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


is made that his entire estate, esti-
mated at $31 600, is to be spent for
| toys and gifts for the poor children Of
Allegheny county at the death of his
wife.
!, The Arizona legislative assembly
passed and the governor signed bill
previously passed by the council re-
pealing the statute permitting the
licensing of gambling in Arizona.
Henry c. Sergeant, an inventor of
| international reputation, died at his
home in Westfeld, n. J. The United
States patent Office had issued to him
more than so patents.
Mrs. John McCausland, her brother
in-law and her children, were killed by
escaping gas in their home in Day.
| ton, o.
The British steamship Clavering
went ashore near Hartlepool, England,
and 20 of the crew were drowned.
Thirty masked men horsewhipped
Jesse Phelps, of Morgantown, KY,
who is accused of cruelty to his three
yeaf-old child.
/ GudTIGS 1880
| famous drivers and trainers OF horses
| in America, died at Lexington, KY.
John H. Quirk, convicted of man
slaughter for killing w. A. Dowell, a
Minneapolis newspaper man, was SEN
| fenced to Is years in states prison.
| Several hundred men and boys at
| tempted to lynch negro in the bust
ness section of Pittsburg because he
fought a newsboy.
Secretary Loeb announced that the
Panama canal contract had not yet
been let to w. X. Oliver or anyone
else. and that all bids might be re-
jected.
twenty-five Catholic soldiers at Co
Iumbus barracks threatened to mutiny
because they were ordered to attend
church services.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, adj
dressing the Missouri Society OF New
York, criticised the pending currency
legislation.
The worst blizzard of the winter
struck North Dakota, adding greatly
to the difficulties of the food supply
situation.
Evidence tending to show that the
operations of E. H. Hartman on the
coast constitute a violation OF the IN
terstate commerce law was brought
out before Commissioner Franklin K.
Lane at San Francisco.
Fire at Columbus, O., Quilted the six
story brick building on East Gay
street, occupied by the PEBBLES Mer-
chandise company, an installment
house, entailing loss estimated at
100000.
A band of terrorists shot and killed
Victor Gruen, the chief of the secret
police of Warsaw, Russian Poland as
he was driving in cab. The murder
ers escaped.
The will of the late Senator r. A.
Alger leaves all of his estate except
ing $4,000 to his widow and five chill
dren.
An order has been Issued directing
an increase of the rural guard of Cuba
from 5000 to 10000 men.
ST. Louis post office inspectors ar
rested Joseph Enisley, aged 25, on
the charge of having robbed the Cot
ter (Ark) post office of mail pouch
containing more than $4,000 in cash
and valuable jewelry.
Mrs. George Brink, of Evansville,
Ind, was fatally burned by the explo-
sion of can of gasoline.
The Federal Signal works, of Green
Island, N Y, employing between 700
and 800 men, was almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at about 100000.
Because the Bell Telephone COM
pany insisted on increasing the work
ing hours of the Toronto telephone
girls from five to eight hours a day,
about 400 girls went on strike.
Fire destroyed the North side car
barns in Chicago and 80 cars were
burned.
Three more jurors in the Thaw case
were summarily excused, two without
explanation and one on a physicians
certificate. Their places were filled.
The grand jury at Springfield, o.,
returned an indictment against Ma
tilda Bailey and Martin Myers, on the
charge of assault with intent to kill
in burying alive the baby of their II
year-old granddaughter. Mary Bailey.
Sir John See, ex-premier and CO.
lonial secretary of New South Wales,
is dead at Sydney.
The bill prohibiting Sunday base
ball was killed by the Kansas senate.
Solomon Turck, the Oldest explosive
powder manufacturer in this country,
died at New York. He was twice Dem
ocratc mayor of Dubuque, Ia.
Grover Cleveland was elected chair
man of the Association of Life Insur-
ance Presidents.
Robert E. Gill, a Cleveland, o.,
broker, was convicted of running a
bucket shop.N
S. G. T. Dodd, solicitor for the STAN
dard Oil company, died at Pinehurst,
N. C. He was born in Franklin, Pa,
February 20, 1886.
One man was killed and six injured
when an Omaha street car jumped the
track an dcrashed into a drug store.
Charles L. Stevens, grand master of
Michigan Masons, died of heart dis
ease at Detroit.
Mrs. Kate Krakoski McKenna of
Niagara Falls, n. Y. was robbed of
$4,000 worth of diamonds while at
church.
The Maritime express train. from