River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-05-11

III DIIl Jill 4tAANA. Lie hco bOOA ~
lifelong abstainer from tobacco and
liquor, and had spent most of his life IN
the open air.
In Washington county, Kentucky, on
the farm of Mrs. Jennie Wilt, a boiler
of sawmill exploded, killing John
Matherly, and badly iniuring Rand Hill.
James H. Hyde and w. H. Mcintyre
refuse to accept Mr.. Alexander's resig-
nation as trustee of the so-called Hyde
Equitable stock, and announce that
proceedings against Mr.. Alexander will
be taken in the courts for an accounting
of his administration Of the trust.
Charles Berkshire, prominent far
mer living near Brookville, Calhoun
county, w. Va, was murdered by
masked men who entered his home after
he had retired. He was shot through
the head, dying instantly.
The seventh session of the Interna-
tional Railway congress was formally
lopened in Washington by Vice Presi-
dent Charles w. Fairbanks.
The Nan Patterson jury stood eight
to four for acquittal when discharged.
Announcement is made of the gift of
$1,000,000 to Mccormick Theological
seminary by three members of the Nc
Cormick family.
State insurance commissioners de-
cided to await New Yorks report on
the Equitable Life before beginning a
new inquiry.
The Krupps' immense contracts,
partly for the rearmament of the Ger
man artillery and partly for Russian,
Japanese and Turkish orders, have re-
quired the company to increase the
number of workmen from about $4,000
to more than 10000.
Mamie Van Ranst, a daughter of the
late G. w. Van Ranst, a publisher Of
New York, was found dead in her
apartments. A shoe string was tied
tightly about her neck. She had COM
mitted suicide.
Three persons were killed and six
injured, none fatally, by the collapse
of a three-story building during free
gale at Omaha. Neb.
President Alexander of the Equitable
society resigned as trustee of the stock
left to James H. Hyde.
Several hundred square miles of
range in Valley county, Montana, have
been devastated by prairie hres. Many
stockmen have lost all their range and
ranch buildings.
A. B. Spear, cashier Of the closed
Citizens bank of Oberlin, O., in the
United States district court in Cleve-
land entered a plea of guilty to one
count of the indictment, charging him
with making false entries in the banks
books. Judge Tayler at once sentenced
Spear to seven years Imprisonment in
the Ohio penitentiary.
E. ]. Smiley, secretary of the Kan
sas Grain Dealers association, was
placed in Jail at La Crosse Kan, to
serve 80 days sentence of the United
States supreme court, for violation of
the antitrust law.
Anthony Kaminsky has been given a
judgment for $4,000 against the Grand
Lodge, Knights of the Modern Macca-
bees, in the circuit court in Detroit,
Mich, for injuries which he alleged
he sustained while being initiated into
the organization.
Vice President Gomez, who is acting
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sence of President Castro, has released
"a political prisoners.
Eugene V. Debs confirms the report
that he is to head the industrial union,
a new labor organization which will be
launched soon in Chicago. The or
ganization will be rival of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
Col. Thomas B. Davis, aged Il,
brother of Henry G. Davis, was nomi-
mated for congress by reclamation at
the democratic convention at Keyser,
w. Va. 49,
The senate committee on interstate
commerce opposes giving the inter-
state commerce commission power to
initiate rates.
Presidents of the worlds great rail-
roads attended the opening of the
American railway appliances exhibit in
Washington.
DR.. Wesley r. Wales, formerly presi-
dent of the First national bank of Cape
May City, ~ J., who has been arrested
in Philadelphia, was taken to Trenton,
N. j., and committed to jail to await
trial on charge of diverting $4,000 of
the banks funds.
A "Good Roads Special left Chicago
over the Burlington railroad on an edu-
cational tour leading to Portland.
Secret investigation of the tobacco
trust is being made by special agents
sent out by Commissioner Garfield of
the bureau of corporations.
Celebration of Constitution day in
Poland developed murders and riots in
Warsaw and LODI. Troops fired on
crowds with fatal effect.
The jury in the case of Nan Patter-
son at New York reported there was
no hope of reaching an agreement, and
it was discharged by Recorder Golf.
Mayor Dunno declares that for $50,000,-
600 Chicago can obtain possession of the
street railway lines.
The Middleton bank in Waverly, Mo-,
has failed for $4,000 The cashier, E. HI.
Lewis, is accused of disappearing with
1000 of the funds.
Chauncey Dewey, the millionaire
ranchman of Kansas, and his cowboys,
charged with killing two members Of
the Berry family, have been dismissed
by the court without trial.
Importations to the port of New York
during the month of April show an in
crease of nearly 100000 over the cor
responding month of last year. The
whole value Of importationS during