River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-08
WEST AM sOUTH.

In Portsmouth, o., tin can contain
ing $50, 900 in gold was found by work
men engaged in tearing down the meat
shop belonging to the estate of Philip
Multer.
BY the upsetting of a boat three men
and three women were drowned in the
Maumee river at Toledo, o.
At Lawndale, ILL.,, and vicinity tor
nado did great damage.
In Mills county, Ia, a cyclone de-
stroyed property valued at $4,000, and
at Minneola Title Roherburg, aged IA,
was killed and eight other persons were
injured, two fatally.
Near Kingsley, Ia, farm buildings
were swept away and stock was killed
by a cyclone.
Mary McGuan, who celebrated her
one hundred and first birthday Febru-
ary ?, died in Baraboo, Wis.
Resolutions were adopted at the BIZ
metallic convention in Louisville, KY,
favoring the Chicago platform of 1896
and the nomination of William ]. Bry-
an in 1900.
At San Francisco the severest shock
of earthquake in 80 years was felt.
In Cleveland Henry Lower, aged 20
years, died from the effects of cat
bite received three months ago.
The Cuban supreme court was sworn
in at Havana.
At the age of 70 years Elisha Baxter,
tenth governor of Arkansas, died at his
home in Batesville.
In family quarrel Charles Herzog,
teamster in ST. Louis, aged 80, ia
tally shot his young wife and her moth
er. Mrs. Mary Sopp, and then killed
himself.
While insane Alfred Wells, farmer
aged 40, living near Thorntown, Ind,
killed three of his little boys.
The company of Filipino actors de
tanned at San Francisco will be allowed
to enter the United States for the pur-
pose of giving exhibitions.
Albert j. Hopkins, of Illinois, has
withdrawn from the speakership con
test, throwing the state delegation to
| Col. David B. Henderson, of Iowa.
Masked bandits held up Union Pa
cific passenger train west of Wilcox,
Nyo., blew up the express car with
| dynamite, severely wounded the en-
gineer and escaped with over $4,000.
| The well-known actress, Marie Vain
wright, was married in San Francisco
to FRANKLIN Roberts, an actor in her
company.
Al Holly, Mich, Day Terbush, a
wealthy farmer, was swindled out of
S.. 600 by two bogus real estate men.
At his residence in Cincinnati Will
liam McAlpin, a weli-known capitalist,
dropped dead.
Upon arriving in San Francisco from
| Sydney $4,000 in gold were found miss
| ing from the treasure-room of the
steamer Alameda.
Flames destroyed the Smith wagon
shops in Pekin, H., the loss being $780,
600
I Tn Galena, Kan, Mrs. Mary Jane
Douglas, 102 years old, and James Nor
gan, 10 years of age, were married.
At the age of IS years William H.
! ElleTbe, governor of South Carolina,
died at Sellers.
Ohio republicans in state convention
in Columbus nominated for governor
George X. Nash of Columbus, and fer
lieutenant governor John A. Caldwell.
of Cincinnati. The platform indorses
the administrations of President Nc
| Kinley and Gov. Bushnell. denounces
trusts and lynehiugs. praises the mag
nifieent achievements of our army and
navy in the war with Spain and COM
mends the president for the judicious
notifications of the civil service rules.
AZ Republic, WASH. fire destroyed 2s
! buildings. causing a loss of S250, 900.