River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08


burial place of Gems. Robert e. Lee,
Stonewall Jackson and other distin-
guished dead were decorated profusely
with flowers and flags.
The First national bank of Ladysmith,
Wis, was closed and is in charge of P.
F. Earring, special bank examiner. The
state has on deposit $4,000 and total de-
posts aggregate $4,000, which will be
paid in full and the bank reorganized.
Special dispatches from several points
in Walworth county, southern Wiscon-
sin, say that 17-year locusts are re-
ported to have arrived in that section,
but not in sufficient numbers as yet to
do any serious damage.
The Wisconsin assembly adopted a
resolution for constitutional conven-
ton and passed bill taxing telegraph
and telephone companies on an I'D va
loren basis.
A bill appropriating S650,000 for new
capitol building at Madison passed the
Wisconsin senate.
A serious fight has taken place be-
tween Servian and Bulgarian bands,
near Kitshewo, Macedonia. Twenty Bull
garians and IL Servians were killed and
many on each side were wounded.
One person was killed and Ia injured
in an accident on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western railroad at Passaic,
M.
Fire in Pittsburg, Pa, completely de-
stroyed the Avenue theater and partially
wrecked the Grand opera house adjoin-
ing, but fortunately no panic resulted,
and no lives were lost. The loss will
reach 100000; fully insured.
j. L. Galloway, tax collector of Fan
ming county, and his brother, George
Galloway, were killed on an excursion
named Ewing. The cause of the trouble
is not known.
Benjamin F. Marsh, republican mem
Der of the United States house of repre-
sentatives from the Fourteenth district
of Illinois, died at his home in Warsaw,
Ill. Mr.. Marsh had served eight terms
in congress and had been elected to
ninth term.
A bomb was exploded in the palace of
the governor general at Barcelona,
Spain, causing considerable damage.
Ten persons were arrested
Charles Cooper, aged eight, and Harry
Cooper, aged IA, only children of Rev.
Fred Cooper, were killed by lightning
while working in an orchard at Wenat-
chez, Wash.
Favorable weather aids Chicago bust
ness and despite the transfers strike
confidence is increasing.
Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, ousted
two more organization appointees.
An error in telegraphing the govern
ment cotton report caused a panic in
New Orleans and the loss of fortunes by
the bulls.
Eddie Hanlon was given the decision
over Young Corbett at the end of their
20-round bout at San Francisco.
The sultan of Morocco refused to ac-
cept the French scheme of reforms and
appealed to the powers. The act is re-
garded as rebuff to England and
France.
James w. Alexander is to be shorn of
power and supplanted by the chairman
of the board of directors of the Equitable
Life Assurance society. James Hazen
Hyde was requested to sell his stock in
side of three months. The Prick COM
mittee report was rejected by the direc-
tors, and Frick, Bliss and Hartman re-
signed.
The car signed call for national
assembly. to decide on peace or war.
President Roosevelt will start on his
trip through the south next autumn on
the night of the 17h of October.
Washington diplomats think that
when peace negotiations come Roose-
welt will act as arbitrator
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of business
May 81, 1905, the debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to $1,000, 346,12
which is an increase for the month of
$3,128,1S7.
John Thoroughbred, prominent
manufacturer and politician, dropped
dead in his Office in GAINESVILLE, Wis.
Death was due to apoplexy.
An earthquake caused great damage
at Seutari, Albania, where about 500
houses and 200 persons were killed or
injured
The announcement is made officially
that the extraordinary session CT con-
gress, which it is the present intention
of President Roosevelt to call, will not
begin until after the November cleo
tions.
King Victor Emmanuel says the
American president has more power
than the ruler of Italy.
Mrs. Alton F. Black, of New York,
won her suit for divorce from Harry S.
Black, and was given $6,000,000.
A cloudburst at Rhea, Ore, caused
the death of Mrs. J. R. Nunema1er and
her youngest child and two children of
A. r. Cox, who we're caught by the wa
ter and drowned.
w. L. Davis, vice president of the
closed Canton, O., state bank, and Cor
win D .Bachtel, cashier of the bank,
were arrested on charges of embez-
Element.
Many large, rich congregations in
the big cities are hiring teachers and
superintendent for their Sunday
schools, special training being given
them.
Frank G. Bigelow, bankrupt and de-
faulting bank president, of Milwaukee,
has put in claim with the trustee of
his estate to all the insurance policies
on which he paid the premiums The
amount of these policies aggregates
nearly 100000, of which but $4,000 is