River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-09-27
The Bates National bank of Butler,


Mo-, was closed by the directors for
the purpose of going into liquidation.
The last statement showed deposits
of $105,00 and loans of 100000. W.
]. Butler was appointed receiver.
Gen John Ludwig, member of the
state capitol commission, mayor OF
Winona, Mimi, for several years and
of the staff of Gov John Lind, is dead.
The state convention of the Prohi-
bition party of Connecticut at West
Haven nominated Matthew A. O'Brien
of Bridgeport for governor. The plat,
form advocates the election of United
States senators by the people and
municipal ownership.
One thousand Democrats of Harris
county, Tex, have formed the nucleus
of an anti-Bailey movement and have
ordered printed and distributed $780,
600 copies of a circular, entitled "The
Shame of Texas" attacking Bailey
and urging all the counties of the
state to organize to prevent Baileys
return to the United States senate.
Oberlin M. Carter, former army Of
eminent for money he is supposed to
have embezzled, actually saved it
more than $1,000,000 on contracting
work at Savannah, Ga, Judge Kohl
saat was told at the trial at Chicago.
The Republican state convention of
Utah overwhelmingly defeated a reso-
luton placing the party on record
he ioi, ~ h;nI, 0H3
GERS of the Mormon church in politics
and against Senator Reed Smoot.
Five claimants have filed claims in
the Clayton circuit court at ST. Louis,
Mo-, for the $4,000 prize offered by
the Would's Fair Contest company
for the correct estimate of the total
paid attendance at the worlds fair.
Sir Thomas Upton has sailed for
America. He will spend some time in
the United States, and will make a
tour OF the country, visiting Chicago.
George Siler, who refereed the ia
nous Gans-Nelson fight at Goldfield,
has started $4,000 suit against Bat
Ting Nelson and his manager, Billy
Nolan, for defamation of character
Nut and Bolt association it was de-
cided to advance the price of nuts,
bolts, ETC., on an average of FIVE per
cent
William Snyder, aged 10, member
of the football squad of the Western
university of Pennsylvania, is prob
ably the first victim of the season of
oofi ai1 OF INF
Lake he had two ribs broken and
received what are believed to be fatal
internal injuries.
George p Earring, of Milwaukee,
son of A. J. Earling, president of the
Milwaukee road, was released of all
responsibility at the coroner's inquest
over the death of George Overland,
who died as the result of being struck
by Mr.. Earrings automobile.
Tom McCarey, of Los Angeles, has
offered a $4,000 purse for Jack
O'Brien and Tommy Burns for the
January date.
Within a few days laws of religious
freedom, removing practically every
restriction and disability under which
the unorthodox Russians have Ia
bored, will be promulgated. This is
the second point in the Stolypin pro-
gramme The first, including meas
ures for the distribution of land, al
ready has been published.
Gov. Terrell issued an order calling
out the militia of Atlanta, Ga. to
protect from a mob negro who is
alleged to have committed criminal
assault upon Mrs. John A. Kimball, 3
farmers wife, living in Oakland. a
suburb of Atlanta.
Without friends or physicians at his
bedside, Rev Robert jenkins Nevin,
rector of st. Pauls Protestant Episco-
pal church, in Rome, died in the
City of Mexico of a complication of
diseases.
Butler Stiles, the negro convict who
killed Guard w. H. Moorehead in an
attempt to escape from the peniten-
tiary December 81, 1905, was electro
cuted in the prison annex at Column
bus, o. The first shock was admins
tetred at 12:02 o'clock, and Stiles was
pronounced dead at 1907. He met
death calmly.
Interest upon United States gov
eminent bonds is taxable, whether
those bonds are owned by an individ-
ual or corporation, and whether the
interest is held in the form of draft,
check or money, according to deci-
sion reached by the United States SUI
preme court in a case at San Fran
cisco involving the interest of $751;
100000 worth of bonds.
Mark Twain in prayer for success
of Carnegie and simple spelling plead
ed for abolition of 'phthisic," and
"pterodactyl," and their kin, at New
York
Extradition warrant was signed by
governor of New York permitting re-
moval of Stensland to Illinois; similar
warrant asked in New Jersey.
Gen. Nicolaieff, enormously thought
member of field court martial, assassi-
mated at Warsaw more warnings to
Jews; failure of car to attend Ire
poff's funeral cause of unfavorable
comment.
The late Francis G. Welton, of Cam
bridge, ILL.,, who was clerk of Henry
county, was more than $4,000, and
possibly $4,000 short in his accounts,
say members of the vigilance associa-
ton which is investigating the rec
ordS