River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31

The full text OF the correspondence
between Rear Admiral Davis and Gov.
Swettenham of Jamaica was received
| at the navy department and after
studying it Secretary Metcaf an
nounced that Admiral Davis was fully
justified in the course he pursued at
/ Kingston and that there was nothing
in the whole affair to warrant the let
ter addressed to him by Gov. Swetten-
ham.
The president has assured Esme
Howard, British charge, that the gov
eminent has no intention of paying
any attention to the Swettenham-
Davis incident at Kingston. Two
more very severe shocks terrified ia
maicans Tuesday. Food and other
supplies were sent from Boston and
Panama Vice Consul Orrett says the
dead probably will number over 1000.
Citizens Of Kingston, Jamaica, Sc
verely condemned Gov. Swettenham
for his failure to properly direct and
cooperate in the relief work, which
was greatly hampered thereby. 1t is
believed in London that the govern
or has resigned.
! There was fierce collision at Van
mes, France, between the populace and
500 troops over a seminary eviction.
The Marquise de Cuveryille knocked
with her umbrella.
Fred Marriott was badly injured
when his racing automobile was
wrecked at Ormond- Daytona Beach,
Fla, while going at tremendous speed.
| John P. Quirk was found guilty of
manslaughter for killing w. A. Dowell,
a newspaper man, at Minneapolis.
John L. Hart, aged 13 years, hanged
himself in Stowe, Pa, because girl
said she didn't like him.
i Andrew G. Blair, one of the best
| known public men in Canada, died at
| Fredericton, n. B.
United States Senator Russell A.
AIger died suddenly in Washington of
oedema of the lungs. Though he had
been in poor health for long time,
his death was quite unexpected.
The Wabash river levee near Mer-
ON, Ind, protecting an entire town
ship, broke and the food drove 300
| people from their homes. Thousands
of acres Of fine farming land in Mis-
rouri was under water. Grand Rapids,
Mich, was imperiled by an ice gorge
40 miles long in the Grand river.
William Whitley, founder Of the
first big department store in London,
was shot and killed by young man
who afterwards attempted to commit
suicide.
The Franklin Cattle company, the
largest range cattle company in the
west, has sold it's entire herds of 3d.
900 head of cattle and will go out of
business.
The lower house of the Missouri
| legislature passed an anti-cigarette
bill, and an anti-lobby bill.
Federal Judge Lochren granted
temporary restraining order on be-
half of the ten railroads doing bust
ness in the state of Minnesota, re
straining the state railroad and ware
house commission from putting into
effect the reduction in freight rates
ordered by the commission Deem
Der "a.
DR.. w. w. Davis, one of the oldest
physicians in Bloomfield, Ia, commit
ted suicide by swallowing carbolic
acid.
A bill was introduced in the Indiana
legislature taxing bachelors So annu-
ally, between the ages of Is and 80
years; $3.50 between 80 and 40 years,
Of Do
elors supporting their mothers are ex-
empted.
Three distinct earthquake shocks
were felt in the village of Prospect,
N. Y.
Maj Robert Strong, prominent rail
road man, Mason, confederate veteran
and former theatrical manager, died
at New Orleans after a short illness.
Four indictments were returned
against employees of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad by the grand jury at
Valparaiso, Ind, on account of the
wreck at Woodville, Ind, on Novem-
Der II, in which over 60 persons lost
their lives.
The worst storm of the winter, ac-
companied by intense cold, aggravated
the fuel and supplies shortage in the
northwest.
Col. John F. Y Blake, who recruited
the Irish-American brigade that fought
against England in the Boer war, was
found dead in his room in New York,
a victim of gas poisoning.
Executors of Marshall Fields es-
tate estimate the holdings of bonds
and. stocks at about $40,00000O par
value, the real worth being much
more.
Uriah gilbert, former Michigan
state senator and prominent lumber
man and marine contractor, died at
Michigan City, Ind.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker the
last of the children of Rev. Lyman
Beecher, sister of Henry Ward Beech
er and Harriet Beecher Stowe, died at
Hartford, Conn.
1t was announced at the war de-
partment that the Offices of chairman
and chief engineer of the isthmian
canal commission would be combined
and that Mr.. Stevens, the present chief
engineer, would be given the appoint
ment, the understanding being that he
will maintain residence on the 18TH
mus.
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