River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-11
In st. Louis the wholesale clothing
firm of /. w. Klaw & COMPANY failed for

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firm of 1. w. Klaw & Company failed for
s112.00
Latest advices from the Oregon cleo
ton say the republicans elected both
congressman and a majority of the Leg
islature.
New Mexico democrats in conven-
ton at Albuquerque elected free ST.
YER delegates to the national convea-
ton.
Josiah w. Begole died in his resi-
dence in Flint. eyed 81 years. He served
a term in congress from 1873 to 1878.
and was elected governor of Michigan
on fusion ticket in 1882.
Lee, Edward and Theodore Skotski.
brothers and well-known young men,
quarreled during a drunken spree at
Shelbyyille, Ind. and Lee killed bis two
brothers.
Utah democrats met in Salt Lake
City and elected free silver delegates
to the national convention.
Verno Gait, of Albert lea, NJ. !. At
kinson, of Clear Lake, and Roy c. Slos-
son, of Northwood, were drowned at
Nora Springs, Ia, while bathing. They
were all me nbers of the senior class Of
the Nora Springs seminary.
Near Duson, L., Sidney j. Farver,
a well-known planter, and four mules
were struck by lightning and instantly
killed, and Adam Hoffpauer and an
other man were fatally injured.
In southwestern Minnesota storm
resulted in the killing of four persons,
the drowning of many hundreds of
sheep, cattle and hogs. and did damage
TO property 70 the extent of over $780,
600.
Robert and Cullen Wilson and Carl
Fry, all aged about ~. sons of prom
inent farmers, were drowned near Ma
rengo. La. by the caving In of river
bank.
During a cloudburst four boys were
drowned at Leavenworth, Kan. Two
were sons of Michael Desmond, a con-
tractor, and the other two were sons
IF Dennis Cummings.
A hailstorm destroyed thousands of
acres of fine growing corn in southern
Kansas.
In northern Louisiana thousands of
cows, mules, horses, sheep and hogs
were dying from the bite of fly.
George Craden's home near Ramsey,
Ind, was destroyed by fire, and his wife
and his son, aged 13, were cremated.
In their home near Fresno. Cal, Steve
Shamarian. aged SIS; his son Benjamin,
aged 10. and daughter Kueen, aged 30,
were murdered.
The distinguished actor, Frank
Mayo, died suddenly on a train while
en- route from Denver to Omaha. He
was 81 years of age and resident of
New York.
The Arizona democrats met at Phoe-
nix and elected free silver delegates to
the national convention.
Further advices from the recent
storm in Nebraska say that scores of
low-lying farms were flooded, thou
sands of dollars worth of live stock,
away and one of the prettiest and rich
Est valleys in Nebraska was a scene of
destruction and desolation.
Mrs. Hannah Kock, the wife of
Chicago bricklayer, drowned her two
year-old daughter and then drowned
herself
In San Francisco John W Hay. as
sistant editor of the journal of Com
merce. was shot and killed By Mrs.
Nina Macdougall, with whom he had
been living, and the woman then killed
herself.
Marshal c. n. Digger and Deputy
Marshal J. Boyle were killed while at
tempting the arrest of a band OF
whisky peddlers in the Osage nation in
Oklahoma.
At Helena, Mont, William Gay was
hanged for the murder of William
Macke in 1898. He protested his inno-
cence to the last.