River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-15
WEST AND SOUTH.

G W. Parker, w. I. johnson and J.
c. Mlier. accused of having robbed the
railroad companies running out of Chi
cago IF thousands of dollars worth of
merchandise, have been arrested in Chi
oagO.
In Manitoba prairie fires did great
damage at Greenfell. NorthpOrt. Re-
gina, Battleford, Calgary aud Indian
Head. In many instances farmers lost
ell their crops.
Fire destroyed Michaers university
at Logansport. Ind. entai.Ing loss of
$4,000. The 200 students escaped. but
lost their clothing and considerable
money.
In Chicago four footpads waylaid
Abraham Shepherd and William Van
Ornum, bookmakers from the Ideal
park race track, and robbed them OF
STAG.
Fire wiped cut CONNIE rcial street, a
business thoroughfare "a Jeilico. Tenn.
John Reed, of Warsaw; John Simms,
of Burlington, Ia. and George Wintrow,
Of Pennington. Ia, were drowned by
tie upsetting. of a boat. near Warsaw,
Ill.
At Sherburne. MINI, two masked
men walked into the bank and without
uttering a word shot down Assistant
Cashier Thornburn and j. a. Oestern.
n travelling agent, and carried of at
least $1,000.
In Chicago Charles F. Nitz, prom
inent young physician. stabbed his wife
TO death after a quarrel aud then killed
himself.
At GaIesburg. H., the thirty-eighth
anniversary of the famous debate be-
tween Abraham Lincoln and Stephen \.
Douglas was celebrated. A memorial
tablet was unveiled at Knox college
and addresses were made by Chauncey
NJ. Depew, Robert I. Lincoln and Sena-
tor Palmer.
The doors OF the First national bank
of Ithaca. Mich. were closed.
Fire destroyed the building at Peoria.
ILL.,. occupied by the Parsons Horologic-
al institute and the Idle Manufacturing
company, the loss being 100000.
At the election in Georgia w. Y. At
kinson was reelected governor by the
democrats by a ma jorityof not less than
/ $1,000.
Burglars in Nebraska robbed the
banL at Shelby Of 50. 100 and the bank at
! Platonia of 1900.
In St. Louis over 100000 persons wit
messed the eighteenth annual parade OF
the Yelled Prophets.
In a fog at Argentine. Mo. five trains
were wrecked. but no one was killed.
Near Huntington, w. Va. iocomo-
/ tive and ~ freight cars were wrecked
and Engineer S. p. Brown and Fireman
I W. J. Gordon were fatally injured.
at the Standard oil refinery in Lima
f., o., a large tar still exploded. fatally
/ burning two workmen, William Pat
ricks and a. J. McElroy.
On the Garfield park track in Chi
cago John s. Johnson broke the worlds
two-miIe bicycle record. riding the dis
t1uce in ASS 3-5.
Jones and Evans, two gamblers. bun
coed a gang of Usage Indians at Perry.
o. l.. and the Indians ran the gamblers
! out OF town and beat them to death.
The fourth and final game at Cleve-
land OF the Temple cup national league
baseball series of 1896 between the Bal
[ timores and Clevelands was won by the
/ former club. the score being to o.
In Michigan all the bridges over
/ Union river and the Iron river bridge
and nearly all OF the 20 bridges between
I Comp Union and Ontonagon have been
burned by forest fires, and much farm
/ property has also been destroyed.
To celebrate the twenty-fifth ami
Versary of the great Chicago fire nearly
| 100000 citizens marched on the 9th IN
I the business mems sound money pa
rade ~ that city. In the evening the
advocates o. free silver 10 the pumber
Of about 10000 paraded the zSree.A.
For no cause known Albert Bray,
aged 80. 1 farmer living near Mobiles
wills. Ind. cut the threats Of bis wife.
bis Rias-yeEF.nld COR. Carl. bic two year.
Old asaehssg, Rsns, sac EAeE kIlled
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