River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLAN EOUS.
Oscar H., king of Sweden, died IN
the palace of Stockholm, surrounded
by his family, while weeping thou
sands stood outside. The entire coun-
try mourned the death of the beloved
sovereign. The crown prince sue
ceeded to the throne as Gustave ",
took the oath of allegiance and issued
IA proclamation.
Three persons were burned to death
and another injured during fire in
Boston. The dead are: Mrs. Mary
Joubert, aged IS; Charles Joubert,
aged nine. and Emile Joubert, aged
five
William Stewart. proprietor OF
restaurant in East lola, Kan, was
brutally murdered by his partner, w.
II. Crevston, who said he was in love
with Mrs. Stewart.
Frank Click of Nashville, Tenn,
killed his wife and fatally wounded
himself
After shooting his wife in the head,
Harry Weber, 81 years old, harness
maker of Lisbon o., sent a bullet
into his own brain and died instantly.
One of Van Dykes great master
pieces. The Erection of the Cross"
has been stolen from the church of
Notre Dame, al Courtrai. Belgium.
New Berlin town IS miles east Of
Jacksonville. H., was visited by a fire
early Sunday morning The loss is
SIS 600
Marshal Brinson was killed at Mid
vile, Ga. by negro who had done
something for which the officer re-
proved him and summoned him to ap-
pear in court. The murderer es-
scaped
The law against Sunday amusement
was strictly enforced in New York.
The federal grand jury investigating
land frauds in New Mexico, returned
indictments against r. b. Hobart. n.
s Dornay, Edward w. T. Stewart, and
Robert 3. Riell for alleged perjury.
Joseph H. Cultivate. former con
gresham from Ohio, died at his home
in Columbus, O.
The steamer President Grant, with
Secretary Taft and the members of
his party on board, left CuXhaven for
New York The party vii visit Bou-
logne and Plymouth on the way
home.
J. DalZell Brown, a prominent finan-
cier of San Francisco and general
manager of the California Safe De
post & Trust company, which closed
its doors early in November, was ar
rested on a charge of felonious en-
bezzlement. A warrant also was is
sued for the arrest of W. j. BARNETT.
a leading lawyer and a director of the
banking company.
A Dutch steamer and an English
bark collided near Folkestone and sew
en- Of the formers crew were drowned.
Lillian Wulff. eight years old, was
kidnapped from in front of her home
in Chicago by a well-dressed woman,
whose motive is not known.
A daughter was born to Mrs E.
Parmalee Prentice, daughter of John
ID. Rockefeller.
Elihu Root, Jr.. son of the secretary
of state, married Miss Aida Stryker
daughter of President Stryker, of
Hamilton college. Clinton, y. Y.
Marcellus Hopkins, president of the
Chicago South Side Elevated road,
died of pneumonia.
Mrs. Louisa NJ. Taft, mother of the
secretary Of war, died at her home in
Milbury, Mass.
Road graders near Helena, Mont,
unearthed the bones of large mas
todon.
Minister Hayashi told a committee
from emigration agencies in Toxic
that the government intended to limit
closely all emigration to the United
States and Canada
Theodore P. Shonts, president of the
Toledo, st. Louis & Western Railroad
company, was elected president of the
Chicago G Alton.
Prof Jeffrey o. Hrbeck, professor
of Germanic and Slavonic languages
at the University of Nebraska, died
of peritonitis.
Judge E. w Harvey, of Butte,
Mont. who was badly involved in the
acknowledgement litigation, died
of cerebral hemorrhage.
Edward W. Fowler has been APP
pointed collector of the port of New
York, vice Nevada n. Stranahan, re
signed.
Five persons were killed and many
injured in a rear-end collision be-
tween local passenger trains on the
Baltimore & Ohio at Hanover Md.
An attempt was made to kill Gov
ernor General Guerschelmann, of Mos
COW, woman throwing a bomb at
him. !