River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-05

lena pay, SnOrtIy before the torpedo
fotilla arrived at Callao
About 200 granite cutters employed
in the Westerly r. ~ shops went on
strike, demanding more wages.
Secretary of War William H. Taft
addressed an audience of more than
1000 persons in the Court Square
theater, Springfield, Mass.
Postmaster General Meyer is Of the
opinion that it is prejudicial to the
welfare e young America" to employ
him as special delivery messenger.
Montague Roberts and the Thomas
car, the American entry in the New
York-Paris automobile race, now are
on the second leg Of their journey
across the American continent. The
big roadster left Chicago
Fire at Ellinwood, Kan, caused a
loss of $4,000 The town had only
volunteer fire department.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and
Eleanore Caroline Gasparine Louise,
princess of Reuss, were married at
Coburg, Germany.
The house adopted a special rule
restoring to the army appropriation
bill the provision for an increase of
pay for enlisted men and non-commis-
stoned officers in the army.
Frank Pauley and wife were killed
and Benjamin Eckenrode fatally in
jured at Transfer, Pa, when their car
riage was struck by an Erie train.
A reduction of ten per cent. in the
wages of all employees of the South
ern railway except contract labor,
such as engineers and firemen, eff
fective March l was announced at At
lanta, Ca
The First State bank of Clear Lake,
Mimi. was blown by cracksmen. The
burglars secured $4,000 in currency.
French authorities at Paris are
still without official notification of the
Newington IN H) tragedy, in which
Paul Roy, a Frenchman, now in Paris,
is charged by his American wife,
Glacia Gala, with the murder Of her
brother on January 2.
Special Assistant Attorney General
W G1ho eJI 4 cllll NAlAAh.s uACo NAAe~C
retail liquor licenses could not be
transferred to or held by brewing com
panies not Incorporated in Minnesota.
There will be no reduction in the
salaries of the telegraphers on the
Northern Pacific, according to a st.
Paul (Minn.) dispatch
Mrs. j. G.. Spires, wife of farmer,
three miles west of Basil, O., killed
three of her children, fatally wounded
fourth and then committed suicide.
A letter written by Giuseppe Alto,
slayer of Father Leo Heinrichs, caused
six arrests in eastern cities Of men
suspected Of being accomplices.
An attempt was made in Teheran,
Persia, to assassinate the shah of
Persia by bomb. His majesty was
not hurt Three of the outriders were
killed.
Carrying news of China's army Of
100000, WI Ting Fang, for the sec
ond time appointed Chinese minister
to this country, arrived in San Fran
cisco
A dynamite bomb was thrown
against a carriage in which President
Alcorta was driving, in Buenos Ayres
but failed to explode.
Amid scenes of widest excitement
former Governor Bradley, Re-
publican candidate, was elected to sue
coed James b. McCreary in the United
States senate by the Kentucky legis-
lature.
Adyices from Tokyo state that two
large battlesnips will shortly be
started
Cadido Garcia, wealthy stock
grower, was shot and almost instantly
killed from ambush at Clayton, N M.
The house committee on banking
and currency reported the Fowler cur
rency bill, with the recommendation
that it pass.
Judge Thompson at Charleston, ILL.,,
quashed indictments against Judge
Peter S. Grosscup of Chicago and other
directors of the Central Illinois Trac-
ton company, charged with man
slaughter due to negligence which
caused a wreck.
Detectives at Harrisburg, Pa, ar
rested c. H. HUMPHREYS on charge
of embracery of the capitol jury pre-
ferred by the commonwealth.
M. B. Maxwell, mayor of Evelth,
Mimi, fell dead
Seventy-siX persons. mostly Japan
csc, were reported killed in an eXplo-
sion at the La Rosita mine near San
Juan De Sabinas, Mexico.
B. o. Jahnke murdered Miss Laura
Fleischman near Tenstrike, Mimi, and
then shot himself, both dying almost
instantly.
Prof Z. C. Korr of Troy. O.. was
elected president of Palmer college.
LeGrand, Ia.
The Italian cabinet was victorious
in its opposition to the abolition of
religious teaching in the schools.
Thomas A. Edison was operated
upon for mastoiditis in New York for
the second time.
Ned w. Barton. an assistant exam
liner of the patent office; Henry E. Ev-
erding, a patent attorney and John A.
Heany. an inventor, were indicted by
the Washington grand jury and ar
rested on a charge of destroying pub.
lie records
A locomotive running wild through
Brockwayyille crashed into the rear
of freight train. killing two men.
Glacia Gala, opera singer, told in
New York a remarkable story of the