River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-09-03

Nominations for congress were made
as follows: Iowa. Fourth district, F. II.
Bayless (dem.); Eighth, W III. Robb
(pop.). Indiana, First district, Thomas
Duncan (dem.). Michigan. Tenth dis
trict, II. o. Crump (rep.) renominated.
Nebraska, Third district, r. L. Ham,
mond. (rep.). Tennessee. Fourth dis
trict. w. ID. Frazee (rep.).
Republicans in convention at Taco
ma, Wash, nominated full state ticket
headed by p. C. Sullivan, of Tacoma,
for Governor.
At the republican state convention in
Boise, Idaho, David III. Budlong was
nominated for governor. The silver re-
pubheans met at the same place AMI
Frank Steiner, the democratic oIninee
for governor, was Endorsed.
At Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, a fire de-
stroyed the 500 national bank block,
the Prenzlauer block, Chippewa house,
Cleveland house, Metzger block, Perry
hotel. post Office and United States Gus
tom Offices, the total loss being $500, 900.
Gold democrats of Missouri met In st.
Louis and nominated ticket headed
by ]. Med. Trimble for governor.
At Clayton, Mo-, Mrs. George w. Hib-
hard, an aeronaut, met instant death by
falling from her balloon. distance OF
$500 feet.
One thousand men, women and chill
dren were said to be starving in burned
Ontonagon. Mich.
The Sioux national hank of Sioux
City. Ia, failed with liabilities OF $780,
OcO.
Republicans of the Twelfth district
of Michigan nominated C. ID. Sheldon
for congress and the democrats nomi-
mated w. w. O'Keefe in the Ninth Wis
consin district and w. III. Robb in the
Eighth Nebraska district.
At Moquah, Wis, every building was
destroyed by a forest fire.
Mrs. C. w. Green, of Kansas City. Mo-,
while temporarily insane murdered her
three sleeping children, aged 10. and
years, and then took her own life.
One of the best-known horsemen and
drivers in the country, John S. Holmes,
Of Oshkosh, Wis, dropped dead from his
sullxy in a race at Green Bay.
During a storm lightning set fire to
the main building of the Iowa state in
stitute for the feeble minded at Glen
wood and it was destroyed, entailing
loss to the state of Sl5O.O0O.
Nominations for congress were made
as follows: Georgia, Fifth district. j.
C. Hendry (rep). Minnesota, Fourth
district, +. C. Stevens (rep). Nebraska,
Second district, j. j. Dunno (dem.);
Judge Gregory (pop.). Tennessee, Sew
enth district. j. X. p. Blackburn (pop.).
Texas. First district, \. c. Tompkins
(rep..
Flames at Cheboygan, Mich, de-
stroyed 100000 feet of lumber be-
longing to MIR. Charlton, of Toronto,
and the Spry Lumber company, of Chi
cago, entailing loss If 100000.
Walter Quincy, Clarence White and
Frank Carpenter, who were charged
with the murder of T. j. Marshall, pro-
prietor of a Chicago department store,
were acquitted.
For some unknown reason John n.
Hunt fatally shot his daughter Mary
at Columbia, Mo-, and also endeavored
to kill his wife. who was only slightly
wounded.
The supreme lodge OF the Knights of
Py ,hias, in session at Cleveland, o., re
fused the request for the restoration of
the German ritual by a vote of LOG to s.
Heavy rain and thunder showers were
said to have quenched the forest fires
near Ashland, Wis, after destroying
millions of feet of lumber.