River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
BRIEF REVIEW Of
A WEEKS EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST IMPoR.
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
Information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal of the
Busy Man.

DcIE anu even IIc pal " iCouCAo -
sea as to the prospects for legislation
The financial situation engaged the
attention of all to the exclusion OF
other topics.
DR.. Artemis O. Wotring, aged AZ
years, was instantly killed and several
others were injured by the explosion
Of a gas plant at his home in Ogden
Center, Mich.
Charles L. Ferguson, Jr., was
drowned in a bath tub at his home IN
Ossining, n. Y. The coroner decided
that Ferguson had tainted and his
head slipped below the water.
Congressman George w. Smith died
suddenly of typho-malaria at his home
in Murphysboro, I'll. He was serving
his twentieth year in congress.
Secretary Taft visited the kremlin
in Moscow and was given banquet
by the American colony in that city.
Capt Frank E. Bent, company |,
Twentieth Wisconsin National Guard,
Of Marinette, was instantly killed IN
an automobile accident near Escanaba,
Mich, and four others were injured.
Between so and 60 miners were en-.
tombed in the Naomi mine of the
United Mine Coal company at Fayette
City, Pa, as the result of an explosion
Of black damp. 1t was thought many
were killed
Melvin Powell, aged II, shot and in,
stantly killed his sweetheart, Lillian
Humphreys, aged 16, near Hopkins
vile, KY
George Bea, of Brownsville, Pa,
was waylaid and murdered on his we'd
ding night, presumably by rejected
suitors of the bride.
With 100000 pounds OF ammunl-
ton slowed away in her magazine
rooms and with nearly 1000 men and
officers aboard, the 10000 ton battle
ship Louisiana sailed from the Brook
Ign navy yard for Hampton roads, the
rendezvous of the Pacific-bound At
lantic fleet
best known attorneys in western Ken
lucky, died at his home in Hopkins
vile at the age of II years.
If the amount lost by fire, burglary
etc, is added to the ordinary excess
of expenditures over receipts the
gross deficit in the postal service dur
ing 1907 will aggregate $6,692, 031.47,
according to Third Assistant Post
master General A. l.. Lawshe.
Secretary Metcalf recommends that
congress appropriate $69, 100000 for
new warships.
II was reported that H. Gassaway
Davis, multimillionaire and Demo
cratic candidate for vice president in
the last campaign, would wed Miss
Mabel Ashford. a poor girl.
The Royal Swedish Yacht club de
cided to drop the challenge for the
Americas cup.
George Edalii, wrongfully convicted
in England of manning cattle, has
been restored to all his rights through
the efforts of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Mrs Lucy Hagenow, midwife, OF
Chicago, was given 20 years in the
penitentiary for causing the death of
Mrs Anna Horavitch.
Two persons were killed and eight
badly hurt by the falling of an ele-
Yator in a clothing house in Chicago.
Discouraged by long illness. Mrs.
Sadie Anderson of Chicago burned her
self to death. Her husband made
heroic but unsuccessful efforts to save
her life, putting out the fire with his
hands and burning them to the bone
AS the result of a suicide pact, five
young women of Bristol, Va, made
unsuccessful attempts to kill them.
selves with bichloride of mercury.
David Ranken, Jr capitalist and
philanthropist, decided to the David
Ranken, Jr., School of Mechnical
Trades in ST. Louis titles to real es
tate and railroad stock valued at more
than S2,OOO,OOO
A woman on horseback held up -four
New Workers in an automobile neal
Torrington, Conn, and took away theil
money
Charles S. Harpel, aged 20 years, 8
pioneer resident of Chicago, died
while planning to celebrate his golden
wedding.
DIR. George F. Shrady of New York
a noted physician and surgeon, is
dead.
State Senator ]. A. Henson of De
catur and Representative David E
Sanahan of Chicago had fist fight OF
the floor of the Illinois senate.
The New York school board adopted
a resolution placing itself on record a!
not opposed to the traditional celebra
ton of Christmas in the schools.
Being hampered by a lack of read.
funds with which to continue its bust
ness, the American Silk company
which has a capital stock of S11, 600
900 and operates mills in severa
cities. was placed in the hands of re
ceivers by Judge Ward of the Unite'
States circuit court at New York.
During the open season in north
ern Wisconsin and Michigan 81 hunt
ers were killed and at least 8
wounded
Cornelia B. Loveridge of Buffal
committed suicide by jumping into tn
Niagara river from Green Island, an,
going over the falls.
Secretary Cortelyou closed the sui
Scriptions to- the certificates of in
debtedness.
Eleven Pittsburg men, stakeholder
in the Beaver Valley Brewing com
pany, which owns a 100000 plant a
Rochester, Pa, entered suit for re
caiyer