River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-05-31
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| - Erien, leaders OF cOmnOnWealers
who stole a Union Pacific train al
Montpelier. Idaho, were sentenced al
| Cheyenne, Wyo.. to Eve months inn
prisonment, and twelve others were
sentenced To four months in Jail.
IN session at Minneapolis business
men of the northwest formed an asso
citation whose object is to build up a
home market for home-manufacture
goods.
STRIKING miners marched to the Mis-
| sion Field coal mines near Danville,
| H., and compelled the 200 men at work
10 come out and take an oath not to re-
turn.
/ FLAMES destroyed the most impor-
tant portion of East End, New Or
leans most popular summer resort, the
loss being 100000.
THE republican convention of the
Nineteenth Illinois district nominated
Benson Wood, of Effingham, for con
gress.
Little Rock. Ark, nominated full
state ticket, headed by DIR. NJ. l.. Curl
for governor.
IL Chicago fifty-nine indictments
were returned by the special grand
jury against persons charged with
violations of the election law.
/ CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, of Kansas, has
made a careful estimate of the differ
ent bands of Coxeyites on the way to
Washington and claims that there are
5000 men tramping or riding on boats
and borrowed trains toward the cap
ital.
FoR systematic horse stealing thirty
w Unknown citizens of Tecumseh, o.
T., were indicted.
AT Portland, Ore, the j. X. Gill com
pany, wholesale dealers in books and
stationery. failed for slSO,OOo
THE Indiana populists in convention
at indianapolis nominated full state
ticket headed by C. A. Robinson, of
Fountaintown. for secretary of state.
The platform recommends the free
coinago of silver; advises an increase
of the currency to $50 per capita; de-
nounces national banks and interest
bearing government bonds; recon-
meuds the election of United States
senator's and postmasters by direct
vote of the people. and favors an in
come tax and local option.
AFTER living on water forty-six days
John Downright, a well-to-do farmer,
died at Kalamazoo. Mich. aged ~
years. lie was determined to starve
himself to death and succeeded.
The governor ordered troops to La
Sale and Centralia, H., to suppress
striking miners, who defied the local
authorities.
An aged couple, Michael Bash and
wife. started from Clinton, Ia, in a
roadcart drawn by mule for an over
land trip TO New York city.
THE republicans of the Tenth Indi-
ana district nominated Charles II.
Lands. of Delphi. for congress.
MICHIGAN democrats will hold their
state convention at Grand Rapids on
June 2s.
In the First district of Indiana
Arthur ii. Taylor was renominated for
congress by the democrats.
| THE death Of DIR. Thomas Wilkinson,
of Ann Arbor, Mich. occurred at the
age of % years. He was a veteran OF
| the war of 1872.
AT San Antonio, Tex, Austin Brown
| tcolOred) was han ged for the murder
| of Anderson Harris. an ex-police of
| ficer.
JOSEPH GUILEs was hanged at Kan
sas City. Tex, for the killing of Fire
man Frank Martin while attempting
/ to rob a train.
Is the Sixth Kansas district. the re-
| publicans nominated Abraham III. Ellis
for congress.
IL Chicago suit for slOO. 600 damages,
caused by fire in the Manufactures
building January g. has been com
menced by the republic OF France
against the Columbian Exposition
company.
A COAL. mine near ottawa. ILL.,. was
visited hv strikers who burned the
tools and destroyed the mine by remov-
ing the props.
AT Cripple Creek. Col, striking
miners blew up a gold mine, killing
! eleven men who were at work in the
mine.
FARMERS of the northwest have
abandoned wheat as their only crop.
The decrease this year will De 25 per
cent.