River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-11-02

King Oscar has definitely and formal
| ly declined the offer of the Norwegian
throne to prince of the house of Bern
| adotte.
Definite arrangements have been
made whereby Prince Charles of Dem
mark will accept the throne of Norway,
following plebiscite on November II.
William Travers Jerome has been
unanimously nominated for district at
torney of New York by the republican
county convention.
| Minister Squires is accused by Cuban
newspapers of being party to con-
/ spiracy to annex the island to the
United States.
Elliott Fitch Shepard of New York,
a scion of the Vanderbilt family, has
| by a French court for running down
and killing peasant girl with his au-
| tomobile.
Freedom of the city was bestowed by
London upon Gen. Booth of the Saliva
ton Army in recognition of that or
! ganization's achievements.
| Secretary Root in letter says the
Newfoundland fisheries dispute is not
yet completely settled, and asks fisher
men to be good-natured.
The practice of mothers riding in au-
| tomobiles causes premature births.
| thereby aiding race suicide, st. Louis
| health officers contend.
The st. Paul road is to build its own
| line through to the Pacific coast.
Fear of tuberculosis led Mrs. James
S. Handy, of Chicago, to kill herself.
National insurance of life and prop
| erty is favored by some congressman,
| who will introduce bills for that pur-
pose at the coming session. A postal
savings bank scheme will be included.
The eight-hour day is the issue in
! the Pennsylvania coal fields, and John
| Mitchell is pledged to it, but the senti-
ment in the union is divided.
The secretary of the interior has or
dered the withdrawal from entry OF
800, 900 acres of land in the Cheyenne,
| Wyo., land district, with a view to
creating a forest reserve.
The state bank at Rockham S. d., was
robbed. The safe was shattered by nj
troglycerin and $4,000 in currency, be-
sides valuable securities stolen.
The interstate commerce law conyen-
ton in Chicago split into two gather
/ ings on the question of indorsing
President Roosevelt's rate revision
| Policy.
The Russian transport Lena, which
has been interned at Mare Island since
| last spring. has sailed from that navy
yard for San Francisco. She mas been
released and will return to Russian
| port.
| The estimates for appropriations for
| the department of commerce and labor
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907,
aggregate $11, 1868, 1888, being 1922, $3.50 less
| than the amount appropriated for the
department for the fiscal year ending
| June 80. 1906.
| Edward G. Cunliffe, the Adams ex-
press robber, went into court in Pitts
burg and pleaded guilty to two charges
! Of larceny, representing theft of $1O1,-
900. Sentence was suspended.
Two fast passenger trains on the Chi
| cago, Rock Island & Pacific railway col
| lided head-on, at a point one mile south
| of Fairfield, Ia. Four persons were
killed and between Is and 20 injured.
The Sydney line steamer Drogher Mo-
ana was lost off New Zealand on Sep
TENDER 20 and her crew of seven were
drowned.
| At Cannellton, Ind, Lutte Fishback,
aged IL years, shot her 13-year-Old sis
ter Maggie with a shotgun, blowing off
| the entire top of the head. The children
had been playing win the gun thinking
| it was not loaded.
| Judge Slemmons, in the county court
| at Peoria, ILL.,, sustained the motion to
| quash the indictment against o. J.
Bailey, chairman of the finance commit
| tee of the school board, for malfeasance
in Office. In permitting N. G.. Dough
| erty to carry on his alleged defalcations
undisturbed. Bailey was discharged.
The bodies of Isabelle Spivey (col-
ored), aged "a years. and her three chill
dren, Marie Louise, aged ten; Gladys,
| aged seven and boy of three years,
were found in the burned ruins of their
shanty at Asbury Park, N. j.
The census bureau issued report
| placing the number of bales of cotton
ginned this year at figure in excess
of 100000.
A st. Louis woman gave out plans
| for new $1,000,000 university for
study of the occult
Secretary Taft announces his cabinet
| position suits him and that he will not
| be a candidate for president.
The South Dakota supreme court has
| decided that the county seat of Wal
| worth county shall be at Bangor. The
citizens of Shelby one night went to
Bangor, tore down the old county build
| ing and carted the records off to Selby.
Bangor took the matter to court.
Secretary Shaw told Nebraska bank
| ers that there will be no financial legis-
lation until the nonelasticity of our
currency causes panic, which may be
| soon.
| A Pittsburs lawyer says that of the
| 50, SOC, 900 resources of the failed Enter
| Prise national bank of Allegheny only
| $4,000 was on hand when the institu-
/ ton was closed, and that collateral
deposited to secure loans were rehy-
| Iothecated.
The Railroadmen's hotel, located
| block below the Iron Mountain railroad
| depot in Hot Springs, Ark, was de-
| ctrovod nv fire Sly lives were lost