River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19

At Chamberlaip, s. D., ice closed the
Missouri river. This is the earliest the
river has closed there for 20 years.
Fire destroyed the Cincinnati sawmill
and the Salzburg brewery in West Bay
City, NJ ieh.. the total loss being SIS. 600.
Resolutions were offered at the Farm
ers' National congress in session at
indianapolis favoring woman suffrage,
restricting immigration. denouncing
class legislation and discouraging sec
tionalism. and favoring the unlimited
coinage of gold and silver as equally
money of ultimate redemption with the
concurrence of other nations.
All the world bicycle records from the
two-mile to the ten-mile, inclusive, were
lowered by Jimmie Michael, the Welsh
man, az New Orleans. The ten miles
were made in 1888 is.
Many lumber camps are being start
ed in the upper peninsula in Michigan
with an increase of so per cent. more
than were employed last year.
At Indianapolis, Ind, Mrs. Anne
Featherstone celebrated her Tooth
birthday anniversary.
President johnson was reelected at a
meeting in Chicago of the board of di-
rectors of the Western Baseball league.
The championship season will begin
April %, and viii consist of 40 games.
Gen. Harrison addressed the Farm
ers' National congress at Indianapolis.
3 memorial to congress was adopted
requesting that body to see to 1t that
no trusts are organized that can extort
g.. fur "a.
and favoring protective tariff.
Republicans have surrendered South
Dakota to Bryan electors by about 400
majority. but they do not give up the
state officers.
At Duquoin, H., John A. Bolin, at one
time a representative in the state legis-
lature, was swindled out of 1900 by
the gold brick scheme.
At Elsberry, Mo-, Mrs Abner Cox
shot her husband fatally and then COM
mitted suicide. She was partially de-
mented.
On the Louisville & Nashville road a
train was wrecked near Montgomery,
Ala, by train robbers and three per-
sons were badly injured and the dam
age to the train was $4,000. The wreck
crs secured nothing.
The National Women's Christian
Temperance union opened its twenty
third annual convention in st. Louis
with the greatest attendance of any
one yet held. Miss Frances Willard
presided.
At Tuskegee, Ala, Henry Dawson
(c0lored) was hanged for wife murder.
kNhsIa 20 Can-ao,,f
the steamer Wallula, ore laden from
Ashland. Wis, and valued ~ 100000,
went ashore and two sailors were
drowned.
Gov. Watson, of Delaware, has issued
proclamation declaring that all votes
cast for James G. Shaw and James q.
Shaw, Jr., for presidential electors shall
cou..t for James G.. Shaw, as his name
was on the several ballots in two ways
This will send three Mckinley electors
10 the electoral college.
Burglars robbed the Jennings state
bank at Davenport, Neb., of 2,700 in
cash and about $500 worth of jewelry.
Rivers in western Washington were
OVERLOOKING, washing out bridges.
sweeping away farmhouses and doing
great damage.
Official returns from the election in
Minnesota give Mckinley a plurality of
53,75s, and Clough (rep.) for governor
4,12s.
Near Mckenzie, Tenn, Charles Allen,
& negro, was shot to death by band of
armed men for assaulting Bette Seals,
A white girl, aged II.
James ID. Spurrier, a printer, shot and
fatally wounded Miss Nina Cornell, at
Glenwood Springs, Col, and wounded
James f. Wilson, her escort, and then
killed himself. Jealousy was the cause.
The doors of the La Harpe bank at La
lIarpe. ILL.,. were closed.
At Berne, Ind, Chris CARRIER. a
wealthy livery man, was killed by fall
ing from a load of corn.
The oldest man in Kentucky. Henry
Blankinship. died at his home near Fair
view, aged 100 years.
The complete official election returns
from Arkansas give Bryan a plurality
of 1862.