River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-28
WEST AND SOUTH.


yards and one sawmill were destroyed
by fire at Rhinelander, Wis. The loss
| is estimated to be $150,000.
A well-known Chicago manufacturer,
Hans Fuchs, committed suicide because
of grief over the death of his wife.
Harmony prevailed in the Iowa dem
ocratic convention, where the Parker
forces took almost entire control with
out struggle. A state ticket was nom
mated. The platform consists of an in
dorsement of Parker and Davis.
While bathing Judge Upton Muir, Of
| Louisville, KY, who was spending his
vacation at Cape May, N. J., lost his life
in the surf.
At Grinnell, Ia, Henry G. Spencer, a
prominent banker, and his son, Charles
H. Spencer, were drowned in Arbor lake.
After a series of ballots Fred c. Rob-
inson, of Dubuque, Ia, was elected grand
exalted secretary by the Elks' grand
lodge by bare majority of 2. Buffalo
was chosen for the next annual reunion
of the Elks
Judge J. w Cochrane, of the North
Dakota supreme court, died at his home
in Grand Forks, N. D., from stroke
of apoplexy.
After eight days truce was reached
in the stock yards strike, the men agree
ing to return to work while differences
are submitted to arbitration.
The republicans of Iowa in convention
ignored the factional struggle over the
tariff question, the olive branch of peace
offered by Congressman Hepburn for
the "stand patters" was accepted by Gov.
Cummins, and a harmonious ticket was
named.
For some cause unknown Frank
Pierce shot and killed his wife at their
home in Canton, ILL.,, and for time held
the entire Canton police force at bay,
who finally captured him after desper-
ate fight. They were forced to chloro-
form him. Pierce is supposed to be in
sane.
The widow of the late Henry George,
the political economist, died at her home
in Monticello, Sullivan county, N. Y,
at the age of 60 years.
1t is announced that Herbert M. Tis-
| dale, professor of English in the Ar
mour institute of technology at Chi
cago, has been elected president of the
University of Wyoming.
The democratic state convention of
| Missouri unanimously nominated Jo-
seph w. Folk, circuit attorney of St.
| Louis, for governor and adopted a plat
form which promises a vigorous and I'M
relenting crusade against corruption
and Doodle in Missouri.
A heavy windstorm passed over the
eastern part of the city of Augusta, Ca,
! doing serious damage to buildings, trees
| and fences. Two negroes were killed.
One of the most prominent politicians
of Detroit, Mich, Hon. William G.
Thompson. is dead at private sani-
tarium in Yonkers, n. Y, as the result
| of being knocked down by a bicycle
scorcher on April II last. Mr.. Thomp-
sor was twice mayor of Detroit, state
senator and always prominent in Mich
| igan politics.
The DEATH IL st. Louis, is announced
of Mrs. Lucinda Kupch Marshall, a colo
mel on the national staff of the Salvation
Army. Mrs. Marshall has been a prom
inent member of the corps for 20 years.
A little boy was burned to death and
his father, mother and three brothers
| severely burned in Chicago.
At East Moline, H., the State bank
was entered by robbers, who blew open
the vault. The entire front of the build
| ing was wrecked by the explosion. The
officers of the bank declare that no
money was secured