River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06

WHILE bathing In Silver lake at
Akron, o., Prof ID. E. Conan, instruc-
tor in the e.. mnasium of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, was drowned.
FIRE swept away the business por-
ton of the village of Roberts. Ill
The oldest practicing lawyer in
Ohio, Judge John E. Hanna, aged 80.
died at his home in McConnellsville.
THE town of Uvalde. Tex. was mum
dated by the bursting OF an artesian
well and il was thought 200 persons
were drowned. The property loss was
estimated at 81, 500, 900.
The prohibitionists nominated a
full ticket for state officers in Colora-
do. headed by George Richardson for
governor.
NOMINEES for congress were selected
as follows: Virginia, Eighth district,
J. G.. Mason (pop.). Texas, Fourth dis
trict, ID. H. Culberson (dem.) renomi-
mated North Carolina. Third district.
Cyrus Thompson (pop.); Sixth, o. IL.
Dockery (rep).
The death of Clancy Matthews, a
negress 10 years of age, occurred at
Little Rock. She was the Oldest resi-
dent of Arkansas as far as known.
WHILE being taken to the Jail at Mil
lington. Tenn, six negroes who had
been arrested on a charge of barn
burning were shot to death by mob.
THE first Bohemian Methodist church
in the world was dedicated in Chicago
with interesting ceremonies.
The towns of Hinckley. Mission
Creek. Milaca and Sandstone in Miu-
nesota were wiped out by forest fires,
Bashaw, Barronett, Benoit. Cartwright,
Fifield, Granite Lake. Grantsburg,
Glidden, Marengo. Muscado, Shell
Lake and South Range in Wisconsin,
and Sidnaw, Even and Trout Creek in
Michigan. The total loss of life as far
as known was placed at 466 and the
loss to property at sl2. 900, 900.
MASKED men robbed the bank at
Tescott, Kan, of $1,000, and fatally
wounded citizen who attempted to
interfere.
IN fit of jealousy Henry LoesclS
shot his wife four times at st. Louis
and then cut his own throat
IN indianapolis heavy wind and
transforms wrecked several buildings
and destroyed hundreds of shade
trees.
AT the age of so years. Samuel ].
Kirkwood. Iowa's war governor and
secretary of the interior in the Gar
field cabinet, died a. his home in Iowa
City.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made as follows: Wisconsin, Seventh
district, C. II. Van Wormer (pop. }.
Iowa, Eighth district, Frank C. Stuart
tpop.). Missouri, Thirteenth district,
]. II. Raney (rep.l. Nebraska. Second
district. james +. Boyd (dem.); Third,
J. NJ. Devine (pop.).
JAMES CAIN, a Cincinnati barber, up
braided for dissipation. shot his ia
ther. wife and child. The latter was
dead.
ROBBERS tortured an aged couple
near Warren, o., and secured seventy
cents. The old people would probably
die of their injuries.
COLORADO democrats in convention
at Denver nominated c. G. Thomas, of
Arapahoe county, for governor.
PoPUIIsTs nominated c. ii. Martin
for congress in the Sixth district of
North Carolina.
john WEMMET and Mrs John Carter
were murdered at Burr Oak. la. The
woman's husband was arrested ON
suspicion.
FURTHER reports from the fire-swept
district of northeastern Minnesota and
northwestern Wisconsin indicate that
the loss of life and destruction of
property have not been exaggerated.
While it is not possible to ascertain
the exact number of lives lost it is GER
tain that between 400 or 500 persons
persisted. The property loss will not
fall short of $40 900. 900
TIE Methodist church, twelve dwell
ing houses and five barns were de-
stroyed by fire at Burbank, o.
IN Arkansas the democrats elected
their entire state ticket, James p.
Clark. for governor, having from IS, 900
to 10000 ma jority.
NEAR Perry. o. T.. Mrs. ]. McPhee,
her two children and Miss Mabel Hill
were caught in a waterspout and
drowned.
THE Wabash ticket Office at Spring
field, ILL.,, was entered by burglars at
noon and the safe robbed of Sl,V61.
AT Denver the national irrigation
convention opened with about 200 dele
gates in attendance. Several foreign
countries were represented.
RAIN averted further danger from
forest fires at many points in Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota.