River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-02-27

injured when an Ontario & Western
express train hit wagon load Oh
merry-makers at a crossing near
Spring Valley, n. Y.
In a letter signed Black Hand the
threat has been made that the enor-
nous stores Of smokeless powder on
Ionia island will be blown up.
Stuyvesant Fish announced that the
contest in the Chicago courts to pre-
vent the voting of Illinois Central
Railroad company stock held by the
Union Pacific Railroad company was
closed.
While administering communion
during mass at Denver, Father Lee
Heinrichs, Roman Catholic priest, was
shot by an Italian anarchist. The as
sassin was overpoWered after a des-
perate struggle in the church.
The murder Of wealthy wine i'm
porter was the latest activity of the
BLACK Hand" which is terrorizing
New York
Former Gov Yates formally an
nounced his candidacy for governor of
Illinois, declaring there is an oppor-
tunity for an effectual appeal to the
people"
Australia wants the American fleet
OF battleships, now on it's way to San
Francisco, to come to that country
Chief of Police Benton of Fayette-
vile, N c., was shot dead by negro,
Sam Murchison, crazed with drink.
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minutes before he shot the chief.
After being out 40 hours and taking
68 ballots the jury at Pawnee City, Neb.,
brought in verdict of manslaughter.
Oscar Frank, a wealthy farmer, was
indicted two months ago charged with
killing his young wife.
Walter Holbrook, well-known
farmer, was fatally shot by Fred Nor
man near Shawneetown, III.
Ten persons were killed and a score
or more wounded, including several
ecclesiastics, as a result of riot in
Teheran during the passing of a relig-
ious procession.
A winter carnival for which unpre-
cedented preparations have been going
on for several weeks was inaugurated
at Havana.
The British steamer Beta, Capt. Pye,
from Halifax for Bermuda. Turks
Island and Kingston, was totally
wrecked off Turks Island
Count and Countess Szechenyi, ac-
companied by William K. Vanderbilt,
landed from the steamship Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria at Plymouth, Eng
land, and at once proceeded to London.
Hundreds of persons were driven
from their homes and property valued
at 100000 was destroyed in Brooklyn.
n. Y, by fire
The Oklahoma Democratic state
convention, held in Muskogee, was u
Bryan one and all pledged and in
structed to vote for the nomination of
the Nebraskan.
George Mauck and his wife were in
their carriage was struck by a train
Their ten-year-old daughter was fatal.
ly injured.
The State Bank of ST Paul, Mimi,
which closed its doors on January IS,
has resumed business. The old Off
GERS remain in charge.
William H. Taft, secretary of war,
was the guest Of honor at the Ellicott
clubs thirteenth anniversary celebra-
ton of Washington's birthday in Buff
falo, n Y.
BY leap of 122 feet John Evenson
Of Duluth established a new American
record for ski jumping at the annual
meet of the Ishpeming (Mich) Ski
club.
Following heated quarrel Mrs. E.
Frazier denounced her husband as a
murderer and surrendered him into
the hands of the Los Angeles (CaI)
police
Mrs Natica Rives Burden. the
young New York society matron who
was accidentally killed by gas, was
disinherited, it was learned, by her
grandfather, the late August Belmont
Mai Gen. Frederick d. Grant, U. S.
A., in speech in New York declared
that lin case of a war with a great
nation-Japan, for instance-500, 600
troops would not be sufficient to prop
erly garrison the Pacific coast. north
and south
The New York senate passed by a
vote of 80 to the Page bill providing
for commission of 10 to investigate
the government of New York city.
Reports that the marriage of Harry
X Thaw and Evelyn Thaw is to be
annulled, or that they are to be di-
vorced are denied.
The memorandum of the Japanese
government in reply to that of the
United States on the subject of emf
grafton was handed TO Ambassador
O'BTien in Tokyo.
Owen Wister, the novelist, was de-
feated for alderman in the municipal
election in Philadelphia.
Senator Knox introduced in the SEN
ate a bill to establish a system of
postal savings banks.
William j. Bryan's visit to Colum
bus, O.. was signalized by the Demo,
cratic state central committee unani,
mousely indorsing his candidacy for
the presidency.
Wah Shun Cab. chief of the Kaw
Indians. died at his home near Arkan-
sas City, Kan, aged IS years.
Assistant Matron Clara Sterling OF
the Children's home at Canal Dover
o., confessed to having driven a tack
through the end of chiid's tongue as