River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27
WEST AND SOUTH.

At the worlds fair national society
has organized for the protection OF
women travellers.
The well-known Chicago bookmaker,
Mont Tennes, was attacked by three
masked highwaymen, who robbed him
of $500 in money and diamonds valued
at 81 400.
In an automobile accident George A.
Bennett, one of the most prominent cit
liens of MarengO, ILL.,. was killed at Har-
mOny, six miles southeast of Marengo.
Robert Willar, who accompanied him,
was so severely injured that his recoy-
cry is doubtful.
AT it's session in Danville the Illinois
Federation of Woman's Clubs elected
Mrs James Frake, of Chicago, presi-
dent, over Mrs. w. e. Fithian, of Dan
willie, By 100 to 70. The next session will
be held in joliet.
A jury at Carmi, H., sentenced John
Robinson, who killed his wife and
brother-in-law. Sheppard Patterbury,
to Imprisonment for % years. Robin
son, who is blind, in a fit of jealousy
shot and killed both.
Albert Sherwin, of Leadville, Col,
while standing at telephone in
his room at the Buckingham hotel in
st. Louis, endeavoring to summon as
sistance, dropped dead from heart fail
ure.
The jury in the bribery case against
ex-MayOr Ames, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
came into court and announced that it
could not agree. Judge Harrison there
upon discharged the jury. DR.. Ames
was indicted for receiving money from
women.
A feud was ended by Frank Krubin-
ger when he met Guy Powell, of Wheat.
land, Mo-, on the public road between
Wheatland and Hermitage, firing at
Powell with a shotgun and killing him
instantly.
Morning Star and Prince Direct, driv-
en- to pole at Memphis, Tenn, to lower
the half-mile worlds pacing record of
1:01H made the distance in 1:00%,
thus breaking the worlds record.
In an explosion in the Fontanet, Ind,
powder mill five men were burned. Ed
ward Ford died from his injuries.
At st. Louis, Mo-, three men were
killed and three wounded in a fight be-
tween detectives and suspected robbers.
The wife of a leading citizen of La
con, ILL.,. Mrs. Nellie I homason, is dead
and Richard Higgins, son of a prom
inent Peorian, is in Jail in Peoria as the
result of her death. which followed a
scuff1e between the two in consequence
of an intended tryst with the elder Hig-
gins. Young Higgins and his sister
kept the engagement
Threats sent by mail in attempts to
extort money from H. n. Higinbotham
and Milton w. Kirk, prominent and
wealthy Chicagoans. resulted in the ar
rest of Roger Mcdonnell. He denies
writing the letters.
Near Elgin, ILL.,, Frank Loos, overcome
by jealousy, dragged his wife from a
carriage in which they were riding,
shot and instantly the woman and then
shot himself through the head. He
will recover.
There have been a total number of
Is. 1S3. 1927 admissions since the opening
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
At its session in Dayton the Ohio
Mothers congress elected Mrs NJ.
Streibinger, of Cleveland. president,
and adopted resolutions against polyg-
amy, divorce and politics in the schools.
A French-Canadian from Montreal.
Hector Mareau, who gave himself up to
the Chicago police as an embezzler, died
in the Jail hospital. and it was after
wards discovered he was insane through
the loss of $50, 900 in speculation
Despondent because of prolonged ill
ness, Ira Blanchard, 81 years old, police
magistrate and constable OF the village
of Desplaines, Ill.,, committed suicide
by shooting himself
Fire destroyed the shops of the Coal
& Coke Railroad company at Bellington,
w. Va, owned by ex-senator Henry G.
Davis. The loss is $4,000.