River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-03

The grand jury at Chicago returned
indictments against former Judge Alb
ner Smith, Gustav F. Sorrow, jerome
v. Pierce and F. E. Creelman for al
legged fraudulent acts in connection
with the defunct Bank of America
Pope Plus, X. is reported as highly
approving the activity of women in law
and medicine, but opposing their partic-
ipation in politics.
The art collection of the late Joseph
Jefferson was sold at auction at New
York, total of 1929, 135 being realized.
Mauve's Return of the lock- sold for
$42,500. The painting cost the actor
81, 500.
Two bombs, loaded with gun cotton
were found on a window sill in the
Union passenger station at Denver.
The London Daily Nails st. Peters
burg correspondent says that Fathes
Gapon is living quietly at Kukokols.
Finland.
Mrs. Jane Dowie visited her hus-
band, John Alexander Dowie, in his no.
tel room The call is said to have been
made at the request of the first apos-
tie,' who is said to be at the point of
death.
A tornado which swept through
Bellevue, Tex, destroyed everything in
its path. The entire town is mass OF
ruins, only three buildings standing.
At least IL persons are dead and a
number injured. Stoneberg, village
ir Montague county, was struck by a
tornado and 20 were killed Hamilton
was also devastated by the tornado and
several lives lost.
John A. Cooke, of Chicago, former
clerk of the circuit court, is charged
in bill for accounting with having
retained thousands of dollars belonging
to Cook county.
The prosecution abruptly ended its
case in the trial of Rev. Algernon S.
Crapsey. The defense endeavored to
present the testimony of clergymen as
to whether or not DR.. Crapsey's say
ings constituted heresy, but the court
ruled the testimony out, holding no
man could qualify as an expert in doc
trine.
Edward Dougherty, a prominent
farmer near Washington, Ia, died
from the effects of kick from vi
cious stallion
Edward Holland, an old soldier Tv-
ing at Athens, ILL.,, loaded his coat
pockets with stones and jumped into
his well. He was drowned before he
could be rescued. Holland had been
grieving over the death of his wife.
The crew Of the French fishing
schooner Lannine arrived in Sydney,
N. s., and reported the loss of their
craft off Port Michaud.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
road company has presented to the
Wisconsin state railroad rate commits
sion its reasons for objecting to the
proposed reduction of the maximum
passenger fare from three to two cents
a mile and the commission has taken
the representations under advise
ment.
Miss Anna Helsing, of Omaha, one
of a driving party of four, was sing
ing "Hello, Central, Give Me Heaven
when a freight train crashed into the
carriage. Miss Helsing was killed in
stantly
The Parks anti-cigarette law, passed
by the last session of the Indiana leg
islature, was declared valid by the SUI
preme court The court interpreted
the law as meaning it is not legal to
smoke them and it is not illegal to
bring them into the state.
The residence of John Drummer, of
Spencer county, Indiana, was de-
stroyed by fire and nearly $1,000 in
currency was consumed by the
flames.
Two lynchings in "a hours was The
record in Texas. A mob at Oakwoods
took negro from the officers and
hanged him. The other lynching was
that of Lincoln Porter, also negro, in
Limestone county. Both had attempt
ed to assault white women.
Assistant Attorney General Light
foot, of Texas, has started proceedings
under the antitrust law against Swift
e Co., the Armour Packing company,
the Fort Worth Live Stock exchange
and the Fort Wayne Stock Yards COM
pany, alleging that they are trust
and asking that their charters be for
feited and that they be fined
w. J. White, once peddler, now a
millionaire chewing gum manufacturer.
was sued for divorce by his wife in
Cleveland. White is said to have been
the angel for Anne Held in her the
atrical ventures.
A dispatch from an unimpeachable
source at Sofia says the special mis-
sion of Gen. Petroff to European courts
is to obtain the support of the pow
ers for Bulgarian independence, with
Prince Ferdinand as king.
An American named Kendrick and
wife, accompanied by two guides,
made an ascent of Point d'Orny. AS
they began to descend they suddenly
slid downward at an alarming speed.
They had started an avalanche.
A serious outbreak of the plague has
occurred at Jammu, in Kashmir, north
ern India. Many members of the pal
ace household and the imperial serV-
ice troops have been victims. In the
last week 2S5 deaths have been re-
ported.
Still suffering from bullet wound
which, it is charged, was seif-inhicted,
after she had slain her sweetheart, VIII
liam Neimann, in hotel, Miss Lucille