River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-31

At the age of 80 years Spencer G. Mil
lard, lieutenant governor of California,
died at his home in Los Angeles.
On the Lake Shore g. Michigan South
ern road special train ran from Chica-
go to Buffalo, n. Y, distance of $40
miles. in seven hours, fifty minutes and
ten seconds, an average of CABS miles
an hour. This breaks the worlds
record.
Fire swept away twenty business
buildings at glastonbury, o., the total
loss being s25O.OO0.
c. III. Neville and Sidney Lane, rail-
road men at Houston, Tex, killed each
other in duel with pistols.
Rebecca Graham, aged 103 years, be-
lieved to be the oldest person in Ala
hama. died at Grimestown.
AT Livingston, Ala, the wife and
three children of Granville Lancaster
(colored) were burned to death.
Forest fires in the vicinity of Sey-
mour and New London, Wis, were do
ing much damage.
On the Oneida reservation near Green
Bay, Wis, forest fires burned eight
dwellings, and in the destruction of the
house of John Skanihore, an Indian,
three children were burned TO death.
The doors of the State bank at
Gothenburg. Neb., were closed because
of the slowness of collections.
The death of John Bullinger, aged
l04 years, occurred at Mattoon, III. He
leaves widow 80 years of age.
nChicagoJohnM NJ. Palmer announced
that he would not be a candidate for re-
election 10 the senate of the United
States from Illinois.
The execution of George McCrary, a
negro convicted of the murder of an
other negro, took place at Greenville,
Ga.
Flames destroyed the Jesse Thomp-
son d Co. lumber plant and Al frame
houses at Augusta, Ga. Loss, 100000.
At the San Quentin Cali prison Will
liam Young. aged %, was hanged for
the murder of Pierre Latestero in Mon
terey county March %, 1894.
In the river at Chicago the tug T. T.
Morford exploded. killing Capt. John
Ferguson. Engineer Charles Dick and
Fireman John Erickson.
Members of the G.. A. r. at Tacoma,
Wash, refused to adopt resolutions in
favor of admitting confederates to ma
tional soldiers homes.
Flames destroyed 10 buildings in
Plano. Tex, the loss being 100000.
At Tiflin, o, a mob composed chiefly
of farmers stormed the Jail in an effort
to lynch Lee f. Martin, the murderer of
Marshal Shultz. The sheriff's force
fired on the mob, instantly killing
Christian Mott and Henry Mueller.
vent further trouble.
Found guilty of aiding in the wreck
ing of the indianapolis national bank,
Francis A. Coffin was sentenced to
eight wears in the penitentiary.
In Porter and Jasper counties in In
diana prairie fires were doing immense
damage.
On the Grand Trunk road train was
wrecked near South Bend, Ind. and
four passenger cars, a mail and bag
gage car were burned and nine persons
were injured.
The firm of Bamberger, Bloom & Co.,
the largest wholesale dry goods dealers
in Louisville, Ky. made an assignment
with liabilities of over 81, O0O,O 900.
Frank Metzger committed suicide
at Uniontown, Ala, because he was not
allowed to take the place of brother
in Jail accused of murder.
vt Charlottesville the University of
Virginia suffered loss of $500, 900 from
| fire.
The firm of Kasper & Barnes. Chi
cago jewelers.. failed for 100000.
Flames in the oil region south of To-
ledo, o., caused a loss of over S150,000.
\ completed census OF Iowa gives the
state a population of 2.O57, 250, gain of
145.354 over the census of 1890.