River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-03

ALBUQUERQUE INC northwest severe
blizzard prevailed, :hc thermometer in
portions of Montana. Wyoming and the
Dakotas ranging from 20 to 30 degrees
below zero
a tornado passed through the north
west corner of Tunica, Miss, wrecking
a church and several houses and killing
Sarah Clay and injuring several other
persons.
Burglars fatally shot W. f. Coe, coun-
" treasurer, in his Office at Dallas,
Tex, and robbed him of $4,000.
The doors of the Citizens bank of
Midlothian. Tex. were closed.
Near Marion, o., Henry Powers, aged
80 years, farmer, killed his wife and
then took his own life while Temperate
" insane.
At the recent election the official vote
Of Minnesota was: Mckinley, 1884,
sol; Bryan, 139. 1920; Palmer, $3.50; Lev
ering, 1906, and Matchett, sos. Me-
Kinley's plurality. 53,s75.
Because of trouble over a note Horace
L. Stears, ex-mayor of Perrysville, o..
and very highly respected, was MUIR
dered by Elias Register.
ne stOTH WHICH swept OstT hAH-
nesota and the Dakotas resulted in the
loss of life to four persons and great
loss 10 live stock.
Ernest and Carl Denshaw (brothers)
were drowned at Ahnapee, Wis, while
skating.
In Iowa the official canvass of the vote
on president shows the following re-
suit: Mckinley, 2so,o93; Bryan. 223,-
741; Palmer, 4.516; lowering, 3,i92:
Bentley. 352; Matchett, 453; McKinleys
plurality, 65,552; McKinley's majority,
50, $3.50.
A cyclone nearly wiped out the 200
houses at Ralston. o. T., and several
persons were injured.
Fire destroyed the entire plant of the
East Clayton (O.) Brickmaking COM
pany, the loss being 100000.
AT Scale, Ala, jackson Young (col-
ored) was hanged for numbering his
sister three months ago. He died pro-
testing his innocence.
Fire destroyed the passenger steamer
City of Kalamazoo at South Haven,
MicS., and Robert Van Ostrand, Joseph
Lang and Miss Rosa Germs persisted in
the flames.
The official returns of the vote for
governor in Illinois give John II. Tan
ner (rep.) a plurality of 1887.
An ice gorge 80 feet high formed
across the Chippewa river below Chip
pewa Falls, Wis, and farms and farm
buildings along six miles of the Chippe-
wa valley were under water.
Fire destroyed Zenas Varney's car
riage factory in st. Louis to the extent
of 100000.
At Ringgold, Tex, c. NJ. Blaine, aged
50, chaplain of the army post, and his
11-year-old daughter were burned to
death at their home. Mr.. Blaine was
cousin of the late James G. Blaine.
The death of j. Hervey Jones, who
during his life took out over so patents
on farm implements, one of the most
important being the standard mower,
occurred in Rockford, ILL.,, aged so
years.
The doors of the First national bank
of Tyler, Tex, were closed with de-
posits of 1921. 900.
Fire destroyed the house of Sam Hen
derson (colored), near Conway, Ark,
and five of his childrea persisted in the
flames.
While skating George Edwin Dean.
aged - years, and John Selcer, aged
nine, were drowned at Des Moines, Ia.
At Kansas City the Missouri ma
tional bank closed its doors with de-
posits of sl.13i,OOO.
In Tennessee the richest and most
extensive discovery of rock phosphate
in the history of the world has been
made in the counties of Davidson, VIII
hanson, Rutherford and Maury.
The once three-year-old king of the
turf, Morello, died near San Francisco.
In his best days he was valued at
100000.
Because of political luminosity J. v.
and l.. ID. White (brothers) were killed
az Bethany, S. C., by L. J. Williams,
prominent politician.
At railway crossing the two To-
yoar-old twin daughters of Riley Taft.
of Orange, Mich, were instantly killed.
L. the Georgia Legislature bill has
been introduced prohibiting the play
ing of football in the state; also one
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or Gig
arctic paper.