River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-01-21

Of the New Orleans coast the steam
ship Eva, with a party of six aboard.
was lost.
At ocala, Fla, the Merchants ma
tional bank suspended with liabilities
of Sl45,000.
Republicans in the Oregon icgisla-
ture nominated John ii. Mitchell to sue
coed himself IN the United States sem
ate.
Flames de- 'royed the plant of the
Fox Paper company at Crescentville.
o.. the loss being s150.000.
Near Monterey, KY, Jennie Brown
ing, with her baby in her arms, jumped
into the Kentucky river and both were
drowned.
Two farmers, Jonas Hackensmith
and Punch Evans, living near Dover,
Nc, shot each other fatally as the re-
suit of family feud.
Senator Sherman announces that he
has accepted the state portfolio.
In Wisconsin the semi-centennial
plan of celebrating in 1898 the fiftieth
anniversary of statehood has been
abandoned.
Fire destroyed portion of the Buck
Der orphans home in the suburbs of
Dallas, Tex, and five boys peri led and
a number of others were injured
Flames wiped out the business por-
ton of Milan, Mo.
Further advices say that IS children
persisted in the fire that destroyed the
Buckner orphans home in Dallas, Tex.
Crazed from cigarette smoking Ben
jamin l.. Davis, proprietor of the Tab
bard inn at Rugby, Tenn, cut his wife's
throat with a razor and then shot him
self to death.
The Wheeling, Lake Erie & Pitts
burgh Coal company failed in Cincin-
natl for S1.O5G,000. and the Wheeling &
Lake Erie Railway company went into
the hands of receivers with liabilities of
s32O.O0O.
On the Iron Mountain & Texas Pacific
route train was thrown from the track
by wreckers at Forest, Tex. and the en-
gineer and express messenger were ia
tally injured.
The doors of the Bank of Conway,
Mo-, were closed.
In indianapolis the Commercial Wheel
company failed for 100000.
At their annual meeting in Columbus,
o., the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea elected as president NJ. ID. Batch
ford. of Ohio.
At Flat Rock. w. Va, Lew Grim shot
and fatally injured three outlaws v no
were trying TO break up a dance.
The only female national bank CASH
Ter in the United States. Mrs. Sarah
Dick. was for the twenty-fourth consec-
utive time chosen 10 that position in
the First national bank at Huntington,
Ind.
At Louisville. Ky. the doors of the
German national bank were closed with
liabilities of $260,0O0.
The doors of the First national bank
OF Newport, Ky, were closed with liza
bilities of 100000.
Tillie Anderson made Al miles 10 laps
in two hours, which is a new worlds
record in the female six-day bicycle
race at indianapolis.
At st. Paul the Minnesota savings
bank suspended payment with liabil-
tiles of S23O,OO0.
At Garrett, Ind, II. \. Coflinberry, n
banker, charged with forgery and en-
bezzlement. fell dead from heart dis
ease as the sheriff was about to arrest
him.
At Little Rock Dan w. Jones was in
augurated as governor of Arkansas.
\ windstorm al Huntington, Ind,
blew the roof off the county infirmary
and damaged other buildings.
At Carson the Nevada Legislature con-
vened in eighteenth session.
At Atlanta, Ga, Sam Palatka con-
fessed that he caused the great Cahaba
(Ala.) bridge disaster. which sent IS
persons to death and wounded score
more.