River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-08-01
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the murder of former Gov. Frank
Steunenberg, for which he has been on
trial since May last. The jury was
out Il hours, standing for long time
ten for acquittal and two for convic
tlOn. Gov. Gooding, Of Idaho, said the
cases against Meyer and Pettibone
would not be dropped.
A socialist parade was broken UP
by policemen at Hancock Mich, be
cause many of the marchers carried
red flags, in defiance of recently en-
acted city ordinance.
A heavy rain choked up the Branch
street sewer and the huge drainage
artery burst in North st. Louis, flood
ing an area occupied by six city
blocks.
Flames swept over seven blocks OF
Coney Islands amusement section, de-
stroying many buildings. The loss
was about $1,000,000.
United States Senator E. W. Pettus,
of Alabama, died of apoplexy at Hot
Springs, N. c., aged sc years. His
successor will be former Gov. Joseph
F. Johnston, of Birmingham.
Fred H. Magill and bride, accused
Of killing Magill's first wife, were
brought from California and lodged in
the jail at Clinton, ILL.,
Mrs. Lucinda M. Morton, widow of
Oliver p. Morton, Indiana's war gov
ernor. died at her home in Indianapo-
Che ruac yaapc old
In the early morning fire at Mem
phis, Tenn, originating on the elev-
enth floor of the Memphis Cold Stor-
age company's building, which was in
the course of erection, one fireman
lost His life and 100000 damage was
done.
The Glass jury in San Francisco was
unable to reach an agreement and was
discharged.
Fourteen persons were killed and
many injured by an explosion and fire
that destroyed a tenement house in
New York.
With fire burning in her hold, the
Hamilton, one of the crack steamers
of the Old Dominion line, raced up the
bay at New York, while two fireboats,
ready for action, kept abreast of her.
The passengers were ignorant of their
danger
The principal school building at
Haskell institute, the United States
Indian industrial school located just
south of Lawrence, Kan, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is $4,000
Jas. E. Reed (colored), was lynched
at Crisfield, Md. Little more than
dozen hours before he had crept up
behind John II. Daugherty, a police
man, and fired bullet into the latter's
brain. Daugherty died instantly
n. G. Brewer, of Cleveland, o., and
his wife were killed when their auto
mobile was struck by a trolley car.
]. J. McAlester, president of the
American National bank of South Nc
Alester. |. T., was swindled into pay
ing $4,000 cash for a worthless brick
offered by man representing him
self to be a miner.
Dr. Antony Varicle, inventor, scien-
fist, ballOonist and explorer, died at
Seattle, Wash, after an illness lasting
several weeks. Dr. Varicle invented
the telegraph instrument which trans
mits handwriting and drawings.
After an extremely hot summer in
1906, the results of the scientific
glacier measurements confirm the the
DRY that the Swiss Alpine glaciers
everywhere are perceptibly diminish
ing.
The Russian police unearthed a plot
that had for its object the assassina-
ton of the minister of war, Gen Roed-
iger. Several members of the mill
tary organization of the social revolu-
tionists have been taken into Gus
tody.
All the clerks in the office of the
master mechanic of the Rock Island
at Goodland Kan, have been dis
charged for refusing to don overalls
and clean and dress cars during the
one day strike of the carmen.
Waldo d. Parker, master of mathe-
matics and Latin in the HoIderness
School for Boys at Plymouth, N. H.,
has been appointed private tutor to
President Roosevelt's youngest sou,
Quentin.
The story told by Avanza Amedea
and Guiborzi Olindo, Italians, who
said they had been held in slavery
for % months on a Mississippi planta-
ton and had just escaped, caused
United States District Attorney Blod-
gett at st. Louis to institute an in
vestigation into the alleged peonage.
Three young women, of Helena,
Mont, the Misses Bertha and Fred
rika Volker and Miss Kenton Kepner,
have been appraised that after three
years litigation in German courts
they have been recognized as the heir
esses to the estate of their grand
father, valued at S40,00O,OOO.
A food of printed and illustrated
postal cards is reaching President
Roosevelt daily urging him to become
a candidate for third term.
George B. Ross, a well-known hotel
man of Chicago. committed suicide
by shooting in room in the Chicago
Athletic club.
Recent murders and depredations
committed by the gypsies may cause
Hungary to take drastic steps against
the $4,000 nomads in the country.
Less than 20 per cent of persons
who filed claims in the recent Huntley
(Mont.) land drawing have registered
their claims.