River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-23
The execution Of John e. Howard. dep

The execution of John e. Howard, dep
uty town marshal of Tulare. Cal. who
killed Martin de Larna two years ago
during a political quarrel. took place at
Folsom.
Louis S. Gradke and his wife. each
Ga years old. killed themselves with
morphine at Galesburg, ILL.,, because of
the loss of property.
The Baptist Young Peoples union
at the final business session in Milwau-
kee changed the place for the meeting
in 1898 from Denver to Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Flames destroyed the car barns and
Offices of the Chicago City Street rail
way, with GOO street cars and three
horses, entailing loss Of s542. 700, and
Patrick j. Martin. William L. Elwell
and Frank Crosby persisted In the
flames.
At Rockford, H., James French shot
and killed his wife and then fatally shot
himself. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
Near Lawrenceburg. KY. Joseph Top
per and his wife committed suicide by
lying down OF the tracks in front of nll
approaching railway train.
At Vicksburg, Miss. Rule johnson
shot and killed his wife and then com
mitted suicide. Jealousy was the
cause.
Miss Nora Tanner and Warren p.
Rouse fought duel with pistols and
knives at Admission, Ala, and both were
killed.
At Kingston. H., Archibald AslxeIv IA
tally shot his uncle Arthur Callahan,
and then killed himself.
In West Virginia the state nominal
ing committee met at Moundsville and
nominated T. c. johnson, OF Kanawha
county. for governor.
In all the churches the celebration OF
the centennial of Cleveland, o.. began
with appropriate services. The fes-
tivities will last until September 10.
At Dubuque, Ia, Mrs. Greenfelt and
her child were drowned In Turkey river.
The child fell out of skiff and the
mother jumped in TO save il.
A mob lynched Dan Dicks (colored, mt
Ellentown. S. c., for attempting to out
rage Mrs. L. w. Hill.
An incendiary fire entirely destroyed
Malvern, Ark, a town OF 5000 inhab-
itants.
At Wabash, Ind. Will Moore. a pro
fessional gambler, fatally shot Mrs.
Lum Hong because she would not live
with him and then killed himself.
Near New Albany, Ind, Charles Mil
Ter, aged As, killed his wife and then
took his own life. Domestic trouble was
the cause.
On Roanoke river in North Carolina
the damage done TO the crops by the
recent food in that stream will be over
$1,000 900.
The members of the republican na-
tional committee met in Chicago and
decided to open the campaign ia the
west on August 5 with speechmaking
in Nebraska and Minnesota.
The socialist labor convention at San
Francisco adopted a platform protest
ing against the free coinage Of silver.
There will be another democratic ma
tional convention and nomination not
later than September II the expectations
of the executive committee of the
Sound money" democracy of Illinois
are realized.
At Henderson, KY, incendiaries start
ed two fires that caused a loss of $780,
600.
While cleaning out a well at James
Vile, Wis, Freeman Geeser. aged IS.
and his brother Fred, aged 81, were
suffocated.
About 1000 men have been thrown
out of work by the closing of the Norrie,
East Norrie and Pabst iron mines at
Ironwood, Mich.
With an Ak Eta Robbins, aged rs
years, killed A. J. Call, widower. aged
IS, living near Huntington, w. Va. and
his daughter Nettie. "a years old. and
fatally wounded the remaining men,
bers of the family, Lottie. IS years of
age; Grace. aged IL, and Otis. eyed -.
No cause is known for the deed.
Flames i'm the Diamond match plant
in Chicago caused loss of 100000.