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


is opposed to Secretary Hays proposal
for a conference Of the powers.
James Saxon, five years old; Mar
garet Saxon, three years old, and John
Saxon, one year and three months old,
were burned to death in fire in an
apartment house in New York.
Attendants in a Russian bath house
mers in the steam room and forgot
they were there. Both were scalded to
death.
Severe cold is being experienced in
Italy. Mount Vesuvius is covered with
snow, and even at Palermo, Sicily,
snow fell abundantly for the first
time in 20 years.
The jury at Lexington, Ky, in the
case of William Britton, on trial for
the murder of James Cockrill, re-
turned a verdict of guilty and fixing
the punishment at life imprisonment.
japanese captured an American ship
taking supplies to Vladivostok.
The British admiralty is planning a
vast mimic war for its squadron, to
cover the waters of the entire globe.
Vincent Briscoe, who killed Detec-
tive Patrick Duffy in May, 1902, in Chi
cago, has been arrested at Mobile, Ala.
The receiver of the PanAmerican
bank, Chicago, puts the assets at
ST., 200 and liabilities at SIS, 900. Presi-
dent w. II. Hunt has been arrested.
knights of Pythias lodges have re-
ceived orders to GUST all liquor men
and gamblers admitted since law pro-
hibiting them from membership went
into effect
A man named Braun was torn TO
pieces and six other men injured, one
of them probably fatally, by an eX-
plosion Of dynamite on the Western
Maryland railroad extension near Han
cock, Md.
The Lewis and Clark exposition will
be open to the public on Sundays, ac-
cording to an announcement made at
Portland, Ore, by the fair directors.
The Trail" amusements will be closed
on that day.
The investigation of protests against
Senator SmOot, of Utah, retaining his
seat in the United States senate has
been concluded ard when report is
drafted by the committee the investi-
cation will pass to the whole senate.
The fumes from hard coal stove
caused the deaths, in st. Louis, of Mrs.
Louise Mullen, aged SO years, and her
two grandchildren, Mora and Clarence
Jones. aged respectively IL and II. All
are negroes.
Russian army has retreated across
the Hun river. Gen MistchenkO was
wounded Oyama split the attacking
forces and defeated both fragments.
Grand Duke Sergius is blamed as
Russias evil genius. He is held re-
sponsible for the cars refusal to
grant demands of the people.
Champaign, ILL.,, was visited by a
$4,000 cOnfagration.
japanese attacked Kuropatkin's right
wing, but were repulsed, according to a
Russian report and later Muscovites
captured town and guns near Mukden.
Gen. Kuropatkin reports Selling towns
and intrenchments from Japs in two
, days fight.
VIII Walters, a gambler, entered the
Palace saloon, at Tucson, Ariz., owned
by M. M. Conn, walked to the poker Ia
! BILE and, without word of warning, drew
| a revolver and opened fire, killing Conn
| and two other men, then committing
suicide. Revenge for being discharged
was his motive.
a horse, sleigh and driver were found
| concealed under a ten-fOOt snowdrift
near Winsted, Conn. The man was
| frozen to death.
A Lehigh Valley locomotive of the
compound type, drawing freight train
! exploded at Gratwick, N. Y, killing three
men.
A passenger train of the Sewickley
| branch of the Pennsylvania railroad ran
down a sleigh at the Cowansburg (Pa.)
crossing and instantly killed the three
occupants.
The bail of Mrs Brodie l.. Duke, who
was indicted in Texas on charge of OBJ.
tanning money under false pretenses
and is now being held in New York tc
await the arrival of warrant, has been
reduced from $4,000 to 81 500.
Secretary Hay will send to the senate
treaty to take the place of the protocol!
| through which the United States intend
ed to take charge of the financial affairs
of the government of Santo Domingo.
Former Gov James H. Peabody, OF
Colorado, denies report that he intend
od tO withdraw his contest for the gov
| ernorship.
An explosion of natural gas in the
! Touring mill owned by Henry Bremen
kamp, at Decatur, Ind, seriously burned
three employees and caused a fire which
| destroyed the mill, entailing loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
A cablegram has been received an
| nouncing the death of Gen. Christian T.
Christensen, of Brooklyn, at Copenha'
| gen, Denmark. Gen. Christensen served
| throughout the civil war.
The American Federation of Women's
clubs decided to join the pure food cru
SADIE as a result Of the revelations at the
| ST. Louis fair
| At Gov Gen. Wright's request, Maj
! Gen. Corbin will send to the province OF
Cavite the First battalion of the Seventh
! infantry regiment, to assist the Philip
| pine insular forces now fighting the la.
| drOnes there.
A broken switch at Earl Park, Ind
| upset a passenger train and injured Il
! persons.
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