River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04

Thirty-one Princeton students,
mostly Frenchmen, were expelled for
attending a "keg party" against the
orders of President Wilson.
Capt. d. j. Moon, well-known
stock man of Creston, Ia, died of
blood poisoning resulting from a
scratch received from a wire fence.
c. c.. Waller, of Texas, president
of the Southern Bank & Trust COM
pany; F. Demre Lemon, of Pittsburg,
Pa, vice president; Ed. Hunt, assist
ant cashier, and j. M Langston, Jr.,
director, were found guilty at Fort
Smith, Ark, of using the mails to de-
fraud
Seven Japanese chambers of COM
merce warned the United States that
attacks on Japanese in San Francisco
might obstruct trade between the
two countries.
At the close of the fiscal year the
surplus cash in the United States
treasury was $50, 929,425.
Charles Short, of sDes Moines, Ia,
fell and needle in his vest pocket
pierced his heart, killing him.
A large part of the town of Bisbee,
Ariz., was destroyed by fire.
Five men were severely burned by
molten metal and $4,000 damage was
done in the plant of the Illinois Steel
company at South Chicago.
Efforts to thwart the serving of a
subpoena on John D. Rockefeller, pres
ident of the Standard Oil company,
were halted when Judge Lands in the
federal court at Chicago warned At
torney John S. Miller for the oil trust
that the head Of the great combine
would have to appear personally and
that no excuses would be accepted.
The jury in the case of the state of
Ohio against the Standard Oil COM
pany, charged with violating the
antitrust laws, failed to agree and
was discharged.
Federal Judge Edgar Aldricn, of
LittIeton, N H., was appointed master
to determine the competency of Mrs.
Mary~Ba G. Eddy by Judge Robert
N Chamberlain, of the supreme court.
He is to report on or before Septem-
Der go
The French chamber of deputies by
decisive majority of 120 after an
exciting eight-hour debate voted con-
fidence in the governments policy to
insure respect for the law. Premier
Clemenceau's victory was more de-
cisive than his most ardent friends
had looked for.
T0bv, M0Nnou 70 Twin %
near Waverly, Mimi, struck and
killed his wife during domestic quar-
rel
Levin A. Wood, George w. Wood.
Bruce D. futile and Martin p Quig-
ley, of ST. Paul, Mimi, were arrested
by United States deputy marshals on
warrants charging them with. using
the United States mails for fraudulent
purposes.
The Wisconsin assembly by vote
of 60 to three passed the senate reso-
luton providing for the election of
United States senators by direct vote.
w. F. Bechtel, former president of
the Northwestern National Life Insur-
ance company, was sentenced at Min
five years. He was convicted of grand
larceny.
Federal Judge Pollack at st. Louis
held the Spanish-American war tax
illegal
The British steamer Kumeric has
arrived at Honolulu with 1900 immi-
grants, brought from the Madeiras by
the territorial immigration board.
Prof Thomas B. Evans, of the Uni
versity of Cincinnati, who had just
been granted years leave of alb
sence for the benefit of his health,
died at his home
Robert Simpson, of the Omaha
Country club, won the western open
golf championship at Hinsdale, ILL.,.
with a total of 307 strokes for the 72
holes.
A federal jury at Fort Dodge, Ia,
decided that grain deals on the Chi
cago board of trade were gambling.
Augustana college, Illinois, is Of
fered $4,000 for an endowment fund
by Andrew Carnegie on condition that
$50, 900 additional be raised.
liz at Dbl hASh., uCoIAOJOd IhO
big sawmill of the hester Estate COM
pany, causing a loss of $4,000 and
throwing 800 men out of work.
Fire in Birmingham, Ala, destroyed
the Chalifoux office building, with a
loss of 100000.
Russia is massing troops on the Ar
menian frontier, fearing new Turkish
maSsacreS.
DIR. Gilmore F. Elliott escaped pun
ishment for an assault in New York
by making the novel plea of 'pyschic
epilepsy" which is epilepsy without
external manifestations.
G. c. Clark, checker champion of
Ohio, and known all over the country
as a checker player, was stricken with
paralysis at Columbus.
Judge ]. e. Fulton, who shot and
killed Sam Parker, widely known
football player, was sentenced in
Huntsville, Tenn, to ten years i'm
prisonment.
Subpoenas were issued by Judge
Lands of the federal court in Chi
cago for the appearance of John d.
Rockefeller, William d. Rockefeller,
H. H. Rogers, and ten other officials
of the Standard Oil company to ap-
pear in his court on July 6.
Five hundred Chinese persisted in
the burning of a native theater in