River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-03-01

The Knights OF Labor executive
board declared general boy cots on St
L. uis' English syndicate beer.
WALTER BLAcKMAS. aged 10 years.
and Miss Minta Rogers, aged u. were
instantly killed by the cars at Shelby. o.
FIRE swept away a business block
and public school building at Fort
Wayne, Ind. the loss being sl2o, 900.
Or the eight members of the Kruger
family near Michigan City, Ind, seven
died rom the effects of eating pork
containing trichina-
The courthouse was broken into at
Ashland, Ala, and the county records
stolen and burned by parties under
criminal Indictment
JACOB SMITH, the Oldest mason in the
United States, died at the age of 90
years at his home in Gerard county, Ky.
THE grand jury at Lansing, Mich,
found indictments in the election frauds
case against Attorney General Ellis,
Secretary of State Jochim, Treasurer
Hambitzer, Land Commissioner Berry,
and Clerks Warren. Potter and Bussey.
In NILES, o., 100 families were
without food. They had been supplied
by the city authorities, but further aid
was refused because there was PC more
money for that purpose.
BECAUSE she would not marry linn
Harry Hall, railway employee at
Ottawa, Kan, fatally wounded Mrs.
Leeds, a widow, and then committed
suicide.
ORANGE PAGE, an ex-convict charged
with the murder of Rosa Haywood, a
Raleigh IN. c. woman 100 years old.
was arrested.
THE once fertile and prosperous Rio
Grande valley in Texas has been trans
formed by drought into a vale Of desc.
lation.
For the murder of Mrs. Schrums at
Milwaukee Rudolph J. Freshman was
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
ANOTHER incendiary fire damaged the
beautiful Agricultural building ct Tie
worlds fair grounds.
THE house of John Vert, farmer,
was burned near Murfreesborough
Ark. and he and his wife and five chill
dren all persisted in the flames.
AT Arcadia. Neb. an earthquake
shock Jared windows like heavy thun-
der and shook plastering from ceilings.
Ex-CoNeREssMAS II. Il. Strait, who
for twelve years represented Minnesota
in the lower house of representatives.
died in Mexican Central train at Ell
Paso. Tex
JUDGE BRENTAs-o sentenced Eugene
Prendergsst to be hanged Friday,
March 23. for the murder of Mayor
Harrison in Chicago.
IN quarrel near Red Lodge, Mont.
William Lockely shot and killed Dam
iel Edwards and the latter's son.
TIE noted playwright, Steele
Mackaye. AGED IS, died on train near
La Junta, Col, while on mis- way to
San Francisco from Chicago.
IN Colorado petitions were being cir
culated for the silver states to secede
and join the republic of Mexico
AFTER tventy-four years John w.
Fancher, who disappeared from Column
bus, o., has been found in Colorado.
A MOB lynched Thomas Douglass,
aged Is years, who killed Officer John
Cowlett at Sherman, Ala, while he was
levying on a COW belonging 10 his
mother, and riddled his body with bull
lets.
JENNIE KEIKs, Carrie Copper and
Katie Betscheider, school children,
broke through the ice on the canal at
Massillon, o., and were drowned.
JUDGE GRossCUP. of Chicago. says the
interstate commerce law is imperative
and of no value, for the reason that it
will be impossible to convict anyone of
violating any of its provisions.
The Electric Railway & Light com
pany at Waco. Tex. failed for 5000, 900.
NEAR Mansfield, o., the stock barn OF
George Schambs was destroyed by fire
with a number of fine trotting horses.
A NATIONAL convention of negroes
will be held at Birmingham, Ala. T.,
March 81, the object being to discuss
the general immigration of the race
to Africa
FIRE destroyed the Golden Rule
bazaar and contents at San Francisco,
the loss being s230,00O.
AT Seattle, Wash. w. n. White, a
prominent contractor, fatally shot
James 5. Holt and then killed himself
White charged Holt with too intimate
an acquaintance with his wife.