River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-06
WEST AND SOUTH.

WEST AND SOUTH.
Fire nearly wiped out the village
of Arville, N. D.
At Decatur, Ala, Hiram Sharpe,
who killed his wife last December in
Dekalb county, was hanged.
In Chicago George H. Ling, aged
IS, who distinguished himself by saw
ing "a lives during the Johnstown
(Pa.) flood, was killed by the cars.
The Iowa -of-the-road pop
ulists win place state ticket in the
field
Fire destroyed the entire business
portion of Cartwright, Wis, town of
1000 inhabitants.
Mrs Charlotte Wright, cause of the
tragedy at Gilman, ILL.,, died in the
Jail at Watseka from wounds received
during the fraeas.
The Wisconsin democrats have NOM
mated F. A. Partlow for congress in
the Tenth district and n. E. Morgan
in the Eighth.
Democrats of the Second Iowa dis
trict have nominated Henry Vollmer,
of Davenport, for congress.
The late Archbishop Hennessy, of
Dubuque, Ia, left by will 100000
to relatives and church societies.
At St. Joseph, Mich. burglars robbed
the post office, securing $1,000 in cur
rency. and caused a stamp famine.
Mayor Woodward of Atlanta, Ga,
was impeached for intoxication.
The United States transport Thomas
arrived at San Francisco from Manila
with POI sick and wounded. soldiers and
81 military prisoners.
The Michigan prohibitionists nom
mated a state ticket headed by Fred
erick S Goodrich, of Albion, for gov
ernor.
In Chicago the Womans Relief
Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army,
Daughters of Veterans and ex-Pris-
oners of War held business sessions
in Chicago, the latter rejecting James
Atweu, of Pittsburgh, national com
mander.
The transports bearing the Cuban
teachers who attended the Harvard
summer school arrived at Havana.
Official business took up the time of
the Grand Army of the Republic. Com
mander Suaw delivered his annual adj
dress. Reports showed a membership
| of 276,662 and balance in the treas
ury of S7.940. An effort to change the
date of Memorial day from May 80 to
the last Sunday in May failed.
In Madison, Ind, Nine. Seals, an In
dian woman, died, aged 1O3 years.
At CheneyvIle, La, Thomas J. Amos
| (colored) was hanged by a mob for
killing A. G. Jackson, white man.
o. Fl. Fethers, of GAINESVILLE, Wis,
was elected supreme chancellor of the
grand lodge. Knights of Pythias.
The Grand Army of the Republic
thirty-fourth annual encampment adj
journed after electing Maj. Leo Ras-
sieur. of st. Louis, commander in
chief, choosing Denver for the next
meeting place and sending President
Mckinley an Endorsement by tele-
graph.
At indianapolis the Afro-American
council commended President McKin-
ley's condemnation of negro lynch
ings.
Mich, 2O5,S76 inhabitants, a gain of
79.s2s in ten years.
Mary L. Carr, of Denver. was elect
ed president of the Woman's Relief
Corps at the annual meeting in Chi
cago.
Near Table Rock, wyo., four
masked men held up and robbed a
Union Pacific express train, securing
So, 900.
James Bennett shot and killed
three women and a 12-year-old child
at Towards Greek, Ky. Jealousy
caused the crime.
Daughters of Veterans in session
in Chicago elected Miss Lillian f.
Phillips. of Austin, Ill. president.
Hon Jerome c. Kearby, of Hous-
ton. has declined the populist nomina-
ton for governor of Texas.
Fusionists in Washington nominated
John X. Rogers, of Seattle, for gov
ernor.
The Sons of Veterans have raised
$500 600 and viii erect a college in
memory of the grand army men.
III AHliNuA0 &Ns1NN EeAN0hS SOW q
sham battle at Washington park, and
the visiting veterans enjoyed the spec
tacle.
In Colorado forest fires were deyast-
ating large areas of timber.
Chicago merchants estimate that
encampment visitors spent 100000.
In Chicago the Union National
bank has been merged into the First
national
5. ~ Dixon and Luke Merritt, who
had been farming on shares at Cen
ter Hill. Fla. quarreled over division
of crops and killed each other.
In Salt Lake City Charles Turyille
rode mile on bicycle in 1852, beat
ing the worlds record.
Gen. Wood reports that conditions
IN Cuba are very encouraging