River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14
LATER NEWS.

Black sea and the calling out OF all the
naval reserves, with Sebastopol as the
mobiliz.ng center, attracts wide atten-
ton.
The extreme of cruelty has been
reached in Breathitt county, KY, by
Ton Ben Combs and his brother, VIII,
who are alleged to have built pen OF
logs around the sleeping form of young
Sam Jones, set the logs atire and then
let their victim to his fate.
Russian army may soon take often
sive, according to one report; another
is that owing to unpreparedness OF ar
my, she will remain on the defensive
for some time.
Congress will not at this session al
ter the national land laws.
Congress defeated the bill to repeal
the desert land laws.
The Spanish dowager Queen Isabella
is on her death bed.
A tornado at Mexia, Texas, killed
three persons and injured nine Others
Four children of VIM. Burke, OF
Wilkesbarre, Pa, were burned to death
in fire that destroyed their home.
At st. Louis, a high wind destroyed
a building on the Japanese reservation.
The flyer on the NJ. K. & T. road was
wrecked near Fort Scott, Kan. Six
teen persons were injured.
The worst blizzard in years swept
Nebraska the 8th.
The 4-year-old daughter of John
Harwood, a farmer near Spring Val
lev, Mimi, was burned to death while
playing around bonfire.
King Christian, of Denmark, cele-
brated his Seth birthday the 9Th.
Pass No l to the ST. Louis worlds
fair is issued in the name of Theodore
Roosevelt.
For the week ending the 9Th there
were 235 business failures in the
United States, against 1877 year ago.
New treaty between France and
Great Britain is signed at London.
1t is rumored that a naval battle has
been fought off Port Arthur.
Russians are asked not to modest the
Jews as long as the war is in progress.
Mayor Bryant and ex-Supt. G. j.
Laylander of the Cedar Falls schools
Qowa) were hanged in efigy.
Frof - Borden p. Bovine of Boston
university is acquitted of the charge
of heresy.
In land dispute at Big Fork, KY,
Joe Miniard killed JAS. Mcintosh.
Expected attack upon Port Arthur
Easter morning did not occur, although
Japanese were sighted. Russians pa
troll open sea, ready for battle.
Roy Travis, an 1S-year-old press
feeder, being assaulted by franklin
unicn pickets in Chicago, drew his re-
volver and fatally wounded Michael
Boland. The latter died while on the
county hospital.
Russian officials say Japan missed
| her chance to land at head of Liau-
Tung gulf. They anticipate thanking
movement from An-Tung in connec-
ton with Yalu river movement.
japanese reported as appearing off
Port Arthur Friday night, but retired
when discovered by euemy's search,
light.
| Russia confirms report of second ia
panese army landing in Korea.
Russia organizing extensive army
maneuvers for Finland.
| The steamer Augustus B. Wolvin,
the largest vessel ever built on fresh
water, was launched at Lorraine, o.
The new capital of the Philippines
will be about $50 miles from Manila,
on ground 5000 feet above the sea.
The supreme court of Kansas decides
that the Bible may be read in the pub
lie schools of the state.
George Fay was arrested in Chicago
charged with robbing the postoffice at
superior, Wis.
DIR. George F. Harris, a dentist al
Fergus Falls, Mimi, was badly burned
by an explosion of gasoline in his of
fee.
A street car at Santa Barbara, Cal.
ran off the track down an embank
ment, killing five people.
Former Queen Isabella of Spain
grandmother of King Alfonso, died at
Paris, the 9th, of influenza with com
lplications.