River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-22

Near Spofford junction, Tex, cloud
burst flooded the country and M. l..
Butler and his wife and two children
and Henry Carver were drowned.
c. +. Bailey, of Ireton, was elected
commander at the annual encampment
in Waterloo of the Iowa G. A. r.
The Miners bank at Creole, Col, and
banks at Hooper and Monte Vista closed
their doors.
In st. John, La, Edward Gray, ne
gro, who was acquitted in court of
charge of burglary, was lynched by
mob.
Maryland democrats will meet in Bal
timore August to nominate candidate
for governor.
Prof o. I Morgan, of the department
of Greek and Hebrew in Drake uni
versity in Des Moines, Ia, has been re-
moved on the charge of heresy.
At the age of GA years Richard Parks
Bland, a member of congress for "a
years, and in 1896 candidate for the
democratic nomination for president,
died at his home near Lebanon. Mo.
At jackson, Mo, John Heidrick, the
19-year-old farm hand who murdered
James NJ. Lail and attempted to kill
his employers wife on july 1, 1893, was
hanged.
Near Huntington, Ind. George
laurie and his wife. an aged couple,
were killed by bull.
The execution of Carroll NJ. Rice,
wife murderer, took place at Alton, Mo.
In Cleveland street ear strikers Gre
ated several riots and number of non
union men were hurt. three probably
fatally.
1t is announced that the Western
Baseball association has disbanded.
Dave Clark and BOY" Williams, both
colored, were lynched by mob near
Surrency. Ga. Both were charged with
assault.
John Olds was killed in family quar-
rel at Tredell. Tex, and his father-in-
law, Dave Jenkins, and his two daugh-
tiers. Pearl and Molly, fatally wounded.
A mob took Louis Patrick (colored)
from the Beaufort (N. c. Jail and killed
him. He was accused of the murder of
f. B. Weeks.
The election is announced of Prof.
f. s. Strong, of New Haven, Conn, as
president of the University of Oregon.
In Baltimore the prohibition state
convention nominated Prof. James
Swami, of Denton. for governor of
Maryland.
For the murder of Miss Amanda
Clark John Berry (colored), aged II,
was hanged at Marlboro. Md.
Ohio democrats will hold their state
convention at GAINESVILLE, August !
and ,.
In a freshet at Rosalia, Tex, eight
families, numbering 81 people, were
drowned
In Montana Marcus Daily and his as
sociates in the Anaconda Mining com.
pany have sold all their holdings to an
eastern syndicate headed by John d,
Rockefeller for $23, 100000.
Prof. b. 7. Wheeler. of Cornell col.
lege at ithaca, n. Y, has been elected
president of the California state uni
versity.
by cave-in at Coal Creek Tom Black
a negro l0f years old, a pioneer of Ten.
nessee, was killed
Latest advices from New Richmond
Wis, show that about 125 persons lost
THAR lives in the recent cyclone.
Benjamin L. Harding, who was elect.
ed to the United States senate in 1866
TO fill out the unexpired term of Senator
Baker. died in Cottage Grove. Ore. aged
ca years.
Eta Thorn, aged IA, Marian Howard
IS and Irene Lauderdale, 16, were
drowned while bathing at Galveston
Tex.
In New Orleans William Fl. Fischer, a
builder and contractor. shot his wife
after brutally beating her and then ia.
tally wounded himself.
An explosion at the United States
Smokeless Powder company's factory
in San Rafael. CAL. killed Edward Sc
cumbe, John Secumbe, James Morris
sew and NJ Hollenbeck.