The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-18
NEWS OF A WEEK.
JUNE 10.

JUNE 10.
The Iowa prohibitionsts adopt plat
form and nominate full state ticket.
The Farmers Alliance, of Wisconsin, de.
clares itself in favor of the third party.
Capt. w. P. Spaulding, of Brainerd, and
Hon. Ole Peterson, of Freedom county,
died day.
W. j. PenrOse. Montana editor and
legislator. was assassinated at Butte by un-
known parties
Seven soldiers have been indicted at
Walla Walla, WASH, for the lynching of
A. j. Hunt April 25.
JUNE II.
Sir John Macdonald was buried o-day.
The old COncordia opera house, of Balti-
more, has been burned.
Floods along the Red River in Texas de-
strOys lives and property.
An unknown man stabbed two women on
Fifth avenue, Minneapolis.
St. Paul is having smallpox scare.
Three cases have been reported since yes
terday.
A runaway freight train on the Duluth,
Lake Shore & Atlantic crashes through the
station building at L'Anse. Mich. Only
the engineer was seriously injured.
JUNE 10.
Illinois appropriates 100000 for the
Worlds FAIR.
Hon. H. B. Willis. of St. Paul, is ap-
pointed state oil inspector.
Three bad white men are killed in the In
dian Territory for selling whisky to In
dianS.
1t is said that owing to the decreased de-
mand in America. forty three Welsh tin
plate works will shut down for July.
The Prince of Wales is receiving heavy
scoring by the press and pulpit of England
Oh account of his connection with the bac-
carat scandal
JUNE 49,
A heavy flow of natural gas is struck at
Warren. MINI.
Hon. j. j. G. Abbot has been called upon
to form new Canadian ministry.
Olaf Nelson is killed by saw in C. N.
Nelson's mill at Lakeland, Washin gtOn
Co., Minnesota.
Gen. W. D. Barton, who distinguished
himself in the war, and has been theat-
rical manager since, died in New York to-
day.
The war department has ordered that the
field or union of the national flag in use in
the army will, on and after July 4. 1891,
consist of fOurty-four stars. in six rows, the
upper and lower rows to have eight stars
and the second. third fourth and fifth rows
to have seven stars each in blue field.
JUNE IA.
Two boys. Anton Ehre and James Stay
ton, are drowned in the river at St. Paul.
The Philadelphia Abattoir establishment
is damaged to the extent of S376, 900 by
fire.
A bridge on the Muenchenstein & Bale
railway near Muenchenstein, Switzerland,
gives way beneath an excursion train and
$50 people are killed.
The steamship Servia which arrived in
Queenstown to- day reported that she had
met the City Of Richmond on Thursday and
that her cargo was on fire. but that the fire
was under control.
JUNE Is.
Rev. DR.. Forbes, of st. Paul, has been
adjudged insane.
j. K. Emmett, Fritz" the comedian,
died to-day at Cornwall, n. Y, aged SO
years.
Three thousand architectural metal work.
ers struck in Chicago to- day for shorter
hours and more pay.
The Itata sailed from Iquique for San
DagO CAL, Saturday night under convoy
of the Charleston.
Leonard VOgt. farmer near St. Peter,
Mimi. made murderous assault upon his
wife and then hanged himself.
JUNE II.
Kilrain is defeated by Slavin in nine
rounds.
O'Gorman Malone, NJ. P. the "Grand
Old Man" of Irish politics, died to-day.
Seabright. the New Jersey summer re-
sort. is visited by disastrous fire. Forty
buildings were burned.
Twenty five thousand people witness the
race for the Suburban handicap stakes at
Sheepshead Bay. Loantaka won.
The Ohio state Republican Convention.
opened at Columbus to- day. Mckinley
will probably be the candidate for governor.
A statement by Secretary Proctor gives
the following information concerning de-
sertiOns from the United States army DUR
ing the past three years: 1889. II per cent;
1890, 9.4 per cent; 1891, per cent. The
average per cent of assertions since the