River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-02
WEST AND SOUTH.

The Indiana prohibitionists split at
their convention in Indianapolis, both
factions nominating a state ticket, the
broad gaugers" naming James J.
Kingsbury for governor and the mar
row gaugers" selecting l.. NJ. Crist.
At the age of 81 years Lyman Trum-
bull died at his home I'm Chicago.
Five years on the state supreme bench
and ID years in the United States senate,
besides years in the legislature and in
the office of secretary of state of Illi-
nois. is the record of his life.
A four-round glove contest in San
Francisco between James j. Corbett
and Tom Sharkey ended in a draw.
In Texas a cyclone swept across the
country from Wills Point to Waco, a
distance of 200 miles, doing immense
damage.
Ohio democrats In convention at Co
lumhas by a vote of 524 to 13s adopted
a platform declaring in favor of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and
elected Alien w. Thurmu L. f.
Holden, John X. Mclean and L. B. Fin
ley as delegates at large to Chicago.
Chiffon A. White was nominated for
secretary of state. John II. Mclean
was the choice of the convention for
president.
Indiana democrats met at Indian
apolis and nominated a state ticket
headed by ID. +. ShiyeIy for governor.
Daniel Voorhees,. David Turpie, James
Il. McCabe end G. V. Menzies were
chosen as delegates at large TO the ma
tiOnal convention on q free silver plat
form, with instructions to vote for
Gov. Matthews for president
The death of James Manley occurred
at has Tome near Metropolis, ILL.,, aged
100 years 2 months end II days. He
served in the war of 1912, the Mexican
war and the war of the rebellion.
A cioudburst did great damage in
Marshal, " etzel and Tyler counties in
West Virginia.
At jackson, Mich, the Collins Manu-
featuring company, makers of all sorts
OF road vehicles. failed FOR $4,000.
John u. Putnam and his sister Anna
ard Miss Bessie Newhall. all of Mime
apolis, and a young man named Sher-
man, of st. Paul, were drowned at
Annandale by the upsetting OF sail
boat.
Tramps killed Sheriff Rogers. of Nc
Leod county. Mimi. near Glencoe.
Advices from so wheat counties I'm
Minnesota and the Dakotas show that
the crop will not exceed 10000. 600
bushels. or considerably less than the
estimate
North Carolina democrats met at Ra-
leigh and nominated Cyrus b. Watson,
OF Forsyth. for governor. and elected
free-silver delegates to the national
convention.
In Denver the frst state convention
of the national silver party met and
elected delegates to the national con-
vention which meets in St. Louis July
%. and Endorsed Senator Teller for
president
The Georgia democrats met at Macon
aud renomNated w. Y. Atkinson for
governor ara elected .ree-silver dele
gates to Chicago.
The largest and one of the oldest
manufactures at Cuyahoga Falls. o..
the Falls Rivet and Machine company,
failed for $4,000
The delegates to the democratic ma
, tional convention have all been chosen
and a canvass of every state and terri
| tory on the currency question shows
SIS delegates to be for tie free. unlimit-
ed and independent coinage of silver a.
the ratio of I6 to ]. against 32s delegates
instructed for the continuance of the
present gold standard.
For no cause known Mrs. Bierner.
wife of a iarmer near San Antonio. Tex,
drowned herself and her three chill
= r
Fences. chimneys. dead walls and OUT
buildings all over Creston. Ia. were lev
eled 70 the ground BY tornGdo.
\ tornado al Atlantic. Ia, brew down
the smphitheater and floral hall on
the Cass county fair grounds and did
great damage TO crops in the vicinity.