River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-22


Isy a collision between two freight
trains near Meridian, Miss, Will
rulsche. engineer. and Zip Alexander.
fireman, were instantly killed. and 40
cars were wrecked.
William L. Prescott, of Toronto, Ont,
was reelected president at the annual
meeting in Colorado Springs, COL, of
the International typographical union.
and nine-hour labor law was passed.
letter was sent by Thomas 4. Wat
son to Senator Marion Butler, chairman
of the national committee, accepting
the populistic nomination for vice pres
ident of the United States.
Prisoners ut the county workhouse
rear Soddy. Tenn, mutinied and four
of them were fatally shot by the guards.
At Gapland, Md. monument to the
army correspondents and artists of the
late wal was dedicated.
Burglars entered the post office at
Granville, o., and 81 900 In stamps and
over 5000 in money were taken.
Josie ID. and Miss Rita, Mrs. w. E. ID.
the worlds record from 2:l2h to 2:Csh
at Lexington, Ky.
by an explosion of dynamite near
Van Buren,. Ark, six men were KILLED
and one seriously hurt.
Since October / wheat has advanced
IL cents bushel, the closing price N
the Chicago market on the 10th being
72h cents.
At Holland, Mich, the West Michigan
furniture factory was burned, the loss
being 100000.
One of the oldest financial institu-
tions in Atlanta, Ca, the Merchants
bank, closed its doors with liabilities of
S275,O
At York, Neb., w. l.. Lee, photog-
rapher. is charged with being princi-
pal in a plot to wreck the burlington
FLYER near York in order to collect $10,-
600 accident policy on the life of A.
Bisseli. known to be on that train.
The Bank af Pukwana at Pukwana. s.
D., closed its doors and went out of
business after paying all its depositors.
One of the oldest newspaper men in
the northwest, Silas q. Sherburne, died
of heart failure at Superior, Wis.
Flames in Korbel's big wine factory
at kobers Station, Cal, were extin-
guished by throwing upon it 100000
gallons of wine.
In indianapolis, Ind, John Walsh, of
Boston, was garroted and robbed of 81,
900. He was badly injured.
Flames in the Fowler paper box fac
tory in Los Angeles, Cal, caused e. lose
of 100000.
In wreck on the Big Four railroad
near Wellington, o., 25 freight cars
with their contents were destroyed, the
loss being 100000.
c. NJ. Smith broke the worlds bicycle
record for five-mile road time at San
Jose, Cal, making the distance in 1920
After a long illness Hoarce Rublee.
editor of the Sentinel and minister to
Switzerland uring Grants administra-
ton. died at his residence in Milwaukee,
aged CO years.
The Polish st. Peters church and par.
sonagc at Stevens Point, Wis, were
burned to the ground.
J. ID. Walker, cashier of the Fort
Royal Is. O. bank, absconded with $19.-
Coo in cash. His books show that he
is short in his accounts $4,000.
The two sons of Tom Owens, aged Is
and IS years, were burned to death and
their sister fatally burned in fire
which destroyed their home near Louis
vile, Ky.
Unknown desperadoes rode into
Carney, o. T., and held up the whole
town. robbing IL stores and the post
office.
One of Virginia's leading criminal
lawyers, Merritt Briggs, aged A, dropped
dead while pleading a case in the cir
cult court at Suffolk.
Flames in the Hanna Paint Manu-
featuring company's store at Columbus,
o.. caused a loss of 100000.