The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-16
NEWS OF A WEEK.
June 8.

Dispatches from Zanzibar confirm the report of
the death of Emin Pasha.
The wholesale grocerymen consult with the
sugar trust SO that reasonable and uniform prices
of sugar may be established.
Riots resulting from'a strike occur in Catalonia,
Spain, serious conflicts taking place between the
rioters and the police.
The Bank of England considers measures to as.
sst the Oriental bank which is in trouble on &C.
count of the decline in silver.
The Massachusetts house unanimously adopts
an order for an investigating committee to report
on the information given by member that brides
had been offered to vote for the Cape Cod canal
bill.
Judge d. B. searle of St. Cloud, MIMI. has con.
sented to be a candidate for congress from that
district.
story comes from Washington that President
Harrison is indebted to Mr.. Blaines wife for his
late troubles.
Henry Wolfer filed his oath of office as warden
of the Minnesota state prison with the secretary
of state yesterday.
The master coopers and manufacturers of slaves
of Illinois meet at Chicago to protest against the
manufacture of barrels by convict labor.
The members of a European family call them.
selves cousins of the Holy Virgin claiming to
be descended in direct line from Levi the son Of
Jacob.
June 10.
Fire destroys S3OO,OC0 worth of property of the
Woods. jerks g. Co.'s planning mill at Cleveland,
Ohio.
Geo. H. Spencer, an old resident of St. Paul,
dies at Poplar River, Mont. He settled In st.
Paul when it was a village.
Senator Hill says that he don't propose person.
ally to either admit or deny sensational canards
circulated by political enemies
minister of North Dakota in imitation of Dr..
Parkhurst of New York. makes the rounds of sa.
looms and their accessories and falls by the way.
side himself.
Benjamin Harrison is renominated for pres.
ident on the first ballot receiving FIVE hundred
and thirty.fve votes. Whitelaw Reid. the New
York journalist, is nominated for vice. president
The assignee of the Commercial bank of st.
Paul files complaint against the st. Paul Daily
News publishing company. The action is brought
to recover Sl1.315 alleged to be due on six proms-
sorry notes.
English papers generally express JOY over the
defeat of Mr.. Blaine.
The most conservative authorities estimate the
number of strangers at Minneapolis during con.
ventlon week at $4,000.
The ship st. Leo sails from New York laden with
a cargo of food for starving Russians. The fam.
inc is thought to be nearly over.
President L. L. Polk, of the Farmers Alliance
dies at Garfield hospital Washington. Col. Polk
was relative of President Polk.
|, 1t is said that President Harrison desires Gen.
L. T. Kitchener. of Indiana, be made chairman Of
the Republican National committee.
1;oo LAW
ing of the steel arch bridge into the river below,
but is safely landed by officer. He will be ex.
amined as to his sanity.
June IL.
Maine will try to send Blaine back to the senate
and have him in line for the presidential nomina.
tion of 1896.
The lynching of negro causes serious trouble
at Guthrie. Oklahoma, and large crowds of negroes
in the town threaten a race
Chauncy M. Depew says that Gen. Harrison's
denomination was the result of an overwhelming
demand by business men.
Judge Tourgee. speaking in st. Paul. prophesies
the worst massacre in this country since the
French revolution unless the negroes are treated
differently.
The Left Ericsson Memorial Association of Chi.
cago invites Norwegian artists to compete for q
prize picture representing Left Ericsons discovery
ofAmerica.
June 13
st Paul lady eachers are to receive equal sal.
aries with men.
The managers of Senator Hills canvass for the
presidential nomination think that he has a good
show.
Chicago is visited by one of the severest storms
known for years resulting in great damage and
loss of life.
The st. Paul fire board will make formal call
upon Mayor Wright and Chief of Police Garvn Oh
Friday morning.
June IA.
Baltimore water front suffers loss of mill.
ion dollars by fire.
The rumor is circulated that the two factions of
the Minnesota Alliance cannot unite.
Seven lives lost in Chicago and the list of
injured greatly increased by yesterdays storm.
Considerable comment, it is said, is created in
New York among Republicans, by the offer of the
portfolio of secretary of state to Mr.. Depew.
Delegates to the Democratic National conven.
ton begin to arrive at Chicago. Democratic lead.
ers believe that Cleveland will have to fight hard