River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-19

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having been strangled. Mrs. Thorn
as admitted killing them, saying that
she was afraid her husband, who is
serving a term IN the workhouse for al
legged nonsupport, would take them
| from her.
crisis in the copper situation, due
to a deadlock between the producer
and the consumer, has resulted in
tremendous over-production of the
metal, and the Amalgamated Copper
company, the largest producer of cop
per in this country will shut down its
mines in and about Butte, Mont.
Joe Bates was shot and killed near
Cokeville, Wyo., by ]. S. Bronson,
rancher, after Bates and his brother
Sam had held up and shot 17-year-
old boy and terrorized the entire neigh
borhood for several hours. :.
On the arrival at Vancouver of the.
steamship Monteagle with large
number of Japanese, Chinese, and
Hindoos on board, the captain was
warned by the mayor that the authori-
ties would not guarantee the safety
of the immigrants. In the face of this
warning the Monteagle steamed away
| for Victoria.
| Charles E. Letten, chief clerk in the
office of the first district tax collector
at New Orleans, who disappeared
leaving a shortage of over $1OO,OOO,I
was discovered standing on the bank
Of the Mississippi trying to summon
up courage enough to jump in the
water and commit suicide. He said.
he had given most of the money to a!
negress, who had bought real estate
with it.
President John Runnett, of the Met
ropolitan National bank of Pittsburg,
| is dead and DR.. M. G. Cameron,
prominent physician of that city, is,
seriously injured as result of the
latter's automobile coming into col
lision with a telegraph pole.
II am not a presidential candidate,
and / do not intend to become one"
was the emphatic declaration made by
Gov. John A. Johnson, of Minnesota,
to party of prominent Nebraskans.
Matajiro Tsukuno, president of the
Oriental-American bank and of the
Oriental Trading company, and one of
the wealthiest and most influential
Japanese residents of Seattle, was in
stantly killed by being hit by Great
Northern switch engine.
The Leyland line announced a cut in
it's cabin prices between Boston and
Liverpool. The rate is reduced from
$40 to $50.
The Oriental limited on the Great
Northern was held up by two masked
men at Rexford, Mont, and quantity
of registered mail stolen.
Secretary of War Taft and party
sailed for the orient on the steam
ship Minnesota.
Mrs. August Pumpke and her two
infant sons were burned to death at
Dubuque, Ia.
Louis A Gourdain, the eccentric
millionaire who attracted much no.
toriety by declaring that unless the
court sent him to Jail he would build
prison and be his own warden, be-
came insane at the federal prison at
Atlanta, Ca, and was taken to Wash
ington to the government insane
asylum.
An insane man named Lolsky, who
is supposed to be the ripper" who
murdered several children recently,
broke jail in Berlin and fresh crimes
are now feared.
Crown Princess Cecilia of Germany
holds American cooking in such es-
TEEN that she has sent Albert Neu-
mann, her chef, to this country to
study culinary methods.
Crown Prince Christian of Denmark
narrowly escaped death at Copen-
hagen when his horse was caught be-
tween closed railway gates just as an
express train dashed through.
The state railway commission at
Lincoln, Neb, ordered a compilation
of all of the delinquencies of the vari-
GUS railway systems. Penalties may
be eXacted from all the roads whose
officials have made mistakes in filing
statements and reports.
Tom Hardesty, young millionaire
capitalist and owner of the big Hard
esty flour mill; Amor Sharp, lawyer
and musician of note, and John Aumil-
Ter, promoter, were injured in an
automobile accident at Columbus, O.
John M. Turner, writer, humorist,
actor and trick banjo player, is dead
in New York following an operation
for appendicitis.
Minimum east-bound cabin rates on
the Atlantic were reduced again by
the International Mercantile Marine
and Cunard companies.
The high tent of Rechabites of
America, in annual convention at
Newport News, Va, adopted a strong
resolution against the restoration of
the army canteen.
New York city is alarmed by
growing epidemic of infantile paraly-
sis.
The French and Spanish troops at
tackled and defeated large body of
Moors at Taddert
Practical agreement On the main
points and general good will marked
the preliminary meeting in Washing
ton of the representatives of the five
Central American republics to carry
out the suggestion of the United
States and Mexico for a permanent
peace understanding.
Secretary Straus returned to Wash
iSgton from his tour of inspection of
fhn - H.