River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-06-12

SlOO,U oe. NO one was injured
An express train on the Louisville q
Nashville road from New Orleans for
Cincinnati was wrecked near English,
KY, on the 9th, and nine people were
seriously hurt. two Of them fatally.
The death of Franklin J. Eddy, q
Mexican war veteran and founder of the
Coldwster Mich Republican, occurred
in Coldwater ON the 9th, aged "a years.
NEAR Rockford, ILL.,, passenger train
| jumped the rails on the 9th, and the
engineer and four section men were
killed.
OK the 9th Cheyenne Indians in
Montana were on the verge of an out
break. 1t was reported that they had
killed five whites. and settlers were
taking precautions for their safety.
Ar Boulder. Mont, Thomas King was
hanged on the 9th for killing Matthew
| Fogarty at dance few months ago
THE South Dakota Farmers Alliance
met in political convention at Huron on
the 9th and formed new alliance. to be
called the Independent party. The plat
form includes woman suffrage. tariff for
revenue only and prohibition of the
/ liquor traffic.
| In the Players League the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 18th were. Boston, .63l;
New York. .594; Brooklyn, .575; Chica-
/ go, .5l4; Philadelphia, .473: Cleveland,
.454; Pittsburgh, 400: Buffalo, .313.
/ The clubs in the National League stood:
| Cincinnati, 63s; Philadelphia, .631;
| Chicago, .57I; Brooklyn, 500; New
N. frlAua1arA ..
Pittsburgh, $50.
In the Sixth district of Kansas. the
Farmers Alliance on the 9TH nominated
William Baker for Congress
THOUSANDS of cattle were dying in
New Mexico on the 18th for want of food.
There had been no rainfall for six
months in the southern portion of the
I Territory and ranges were bare.
| FIRE destroyed the sash and door
factory of the Zacto Company at Bucoda.
Wash, on the 9TH. Loss, SI35. 900
II the thickly-settled part of Daven-
port, Ia, five incendiary fires were start
ed on the sth, all within six blocks. But
! little damage was done.
In Chatsworth. ILL.,, burglars set fire
to bank on the sth,. and the entire bus
AN English syndicate bought the
/ Etna and Standard iron mills at Mar
tins Ferry, w. Va, on the 9TH for ST.
/ 800, 600.
OK the 9TH William Palmer was ar
rested by post-ofiice inspectors at La
Crosse, Wis. for swindling Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota people out of S25,
600 by bogus employment agency.
THE death of Mrs. Rhoda Swaine, of
Owatonna, Mimi, occurred on the 18th
at the age of 10l years. She distinctly
remembered visit of George Washing
ton to her fathers home.
IN the Mississippi river at Rapids
City, H.. four children were drowned
on the sth.
IT was said on the 9TH that John p.
Kunze, the ex-suspect in the Cronin
murder case in Chicago, had given the
States Attorney some important in
formation concerning the mysterious
man who drove DIR. Cronin to his death
IL Chicago on the 9th Joseph Mon
tag, an old man whose dissipated
habits had estranged him from his
family shot and killed his wife and
then wounded himself fatally.
THE death of Thomas Sutton, Of
Dubuque, Ia. who had been undergo
ing an enforced fast caused by para
alyzed stomach for the last ninety-six
days, occurred on the 9th.
PRESTON and William Eaton (brothers)
were killed by the cars on the 9th near
Hardy. Neb.
IL a wreck on the Milwaukee &
Northern road on the 9Th near Plym-
mouth, Wis, ten men were injured, some
fatally.
IL a collision on the Wabash road at
Warrenton. Mo-, on the 9th, eight men
were killed and twenty-five injured.
The men were in charge of raee-horses,
and fifteen of the latter were also killed.
The loss to the railway company was
S201. OlO.
THE business part of Colchester,
Conn was burned on the 9th.
AT the 05erlin TO- college three
students were run over by a wagon on
the 9th and fatally injured
NINE girls were on the 9th fined for
pla ing baseball with a DanvIlic,
team at that place on Sunday. The boys
were also fined.
Oh the 9th John Dewey and George
Langford. farmer boys living near Ef-
fingham. ILL.,. went to sleep on the rail-
road track and were killed by an en-
CINE.
PARTS of Mississippi were swept by
storm on the 9th which did much dam
age to growing crops. Hail-stones as
large as hens eggs fell.