River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-06-28
CASUALTIES OF THE WEEK.

CASUA LII ES OF THE " II y "a
At San Franc isco Cal. on the Goth, a
large building known as Morton's block on
Post street, was destroyed by fire. The
lower stores were occupied by O'Connor IL
Moffat's dry goods and the upper floors by
the Olympic club. 1t is believed that the
fire originated in the rooms of the latter
The total loss is $507 600 and the total in
surance 1910, 900. There were several acct
dents but no loss of life.
The Planters Cotton Seed Oil works, in
Algiers, opposite New Orleans, were struc <
by lightning during the thunder storm on
the 18th, and entirely destroyed. This was
the largest cotton seed oil factory in ex-
lstence The loss is roughly estimated at
ST ,O00, 600, including building stock and
machinery said to be fully insured, mostly
in local companies.
John McEvery, night telegraph operator
at the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul round
house in st. Paul, while attempting to board
switch engine the oath inst, fell under
the wheels and was horribly mangled. Death
was instantaneous. He was eighteen years
old, and his home was at New Albion,
Iowa.
An explosion at the North Carolina roll
ing mills sent thirtv-five tons of molten
iron flying in every directions killing two
men and inju ing fifteen,
Samuel Bond was killed in the Mages
Ch1rta coal mine, near Butte Montana
by the explosion of cartridge of gian
powder.
Capt. Burke OF Milford, Mass, was takeu
dead from his burning house Sunday night
RECORD OF CRIME.
At ClarksvlIle, johnson county, Ark Fri
da. Gabe and Jim Johnson, Mcdonald anG
Horndon, who last March murdered Con.
ductor Cain and robbed train on the Little
Rock & Fort Smith railway near Mulberry
station, were hanged in the presence of s
| large crowd, several thousand persons from
several counties being present. During tht
early morning all the prisoners slept sound
| ly, and talked freely to persons admitte t
| their presence. Considerable time was spen
| by all in reading the Bible, and during th'
| talk Mcdonald described a white man h'
murdered at Silver City, Montgomery coun
ty.
William McCullom and William Laskey
| formerly employees ofFowler Bros. Chicago
who in the McGeoch- Fowler lard investiga
| ton testified for the prosecution that Fow
| ler's lard was largely adulterated, and testi
| fled in behalf of the defense, that their for
mer statements We're false in every partiCu
| lar, and that they were hired by the prose
cution for $50 each to make such false state
ments, were arrested and held in bonds tC
the Both instant, to answer to q charge o
perjury.
Monday evening drunken tramp was
arrested at Manchester, Iowa, and placed in
the calaboose to sober up. Lister in The
evening an officer went TO the ealaboose anC
found the fellow hanging by the neck dead
He had taken strap which he wore around
his waist and made moose of it which be
fastened to the ceiling OF the calaboose and
placing it around his neck slid his feet from
under him and strangled to death. On hi.
person were discharge papers showing thai
he belonged to the third Wisconsin infantry
during the war.
DR.. Hathaway, the famous Philadelphia
abortionsi, according to the confession o.
Ann Marie Morey, his alleged wife, USED
the bodies Of dead infant for fuel in hi
cooking stove, and fed the rest TO dogs sta
toned in his cellar. The doctor and The
woman arr both in custody.
John Clarity, the man who pounded
Chief Munger so badly on the evening o
his reslgnauon, is Wanteu IN MlnnehpoI'
for $500 cor fdence scheme which hC
worked Oh an unsopbisticated country
man.
Hon. Henry Cleveland, member of the
Illinois legislature from Rock Island, ha,
been arrested on a charge OF bastardy pre-
ferred by Mrs. Anna Hinline, grass widow
with two children.
John Manyhsm of Danville, ILL.,, was ar
rested at Des Moines recently on the charge
of horse stealing. The prisoner is a pack
peddler.
Eber b. Hill, dissipated veteran, shot
himself to death in the Nicollet house
wash room at Minneapolis.
At Dover, N. H., Perry p. Long, seven
teen years of age, was killed by James
Glydden, aged nineteen.