River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04
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Some Latin-American delegates at
The Hague are disposed to object to
the proposition of the inviolability of
private property at sea and the abo-
lition of privateering, put forward by
the United States, but it is firmly sup
ported by the triple alliance.
Cromwell Dixon, the 14-year-old aer-
onaut, made an ascent at Columbus,
o., in his SKY cycle" and was carried
up more than mile by an adverse
air current and drifted several miles
before he was able to land. The pro-
peller Of the airship is run by foot
power.
Exiled from his native land for trea-
son in participating in the student
riots in Poland last year, and followed,
as he believes, by Russian police who
desire to arrest him and return him
to Russia, Vasil Kotoff, member of
a noble Polish family, has given up his
position with a Kansas City packing
house and fed to the far west
An automobile containing three per-
sons went over a sheer embankment
of 40 feet into Big Stone lake near Or
tonville, Mimi. One of the passengers
was probably fatally injured, another
is seriously hurt, and all had narrow
escapes from drowning.
James Wilson, well-known in Kan
sas City union labor circles, was killed
by Albert Poindexter, who gave him
fist blow that broke his neck.
Five assayers were arrested at Gold
field. New, and 1900 pounds of high
grade ore alleged to have been stolen
from Little Florence mine and valued
at $4,000 was recovered.
Fifteen persons were hurt when a
Frisco passenger train struck a piece
of washed-out track near Springdale,
Ark, and was derailed
Francis Murphy, the temperance lee
turer, died at Los Angeles, Cal.
Judge Loving, on trial at Houston,
Va, for killing Theodore Estes, who
was said to have mistreated Miss Low
ing, was found not guilty of murder
Edwin Jackson, president of the Sec
ond National bank of Toledo, o., died
of paralysis.
Miss Elizabeth Nye, a noted sculp-
tress, is dead at Austin, Tex.
Fire at Mineral Wells, Tex. de-
stroyed property valued at 100000
Four 160-acre Texas farms are to
be awarded as premiums at the Ma
tional Corn exposition to be held in
Chicago October 5 to 10.
d. Leet Oliver of Pittsburg. a senior
in Sheffield scientific school at Yale.
was killed in an automobile accident.
Three other men were injured.
Vestmakers in east side shops of
New York, numbering 1000, have
gone on strike for an advance of
wages Of - to 16 per cent.
Four men were killed and five in
jured by the fall of scaffold in San
Francisco.
Andrew Bauer. cashier in the
branch office of Simpson, Crawford &
Co., New York. was knocked senseless
by two thugs and robbed of $4,000
while placing the money in the safe
1t is rumored in court circles in
Copenhagen that Princess Thyra, sec
ond daughter of King Frederick, is
betrothed TO Prince Adelbert, third
son of the kaiser.
Bees swarmed on the handle of a
switch in Sioux City. Ia, and delayed
traffic on four railroads for time.
The executive committee of the
Commercial Photographers union ad-
dressed a letter to General Manager
Nally. of the Postal Telegraph com
pany, suggesting that the grievances
of the operators be heard and con
sidered by representatives of the com
pany.