River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-21

onment for criminal assault on
woman.
CASEY GREGORY and George B. Har~
pole. of Fairfield. Ill, were asphyxi.
ated by gas in hotel at Springfield,
Ill.
SEVERAL church women ,vho began a
crusade by singing and praying in
Sioux City Ia.) saloons we're roughly
used by the hangers on.
WATER flooded the Black Diamond
coal mine at Bevier, Mo-, and the $50
miners narrowly escaped with their
lives
For killing Eli Stilwell, laborer,
on the street on the night of July 4,
1893, Philip Martin. negro boy of IS
years, was hanged at Kansas City.
AT Columbus, o., a new labor organ
ization was formed, to be known as the
Independent Order of the Knights of
Labor. 1t starts out with 10000 mem
bers.
FLAMES In Salt Lake City DESTROYED
buildings and merchandise TO the ex-
tent Of s1OO,OO0.
THE death of William Mees. who, It
was claimed. was the oldest captain on
the chain Of the great lakes, occurred
at Muslxegon. Mich.
THE office of the Buckeye glass fac
tory at Wheeling. w. Va, was de-
stroyed by strikers with dynamite. en-
dangering many lives
THE measure providing for the con-
struction of new federal building at
Chicago was signed by President Cleve-
land.
IN the Kansas legislature joint res
olution for a constitute Jnal convention
was defeated in the house.
IN their house near Drennon Springs,
Ky, Mrs. Frank Jones and two chill
dren were burned to death.
AUGUST REM shot and killed his
wife and then killed himself near
Terry, Mont.
A RESOLUTION was adopted looking 20
the removal of the state capital from
st. Paul to Minneapolis.
IN Cincinnati Charles Andrews. aged
IL years. was so worried over failing to
pass the examination in school that he
took paris green and died.
ALABAMA, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Arkansas were experiencing the most
severe and protracted season of cold
weather ever known in that part of the
country.
Oh the Montana ranges thousands of
cattle and sheep have been frozen to
death and 1t is feared that many hui
man lives had also been lost.
The doors of the Bank of Lexington
at Richmond Va, were closed, with
liabilities of S7l 900.
Ar indianapolis the Hebrew ceme-
terry was invaded by ghouls who opened
several graves and carried off three
bodies.
BECAUSE of poverty Kline w. Cam
eron, Is years old, fatally shot his wife,
aged Il. at a st. Louis hospital and
then tried to kill himself.
AT his home near Lawrenceburg, Ky,
Col Cody Bourne, aged SO. was married
10 Miss Rose Brown, aged 10, she being
his seventh wife.
IN Minneapolis Peter Ostlund, the
skating champion of Europe, defeated
John ). johnson in holly contested
1900 meter race.
AT Kingston, Mo-, a mob broke in 20
the Jail and seeking the cell of George
Tracy kSbioItAls HTtu seventeen outlets
into his body.
Ice carried away the Smith Point
lighthouse at the mouth of the Poto-
mac river.
For the murder of his wife in Au-
gust, 1891. Cyrus Brown was convicted
at Columbus, Ind, and sent to prison
for life
ELI SEYMOUR and wife. of Lewiston,
Mich. were at a dance when their
house took fire and their three children
were burned to death.
A HIGHwAYNAN. armed with a shot
gun, held up a stage near Oroville,
Cal The treasure box was taken and
the passengers relieved of their valua-
bles.
Is Chicago DIR. William G. Dyas, aged
81, for thirty years a leading prac-
titioner. stepped in front of an engine
on leaving "a suburban train and was
killed.
THE failure was announced Of Will
liam Mckinley, of Duluth, MINI
owner of large tracts of mining and
timber lands, for 100000.
AT meeting in Cleveland sewing
machine men decided to organize u
trust with a capital of 10000 900.