River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-23

Archduke Ferdinand, ", grand
duke of Tuscany, died at Salzbrrg,
Austria
Heirs of Gen. Israel Putnam of
revolutionary fame are planning a
meeting at which a fight to recover
$20,000,000 said to be due from his
estate in Europe will be made.
In terrific ten hours engagement
in a ravine near Settat, Morocco, be-
tween a French column under the
command of Gen. d'Amade, and col
umn commanded by Mulai Rachid, one
of the chiefs of Mulai Hafid's forces,
the French gained splendid victory
in the face of heavy odds, succeeding
in dispensing the enemy and occupy
ing Settat.
Edward S. Whitaker, inspector of
police in New Orleans, fired two shots
at J. M. Leveque, editor of the Morn
ing World, because that paper had
criticised him severely.
After one of the bitterest fights in
publican committee adjourned without
having Endorsed Gov. Hughes or any
other candidate for the presidential
nomination.
The Western Bank e Trust company
of Dallas, the largest savings deposit
bank in Texas, was placed in the
hands Of a receiver, all it's quick as
sets having been exhausted by long
run.
The British ship fairfield, from
Liverpool to Seattle, is believed to
have gone down with all on board off
the west coast of Vancouver island.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
at Denver Col, by Orman & Crook,
railroad contractors. The total liza
bilities are given as $741,136 and the
total assets as $1,282,771.
Mrs Lydia K. Bradley, one of the
richest women in Illinois, died at
Peoria, ILL.,, aged 80. She was partic-
uIarly known for her philanthropy,
having endowed the Bradley Poly
technic institute.
John G. Quinn, a millionaire mine
owner, IS years old, was severely
beaten and robbed at his home in
Georgia City, Mo-, by robbers who
first cut the telephone wires.
H. r. Drew, prominent real es-
tate man and one of the pioneer resi-
dents of Minneapolis, Mimi, died.
E. H. Hartman was directed in a
decision given by Judge Hough in the
United States circuit court to answer
all questions propounded to him by
the interstate commerce commission
except those relating to the purchase
of the Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific railroad stock in connection
with the dividend of August, 1906.
The Lake Carriers association, in
convention at Detroit, Mich, placed
itself on record as opposing the d.
version into the Chicago sanitary
canal of water enough to make it a
commercial waterway.
Fire in East st. Louis destroyed an
elevator a grain storehouse and some
freight cars, the loss being $150,000.
Mrs. Eliza Matsen of Duluth, Mimi,
confessed that she murdered her hus-
band.
was slain by his son in quarrel near
Davidson. n. G.
John F. Betz, one of the best known
brewers in the country, and one of
Philadelphia wealthiest citizens, died
after long illness.
Prince Edward F. L. Zu Innhausen
Und Kuyphausen, president of the
Prussian house of lords, died in Ber-
lin. He was born in 1927.
Mayor r. A. Smith of st. Paul,
Mimi, and his family were poisoned
by tainted chicken.
One person was fatally injured and
others hurt by panic caused by the
explosion of a moving picture machine
in st. GATHERINGS, Ont.
Another New York tenement house
was wrecked by bomb supposedly
placed by Black Hand members.
The new German armored cruiser
Scharnhorst ran aground and was bad
ly damaged.
Secretary Taft told the senate COM
mittee in interoceanic canals that the
Panama canal might be completed in
ABOUT SIX years.
The special grand jury which was
sworn in to investigate the conduct OF
certain banks in New York county re-
turned two indictments against Will
liam r. Montgomery, president of the
Hamilton bank
At their annual meeting in Detroit
the Lumber Carriers Association of
the Great Lakes decided that it would
be impossible to operate their boats
during the coming season at the same
expense and under the same condi-
tons as prevailed during 1907. 1t is
predicted that there will be a great la
Dor struggle.
The Maple-Leaf mills at Kenora,
Ont, were destroyed by fire. The ele-
vator, in which was stored over 300,-
600 bushels of wheat, was also de-
stroyed. The loss was $1,000,000; in
sured
Farmers in Stanley county, South
Dakota, were blowing during the first
week in January
Eight hundred unemployed men
marched to the city hall in st. Louis
and asked Mayor Wells for work.
Harvey Lockner of Tuscola, Ill,
while insane killed his wife, his baby
and himself.
E. d. Scott, cashier, and Roy w.
Van Hoesen, bookkeeper of the Peo-
boply Of Two L