River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-11-21
WEST AND SOUTH.


THE official returns on the 18th from
the recent election in Iowa show that
the vote for Governor was: Boies fDem.l
1925, Hutchinson (Rep.l l7a.I22; Boies'
plurality 5.sO4. For Lieutenant-tiOv-
ernor Poyneer rep III. 800, Bestow
DEM 1T5,Is4; Povneer's plurality,
2.2l6. This shows that the whole Re
publican ticket save Governor was
elected. and the other pluralities would
reach nearly 10000.
THROUGUoUT the northern and central
parts Of Wisconsin eight inches OF snow
fell on the 18th.
II Chicago the National convention of
the WOman's Christian Temperance
Union ended on the 18th. The Iowa
delegation withdrew from the cOnyen-
tiOn on account Of its partisan attitude
MIS-. PACLrNA HoERTEL swore at the
Cronin trial on the 18th that on the
night Of Nav she saw buggy drawn
10y a white horse drive up 20 the Carlson
cottage and a man resembling DIR.
CrOnin alight and enter the house.
On the I2th three OF the four brew
cries in Kansas City. Mo, were sold 20
an English syndicate.
Ok the 18th the Knights Of Labor met
in their National convention at At
lanta. Ga.
THE police arrested man on the i2th
whom they believed to bel. Il. Simonds,
the man who bought the furniture for
the Carlson cottage where Or. Cronin
was murdered.
ORvILIE 4. EosS, Congregational
minister, while insanely jealous on the
18th killed his wife. his young son and
himself on ranch near Stockton. Cal.
Mas. J. ELLEN FoSTER. of Iowa and
other ladies took steps in Chicago on
the 18th to organize a non-partisan
WOman's Christian Temperance Union.
JosEPH PLrNgER, aged eighty-four
years. after a iass of forty days died on
the 18th near sanford. Ky.
OFFICIAL returns on the 18th showed
that l.. l.. Lampson rep was elected
observation-disclosures of Ohio in the re-
cent election BY the close margin of
fOrty-twO votes in total of over $50, 900.
The pluralities for the other Republican
candidates, except Governor, ranged
from 200 70 1000.
On the 18th Z United States custom
station was established on Lake of the
Woods for the purpose of preventing
Canadian lunbermen from stealing tim
Der from the forests in Minnesota.
\ mGHwAYMAN held up the Coos Bay
stage on the 18th near Roseburg. Ore,
and cut open and rifed the letters and
registered pouches
FIRE destroyed the Capitol Hotel at
Dallas, Tex, valued at $500, 600, on the
18th. and seventy-fve inmates lost all
their clothing. Two men persisted in
the flames
IN session on the 18th at Denver, Col,
the silver convention adopted a resolu-
ton recommending that Congress pro-
vide For the coinage of at least 81, OO0,-
600 of silver each month.
IL the Cronin murder trial in Chicago
the prosecution rested its case on the
18th, and an adjournment was taken un-
til the 10th.
IT was said on the 18th that the Hoke
family, of St. Louis, had fallen heir to
s45. 600. 900 BY the death of q relative at
Birmingham. Eng.
OK the i4th the bones of Svenska
Torgeson and his wife were found in the
smOldering embers Of their home near
St Peter, Mimi There was a strong
suspicion OF robbery and murder.
An explosion in a pyrotechnic factory
az Petersburg. Va, on the 14th destroyed
six thousand pieces of fireworks and
killed three Italian workmen.
Lock & SNITH's stock barn near
Louisville. Ky. was burned on the 14th,
snd seventeen brood mares and sixteen
yearling Colts persisted in the flames.
NEAE White Rock. Col, William
Richardson, Ralph ShafTer and Lou