River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-09-27
James A Burmen the iron manu-

lines Oh an increase III pay, ldn6ilA6
from $3.50 to $3.50 month.
1t is reported that the United States
Gunboat Helena has been lost off the
Chinese coast.
Oscar Napier, aged eight years, was
found guilty of the murder of play
mate at Abba, Ia. The Iowa juvenile
does not cover murder cases, and the
boy will be sentenced just the same
as if he were of more mature age.
Frank Lunel, Hungarian, was
killed, another Hungarian was fatally
injured, and three other men We're
seriously burned by the explosion OF
boiler in the plant of the Burt Port
land Cement company at Bellevue,
Mich.
The 20-round fight for the welter-
weight championship scheduled to
take place in grove at Leavenworth,
Kan, between Joe Wolcott, the negro
champion, and Billy Rhodes, was pre-
vented by the police.
Seven deaths, the injuring of
scores of other persons and 100000
damage to property were caused at
Jellico, Tenn, when a carload OF dyna-
mite standing on track near the
Southern depot exploded with report
that was heard for 20 miles.
The Illinois conference OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church adopted, res
olution memorializing other confer
ences to change the ratio of repre-
sentation to the general conference
from IA to %, as it now stands, to 25
and IS.
Despondent over the loss of prestige
and rank, Acting Drum Major Thomas
M. Doherty, Fourth United States in
fantry, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head at Fort Thomas.
The grand jury of Lee county, Vir-
ginia, returned indictments against
Kentucky officials who captured Frank
Ball at Rose Hill, Va, on August 8
after a battle in which John Lee, a
member of Balls gang was shot and
killed. They are charged with the
murder of Lee.
Bernhard Dernburg, the new colonial
minister. will visit the German col
onies in the search for information i'm
mediately after the opening of parlia-
ment in October. His tour is expect
ed to occupy more than year.
American Ambassador Meyer re-
turned to st. Petersburg from a
months leave of absence, which he
spent taking the cure in Germany.
George S. Budd, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of the employed officers association of
the Y. M. G. A. of North America and
secretary of the Ohio executive com
mittee, died in hospital at Columbus,
o., following an operation.
Buffalo Bills midwest show closed
four years tour of Europe with a
performance at Brussels. Col. Cody
will sail from Antwerp to, commence
the last American tour of the show be-
fore the retirement of Col Cody.
Secretary of State Elihu Root was
the guest of the panama national as
sembly, before which he delivered a
speech, which won for him the high
regard of all who heard it.
The first field court-martial was
held at Odessa, and terrorist Jew
named Tarle was sentenced to death
and executed for the killing of a po-
liceman.
The jury in the Smith case at Cape
Girardeau, Mo-, returned verdict of
guilty against Charles M. Smith and
Charles NJ. Smith, Jr., and the five
tenants of their farms on the eleventh
count in the peonage case.
Delegates from the international
geological congress in Mexico City,
reached Ell Paso, Tex, on an excursion
to the Bisbee, Clifton and Morenci
mining community in Arizona They
were entertained by officials and citi-
Zens of Jaurez, Mex.
The government has informed the
leaders of the Jewish community that
in the event of bomb throwing all the
Jews in Siedlce will be massacred.
The situation in Morocco is becom-
ing daily more menacing European
properties at Tablet, Riff, Mogador,
Casa Blanca and even Tangier are
threatened
After celebrating for an hour and
ten minutes the jury at Warsaw, N. Y,
III TIC vases VI IOIul0I OupSINlSOTS
William B. Jackson ana Byron d. Glib
son, of Erie county, rendered verdict
of guilty of the charge of bribery.
In the familiar guise of prospective
purchasers from the country, two de-
tectives met by appointment and ar
rested two alleged green goods" men
at a house in West SiXty-fifth street,
New York
Jockey Bertrand Freishon was in
stantly killed and Jockey c. Ross sus-
tanned a fracture of the skull as re-
suit of an accident in the fifth race at
Gravesend.
Robert r. Hit, the veteran Illinois
congressman, died at his summer
home in Narragansett Pier, r. L.
Heart trouble was the immediate
cause of death. Mr.. Hit represented
the thirteenth Illinois district in the
House of Representatives and had
been in Congress continually since
1882.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey was NOM
mated for governor of Colorado at a
convention of Independents made up
of Republicans, Democrats and others,
held in Denver.
President Roosevelt issues from
Oyster Bay an order extending the
eight-hour law to apply to all public
work under the supervision of any de-