River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26

FIRE destroyed thirty-th ee business
houses at FL Paso, ILL.,, causing loss
of $3.50, 900.
The governor inspected the Chicago
stock yards district and ordered the
troops kept in the vicinity indefinitely.
Trains on the various railways were
running as usual
IN several western states the
drought. which was threatening the
destruction of crops, was broken by a
general rain.
MEMBERS of labor organizations at
Ogden's grove, in Chicago. Kissed the
name of President Cleveland and
praised Debs and his officers.
CANDIDATES for congress were chosen
as follows: Wisconsin, Third district,
j. w. Babeoek lrep.) renominated;
Sixth, Samuel A. Cook (rep }. Missouri,
Twelfth district. y. O.. Nelson (single
taxi; Fourteenth. Norman A. Mosley
trepl. Arkansas, Second district, J.
A. Norris (pop).
An excursion train was wrecked
near Oakland City. Ind, and one man
was killed ami three Others fatally in
iured.
DAN WASHINGTON. Peer Davis and
Charles Ezell (all colored) were hanged
on the same scaffold at Montgomery,
Ala, for murder.
IN state convention at Little Rock,
Ark, the populists nominated ID. Z.
Barker for governor.
OVER 5000 foreigners, principally
Italians, Slavs and Hungarians, have
left Cleveland, o., for Europe, owing
to the hard times
THE name of Col. Breckenridge is
missing from the newly-printed list of
members of Lexington (Ky) lodge of
freemasons
IN Chicago William Hahn fatally
wounded Mrs. Matilda Schatzhuber
and then killed himself in the saloon
owned by the woman's husband.
OFFICERS of the A. r. L. issued an
appeal for the support of the public in
the fight with the Pullman company.
OK indictments found by the federal
grand jury Directors Doyle. Goodwin,
Hogan, Elliot, McVean and Burns of
the American Railway union were ar
rested in Chicago.
Ar Muncie. Ind, w. J. Martin, a
glass worker. drank two gallons of
water on a wager and died two hours
later.
In fit of jealousy Thomas Brown. a
Coal City (Ill.) miner. shot and instant
ly killed his wife and then killed him
self.
II the Fifth Illinois district George
L. White was nominated for congress
by the republicans.
THE death of Frederick f. Low, gov
ernor of California from 1868 to 1867,
occurred at San Francisco, aged 66
years.
AT Antonito. Col, Casimiro Areno
shot and killed his wife and her para
INQUIRE, Refugio Ortiz.
THE reopening of the Allen paper
ear wheel works at Pullman were pre-
vented by strikers who threatened the
lives of the employees if ahey deserted
the ranks.
AT Minneapolis, Mimi, forty-nine
employees of the Great Northern road
were arraigned in the United States
court charged with conspiracy and in
terfering with the mails.
A PROCLAMATION was issued by Gov.
Tillman. of South Carolina. declaring
the liquor dispensary law to be in full
force.
IN collision on the Big Four at
Griffiths Station. o., due to an engi-
neer's forgetfulnesS. three persons
were killed and fifteen injured.
THE republicans of the Twelfth Illi-
nois district renominated j. G.. Cannon
for congress.
IN a head-end collision between
cannon-ball trains on the Texas Pacific
near Queen City, Tex, seven men were
killed.
FIRE destroyed the Rosebud mill at
cripple Creek, Col. one of the most
complete gold ore reduction plants in
the country, the loss being $3.50, 200.
NINE other members of the American
Railway union, including Debs. were
held for trial ON charge of conspiracy
by Commissioner Bloodgood at Mil
waukee.
Ar her home near Fort Wayne, Ind,
Q 14-year-old girl, : feet and 8 inches
tall, died of consumption.
STRIKING railroad employees at Port
land, Ore, formally declared the strike
off.
IN the soldiers home at Hot Springs
a heroic statue of John A. Logan was
unveiled by the South Dakota Memo
rial association.