River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-16

The death of William Gardner. said
United States. occurred In Portland,
Ore. aged %.
A BILL prohibiting BARRIERS from
working on Sunday passed the Ken
lucky legislature.
The death of Maj. Il. w. Woodruff.
for thirty years prominent figure on
the American turf, occurred at his resi-
dence in Chicago, aged 80 years.
THE managers of the twenty-three
railroads centering in Chicago an
nounced that they could not and would
not grant the increase in wages de-
manded by the switchmen on their
lines.
AT Glenford. Ga, Mrs Edgar Woods
and four children, who attempted to
cross Cedar creek. were drowned.
THE Washington legislature after
taking 100 joint ballots adjourned sine
die without choosing . successor to
United States Senator John u. Allen,
whose term expired March !.
IN Atlanta, TIA. the grand jury in
dieted for murder Julia Force, who re-
Gently killed her two sisters
-fAANAHAAAs7 a. A9eAAA III A0A-AAt AAAss iefNt
inaugurated a crusade against the
opening of saloons there Sunday.
By the aid of kerosene Mrs J. d.
Kisler, of Omaha, started the kitchen
FIRE and an explosion probably fatally
burned herself, her husband and three
children, besides de stroying the house
and all its contents.
IL the celebrated tax title cases at
Redwood Falls, Mimi. Judge Weber
filed decisions by which title sharks
are recognized by the law and more
than a thousand acres OF land are
wrested from innocent settlers.
HENRY BINDER and H. Carlson, two
well-to-do farmers, were caught in the
ice and drowned while fording Little
Rock creek near Hinckley, I'll.
THE Kansas legislature passed the
australian ballot law.
JoHN Il. ALLEN has been appointed
United States senator 20 succeed him
self from the state of Washington.
The governor has signed the bill pro-
hibiting prize fights in California.
AT Center, Ala, sherman Arp lcol-
ored, was hanged for killing an old
white farmer named Hoque several
months ago.
The receipts of the worlds fair thus
far are SIS, 952, as, and the total cx-
penses s15. 5s4,SI0
SAMUEL DAVIS and II. ). Starraw.
two wcll-to-do citizens and merchants
at Montgomery, Ala, fatally injured
each other in fight caused by an old
feud.
ABNER LOWE, William Gin and Gill
Sanders were fatally shot by the acct
dental discharge of Thomas GillS gun
while en- route 10 party few miles
from Monticello, Ark.
ar the age of l02 years Elizabeth
Smith died at her home in George
town, Ind.
JAcoB FIKE and wife celebrated their
diamond wedding at their home near
Bucyrus, o. Mr. Fise is % and his
wife 90.
AN official denial of an intended
strike among the switchmen on the
roads entering Chicago was made at
meeting of grievance committees of
the Switchmen's Mutual Aid associa-
ton.
Ar Rolling Fork. Miss. negroes took
Lee Walton (colored) from Jail and
hanged him. He had murdered Rufus
Haywood. n negro, without cause.
ENOUeH money by popular subscrip-
ton has been received by the trustees
to pay Gov. McKinley's debts, and by
April I every cent of the S95, 600 lia5i-
lities will he wiped out. The fund was
raised by nearly 1000 contributors, in
sums ranging from 81 to drafts for So
600, and the money came from nearly
every section of the country.
II the Susquehanna river high water
flooded many houses at Port Deposit,
Md, and poor families lost everything.
The famous comedian, Luke School
craft, died suddenly at tho Hotel STRAIT
ford in Cincinnati.
THE legislature of California passed
n resolution to submit to the people
constitutional amendment removing
the capital to San Jose.
THE death of Aaron f. Perry.
prominent lawyer. and member of con-
gress in 1870 from the First Ohio dis
trict, occurred at his home in Cincin-
natl.
THE National Board of Health ASSOC
citation officers met IN Cincinnati and
expressed the opinion that cholera will
be prevalent abroad all summer, and
that only the most careful and siren
uous efforts will keep it out of Amer