River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-15


Cases of bubonic plague were found
on a Chinese vessel at Port Townsend,
Wash, and a case was reported in San
Francisco.
An explosion of dust at the Torrey
mines near Clinton, Ind, fatally in
iured three miners and others were in
jured.
On June &c the Illinois democratic
convention will be held at Springfield.
Terrible ravages by smallpox in
Kinds county, Miss. are reported, and
hundreds of deaths have occurred.
At indianapolis the social democratic
national convention adopted a plat
form demanding public ownership of
natural monopolies and industries con
trolled by trusts.
Frank Steele murdered his wife in
Omaha, Neb., shot Rev. \. F. Nelson,
who sprang to her rescue, and blew out
the cause
The Indiana republicans have re
nominated James A. Hemenway for
congress in the First district and
James +. Watson in the Sixth.
A resolution providing for woman's
suffrage was defeated in the Iowa
legislature.
In st. Louis Frank r. Galloway, un-
der sentence of death for murder, COM
mitted suicide in the jail.
In Chicago strikers and nonunion
machinists engaged in a battle. and
nine men were injured, one fatally.
Fire destroyed the Second Presby-
terrain church il Chicago, the loss be-
ing $4,000
Three 0 n of Jacob Zeigler, a farmer
living near Champaign, Ill, fell
through the ice in a creek and were
drowned.
In the business district of Lead, S.
D., 80 buildings were consumed by
flames, the loss being 100000.
In Detroit, Mich, the wife of Allen
Mcdonald gave birth to two boys and
two girls.
In convention in Indianapolis the So
cial democratic party named Eugene
v. Debs of Indiana, for president, and
Joe Hartman. of California, for vice
president.
In a temporary fit of insanity Alex
ander Carter shot and killed his broth
er Charley in Oakland Cal, and then
killed himself.
At Beaumont, Tex, Anthony Hop
kins was hanged for wife murder.
At Frankfort. Ky. W. II. Coulton. n
clerk in the office of the state auditor,
was arrested, charged with completely
in the murder of William Goebel.
T. f. Burton was renominated for
congress by the republicans of the
TweNty-fifth Ohio district at Cleve-
land.
At a logging camp near Tacoma,
Wash. Frank Sprague shot and killed
Mrs. Guy T. Gale and then killed him
self.
In Springfield, ILL.,, constitution of
the Lincoln monument made a tempo
rary removal of his body necessary.
From Manila Lieut.. J. c. Gilmore ar
rived at San Francisco.
Flames wiped out the business por-
ton Of Redfeld. Ia.
Near Jennings. Fla. n negro who
killed two white men named Carver
was lynched by a mob.
In Chicago Richard Essig, seven
years old. while playing with a rife
given him by his father, fatally wound
ed his mother.
In Topeka, Kan. Rev. c. NJ. Sheldon
began on his weeks effort TO edit the
Capital ''as Jesus would do"
The late DR.. L. F. Kelley. of Dwight,
H.. left to his widow all but 100000
of an estate valued at more than
s1.O0o,O00
The oldest nan in Wisconsin. John
T. Thompson. celebrated his one hun
dred and fifth birthday in Racine.
Caleb Powers. acting secretary OF
state. Capt. John ". Davis. of the cap
itol police, and Lieut. Peake. of the
Taylor militia, were arrested in Lex
ington. Ky, charged with completely
in the assassination OF William Goebel.
Democrats and republicans are nov
divided into two armed and organized
factions.