River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-05

| While James Patterson and his wife,
both nearly 80 years old, were visiting
their daughter at Millersburg, O., the
old man fell down the cellar steps,
breaking his neck. His wife fell over
with heart disease.
Rev. William Alexander, D. D. LII
| D., professor of church history in the
Presbyterian theological seminary, died
at San Anselmo, Cal. He was born in
1881.
DR.. Haugh, of Dayton, o., sentenced
to be electrocuted for killing three peo-
pde, won't die at least until the snow
flies. The supreme court sustained the
motion for leave to file a petition in
error.
President Roosevelt extended to the
civil service employees, mechanics, and
laborers in arsenals, depots and di
vision and department commanders
Offices, under the war department, the
privilege of a half holiday during July,
| August and September, on Saturdays.
Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visibly supply of cotton shows
a total of 3,114, 466 bales against $685.,
OH last week. Of this the total of
American cotton is 1,759,466, against
1,855,01 last week.
Mrs Arthur Harris, Of GAINESVILLE,
won the woman's state golf champion
ship in the closing play of the Wiscon-
sin State Golf association tournament.
mot guilty." was the plea personally
made by Harry X. Thaw when ar
raigned on the charge of having muir
dered Stanford White, before Justice
Cowing in the supreme court at New
York.
Gov. Johnson sent the following tele-
gram to Gov. Pardee, of California:
Citizens of Minneapolis donated 3d.
900 sacks of flour for free distribution
among the needy sufferers of the Cali
fornia disaster. They protest against
sale or delivery of this flour and in
sist on its distribution as intended, and
with them earnestly join in this pro-
test"
Mrs. james Tanner, wife of the COM
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic, died at Helena, Mont, as
the result of an automobile accident.
At GAINESVILLE, Wis, G.. W. Hewitt, of
Oshkosh, won the Wisconsin golf
championship by defeating Hamilton
Vose, of Milwaukee, r. P. Cavanaugh,
of Kenosha, won the consolation prize,
J. P. Baker, of GAINESVILLE, won the
contest for golfers over so years old.
G. III. Carter, of GAINESVILLE, won the
all-day medal play contest.
A bad wind storm struck the central
part of Towner county, North Dakota,
passing near Bisbee and Considine.
Seven buildings were destroyed, and
one man is said to have had his neck
broken in the wreck of his home near
Bisbee.
National prosperity far in advance
of the highest known records is en-
phatically indicated in the crop esti-
mate OF Fl. v. Jones, crop estimator
The winter wheat production of the
United States he gives as 100000, 900
bushels, 60,000,000 bushels over last
year, and the record crop of wiKter
wheat ever produced. Cotton and corn
are Ill exceedingly good condition, and
with a hot July and August may also
break the record but nothing but a
wet harvest can lower the wheat crop,
says the Jones estimate.
Judge Britain R. Webb, for the past
eleven years reporter for the courts of
civil appeals at Dallas, Fort Worth,
Galveston and San Antonio, a lawyer
of note, and the author of several law
books, killed himself at Fort Worth.
At the annual session of Imperial
guild, Ancient Mystic Order of Bag
men of Bagdad, the social inner organ
ization of the United Commercial
| Travellers, at Columbus, o., l.. G..
Pease, of Columbus, o., was elected i'm
perial ruler.
The infantry and cavalry school at
Fort Leavenworth has closed.
Mrs. David Reed, sister of Gems.
George A. and Thomas Custer, who
were killed in the Indian battle Of the
Little Big Horn, in Montana, June %,
1876, died at Monroe, Mich, aged 80
| years.
Miss Eva Booth, commander of the
Salvation Army in the United States,
is seriously i'll at her home in New
York, and all of her public engage
ments have been cancelled.
Mrs. Christina Petsky, 20 years old,
widow, committed suicide on hill at
| Argentine, Kan, by pouring gasoline
on her clothing and setting fire to
| them
Federal Judge Mccormick of Dallas,
Tex, issued an order restraining the
railroad commission from enforcing its
order to reduce fares on the Houston
& Texas Central railroad from three
cents a mile to two and one-half cents.
Attorney General Moody has direct
ed that suits be brought against large
number of railroad companies to re-
cover penalties for violation of the
safety appliance law.
The Terre Haute, Ind, city council
| in the impeachment charges against
Mayor Edward J. Bidaman found the
mayor guilty as charged, and declared
him ousted from dice.