River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-14

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i Illinois, while on his way to his hotel
at Washington, was overcome by the
heat and fell unconscious to the pave
ment. He was removed. to the hos
pital where he was pronounced out OF
danger.
A tornado passed a section of Win
nesheik county, Iowa, doing much
damage and injuring number of peo-
pie.
At Rocky Fork, near Red Lodge,
Carbon county, Mont, eight men are
dead, all victims of the deadly white
damp that filed the corridors of the
mine after fire. OF the dead, two
were members of one of the parties
that entered the mine in the effort to
reach the men known to be there
The Illinois Central mixed train was
wrecked two miles out of Benton, Ill.
The engine rolled down an embank-
ment, killing the engineer, S. T. Gent,
and injuring the fireman slightly.
Ina Maritime and his wife, Hungar-
ians, while walking along the railroad
track four miles south of Ludlow, KY,
were struck by Cincinnati Southern
| train and instantly Killed.
Secretary of State Houser appeared
in the municipal court at Madison and
was released upon the signing of his
own recognizance.
The Iowa Women's Relief corps
elected Addie E. Unangst, of Daven-
port, president. The ladies of the G.
A. r. reelected Annie B. Weaver Of
Waterloo, president.
Gen.. Edmund NJ Pope, of Mankato,
Mimi, died at Grand Marias, where
he had bene engaged in banking. Dur
ing the civil war he was colonel of the
Eighth New York cavalry and brew
eted brigadier general of volunteers
in the army of the Potomac.
That he accepted gifts Of stock
amounting to $4,000 from coal mining
companies during a period of about
three years was admitted before the in
terstate commission at Philadelphia
by Joseph Boyer, chief clerk in the
Office of A. w. Gibbs, superintendent
of motive power of the Pennsylvania
railroad.
Joseph K Aiken, chief clerk to A. G.
Mitchell, superintendent of the MOnOn-
gahela river division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, admitted owning stock
in numerous coal companies, some of
which was given to him while for the
other shares he paid privileged
price
John Mitchell settled the trouble
in the conference of miners and
operators of the southwest, at Kansas
City over the wage scale. The agree
ment renews the 1903 scale.
Democrats of Indiana in convention
adopted a platform strongly indorsing
William J. Bryan for the presidency,
and selected a state ticket.
George w. Sutherland died at Clin-
tonville, Wis. Mr.. Sutherland was
veteran of the civil war, and it is
said was the first man on top of Look
out mountain at the time of the great
battle.
A dividend of Is per cent. will be
paid the depositors of the defunct First
National .bank of Topeka, Kan, July
1 by Receiver J. T. Bradley.
Joseph J. Russell, of Charleston. re-
ceived the Democratic nomination in
the Fourteenth Missouri congression-
al district.
An agreement which will end the
coal strike which has been on in the
Eleventh u. M. W. A. district since
April 1, was reached by the scale COM
mittee of the Indiana miners and OPP
orators.
The miners international congress
at London adopted a resolution IA
voring a uniform international card
issuable when members of the Fedora
ton leave one country to work in an
other
DR.. Crapsey appeals from the &C.
clesiastical courts decision on every
point. He contends that the court was
illegally and unfairly organized, that
it erred in refusing to allow him prop
er time for the preparation of his de-
tense, and that by it's decision under
took to determine questions of doc
trine, faith anu worship.
Fire in the Knights of Pythias hall
in the Dugan block at Ashley, O., was
not extinguished until three business
houses had been destroyed and three
badly damaged, causing total loss of
$4,000.
Indictments against only one person
are to be found by the special grand
jury which has been investigating the
affairs of the Mutual Life Insurance
company. That person formerly was
a high official of the Mutual. He is to
be indicted for forgery.
The joint conference of the Ohio
miners and operators ended in
complete disagreement and both sides
declare that the fight is now on to
finish.
In argument before the Kentucky
railroad commission former United
States Senator William Lindsey, of
New York, urged general revision of
intra-state rates on all commodities.
declaring that the power under Ken
lucky laws is indisputable.
BY an agreement of counsel, the
cases against the packing companies of
Swift, Cudahy, Armour and Nelson
Morris, charged with accepting rebates,
were consolidated in the United States
district court at Kansas City and
Judge Mcpherson agreed to the attor-
neys presenting the cases to the jury
on statement of facts. No witnesses
will be examined