River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-09-20
Philip B. Stewart, of Colorado

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of Colorado by the Republicans.
Thirty Bulgarians are reported to
have been killed at Ismailova in a con-
| fiict with Greeks and armed Turkish
| peasants.
Lieut. Gen. Corbin declares the
present system of athletic exercises
| promotes the performance of cham
| pionship feats by few, but does not
aid in building up the organization as
| a whole.
Publis Printer Stillings sustained
| the action of Acting Foreman Ashton,
who suspended A. J. Tanner, book
binder, on the charge of insubordina-
ton and fixed the suspension period
at 80 days.
| The Corinthian socker football team
of England, which has been touring
the United States, lost it's final game
in this country when it was defeated
by the Fall River (Mass.) team 8 to 0.
Ben Jordan and Carl Brown, both
under 20 years of age, confessed that
they derailed a st. Louis & San Fran
cisco fast passenger train near Ko-
soma, I. T., July 20, when the fireman
was killed and the engineer badly
| hurt.
saltwater Bill Gates, the Alaska
miner, who has gained national fame
as a spendthrift, filed a petition to be
declared a bankrupt in the federal
court at Seattle.
William j. Bryan has accepted an
! invitation to speak in Memphis the
morning of September 25.
Earth tremors continue in various
| localities in the interior of Ecuador.
There were three heavy shocks at
Latacunga, capital of the province of
sLeon.
Four stowaways on the stranded
transport Sheridan attempted to swim
ashore. One was drowned, but the
other three succeeded in landing.
Steve Adams was spirited away
from the penitentiary at Boise, Idaho,
and taken to Wallace, where charge
Of murder has been made against him!
Samuel Kingston and Seldom Moran.
| both of Frankfort, and Leonard Shade
of Monkton, ont, injured in the rail-
way collision near Sudbury died,
| making the total deaths Is.
| Lieut.. Gen. Henry G. Corbin has
recommended to the war department
the retention of the grade of lieuten-
ant general and bestowal of this grade
| upon all corps commanders.
Further earthquake shocks have
| been experienced between the prov
inces of Santiago and Maule. They
are attributed to the CHILEAN volcano,
| which is in full eruption.
| State Senator Franklin Pierce Mays,
ex-Representative Willard L. Jones
and George Sorenson stand convicted
in the Blue mountain land fraud case
at Portland. Ore.
Fire destroyed the entire business
district of Tfburon, Cal Only the ut
most efforts of members Of the Twen-
ty-second United States infantry and
the state fire tug saved the residence
| portion Two hundred people are
homeless.
The reply of William J. Bryan to
the statement of Roger Sullivan, of
Chicago, was given out at Lincoln,
Neb. Mr. Bryan said that he would
Sullivan to one of personal contrO-
versy
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, widow of the
| administrator of the Fair estates, 10
| undecided whether or not to contest
her husbands will, according to
| statement made by James W. Gerard,
Mrs. Oelrichs' attorney.
Entering the southland for the first
time in two years, William Jennings
Bryan received a welcome at Louis
Vile, KY, which in warmth and spon-
taneity has not been surpassed by any
of the greetings given him since his
return from his tour of the world.
Quarantine officers refused landing
at San Francisco to 48 persons on the
steamer Siberia, which just arrived
from the orient, who had unmistakable
evidence of trachoma Of these II
were Japanese and Is Hindus.
The schoolhouse at Three Lakes,
Mich, was struck by lightning and
completely wrecked. School was in
session, but none of the pupils was
killed. Several were made uncon-
scious.
A certificate of incorporation of the
Commercial Gable compay of Cuba
was filed with the secretary of state
of New York. 1t is organized to OPP
crate Geographic communication be-
tween New York and Havana by way
of Florida and Key West.
IF Speaker Cannon depends on
Gompers to knock him out, he can re-
main in public life as long as hes
likes. This was the comment of
United States Senator Albert ]. Hop
kins, of Illinois.
Mayor Lannon received a telegram
from w. ]. Bryan accepting an invita-
ton to speak at Little Rock, Ark, on
his southern trip. Mr.. Bryan will
reach Little Rock Wednesday after
noon, September 26.
The grand jury at Pittsburg re-
turned true bills against Augustus
Hartie, John 8. Welshons and Clifford
Hooe, charging them with conspiracy
to defame the character of Mrs. Mary
Scott Hartje.
President Roosevelt has completed
the first draft of his next annual mes
sage to congress. 1t is his intention to
put the finishing touches on this docu-
ment before he takes his trip to Pana-
ma in Noyemher