The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-05-14

n. D. Whetmore, Secretary Of the State
Grange Of Louisiana, has sent the following
telegram to the Prairie Farmer, Of Chicago,
under date Of April 80: "A large portion of
our agriculturists, including many Patrons,
In the over6owed districts are homeless and
penniless. Immediate aid is needed. Please
make our necessities known to the farmers
Of the Northwest. Contributions should be
forwarded to New Orleans to II. L. Lewis,
Master, or to myself"
man supposed to be John Bender were recent
~ arrested near Salt Lake, and would be held
for Identification.
A Little Rock (Ark.) dispatch of the LIST says
that Gen. White, who had charge of the Baxter
forces at Pine Bluff, hearing that party Of
Brooks men were assembled at New Gascony,
In Jefferson County, moved . column of 200
men down to that point for the purpose
of dispensing them. A dispatch to Gen.
Newton, from Pine Bluff, says that White
sent forward flag Of truce to order
the men to disperse, but they were fired upon
and q regular battle ensued, in which nine of
the Brooks party were killed and twenty
wounded. The remainder were taken pris.
oners, dissrmed, and sent home. Gen. White
reports seven men of his own command
wounded and three horses killed. Gen.
Churchill, Of Baxter's forces, with squad of
ten men were captured bya party of fifty
Brooksites, but were subsequently released.
Gov. Taylor, Of Wisconsin, issued procla-
nation on the LIST warning the railroads not to
violate the new law, and declaring that he
will employ the whole power of the State to
enforce it. The following is the concluding
portion Of the proclamation:
Now; therefore. I, William R. Taylor, Governor
Of the State Of Wisconsin, do proclaim and make
known that the Law Of the land must be respected
without i.s protection, are strong as to be
above Its restraint. II the provisions Of the
sw Ss deemed G it,
is defective in some Of its details; but it is still
the exercise Of its conceded powers, and in &C.
cordance with the clearly defined sentiment Of the
people Of the State 1t Is the right Of all to test
with that right is coupled the duty Of yielding q
general obedience to Its requirements until It has
been pronounced invalid by competent authority
O6tC0S C0unSe4
will yet prevail with the railroad Companies
OF the State but II they, or any Of them, are fixed
In their determination TO pursue the policy an
nounced, upon them will fall the penalties Of the
law and the consequences Of q severe popular con.
domination. therefore enjoin all railroad corpo-
raions, their Officers and agents peaceably TO sub
e the charged
faithfully executed, all the functions Of the office
will be exercised to that end and for this purpose
ne invokes the aid and cooperation Of all good
Gen. J. F. Pagan, Major-General in the
Confederate army, on the LIST assumed COM
mand OF Brooks forces throughout Arkansas,
and issued an address calling upon his old
comrades to rally to his standard. Both
parties seemed to be waiting for some definite
news from Washington before precipitating
events.
A report favoring Council Bluffs as the
legal terminus Of the Union Pacific Railroad
has been agreed upon by the House Com
mittee on Pacific Railroads.
The following is synopsis of the leading
Information furnished by the NDt,o,sal Cyop
Reporter Qndianapo of the ID:
Tie unusual backwardness Of the season has de.
iayed very much all kinds Of spring work, and at
the date OF the last full reports prepared April IS
there had been practically no seeding at ali in the
consin. At the date mentioned about 40 per cent
OF the estimated area had been sown in wheat and
put little more than one-fourth Of the oats. The
nois, Iowa, Missouri and wisconsin was 81
per cent Of the estimated probable total, 81
or ee e. aad ct 80
Of the most encouraging character. The condi-
ton Of the roads at the date Of reports was:
South Of the forty-hfth parallel uniformly bad,
OF thatlin the ground was generally frozen and
the roads in line condition. Prices Of leading
articles the nrst half Of April in the states Of iii.
Ohio and Wisconsin show slight advance in corn,
oats and hay, and q decline on swine and pota.
toes, wheat remaining unchanged.
The General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in the South convened on
the I'd in Louisville, Ky. An address was sent
to the church in Great Britain.
A Little Rock (Ark.) special Of the Sd says
leading reform Democrats of that city had
Issued an address, taking strong grounds in
favor OF Brooks. It was thought this address
would have damaging effect upon Baxter's
cause. Brooks army numbered three full
regiments in the field and several regiments in
reserve, subject to immediate orders.
On the 4th q party of men under Capt.
Williams. of Baxter's forces, arrested Judges
Scarf and Bennett, of the Arkansas Supreme
Court, and brought them to Little Rock, where
they were kept in close confinement. It was
said they were detained to prevent their hold.
ing session Of the court until after the 5th
Another fight was momentarilly expected In
the vicinity of Pine Bluff.
The New Orleans Relief Committee reported
officially to the Governor, ON the 18th, that ur
to that date they had been distributing 4O, OO(
rations day to the suffering in the overlooked
portions Of the State, and that, in their judg.
ment, $1,000 rations would be required daily
for the next sixty days.
The Chicago papers of the 5th publish the
opinions Of Messrs. B. R. Curtis, of Massa.
chusetts, and VIM. M. Evarts, of New York,
~ to the constitutionality of the Wisconsin
Railroad law. These opinions were given in
response to an application by the railroad
companies interested, and are to the effect
that the new law is unconstitutional Mr..
Curtis arguing that the Legislature has nc
power to prescribe the remuneration
the railway companies shall receive
for future services; that the laws
in question are invalid for the rea.
son that they take the property of the citizen
without giving him any compensation there.
for; that they indirectly, at least, invalidate
the obligations of contracts, and that the
power to prescribe schedule of rates for
railways either does not exist in the Legisla.
ture or that it is unlimited, which is, he would
have It, absurd. The burden Of Mr.. Evarts'
argument is that the law in question take.
the property of individuals without making
any compensation therefor, and that the pro.