River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-31
WEST AND SOUTH.


Robert Dyrcnforth, of Washington,
was reelected commander in chief of
the Union Veterans union at the meet
ing in Des Moines, Ia, and the name
of the union was changed to the Order
of Union Battlemen.
In Des Moines the Iowa Mutual Fire
association failed with about 100000
of risks in force.
At Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, a stage
was held up by masked men, who Sc
cured $4,000 from ii. j. Reiling, of Chi
cage.
The Mississippi democrats in conven-
tion at Jackson nominated ii. L. Longi-
nc, of Washington county, for gov
ernor.
Annie Gravenstock, aged 81 years,
died of starvation in Chicago.
At Charlotte, n. c., julius Alexander
tcolored) was hanged for assaulting
white woman.
BY an explosion of dynamite Mt the
Margaret Mining company's mill near
Carterville, Mo-. five miners were killed.
Near Fairview, n. NJ, w. J. Sprad-
ling, wealthy cattleman, shot and ia
tally wounded Miss Nellie McKistry
and soon after Spradling was shot dead
by cowboys.
Joseph and Harry Becker, 90 and 90
years of age respectively, brothers, of
ST. Louis, were drowned in the river just
above Grafton, III.
At the age of rs Dwight II. Baldwin,
founder of the piano firm of Baldwin &
Co., died at his residence in Cincinnati
The independent campaign of Mayor
Jones, of Toledo, for governor of Ohio
was opened, by sending out great guam
titles of literature.
Rev. William Il. Wilborne, of Flat
Hollow, KY. was fatally wounded in
quarrel with his divorced wife.
In Topeka, Kan, farmers and bust
ness men have organized the Farmers
Federation of the Mississippi Valley
with a capital stock of $2o,ooo,0o0, to
control the prices of farm products.
| Gen. Brooke and Gen. Wood have de-
MED to the war department reports of
riots and disturbances in Santiago.
In Darien, Ca, troops were called for
to put stop to race troubles.
The National Association of Mexican
/ War Veterans will hold its annual con-
vention in indianapolis September 10
and "A.
Judge William n. Grover, prominent
lawyer, dropped dead on the street at
Warsaw, ILL.,, from heart failure.
In an official report from Porto Rico
| it is stated that there have been ASP
burials of victims of the recent hurri-
cane. One thousand families are miss
| ing, together with their houses, and the
number of destitute persons is 100000
In Des Moines the Iowa state fair
! opened with the largest number of Wis
itors and exhibitors in its history.
Matthews Craig and Cyrus A. Brown
were executed at Muskogee for murder
1t was the first legal hanging of white
men ever held in Indian territory.
4 new cable between Miami, Fla, and
Havana, Cuba, has been completed
The receipts in Cuba from January
| 1 last TO August l under the manage
ment OF the United States government
were Ss,321 1874; disbursements, S6,531,-
sos.
Fire destroyed the historic old Clay
mansion near Paris, Ky.
In Marshfield, Wis. William Moran,
a railway fireman, shot and killed his
wife and afterward killed himself.
| Family troubles were the cause.
In Laramie county, Wyo., forest fires
have destroyed a large quantity Of
valuable timber.
\ ire in the village Of Reading. Mich,
burned % buildings, causing a loss of
| $500
Advices from Mormon missions show
that 551 elders are laboring in the south.