River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
WEST AND SOUTH.

Is the bottoms about Jacksonville, Ind,
the corn was on the 4th being washed out
by the overlooking river
4 VERY perceptible shock of earthquake
was felt az Nashville Tenn, about nine
o'clock on the night of the ath
Az incendiary FIRE ON the 18th at Biloxi
Miss, destroyed twenty five buildings,
causing loss of $4,000
TIE American Bankers Association viii
hold their annual convention at Kan rs
City. Mo. September 2'-2G
Is the DR. CrOnjn inquest in Chicago all
the evidence on the 9Th was directed to-
ward establishing the fact that the de-
ceased was firmly impressed with the idea
that his life was endangered through the
machin tions Of Alexander Sullivan. the
welI-known eX-president of the Irish Land
Le3gue.
Early on the morning OF the 5th fire at
jacksonville. Fla, destroyed about sixty
wooden buildings, for the most part occu-
pied by colOred people. The loss was csti-
mated at s3o.OOC.
TIE doors of the Pank of Omaha, Neb..
Incorporated about a yea ngO, were closed
on the jth Liabilities between $4,000 and
-1Ooj1: assets nominal
ON the 9Th the enumeration of Indiana
school children showed that there was
40. 80 in the State. which indicated total
population of ,, 56iO6 The appOrtionment
OF school funds Is sl.S5 per eapita-an in
crease Of four cents over last year.
A FIRE destroyed the st James Hotel at
Stevens Point. Wis on the 5th, and young
man and two girls persisted IN The flames
rEoHIBITIoNIsTs of Nebraska met at Lin
coin on the 5th and organized a state
league, and also arranged to establish local
leagues in every county in the State
The school census of Nebraska showed
on the eth a school population of 3lG,Sl5.
which gives total population TO the state
of about .ou0OJG
OK the 9TH five thousand men were en-
gagged in the work OF clearing away debris
and searching for bodies at JOhnstOwn. Pa
The indications were that the estimate OF
1900 70 u, TOO would not exceed the actual
number Of lives lost when all was known
The militia was in possession OF the town
and its approaches. and sight-seers and
curiosity seekers were debarred from enter
ing. Good order prevailed and the home
less ami destiwJo were being cared for as
amply As possible.
AT JohnstOwn. Pa. Eddie Fisher. aged
thirteen. whose mother and five sisters and
brothers persisted in the flood. committed
suicide on the 9TH by jumping from the top
OF a building.
REPORTS OF the 9Th say that in Steuben
County. y. y, and adjacent TO it between
twenty and twenty five lives we're lost and
about S5.0Oo,0l worth OF property de-
stroved in tho recent flood, and in Eastern
Pennsylvania nearly 40 lives were known
% have been lOst. and property to the
amaunt OF SO, 90. coo were swept away.
FLAMES swept away the business portion
OF Seattle the largest CITY in Washington
Territory on the afternoon of the 9th. Every
bank. hotel, place of amusement. all the
leading business houses. all the newspaper
offices. the railroad dePots miles Cf steam
boat wharves, the coal bunkers. the freight
warehouses Snd the telegraph offices were
burned
NEAR Girard. Kan. Karl HahnmaAn. a
farmer. strangled his wife TO death on the
9Th and then went 10 the barn and hanged
himself No cause was known for the
deed
OK the 9TH J. Fl Benjamin, editor OF the
Deland tFla1 News. shot and instantly
killed Captain J. W. Douglas At New Smyr-
ma The shooting was the result OF an old
feud
lows PrOhibitionis.s met in state conVen-
ton at Cedar Rapids on the 9th and made
the following nominations. FOR Governor
Malcolm smith. ~ Cedar Rapids; Lieuten-
ant Governor. o Murphy. Of Jasper
County; supreme Judge " A. Naginns.
i jackson County. Supel 4ntcudcnt Of Pub
.ic Instruction Mrs c. A Durham, OF Bur-