River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-23
LATER NEWS.


The bandits that held up the North
ern Pacific train in Montana secured
very little booty.
Moses johnson, negro murderer.
was electrocuted in the Ohio prison.
1t took five shocks to kill him.
The meat trust has hoisted the price
of beef cents in three days.
The republican national committee
decides in favor of the stalwarts from
Wisconsin and against the La Toilette
delegation to the national convention.
Rear Admiral James A. Greer, re-
tired, U. S. N, died at Washington. o
Santos Dumont and his airship reach
New York.
In a panic on New York street car
nine persons are slightly injured
William Irving, provincial constable,
was shot and killed by man named
Chartrand at Wildwood, near the Ca
madam 500. Chartrand is wanted for
burglary at Ottawa and Irving tried
to arrest him when he was getting on
a train.
Nell champion bantam pugilist, puts
Forbes asleep in the third round.
France regains the George Gordon
Bennett international automobile cup.
Deputy Sheriff Parsons of Cripple
Creek declares that Independence dy-
namiter is in the county Jail.
Samual Bowen, a well-to-do farmer
near Delta, Ia, while grubbing stones
on his farm by the use of dynamite, set
a cap, which failed to explode as soon
as expected He went up to it and the
dynamite went off, blowing off his
head.
Miss Pearl Thompson, aged IS, of
Conway, Ia, was burned to death. She
tainted and fell upon hot stove and
lived five or six hours.
One hundred persons are drowned in
Cuban floods.
The 5-year-old child of August Debit
of Monona, Ia, had her upper lip bit
ten of by pet dog.
Fire at Rat Portage, Man, did $780,
1000 damage.
The Alaska scandals will be probed
by Judge Day.
In a fight between union and non
union men in Cleveland, O., Edward
Lamb and David Jennings were fatally
wounded.
Heavy rains cripple railway traffic
in Nebraska.
An Intern national strike has been or
Idered against the Otis elevator COM
Ipany.
Charles Lee, at Paname, telegraphs
that the treaty of extradition has been
ratified.
The government of Norway has for
hidden the erection of wooden houses.
Wheat exports for the past year show
la decrease, while home consumption
has largely increased.
A niece of King Edward of England
has been selected as wife for King
Alfonso of Spain.
Mead D. Detweiler, former grand
lexalted ruler of the order of Elks,
dies at Harrisburg, Pa.
The Philippine reservation at the
worlds fair is formally dedicated.
Rear Admiral Cooper, commanding
the Asiatic squanron, is ordered home
on account of poor health.
The Vladivostock feet has disap-
lpeared.
During the night of June Is, two
British torpedo boat destroyers col
Ilided off Porto Toaaes, island of Sar-
|dinia. One of the destroyers sank.
The crew was saved.
Rear Admiral Cooper, commander
Iin-chief of the Asiatic station, has re-
quested the navy department to re-
Ilieve him at once, as he desires to
come home on account of his health.
After a pursuit of nearly 1000 miles
Sheriff Morgan of Miles county, Ipwa,
arrested Clayton c. Porter, clerk of the
county on the charge of embezzling
ISs, 900 of the county funds,
Minnesota captures everything in
the butter test at the worlds fair
Twenty persons were hurt, seven Sc
verely, in a collision on the elevated
railroad in New York.
Zach Mulhalla shot three men in
front of the ''Wild West" show on the
Pike at the worlds fair. One of the
men is fatally wounded.