River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-11-25
WEST AND SOUTH.

In the annex at the Ohio penitentiary
al Columbus Albert ]. Frantz, aged %.
the murderer of Bessie Little, of Day
ton. o.. was electrOcuted.
Near Bryan. Tex. Tom Sweat. negro,
who killed another colored man was
taken By a mob from the officers and
lynched.
George W. Einman is to succeed VIII
liam Penn Nixon as editor in chief OF
the Chicago Inter Ocean
st ST. Louis Henry Clay johnson (col-
orei) was hanged for the murder of
William Amend. a newsboy, August l,
1896.
nj 81. Joseph. No. John !. OyertOn,
aged 100 years and one month. was mar
ried 20 Mrs. Mary Henderson, aged II
years.
During a quarrel over money matters
Henry Kammerer killed his father near
Benton Harbor. Mich. and then killed
himself
To three counties in Texas a prairie
fire burned over 400 square miles of ter
ritory and thousands of cattle and sheep
persisted.
follow. No. on suspicion OF having set
fire to a building.
Coal operators of northern Illinois
refused absolutely 20 arh.trate with
the miners.
George Weston (colO7c,l, was hanged
al paducah. XIV. for the murder of his
plramour Wine Bell
]. L. Hoover. OF Pleasant Hill. Mo-.
was killed and 80 other persons were in
iured IN train wreck near Williford,
Ark
Next year the Western Baseba as
ISOLATION will consist of clubs from ST.
Joseph. Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Du-
bugue. Burlington. Quincy, Peoria and
Rockford.
Fire destroyed the Anchor line steam
er Bluff City. one of the fastest and
newest boats on the lower Mississippi.
at Chester. Ill. the loss being 100000.
j. ". Harris. editor of the Times. was
fatally shot and his brother killed by
Judge c. a. Gerald in street duel in
Waco. Tex.
Nearly l. per cent. of the railroads of
,he country have been equipped with
safety appliances.
Isaiah r. Sexton. a survivor of the
war of 1912. died in Sparta, Mich, aged
90 years.
= train was wrecked near Coal Bluff,
Ind. and three miners were fatally in
jured and 20 others hurt.
Nine men have been mistaken for deer
and killed in as many days in the upper
peninsula of Michigan.
George Roehl and Martin Bartholemy
were fatally injured and Robert Loren
were severely beaten in an attack OF
masked men on miners ut the Kolb coal
pit near Mascoutah. III.
The death OF Rev. George y. Hickox.
IS years chaplain of the Michigan state
prison. occurred at jackson.
Throughout western Washington
chinook Winds and rains were playing
havoc.
At Greenville, o., an unsucces sful at
tempt was made TO wreck the fast New
York and Chicago express 90 the Erie
railroad.
st his home in Pawpa,v. Ill. Isaac
Thompson celebrated his 101st birth
day lie is in good health.
In the south frosts have practically
killed OF: the yellow fever
In Pope and Scott counties. Ark. dep
uties captured and destroyed six Illicit
stills and arrested l. nloonshiners.
~ Randsburg. Cal. two distinct
shocks Of earthquake were felt and
buildings shock perceptibly.
The doors Of the State bank of Hol-
stein. Seb.. were closed with liabilities
IF $4,000.
In Denver Brig. zen. Brooks. com
rlanding the national guard of Colo
RADIO. died suddenly.
The oldest merchant tailor in point
Of actual service in the United States.
William II. SmitheTs. aged 60. died at
his home in Versailles. Ky.
4 counterfeit ten-dolla- nationalb bank
note has been discovered on the Los
Angeles (Cai.l national hank.
Margaret Esersn. widow woman n
Chicago. was robbed Of $500. The
money was kept in a barrel in closet
~ her home.