River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-01
The News Condemned.

The trustees of Beloit college say 1t
will be necessary to raise $4,000 year
10 add to the resources of the institu-
will have to be closed.
The Masonic women are about 20
purchase a site for a building in La
crosse. 1t will be entirely devoted to
masonic occupancy.
William Ritzlaff delivered what he
announced beforehand to be "Fitz-
simmons hook" The blow broke Mrs.
Ritzlaff's collar-bone and stretched her
senseless on the floor. Ritzlaff is in
Jail in Milwaukee.
John Fest, lumberman, was lost in
a heavy snowstorm near Hayward and
persisted within 40 rods of a farm
house.
Frederick Kissinger. aged 36, secre-
tary and treasurer of the j. p. Kissin-
ger company, died as the result of fall
down the stairs in his home in Milwau-
kee.
C. d. Nash. retired capitalist and
banker. died in Milwaukee as the result
of a surgical operation.
Katie Duprey. the second victim OF
Porter Ross. died of her wounds at the
I}eaulieu place in Kaukana, where she
was shot.
Arthur and Albert Rounce lost their
way in the snow near Shell Lake and
were frozen so that the former will lose
both feet and the latter one.
John Lane. of Necedah, while attempt
ing to jump moving freight train on the
Milwaukee road had both of his legs cut
off and died soon after.
Gov. Scofield has issued proclama-
ton setting apart Friday, April 80. as
Arbor and Bird day.
Rev. james Gauche, oldest Catholic
priest in the Green Bay diocese, died at
De Pere. aged 30 years.
The two mills of the Kreuger & Lach
man Milling company were burned at
Neenah, the loss being 100000.
In trying to save furniture from "A
burning house Mr.. Boland. an aged resi-
dent of Mcmillan, was burned to death
and his wife was frightfully burned.
The first beet sugar refinery in the
state has begun operations at Menomi-
nee Falls. The new plan represents an
outlay of s250,000.
Leo label, Milwaukee insurance
agent, committed suicide by swallow
ing carbolic acid. He was one of the
heirs to an estate valued at Si.000,000
belonging to an uncle no recently died
in Russia.
Receiver Burlington filed his report on
the Commercial bank i'm Eau Claire. Il
gives the total liabilities at $64.906 and
the assets at actual value. $35,191,
shrinkage of about 90 per cent.
William Schuster, aged 76 years, who
had been missing from his home in She
boygan for three days, was found dead
in Delting park. lie had committed
suicide.
Two daughters of John Elleubeck, of
ITolstein, were fatally burned while
playing in the garnet.
Francis Campbell. prominent resi-
dent of Lafayette county, died at his
home in Gratiot, aged 6S years.
A piece of beefsteak lodged in John
Kelly's windpipe and he expired in
few minutes at Marinette.
The lOC-shot rife contest in Winona.
Mimi, between A. J. Vandeusen, of
Winona, and L. T. Richter. of Milwau-
kee. for $500 a side, resulted in favor of
Richter.
A farmer named Beals residing near
Hillsboro was killed in a runaway acci-
dent. He was under the influence of
liquor and attempted TO race horses.
Warner Hathaway, who had been a
resident of Beaver Dam for AZ years,
died in his sixty-siNth year He had
been an alderman for 25 years.
\ freight elevator at Hayes foundry
in West Superior fell 80 feet, resulting
in injuries To Charles Turnquist and
James Anderson. The ankles of both
men were fractured.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment TO allow the election OF extra cir
cult judges in districts will be sub
mitted TO the people at the spring elec-
ton.
William Schultz. aged GO. well-to-do
farmer of the town of Theresa. COM
mitted suicide at his home.
John Wallich, aged 20. a confirmed
cigarette smoker. shot himself at his
home in Milwaukee.
John Dahl. residing at Burnham val
lev, was killed by the accidental ex-
plosion of a gun he was placing on
shelf.
BY fire which started in Bizeskis'
dry goods store in Berlin the First no
tional bank building was burned and
also Charles Davlin's restaurant and
saloon.
While hunting on the Steinhouff
farm near Palmyra George Reuthel
caught fox asleep that he shot at
short range.
The North Wisconsin Library associa-
ton at Ashland mas just received a do
nation of 300 new books from Chicago.