River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-08
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Inc annual report OIL the COunlo-
sioner of immigration shows marked
improvement in the class of foreigners
coming in and recommends correction
Of the evil of contract labor importa-
tions.
A large elevator owned by the South
Texas Grain company at Houston, Tex,
burned, entailing a loss of $4,000.
A deputy marshal found SO sticks OF
dynamite with fuse partly burned at
Zeigler, I'll.
Secretary Taft concluded an agree
ment with Panama as to customs, postal
and all other points in dispute and new
orders for the regulation of the canal
zone have been issued by the war office.
3. S. WATSON, of Chicago, publisher of
railway journal, cut his throat and
then asked the attending physician to
save his life, but the plea was made In
vain.
Gen. Miles appointment as adjutant
general of Massachusetts not only car
ries a salary of $4,000, but restores the
general to full pay in the army, $10,50O.
making his total salary $14, 100.
Russians attempted TO retake 2O3
Metre hill. They assembled a strong
force, and assaulted the position, but
were repulsed with heavy loss.
Inhabitants of two villages in Gish-
ilinsk district, in Russia, have died of
starvation Famine prevails through
out the district owing to the scarcity
of fish.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt cele-
brated the eighteenth anniversary OF
their marriage in quiet manner at
the white house. They were the re-
cipients of congratulatOry messages
and letters from all parts of the coun-
try
Trains on the Pennsylvania road
collided at siding near Columbus,
Ind. Four men were killed.
By the explosion of gas plant in the
cellar of their home, Matthias Haines
and his wife, of Mexico, Me-, were
burned to death
The fifth trial of A. A. Ames,
charged with taking a bride of $2O
from a woman of the town while may
or of Minneapolis, is now in progress
before Judge Elliott.
The president informed a delegation
that he saw no way by which he prop
erly or legally could interfere to bring
about a. settlement of the strike of the
union employees of the Carnegie Steel
company, of Youngstown and Cir
ard, o.
DR.. HI. r. Bridgeman and Irwin
| Gregg, of Bridgeman, were killed at
grade crossing west of Stevensville,
Mich, Friday by a Pere Marquette
| train.
Reports from all over the state OF
| Ohio show that the young wheat is
badly damaged by the drought. 1t has
been stunted in it's growth and with
winter at hand the farmers and grain
dealers say the outlook is the most
! discouraging for years.
Chauncey F. Black, former lieuten-
ant governor of Pennsylvania, and a
leader of the democratic party, died al
Brockie, his suburban home, near
York, Pa.
Fred Wittrock, who Is years age
served term in prison for the daring
robbery of an express car on the Frisco
road of $124OOO, died at Leavenworth
Kan.
Because of the establishment Of rural
free delivery routes the post office de-
partment reports show deficiency OF
| 92.53 per cent. over the previous fiscal
year.
Trade developments of the week are
reported as favorable.
The report of the United States mint
shows that a new coinage record has
| been made.
| Mrs. Gilbert, the famous actress, died
| suddenly at the Sherman house, in Chi
cago, succumbing to cerebral hemor-
rhage. Her death brings her company's
season to a close.
! Fire started by incendiaries at the
worlds fair grounds in st. Louis
burned Quo Vadis, Fair Japan, Old St
Louis, and the Bowery, Pike conces-
sions The loss is $4,000. Two lives
are reported lost.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, in
his annual report, tells of years pro
| gress ON the farms of the nation. He
| shows that the main crops of the United
States for the last year are worth So, $50, >
339,6O9,
William Davis and wife, charged with
| the murder of Jacob H. Effertz, of Chi
cago, at Wilders, Ind, were held in
$4,000 each for grand jury action, and
on default Of bail were committed tC
Jail,
The Inauguration of Gen. Porfirio Dia2
| as president of the republic of Mexico
for the seventh time and of Senior Don
Ramon Corral as the first vice presi-
dent took place in the city of Mexico.
President Roosevelt is said by the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald to have about decided tc
abandon hope of tariff revision for al
least a year. The sentiment of leaders
! is found to oppose change.
The wives of army and navy officers
are to present a petition asking the
restoration of the canteen to congress
where it will be met by a counter petit
ton from the w. G. T. U.
The w. G. T. u, in convention il
Philadelphia, requested the president tt
see that treaties prohibiting the sale o.
liquor be observed in granting state
hood rights to Indian territory.
The hydraulic works at Norway
Mich, owned by the oliver Mining
company, have been destroyed by fire
| The loss will reach $500 600