River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-28

Lieut.. Col. GO9I1alS WOulQ SucCSeu
Mr.. Stevens as chairman of the
isthmian canal commission and en-
gineer in charge of the canal work on
April i.
/ The special committee on poffty OF
the Congregational, United Brethren
and Methodist Protestant churches
adjourned at the Union Park Congre-
gational church, Chicago, after formu-
lating an act of union which, it is be-
lieved, will result in an organic con-
| solidation of the three denominations
under the name THE United
Churches
Peter Rock was overcome by the
heat at Belleville, ILL.,, and will die.
Bluejackets and marines were land
ed from the United States gunboat
Marietta at Trujillo and Ceiba and
probably at Puerto Cortez, Honduras!
in order to protect American interests
in those ports.
The revived project of tunneling
the English channel received its death
blow, at least for long time to come,
by the announcement of the govern
ment's well considered decision
against the enterprise in parliament
Robbers threw Express Messenger
Womack from his car on an Interna-
tional & Northern train near Elkhart,
Tex, and robbed his safe.
Fire completely destroyed building
| No. 1 at the Pensacola navy yard, en-
failing a loss estimated at $175, 900.
The machinery and equipment for the
gunboats Gloucester and Isla de
Luzon were destroyed.
The summer home of Henry Siegel
at Mamaroneck was robbed of seven
valuable paintings, rare bric-a-brac
and silverware, the total value of the
stolen property being over $4,000.
Judge Niles, of the federal court, is
sued temporary injunction restrain
ing the Mississippi railroad commits
sion from enforcing the order estab-
fishing a two-cent passenger rate.
Roumanian peasants and soldiers
had bloody conflicts in several towns.
Brig. Gen. Theodore ]. Whit, y. S..
A., commanding the department of
Missouri, with headquarters at Oma-
ha, died suddenly at hotel in Phila-
delphia.
Prairie fires in Nebraska and South
Dakota caused several deaths and de-
stroyed numerous farmhouses and
barns.
The strike at the plants of the Re-
public Iron and Steel company, and
the Interstate Steel company at East
Chicago, Ind, was settled by the
agreement of the men to accept ten
per cent. increase.
The man named Buttloss, arrested
in Paris with $4,000 in American Sc
curities in his possession, under sus-
picion that he was an accomplice of
the thieves who stole a mail bag con-
taing 100000 on the French line
steamer La Savoie, has made con-
fession duplicating a gang of interna-
tional robbers.
The American bowling congress de-
cided to meet next year in Cincinnati
and elected Garry" Hermann of
that city president.
Eighteen thousand dollars worth of
jewelry was stolen from the home of
Charles Morgan, son of the founder
of the Morgan Steamship lines, in
Orange, N. ].
Ida May Bordenkircher, of Coshoc-
ton, o., who killed her husband dur
ing a quarrel, was found guilty of
manslaugbter.
| Fred Stewart was sentenced to SO
years in the penitentiary for the MUIR
der of James Higgins at Berths, KY.
Ernest Adams of st. Paul, Mimi,
aged "A years, was buried by
the caving in of we'll and nearly
"a hours later was rescued mhurt.
Three armed cracksmen who at
tempted to blow open the safe in the
post office at Morris, ILL.,, were cap
tured after pistol battle.
G. c. Mcclure, st. Cloud (Minn.)
capitalist, was drowned in the surf in
front of his home at San Diego, Cal.
In a fight over game of marbles
Fred Wise, aged II, killed Eddie
Kaiser, aged IS, at Crown Point, Ind.
Wise struck Kaiser with his fist,
breaking his neck.
The first parliament of the Trans
vaal colony convened in Pretoria. A
law to exclude Chinese, Japanese and
other orientals probably will be
enacted.
Charles C. Tweed, son of William
("Boss'') Tweed, of New York, died
at his home in New Haven OF pneu-
monia, aged about Al years.
Charles Skellenger, a janitor of Ma
son City, Ia, has been notified that
he is heir to $4,000 as his share of
the estate of Gen. Butterfield of SYRIA
cuse, N Y, his great-grandfather.
The grand jury at San Francisco re-
turned 65 indictments against Abra-
ham Ruef charging the bribery of
members of the board of supervisors
in connection with overhead trolley
and prize fight permits, S5-cent gas
rate and telephone franchise. Ten in
dictments we're returned against T..
" Halsey for bribery in connection
with the telephone franchise.
A duel with swords, that went six
bouts, was fought at Paris between
Emmanuel Arene, senator from Cor
sica, and Adolphe Brisson a journalist.
Both contestants were wounded in
the arm.
Alonzo L. Hart, of Detroit, Mich,
was fined $4,000 for illegally manufac-
turing oleomargarine.