River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-04-09

One of the most determined of
fights against the saloon will reach a
crisis when more than 1,200 Illinois
cities, villages and townships outside
of Chicago, will vote on the question:
Shall this town become anti-saloon
territory?'
Supporters of Judge George Gray of
Delaware for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination opened headquarters
in Washington.
Riots broke out in Lisbon after the
election and the troops fired on the
mobs, killing number of persons.
Representative Thomas Heflin of
Alabama was sued for $4,000 dam
ages by negro he shot in Washing
ton.
For the third year in succession
Cambridge won the varsity boat race,
defeating Oxford by the handsome
margin of about 21A lengths.
The Barrett block in Joliet, ILL.,, was
destroyed by fire, the loss being over
100000.
Two women were fatally hurt, 20
others SO badly injured that some Of
them may die, and a hundred other
persons hurt in panic following the
explosion of gasoline lamp in the
hall of the Modern Woodmen at Ellis
worth, Ill.
A gigantic lockout affecting 100000
masons, bricklayers and allied work
men in the building trades went into
effect in Paris.
Fire in the elevator of the Corning
Distilling company's plant in Peoria,
ILL.,, did $4,000 damage to the build
ing and contents, and threatened all
the other buildings and 5000 cattle.
Three large tobacco factories and
an overall factory in Lynchburg, Va,
were destroyed by fire supposed to
be of incendiary origin. Loss, $685.
900.
Announcement was made that An
drew Carnegie would add 100000 to
the fund of the Carnegie Foundation,
or whatever sum might be necessary
to include as pension benefciaries
eligible professors of state universi-
ties.
After two hours of wrestling with
out result, George Hackenschmidt
gave up to Frank Gotch in the match
for the worlds championship at Chi
cago.
One man was killed and two re-
ceived serious injuries as the result
of an explosion aboard the British
steamer Belle of Scotland at Callao,
Peru.
New York university students went
ION strike as a result of the temper
airy suspension by the faculty of AL
bert Young, president of the junior
class, following investigation of the
ducking in the college horse trough"
of Harry Bloch, a freshman
Found guilty of the charge of arson,
Henry F. Mcdonald, in the circuit
courtroom at Terre Haute, Ind, shot
and killed Detective William g. Dryer,
wounded other officers and was him
self seriously wounded. The shooting
followed the announcement of the YER
dict of the jury before which Melon
aid had been tried on a charge of
dynamiting stores and a. church in
Sanford last year.
The Indiana Republican state con-
vention adopted a platform, Endorsed
Vice-President Fairbanks and in
structed the 30 state delegates to the
national convention at Chicago to vote
and work for his nomination for the
presidency, and nominated a state
ticket headed by j. E. Watson of
Rushville for governor
A report that Colombian troops had
seized the town of Jurado, in the re-
public of Panama, aroused fears that
war would break out between the two
republics.
Ellen French Vanderbilt has begun
suit against her husband, Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt, for divorce or
legal separation. Papers in the case
were filed in the supreme court in
New York just after Mr.. Vanderbilt
had sailed for Europe and counsel for
the plaintiff refused to reveal the pre-
else nature of the action
T. L. Lewis began his duties as pres
ident of the United Mine Workers of
America by inviting the operators of
Illinois. Ohio, Indiana and western
Pennsylvania to confer with repre-
sentatives of the miners in Indian
apolis.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
picks dropped from the hands of as
many bituminous coal miners of the
United States, not to be used again
until a wage settlement has been
reached and a scale adopted between
the members of the United Mine
Workers of America and the coal
operators of the various fields
The receivership for the Westing-
house Machine company last October,
at the beginning of the financial de-
preston, was vacated by Judge James
S. Young of the United States circuit
court at Pittsburg, on petition of the
company and the receivers.
Mary Green, aged %, of New York,
the daughter of former sea captain,
attired herself in all the finery she
had planned to wear at her wedding
at Easter time, and then committed
suicide by gas asphyxiation.
Peoples party convention in st.
Louis nominated Thomas E. Watson
of Georgia for president and Samuel
Williams of Indiana vice-president.
The Nebraska and Minnesota dele
gates bolted, being for Bryan
Judge Smith Mcpherson in the fed