River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-01

In New York the national democracy
opened their campaign for sound mon
ey' with speeches in Madison Square
garden by Candidates Palmer and Buck
ner.
At Asbury Park, n. j.. James J. Cor
bett, the pugilist, was arrested on the
charge of agreeing to engage in a prize
fight. and liberated on 81 900 bail.
Assets Of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad and Coal & Iron companies
were sold in Philadelphia TO C. II. Cos
ter, of New York, for SOC. 100000.
In New York tie Richards company.
women's outfitters. failed for $4,000.
Oliver ID. Eaton, secretary OF the
Home Missionary Society of New York,
died in 4 camp near Weld, Me-. OF heart
disease.
John Z. Gentry paced the fastest mile
ever made in harness at Portland, Me-,
and placed the worlds record at 2:OOH
The firm of Burpee, Rumsey & Co.
shoe manufacturers at Lynn, Mass,
failed for $500, 900.
In New York II. Dumois & Co, ship
ping and commission merchants, made
an assignment with liabilities of $685.
SEQ.
In convention in Brooklyn, y. : =. the
national democratic party minated
Daniel Griffin. of Waterto,.n, for gov
ernor. and Frederick w. Heinrichs. Of
Brooklyn. for lieutenant governor, and
selected Palmer and Buckner electors.
Fire destroyed the new clubhouse of
the Marion Cricket club at IIayeTford. a
suburb of Philadelphia. the loss being
100000
Democrats nominated p. F. Mullen
for congress in the Second district of
Pennsylvania. VI. ID. Cunningham ~ :;ie
Fourth AMI f. b. Wright in the Fifth.
At RraddOck. Pa. the entire plant of
the Carnegie Company's Edgar Thorn
son steel works resumed operations.
giving 200 men work.
The worlds record was broken by the
Butler (Pa.) team in the firemen's tour
nament hose reel races at SisterviIIe, w.
Va.
In New York Gen. Calros Roloff, who
is accused of aiding iilibustering exre-
ditions to Cuba, was held to the grand
jury.
At Buffalo. y. Y. Peter Kamm killed
his wife with Ratchet and then cut his
own throat.
In New York city Miss Elizabeth
Amy was left a fortune of $500. 900
by rich Cuban planter whom she
nursed through long period Of illness
The annual executive meeting Of the
National Council of Women of the
United States will be held in Boston No
vember ., , and 4.
An explosion of gas in a coll.ery
near fremont, Pa. killed JASPER New
ton and his son-in-law, John SOgrc We.
and Charles S. Hoffstall and James
Norton were fatally hurt.
In Massachusetts, the sound money
democrats have nominated f. o. Prince.
Of Boston. for governor.
The malE building of Mount Holyole
college at South Hadley. Mass. the
pioneer institute for the higher educa-
ton Of woman, was burned, the loss be-
ing $4,000.
By freight wreck near Hilton. Pa,
Engineer Mitchell and Fireman Kelly
were killed.
OF the cOlored colonists who went
from this country to Liberia early in the
spring many have died OF fever and
others were in a destitute condition.
The nominee of the silver democrats
for governor of New York, John Boyd
Thacher. has refused to run.
Massachusetts silver democrats in
~vention in Boston nominated George
f. Williams. of Dedham, for governor.
George s. Morrison, county treasurer
n Rensselaer, county, y. Y, is said to
re short in his accounts to the extent
Of S2O0.000.
At Middletown. Y. J., Joseph Field
celebrated his 1O4th birthday.
At the close of the National league
baseball season the clubs stocd in the
following positions: Baltimore, COS
per cent; Cleveland. CPS; Cincinnati.
Cos: Boston. .565: Chicago. 800; Pitts
burgh. SIP; New York. .4S9; Philadel-
phia. Az; Brooklyn. .443; Washington,
.343; St. louis. ?Os; Louisville, .290.