River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-25

The republican national convention
in St. Louis on the 18th made Senator }.
NJ. Thurston. of Nebraska. permanent
chairman, and Charles w. Jones, of
Minnesota. secretary. Senator Thurs
ton made a brief address. after which
the report of the committee on creden-
tials was adopted and the convention
adjourned for the day. At meeting
of the committee on resolutions a gold
plank was adopted. afterwhich Senators
Teller, Dubois and Cannon and Con-
gresham Hartman announced their
withdrawal from the party.
At Dayton. Ind. Wilson T. Slayback
was killed by lightning ana his death
so affected his father, aged rs, that the
old man dropped dead from heart dis
ease.
At Little Rock, Ark. the democratic
state convention nominated John w.
Jones for governor.
In the Fifth district of California the
democrats nominated NJ. j Maddux for
congress.
A windstorn swept o. southern
Kansas. wrecking buildings at King
man. Penalosa. Anthony and Attica-
IN, two daughters of Frank +. Hipp.
farmer living near Grinnell. Ia. com
mit;sd suicide by taking strychnine
No cause was known.
In the republican national conventiCp
at St Louis on the 18th Maj. William
Mckinley, of Ohio, was nominated for
president on the first ballot, the vote
being as follows: Mckinley, 66iL.;
Reed. SAG; Quay. 61h; Mo.ton, IS;
Allison, $50; Don Cameron, 1. For
vice president Garrett A. Hobart. Of
New Jersey, was chosen on the first bal
lot, as follows: Hobart. 532is; Evans,
277k; Buckley, 80; Walker. "a; LIP
pitt. 8: Reed. B; Depew, 3; Grant. ?:
Thurston, 2; Morton. l. The platform
declares for protection tn American ia
Gustries; reciprocity; the maintenance
of the existing gold standard and OPP
position to free coinage of silver except
oy International agreement; pensions
aud preferences for veterans of the
union army; firm, vigorous and digni-
fed foreign policy; reassertion of the
Monroe doctrine; exclusion of illiterate
and Immoral immigrants; reapproval OF
the civil service law; condemnation Of
Iynching; approval of national arbitra
ton; approval OF a free homestead
law. and sympathy with legitimate
efforts to lessen intemperance. Upon
the adoption of the platform Senator
Teller and some 20 other silver leaders
left the hall. At 1851 p. IN the conven-
ton adjourned sine die.
At Balls Crossing. o.. Henry Rosen-
thai and Miss Stella Pitkin were killed
by the cars.
At Peoria, ILL.,. John Corners shot and
killed Mamie Mulligan because she re-
fused TO marry him and then shot him
self fatally.
Two sons of Thomas Holderfield,
aged Is and Is years, were killed by
lightning at Marion. III.
Democrats in the Fourth Ohio district
nominated George A. Marshall for cor
gress-
Propositions were favorably passed
upon at a conference o. silver men in 81
Louis for the organization of a repub
lican silver party in the United States
and the candidacy of Senator Henry NJ
Teller. of Colorado. for president
The trial in Newport. Ky. of Alonzo
NJ. Walling. jointly indicted with Scott
jackson for the murder of Pearl Bryan.
ended with conviction aud penalty fixed
ct death
At Guthrie. o. T.. q tornado wrecked
the Central high school building and
state capitol grounds and badly dam
aged many private residences.
The death of Rev. Le Roy Jones Hal
sey. ID. D.. aged "a years. n founder OF
the Mccormick theological seminary
and one of the foremost men ia the
Presbyterian church. occurred at his
residence in Chicago.
Democrats in the Twentieth district
of Illinois nominated James p. Camp
bell. of Hamilton county, for congress.
Florida democrats in convention at
Oeala nominated w. ID. Bloxham for gov
ernOr.
In session in St. Louis the republican
national committee elected Mark A..
Hanna. of Cleveland. o.. chairman.
Freight trains cc.iidcd AT Friend.
Neb., and f. Doane of san Jose. Cal,
and SIS hogs were killed.