River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-30
R. 9. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review Of

that are OF necessity quiet at this sea-
son contributing to the general conf
dence by reports Of large orders in
sight
The Ketowah society of Cherokee
full-bloods, has adjourned with de-
cision to let the politics of the white
men alone.
| w. r. Crosby, leading with score
Of 81 targets, carried off the honors
of the Western Handicap, the feature
| and final event of the tournament of
the Interstate Trapshooters' associa-
ton at Denver.
| King Alfonso formally signifed his
| approval of the attitude of the minis.
try on the religious question. The
minister of justice is now considering
the abolition of religious oaths before
the courts
In order to aid the Livonian nobility
who suffered heavy losses by the re-
cent disturbances, Emperor Nicholas
has authorized them to raise mort
| cages on six estates in the Wenden
district left him by. Emperors Paul
and Alexander ].
The Ohio Free Baptist association,
| holding it's annual convention at Nor
raj, with ministers and laymen from
every church in the state, recon-
mended the union of the Baptist and
Free Baptist denominations.
Three thousand of the admiring fell
low townsmen of Gen. r. B. Brown
met in Zaresville, o., to celebrate his
election as commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic
w. S. George, of Columbus, o.,
pitching for the Lacrosse club in the
Wisconsin state league, was pur-
chased by the Boston Americans for
$4,000 to report September Is.
The steamer Francis III. Leggett ar
rived at San Francisco from Astoria
having in tow the largest log raft
| that has ever come into that harbor.
1t consists of 100000 feet of lum-
| Der.
| An explosion of gas occurred in No.
| 9 colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkes
barre Coal company at Sugar Notch
was killed. His son William was
| fatally injured.
1t is believed that the imperial gov
eminent has decided to forego the
repayment of $150,000,000 of war ex-
penses which the Transvaal and
Orange river colonies undertook to
make.
Bud Miller, aged IS years, a pioneer
tailor of Fairbanks, Ia, was drowned
in Wapsie river in The presence OF his
| wife, who was almost drowned in her
effort to save him.
Edward Mcmahon, the first city
comptroller of Superior, Wis, died,
aged IA years. Mr.. McMahon was a
retired banker.
A large forest fire is spreading rap
| lily around Toulon, France. Troops
| and blue Jackets are strenuously fight
| ing the fire. Three soldiers were
surrounded by flames and burned to
| death
The national convention of Sons of
| Veterans closed their sessions at Pc
oria, ILL.,, with the selection of Day
ton, o., as the next meeting place.
Edward M. Amies, of Altoona, Pa,
A seat on the New York stock ex-
change was sold for $4,000. This is
the record price.
Maud Kyler, IA years old, died at
Taylorville, ILL.,, of a revolver wound
inflicted by her mother, who mistook
her daughter for man who had been
annoying the family, and shot the
girl at two o'clock a. m.
After q prolonged deadlock at four
previous conventions, the Republicans
of the Thirty-seventh Iowa district
nominated Charles F. Peterson, of
Clarion. for state senator
Democrats of the Sixth Nebraska
district nominated G. L. Shumway, OF
SCOTS Bluff county, for congress.
The First National bank of Birming-
ham, Ala entered suit against P. G.
Smith, and the Odell Stock & Grain
company to recover $4S,203 of the
banks money, said to have been lost
| by the bank teller.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, aged 50
years, of New York, died at her sum-
mer home near Little Falls, N. Y. Her
son is the husband of Corinne Roose-
Welt, sister to the president.
| Republicans of the Thirteenth Ohio
congressional district in convention
renominated Grant E. Mouser, Of
Marion.
Montana Socialists nominated H. L..
Murray, of Butte, for assistant justice
of the supreme court and John Hud-
son, of Carbon county, for representa-
tive in congress.
There have been great number of
arrests at Riga of leading revolution
lists. including the whole of the social
revolutionary committee and members
of militant organizations.
Secretary Root, who is on his way
to the Straits of Magellan, probably
will not be heard from again until he
reaches Punta Arenas, the only stop
he is to make in the straits.
For so days prior to August 4 the
department of commerce and labor
had assessed in fines on steamship
companies $500 for bringing into
this country diseased aliens. Since
the 4th the aggregate of fines for the
same offenses has been proportionate-
ly as large as during the previous go
days.
1t is reported that the steamer Es-
peranza which sailed for Cuba from
| New York carried in her hold com