River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-04-19

lieyes that the erption has ended, and
every outward indication confirms this
view.
Entombed for six days under tons OF
volcanic debris, two women were res
cued alive from the ruins of Ottajano.
Both were speechless from terror, and
it is doubtful if they will ever fully
recover their mental faculties.
A bitter race war is threatened at
Springfield, Mo-, as the result Of the
lynching and baking of three negroes.
declared to have been innocent OF
crimes charged.
A statement issued by the Equitable
Life Assurance society showed that
27,3S5 small policies had lapsed. Few
of larger amounts are allowed to de.
fault.
Miss Nellie Grant, granddaughter
of President u. S. Grant and daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Grant of New
York, is seriously i'll in a sanitarium.
where she was operated upon for ap-
pendicitis.
Yaqui Indians have ambushed par
ty of American mining men in So
nora. Samuel Williams, of Ell Paso,
Tex, was killed and mis- body found
after the ambush, but other members
of the party are missing.
B. Mollett, a street car conductor,
was struck by an automobile at
Cleveland, O., and so badly injured
that he died an hour later The auto
list was held on a charge of man
slaughter
Two officers and five men were killed
and IA men injured, eight seriously
when a charge of powder exploded in
a gun turret of the battleship Kear-
sarge, in Cuban waters.
Miss Frances Fairfield, of New York,
a member of the chorus of the Spenser
opera, 'fRosalie," divided honors with
Capt Clark, the velvet-coated hero,
at Atlantic City, N. j., by accepting a
dare to plunge into the surf off Ten
nessee avenue attired in full street cos
tune.
President Roosevelt's repeated dec
laration that he will not run for the
presidency again have little effect on
those who insist that he must be a
candidate in 1908, and the many as
pirants are puzzled over the situation
Without any warning 700 mail car
riers struck at Vienna. They had been
receiving about $40 a month, and de-
manded an addition of from two to
four dollars. The strike was settled
by partial concession to the drivers.
1t is reported that a proposition to
establish a bank with a capital of
ing money and exchange rates during
times of financial stringency, such as
that recently experienced in Wall
street, is under consideration by inter
ests connected with the stock eX.
change and by the National City bank
of New York.
National decadence, declares Dr.
Hirsch, of Chicago, is shown by the
growth of anti-Semitism in this coun-
try.
While native unrest continues, there
is an augmentation o. the feeling in
the foreign community at Peking that
the European and American govern
ments are unwise in weakening thetg
positions in the eyes of the Chinese.
In case of local disturbances the bur
den of the first defense will fall upon
the Americans. The Chinese have a
fort on the wall which commands the
American position.
Chief of Police Collins, of Chicago
urges the death penalty for the burg
lar who carries a deadly weapon, and
the whipping post for the wife beateI
and assailerS of little girls.
Changes in the Russian laws which
will give more personal liberty to the
people will be recommended to the
lower house of parliament by a COM
mission which has outlined important
alterations.
Judge Speer, at Atlanta, Ca, in SEN
fencing Greene and Gaynor to four
years in prison and fine of $575, 749
each, scored plumber of the public
through graft and pointed the need OF
remedying defects in the laws by
Dowie is willing to turn Zion prop
erty over to a board of trustees less
five per cent, which shall be his prop
erty absolutely.
The United States cruiser Pennsyl-
vania broke records with six-inch gun
in practice off New York.
Building is practically brought to a
standstill in ST. Louis by a strike OF
1000 bricklayers.
Secretary Root has informed Russia
that any date later than September
20 will be acceptable for The Hague
peace conference.
Fourteen hundred Russian steerage
passengers cheered Maxim GorlSy and
waved a red flag in midocean as the
ship bearing the author-revolutionist
passed their boat.
Prof. Wurtenberger, inventor of a
powerful explosive, was fatally in
jured by an explosion in his labora-
tory near Mount Vernon, N. Y.
The anthracite coal miners gave the
operators choice of two propositions.
Failure to accept either makes strike
order inevitable.
Fire destroyed seven horses and sew
eral barns at old Lexington (Ky.)
track.
Stocks continue to decline in the
New York market because of the high
rates for money.
After courtship of seven days,