The Irish standard., 1894-04-07
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

MlNOn In nW0 Il - 11NAA1s
For the Week Ending April 4.
Rev. I. M. Babcock, aretired lecturer,
was suffocated to death by Boston
fire
The roth birthday of Prince Bis
marck was celebrated throughout Ger
many.
Robbers secured s.. 200 from the safe
of the township treasurer at Frankfort,
Mich.
Henry lie Caron, who was British
spy upon Irishmen in America, died in
London.
The Land Securities company of Lon
don, formed thirty years ago, failed for
$40, ,OO0. .0OO
An incendiary fire destroyed the busi-
ness portion of Hartford, Kan, q town
of 1900 people.
Nonunion dyers in Paterson, N. j.,
were waylaid and badly beaten by
armed strikers.
-Four thousand painters and paper
hangers In Chicago struck against re-
duction of wages.
Bill Dalton, the famous outlaw, was
fatally shot in fight with officers in
the Indian territory.
Notice of a cut in the wages of train
men has been issued by the Wabash
road, to take effect May l.
The sixteenth constitutional con-
gress of Mexico assem- bled in semi-an-
nual session at Mexico Citv.
Champion Corbett says that Jackson
will put up defensive fight and will
be beaten inside of twenty rounds.
The Rowland Falls (Mo.) pulp mill,
outbuildings. offices and one dwelling
were burned, the loss being $3.50, 900.
America may have to patrol the
Bering sea alone, it having been learned
Charles G. Bothner, of New York,
won the American fencing champion
ship in the final tourney in New York.
Competition and falling Off in busi-
ness have caused the collapse Of the
brewing pool made up in September.
1892.
Fire which started in hourmill at
Borden. Ind, burned six stores and
eighteen residences, causing a loss OF
sl25, 900. ..... -.
Holland English was taken from the
Jail at Bakersville, Va, by mob and
hanged. He was charged with killing
his wife. .......
B. McManus of livingston, Mont !,
shot and killed his wife and then cut
his own throat Domestic trouble was
the cause.
While fighting imaginary thieves in
his sleep Elmer Mitchell, OF Crosby,
Tex, seized revolver and killed his
roommate.
Patrick Corrigan, saloonkeeper at
Rainy Lake City, Mimi, shot and
killed Boston" O'Brien, notorious
character.
During riot at q political meeting in
Milwaukee half q dozen men were
stabbed The trouble was started by
Polish laborers
Striking mill operatives at Paterson,
n. j., attacked five working women,
but squad of police rescued the de-
fenseless party.
In the Kansas municipal elections the
issue was the fight of women against
the saloons and in many instances the
former were beaten.
Margaret Walber, 50 years Of age,
was executed in Walton Jail at Liver
pool, England, for the murder of her
usband last Novembe
Ex-Congressman George 4. Halsey
died in Newark, n. j., of pneumonia
after brief illness. He was 67 years
OF age and a millionaire.
The republicans of Des Moines, Ia,
elected the whole city ticket by majori-
ties Of from 1000 to 1,400. They also
elected eight Of the nine aldermen
Because he persisted i'll singing
After the Ball." Ben Miller was prob
ably fatally stabbed by William
Dierkes, a Quincy (lll) saloonkeeper.
The decomposed body of Rev. Nj.
Nolan, a travelling evangelist claiming
Richmond, Va, as his home was found
riddled with bullets near Homer. Tenn.
Mrs lmmogen Akers, wife of loco
motive engineer, was ordained as min
lister of the Spiritualistic congregation
of Bloomington. Ill, and was also
elected a member OF the city's board of
education.