River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

President Roosevelt approved Ad-
miral Davis entire action in connec-
ton with his visit to Kingston, ia
maica. to render aid to the stricken
city. and in addition requested the
secretary Of the navy to express to
Admiral Davis his heartiest COM
mendation on all that he did.
In an address delivered before the
National Geographic society, Senator
Perkins, of California, declared a con-
fict between the United States and
Japan was inevitable.
Edward P Nipple, a brother OF the
late F. A. Nipple, who ended his life
after the wreck of the Real Estate
Trust company, of which he was
president, committed suicide at his
home in Philadelphia with revolver.
The Nebraska senate killed the anti
Christian Science bill. The bill made
it necessary for Christian Science
practitioners to secure a physicians
license.
Eight buildings in the center of the
business district of Harrisburg, Pa,
were either destroyed or badly dam
aged by fire, involving loss esti-
mated at $250,000.
The six-story building of the Troy
Waste Manufacturing company, of
Troy, N. Y, was burned, the loss be-
ing 100000.
Mrs Russell Sage gave $1,OO0,0O0 to
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute at
Troy, N. Y.
Capt. Arthur Jackman, well-known
Arctic navigator died at St. John, N.
F., aged Ga. He was in command of
the ship which carried Commander
Robert E. Peary to Greenland in the
latter's first expedition in 1886.
Enest G. Krause, one of the wealth
lest men of Cleveland, o., died sud-
denly following a stroke of apoplexy,
aged SO years.
The Missouri senate committee re-
ported favorably bill providing for
stamp tax of 25 cents on every trans
action in stocks, grain, cotton and
provisions for future delivery.
Col. j. C. Edmonds, superintendent
of schools of Bastrop, Tex, was as
sassinated on the street and r. A.
Brooks, an attorney, was arrested for
the killing.
Charles H. Everly, formerly teller in
the st. Louis Union Trust company,
pleaded guilty to charge of embez-
zling $4,000 from the trust company,
and was sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary.
The seizure of large quantities of
oleomargarine was begun by st. Louis
internal revenue officers and more
than 1000 pounds of the product has
been confiscated.
Henry Magruder, son of the confed-
crate general, John Bankhead Ma
gruder, is dead in Rome.
Henry Bradley, an aged negro who
said he once belonged to Davy Crock
EFT, is dead at Nashville, Tenn.
McKinley's birthday was appropri-
ately celebrated in Washington and
other cities.
Reports that Count Leo Tolstoi was
dying were contradicted by his son.
Two men were killed by an explo-
sion that destroyed a powder mill
near Fontainet. Ind.
Cnarl6S BenrenS was indicted for
embezzling $4,000 of the funds of
bank at Huntingburg, Ind
The Portland {Me) poorhousee is
caring for Mrs. Steele, formerly Miss
Jessamy Bret Harte, daughter of the
author, Bret Harte. Mrs. Steele is
said to be without means and is i'll.
Seven thousand naphtha workers
went on strike at Baku, Transcaucasia.
In collision between an express
train and an extra freight on the
Fitchburg division of the Boston &
Maine railroad at South River, Mass,
five employees of the railroad were
killed.
Tony Sain committed suicide at
Uniontown Pa, by jumping into a
coke oven.
1t is reported that Miss Fola La Fol
lette, daughter of Senator La Toilette,
of Wisconsin, is soon to leave the
stage and marry Alfred T. Rogers. an
attorney of GAINESVILLE.