River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-28
WEST AND SOUTH.

ten. T. y Bragg was reelected presi-
dent at the annual reunion in La Crosse,
WIS. of the Iron brigade.
Two men were fatally hurt and five
persons were more or less injured in
railway collision near Dayton. o.
Ia session at indianapolis, the ma
tiOnal Association Of Retail Liquor
dealers. elected August Kochler. of New
persecution of men engaged in the
traffic.
Yaqui Indians in New Mexico are
driving white gold seekers out of their
country.
At Duluth, Mimi, 2s Italians were
denied admittance to this country I'M
der the cOntract-labor law.
Bankers met at Indianapolis and
formed a state association. with Allen
NJ. Fletcher, of Indianapolis. as presi-
dent.
The jury in the Luetgert murder trial
in Chicago failed 10 agree after being
out 6s hours. standing nine to three for
conviction aud they were discharged
by Judge Tuthill.
Newton Bateman. for II years presi
dent of Knox college at Galesburg. ILL.,,
died at the age of IS years.
Resolutions declaring the saloon the
greatest evil confronting the church
and civilization at the National Chris
tian Missionary convention in Indian
apolis, were adopted.
The democrats of the Sixth con
gressiOnal district of Illinois nominated
Vincent IL. + kins and the populists
nominated George 4. Laudgren.
Flames wiped out the Office of the
Daily Wing at jackson Tenn.
Fire destroyed Y. l. Nurden's livery
stable at Peru. Ind, ana IL horses were
cremated.
The greatest observatory in the
world was presented at Williams Bay.
Wis. bv Charles T. Yerkes, of Chicago,
to President Harper. Of the University
. of Chicago.
Tie doors of the bank of Lodi, Wis.
were closed.
At Madrid. Mo. George Westerman.
80 years of age. killed his stepdsr : n er
and then shot himself.
In the Exchange bank at Wakarusa.
Ind. three robbers blew the safe and
secured 5000.
The supreme court of Iowa says that
speculation in grain. where no delivery
is intended. is gambling. and that such
contracts are void.
Charles NJ. Woodman. of Chicago. ex-
congressman. has become insane.
In Chicago the Fowler Cycle company.
one OF the largest bicycle concerns n
the west, failed for $500. 900.
Advices frOci all portions of the coun-
I try say that the volume of business con
tinues of large proportions.
The doors of the national bank OF
Asheville. y. C.. were closed.
At Decatur, Ill. Henry Hunsley and
his nephew. Ray Hunsley and Miss Ber-
tina Davis were killed b. the cars.
Ex-Gov. Altgeld spoke IN favor of free
silver at the meeting in Chicago of the
Democratic Editorial Association of
Illinois.
Unknown fiends shot J. s. Parkhurst
and lis aged wife, living four miles
from Biloxi. La, and cremated their
bodies.
John G.. Brady. governor of Alaska, in
I AalS an uaA IcfoEA NStlHidlcS inc pEcs-
ent population at 10000 natives and TO-
600 whites and recommends that $780,
600 be appropriated for government
buildings and S60.OCo for schools. He
says the gold seekers as class rank fan
above the average manhood OF the coun.
try.
II has been decided by States Attor-
ney Deneen TO put Luetgert on trial for
the second time n few days in Chi
cago.
BY the wreck 81 the schooner Casper
near Port Arena. Cal. 70 Of the crew
were drowned.
Near Mahomet. H.. Mrs A. L. Han
nah. wife Of farmer. was resuscitated
81 hours after having been pronounced
dead.