River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
LATER NEWS.


governor by the populists of Iowa.
The most remarkable feature of the
reports discloses the fact that the
Turkish force, which totaled $4,000
men when the troops entered Albania
six months ago, has now been reduced
to $4,000, showing loss of $4,000
troops. Few of the soldiers died of
disease. The loss was chiefly in men
killed while crushing the Albanian up
rising.
A cloudburst at Morecroft, Wyo.,
destroyed two railway bridges and
washed out considerable trackage.
The report that United States Vice
Consul Magelsson was killed at Beirut
proves untrue. An attempt was made
to kill him, but he was uniniured.
Venil Peshek was killed in the pres
ence of his three children by~a switch
engine near Racine, Wis. Peshek had
recently pardoned from states prison.
A passenger train on the Wisconsin
Central ran into a stock train at Silver
Lake, Wis. Two trainmen were seri-
ously injured.
Six masked men held up railway
depot at Mcfarland, Kan, and beat
the men in charge into insensibility.
While a party of young people were
driving home near Allegheny, Pa, the
vehicle was thrown over high en-
bankment into creek, and three were
drowned.
Michael Fozinshli was killed and six
of his companions were injured by an
Eexplosion in the Illinois Steel COM
panys works in South Chicago. The
Explosion was caused, 1T is said, by the
bursting of a draft pipe.
A San Pedro electric car loaded with
passengers was held up and robbed at
Los Angeles, Cal.
+ BY the explosion of steam pipe in
the Illinois Steel works at Chicago
Michael Mussynshi was killed and
Thomas Perry, Ed Johnson and Tony
Brown were seriously injured.
i A train filed with soldiers going to
the manoeuvres at Udine Italy collided
with freight train. Sixteen soldiers
were killed and sixty injured.
| During quarrel with Bridget Moi
fit white, employed in his restaurant,
at Lincoln, Neb., w. r. Body, colored,
crushed her skull with an Indian club.
| Lightning struck the Iowa Central
railroad depot at Eddyville, Iowa,
where 800 pounds were stored, but
twelve people were in the building at
the time, but escaped uninjured.
| Francis Anthony, the oldest man in
Illinois, died at Bloomington, aged 1Oa
years.
The president will return to Wash
ington Sept. 26.
A big locomotive exploded near
Baker City, Ore, killing Fireman
Tavit and injuring Engineer Gilman.
John D. Dey, of Norfolk, Va, admits
killing his stepmother by poison.
Six hundred teamsters at Seattle
struck for higher wages,
The jury in the case of ex-Secretary
of State Caleb Powers of Kentucky,
Enlarged with completely in a conspira-
cy in the murder of Gov William Goe-
bel in 1900, found the defendant guilty
and imposed the death sentence.
A fierce war involving millions of
dollars is on in the lard maLket be-
tween the packers combine of the Chi
cago Stockyards and the country pack
ers all over the United States.
A committee, with the Western Ma
tional bank of New York as treasurer,
is forming for the purpose of raising a
popular subscription with which to Sc
cure testimonial to Sir Thomas Lip
ton.
An examination of the Massachu-
sets since she has been in dry dock at
New York shows that it will cost $42,-
900 to repair the damages which she
recently sustained near Bar Harbor.
The United States gunboat Machias
has gone to Servia to protect American
Interests.
| The international yacht races had to
be postponed the Goth on account of
too much wind.
/ A cable dispatch was sent to Sir
Thomas Upton from London offering
Ito guarantee the expenses if he will
ARRANGE for a series of five races be-
tween the Reliance and Shamrock Ill.
with their crews exchanged