River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-17
Fire wiped out the tobacco manufac-

turing Plant of Brown Bros. at Winston,
n c.. Ns loss being $4,000.
I Benny Freeman shot his father, DR.
George Freeman, at Missouri Valley
Ia, and then killed himself. No cause
is known.
AT a meeting in indianapolis the ma
tional democratic party decided TO re-
tain the organization.
The notorious Modoc chief. Scar
Faced Charley, died of consumption on
the Modoc reservation in Indian terri
tory.
The legislature of Alabama has take "A
a recess until January 20.
At New Richmond. Wis, Joseph n
Kriesel and his sister Lena were strucl;
and instantly killed by west-bound
passenger train.
At a Catholic fair in Duluth, Mimi,
Miss Mae Kelly. prominent young So
begun singing "He Giveth His Beloved
Sleep"
Jonathan Esterly & Co. bankers al
Columbiana, o.. closed their doors with
liabilities of S165, 400.
The doors of the Harlan state bank
at Harlan, Ia, were closed, owing de-
positors $4,000.
In the late election in West Virginia
the official vote for I residential candi-
dates was as follows: Mckinley, I04.-
ia; Bryan, 1927; lowering, 1908;
Palmer, gu. McKiniey's plurality. H.
ASH.
In Illinois the corn crop this ye.r is
2ss. 500, 900 bushels, which is the larges
yield in the history of the state.
~ San Quentin, Cal. Marshall j.
Miller was hanged for the murder of
Joseph Pierre, of Marysville, last May.
The legislature of Georgia has passed
a bill making women eligible for state
librarian.
hypOthecate bank was incorporated
with a capital of sl0,OO0.OOO.
The doors of the National bank OF
commerce at Duluth, Mimi, were
closed with liabilities of S135.000.
In San Francisco Mrs. Sarah r. In
gersoll Cooper and her daughter. uar-
riet Cooper. both widely known "a
workers in the cause of temperance,
Christianity and philanthropy. commit
ted suicide together in their home be-
cause OF a church scandal in which
they sided with the pastor and were
snubbed by former friends.
In Iowa an organization of friends of
Cuba has been effected. with headquar-
tiers in DeS Moines.
The new city directory gives Indian
apolis population of 100000, az in
crease of !! 600 in one year.
Fire destroyed the Free Press and
Doniphan Eagle offices at Grand Island.
Neb.
In an address to his followers Charles
ID. Lane, chairman of the national BIZ
metallist committee. ges them TO
suspend active agitation of the subject
of free coinage of silver for the present
and to ioin in unfolding the hands of
Mai. n ,Kinley as president of the
United States. and to support him in all
efforts to increase the prosperity of the
people.
In st. Louis an exceedingly we'll
executed counterfeit of United States
five-dollar gold coins is in circulation.
At their home in indianapolis Mrs.
Catherine Corbett, aged 20. and her
daughter Mary, aged 4O,were suffocated
by gas.
Railway earnings in Iowa the past
year were S41,OGO.OO0. gain of $1,000
600 over the previous year.
At Cleveland, o.. +. b. Newton, an ex-
tensive lumber dealer, made an assign
ment with liabilities of Sl25.0O0.
Ernest l.. Chase, aged So. cut the
throat of his wife. aged 80, in Detroit.
Mich. in a fit of insane jealous rage and
then cut his own throat.
Thomas Watson, the recent populist
candidate for the vice presidency, will
contest the seat in congress now flied
by Mr.. Black, of the Tenth Georgia dis
trict.
Advices from all sections of the United
Sta .es tel Of the horror and indigna-
ton felt at the manner in which Gen.
Naceo and his comrades were lured TO
their deaths i'm Cuba.
In Mexico, Mo-, James Clacher, for
many years a leading merchant, died
from the effects of a sunstroke received
l. years ago.
John A. Prickett & Son. bankers in
Edwardsville, ILL.,, suspended.