The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-12-10
NEWS OF A WEEK.
December z.

December z.
Many hundreds of tons of coal burn at the
Lehigh dock. Duluth.
The United States armored cruiser New York is.
launched at Philadelphia.
The Dynamite factory at Haverstraw, N. Y, is
blown to atoms and five men are killed.
The name of Gov. Merriam is spoken of as likely
to occupy second place on the presidential ticket.
Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Refs and their three
children burned to death at 1872 Orleans street.,
Detroit. Mich.
December 3.
Snow and rain throughout the northwest.
The postmaster general makes his annual re.
port.
1t is proposed to change the Market hall of st.
Paul into auditorium.
The entire crew of construction train are
killed in collision at Pennington. N. Y.
John Linquist commits suicide at Moe, MINI.
| Secretary Foster is recovering from his severe
| illness.
| Minneapolis millers inaugurate movement to
donate a large quantity of flower to the starving
| Russians
In the United States district court at Winona
Frank Macarthur is given $1,000 in his suit for
personal injuries against the Milwaukee railroad.
| Defenders.
Dom Pedro ex-emperor of Brazil, dies in Paris.
| terrible blizzard RACES throughout the north
west.
The post Office and several of the largest stores
| of Argyle. MIMI. are burned
| Twelve barges loaded with brick capsize in the
Hudson river opposite Croton Point and all but
| two of the sixty men aboard rescued.
| Eight men killed in St. Paul and seven
seriously injured by the falling Of of the walls
of the D. c. Shepard building recently burned.
East frai -fuu0
passenger and two freight-are piled up in one
mass of wreckage. The freights collided first and
we're then run into by the two passenger trains
Only four persons were killed, but several others
are injured.
An escaped lunatic entered the Office of Russell
Sage in New York city and. on being refused
| 81, $50. 900. explodes dynamite bomb. The luna.
| tic was blown to atoms clerk killed,
eral others including Mr.. Sage were injured and
| the Office wrecked.
| December S.
Fred B. Whitney. the well known railroad man.,
dies at Omaha Neb.
Senator Keller of Sank Center MIMI. is the in
| ventor of an electric pillow.
| In fight among drunken negroes in Alabama
| ten of the number are killed.
Col. Dick Taylor, who originated the greenback
currency idea, dies in Chicago.
| st. Paul will raise 1000 guarantee fund
for the Democratic national convention.
| The Walter A. Wood Harvester company Of
Hoosick Falls N. Y, is to move its immense
works to st. Paul. The Milwaukee car wheel
works will also be transferred to ST. Paul
| December Z.
| Mayor Erick Hanson of Moorhead. Mun. is
| dead.
Martin D. Loppy is executed by electricity in
Sing Sing IN. " prison.
The Fifty-second United States congress opens.
Mr.. c. F. Crisp of Georgia is elected speaker.
Edwin E. Holt. formerly a ng.busipess man
of Minneapolis but now retired. dies in Chicago.
Indians threaten to attack the Tongue River
| agency Montana, aud troops sent thither from
Fort Custer.
Chicago in Novmber will sue the city for ss5O,O00
for false Imprisonment.
December 6.
G. Rufus Raney. the leader of the Ohio bar, dies
| in Cleveland at the age of seventyeght
Seventy.three killed by an explosion of
fire damp in colliery at st. Etienne. France.
Luther r. Dixon, ex.chief justice of the supreme
court of Wisconsin, and one of the most eminent
attorneys in the history of the state, dies in
Milwaukee.
United States Senator Jones and John w. Mackay
are sued for damages in connection with the
management of the Consolidated Virginia mine,
and are charged with fraud.
Informa alton has been received that during the
earthquake in Japan, Nov. 8. seven hundred and
thirty distinct shocks felt. Four hundred
thousand people were rendered destitute by the
disaster.
| December s.
Christopher Koran. who killed Moritz Weisser
in st. Paul. is acquitted.
Senator Squire of Washington state is offered
| the post of minister to China
| A of Joaquin Miller. 1.-The Poet of the
Sierras." confesses to train robbery.
| John o. Leveroos. recently clerk in the city
treasurer's Office OF st Paul. commits suicide.
| A census bnlletin gives the population of Min
nesota as being l3O1 1926. increase of 6974 per
| cent since $780,
The grand jury is in Jail at San Antonio. Texas.
| for contempt of court. Great indignation exists
among the citizens but lawyers uphold the judges
| action.