River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-02

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away houses, stock of all kinds was
drowned, and crops were ruined for 20
miles. causing loss of hundreds Of
thousands of dollars.
Thomas Sharkey and James Corbett
have agreed TO meet in finish fight for
$4,000 q side within six months.
Republicans Of the Tenth district of
Kentucky nominated John w. Langley,
of Floyd county, for congress.
Murderers were executed as follows:
At Canyon City. Col. Thomas Colt. FL
bert Noble and Dominica Romero, who
killed Policeman John Solomon In Trim
dad; at Washington, Irving L. Ford
(colored), for killing Elsie Kreglo; at
Marshfield. Ore, Carl Albrecht, for the
murder of his wife; at Elkton, Md,
James H. Truss. for killing Thomns
Camp; at Mariana, Ark, Arthur Taylo.
(colored), for the murder of his wife.
In a quarrel Charles and Richard
Golden. sons of Harry Golden. well-to-
do farmer living near Kingston, KY,
killed each other
A fire at Point Pleasant, w. Va, de-
stroyed Hoof's opera house and several
stores, shops and dwellings, causing a
loss of 100000.
In Montana the wool clip this year is
estimated at $4,000 900 pounds, which is
several million more than ever before.
Irene Williamson Leonard, convicted
of the murder of her husband. was SEN
fenced at Wichita, Kan, TO 80 years in
the penitentiary.
Near Edwardsville, ILL.,, two young
ladies, Mary and Rose thurman, of
Marine, while driving along a country
road were drowned in their buggy
by cloudburst.
Flames destroyed the two lumber
mills of Carson & Weidler in North Port
land, Ore. the loss being 100000.
IN Des Moines, Ia. s. II. Dawson, who
shot and killed Walter Scott, his son-in-
law of one hour, last December, was sem
fenced to ten years in the peniten'iary.
Judge Wright decided in the circuit
court at CHAMPAIGN. ILL.,. that the state
law requiring the national flag to be dis
played over every schoolhouse in the
state during school hours was unconsti-
tutional and void.
Throughout the west and northwest
the general crop outlook was said to be
never better or more promising than at
the present time.
At the age of 113 Peter Mckinney died
at ST. Louis. He was at one time a we'll
known horseman.
While bathing two boys, sons Of
Nicholas Minninger and Patrick Buck
ley, farmers, were drowned in the mill
pond at Lowell, Ind.
Mrs. o. A. Risum, Lewis Gokey and
wife, Mrs. Herman Drackrey, Miss
Emma Garbrecht and Miss Margaret
Grove were drowned in the lake at
Shawano, Wis, by the capsizing of a
yacht.
A cyclone wrecked many buildings
at West Louisville, KY. and Pearl
Hicks, aged 16, was killed.
Abraham Jones. a hardware mer-
chant of Butler, s. D., and Rev. James
Williams. pastor at Bradley. S. d., were
drowned near the Simpson Park camp
grounds in Big Stone lake, Minnesota,
by the upsetting of boat.
At Port Tobacco, Nd. Joseph Cock
ing, awaiting trial on n charge of muir
dering his wife and her sister, Miss
Daisy Miller, on April %, was taken
from Jail and lynched by party of
men.
The death of Patrick Mckeown, nom
mated at the Ohio democratic couven-
ION for state food and dairy commits
sioner, occurred at his home in Gin
cinnati.
A syndicate which was formed at
Youngstown, o., two years ago to es-
tablish newspapers from New York to
San Francisco, has failed.
John II. Gentry broke the worlds
record for stations, going a mile in
2:O3K at Red Oak. la.
Mai. William Mckinley was officially
notified at Canton, o., of his nomina-
ticn for the presidency by the notifica-
ton committee appointed by the ma
tional convention at St. Louis. In ac-
cepting the honor Maj. Mckinley said
that the platform adopted by the con-
vention had his unqualified approval.
David Meekeson, mayor of Napoleon,
was nominated for congress by the
democrats in the Fifth district of Ohio.
A boiler exploded in the Office of the
Evening Age at Houston, Tex, killing
Miss Matte Loeb, E. L. Emery and
Henry Lyons.
by the swapping of boat Misses Jes-
sic Kelso and Sadie Reese and John
Samson were drowned i'm the Missis-
sippi river at Tekamah. Neb.
George Haycock. Victor Erickson
and Frank Cramer were killed by the
caving-in of mine at Ely, MINI.
Flames destroyed Rynn's packing
house at Dubuque, Ia, the loss being
100000.