River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-11-30

i Henry White, American ambassador
to Rome, has been selected to repre-
sent this country in conjunction with
Minister Gummere, of Tangier, at the
approaching Moroccan conference.
Five men were killed and one was
fatally injured in a head-On collision
one mile from Albion, Ind, between a
work train and freight train on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
Robbers broke into a Japanese bank
in Los Angeles, Cal, and took cash
amounting to $4,000.
i An organized legal campaign against
Injunction laws in every state was de-
cided by the American Federation of
Labor at Pittsburg.
The sentiment in congress is over
whelmingly in favor of the lock canal
on account of the long delay and extra
cost of the sea-level.
Mary G. McCarty, of New York, de-
spondent through illness, knelt in front
of elevated train and was killed.
Gov. Deneen, of Illinois, declares he
will attempt to have an act passed pro-
hibiting the issuance of railroad passes
except to employees of railways.
Gov. La Follette's call for special
session of the Wisconsin legislature
puzzles the politicians of the state. The
intent of the executive regarding &C
ceptance of the senatorship is in
doubt.
A renewal of the Chinese boycott
against American goods is planned,
WI Ting-Fang being removed from
power to make way for the leader OF
the anti-American party, which de-
mands the abolition of immigration re-
strictions by the United States.
Copies of manifesto issued by
American anarchists urging the Italian
army to desert were found in Rome.
A New York man who attempted to
vote as John d. Rockefeller, calling his
performance joke, has been indicted.
Extremely lax conditions and the ex-
istence of an unwritten "code'' of rules
among students at Annapolis naval
academy were disclosed in the trial
for manslaughter of Minor Meriweth-
er, Jr., in connection with the death
of Midshipman Branch.
| u0 OultCQ OLdL0S OLOGI COI
bought $500 acres in Indiana, on the
shore of Lake Michigan, and is plan
ming an immense steel plant, to cost
$20,O00,OO0 and to give employment to
5000 men.
Haakon VII, the new king of Nor
way, asked Minister O'Brien to convey
his warmest greetings and thanks to
President Roosevelt and the American
government for the presidents recent
kind message.
An ammonia pipe at the plant Of the
Houston Packing company, near Hous-
ton, Tex, exploded. Steve Johnson,
colored, was instantly killed and sever
al other workmen were injured, some
of them fatally.
Cresceus, the worlds champion trot-
ting stallion, record 2:03A, was sold
at auction for $21, 900 at the Old Glory
horse sale in New York to M. w. Saw
age, of Minneapolis, MINI.
Fire in Indianapolis, Ind, caused
damage to the stock of the Badger Fur
niture company amounting to $4,000
and injured the two seven-story build
ings on Washington street, occupied
by the company to the extent of $10,-
600.
| Ex-Alderman Arthur A. Mccormack
pleaded guilty before Judge Tarrant in
the circuit court in Milwaukee, Wis,
$3.50. Mccormack was indicted on the
charge of having accepted bride in
connection with coal deal.
The porte has rejected the proposals
of the powers for the international con-
troll of the finances of Macedonia.
| In saloon brawl near Ford River,
Mich, Alexander Gravel was shot and
instantly killed, and Richard Grave,
was fatally shot through the head by
William Lind, a bartender.
| Wild scenes on the New York cotton
exchange followed the receipt of the
government report estimating that
only 7,49S, 1877 bales had been ginned up
to November IA, and the price adj
vanced a cent pound in few min.
utes.
President Roosevelt is criticised Sc
verely by ex-Gov Odell, of New York,
for stirring up factional quarrel" in
the republican party by selecting a
new chairman for the New York coun-
ty republican committee.
The giving of prizes at social games
is termed gambling and condemned in
a resolution passed by the Interchurch
Conference on Federation, which closed
it's sessions in New York.
Miss Ella Hamilton thinks the kiss
she alleges Hayden Marquis, wealthy
young man stole from her is worth
| $4,000. At least that is the amount
of damages she demands in a petition
filed in the district court at Des
Moines, Ia.
Two masked men, armed with revol-
yers, forced Cashier Gabriel Jones, Of
the South Denver, Col, bank, a small
concern, to deliver to them ST ,000 all
the cash in the safe, and fled in a
buggy.
Secretary Wilson has appointed Dr.
| A. d. Melvin, of Illinois, as chief of
the bureau of animal industry to sue
coed DR.. Salmon, who resigned some
time ago.
Mayors-elect of Ohio cities will meet
in Cleveland December 4, where they
will be addressed by Mayor Dunno OF
CHICAGO and Mayor Weaver of Phila-
deIphia. and form an organization for
the enactment and enforcement of re-
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