River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-19


as prisoner, having been found guilty
| of collecting fraudulent fees from the
state for holding inquests.
Gen. Reuben Williams, editor of the
Northern Indianian and Daily Times
of Warsaw, Ind, died as the result
of exposure while returning from the
Inauguration of Gov. Hanly at Indian
apolis He was 70 years Of age.
Deposits of Chicago banks exceed by
$4,000 ,000 any previous reports, the
total in Il national and % state con-
Germs being $602,000,0O0.
J. P. Morgan is the purchaser of the
large interests of King Leopold in the
Canton-Hankow railroad in China, &C
cording to Paris advices.
Daniel Mahanna, at Batavia, ILL.,,
died after living a life of poverty, and
money and deeds to land worth $6O, 1000
were found in his miserable shanty.
A prisoner calling himself "Gessler
Rosseau" confessed in Philadelphia to
plot to blow up foreign steamships and
other foreign enterprises in America,
notably the Umbria and Frederick the
Great statue affairs.
Charles Eckburg shot and killed John
Brant and then committed suicide IN a
barber shop at Veedersburg, Ind. Eek
| burg had been found short in his &C
counts with lodge and he blamed Brant
for the exposure.
Nine. Loubet mother of the president
Of France, is dead, aged 80 years.
Premier Combes announces the re-
tirement of the French cabinet
An attempt was made to assassinate
Gen. Trepoff, former chief of police of
Moscow, who aroused enmity by his
course in putting down the recent anti
government demonstrations there.
Federal officials have located $3.50, 900
worth of Chadwick smuggled gems and
expect to unearth 81 100000
The Am erican chamber of commerce
liz Berlin urges President Roosevelt to
negotiate a reciprocity treaty with Ger
many to avert trade war.
Attorney Frank w. WEIGH, of Chicago,
was instantly killed by the accidental
discharge Of a revolver in his hand
while he was cleaning the weapon.
Safe robbers wrecked the safe in the
office of the county treasurer at Wause-
on, O., and secured $4,000 of the county
funds.
Fire destroyed the new theater and
several other buildings at Neepawa
Mimi, causing loss of $4,000.
Henry Phipps, the former Pittsburg
steel manufacturer, will give $1,000 900
for the erection in New York city of
model tenement houses for the working
classes.
Chief Wilkie, Of the United States Sc
cret service, announces the appearance
of a new and very deceptive counter
felt two-dollar certificate. The note is
of the series of 1899 Lyons, register,
Roberts, treasurer.
Chief Edward F. Croker, of the New
York fire department, has recommended
that steps be taken at once to prohibit
the use of all fireworks, except fire.
crackers, on July 4.
Joseph l.. Bristow, fourth assistant
postmaster general, rendered his resig-
nation. The president accepted it and
appointed him as a special commission
err to make an investigation into the
present trade conditions and freight
rates, to determine the best policy of
managing the Panama railroad.
The ecclesiastical court of inquiry
called to consider charges against
Bishop Talbot, of central Pennsylvania
adjourned sine die, the members hav
ing decided that the body was uncan-
Onically constituted
Hundreds of Jews fleeing from mill
tary service in Russia are being aided
20 establish themselves as farmers by
the Jews of Chicago.
The president has appointed Yes
pasian Warner to be commissioner of
pensions. Mr. Warner is now mem
| Der of congress from Illinois.
| Mrs. Sarah Gallagher. once acquit-
ted of the charge of numbering her hus-
| band, then convicted of perjuring her
self in the trial of Charles Halada, who
is now serving a life sentence for the
| Gallagher murder, has been acquitted
on retrial ordered by the Iowa su-
| preme court.
The machinists' union of Chicago paid
out in the last year $156,00O in benefits
to men who are out on strike.
! District Attorney Jerome declares he
will Danish gambling from New York
and hundreds of professionals are pre-
! pairing to leave
! Secretary Hay asks the senate to es-
| tablish a branch of the United States
court in China and Korea.
The cattlemen quit the National Live
| Stock association at the session in Den
yer, Col, because the packers were ad-
mitted to membership and formed a
rival organization.
Two men were blown to atoms. a
small building was completely demol-
| ished and windows within a radius of
more than a mile were shattered by an
explosion in the Latin & Rand powder
works at Wayne, N. ].
| Instructions have been issued to the
| Chinese inspectors in the Northern Ohio
district to arrest and deport all China
men unlawfully living in the district,
which includes Buffalo, Cleveland and
| Toledo
! D. G. Macarthur and Archibald Car
michael were struck by a Michigan Cen
| trail train at Dutton, Ont, and instant
! ly killed.
John Miller, of Chicago killed his
wife and two babes at the end of a
| drunken spree After shooting them,
he cut their threats with a razor. Then