The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-09-01
THE IRISH z>srANDAKD:. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER /.
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For tho Week Ending Aug. 20.

For tho Week Ending Aug. 10.
The Diamond Drill company of Read
Ing, Pa, failed for SILT, 200.
Tawhiao H., the Maori king, isdead.
His death was due to influenza.
In At of passion Frank Clark, Of
bloomington, Ill, fatally choked his
brothers wife.
The Eaton & Stevens Manufacturing
company, boots and shoes, failed In
Boston for 100000
Rendered respondent by illness, DR..
J. w. Campbell, of Ottumwa, a., ended
his troubles with razor.
Railway mail clerks are wrought up
over the new order requiring them to
live on the line of their run.
In wrestling match at Liverpool
for the championship of the world
Cannon defeated McInerney.
A. C. Cleveland was nominated for
governor by Nevada republicans on .
platform declaring for free silver.
Coejaree, Seminole Indian, was
executed at Wewo, o. T., by being shot
to death. His crime was murder.
Charlie Bennett, the manned base
ball player. is $4,000 richer as result
of benefit game played in Boston.
In the tourney OF the Michigan Trap
shooters league the Battle Creek team
won the state championship trophy.
The Chinese forces, aided by 5000
Coreans, are reported to have defeated
the Japanese, who retreated to Kaiseng.
Mistaking party OF young men for
burglars, Stephen Albright, of Allen
town, Pa, fired at them, wounding
six.
Mrs. Rosamond Foldett, until re-
Gently editor and owner of the Gazette
at Green Bay, Wis, died of cancer,
aged AZ.
Chinese soldiers who murdered Rev.
James Wylie, the Presbyterian mis-
sionary at Ligo Yang, will be be-
headed.
At Springfield, Mass, Harry Tyler
lowered the bicycle record for an un-
paced mile to 2:o7 rs, a cut of e-5
seconds.
According to the report of Patent
Commissioner Seymour, 81, 400 patents
were issued during the year, and IS, 1877
expired.
Tramps entered two Lake Shore
trains at the depot at Erie, Pa, and
robbed the passengers. Five were
captured. =
Judge Machias G. Whitley, for Atty
years one OF the leading attorneys OF
northwestern Ohio, died at Findlay,
aged 70 years.
In a runaway near Falkland, Ind,
Mrs Lizzie Newton, aged IS, was
killed and James Gray, aged 7s, was
fatally injured.
More than 5000, 600 feet of lumber,
ready for the American market, YVES
destroyed by FIRE at Ottawa. Ont, the
loss being $2oo,00o
Mrs. Charles Null wrecked the win.
dows and fixtures of a. saloon at Della
ware, O., whose proprietor had sold
her husband liquor.
: At Washington park, Chicago, Di-
rectly paced mile in 2:10N, lowering
the worlds record for 2-year-olds a
quarter of second.
; Riley Walker and Richard Jordan
two negroes convicted of murder, were
taken from train at MitchelIs Sta
ton, Ala, and lynched. ..
Geronimo and his band of Apaches
are to be removed to Oklahoma from
Alabama, the climate of which has
greatly reduced their numbers.
The first direct steamship line be
tween America and the west coast Of
Africa has been chartered in New Jer
sey, 1t is the African Steamship com
pany.
At meeting of salt producers al
Kansas City, Mo, the statement was
made that in order to compete with
English salt miners American work
men will have to submit to 10 pei
cent. reduction in wages.