River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-30

BECAUSE he had been accus Il of en-
bezzlement, William Day. former cham
pion eross-eountry runner o. .he coun-
try. hanged hinself
An emigrant's wagon near Column
bus, Tex, was struck by lightn ng,
killing husband and wife, but leaving
their babe unhurt
II. @. KING, mechanical engineer
Of Memphis. was killed by Alex Carr,
an employe TO whom he was indebted.
Ar the national eneampment at Dav-
export Miss Madge Howe, of Spring
field, Ill, was elected president of the
Ladies' Aid society, auxiliary to the
Sons of Veterans
NH-IAM JACKSON and John Yer
million were killed and number Of
others seriously injured by the burst
ing of sawmill boiler at Frankfort,
Ind.
CALIFORNIA democrats in state con-
vention at San Francisco nominated
Congressman James Budd for gov
ernor.
Al Franklin, Wash. an explosion of
gas IN a mine imprisoned sixty-two
men, thirty-seven of whom were taken
out dead.
RICHARD JORDAN and Riley Walker,
two negroes convicted of murder, were
taken from a train at Mitchelrs sta
ton, Ala, and lynched.
AT Forest City. Mo-, Mrs L. b.
Christ. together with her two children,
was burned to death as result of
gasoline explosion.
q. l.. McCAHAN. of Baltimore, Md,
was elected grand high chief of the
grand chapter of the Royal Arch Ma
sons at the convention in Topeka.
A FREIGHT train was held up at Deer
field, Ill, by two men, who killed
. lie ective who was on the train and
robbed the conductor.
PoPULIsTs of Nebraska nominated 2
ticket headed by Silas a. Hoicornb for
governor.
BY the falling of a bridge in Fair
mount park at Kansas City twenty per
sons were badly injured.
DIRECTLY paced mile at Washing
ton park. Chicago. in 2:10$4, lowering
the worlds record for 2-year-olds a
/ quarter of a second.
The president and general manager
of the Lake Shore railroad, John New
ell. of Chicago, aged "a, died of Apo
plexy at Youngstown, @.
THE republicans of Nevada. in con-
vention at Reno, nominated A. c.
Cleveland for governor.
WHILE attempting to ford the Scioto
river in a wagon near Portsmouth,
o.. Adam A. Parrott. his wife and two
of their three children were drowned.
FLAMES wiped out the town of
Guerneville, Cal
WILLIAM LAKE and III. +. Griswold,
who held up ST. Paul train at Deer
field, H., and killed Special Officer
Owens, were captured after running
fight in which they shot an officer and
both were wounded.
THE strike at Pullman was declared
ended by Thomas w. Heathcote, chair
man of the strikers committee.
DEMOCRATS of the Fifth California
district nominated J. p. Kelly for con-
! gress, and Daniel c. McKinnon was
nominated by the populists in the
First district of Florida.
The settlement in Michigan known
as Finland was completely wiped out
of existence by fores; fires.
THE cost to Illinois caused by the
calling out of the militia during the
late strike is placed by the adjutant
general at S35O,0OO
THE death of George Il. Shaw, aged
40. congressman from the Seventh dis
trict of Wisconsin, and ex-supreme
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias,
occurred at his home in Eau Claire
from malarial fever contracted in
Washington.
AT the age of AZ Mrs. Rosamond
Foldett, until recently editor and
owner OF the Gazette at Green Bay,
Wis. died of cancer
For the crime of murder, Coejaree, a
Seminole Indian. was executed at We
wo. o. T., by being shot to death.
IN an open letter Miss Mary Desha.
sister of Breekinridge's first wife,
calls on the men and women of Ken
lucky to defeat the congressman.