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

LATER NEWS.
Four lives were lost in the burning
of the Bryan house at Lansing, Mich.
Dom Paul is dying at Mentone,
France, from heart disease.
Mistaking her for burglar, Capers
Folk shot and probably fatally wound
ed his mother at their home in Brun-
son, S. C.
In trying to stop saloon fight at
Pelican Lake, Wis, Bert Stevens was
shot and killed.
Charles Rocker, convicted of the
murder of August Schroeder at Doom,
Ia, is sentenced to death.
Sister Alma, who was assaulted by
thres burly negroes at Wheeling, w.
Va, last September, received the con-
tents of a large bottle of carbolic acid,
thrown by 4ramp, and is in a serious
condition at st. Joseph's convent.
Seventy-five japanese were killed or
drowned as result of the sinking of
the Japanese transport Kinshiu Maru,
which was torpedoed by the Russian
armored cruiser Rossia.
Robbers blew open the safes of the
Norcross aud Manhanns Lumber COM
pany and Milleras Cereal mills, wreck
ing the latter building at Glencoe, a
suburb of Omaha. They secured sew
eral hundred dollars and escaped
Reports are in circulation of Sc
we're defeat by the Russians when a
section of the Japanese army crossed
the Yalu, but the censor refuses to
permit any the details to be sent out.
Board of inquiry reports that acct
dent on the battleship Iowa was due to
use of smokeless powder in gun.
Dr. W. E. Woodend, the New York
broker, fails, and he evades the serv-
ing of a warrant charging grand lar
ceny.
During the last session of congress
not a bill passed was vetoed by the
president.
Nine-tenths of Fernie, B. c., was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, 100000. There
were no casualties.
The republic of Panama is preparing
TO adopt the gold standard.
In card game at Grand Rapids,
Mich, K. B. Fitzgerald and Walter
Shuck shot and wounded a man named
Fuster.
China is raising an army of 200, 900
to preserve neutrality.
One hundred and thirty Mormon
converts arrive at Boston on the steam
er Celtic.
A train in England carrying the
American mail covers PAT miles in 237
minutes.
An effort is being made to bring
Tara's harp to the worlds fair.
The long-expected battle on the
Yalu river resulted in complete VIC
tory for the japanese.
The Standard Oil company has made
cut of cents on all grades of crude
oil except Ragland.
Norway and Sweden have both de-
clared neutrality in the Japanese-Rus-
sian war.
Mrs. Annette L. Place, aged 70 years,
proposes to walk from New York to
San Francisco.
The transport Thomas sailed from
San Francisco for Manila, carrying re-
cruits and ST., 900, 600 in silver coin.
A misunderstanding of orders by the
engineer of train on the st. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern railroad re-
suited in q serious wreck at Wickes
ISidinp Mo Five trainmen were kill
ed and a score of persons injured.
Samuel Parks, the former walking
delegate TO the structural iron work
ers in New York, is dying in the hos
pital at Sing Sing prison.
By the explosion of the boiler in a
coffee urn at the Inside Inn, at the
worlds fair, three persons were burned
by scalding coffee. including E. NJ.
Statler, manager of the inn.
Representing larger expenditure
than any similar enterprise heretofore
ATTEMPTED, on this continent, greater
in its ambition and wider in its scope
than any previous effort of its kind,
the Louisiana Purchase exposition was
formally opened the 30th.
The house committee on naval af-
fairs authorized favorable report on
the Meyer bill to establish a national
militia all the privileges of the regu-
liar militia under the Dick law.