River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-15

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New machines designed for the diff
cult work of picking cotton, are ex-
pected to prevent the waste now
brought about by the shortage of la
Dor.
Attorney General Sturdevant, of
Wisconsin, has declared that under the
law Milwaukee saloons must close
March 80, the day of the primary cleo
tions.
Philadelphia police broke up a meet
ing of 200 anarchists gathered to cele-
brate the birthday anniversary of Herr
Most, while Most was making an ad-
dress.
A measure was introduced in the
Iowa legislature for the legal killing
of sufferers already doomed by disease
or injury, also idiots and the de-
formed.
J. w. Tarbell at Cincinnati ran over
and killed gypsy woman with his
automobile. The woman was carrying a
baby when the machine struck her,
but managed to throw it out of harms
way.
j. P. Morgan has been asked by
Pope Plus x to become financial agent
of the Vatican, and probably will take
charge of the funds Of the church with
the object of increasing the revenues
Of the holy see.
Eugene Richter, radical leader in
the German reichstag and Bismarck
old opponent, died in Berlin.
An earthquake in India killed eight,
injured many more and did much dam
age to houses.
Weekly trade reviews report an &C
tive spring business, purchases for the
interior exceeding all former records.
The Texas attorney general holds
that negroes and Mexicans may be ex-
cluded from participating in Demo
cratic primaries.
Turkey at last agrees to admit
American school supplies free Of duty,
but delays recognition of institutions.
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone
were arraigned in an Idaho court for
the murder of former Gov. Steunen-
berg.
Maj. Gen. Corbin, just returned
from the orient, says he fears no war
between China and the United States.
An Ohio legislative committee is in
vestigating alleged graft of $41,311 in
the construction of Hamilton county
turnpikes.
Insurance officials, including Presi-
dent Paul Morton. appeared in great
numbers at Albany and declared the
proposed bills would drive companies
out of business.
The American Red Cross association
has sent out an appeal for funds for
the starving Japanese.
Mrs. Thompson Swami, widow of
former United States Senator Thomp-
son, Of New Jersey, and former Gov.
Swami, of Maryland, who died at
Princeton, N. j., week ago, left her
residence and grounds to that city for
a museum and park. and gave the uni
versity funds for graduate school.
The sentence of death imposed upon
Mrs. Antoinette Tolla. the murderess,
for the killing of Joseph Sonta, was
committed to seven and one-half
years Imprisonment by the court of
pardons at Trenton. N. ].
A jury at Dayton. o.. found DR.. Oil
yer Crook Haugh guilty of the murder
of his mother, father and sister.
Mrs. Edward Standifer, aged 25
years, on Friday shot and killed her
sister, Miss Chappell Whisenant, aged
Is, in Atlanta, Ga, because of her hus-
bands attentions to her victim.
The Iowa senate passed unanimous
ly the Hughes anti-pass measure, pro-
hibiting railroads, street railways, tel
egraph and telephone companies from
issuing passes and franks to state and
national officials with the exception
of railroad commissioners and news
papers.
Archbishop O'Brien, of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Nova Scotia, Prince
Edward Island and Bermuda, died
suddenly in Halifax.
While adjusting target at prize
shoot at the farm of Robert Shuey,
three miles from Greensburg, Pa, Ed
ward Hogan was accidentally shot
through the head by L. P Vented,
one of the contestants. He died later
Jim Walker, Jr:, was hanged at
Birmingham, Ala, for the murder of
William d. HILL Walker confessed
and declared that his father Jim Wal
ker, Sr., who was, given life sentence
for completely was innocent
A snow avalanche at the Lofoten
islands, off the coast of Norway,
buried a number of f1shermen's huts.
Rescuers extricated II dead and 80
injured.
President Burnham and two vice
presidents of the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance company have been indicted
for larceny and forgery.
State Senator Barney A. Eaton, on
trial in Milwaukee. Wis, charged with
accepting bride of $25 during the
legislative session in 1901 for the
purpose of defeating the BARRIERS Ii
cense bill, was adjudged not guilty.
BY the collapse of the gallery stag
ing in Earl's mine at Raibl, district of
Jarvis, Austria, 40 miners and one
engineer were killed.
A rear-end collision on the Della
ware & Hudson railroad at Saratoga,
n. Y, resulted in one death and Sc
we're injuries to several passengers.
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