River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

Two miles in the interior of big
swamp near New Orleans the headless
body of Walter Lamana, an Italian
child between seven and eight years
of age, who was kidnapped and held Tor
$4,000 ransom, was found by police
and yigilants. He had been Strangled
to death, according to the confession
of one of several Italians held by the
police
In collision on the New York Cen
trail road near Pittsfield, N. Y, four
persons were killed and eight in
jured. At Hartford, Conn, a passen-
ger train ran into work train, killing
six men and injuring 40.
John Bello, the Italian who killed a
man and wounded two women passen-
gers on Rock Island train in Kansas,
says he committed the murder in his
sleep as the result Of dream.
Clyde Glidden, aged seven years,
has been arrested and placed in jail
at Parkersburg, w. Va, on charge
of incendiarism, it being alleged that
he burned two houses. The houses
were occupied and the families barely
escaped with their lives.
Gen. William Duffield, for a number
of years superintendent of the United
States coast and geodetic survey, and
said to have been the Oldest living
graduate of Columbia college, New
York, died at his home in Washing
ton.
Emory Foster, a we'll known news
paper man, died suddenly of acute kid
ney trouble. He was a son of Mrs.
J. Ellen Foster the lecturer.
man and three women who went
boating at Muskegon, Mich, rocked
the boat and all drowned
violent storm swept over a part
of indian Territory, causing damage
to property estimated at half million
dollars. Lightning struck oil tanks all
over the mid-continent field.
In a quarrel over a crap game at
Columbus, O., Oliver Anderson, col
Ored, was knocked senseless, after
which another negro deliberately cut
Anderson's throat, killing him.
Marcellin Albert, fugitive leader of
the rebsllious wine-growers of south
eYm France, called on Premier Clemen-
ceau. was overcome by contrition, and
promised to try to induce his follow
ers to return to work.
The private secretary of Gov. john
son of Minnesota said the Democrats
OF that state would try to nominate
him for the presidency, but the gov
ernor said he was not likely to be 8
candidate for the nomination.
The Spanish colony at San Juan,
Porto Rico, has been granted the
privilege of transferring the body of
Ponce de Leon from the church of
San Jose to the cathedral.
d. w. Cen, of Fountain, Col, and
his wife were killed by a Colorado
& Southern train near Crews, Col.
The Persian revolt has been
crushed. About Faith Mira, brother
Of the shah, who raised the standard
OF revolt Immediately on his fathers
death, has taken refuge at the British
consulate at Kermanshah and has
asked security for himself and fam.
lily.
The duke of Manchester, who mar.
ried Miss Zimmerman of Cincinnati
has denied report that he intended
to come to America to five while he
worked on a railroad.
A dynamite bomb was thrown into
the Greek chamber of deputies, but
failed to explode
The body of Midshipman Murf1n
the last of the Minnesota's launch
victims, was found.
Rev. J. P. Deane, of Ashland, Wis.
was appointed principal of Beloit col
1ege. Prof. A. w. Burr, who has helt
the place for "a years, resigned to take
up work on the college faculty.