River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23

injured fifteen men, three of the num-
Der fatally.
CHARLES MILLER, a lad only Is years
old. arrested as a--yagrant in Manhat-
tan, Kan. confessed that be murdered
Harry Fishbaugh and Frank Emerson,
who were found dead in freight car at
Cheyenne, Wyo., September27
NEAR La Crosse, ind, marsh fires
were raging and 10, 900 tons of stacked
hay had been burned.
AT Ispheming. Mich. the strike of
the a, 900 miners has ended, the men re-
turning TO work on the old terms.
THE Pullman Palace Car Company
held its annual meeting in Chicago
The financial statement showed that
the total revenue of the company for
the twelve months was SIS. $50, 96L26. OF
which 1913. 1857 was from earnings
of cars. The operating expenses were
So, 274, 604 81. The company employs
Il. 867 persons During the year 5. O23, O57
passengers were cared for, against
4, 242, Sac the previous year.
In North Carolina cyclone wrecked
houses and other property at HASTE and
Floral College. end two persons were
The II. G.. Peters Salt and Lumber
Company of Manistee, Mich, made an
assignment. The liabilities were placed
at s.. 600. 600 and the assets at Sd, 600, 900.
Speculation caused the failure
The population of the State of Ten
nessee is given by the Census Bureau
at l, 763, 723; increase, 22l, 364. State of
Texas, ., 2S2. 900; increase. $40, All.
NEAR Lebanon, Ind, William Budd
dropped dead when he heard that his
wife had applied for divorce.
Al St Louis Anna Baker, wife of Ma
Foo, Chinese laundryman, threw I've
into the face of Walter Kelly, a lO-year-
old boy. and he was totally blinded.
KANSAS and Iowa courts have decided
that the Wilson law prohibiting the
sale of liquor in original packages in tho
States named is imperative without new
State legislation.
AT Louisville the first game OF the
series for the worlds baseball cham
ionship was played on the nth between
the brooklyn club, winners of the Ma
tional League pennant and the Louis
Vile club. winners of the American As
soclation championship Score: Brook
| Ign, .; Louisville, o.
FLAMES destroyed the works of the
! Cherry Morrow Manufacturing Company
within the walls of the State peniten-
tiary at Nashville. Tenn, causing a loss
of $500. 0OO
AT Morris, Ill, James Maxwell, alias
| Murray, who murdered Charles Decker
on the night of June last, was hanged
on the 18th. He died without reveal
| ing his identity.
THOMAS O'CoNSoR who was pardoned
a short time ago from life sentence on
condition that he leave Minnesota for
ever. has been sent back to prison. lilo
| did not leave the State.
THE Hospodar arrived at San Francis
co from London after the longest trip
on record, having been out ia days, ow-
| ing 10 storms.
CHARLES HOVER and William Place,
| two business men of Ohio City, o., were
| killed in an encounter with burglars
and one of the robbers was shot dead.
| The other four burglars escaped.
FROM all the large cities and many
towns of Kansas dispatches state that
Original package" saloons have been
opened and are doing a thriving bust
ness as a result of the decision of the
United States Circuit Court declaring
| the Wilson law imperative.
THE Oklahoma Territory Republicans
nominated ID. A. Harvey for Congress.
and Congressman Dickerson was renom-
mated by the Kentucky Democrats in
the Sixth district.
The population of the State of Min
/ = ha CanGtc ~
l. 800, or, an increase of 5l9,244 in the
past ten years. The population of Min
neapolis is 164. 73S; increase, III, ISL; St
Paul. 1873. 1856; increase, 9I.6S3.
FLAMES destroyed one-half the bust
ness portion of Virden, Ill.
RESIDENTS of Latta, S. c., began a
crusade against beer-sellers by purchas-
ing their entire stock and burning it.
AT Napa, Col, the stallion Stamboul
trotted mile in 2:111z, beating Axtell's
time one-half of second.
THE second game of baseball at
Louisville on the 18th for the worlds
championship resulted in the Brooklyn's
defeating the Louisville club by score
of 5 to 8.
On account of domestic trouble Carl
Vender, German residing near Chilli,
| o., shot his wife and killed himself.
Miss LILLE BooTH, of Quincy, Ill,
who killed her betrayer. ID. G.. Price,
and was then accidentally shot by her
own weapon, died from her wound.
AT Jackson, Miss, the constitutional
convention decided that hereafter elec-
tions in Mississippi for State officers
shall take place every four years.