River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-14

Reports at the national G. A. r. en-
campment in Denver show the order S
ranks to be steadily growing smaller.
CHINA will demand large indemnity
from Russia and japan for damages
sustained during the war.
Fifty-five branches Oh the National
Association of Post Office Clerks bolt
ed the convention at Cedar Rapids, Ia.
The split is due to a charge that the
smaller cities in the association were
not getting square deal.
The United Typothetae of America,
fight the elght-hour day demanded by
the typographical union. Open shops
are to be the rule.
China paid ]. Pierpont Morgan ST.
100000 as the first installment for an
American railroad concession.
Los Angeles electors endorsed a
scheme to turn the course of the river,
bringing it 240 miles into the city.
A Paris official says that the Anglo
Japanese defensive alliance is greatly
strengthened since the ending of the
far east war.
Public Printer F. W. Palmer practi-
cally has been ousted from Office. 1t
was learned authoritatively that Pres
ident Roosevelt had demanded Mr..
Falner's resignation, to take effect on
the 18th inst.
The Vienna municipal council pro-
poses to perpetuate the memory of Pres
ident Roosevelt's success in restoring
peace by remaining a street Theodore
Roosevelt strasse.
At the state fair in St. Paul, l1inn.,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Seventhal, of Eau
Claire, Wis, fell from the upper car
of a Ferris wheel to the ground, dis
lance of nearly 100 feet. Mrs. Seven
thai was instantly killed and her hus-
band was SO badly injured that he may
not live.
DR.. David E. Salmon, chief of the bu-
reau of animal industry, department Of
agriculture, has rendered his resigna-
ton, and it has been accepted, to take
effect on October 1.
A Russian imperial order has been is
sued Diminishing Rear Admiral Neba-
gatoff and the captains of three war
ships which we're surrendered to the
Japanese in the battle of the Sea of
Japan. All four officers are deprived of
their rank
Judge Reuben c. Lennon, one of the
most prominent members of the bench
and bar of northern Ohio, died in To-
ledo, aged 80 years.
Brig. Gen. Thomas T. Crittenden, col
onel of the Sixth Indiana during the
war, died at East Gloucester, Mass.
In attempting to cross the tracks OF
the Pennsylvania railroad at Mount
Union, Pa, Charles Madden and his six
year-old son were struck by an ex-
press train and instantly killed.
The shah of Persia, before leaving ST.
Petersburg, donated $4,000 for the relief
of the Russian wounded.
Gen. Chaffee and staff, who are in
France to witness the army maneuvers,
were the recipients of high official
honor.
Fifteen thousand veterans participant
ed in the G. A. r. parade at Denver,
though many of the old soldiers were
exhausted and compelled to drop out
of line before the end of the route.
The University of Pennsylvania has
received from the estate of the late Prof
Maxwell Sommerville 100000.
John D. Rockefeller entertained Amer
lean press humorists at his summer
home near Cleveland.
Earnings of the American Hide and
Leather company are 100000 larger
than last year.
The federal authorities may be asked
to take up the case of Pontiac (Mich.)
man imprisoned in a Panama dungeon.
Twenty soldiers were killed in the
latest anti-Semitic riots at Kisheneff
Three masked men held up a gambling
room in New York, secured $500 from
the till and escaped.
Francis Bowes Stevens. Jr., grandson
of Commodore Stevens, committed sui
eide by shooting at Westbury, L. l.
Charles F. Pfster sued a Milwaukee
newspaper for libel, growing out of en-
bezzlement charges.
Tartars are in full control of the re-
gion about Baku, Caucasia. Entire viii
lagos were massacred. Soldiers used
artillery, but were defeated. The oil in
dustry is ruined. Fighting is increasing.
Officials of big life insurance COM
panies testified before the New York
legislative committee that the so-called
naturalization is a myth. Presidents are
paid salaries of 100000 and minor
officers from $4,000 down.
Cholera in the heart of Hamburg, far
from the emigrant station, causes great
alarm, and the area of infection in Ger
many widens.
Three hundred drivers of United
States mail wagons struck at New York
for higher wages and because they claim
the bosses have failed to keep agree
ment.
Chicago packers under indictment
for an alleged conspiracy in restraint
OF trade have been given until Sep
TENDER Is to complete the preliminary
pleas in their cases.
Four persons were killed and 21 in
jured in rear-end collision at Brush,
Col, on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railway, between a passenger
and freight train. both westbound.
The tug Shamrock was struck by
the steamer Richardson off Mamaisa
Point, Lake Superior, and sank imme-
Giately. Capt. Charles Richardson
and an engineer, name unknown, were
drowned
Crops are advancing rapidly on ac-