The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-04-28
NEWS OF A WEEK.
April 20.

April 20.
1t is said in New York that Gen. Alger is still in
the presidential race.
The earthquake sections at California are again
visited by severe shocks.
Judge R. Fl. MARI, one of Louisiana's best
known jursts. mysteriously disappears.
Eight men were reported to have lost their
lives by mining disaster at Portsvle, Pa.
President Harrison's administration is endorsed
by the conventions held in Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts,.
Five hundred and forty Chnamen-the largest
number ever received from the Flowery kingdom
have reached British Columbia. and will try to
get into the United States.
April FL.
The chief cashier of the Rothschild's decamps
with 1,7OO 1000 marks.
John Hope. well known Minneapolis citizen is
thrown against an electric pole and killed.
The Russians express their deep gratitude to.
ward the American people for their generous do.
nation of food.
Prominent citizens of Buffalo. wyo.. wish to
place before President Harrison the facts con.
corning the recent trouble between cattlemen.
Eugene E. Cowles. the inventor of the process
Of making aluminium by electricity, and also the
overhead trolley system. dies at Ell Paso. Tex.
The Republican city convention at St. Paul
nominate Col. Wright the candidate for mayor;
while the Democrats once more nominate Robert
A. Smith.
April %.
Prince Bismark is made defendant in a libel
suit.
President Harrison begins preparations for an,
international silver conference.
The largest number of immigrants landed in
New York in any one day this year 5,435.
pensions of aged and destitute veterans of the
Mexican war from So to $l2 per month.
The remains of Osric, king of Northumbria, are
discovered in the Gloucester (Eng.) cathedral,
where they were buried l, 1853 years ago.
By unearthing the design of the Wyoming cat.
tlemen it is claimed that the whole party can be
indicted not only for MURDER but for treason and
instruction.
April %.
Another Yellowstone Park bill is introduced in
congress.
Another cargo of provisions is shipped by Phil.
adelphia to Russia.
All stop.over privileges abolished by the
Kansas City and Omaha roads.
An army officer is likely to supersede Indian
Agent Shuler of White Earth.
The home team defeats Indianapolis thus in.
augurating the base ball season in St. Paul
Action is brought against Saltwater parties to-
determine the ownership of pine lands in Mile
Laos county valued at $1,50O.0O0.
Coates & Co.'S tin plate mill in Baltimore begins
the manufacture of tin plate employing $50 men.
The output will be from 1900 to 1900 boxes a
week of ITO pounds each.
April24.
Two thousand two hundred and ffty.nine i'm.
migrants are landed in New York.
1t is said that many instances of fraudulent
registration are discovered in ST. Paul.
Works are to be erected in this country by the
propretors of large tin plate factories in Wales.
Secretary Elkns would have the regular army
increased to $4,000 men and have large military
post in every state.
German spy named schurieder has been ar.
rested in Paris. He had in his possession guam
tity of documents which were seized.
Over two hundred bakers of Cleveland. Ohio.
are out on strike. They demand that they be
exempted from night work and that baking
Germs shall employ no one except union men.
April rs.
There is now in New York government agent
procuring evidence against the cordage combine.
Delegates chosen by the Ramsey county
Republicans to the state and congressional con.
ventions.
The illness of Chairman Clarkson of the Repub.
lican national committee prevents him consider.
ing political matters.
The extensive wholesale furniture establish.
ment of Smith & Farwell, St. Paul, is burned with
loss of about $4,000.
The senate by vote of AZ to IA adopts a substi.
tute for the house bill restricting Chinese mmi.
grafton. thus extending the operation Of the pres
ent law ten years.
April 26.
William Astor dies in Paris. His fortune is
timated at $50, 900 600.
The anniversary of the Minnesota Odd Fellows
is celebrated in Minneapolis.
1t is decided by the North Dakota supreme
court that the legislature fix elevator rates.
The Rand liquor ordinance at Minneapolis is
declared invalid by Judge Elliott, of the district
court.
The presidential party arrives in New York to
attend the ceremonies of laying the corner stone
OF the Grant monument.
Saw mill employees, to the number of two hun.
dred and fifty. strike at La Crosse Wis. They
have been blacklsted. they say. because they be-
long to unions of the knights of Labor