River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25

the Ululthi group, Caroline islands,
persisted z a typhoon and famine
threatens the survivors.
Ten horses were shot to death by
policemen to end their sufferings in
fire in the barn of the A. NJ. Forbes
| Carriage company, Chicago. The po-
| licemen and firemen saved 10 horses.
The Hotel Campbell at Athens, Pa,
was destroyed by fire and one man
was burned to death.
Fire in two garages in st. Louis
destroyed about 100 automobiles, the
total loss being $225, 900.
Robbers dynamited the safe of a
bank at Bixby, l. T., securing several
thousand dollars.
Safe blowers wrecked bank at
Weston, ILL.,, with three charges of
dynamite, terrorized the town and es-
capped with $4,000
| In what is known as the Peavy ele-
vator case, the interstate commerce
| commission announced it's decision
against the Union Pacific Railroad
company. The commission holds that
/ the arrangement between the Union
| Pacific and the Peavy elevators was
unlawful, as the allowance was in ex-
cess of the actual cost of the eleva-
ton of the grain, and, therefore, a
rebate.
Dr. Oliver Crook Haugh, of Dayton,
/ O., convicted of the murder of his
father, mother and brother at Day
| ton, on the night of November A.,
! 1905, was electrocuted in the annex
at the Ohio penitentiary at Column
| bus
| Stewart C. Gay, 10 years old. and
Miss Mabel Pendleton, II years old,
committed suicide by leaping from
the suspension bridge across Jackson
river at Clifton Forge, Va.
| john Gunderson, who held up a
/ clerk in the Northern Express COM
! panys offices at the Union station in
| st. Paul, Mimi, confessed and restor-
ed the $4,000 he stole.
| John Alling, SO years old, mem
Der of a wealthy family, formerly
member of the Chicago Stock ex-
change and of the Chicago Athletic
club, and conspicuous in social cir
cles, went to his room in a Chicago
hotel and committed suicide. To a
friend he had said shortly before that
being a good fellow had cost him
100000.
The Seattle Labor council has adopt
ed resolutions denouncing President
Roosevelt for his criticism of Meyer
and Haywood. The resolutions accuse
the president of prejudging the two
men.
William M. Chase, who was presi-
dent of the old Society of American
Artists, has issued a statement tell
/ ing of plans to pay a tribute to the
memory of Stanford White as an archi-
tect.
An attempt was made to kill Rev.
Matthew Yankola, pastor of the Sla-
vonic church at Hazleton, Pa. His par
sonage was blown up by dynamite but
he escaped Parish troubles are be-
'lieved to have caused the attempt.
A Nickel plate passenger train was
derailed at Fostorio, o., when the
body of bridge foreman, who fell I'M
der the wheels, caught in the rear
| trucks.
The Columbus CO.. grand jury re
| turned secret indictments against the
members of the ice trust" in that
city on the ground that they had con-
spired in restraint of trade.
Regis Fl. Post was inaugurated gov
ernor of Porto Rico in succession to
Beckman Winthrop, who retired to
become assistant secretary of the
treasury at Washington.
Mrs. Leah C. Gilman, her son Col
Inns and daughters Bessie and Fayne
viewed preliminary hearing at Dayton,
O., and were bound over to the grand
| jury on the charge of numbering Dona
Gilman. They we're released on bonds
aggregating $1,000.
| Gov Hagerman, OF New Mexico,
against whom charges were preferred,
rendered his resignation, and the
president announced the appointment
of Capt. George Curry, governor of Sa-
mar province, Philippine islands, as
I governor of New Mexico.
The Illinois supreme court declared
invalid the Mueller act authorizing
the city of Chicago to issue certifi-
Gates for $75.OOO,OOO to purchase the
street railways.
The national arbitration and peace
congress closed at New York with
| two banquets and the decoration of
Andrew Carnegie with the cross OF
the Legion of Honor.
A verdict of acquittal in the case
against julius Kahn, formerly presi-
dent of the Cash Buyers Union First
National Cooperative society was or
dered by Federal Judge Anderson at
! Chicago.
The new Ontario town of Latch
ford, nine miles from the famous CO.
bait silver mining camp, was practi-
cally destroyed by fire. The loss is
estimated at $150,000.
Charges made by the next friends
| of Mrs Mary Baker G. Eddy are de-
MED by the defendants at Concord.
N. H., and the prosecutors are said to
have loaned their names to evil
minded" persons, who, it is alleged.
are the real prosecutors.
The Illinois supreme court decided
that it did not have original jurisdic-
ton in the Illinois Central tax suit
and new suit probably will be
brought in the Sangamon county cir
| cult court.