River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-11-01
WEST AND SOUTH.

Dr. y. y. Ofdlg, u Atlanta ga,
dropped dead in the pulpit while adj
dressing the Presbyterian synod at
Newport News, Va.
The 1900 census gives California a
population of 1,4S5,053, an increase
since 1890 of 276,923, or 22.9 per cent.
The legislature of Georgia convened
in Atlanta.
William 4. Paulsen was sentenced
in Chicago to an indeterminate term
in the penitentiary for receiving de-
posits after his bank was insolvent.
James Galloway and James Guer
(colored), charged with firing into a
farmers house, were hanged by mob
at Liberty Hill, Ga.
The selection has been made of c.
NJ. Cotterman, of San Francisco, as
director general of posts in the Phil
ippine islands.
Fire wiped out the entire business
part of Minnesota, Mimi, including
the post office.
Flames swept away the entire bust
ness portion of Dunavant, Kan.
Carrie Caldwell, insane from grief
over the death of her parents. killed
her three children and herself at
Hnutersville. \. c.
While drunk Charles Vargo killed
his wife and himself at Aurora, III.
The Klondike mining camp is now
a prosperous commercial center, says
Consul McCook at Dawson.
Robert Earwood, G. G.. Graham and
Richard Russell, employees on Van
derbilt's estate, were drowned near
Asheville. \. c.
The steamer Port Stephens sailed
from San Francisco for Manila, carry
ing 400 horses and several hundred tons
of supplies.
The death of A. w. Merrill, editor of
the Prairie du Chen Courier, occurred
at the age of SIS years. He was the old
est printer in Wisconsin.
John Sherman's funeral took place
at Mansfield, O., President Mckinley
being among those present.
In many streams in upper East Ten
nessee high water was doing great
damage.
In Helena, Mont, Deputy United
States Marshal Sam Jackson was
killed by fall. For years he was a IA
nous government scout.
Seeds Brothers bank at Bridgeport,
H., was robbed of over $4,000 by bur-
glars.
Harry Gudgen. aged only IS, shot
and killed Matte Nichols. aged 46,
and then himself at Chillicothe, O..
Jealousy was the cause.
The suffering of the drought-strick-
en- Indians on the Sacaton reservation
in Idaho will be relieved by the gov
eminent.
Inhis will the late Senator Sherman,
of Mansfield. o., disposes o. a S., CO0,-
0CO estate.
vt Orangeburg, s. c.. Warby Wine. a
negro. was hanged for the murder of
c. J. Paulling near Fort Motto.
As president of the Southern Pacific
railroad c. NJ. Hays, manager of the
Grand Trunk. succeeds {. z. Hunting
ton.
Burglars robbed the bank at Prairie
du Sac, Wis. of S1700.
William Stark's four children were
drowned near Plaster Bed. O., by the
capsizing OF boat.
High water cut off La Crosse. Wis.
from the rest of the world. Heavy
rains throughout Wisconsin drove
hundreds from their homes
An explosion of an acetylene tank
for stereopticon wrecked the inte-
rior of the First Presbyterian church
at Austin, H., and hurt Lecturer Z.
w. Leitch. probably fatally.
Henry Russell Pritchard, the oldest
Christian minister in the United
States. died suddenly at chesterfield,
Ind, aged 81 years.
In a railway collision 10 members of
Isham's king Erastus" company, a
colored organization. were injured at
Appleton. Wis.
The death of George Dunlap, who
was at one time one of the most
prominent theatrical men in the
United States, occurred in Chicago.
In Hawaii only 1926 voters were
registered for the coming election.
In the Collma districts and on the
Pacific slope south of Austin. Tex.
severe earthquake shocks were felt.
During the present year a total Of
$50. Sc. 6S7 worth of gold dust and bull
lion has been received at the Seattle
ASSAY office from Alaska.