River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-29

FLAMES at Eldon, Ia, destroyed the
Rock Island chutes. 1000 tons of coal.
several cars and two residences. Total
loss, $4,000
IN session at indianapolis republican
state senators decided to reapportion
the state congressional districts.
TEE Oklahoma territory executive
committee called statehood eonven-
Der 2s.
WHILE attempting to separate
Thomas and Michael NELL, fighting
in the street at Cheyenne. Wyo.,
Charles Brultar killed them both.
THE noted art collector and philan-
thropist, William T. Walters, died at
his home in Baltimore, aged "A years.
N national convention at New Or
leans the Knights of Labor decided
thai none but the American fla ?
Shot ID be carried in their parades.
Al the age of 100 years Mrs. Mary
Kennedy died at Ashland, Ill.
lie women of the Christian Tenn
rerance league of Keokuk, Ia, criti-
cised Mrs. Cleveland for christening
the ST, amer ST. Louis with wine.
IL Minneapolis Henry u. Sidle, ex-
preside of the First national bank,
has made an assignment, with liabil-
tiles of 500. 900.
A MOB lynched a negro at Landrum,
5. C., for assaulting a white girl.
A WILD hog killed a I4-months-old
babe at Sacred Heart, o. T., and seri-
ously injured its mother in her fight to
save it.
WINDsToRMs swept portions of Mis-.
sissippi and in the vicinity of Meridian
great damage was done to houses and
trees.
WoRKMEN caused an explosion while
drying dynamite before a fire at
Charleston, w. Va, and two men were
killed and two injured.
Mrs. MARTINo left her children, aged
and > years, alone in the house at
Hastings, Col, and it caught fire, Gre
mating them.
AT Spokane, Wash. the Brown ma
tiohal bank suspended payment.
HEART disease caused the death of
Carleton b Hutchins. of Detroit, in
ventor of refrigerator car and large
manufacturer.
IN the Okaw river bottoms near
Pana, Ill, forest fires burned ten dwell
ings
FIRE at Carson, Ia, swept away one
of the principal streets.
RENDERED respondent by his wife's
approaching death, Charles f. Allen,
aged go, of Charlottesville, Ind, cut
his throat.
The death sentence was pronounced
upon Myron X Kent. who caused his
wife to be killed in order to secure her
| life insurance at Mandan, n. ID.
WHILE robbing grave in a neigh
boring town five students of medical
college at Kansas City, Mo-, were
arrested.
AT the age of 101 years Mrs. Bridget
| Duffy died in Denver, Col
A DROUGHT ruined three-fourths of
the wi1ter wheat sown in the western
third of Kansas
FLAMES caused by a defective flue
destroyed a block of dwellings in
Kansas City, Mo-, the loss heing $780,
600.
Rev. c. W. BLonqETT says the ratio
of divorces to marriages is greater in
Galesburg, Ill, than in any other city
in the eCantry.
JOHN 5. JOHNSON cut the emile BIZ
cycle record from 1901 to 1854 As at
LOUSY lie.
WHILE on their way to church Isaac
Taylor and wife and Miss Kidwell were
run down and killed by a train on a
bridge at South Branch, Md.
NEARLY the entire business portion
of Marion, \. c., was burned, the loss
being estimated at S125, 900.
IN an incendiary fire at Springfield.
H., one man lost his life and scores OF
horses were burned. "a
AT B.'ookside, Ala, three men were
fatally shot by moonshiners, who took
them for officers.