River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-15

Maj. Gen. William r. Shafter, U.
s. A., retired, is seriously i'll with
pneumonia at his ranch IA miles south
of Bakersfield, Cal.
The secretary of the navy will ask
congress at the next session for more
money to clothe the blue jackets than
1 they are now allowed.
The New Foundland government
has dispatched a lawyer to Bay of
Islands to direct the prosecution Of
colonial fishermen who have shipped
aboard American vessels.
The feeling of insecurity through
out Cuba is shown by numerous ap-
plications by proprietors Of sugar
plantations for details of American
troops to guard the sugar mills DUR
ing the approaching cutting season.
Indictments We're returned by the
federal grand jury in Pittsburg, Pa,
against J.. Jay Dunn, Charles I. Close
and Frank T. Emmett, officials and
employees Of the Shelby Steel Tube
4 company, charging them with con-
spiracy to defraud the government in
connection with the boiler tubes fur
nished for number of battleships.
The town of Warrentown, capital of
Warren county, Ca, was the scene Of
a destructive fire, the loss amounting
to more than 100000.
Direct evidence of Standard Oil con-
troll of the Waters-Pierce Oil company
to fix the prices and crush competi-
ton in Missouri was given at st.
Louis by Charles r. Ackert, general
manager of the Waters-Pierce COM
pany.
In dramatic manner the murder
| trial Of William Crockett, white man
1 charged with the murder of Lum Hen
derson, negro, came to an end at
Dothan, Ala, when Judge Henry
Pearce dismissed the jury, declaring
/ Crockett was acquitted because he
was white man.
George M. Nolan, mayor of Jackson
vile, Fla, died after long illness.
aged 72 years. He served throughout
the civil war in the armies of the con-
| federacy
The Haskell Indians of Lawrence,
Kan, We're defeated by the football
team of the University of Texas, at
Austin, by a score of % to 0.
i Negro 1aborers on southbound
Milwaukee train near Huron, S. D.,
1 quarreled over a game of cards. Rev.
John Phelan, Catholic priest of Sib-
/ ley, Ia, tried to quiet the trouble when
one of the negroes drew a revolver
and fired, one shot taking effect in the
right side of the priests head.
Giovanni Bruno, a Sicilian, believed
| to be one of the most dangerous and
daring Italian anarchists, was arrest
ed at Keen, Col He will be returned
! to Sicily.
Il want to see how they are going
to dig that ditch: how they are going
to build that lock; how they are going
to get through that cut. It's business
| trip. / want to be able to tell people
| through this congress as much as /
can about that canal" That is what
President Roosevelt said just as he
sailed for Panama.
i The United States circuit courtsof
appeals at ST. Paul handed down
decision upholding the validity of con-
tracts for the purchase and sale of
grain for future delivery, as it is prac-
ticed by the Chicago Board of Trade
and the Merchants Exchange of st.
Louis.
i Indictments in IL cases were hand
ed to Judge Lochren in the United
States district court at Minneapolis,
covering the giving Of rebates by GER
tain railroads and the receiving of
the same by grain firms and individu-
ais
A message from Claremont, Cal,
announced the death there of Lasalle
| A. Maynard, of Oneonta, N. Y, associ-
/ ate editor of Leslie's Weekly and a
| prominent figure at Lake Mohonk
peace conferences.
/ Orders have been received at the
headquarters of the. department of the
| Missouri to dispatch a pack train of
about so animals from Fort Riley to
| Cuba, via Newport News.
Mrs. Henry Williams, about so years
old, was found murdered in her home
near Stafford Springs, Col. Robbery
apparently was the motive and the
murderer is believed to be a tramp.
With scores of children nearby, an
Italian was stabbed IL times in the
back and his watch and $3.50 in bills
were taken from him opposite public
school No. 8 at Mosholtu Parkway and
briggs avenue, Bronx. New York.
Jet Hicks, negro, was lynched at
Sale City, Ga, for the murder of John
| Akridge.
Edwin Stone, of Brooklyn, who died
in Saratoga, left half of his estate,
valued at 100000 to various educa-
tional and charitable institutions.
E. H. Hartman. at meeting of the
Illinois Central board in New York
ousted and Inundated President
Stuyyesant Fish and had J. T. Hara-
han elected as his successor. Court
proceedings to invalidate the action
are threatened.
The executive committee of the new
Louisville Jockey club, after a confer
ence at the Latonia race course, de-
cided to rule Steve L'Hommedieu, the
well-known bookmaker, off the turf
for life.
John F. Stevens, chief engineer of
the Panama canal, granted day off
to the British canal and railroad en-
i ployes throughout the zone for the