River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-02-23

| THE execution of William Mccoy, a
negro who murdered his mistress, Mol
" McGruder. in Kansas City, on the
night of April o, 1891, took place at
Lexington. Mo.
The house OF representatives of Indi-
ana voted down a a bill providing for
au~ appropriation of $500 to be ex.
pended in entertaining visitors at the
grand army encampment to be held in
Indianapolis next September
AT TOreka, Kan, the repu blicans
seem TO have won the battle, Gov.
Lewelling having given them possess
sion OF the legislative hall. withdraw
ing the militia and sending the popu-
lists TO another room. The deputy
marshals were also withdrawn. This
action of the governor was to afford a
temporary settlement of the difficulty
or until the courts could decide it
john EwINe and ScheeIer Quillan,
railroad laborers. fought with pistols
over a girl near Catlettsburg. KY, and
both were killed.
FLAMES ruined Buclsstaff's vitrified
paving brick works at Lincoln, Neb.
The plant was valued at $780, 000
THE death of Miss Elizabeth Apple
man, fam liariy known as Aunt
BETSY" who celebrated her i0lst birth
day December II, occurred at her home
in Middletown. Md.
IL Kansas the legislative struggle
has come to an end, the republican
house having accepted the terms pro
posed by Gov. Lewelling which leave
! the republicans in possession of the
house, leave the poppy lists in possession
of their hired hall down town, send the
militia home, stop those en- route, dis
perse the thousand deputies and leave
the situation as to the legality of each
house in the courts.
THE failure was announced of Robert
L. Walker, a prominent banker and
capitalist at Youngstown. o.. with liza
bilities of 100000 and assets of $780,
900. The assignment involves Gov.
Mckinley. who Endorsed Walkers notes
and the indications were that every
dollar of property owned by the gov.
ernor would be swept away.
IL railway wreck near Brazil, Ind.
seven persons were injured, three IA
tally.
THE death of Ex-Congressman Barls-
dale, of Mississippi, aged 20 years, of
heart failure, occurred on his Yazoo
county plantation.
OK Newton II. Hrston's farm in Cll-
houn county, MICA, gold was said to
have been found.
FLAMES destroyed the dry house Of
the tobacco firm of John Finer &
Bros. in Louisville, Ky, the loss being
500. OOO
EARTHQUAKES in the Yellowstone Ma
tional park did considerable damage.
Mr.. AND Mrs, ScHEIFERsTEiS. an old
and wealthy couple. were suffocated
by natural gas At Toledo, o.
Is the Texas & Pacific yards at Fort
Worth. Tex, an engine exploded, kill
ing John Mills and fatally injuring
three other men.
on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne e
Chicago railroad at Monroe, Ind, En-
gineer Knode. Fireman Graham aud
brakeman Blackford were fatally in
jured in collision.
SCHooNERs were driven ashore and
other sailing craft disabled during a
blizzard on Chesapeake bay and six
sailors were drowned.
NEAR Bath station, Col, trains coll
lided and three men were instantly
killed and several others were serious
IL injured.
The Oregon and Wyoming legisla-
lures adjourned sine die. the latter
without breaking the senatorial dead
lock, and the governor will appoint a
United States senator who will serve
two years.
THE noted actor. Mckee Rankin. has
retired permanently from the stage.
SOME one unknown assassinated two
| Mormon preachers who had been in
Lewis county, Tenn, for some time
preaching Mormonism.
The death of George Z. Spencer, ex-
United States senator from Alabama,
occurred at Washington of dropsy.