River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-09-02
WEST AND SOUTH.

Bonner from jail at Belleville, Tex, and
lynched him for an assault upon an
aged white woman.
From Alaska new discoveries and
tons Of gold form the latest news.
II ST. Louis the new american party
was launched by a convention of dele
gates representing nine states and one
territory. Col. Z. II. Sellers. of Detroit,
was elected chairman of the national
committee and Detroit was selected a
headquarters. The platform demands
the Recommendations of gold and silver
and an unlimited paper currency.
The Nebraska republicans in conven-
tion at Lincoln renominated \. NJ.
Post. Of Platte county. for associate jus
tice OF the supreme court. In a speech
Senator ThurstOn said ne would not
again be candidate for the United
States senate.
At the session IN Denver Joshua \.
Shaw. of New York. was elected SUI
preme chief ranger of the Foresters OF
America.
In Chicago the Fitzgerald Trunk
company's factory was partly burned,
the loss being 100000.
Papers were read At the opening ses-
sion in Cleveland of the American Bar
association favoring international arbi-
tration and more uniformity in state
laws
In Chicago on the goth wheat eclipsed
the top-notch prices of the present bull
campaign when it reached S1.O3H.
The Bank of Minneapolis. Mimi,
pending a decision as TO whether it will
so into liquidation. closed its doors
with deposits of Si50.OOO.
In Detroit pure food association I'M
der the M me of The National Asaocia-
tion of State Dairy and Food Depart
ments" was formed with !. +. Back
burn. Of Columbus. O., as president.
After electing William Writ Howe, of
New Orleans, president. the National
Bar association completed its coIven-
tion al Cleveland.
Fire destroyed the c. II. Henschell
factory II Sheboygan. Wis, that manu-
featured supplies for cigar factories,
the loss being 100000.
Floride f. Wilkinson. one of the best
known newspaper women in Ohio, died
suddenly in Toledo.
Business conditions throughout the
country were said 70 be very gratifying,
with no signs of reaction.
The breaking of a scafTold on a build
ing AT RockIsland. H., killed w. II. VIII
I lis and G. J. Schreiner. John Lowe and
Joe Crudup were fatally injured.
In Chicago Henry c. bunker, 4 bar
/ Der. fatally shot Mrs. Harriet Storey and
. her husband Richard, and then shot
{ himself. but not seriously. bunker was
/ i'm love with the woman, who repealed
/ his advances.
The death of William Crafty. the
noted abolitionist and director of the
I famous underground railroad by which
so many fugitive slaves took safe pas
T slCe 10 liberty. occurred AT his home m
Marysvillc. O, aged % years.
Advices say that rich strikes Of gold
+ have been made on the American side
/ in the Yukon valley in Alaska.
In Chicago cigarettes have been raised
+ to double their former price by the
+ Cigar and Tobacco Merchants associa-
7 ton.
I Mrs. Cusick and Daniel 0'Rourke were
+ killed by thecars near Wilton, Wis. and
/ ". J. Bennett and B-yan Want met a
+ like fate al Reedsburg. same state
Two aeronauts. Walter Steele and
Leroy Northcott. were IA ally injured
NJ the tristate fair in Toledo. O.
\ boar named Klevers Model sold in
Springfield. H.. for $500. the largest
price ever paid for hog.
At Elmdale. Kan. craCksmeu blew
open the vaults Of the Exchange bank
and secured =. 500 in cash.
Fire wiped out the entire south side
Of the square at Virginia, H., the loss
being 100000.
In Galloway county. Kan. eight per
sons were poisoned and seven died by
eating melon stolen from a neighbor's
patch.
TIE annual session Of the farmers
national congress began in st. Paul.
The Portland, the treasure steam
ship of the North American Trading
and Transportation company. arrived at
+ Seattle. Wash. from Alaska with S57t.-
600 in gold dust on board. Her passen-
gers confirm the marvellous reports Of
gold discoveries. but warn people from
making The trip Until spring.