River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-08-26
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

hy Patrick Egan. president Of the League.
Judge Fitzgerald Of Cincinnati was chosen
Temporary chairman. The first day was
occupied with organization matters.
Among distinguished persons present were
Mr.. faTnelIs mother and Michael navitt.
Upon the second day OF the convention
John Fitzgerald. a wealthy citizens of Ne
hraska was elected President having 1tI3
votes 20 "a forHughC. McCaffrey OF Penn
sylvania. Gen Martin of Baltimora was
elected Vice President and Rev. Father
% Kelley reelected Treasurer. A series q
resolutions were adopted approving nation-
al government for ireland and endor sing
MI. farnell; q constitution was also adopt
Ell containing a section decreing the non
use OF English manufacturers. by authority
Of the convention the following cablegram
was sent 20 Mr. PaTnell: One thousaup
delegates TO the Irish national convention
send greetings from our body, which EN-
braces representative citizens from every
state and territory ia the Union, and
also from Canada, aud assure you a cor
dial endorsement OF your policy by
united, harmonious convention.
" Annapolis, Md, on the 18th, the Ger
emony OF uuveiling the statute OF Baron
De Kslb took place. An immense crowd
was present principally from baltimore
and " ashlngt0n. The Free-masons were
ont in full force as well as other civic so
cieties and military in large numbers Sec
rotary Bay artf received the statute officially
and made short, appropriate speech.
poem, Grafton, music and fire works closed
the festivities.
The business failures occurring during
tie seven days ending on the 10Th through
out the country as reported TO X. &. Dun
4 Co, number. for the United States. l6l,
and for Canada. - or total Of l>6. as
compared with total of I5s last week and
l54 the week previous 70 the last. The in
crease observable this week arises IN the
Middle and Pacific states, and IN Canada.
The American Bar Association met at
Saratoga on the 2Osh and elected the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year. Pres
ideut, Thomas J. Semmes. Of Louisiana:
secretary. Edward Otis Hinckley. OF
Maryland, treasurer, Francis Rawle, OF
Philadelphia. executive committee, Luke
z. Poland, Of Vermont; &. {. Bonney, of
Chicago, Simon Baldwin, OF New Haven.
4 bond call for sl5,OO0,OOO 3 per cents
was made on the l9.h. This is the third call
during the present fiscal year. The first
was for S4.tooOOl. che second SI0.OoO.OlO
and the third for Sl5,O0.0OO, making So,
UOo,0U in all. To comply with the require
ments Of the sinking fund act, the s=creta
~ of the treasury must call Si50O0,OOJ
before the first Of next July.
Ebert p Cook, the embezzling president
"a a AslaAh at nav atAAs ~ Il 90 " At NANAA
peared some time ago, has, with his daugh-
ter been shot aud KILLED at Buenos Ayres,
South America. by a young man named
Gluck of Indianapolis, who was insane.
Gluck also shot and severely wounded Mrs.
Cook aud committed suicide.
Travel to the Yellowstone National
Park is the heaviest in its history, the av-
erage number Of tourists arriving each day
being about 100. The hotel aucOmmoda-
80 .
capacity. Some are returning because
every carnage Il employed.
Senator Eduunds has accepted the in
vitatiou of tue managers of the Vermont
State Fair TO deliver the annual address at
the Joint exhibition OF the Vermont Stale
Agricultural Society and the Champlain
Valley Association TO be held at Howard
Park in September.
Mrs. Mary Scott, wife OF Lieut.. Scott,
Tnited States army, now IN Dakota, died
saturday at Charlottesville. y. g, Of con
gestion 81 the lungs. Three little chiluren
survive her, tie last born, twins. not being
seven hours old at the time Of her death.
The Central Pacific Railroad company
are experimenting in raising cereals on the
side hills in Wsshoe and other counties in
Nevada without irrigation, and have sue
ceeded IN raising fifteen bushels 10 the
acre
The operatives of the great Wholesale
clothing manufacturing hou.es IN Boston
7 are preparing a fight against the introduc
tion of new basting machine. each Of
which, IL is said, VIII throw fifteen girls out
81 employment.
Henry OReiily, the first editor Of the
. first daily newspaper at Rochester, \. Y,
died there Tuesday. He was instrumental
in organizing the New YORK, Albany *
Buffalo Telegraph company.
Miss StautFer Of New Orleans, to whom
Mr.. Tilden bequeathed Slt0,OOO, is IN Eu
rope. She Is twenty years old and
wears $1,000 bracelet TIlGen gave her a
[ few years ago.
( An Albany Spectator Is said to be mai
I ing a good deal Of money by purchasing
Canadian silver in New York at ~ per Gem
discount aud circulating II at home at par
Gov. Stoueman has adjourned the Cali
! fornia legislature until sept. :, owing TO
disagreement as to the time Of adjourn
ment between the senate and assembly.
/ 1t has been decided to alter the plans Of
the Garfield monument at Cleveland, and
make il $50 feet il height instead Of - as
originally designed
The New Hampshire Prohihitionists have
employed one hundred persons to make
4 ten spec ,hes each during the campaign.
\ The amount Of bonds held to secure Ma
tional bank circulation and deposits in
cIudea in the I4lst call is 81! .52l 800.
An increase Of drunkenness is said to
have followed the adoption of the weekly
\ payment system at Lowell, Mass.
/ There are forty nine clubs in Springfield,
/ Mass, organized for the express purpose Of
: furnishing liquors 70 members.
I Cardinal Gibbons says the Catholic
church in the United States is not opposed
Z to the knights OF Labor.
Irwin Partridge, a well-to-do farmer OF
] Charles City. Iowa, was killed by savage
7 bull