River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-08-09
WEST AND SOUTH.

In Utah the whole Tintic mining dis
trict was shaken by an earthquake.
Hereafter smokers of cigarettes will
not be employed in the packing house
of Swift e. Co. in Chicago.
Paul Warner and Martha Hendricks,
who were attempting to elope from
Poplar Bluff. Mo, were drowned while
trying to escape from the girls ia
Their.
John Mason Loomis, civil war vet
eran, and for so years a leading lum-
Der merchant of Chicago, died at the
age of rs years.
In the broom corn district of Illi-
nois storm did over S1,OOo,0OO dam
age to the growing crop.
Klondilte gold receipts at Pacific
coast points so far this season are
about 50, 500, 900, against $7,69o,Ooo at
the same time last year.
In the First district Indiana demo-
Gratis nominated Alfred D. Owens for
congress and the prohibitionists nom
mated Nathan Johnson in the
Eleventh district.
In the North Carolina election
Charles b. Aycock was elected gov
ernor by the democrats. and an
amendment to the constitution dis
franchising the negro was carried.
The population of Louisville, KY, is
2O4, 731, an increase of 1862 in ten
years.
Near Harvey, H., the wife and two
children of ]. A. Norris died from eat
ing toadstools in mistake for mush-
rooms.
In Iowa the middle-of-the-road pop
ulists will hold their state convention
in Des Moines August IS.
At Moline. Ill, Andrew Nelson, aged
II, fatally shot his wife, aged 81, and
then killed himself. Jealousy was the
cause.
The death of John McCurdy, an old
resident of Chicago and well-known in
business. musical and masonic circles,
occurred a his home, aged Go years.
The president has returned to Can
ton. O.. from Washington.
At Greenvile, Miss, James Byrd, 40
years old. was hanged for the muir
der of his mistress.
At Baltimore. Md. Amos B. Smith
(colored) was hanged for killing Sadie
James, his mistress.
The census shows the population of
Milwaukee, Wis. to be 2S5,3l5, gain
of sO.s47 in ten years.
In the Sixteenth Illinois district F. ].
Selby was nominated for congress by
the democrats on the 2,452d ballot.
Fire destroyed the barn of Hebe
Smith near Waukesha, Wis, and 13S
sheep and five horses were cremated.
A plan 10 kill all the rulers of the
world, which was devised in New York
and Paterson, \. j.. has been discov-
cred.
1t is said that Nikola Tesla, of New
York. has discovered an electric cure
for consumption which meets with re-
markable success.
The presidential nominee of the So
cial democratic party, Eugene v.
Debs, has issued his letter of accept
ance.
Riots and bloodshed attended the
canvassing of the vote in the North
Carolina election by the county
board. and the military had been
called out.
The death of Luke Pryor, former
United States senator and represent
atiye in congress, occurred at his
home at Athens. Ala.
Fire destroyed nearly S1,000,o00
worth of lumber in the Barker &
Stewart and keystone Lumber COM
panies' yards at Ashland, Wis.
In st. Joseph, Mich. Il Chicago
couples were married. breaking the
Sunday record of the Gretna Green.
At Doe Run. Mo. five dead is the
result of feud- that has existed be-
tween the Dooley and Harris fani-
lies
Jacob n. Cox died at Magnolia,
Miss. aged 70. He was governor of
Ohio during 1S66-67, and was secre-
tarv of the interior under Gen. Grant.
At the age of 20 years Joseph En-
erson. famous scholar and for So
wears associated with Beloit college
as professor of Greek. died at Beloit,
Wis
Followers of circus caused reign
of terror for nearly a week in Cass
Lake. Grand Rapids and other towns
in northern Minnesota and troops
were called out to suppress them.
At Madison, Va, Grant Reed teol-
oredl was hanged for the murder of
his wife and her father.
The police prevented anarchists
from gathering in Chicago and five
were arrested, among Them Mrs. Lucy
Parsons.
Two elders we're prevented from
leaving a train at Mansfield, O., where
a mob awaited them.