River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-26
LATER NEWS.

LATER NEWS.
Kansas starts a fight against the
Standard Oil company.
The Grand Central railroad hereafter
will pay no salaries to sleeping car
porters, leaving them to the public for
compensation.
A gigantic coke oven, costing ST.
900, 900, will be built at Chicago.
The republicans of Wyoming nomi-
nate 3. B. Brooks for governor.
The reports of the japanese retreat
to Feng- huang-cheng are officially con-
firmed. The Japanese, numbering
10000 men, came upon 80, 900 Russians
in a strong position on Monday, sixty
miles west of Feng- huang-c heng. 1t
being unwise to risk battle, the Ja-
panese retreated in good order and
with great rapidity.
| Russia has decided to make all ports
of her Pacific position free. This is in
tended to meet the objections of the
United States and Great Britain to
Russia's occupation of Manchuria.
Dun's trade review forecasts good
| year for farmers.
Two nations send warships to Moro
co on behalf of American and stepson
kidnapped by bandit.
The steamer Turret Bay struck
rock in the st. Lawrence river and
was wrecked. Only nine out of her
crew of % were saved
A cloudburst in Colorado wiped out
the two small towns of Livermore and
LaPorte. One life was lost at the
former place.
| Nearly $4,000 was thrown into the
river by Joseph Doehm, of Green Bay,
Wis, who then committed suicide.
The body of Jesse Heald, a fireman,
was found on the railway tracks near
Larimore, n D., with the head severed
from the body.
Hundreds of jewels, priceless as heir
looms, stolen from Gen. de Peyster's
home at Tivoli-on- the-Hudson, are
found in possession of tramps
A train on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad was wrecked near Salida, Col,
killing Engineer Evanston.
Russians are reported to have suf-
fered lost 5000 in battle at Siuyen.
The rumor of bad defeat for ia
panese near Lao Yany proves untrue.
An attempt was made to wreck the
train of the car of Russia.
France has recalled M. Nisard, the
French ambassador to the vatican.
Robert H. Plant, president of the
First National bank of Macon, Ca,
ure of the bank.
While the nuns of st. Elizabeth con-
vent at Chicago were at prayer, thieves
broke into the Office and stole So, 500 in
money and checks.
The April receipts of internal rev.
enue shows a decrease of SIT, 666, 444.
Mrs Paul Olson of Kingston, Mimi,
committed suicide by cutting her
throat.
Marconi will establish daily papers
on the steamers crossing theNAtlantic
using wireless telegrapby.
The fireworks factory at Findiay, O.,
|exploded. Seven employees were killed,
five fatally injured and twelve or ff-
teen seriously hurt.
The Tennessee prohibitionists are
opposed to the candidacy of Gen. Miles
for the presidency on the prohibition
ticket.
About /, 200 long-shoremen, employ
ed in the marine district of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road at the company's piers on the
East river, New York, quit work in
body.
Leonard Sherger, city marshal of
Hartford, Wis, was shot six times and
Instantly killed by six tramps whom
he tried to arrest
Reconnaissance of the past two
DAYS have to some extent disclosed the
japanese plan of campaign, and the
fact has been esta blished that the enc
my is directly east of Mukden, with a
force of infantry and artillery in COM
Imand of Chensalin pass, which COM
tmands the road to Mukden and to Har
bin.
1t has been announced that the city
Iof Memphis, Tenn, will Immediately
institute suit against every railroad
entering that city for 81, 900, 600, which
lie a1lerad To he due to back taxas