River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-21

TIE worlds fair directors have called
a sp seial meeting to discuss the FEAST
bility OF extending the exposition until
January l. 1894.
On the Mineral Range road in Michi
gan passenger train was held mp and
the express car robbed by bandits a
half mile from Boston station, the rob-
bers securing $1,000 in cash. money in
tended for the employees of the Calumet
& Hecla copper mines.
JUICE VICTOR EsTOPINAL was killed
and his son fatally wounded while
| placing negro under arrest near
Southport. La.
A NEGRO named Staples Green was
hanged at Livingstone, Ala. for murder
IN northern Wisconsin forest fires
still ragged and hundreds of persons
were homeless. The loss to fores Is
alone was estimated at 81, 900, 900.
IN the business center of Emporia,
Kan. fire did 500, 900 damage. Thirty
i've horses We're cremated.
IN his annual report J.. c. Hughes.
governor of Arizona. says that the as
sesscd valuation of the territory in 1898
was s2s, 4s6, iss, against ST. 1924, 1862 in
1892. The total bonded debt is g.. $50, :
600. The governor makes strong
plea for the admission of Arizona into
the union as a state. He says that the
shrinkage in the value of silver has re-
suited in the closing of almost all the
silver mines, SO that the output during
the year was less than $500. 200, as
s6,2Ts. sos in 1891.
MASKED men held up the stage near
Tahlequah, /. T., and after robbing
the passengers carried off the mail
pouches
WITHOUT any known cause Lydia
Bullivant shot her husband fatally at
Spokane. Wash, and then shot herself.
DIRECTION lowered the stallion rec
ord to 2:O6I5 Ut Washington park, Chi
cago. and Plying Jib paced a mile In
2:O4, equaling Mascot's record.
FLAMES swept away nearly the en-
tire business portion of Bunker Hill, Ill.
THE lie Mars national bank of lie
Mars, Ia. and the First national bank
of East Portland, Ore, were permitted
TO reopen for business.
~ Sacramento, Cal, an effigy of
President Cleveland was found dang
| ling to tree.
IL Iowa the prohibition-republic
state committee nominated Rev Ben
net Mitchell, of Crawford county. for
governor. to fill the vacancy caused by
the declination of l.. ). Coffin
CHICAGO firemen fought a prairie fire
for twelve consecutive hours covering
an area of nearly twenty blocks in part
adjoining the worlds fair grounds.
Seven Columbian guards were over
come 10y the intense heat and smoke,
and two viii probably die.
THE first white woman to immigrate
to Illinois, Mrs. Eli Hallowell. died at
Oakland, aged los years.
THREE colored brothers of Roselius
Julian, Nolsin. Baslie and Paul Julian,
who murdered Judge Victo- Estopinal
in jefferson parish, La, were lynched
by a mob.
AT Manistique, Mich, twelve bust
ness houses were destroyed by fire, the
loss being $3.50, 900; partially insured.
FIRE that started in the Touring mill
at Patterson, o., destroyed over third
of the town.
IN an accident on the st. Paul road
at Oliver, Mimi, George w. Remsen,
engineer; Charles Holdings, fireman.
and Anthony Brewer. brakeman. were
instantly killed. All lived in Mime
apolis.
IL northern Wisconsin forest fires
were still raging. covering an area of
nearly 200 square miles, and many
lives had been lost
WHITE CAPS killed Redmond Burke
at Breckenridge, Mo. lie had been
charged with frequently beating his
wife.
The Benton club stables at st.
Joseph, Mo, were destroyed by fire and
100 vehicles and eleven valuable horses
were burned.
ABOUT 100, 600 persons made the race
for land in the Cherokee strip and in
the run six persons were known to
have been killed and many others were
injured.