River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-17
WEST AND SOUTH.

In a Denver street Goldie McConkey
was shot dead and her lover, George
Bond, fatally wounded.
At a crossing in Toledo. o., Ira J.
Palmer and his wife were killed by the
cars.
Near Grasser, Va, the house of
Thomas Martin was burned and he and
three children persisted in the flames.
In indianapolis Mrs. Clara L. Bald
win, wife of Enos Baldwin, admins
tered strychnine in food to her husband
and two children, II and 10 years old
respectively, and then shot herself dead.
The poisoned persons may recover.
At the age of "a years William Hen
derson died in the same house in which
he was born at Clear Lake, Ky. He
was never farther than is miles from
his home in his life and never saw a
railway train.
In Cleveland the street car strikers
and their sympathizers propose to boy
colt every man who attended the busi-
ness mems meeting held for the pur-
pose of adopting measures to stamp
out the boycott.
In haiIstorm which partially de-
stroyed the crop on nearly $50, 600 acres
of land in North Dakota 100000 bush
els of wheat, worth at least 100000,
were lost.
The firm of w. b. Cleveland & Co.,
wholesale grocers at Houston, Tex,
failed for S441,971.
At Hampton, Va, the yellow fever
epidemic is practically at an end.
The transport Morgan City sailed
from San Francisco for Manila with
CTS recruits and supplies.
BY the capsizing of boat Sigurd
Rudd, tailor, aged %, and Ida Olson,
20, were drowned at Minneapolis.
Near jackson, La, five negro chill
dren were burned to death on Nc
Kowan's plantation. The parents
locked them up in their house and
went to church.
Maria NJ. Gross, one of the pioneer
women physicians of Chicago, died al
her home, aged &C years.
The consolidation of the leading cigar
manufacturing interests of Tampa, Key
West, New Orleans and Havana is re-
ported.
At Glenn, Ga, viii Mcclure, negro
was lynched for attempted assault on
Mrs. George Moore, wife of farmer OF
Carroll county.
Near Bell Buckle, Tenn, VIII Cham
bers (colored), charged with criminally
assaulting the 14-year-old daughter OF
William Watson, was lynched by mob
A mob took Sam Wilson, young ne
gro accused of attempting assault, from
Jail at Port Gibson, Miss, and hanged
him to the gallows in the Jail yard.
At Poland, o., Robert l.. Walker
through whom President Mckinley lost
his property by indorsing notes, filed
bankruptcy petition, with liabilities
of 100000.
After preaching in Pineville, Ky.
several days four Mormon elders were
forced TO leave by angry citizens.
An unknown assassin murdered Ed
ward A. Cranston, village night watch
man at Constantine, Mich.
James Bloodworth, aged IS, and Miss
Grace Cooper, aged Is, members oil
prominent families. committed suicide
at Arapahoe. Neb.. because their par
ents refused to permit them to marry
Fire swept away ten buildings al
Farragut. la.
In Denver. Col. two police officers
were murdered by a recruit belonging
to companr l.. Thirty-fourth volunteer
infantry, now stationed at Fort Logan
who was resisting arrest. The murder
er escaped.
Policeman Rawlings, in Dallas, Tex.
while drunk insulted Charles Daniels
a duel with revolvers followed. Both
We're killed..
The death is announced of ex-Gov
Henry NJ. Rector. at Little Rock. Ark.
after an illness of one years duration
Steps are being taken TO form a saw
mill trust in Wisconsin and Michigan,
and il Is expected that the deal will
be closed before the next season opens,
1t is said the new trust will be CAPT
talized for s50, 900, 600.