River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-12

The Chicago & Alton Railroad COM
pany and two former officials of the
road, were found guilty at Chicago OF
granting rebates. Punishment for the
offenses charged is fine of not less
than $4,000 nor more than $4,000,
according to the district attorney.
Lewis s. Clarke, for eight years a
Republican national committeeman
from Louisiana, died suddenly at New
| Orleans.
Attorney General Rogers filed suits
at Little Rock, Ark, against the con-
sumers Ice company G. L. Kraft Ice
company and the Retail Grocers' Ice
company under the antitrust law, al
leging a combination to prevent COM
petition.
The -French-Italian negotia-
lions relative to Abyssinia are prac-
tically completed. The main features
are guaranty Of the integrity of the
empire, the open door and commercial
equality for all countries.
At Manning, Ia, Ernest Koehnke, a
young farmer, shot and killed 18-year-
old Lucy Fisher, and then ended his
own life. Miss Fisher discouraged
Koehnke's attentions.
The Spanish cabinet resigned and
King Alfonso charged Gen. Lopez
Dominguez to form new ministry.
Frank Bonsall, 80 years old, Mel
rose, Mimi, prize fighter, struck and
killed Michael O'Connor, 70 years of
age.
At Niagara, Mich, Gus Koss was
killed by blow from the fist OF Henry
Mascot. Both men were employed
in paper mill.
Guatemala and Salvador are making
overtures for the arbitration of their
troubles resulting from the alleged &C
tivity of Salvador in support OF the
revolutionary movement against Pres
ident Cabrera of Guatemala, and it is
likely that the United States will be
selected as the country in which the
board of arbitration will meet.
Plans for extensive maneuvers of the
North Atlantic fleet are being matured
by the general naval board.
Attorney General Lebbeus r. Wiley,
of the Philippine islands, has been ap-
pointed to the judgeship of the United
States court in China, which is to re-
place in large measure the present
consular court.
Ferdinand e. Borges, formerly of In
diana, and one of the promoters of the
Ubero Plantation company, was SEN
fenced at Boston to serve from IL to Is
years in state prison for larceny and
conspiracy. He was indicted with for
mer Congressman William D. Owen, of
Indiana, who has not yet been arrested.
President Roosevelt will not preside
at the reception the Commercial Trav-
elers' Antitrust league is to tender
William J. Bryan at Madison Square
Garden, New York, August 10.
| H. NICK. Twombly, Jr., only son of
| H. Nick Twombly, the well-known cap
italist of New York and Newport, was
drowned while swimming in Big
Sauam lake, six miles from Ashland,
N. H.
The funeral of Mrs. Tanner, wife of
James Tanner, commandments Of
the Grand Army of the Republic, who
was killed in an automobile accident at
Helena, Mont, was held in Washing
ton.
A federal warrant was issued in
Oklahoma for Carrie Nation, charging
her with sending obscene matter
through the mails in her temperance
publication, "The Hatchet.''
Secretary Shaw is in receipt of Of
fers for small blocks of Panama canal
bonds. The secretary has received
about 100 bids for bonds, but all of the
bids are for small amounts, except one,
which was for 100000.
Col. w. w. Lumpkin has withdrawn
from the race for United States sena-
tor. This leaves the field clear for
Senator Tillman's reelection.
George w. Householder, who start
ed the first evening paper in Kansas
City, the Kansas City Evening Bulle-
tin, in 1868, died, aged 81 years.
| Abe Attell, champion featherweight,
won a 2O-round battle from frankie
Neil, the bantamweight champion,
before the Pacific Athletic club at Los
Angeles.
Henry Medium, former United
States surveyor general for the dis
trict of Oregon, was sentenced to pay
fine of $3.50 on each of 81 counts and
to serve 60 days in the federal peni-
Tertiary at McNeil's island, Wash, for
conspiracy to defraud the United
States government in connection with
land deals in Oregon.
The war between the Hip Sing Tongs
and the On Leong Tongs broke out
anew in Philadelphia Chinatown and
four men were shot. Three of them are
Chinese and the fourth is Frederick
Poole, who far many years has had
charge of the Christian mission in
| Chinatown.
Count Leo Tolstoi, in the course OF
an interview, said the Russian parlia-
ment interested him very little. When
he took up paper, he said, he usually
skipped the reports of parliamentary
proceedings, but when he did glance
at them they inspired him with the
triple sensation of humor, irritation
and disgust.
Several political prisoners confined
at Kovno by some means obtained
arms and attacked and disarmed the
prison warders and liberated all the
prisoners.
The Thaws were never married in
Europe The only marriage ceremony