The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-17
CURRENT EVENTS.


CURRENT EVENTS.
The nomination of Neal and Mckinley for the
Ohio gubernatOrial race, puts the fight in that
state squarely the tariff issue of the respective
party platforms.
There was no foundation for the telegraphed
rumor that the Queen of England had been
stricken with paralysis. 1t was probably some
low-lived stock obbing idea.
The Democratic party seems to be between the
horns of dilemma. If they stand on their plat
form they must needs sit on their chieftain, if
they stand by the President they must sit on
themselves.
The Danubian districts of North Hungary seem
less desirable to live in even than the bottom
lands of the South. The Danube destroys in a
very wholesale manner when on the rampage, as
now reported.
1t would seem that those who are selling poor,
rotten and knOtted Irvine and representing it to
be Saltwater made Irvine are indictable for con-
spiracy. 1t looks like job to knock out the
prison Irvine shop.
The bold, bad robber that snatched $1,000 in
gold from the first National bank of st. Paul,
had evidently closely studied his program and
faithfully carried out his satisfactory conclusions.
He got clean away without leaving any apparent
clue.
Only one frugal Chinaman has taken advan-
tage of free transportation under the Geary act.
The Chinaman, if encouraged, would no doubt
become naturaliZed and remain. The average
Chinaman pays as much taxes without doubt as
the average white man.
According to their own story the Conrad boys
only fired on the White Caps when they saw
their house door battered in and their aged
mother dragged out with rope around her neck.
They deserve we'll of their country Mob law
must 60 if this country is to be nation.
The National Real Estate board decides not to
convene this year. st. Paul loses gathering.
But the fact is significant of the widespread and
absolute lack of money which makes any attempt
to sell real estate utterly useless. There are too
many vastly profitable places to put money now
without looking to realty.
A Washington telegram boldly states that the
silver lobby has only 900 in cash for corruption,
but that they have lots of mining stocks and
"sech,'' which are ready to be placed where
they will do the most good. We were under the
| sneaking suspicion that bribery and corruption
were pententiary offenses.
The financial affairs of the Economics of Penn
sylvania, the most prominent of all social colo
nies who have been doing business for nearly a
century. are in bad way. Some one has blum
dered or done wrong. Perhaps though. it is a
further link in the chain of evidence that Social
| ism must fail in the long run.
The evolution of equine speed was evidenced
at Buffalo Aug. 10. Eleven heats were trOtted
and paced between 2:11 and 215la, three straight
by the year old trotter Fantasy. Twelve years
ago 215 trotter could command $1,000 to show
a fast mile, to-day they won't command two
cents unless they earn it in a race.
A ratio of "a to of silver to gold. would make
the intrinsic value of the silver dollar SO cents
If, as has been rumOred, England will unite on
such a b-metallic basis the future of silver coin
age simply rests with the present congress-
Other nations would be forced to concur in any
united action of the AnglO-SaxOn race.
Mr.. White, Russian minister of finance, has. by
dint of perseverance, drawn all his colleagues
except the minister of war. into sort of cabine