River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
The Maharaiah Gaekwar of Baroda.

Mount Vernon, where the prince paid
tribute to the memory of George
Washington.
Costa RIGA has named Ascencion Es-
| Quivel, former president of the repub-
lie, as it's delegate to the Pan-Ameri-
can congress in July.
For the fourth time in her career as
a golfer, Mrs. Charles T. Stout, OF the
Richmond County club, Staten Island,
won the woman's metropolitan golf
championship title.
j. B. Johnson was killed, A. Keeting
fatally injured and several others
slightly injured by dynamite explo-
sion at a railroad camp II miles from
Deridder, La.
In the preliminary events of the in
tercollegiate athletic championship In
the stadium at Harvard, Yale qualified
20 men to IA for Harvard, and IL each
for Pennsylvania and Cornell.
Secretary Taft has instructed Maj.
Gen. Greedy, in command of the Pa
cific division, to make arrangements
to retain the military forces in charge
o. relief work in San Francisco until
July ], if such action be necessary.
The Russian government has in
formed the state department that it
tum to do everything in their power to
secure the Arrest and punishment of
the murderers of Vice Consul Stuart.
The needs of service pension bill
were called to the attention of the
house by Mr.. Campbell (Kan.), who
said that if some service pension bill
were adopted the semi-monthly occur
renee of pension day" would be a
thing of the past.
Prof. Radetzki, principal of the Tula,
Russia, high school, was killed by a
youth of Is years. The crime was the
outgrowth Of attempts to suppress a
Revolutionary propaganda in the
school.
Christiania newspapers suggest that
national mausoleum be erected at
the cathedral in Trondhjem, where Ib-
sens body may rest. 1t is also suggest
ed that the poets funeral day be
marked by movement for the estab-
.
In accordance with a proclamation
of the president opening to settlement
and entry 100000 acres of the Crow
Indian reservation In Montana, the
commissioner Of the general land Of
flee announced that registration of
applicants will be held at Miles City
and Billings, Mont, and at Sheridan,
Wyo., commencing June IA and END
ing June %, 1906. The drawings will
be held at Billings commencing July 2.
The four principal owners In the
failed Teis Smith bank of Pekin, ILL.,,
were indicted under 125 counts each
by the Tazewell county grand jury
The executive board of the Ohio
Mine Workers closed its session at Col
umbus without any definite steps for
restoration of peace in the mining
| regions having been taken.
Lawrence university defeated Ham
lin university in debate at Appleton
on the ship subsidy question. Law
renee upheld the affirmative side of the
proposition.
A committee of Republican members
of the Delaware legislature petitioned
Gov. Lea to call the general assembly
into extraordinary session for the pur-
pose of electing a United States sena.
tor to fill the existing vacancy.
The treasurer of Falls City, Neb.,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy, ad-
mittiRg a $4,000 shortage In city
funds, with which he paid business
debts.
Henry G.: Coll, former cashier of the
First National bank of Milwaukee
serving a ten-years' sentence in the
| federal prison at Fort Leavenworth,
was assigned to work in the identifi-
cation bureau. Frank G. Bigelow
former president of the bank, works
in the same department.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
directed the establishment of a rural
free delivery service in the Island OF
Guam.
Rev. Jacob Schmeister, a widely
known pioneer clergyman, died at
Burlington, Ia, aged 70 years.
kilograms of coincidence from all
family of the late Henrik Ibsen.
William M. Croft, of Philadelphia
| was killed in an automobile accident
at Coignieres, France, on the road be-
tween Rambouillet and Versailles.
Chairman Manson of the Democratic
central committee of Wisconsin, has
sent out his call for the state conven-
ton, to be held in Milwaukee June q,
for the purpose of perfecting the party
organization and formulating a plat
form.
Insurance Commissioner Host, of
Wisconsin, wired from Columbus, Ca,
to friends in Milwaukee a denial of
the charge made by associates of Sec
rotary of State Houser that he (Host)
had accepted a $4,000 policy in the
Northwestern Life Insurance company
as a gift
At the opening session of the forty
eighth annual gathering of the gen.
eral assembly of the United Presby-
terrain church of North America at
Richmond, Ind, DR.. John X. McClur-
kin, of Pittsburg, Pa, was chosen
moderator.
Hon. L. S. Coffin, of Fort Dodge, was
nominated for governor by the Prohi-
bitionists of Iowa in convention at
Des Moines.
An underground Chinese colony. sim
liar to that which once existed in San
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