River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-01

ing record in the last "a hours,
when they numbered 90
Mrs. Edith May Thompson Woodill,
protege of Lyman ]. Gage. former. sec
rotary Of the treasury, was slain at
st. Michaels, Md, by a newspaper
writer named Roberts and her body
weighted down in a creek.
Mrs. Howard Gould again took the
I. witness stand and denied charges
made by her husbands witnesses.
Dustin Farnum, in deposition, de-
MED improper relations with Mrs.
| Gould.
Reports from several cities of the
capture of Leon Ling, slayer of Elsie
| Sfgel, proved to be untrue.
| Twelve men fell 315 feet to the
bottom Of coal mine near Clinton,
Ind, when the clutch Of the elevator
failed to work, and several may die.
Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia sus-
| pended d. G. McLendon, chairman of
the state railroad commission, who
had refused to order a reduction in
rates.
AS the result of a race feud grow
| ing out of the election of Gov. Hughes,
negroes set fire to several buildings
In Goshen, N. Y, and the blaze
caused 100000 loss.
After Fred M. Kell of Des Moines,
Ia, had been killed by lightning, his
faithful horse trotted into Perry with
the body in the buggy.
The body of Oscar Carlson was
washed ashore and it is believed his
| companions, Andrew Smith and Ed
ward Holm of Gladstone, Mich, were
also drowned while on fishing trip.
Six persons died in Pittsburg and
eight in New York from the terrific
heat which has been causing pros
trations in the east.
The Suburban handicap, one of the
greatest races on the American turf,
Sam Hildreth.
Naval architects and marine en-
gineers numbering 125, representing
many firms of the country, are in De-
troit for the annual convention of the
body.
There was deluge of small perch
In Harlem street, New York, when
firemen cleaned out the hydrants.
Many children carried home the live
perch in pals of water.
If President Taft's plan to tax cor
porations wins, 80 leading business
| concerns of the country will pay the
government approximately 100000
year. The Standard Oil Company
will contribute about $1,200,000 a
year, it is estimated.
BY the arrest of Che Wong Dock at
| Portland, Ore, immigration Inspector
Barbour believes he has unearthed an
organized band that has smuggled
Chinese into this country.
Seventeen men were killed and 16
| injured by an explosion in mine No. 4
of the Lackawanna Coal & Coke Com
pany at Wehrum, Pa.
Lydia Moffett, II years old, who had
been held prisoner for six days in a
Chinese opium den near the scene of
the Elsie Sigel murder, was rescued
by her mother.
Sergt. Academia, leader of the mu-
tinous constabulary in the Philippines,
was killed by Sergt. Hewson, one of
his pursuers.
Mark Woodruff, former register of
lands of Colorado, was arrested on a
charge of embezzling $4,000 of school
land funds.
Nine tourists, including five Ameri-
cans, were drowned when a boat cap
sized in Lake Killarney, Ireland.
Speaker Cannon told group of girl
graduates from Oswego, N. Y, men
would have no chance at all if women
were allowed to vote.
Fred Stevens, young farmer, was
shot from ambush while driving with
his brother near the village of Hau-
buck. ~
Severe earthquake shocks were felt
in several California cities and in
Reno, N. M.
The New York to Seattle automobile
race was won by the Ford car No. 2,
it's time being % days and So minutes.
DR.. Hills Cole of New York, in an
address before the Homeopathic con-
ference at Detroit, declared the people
| needed soaring to bring about a sue
cessful war on tuberculosis.
A. Teon, Mexican banker, and his
wife and seven children, arrived in
New York from Europe, after spend
ing 500, 900 on years vacation. They
will visit Chicago on their way home.
Edward H. Hartman is quoted at
| Vienna as saying that many men in
New York would be glad to learn /
was dead" He added that he "in-
tended to live longer than most of
| them"
Filipino constabulary have killed
the chief of the Savao mutineers and
| five have been captured. The rem
nant of the rebels is being pursued.
Hailstones as big as walnuts fell in
Iowa and caused much damage to
corn and other crops.
Hezekiah Marshall, negro tramp,
who had attacked two women at
Green Ridge, Ill.,, escaped from a mob
| by tagging a train with his red IN
dershirt. He was captured in Carlin-
vile.
Articles of Incorporation were filed
in Los Angeles for a S3O,000,0O0 gas
and electric company, which is de-
signed to control all the gas and light
ing plants in southern California.
With the arrival in New York soon
of ]. P. Morgan and other financiers it
is expected in Washington that negoti-