River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-05

for the isthmu5.
The fifteenth annual meeting of the
northern Illinois branch Of the Young
Peoples Christian union of the United
Brethren church closed its session at
Astoria The subject of discussion OF
the convention was missions.
A London art dealer has bought for
81 100000 the celebrated Hainauer col
lection at Berlin Of German and Italian
art formed under the direction of DR..
Bode, of the Berlin museum.
The $4,000 art collection of the late
Harriet Lane Johnston, niece of Pres
ident Buchanan, and mistress OF the
White House during his administra-
ton, will be preserved intact at the
Smithsonian institution.
Four persons, two Of them a bride
and bridegroom of day, were killed
on the Philadelphia e Reading rail-
road at Gwynedd, Pa, by an excursion
train which ran down their carriage at
the station.
William Jennings Bryan was strong
ly Endorsed as the standard bearer of
the national wing of the Democratic
party in the campaign of 1908 by the
Wisconsin Democratic convention at
Milwaukee.
Testimony on oil freight rates af-
fecting, seven southern states was
taken at New Orleans by the interstate
commerce commission. All the wit
nesses were Independent oil dealers.
Frank S. Galley, son of Mrs. Samuel
Galley, widow of millionaire oil oper-
ator, was arrested at Pittsburg charged
with an attempt to rob the residence
of James B. Laughlin, president of the
Jones & Laughlin Steel company.
The supervising architect of the
treasury has completed the plans for
the Jamestown monument, marking
the place of the landing of the Eng
lish. The monument is to be an exact
miniature of the Washington monu-
ment. 1t will be 100 feet high.
The Cuban senate passed the houses
Van Horne railroad subsidy bill, ap
propriating $4,000 per kilometer for
the construction of IL branch railroad
lines which will be feeders for the Van
Horne system.
Panic-stricken by report that their
children were to be secretly murdered
by city physicians, thousands of moth
ers On the lower East Side, New York,
stormed a dozen school buildings,
snatching their offspring from beneath
the teachers eyes and creating scenes
of riot and disorder seldom edualed
even il that locality where riots are
common.
Gen. GrosvenOr, chairman of the
house committee on mercahnt marine
and fisheries, said the so-called ship
subsidy bill will be reported to the
house at the next session and he had
no doubt of it's passage at that session.
The labor troubles which have re-
tarded building operations at st. Louis
for the last three months and resulted
in 5000 men being out of work, were
declared over by the building trades
council
Mrs. Harriet S. Huntington, mother
of Henry Huntington, Willard V.
Huntington and Mrs. E. Holiday, died
several weeks, aged Sc years. Her
home for many years was in Oneonta,
N. Y.
At a meeting of the Historical soci-
ETY. of the Kentucky Baptist associa-
ton at Richmond, DR.. A. Gattliff, of
Williamsport, KY, gave to the Baptist
Educational society 1900 acres of coal
land in Whitley county worth $780,
900.
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concession to Jewish feeling. Courts
hitherto always have been held on
Fridays, precluding the presentation
of Jews. BY the kings command the
third court of the season has been
fixed for Thursday.
There were 26,420 printing and pub
fishing establishments in 1904, an in
crease of Is per cent. over 1900. Tho
capital invested in 1904 was $3S4,O21.-
$50; increase of 81 per cent. Total
value of products, $496,087, 100; in
crease of 43 per cent.
At a meeting of the trustees Of
Oberlin college at Cleveland it was an
nounced that all but $4,000 of the $780,
900 additional endowment and equip
ment fund has been raised.
The United Mine Workers associa-
ton of Illinois assessed fines of ten
dollars each against 400 miners en-
ployed near Collinsville. When the
mines resumed work the men refused
to report because two mule drivers had
been discharged.
Mrs Elizabeth Dunbar is dead in
the county infirmary at Grand Haven,
Mich, aged 108. She was born in An
trim county, Ireland, and when 10
years of age witnessed the battle of
Ballynahinch in County Down, Ire
land.
A memorial presenting charges of
oppression in office, and malfeasance,
with general denial of justice against
Charles Parlange, district judge of the
eastern district OF the United States
court of Louisiana, has been received
by Speaker Cannon.
Evidence was produced in the fed
eral court at Dallas, Tex, alleging
that the interstate commerce commits
sion had accepted a through rate be-
tween two points that was higher than
the local rates and therefore liable to
manipulation.
Through the Japanese embassy the
Red Cross has received another con-
tribution of $4,000 for the relief of the
San Francisco earthquake and fire