The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-01-26
NEWS OF A WEEK.
January IS.

Developments in the Panama scandal show
that officials in the Catholic church were induced
to work for the swindlerS
The creditors of f. S. COrser & Co. of Mime
apOlis are fully convinced that the affairs of the
firm are in desperate straits.
The recent political events in Egypt show that
England is the ruler. The British minister com
pels the khedive to appoint new ministry.
There is total of $24,SS5.92 in the hands OF the
treasurer of Freedom county, Mimi. and there
being no debt the county taxes are very low
January 10.
Daniel COnghlin. the convicted murderer Of
DR.. CrOnin, is to be again tried
The accounts of the eN-state-auditor of Illinois
are discovered to be in tangle
Senator WOlcOtt diSlikes the Columbian
stamps and recommends the sale to be discon-
tinued.
1t now comes to light that John l.. Sullivan
married Miss Livingston of Boston, in Eng
land. four years ago.
The nomination by the president of Elijah F.
HalfOrd of Indiana to be paymaster with the
rank of major, is sent to the senate
1t is feared that the people living on the island
of Nantucket. Mass. will be brought to An ex--
tremity by the ice preventing the provision boat
from landing there.
January 20
The belief in Washington is that the option
bill cannot pass congress-
The firm of P. & l.. Tessier of Halifax y. S..
fails. Liabilities $SOO,OOO
DR.. Cornelius Herr. the much wanted Panama
swindler. is arrested in London
Henry l.. Days sheet metal works at Mime
apolis were considerably damaged by fire.
Story Edwards warehouse in New York is
destroyed by fire. and several tiremen are in
| jured by falling walls.
| L. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade says
that the shrinkage in business is on account of
| the severe weather.
! EX-King Milan and his divorced wife. Natalie
have become recOnciled The official statement
has caused popular rejOicings.
January u.
Six hundred peasants resist election in Sicily
and are shot at by soldiers.
The case against the twenty-three cattiemen.
under arrest in Wyoming for killing rustlers is
dismissed.
Major V. J. Emmick of Toledo has an exciting
| escape from the fury of a wouId-be assassin.
| The man is arrested.
John S. johnson of Minneapolis the champion
| bicyclist. skates mile in DAB 3-5. This is the
| fastest time made.
A terrible collision occurs at Alton Junction.
| ILL.,, and burning oil adds horror to the wreck.
six persons are dead and sixty hurt.
James Francis Egan, who sentenced To
twenty years penal servitude in England in
| 1884. for Icing connected in dynamite plot. is
pardOned.
| January 22.
The Gar of Russia is to assume the title of
emperor of Asia.
The Illness of Gov. Alger of Illinois is causing
serious alarm to his friends
At Denver the residence of Dean Hart OF st.
Johns cathedral is attacked by mob.
The probabilities are that DR.. Herr the Pana-
ma swindler will not be brought to justice.
James j. COrbett insists on years rest before
taking on another match for the worlds cham
piOnshp.
The Hotel d'Angleterre in Rome is blown up
| by bomb. The work is aScribed to dis
charged employee
| OSeventy persons are frozen to death in Russian
Poland.
| The large grocery house of Andrew Schoch &
Co. of st. Paul, is destroyed by fire.
Bishop Phillips Brooks dies very suddenly in
Boston. He was born in that city in 1885,
Justice Iucins q. G. Lamar dies in Macon
Ga. He was born in Putnam county in 1925.
England will send more soldiers to Egypt in
view of the disturbed condition of affairs in that
country.
The president denies pardon to Edward L..
Harper. tN-UeSlUeHt oI tHt TlutItN >dtloHdi
Bank of Cincinnati
Lieut. TOtten. of the United States army for
wards his resignation to the war department to
take effect Aug. 1.
January a.
| Eighty miners are killed by a terrible explosions
| in Bohemia.
| A. w. Stones hardware store is destroyed by
fire in Bird Island, Mimi.
The Nebraska legislature will attempt to Sc
cure the Impeachment of Gov. Grouse.
Mr. Blaine's condition remains practically IN
changed. He is unconscious most of the time.
The good road convention will meet in ST. Paul
tomorrow. An elaborate prOgrame is prepared.
| The probabilities that Thomas f. Bayard
| will be appointed by Mr.. Cleveland secretary
| of state.
| j. j. Kennedy of Little Falls, Mimi. cloth
| ing merchant. makes an assignment for the benea
| oil his creditors