River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

At the request of the board of di-
rectors of the National Bank of North
America of New York, the comptroller
of the currency ordered the bank to be
closed for liquidation and appointed
National Bank Examiner Charles W.
Hanna as receiver. 1t was believed
the bank was solvent, but it's resources
had been drained by long run.
Attended by division of Argentine
torpedo boats the American torpedo
boat fotiIla, which left Rio Janeiro
January II, entered the port of Buenos
Ayres
Mrs Mary G. Baker Eddy, founder
and head Of the First Church Of Christ
Scientist, left her home, Pleasant
View, in Concord, n H., and by a
circuitous route in a special train went
to Chestnut Hill, Brookline, Mass, to-
a house recently purchased by the
Christian Science denomination, where
she will reside permanently.
The Mine Owners association of
Goldfield, New, abolished the card sys-
tenn and declared open shop" in the
mines
Miss Louise de la Rance, better
known by her pen name of Ouida, died
in the home of her faithful maid,
Iolina CervelIi, near Florence. Her
death was due to old age.
Burglars entered the jewelry store
of f. r. Darcy in Kalamazoo, Mich,
and took goods valued at $4,000.
Three men were killed instantly and
five others seriously injured by pre-
mature explosion of dynamite in the
Bergen Hill section of the Pennsyl
Vania tunnel at Homestead, N. ].
The Illinois Central Railroad com
pany entered suit against the town of
Herrin, ILL.,, for 100000 on the
grounds of interfering with traffic A
Herrin police magistrate recently as
sessed a fine against the railroad for
shipping into the place beer and
whisky after the territory had become
antisaloOn.
Lady Showing Ichijo mother of the
empress Of Japan, died. aged so years.
Fire in Clinton Ia. caused $780,
900 damage to Fish Brothers wagon
works
Nearly million dollars damage
was done by fire in the wholesale
district of Portland, Me.
Il. Tchigorin, the noted chess mas
ter, died in ST. Petersburg. He was
born in 1850.
r. H. Rogers was taken from his
home near Hopkinsville, KY. and Sc
verely whipped by night riders.
Secretary Taft submitted a report
on conditions in the Philippines in
which he took a very optimistic view
of tho future of the islands.
Rev. Father Maria Bernado of the
Capuchin order. who was sent by the
pope in July last to Adds Adeba with
a decoration for King Menelik, is re-
turning with an autograph letter from
Menelik and two lions as a present for
the pontiff.
Mrs. Mary Frances Kelley. who said
she refused to marry Abraham Lin
coin in 1889, died at Sioux City Ia,
aged So.
Mrs Mary Roberts Clark, a mani
cure, shot and killed Frank Brady a
newspaper advertising man, in the
restaurant in Mays store in New
York, and then committed suicide.
She was enraged because Brady had
left her TO make home for his aged
mother.
Robert Boyd Burch of Cincinnati,
member of the Junior Academic class,
was elected captain of the Yale foot
ball team.
The girls dormitory of Bethany col
lege at bethany, w. Va, was partial
ly destroyed by fire. a hundred girls
being rescued by male students.
Socialist suffrage demonstrations in
Brunswick. Germany, led to collision
with the police. in which several per
sons were wounded and many arrests
were made.
Morris ]. Jessup, retired banker and
long prominent in civic affairs in New
York, died from heart disease.
Charges were filed at Charleston
W. Va, before Judge Burdette of the
circuit court against Judge John S
Mcdonald. president of the Kanawha
county court, accusing him of Off
cial misconduct, neglect of duty
habitual drunkenness and gross i'm
morality.