The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-07-29
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

| For the Week Ending July 90.
Dr.. John Rae, the Arctic explorsr,
died in London Monday.
A cyclone at Sandoval, Ill, wrecked
houses and uprooted trees
The j. Obermann Brewing company
in Milwaukee failed for s295, 500.
The Oxford Iron & Nail company at
Belvidere, N. j., failed for 1926. 900.
The New York, Lake Erie & Western
; ceivers.
Sandoval, Ill, was struck by cy-
clone, which wrecked houses and up
rooted trees.
Gaudaur defeated Hanlan in the boat
race at Toronto. Ont, for the worlds
championship.
Fire burned whole block at Paul
! ding, O., and part of another, causing
loss of 5000, 00O
Three boys and a man were killed by
the explosion of powder house near
Hun ington, Ind.
Cholera is rampant among the lower
classes in Moscow. 1t has also APP
peared in Naples.
West Point cadets will camp on the
worlds fair grounds from the 18th to
the 27th of August.
Ripley & Bronson iron merchants in
st. Louis, made an assignment with
liabilities Of sl5O,0OO.
DURING a gale at Buzzard's Bay,
Mass, a yacht was capsized and six
persons were drowned.
I From twenty to thirty Cinnamon are
said to enter the United States nightly
via the Mexican border.
! Jacob Schaeffer issues challenge to
play any billiardist in the world and
posts money with his def.
Seventy guards in camp at Seagirt,
N. j., were poisoned by drinking from
cups washed in oxalic acid.
John Mcconnell. morocco and cotton
manufactured in Philadelphia, failed
for 5000, 900; assets, 100000.
The resignation of William A. Maury
assistant attorney general, was ten
dered to Attorney General Olnev.
| By the capsizing of their sloop during
a squall johnson, Murphy and Scott,
Boston yachtsmen, were drowned.
Nine men were killed and twenty
seriously wounded by an explosion at q
dynamite factory near Havre, France.
Cholera was ravaging St. Louis, the
capital of French Senegambia, and had
made ito appearance at Alessandria,
Italy.
Charles f. Washburn. head of the
barbed wire concern of Washburn-
Moen, died at Worcester, Mass. of apo
plexy.
Lee Jones, of indianapolis, convicted
of the murder of Thomas Moody in
1875, has been pardoned by Gov. Mat
thews.
Mascot defeated Hal Pointer and
Flying Jib at Detroit, pacing five heats
in less than 2:08 and breaking the
| worlds record: -...
! Four hundred houses were wrecked
! and many persons killed and injured
by an explosion of powder magazine
at Canton, China.
| The business portion of Hollow Rock,
Tenn, was destroyed by fire, only the
Record office and Lovelace Bros. store
! remaining standing.
The Southern Electric company at
Baltimore made a voluntary assign
ment with assets estimated at 100000
and liabilities at 100000.
A statehood convention is called to
! meet at Ell Reno. o. T., on August s.
! Every city, town and county in the ter
ritory will be represented.
| Howard Mutchler (den. was elected
| to congress from the Eighth district Of
Pennsylvania to fiji the vacancy caused
by the death of his father.
A monument to those who fell in the
battle with Indians at Wounded Knee
was unveiled Tuesday by the Seventh
cavalry at Fort Riley, Kan.
Forty-four states aud six foreign
, countries were represented in the pa
rade of commercial travellers in Chica-
20, and IL. 600 men were in line.
Canada:s exports for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1898, exceeded those of
! the previous year by s1,25o,Oo0, aud are
+, the greatest on record, aggregating
! $115, 1866
| According to Inspector Scharf, the
system in use in New York to enforce
the provisions of the Chinese exclusion
act is farce. Secretary Carlisle has
! ordered an investigation.
In fight at a picnic at Bon Aqua,
! given by people at Warner, Tenn, three
j, men were cut with knives, two of whom
are dead, and the third is dying. The
dead men are James Yates and William
/; Redding.
The farmers of Bond county, ILL.,,
| have been victimized by two lightning
; rod sharks of Chicago. One old farmer
signed slip for s27, which turned up
in the shape of note for s4O0. Others
were also swindled.
Woman Struck by Falling Tree.