River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-01
The EAST.

THE death of ex-Gov. VI. II. Clark, of
New York. occurred at his home in
Canandaigua. He was elected governor
Of the state in 1855.
f. L. LOWE, ex-governor of Maryland.
died at his home in Brooklyn, y. v,
aged Il years
The miners strike in the Upper Mon
Ongahela c. Ike region has come to an
end. The companies refused to recog-
nize the united mine workers organi-
cation and the men were returning to
work.
FIERCE forest fires were raging in
the South mountains. near Carlisle.
Pa, and large tracts Of valuable tim
/ Der land had been burned over.
The switchmen's strike at Buffalo
was officially declared off by Mr..
Sweeney after an unsuccessful effort
to- involve other railroad organizations
/ in the trouble.
| PRECAUTIONARY measures would be
/ put in operation at New York. Boston.
/ Philadelphia and other Atlantic ports
To keep cholera out of the country.
AT Springfield Mass, p. ]. Berlo
/ rode a bicycle miles in four minutes
I anu lOE " CAEuN NEtOnAl>. BIthhlD2 the
worlds record four minutes forty-eight
and four-fifths seconds made by Tay-
/ Tor last fall.
Two HUNDRED men from the Twenty
ninth street Pittsburgh mill of the Car
negie Company quit woi k in sympathy
with the locked out men.
AT meeting of western and eastern
/ anthracite coal agents in New York it
/ was decided To again advance the price
/ of coal twenty-five cents September l.
NOT satisfied with the stoppage of
the strike by Grand Master Switchman
Sweeney, and with alleged grievances
Of their own. the switchmen on the
Laekawanna and Nickel-Plate roads at
Buffalo quit work again.
Is an opinion in the Reading coal
combine Chancellor McGill says that so
/ far as it relates to New Jersey the trust
IS Illegal
AT Camden. y. J.. James Il. Morton
was hanged in the county Jail for the
murder of Mrs Lydia Ann Newly, an
| old cOlOred woman.
J. II. TUCKER, of Virginia, was elect
ed president Of the American Ear asso-
citation in session at Saratoga, y. Y.
THE socialist labor party held its
national convention in New York city
ON the 18th and nominated Simon
Wing. of Boston. for president. and
/ Charles II. Matchett, of Brooklyn, for
vice president.
FIRE ruined the Metropolitan opera
/ house in New York, the finest temple
/ of music in America, the loss being
/ $500. 900. Another fire among business
4 buildings caused a loss of $3.50, 600 and
one girl persisted in the flames.
/ II Philadelphia the worlds mile
swimming record was broken by
/ Arthur Thomas Kenney, who made the
distance in 2S minutes - seconds.
AT Cape May, y. j., the wedding of
/ Henry Il. Freeman and Miss Anna
/ Maria Diamond brought to an end a
courtship extending over twenty-five
years.
THE troops have been withdrawn
from Buffalo, y. ", and business has
been resumed on all the railways af-
fected by the strike.
/ THE percentage of the baseball clubs
| in the second series of the national
/ league for the week ended ON the 27th
were: Cleveland. $50; Philadelphia,
SIS; Brooklyn. Sill; Boston, 81; New
York, 529: Pittsburgh. 800; Louisville,
500; Cincinnati, 500; Chicago. .472;
/ Baltimore, .457; st. Louis, .36S, Wash
| ingtOn, .297.