River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-09

A prominen; Spaniard, Jose Ramon
Del Vale, who resided in Matanzas,
Cuba. arrived with his family in Key
West, Fla, and said il was impossible
TO longer endure the outra ges commit
ted by the Spanish troops He told of
many brutal deeds, and declared that
peaceful. unarmed people were ruth
lessly slaughtered and the murders
were called victories.
a steam pipe of the engine on the
monitor Husscar burst at Valparaiso.
Chilli, killing eight of the crew and in
juring nine others.
A cloudDurst on Little Sexton and
Buffalo creeks in Kentucky did more
damage than at first reported. Instead
of four there were Is persons who lost
tlSsir lives.
An entire family of eight persons in
Montcalm county, Mich, died from us
ing the milk of cows afflicted with
tuberculosis.
At Tupelo, Miss. a negro about is
years old was taken from Jail by a mob
and lynched for attempting to assault
a prominent white woman.
The fifth annual convention in Chica-
go of the American Republican College
league elected James NJ. Perkins, of
Harvard university, as president. and
resolutions were adopted declaring for
protection, reciprocity and sound cur
rency.
At Friend, Neb., Richard Ringer,
merchant, committed suicide when in
formed by doctors that he was afflicted
with hydrophobia.
At Clinton, ILL.,, Edward Pollen, an
Illinois Central employe, shot and in
stantly killed his wife and his wife's
mother, Mrs. William McMullen, and
then jumped in front of moving train,
but was not fatally injured. Family
troubles were the cause.
Charley Burton AMI George Brown
were hanged for murder at Union
Springs, Ala.
At the age of ~ years John 6. Bagby,
member of the Iorty-fourth con-
gress. died at his home in Rushville, Ill.
At Decatur. ILL.,, the Farmers bank,
a private institution started three
years ago by Lewis b. Cassner, failed,
with liabilities of S12s.OO0; assets,
$3.50
Thieves raided several hotels at st.
Augustine, Fla. during the closing
days of the season, securing gems val
ued in the aggregate at nearly $780,
600.
James Mahoney, young man who
was hypuotized at Fort Wayne, Ind,
Ivy the hypnotist Santanelil, was
awakened after sleep of five days by
the hypnotist.
Alice and William Johnson were
burned to death in prairie fire near
Richfield. Kan.
The women at the East Liverpool
(O) election defeated all the members
of the school board who voted for the
discharge o. teachers who read the
Bible.
Miss Sally Emma Owens, a beautiful
and wealthy young lady at Talbotton,
Ca, was shot and instantly killed by
DIR. W. l.. Ryder. dentist, because she
rejected his suit.
At Helena William Biggerstaff (col-
ored) was hanged for the murder of
Richard johnson, champion fighter of
Montana.
The anti-cigarette bill was signed by
Gov. Drake and the sale of paper ci-
CARS i'm Iowa will hereafter be pichib-
tied.
Ben Boehmer. angered by religious
differences. killed his wife at McLeans-
boro, ILL.,. by cutting her throat and
hanged his six-year-old boy to the raft
ers in the stable. He is in Jail.
In Mulberry Gap, Tenn, cloud
burst drowned Mrs. Urah Anderson,
aged 30, her daughter-in-law, oily An
derson, two grandchildren, Charles,
aged five years. and Hattie. aged IS
months, and Mary Fleener, aged 10.
At and near Mineral Point, Wis. dis
coveries were made of paying quanti-
ties of iron and sulphur.