Lynchburg,
Tenn, saved the life of negro by fir
| ing into mob which was storming
the Jail. An unknown man was Sc
verely wounded.
At Middleboro, KY, John Jones shot
and killed Lawrence Duffy in quar-
rel over 80 cents.
F. M. Hubbell gives SIS, 900, 900 to
found college at Des Moines, Ia.
| James Keffer was hanged at London,
Wyo., for murder. He spent large
portion of his last night in singing,
dancing and telling stories.
A negro was lynched near Whigham,
Ca, for assaulting little white girl.
The government has decided to keep
the U. S. warships at Beirut
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to kidnap Gov. Mickey's s-year-old
daughter at Lincoln, Neb
W. A. Smith, a business man of
Butte, Mont, was killed by the over
turning of a tally-ho in which he was
riding.
Robbers blew open the vault of the
bank at Downing, Mo-, but were
frightened away without securing any
money.
The creamery at Grand Rapids,
wis, was DESTROYED by fire.
A safe in the office of C. Mcdonald
& Co., contractors at Thebes, ILL.,, was
taken from the building by burglars,
robbed from its contents, and sup
Iposedly dumped into the Mississippi
river.
Patrolman Dennis Fitzgerald of Chi
Icago was knocked down and beaten
with his own club and then shot twice
with his own revolver by two negroes
whom he had stopped.
General Ola, leader of the band OF
linsurrectos which has been creating
considerable trouble in the provinces
lof Albay, Luzon, has surrendered to
to the American troops, with twenty
leight officers and men of his command.
Thousands of visitors to Coney
lIsland. n. Y, were thrown into pan
lie by the escape from an amusement
Ipark of lion which ran through the
streets pursued by policemen and ami
lmal trainers until it was driven into a
Icorner and secured.
Floyd L. Ferris arrived at Boston,
Mass, by American express from CO.
llumbus, Neb., on the way to Lynn,
where he is wanted, charged with the
larceny of $3.50 from the company which
traOSDorted him