River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-06

G. Winthrop Sands, stepson of w.
II. Vanderbilt, was killed just outside
the grounds of Mr.. Vanderbilt's coun-
try seat, the Chateau st. Louis de
Poissy, 20 miles from Paris, by the
wrecking of his automobile. He was
pinned under the car, which exploded,
and was shockingly MANNED and
burned.
One man was killed and a score
wounded in an attempt of mob to
storm the Jail at Pensacola, Fla, ard
take out Leander A. Shaw, a negro
who assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis. The
mob finally secured the negro and
hanged him.
Sayyid Muhammed, the Persian Ma
tionalist leader and the foremost ora
tor of the recent parliament, called
the Persian Mirabeau," was assas-
sinated at Hamadan, presumably by
agents of the shah.
Frank T. Wells, aged Fl, of Keno
sha, Wis, was arrested in Cambridge,
Mass. as fugitive from justice. He
is wanted at Kenosha on the charge
of larceny of $4,000 from the First Ma
tional bank of that place, on October
IL, 1907.
Frank Litzenberger, owner Of the
Eaton Lumber company, committed
suicide at Eaton, o., by wading into
the middle of creek and firing bull
let into the roof of his mouth.
Miss Clare L. McNown, member of
the Eau Claire high school faculty,
was drowned in Rice lake, Wisconsin.
Gen. James A. Drain, president of
the American Rife association, was
robbed in London of jewelry and two
medals won at Bisley by the American
rife team.
An adopted daughter of Benjamin
Hart, American millionaire who died
in France, began a fight to secure
share of his estate.
The sultan of Turkey proclaimed
general amnesty to all political fugi-
tives from Turkey in America.
Soldiers and strikers fought in
Vigneaux, France, and several per-
sons were killed.
Missouri and Kansas began suits
against the alleged lumber trust, and
similar suits were prepared in Okla
homa and Texas.
DIR. L. w. Blanchard, prominent
physician and church worker of Har-
rison, Ark, and his father and mother
were arrested as counterfeiters.
Democrats of West Virginia nomi-
mated Louis Bennett for governor and
Endorsed negro disfranchisement.
The village of Mehrn in the Austrian
Tyrol was destroyed by a landslide,
about 16 persons being killed.
Two prominent Brooklynites, Col.
Edward E. Britton, formerly presi-
dent of the Eagle Savings and Loan
company of that borough, and Fred
erick H. Schroeder, formerly second
vice-president of the same institution,
were arrested after being indicted on
charge of grand larceny.
Infatuated because she had filed suit
for the annulment of her marriage,
Grover Willoughby, 81 years old, shot
and killed his 17-year-oid bride of less
than a week at Lebanon, Mo-, and
killed himself.
"Tony" Martin, said to come from
prominent family Of Quincy, I'LL, was
arrested charged with robbing the res
idence of J. E. Murphy of Peoria.
Mexican troops and revolutionists
had an engagement in Mexico opposite
Comstock, Tex, and two American
residents of Mexico were killed.
John Schultz, paying teller of the
First National bank of Racine, Wis,
disappeared and his accounts were
found to be $4,000 short.
Following up his crusade against
the appearance of unclothed women
in the Paris theaters, Project of Police
Lepine has given orders that the sale
of obscene pictures on the boulevards
be suppressed.
The Manitoban government an
nounced that 10000 men are needed
to harvest the wheat crop in western
Canada.
Thirty-six prominent bookmakers of
New York were indicted for violating
the anti-gambling laws.
Joseph Chamberlain returned to
England from the continent in very
grave condition. His eyesight is seri-
ously affected.
The independence party in its first
national convention at Chicago nom
mated Thomas L. Hisgen of Massa-
chusetts for president and John Tenn
pie Graves of Georgia for vice-presi-
dent Friends of Mr. Bryan made all
effort to bring his name before the
convention and the man who at
tempted it produced a riot and mar
rowly escaped physical violence at the
hands of the indignant delegates.
DR.. Andrew Bergen Cropsey, the vet
Urinary surgeon who shot and killed
his wife in her home at Bath Beach,
died suddenly in the Raymond street
Jail, Brooklyn.
President Castro has issued decree
prohibiting the dispatch of vessels
with cargo for Grenada or other
islands in the Antilles, thereby clos
ing the Venezuelan gulf ports entirely
to export and import trade with the
West Indies. Great indignation is felt
in the British colonies, and it is ex
pected that the aid of the British gov
eminent will be sought to secure pro.
lection against the methods of Presi-
dent Castro.
The interstate commerce commits
sion decided that shippers might COM
bine small quantities of freight of