River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-09-19
WEST AND sOuTH.

THREE young sons of G. c. Baker, Chris
TOPPER. Ollie and George, were drowned on
the 10th in TuOlomne river near Modesto,
Cal
REGULATORS on the 10th murdered Rose
mond CoTmier and his daughter ROsalie,
aged fifteen years, near Lafayette, La, be-
cause they disregarded an order TO leave
the place.
DEMOCRATS OF Washington Territory in
session on the 10th at Ellensburg nomi-
mated Eugene Simple for Governor and
Samuel Wheelwright and Thomas C Grit
fifth for Congress
Ii the Constitutional convention at Santa
Fe, \. NJ, on the 10th a majority refused to
permit the incorporation OF a woman's
suffrage clause in the article relating to an
elective franchise
AT Decatur, Ill, Henry Starr shot and
killed his mother early on the morning of
the 10th, mistaking her for burglar.
Oh the 10th five men belonging to the
United States monitor Ta5ss &c were drowned
by the capsizing OF q boat of Sandy Point,
Nd
CHARLESTON GMiss.) advices of the 10th
say that seven negroes had been killed
there within forty-eight hours including
George Allen, The lie Flore County In
cend airy. who was hanged The total num-
Der Of killed up TO date was estimated at
one hundred
WILLIAM BRILL was put of a train on the
18th at Bakers Station, Ind, for not paying
his fare. whereupon he shot and killed the
conductor. James Lemon.
A MOB took Franklin Stack twhitel and
David Boone black, both murderers
from Jail at Morganton, \. C., on the 18th
and hanged them
II Eastern Tennessee the coal miners
were out on strike on the 18th for higher
wages and many families were in want
From all portions OF Northern, North
eastern and Northwestern Texas reports of
the 18th were 10 the effect that great dam
age had been done to property and crops
by floods
IL the Constitutional convention at
Cheyenne, Wv. T.. a resolution was passed
on the iith fixing the number of Senators
at fifteen and Representatives at thirty,
the former 70 serve four years aud the lat
ter two years
TIE geysers and boiling springs in Yel-
lowstone Park Colorado, were on the 18th
reported TO be in a furious state OF
activity. including the wells that were sup
posed 10 be extinct Scientists claimed that
this outburst had some connection with
the great storm prevailing on the Atlantic
coast
BOILER in a sash door and blind factory
at Oakland, Cal. exploded on the 18th, de-
molishing the eng'ne-houss and killing
four men Several others were severely
injured
WHITE Cars took William Brown, Of Heth
township. Ind, from his bed on the night
Of the iith tied him TO a tree in his yard
and gave him fifty lashes on the bare back
IN the presence OF his family.
AT Clarkdale. Miss. LOUIS Mortimer tcol-
oredl. charged wish aiding in the recent
killing OF Elder Iuckett. was lynched by a
mob Of armed mea IN the 18th
OK the 18th the National Association OF
Colored Baptists met in Indianapolis, Ind
some OF the delegates were assaulted by
mob at Boxley, Ca. while en- route. Reso-
buttons were adopted denouncing Southern
outrages and the murder OF blacks. and re-
solving TO lay complaints before the Prest-
dent and Governors OF southern States and
ask for investigation
on the 18th John Greenland farmer
near Pecatonica. III, killed himself be-
cause one OF his horses and COW were
fatally injured In a barOed-wire fence.