River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-05-16

IL the harbor at Duluth, Mimi,
of the occupants, Charles Emory. of
Be- City, Mich, and George Barshaw
of Dulut' we're instantly killed.
ATTEMPTS were made to wreck Bur
lington trains near West Burlington,
la. Ties were used, and were so placed
that both trains were stopped.
The post office, bank, hotel and
every business house were entirely
wiped out by fire at Cereseo, Neb.
OFFICERS raided the race track at
Hawthorne, near Chicago, and a num-
Der of bookmakers were arrested.
IL the south Confederate Memorial
day was generally observed.
AT Souts Chicago the Illinois Steel
company threw down the gauntlet 20
its striking employees by discnarging
every one of them and announcing that
il would fill their places and start the
mills full handed.
In a jealous rage Matt Baisy shot
and MORALLY wounded his wife near
Wellborn, Tex, and then went across
the country, 10 miles, and shot Gus
Rowe.
In session at Cleveland the National
League of Musicians elected Alexander
Bremuer, OF New York, as president.
Snow fell on the 10th in portions of
Kansas and Nebraska.
IN San Francisco John Flood. ex-
cashier of the defunct Kelly bank, who
embezzled $1,000 was sentenced to
seven years Imprisonment
AT the age of IS years DIR. ]. u. Rob
ison, who performed The first amputa-
ton in the war of the rebellion, died at
Wooster, o.
A NATURAL gas explosion wrecked a
building in Chicago and injured twelve
persons.
PLAN to make the American Protec-
tive association an international or
gauization was adopted by the supreme
council in session in Milwaukee,.
The death of ]. A. Scott, who cele-
brated his Tooth birrhday a few days
ago, occurred at Charleston, w. Va.
THADDEUs BROWN, farmer residing
near Bryan, o., lost his house by fire,
and his wife and 5-year-old son per-
ished in the flames.
In Milwaukee the supreme council
of the A. +. A. closed its session. w. j.
I'll. Traynor, of Detroit, is the new SUI
preme president. The Junior A. 7. A.
was organized, which will be under the
jurisdiction of the supreme council of
the United States. and will reach into
Canada and England. Boys and girls
aged from IA to is will be eligible to
membership.
by the explosion of gasoline stove
Mrs. Charles Hire, of st. Louis. and
her babe were burned to death.
MURDERERs We're executed as fol-
lows: Thomas Jordan and Peter Au-
gusta at Canyon City, Col; James
Murray (colored) at Clayton, Mo; JOS
eph Burries (colored) at st. Joseph,
Mo-, and Edward Murray at Herman,
Mo.
IN the northwestern states frost was
said to have done great damage to
fruit.
during a thunderstorm in Mclean
county, ILL.,, and over thirty head of
stock were killed.
FLAMES destroyed McMorra & Co. IS
large grain elevator anG Day lson g.
McMorran's -four mill at Port Huron,
Mich. the loss being $4,000.
DAVIS WEAVER and William Elliott,
of Portsmouth, o., and Richard and
Henry Rainey, of Kentucky, were
drowned in the Ohio river at Ports
mouth oy the upsetting of boat.
AFTER drinking a bottle of beer
James Robinson, a wealthy stock
raiser, and Frank Mayfield died at
Mount Sterling, Ill.
ACCORDING To the state census revi-
sion just completed, the population of
Dubuque, Ia, is 40, 663.