River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-04

on the 2Sth nominated the following
ticket: For Governor, James NJ. Turner;
Lieutenant-Go William ;. Lin
ton; Secretary of State, Washington
Gardener; Treasurer. Joseph b. Moore;
Auditor-General, Theron 4. Giddings;
Commissioner of Land Office. John G..
Berry; Superintendent of Public In
struction, Orr Schurtz; Member State
Board of Education, James VI. Ballou;
Justice of Supreme Court. Edward Cahill.
SoUTH DAKOTA Republicans nomi-
mated the following ticket on the 2sth
at Mitchell: For Governor, A. c. Mel
lette; observation-disclosures q. A. Hoff-
man; Secretary of State. A. o. Rings
rud; Treasurer, w. w. Taylor; Attor-
ney-General, Robert Dollard: Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction. Cortez
Solomon: Commissioner of Public Lands,
Il. ii. Ruth; Commissioner of Labor, A.
r. Smith; Congressman, John A. Pick
Ter. John r. Gamble.
INDIANA Democrats nominated the
following ticket at Indianapolis on the
18th: For Secretary of State, Claude
Mathews; Auditor, ]. o. Henderson;
Treasurer, Albert Gall; Attorney-Gen-
eral. Green Smith; Clerk of Supreme
Court, Alexander Sweeney; Superin-
tendent Public Instruction. ii. o. Voor-
bees; State Statistician, w. A. Peele,
Jr.; State Geologist, ). 5. CARLY.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted at the
Farmers National congress in Council
Bluffs, Ia, on the 2sth demanding that
National taxation be limited TO the
wants of the Government, favoring the
election of United States Senators by
vote of the people and the unlimited
coinage of silver.
THE railway strikes in Chicago came
to an end on the 2sth.
OTTo LOUTH and John. alias Brocky
Smith, murderers, were hanged in the
Ohio penitentiary at Columbus on the
2sth.
Roy WILKES paced a mile on the 2sth
in 2:O9 at Independence, Ia, beating all
previous stallion records in the world.
THE Sons of Veterans in National en-
campment at St. Joseph. Mo-, on the
2oth elected Colonel Leland J. Webb, OF
Topeka, Kan. Commander-in-Chi for
the ensuing year. Mrs. Ella l.. Jones,
of Altoona, Pa, was elected president
of the Woman's Aid Society.
ON the -Sbt It. L
of Mayhem. Mo, was murdered in his
store by William Waters (colored), who
was pursued, overtaken and hanged
FLORIDA Republicans on the 10Th
put the following ticket in nomination:
For Comptroller, l.. ID. Ball, of ITALIA
hassee; Supreme Court Judge, j. Il.
Challen. of Jacksonville.
AT Wheeling, w. Va, Michael Mac
loini and a colored man named solomon
were killed on the goth by stepping on
an electric wire.
REPUBLIC ANS made the following
Congressional nominations on the Goth:
Florida, First district J. n. STRIPPING;
Ohio. Twelfth district w. III. Enochs:
Wisconsin, First district, II. A. Cooper;
Arizona, c. w. Cheney The Demo-
cratic nominations were: North Caro-
lima, Eighth district. w. II. IL Cowies
(renominated); Ninth, w. 4. Crawford;
Washington, Thomas Carroll; Georgia,
Fifth district, l.. L. Livingston
THE death of William Brotherton, OF
JohEstown, Mich, occurred on the Goth,
aged 1OS years.
A wIND-sToRM on the Goth wrecked a
number of houses in Coldwater. Mich,
and feEces and trees were also blown
down.
AT Woodfield, o., Milton Redin,
prominent young man, was caught in
the ropes of an ascend ng balloon on the
SOth ult.. and at a height of 1000 feet
fell and was crushed to death.
IL the Fourth Minnesota district J.
n. Castle was renominated for Congress
on the 30th ult. by the Democrats. In
the Seventh Iowa district James II.
Weaver declined the nomination re-
Gently rendered him by the Democrats
For the week ended on the 30th ult.
tie percentages of the baseball clubs in
the Players League were: Boston. .6l3;
Brooklyn. .59I: New York. .515; Phila.
delphia, .o4I; Chicago. 527; Pittsburgh,
435; Clevv. "a .4o7; Buffalo, 2s4. The
clubs in the National League stood:
Brooklyn, Sos; Boston, .63S; Cincinnati,
500; Philadelphia. .6O7; Chicago. 500;
New York, All; Cleveland, .29s; Pitts |
burgh, us.
On the 3Oth ult. DIR. George +. Root,
the author and composer of "Rally
Round the Flag, Boys" Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp, the Boys Are Marching" bat |
tie Cry of Freedom" THE Hazel DELL"
Resale, the Prairie Flower, and many
other popular songs, celebrated his 10th !
birthday at his home in Chicago