River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-22
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WEST AND SOUTH.
AT San Diego, Cal, Judge W. l. Pierce
was shot and seriously wounded on the
afternoon of the 18th by W. S Clendenin,
against whom Judge Pierce had renderedan
unfavOrable judicial opinion.
The reports of the damage done by floods
at Lincoln. Neb, was on the 18th said to be
greatly exaggerated The railroads had
not suffered much, except the Burlington &
Missouri, near Tecumseh, where nearly
twenty miles of track must be rebuilt No
houses were washed away.
A FALLING wall in Chicago on the l4th
killed one man and seriously injured two
others
A THREsHING- MACHINE boiler exploded ON
the 18th eighteen miles southwest of Aber-
deem, D. T., causing the instant death of
three men and severely injuring several
others
The editor of the Western Christian Ad-
vOcate, Rev DR. Bay iss, died at Bay View,
Mich. on the l4th, aged fifty -four years
On the l4th eX-Judge David s Terry was
sIot and killed by Deputy United States
Marshal David Nagle at LathrOp, Cal
Justice Stephen J. Field, OF the United
States Supreme Court, and Deputy United
States Marshal Maggie were sitting in the
depot dinirg-rOOm at breakfast when
Judge Terry came in. walked over and
slapped Justice Field in the face. Marshal
Nagle fired two shots at Terry, one of the
bullets going through his heart and the
other through the floor. He never spoke
after being shot The assault on Justice
Field was provoked by Judge Terry being
committed 10 Jail for contempt of court in
the celebrated Sharon-Hill divorce cas-,
Justice Field presiding over the court at
the time
MANY thousand acres were on the l4th
ablaze in Montana The timber north and
south OF Miles City, it was thOught, was
struck by lightning. starting the fire.
A SERIOUS accident was caused on the 18th
by the breaking through trestle OF a pas
senger train on the Evansville & Terre
Haute railway twelve miles north of Mount
Vernon, Ind Twelve persons were serious
" injured
The MOnOn route ON the lith granted
one cent a mile rate to veterans desiring to
attend the G. A r. encampment at Mil
waukee, that being the first railroad TO
make that reduction
THERE were twenty persons reported
killed on the 18th in the district adjacent %
Kansas City, No, by the storm which passed
over that section on the night of the 18th.
REPUBLICANS in State convention at Des
Moines. Ia. on the 18th passed q resolution
favoring Chicago for the Worlds Fair in
1852
CLEVELAND, o., bridge builders contem-
plated on the 18th investing 100000 in
rolling mills for the manufacture Of iron
beams as fOundrymen charged such ex-
Orbitant prices
AT the inquest over the remains of Judge
Terry who was shot by Deputy United
States Marshal Maggie while in the act of
committing an assault on Chief-Justice
Field. OF the United States Supreme Court,
at stockton, Cal. on the 18th, the jury
slund that Judge Terry came to his death
from a wound inflicted Dy David Nagle,
and recommended that he be held in Gus
tOdy and tried for murder. A warrant was
sworn out by Mrs. Terry for the arrest of
Justice Field for completely.
IL State convention at Des Moines on the
18th Iowa Republicans nominated Captain
J e. Hutchinson. of Mahaska for Governor
on the twenty fifth ballot A platform was
adopted indorsing the administration OF
President Harrison, liberal construction
of the pension laws, and demanding of Con-
gress the protection Of American industry
VI hen il does not foster trusts or trade con-
spiraeies- The convention then adjourned.
NORTH DAKOTEs Constitutional cOnyen-
ton on the 18TH unanimously adopted
resolution favoring the holding OF the
Worlds Fair in Chicago in lS92
Oh the 18th at the Keokuk 1al races
Satellite trotted six miles in $685., break
ing all previous records for the distance
RICHMOND VA Democrats on the 18th
nominated Captain Phil w Mckinney for
Governor and John Hoge Tyler for Lieu
tenant-Governor by reclamation at the
state convention
RECEIVER was appointed at the works
of the American Machine Company at Fin
Law o. on the 18th The assets were So,
co and the liabilities s500O0
DR. CRoNIS sympathizers held big dem
onstration on the l5thAt Cheltenham beach,
Chicago ten thousand 70 fifteen thousand
persons attending. On the same day anti
Cronin sympathizers held meeting at Og-
den's grove. Chicago. at which about seven
thousand persons attended
W : SCOTT. of Erie, and J. F. Joy. of De-
/ troit. arrived in Chicago on the 18th to con-
fer with Governor Fifer and the arbItra-
ton committee with a view to the settle
ment Of the strike in the coal-fields Of Ilii-
nois
THE Ancient Order Of Foresters in session
on the 18th at Minneapolis. MINI. decided
to withdraw from the English order and
form an independent body of their own
| Il was brought about by the English high
! court insisting on the admission OF colored
members
PENDING the hearing of a writ Of habeas
z corpus. the result OF the warrant sworn out
/ by Mrs Terry for complicity in the shoot
I ing Of her husband. Justice Field, OF the
I United States Supreme Court, was On the
| 18th released on s5.OO0 bail The California
Supreme Court refused TO adjourn as a
/ marx Of respect to Judge Terry on the day
| Of his funeral which took place on the 10th