River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

Fire destroyed the convent of St
Anne OF st. Genevieve, Que. One nun,
nine children, ranging in age from 10
TO Is years, and four old women per-
iShed in the flames.
United States Senator Orville Hitch
cock Platt, of Connecticut, died at his
summer home in Washington, Conn.
his native town, from pneumonia. He
was first elected to the senate in 1873
to succeed Senator w. H. Barnum, a
democrat, who tad been elected to fill
the vacancy caused by the death OF
Senator Orris S. Ferris, republican. His
last reelection was in 1908.
Maj William w. Armstrong, prom
inent in the democratic party through
out Ohio, died in Cleveland after one
days illness OF pneumonia, aged 72
years. He is said to have been the
man who suggested the rooster as the
emblem for the democratic party.
Right Rev. Alfred Augustin Watson,
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
church for the east Carolina diocese,
died at his home in Wilmington, N. c.,
after an illness of nearly two years,
following a stroke of paralysis.
Jacob StOffer, aged 60, a farmer liv-
ing two miles west of Athens, o., killed
himself by blowing off the top of his
head. He secured a shotgun and,
placing the muzzle of the weapon in
his mouth, pulled the trigger with mis-
foot
P. ]. Potter's Sons, private bankers,
with a capital of $4,000 and $3.50, 900
deposits, filed deed of assignment at
Bowling Green, Ky. 1t was one of old
est banks in southern Kentucky. It is
announced that they will pay dollar
for dollar.
James J. Carroll, better known as
Virginia" Carroll, and for many years
one of the most noted figures of the
American turf, is dead in New Orleans
of cancer at the age of AZ.
Four transatlantic steamers which
arrived at New York brought 9,675
steerage passengers, the largest num-
Der ever passed in quarantine in one
day.
Fourteen thoroughbred horses,
among them Visalia. entered in the
Lexington (Ky.) Futurity, persisted in
flames which destroyed the barns of
the Frankfort (Ky.) Driving associa-
ton. The loss is fixed at 100000
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius is
increasing, and frequent explosions are
heard. Streams of lava are running
down the mountain, and the crater is
emitting smoke, ashes and red hot
stone.
A dispatch from New York an
nounces the death of William H. Rog-
ers, business manager of the Boston
baseball club of the National league.
He was 45 years of age.
Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton,
when he retires from his present posi-
ton, will become an official of a great
financial institution in the city of New
York.
NJ. Paul Lessar, Russian minister to
China, whose foot was recently am
putated, died in Picking.
NJ. Deleasse announced his determine
ton to resign the French foreign port
folio because of attacks on Moroccan
and neutrality policies, but other gov
eminent leaders induced him to delay
action.
Missouris attorney general complains
of the oil trust and asks the federal gov
eminent to help him crush the sensa-
tional sitting of competition.
Kaleieff was tried before the supreme
court in ST. Petersburg for the assassina-
ton of Grand Duke Sergius. He was SEN
fenced to death.
The Wisconsin State Federation of
Women's clubs will hold its annual con-
yention in Kenosha October %, &c and q.
A ney wage scale that is to go into
effect on the Iowa Central railroad May
/, affecting telegraph operators and all
agents doing telegrapher's duty, in
creases salaries five per cent.
Earl Pond, aged 10, was instantly
killed in Summit, Ind, by his horse
running away, crushing his body be-
tween the buggy and an iron telephone
pole.
Doodle charges are made in con-
nection with the Niagara power bills
before the New York legislature.
Fire that started in an attic de-
stroyed the home of William Koch at
Freelandville, Ind; loss, $4,000.
Use Of harbors in French Inao-C China
by the Baltic fleet is considered a
breach of Frances neutrality in Lon
don, and Japan is expected to lodge a
protest,