River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-12-28


Ivan county, Pa. Robbery is believed
to have been the motive
Dr. John Warner died suddenly in
Clinton, H., aged sc years. He was
the father of Commissioner of Pen
sions Vespasian Warner.
DR.. John Mcclellan, of the class of
1888, Yale college, one of the Oldest
graduates of that institution, died at
his home in Woodstock, Conn. He
was 81 years old.
Fire at Sedalia, Mo-, destroyed the
Katy" building, causing total loss
of $4,000.
A bull charged upon George Feszler
and gored him to death on the farm of
Charles Kautz, two and one-half miles
west of West Chicago, Ill. One horn
penetrated Feszler's left lung and an
other entered the brain.
David and Thomas Fuller, brothers,
aged about 20 years, died in Thomas
home at Bronson, Mich, from poison
ing, the result Of eating meat which
had become tainted by standing on a
tin plate.
Secretary of State d. e. Storms, of
Indiana, the third official of that state
to get into financial trouble in the last
few months, has been forced to turn
his property over to a trustee and call
on his bondsmen and friends to get
$4,000 to settle his indebtedness to the
state.
An attempt to force large bakeries
of Chicago to sign closed shop agree
ment may cause bread famine.
Andrew Carnegie will give $5,000,00O
to add to the $10,000,000 foundation
fund for the relief Of needy teachers,
according to an announcement from
Boston.
Premier Katsura of Japan is slated
for early retirement, a new cabinet be-
ing formed by constitutional party
leaders.
The government soon will begin
suits to end rate discrimination
against western shippers in the south
east.
Jack O'Brien defeated Bob Fitzsim-
mons in Ii rounds, the latter falling
exhausted in his corner before time
was called for the fourteenth round.
It was O'Brien's fight all the way.
Abraham H. Hummel of New York,
the lawyer who was involved in the
famous Dodge-Morse matrimonial ana
divorce tangle, was convicted of con-
spiracy, sentenced for year and fined
$780,
Under Gov. Deneen's threat of prose-
cution former Illinois state treasurers
and auditors have begun the refunding
of 1921, 900 said to have been Illegally
taken.
The Illinois supreme court reversed
and remanded to the criminal court
of Cook county for new trial the case
of "Jocko" Briggs, who was convicted
of murder and sentenced to be hanged.
Austin Francis, charged with the
murder in Kansas City, Mo-, month
ago of Winona Newton, Is years old.
his sweetheart, was found guilty OF
murder in the first degree.
Gen. Felix Gustave Saussier,. former
commander n-chief of the French
army, is dead.
quantities at the Imperial Bank of
Germany in Berlin from st. Peters
burg. About 100000 has already
been received. The movement is ex-
pected to continue until total of $685.
100000 is reached.
Former Alderman Robert L. Rudolph
who was convicted in Milwaukee, Wis,
n Of hrih Of
$100 from ex-City Attorney Charles H.
Hamilton in 1901, has been denied a
new trial.
State insurance officials are called
to meet in Chicago February 1 in the
interest of campaign for uniform
laws to regulate business.
Will Carter, a negro, was hanged at
Kenansville, N. c., for criminal as
sault upon. six-year-old white girl at
Wallace, N. c., November last.
A seat on the New York stock ex-
change has just sold for 100000, the
highest price on record.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Joseph Bucklin Bishop as member of
the isthmian canal commission, to fill
a vacancy in that body caused by the
resignation of Chief Engineer Wallace.
Charles E. Shiveley, o. Richmond,
Ind, supreme chancellor of the Knights
of Pythias, has designated February
10, 1906 as the time for the celebration
of the anniversary of the founding of
the order
"A bomb was hurled into the "open
shop bureau of the Employers asso-
citation in New York, wrecking the Of
fee.
Gov La Toilette, of Wisconsin, sent
his resignation as governor to the leg
islature, to take effect on the first
Monday in January. He resigns to
accept the United States senatorship.
The special session of the legislature,
after receiving the governors message,
adjourned sine die.
President Castro. of Venezuela, has
withdrawn his offensive note to the
French minister and France may now
consider the incident as closed.
Wreckers ditched Santa Fe train
near Reading, Kan, and General Man
ager Hurley offers $4,000 for their ar
rest
Daring swimmers rescued from
living tomb two men imprisoned 40
hours in New York tunnel.
President Roosevelt favors a new
Chinese exclusion law, admitting all
classes freely with the exception of
coolies, while Secretary Metcalf op--
noses this view