River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-10-15
LATER NEWS.

A landslide carried away thirty 1eet
of track of the Pennsylvania railway
at Oil City, Pa. A train ran into the
gap and crashed down the embank-
ment killing the engineer and fireman.
Cracksmen giving the names of
Frank Gordon, John Carroll and VAL
ter Dillon, were captured at farm
house near Shelton, Neb. They were
in bed and offered no resistance,
rhouge heavily armed.
The Standard Oil company has again
advanced the price of oil, making it
81. IS, the highest in three years.
AS result of a well organized and
partially successful attempt at whole
sale delivery of prisoners at the state
prison at Salt Lake. Utah, one prison
err was killed, one guard was shot and
wounded and another man was beaten
almost into insensibility, three prison
ers were wounded and three others I'M
der death sentence escaped.
Prospects of French troops invading
Morocco are reported good.
Two West Point cadets are dismissed
for misconduct.
The Redwood three county fair at
Marysville, o., ended in riot between
the gambling element and eight or ten
citizens and farmers from harrisburg
and vicinity.
The yellow fever at Laredo, Texas,
| is increasing.
! James Quinn, freight brakeman on
the 500 line, was killed at Hunt Spur,
Mich. 1t is believed he fell from the
| top of a car.
A large golden brown eagle attacked
Andrew Larson at Iron Mountain,
Mich. A terrible struggle followed,
but Larson succeeded in killing the
bird with a club. It measured seven
feet four inches from tip to tip.
Walter Wilson, of New York, was
sent to the penitentiary for thirty
years for forgery.
| The Structural Building Trades Al
lance of America will be formed, af-
fecting one million men.
| The United Garment Workers of
America, at RochesterS>N. Y, have
decided to strike. Over so, 900 people
will be involved.
New York city was flooded by rain
and much damage done.
The Minneapolis Millers' union votes
to continue the strike, against the ad-
vice of President Finley.
High water at Paterson, N. j., dam
aged property to the amount of $2,-
OOO,O 600.
| War seems imminent between Rus
STA and Japan. The Russian feet left
Port Arthur with sealed orders. Its
destination is supposed to be Korea.
It is rumored that the Japanese are
landing men there.
Eng1ishmen have contracted for
500, 900 pounds of chickens at Daven-
port, Ia.
Twelve men had a desperae fight for
life in a cave-in in the Pennsylvania
railroad tunnel under the Hudson
river at New York.
Mrs Dwight L. Moody, wife of the
famous evangelist, died at her home
in East Northfield, Mass.
Samuel Williams, a'young white man,
was lynched at Lawtry, Fla, by mob
lof citizens who were searching for
Alta Williams, an older brother, who
lis accused of maltreating two girls.
| A mob of 800 students at Madison,
|forcibly took from the Icustody of De-
Warden A. w. Crate a fourteen year
Iold boy whom Gratz had arrested for
stealing apples.
/ An American bearing the family
name of President Roosevelt and claim
ling relationship with him, has arrived
at Rome, charged by the president, it
is reported, with confidential mission
to the vatican.
While attempting to make an arrest
lat North Birmingham, Ala, Deputy
Sheriff Strong was wounded by Sam
Bailey, negro After desperate
struggle the negro escaped with mob
Iof white men in pursuit.
The village of .Duttonville, n. j.,
was almost entirely swept away by
Hoods No lives were lost.
The strike of the candy makers at
lChicago has ended.
The embezzlement cases against Cole
Younger at Nevada. Mo-, have been
dismissed.