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vac engaged ~ W.it,nR artlclcs for her paper.
;iho uate * my visit to her MAS Oct 20. 1871. On
10y, and Renslemau with him. Edward Whoeler
aud Edward Bacon. Of Boston, I am povitIya
thst thoro NAa a9 conyersatlon tl1oro that even
Ing on tts sIb1ect of this scandal. Il was aftor
when lott. We wero III tue loug paslor Tho
folding doors wers opoL, making ono room
remember being In Donton Ia September, lS72.
whom My. Woo.lhuli addressed a tnsottpg. aud
living In criminal relations with other people.
and mentioned a. one OF them Ms, lleeoLer as
HAVING RELATIONS WITH MRS, TtLroa,
ThsFe were for people present at this meettpe.
u Cross.t1ans!'ssd !, ~ tcqnaiatauoe With Mia
though 4 @ight have been = ysar Saarller. |
often visited her At her Office whom vas Ia Nav
York. ] met 1a!ton In Al1H. Woodhulla of1ice.
She Introduced mo 20 lin. I cAunot remember
Woodruff. I vas M advocate Of tho BnIri1nsi II 4
movement and wrote for CIafiln & WotsihuIi's
paper. II was by accident l visited llra. Wood.
10y hulFe houao ;h.t M eYssning. for during tho d.y
n,o a% a,soads1 tue sPsf'a.lss meeting .t sr
60 houo With har: ! did not know Know ii thsre te
arrived. l do not reuoIlecs thst IT." INV
other ans M lsdles wSto there oacspt Mr.. Woodruff
making modiumistso spsach, but not that iii.
ton reported It. remember . conversation
that evening about Lowell the operatives, aud
restrictions placed on woman there. / got tlero
sbout7 aud left betneen 10 and Ii, There nss
NO ConYLnsATIoN or \ PAiyArK c1tAKAcrgn
that night.
10 Mr.. Rullerton-WltAin tho past two years
hAys boon medical student in New York and
Maa Eosldont for short time in tho Womau'v
Medical Hospital.
Wlsnsas hose resumed her neat and
JOSEPH II. n1ofAnps
MA then recAllsd. IIo testified remember
going bcfore tho Investigating Commit 20 1t
b1orrs' house last summer. Con. Tracy uss
shess iHH & oas nos when arrived. bad converse
, 1875-05-05

A ohHtn WAhTED-TO SKLI. EHEnI.Es, OAR.
~. tsiett1H mats Ad.paues slationsty
sifs. sa" @:shi1s e,,lsra. ad ta.t.sllns
1!tu., III Hista..t. s"" " 49, 4+A'AHuAoA :
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21
n 49,
The Comventlon.


We have made a practice If calling
public attention to The neccssity Of At.
tending caucuses. We hold that the
Primary Meeting is the only place the
citizen may express his choice, c"nse.
TQuently it has been our aim always to Sc
cure as fall a" attendance rs possible at
these initial gatherings. For. that pur-
pure re have written and talked and a.
bored. We did 50 previously 10 the meeting
of. the late convention; aud the fruit OF
our Efforts, and Of the efforts of others,
was recognized when the peoples dele.
gates assembled, on the 9th inst. Only
one town. and that having but singh"
delegate, was unrcpresented in their
meeting. Never before, since we came
here to reside has there been So full or 50
fair representation Of the party. and new.
CT previously t. last year was ticket se.
lccted with 50 little reference 10 indiviiu.
al wishes, and 50 much regard to the
public intercsts. Because men were
found in that convention that had not Al
ways affiliated with the republican party,
tho sore he"ded "cjean r*rub''can>" are
falsely asserting that democrats were
there in great numbers, and that the nom
inees are not the choice Of the party
Such talk is tic merest clap.rsp. II
there we're democrats in tho convention
why did not Stevens. or Howe try to de-
prive them If seats = Why did they tol'
crate their presence III the convention
Stevens 'talked" and Howe >"insisted'
i,ut they lidn't aslk shout democrats, no,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21
Z - - - I &, : : :.
Dis1nlarck.

BlsHARcK, 2. j. Oct 20 The uneas,-
ness in regard tosihe tndianf s mdsemen,s
between Forts Baford md Derthpld shas
been increased 10 suc1 af,Ss extent that
three companies 81 troops under Captain
Moylan left Fort Lincoin last night for
Fort Bcrthold; one company has been or
dered from Fort Rice 10 Join them, and q
company is en- route from Abercrombie.
The Indiana are concentrating In the vi.
cinity Of the Mouth of the Little Nilsson.
ri, ostensibly to camp there during the
winter and trade With the Fort Bcrthold
Indians. This, the Berthold Indians be-
7llevc to be the. case, but as they have sent
in 80 many threatening messages and
their character Is 30 well known. the au.
thori,ies apprehepd danger and have TAX
en- these precautions to sprcvent An attack
on Fort BerthOld, which hss been autici.
pxtcd. - ;, =&<* $3.50 s.5* . z = -
As q further precaution the. people OF
Bismarck have asked Gen. Terry to place
in charge Of the commandment here 200
stand OF arms to be used at his discretion
In arming citizens in case Of threaten.
ed attack ON this city. ...:.
Thote best informed, however, boil,
among officers aud citizens, anticipate no
trouble this fall !
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21
COnStstency.

One year ago last Spring the republi.
cans IF this city nominated r. I. Smith
for Justice of the Pence. Mr.. Smith did
not desire the office and for several days
declined to run. At that time Page
thought Mr.. Smith sound on republican.
ism, and sufficiently moral. Mr.. Wheel
err and George Baird, two good republi:
cans, labored nearly half day will,
Smith urging him t" run-P"ge did not
know that he was such an "Old Ring
man at that time-but has found it out
since his "to"l''---the man whom he de-
sires in the Senate III carry out bis
schemes-was defeated in the convention
Mr.. Smith was Justice of the Peace du.
ring the prosecution of the liquor cases
and On every proper occasion he sustain.
ed the law. Page said in temperance
meeting 1--WE had one officer, whose
sense Of honor ind justice, leads him te
enforce the law without fear or favor
that man is r. l. Smith," Now there i
not anything too bad for the great Crusa'
der to say against the man whom he 81
recently praised. Mr.. Smith is a better
man than the one that traduces him, and
he will be elected. H. :: .;~~' 49,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21
Ju1attOn in Minnesota.
:. ". IL. MER.tlCA,
of County Central Com mittcc.


Buel, the Democratic candidate flor
Governor, is making the attempt ,to ride
two horses going in opposite directions.
The Democracy adopted hard money
plank, pledging themselves to "a return TO
gold and silver rs basis OF the currency
Of the country, with immediate prep4ra,
ton and effective means tosssecures the, f.
sumption Of specie payments" On phe
other hand. Buel in his letter to the CHI air.
man Of the Anti Monopoly committee s;'ys
that the attempt to resume specie rlay-
ments "N ould he disastrous to the bust Jess
interests Of the country" and states FIAT
his opinions on the financial question Rar-
monizc with those expressed in the o wa.
tonna reputation and initiation platform.
Now whichplatfin m expresses Buel's true
sentiments. One thing is evident; he
wants the votes OF both classes Fl ri-
bault Republican.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

THE people who go to the polls on the
I'd IF November next, should remember
that the Republican party il charged with
the entire administration Of the govern
,nent, and that it is just as impossible t"
avoid dishonesty and corruption in pub
''c places as in private. We hear daily
Of defalcati"n> and f''rgerics. and robbcr.
les, in the ordinary chann.l Is of business,
and an examination of the s, vcral cases
will show that fully az many democrats
q republicans do these mean Thugs
Dishonesty has no distinctive
political complexion, but charac-
'crlzes large proportion of all classes
hence it is not reasonable to expect per-
feet immunity from bad management, in
the matters of government If man in
official station has been proven tO be cor.
rupt, all that can be expected is tina, he
I've turned out and punished. This the
present administrator has done to those
who have proved unfaithtul, and what
more can be done. If parties are to be
held to the idea that crime in office is an
impossibility, and that if it occurs in the
case If an individual it is an impeacl-
nA"n' Of all who embrace tile same p"lili-
Cal faith, then upon the same premises it
may be assumed that crime IN society ie
an imp"ssibility, and ,ha, if it appears in
any case, it avows the corruption and
moral faint of every Individual member
Such doctrine rs that is mons,rous,
whether applied to political parties, or to
society at large, and it cannot be urged
Is applicable N any case. We may ex.
pect If political parties controlling the
business Of government, lust that watch.
full supervision If the public interest,
that careful and judicious business man
would make Of his own affairs. and noth.
ing more. This is reasonable and it is
just. Now. We ask, has not the Rrpubl,.
Can party administered the trusts conf.
ded to It with zeal and fa;thfulness fully
equal to those ordinarily exhibited by in.
dividuals in the pursui, Of their own il.
terests! We think there can he no dis.
pute upon this. and that it will be &C.
knnwl-dged that the republican party has
not only kept itself, rs a party. free from
all contaminatin. influences, but j. has
performed herculcan lab0rs for the com.
mon good. Then vote the Republican
| ticket. .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

"Hon." J. p. Williams, "Independent
candidate" How ridiculous. Indeed,
lie is the most DEPENDENT candidate that
this county has ever known. lie depends
upon the three letter writcrs-thc literary
Triu,nvirate, for all The. dependence he
possesses. He is the m ,st subservient
tool that Page ever had. He has been
kicked and snubbcd and spit upon meta
phorically times beyond computation,
and now like whipped cur he comes
back and ticks the hand that twisted his
nose. II hc had the independence" Of a
man, or the spunk Of louise he would not
now be trotting backward and forward
between the ''corncr Office" and the haunt
OF the "chrislinn statesman" No, Will
Jams, if y"u could rcalize what true indie
pendcncc is You would be ut home where
you bclnng. knowledge comes slowly ia
s"me men, and after election you may
have little sense. ...>..sy. ...-, =.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

Last week in classifying the members
Of the opposition ticket politically. We said
that c. H. Carter vas ! democrat. Mr..
Carter denies the truth Of our statement
and alleges that he has always been 4 re.
publican, and We axcept his statement.
Our information was received frs,m Mr..
F. L. Buck the brother-in-law OF Mr.. Car
ter, and We supposed it 10 be reliable: If
howe yer; Mr.. Carter IL ! republican, he
l,ns NO more business in the rank> of the
democracy than q church member At .
Sunday Picnic. Keep in your own col.
umn friend Carter, and you will not draw
fire from the guns In the hands of your
friends. -. 49,.
We take pleasure in adding that wehHvo
just learned suthorttatively Of Mr.. Carers
refusal to be the democratic candidate, and
that is :good proof-although no further
proof WAS needed-of Mr.. Carriers republi.
cAniSln ~ : -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

The following letter received from the
chairman Of the County Democratic Com.
mittee explains itself ): Mr. Carter, dleir
nominee for Senator, would not consent
to be killed Just to furnish sport for the
opposition, andp~lle declines t" be their
candidate. They have substituted Dr,
Gibson, too gt'od u nan to be sacrificed
but willing we understand nevertheless to
be led, to the altar. Sad case 80 !
F - - Austin, October 2o,' 1875.
Hon. A. A. HARwooD; -
DEAR sIR:-Be % kind as. to mention
IN your next issue the fact that G.. e. Car.
ter has declined the nomination of I,hs
Anti-monopolist party for State Senatot,
and that the County Central Committee
have substituted the name Of DR.. o. w:
Gibson Of Austin. ;
:e~ r., Yours truly
-. W. Fl. MERRICK,
of County Central Committee.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

Duluth, says The ST. Paul Pioneer Press,
is suffering from the most mournful Of all
scourges, the scarlet fever. A letter from
there gives the Intelligence that ono min.
lister Of The gospel, within the past four
weeks, attended no less than fourteen flu.
nerals Of children, who have succumbe
to the dreadful malady; and large num-
Der ofthe little ores are yet Frustrated,
some Of them hopclessly SO. The letter
we speak OF likewise states that Captain
Prrssnell, hts wife and only remaining
child are among the i'll ones, and there is
very little, if any, prospect of the recov.
cry Of the latter. The disease is attribu.
ted 10 Ill ventilated school houses, and il
represented by the physicians If that
place to be Of the most virulent form.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

1t is a peculiar fact that the bolt in
Mower county is led by Hotchkiss, who
tells us in his last issue that THE Page
ring" is bound to dominate in Mower
county. When Hotchkiss took up his
press and walked over to Mower, he an.
n0unced in column item that he was 90
ing to- print true blue, straight our, hit
Notwithstanding republican paper. { Blu.
perhaps this is H"tch's way IF realizing
his promises. Healways had II queer way
in this respect. When he said his paper
should have the true republican ring. he
probably meant the true Page .ring.=-Pio
neer. Press rss.. sssgss .~gaz es. sezge,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

WILLIAMS is telling around The county
that lie has stood guard at the treasury
TO prevent the allowance and payment Of
our unjust claims. In doing this he knows
he lies. We assert as fact established by
the records Of the county, that during bis
entire occupancy of-fOr he never filled
the Auditors of1lce-thc County COMMITS
sloncrs did not disa,low single cent
Charged in any bill presented by MS for
their action bu, paid every one full, and
they did 80 because the claims were just
and reasonable. Now, Williams, when
arc you going to pay back to the county
that $127:98 that you took cut Of the treas.
ury unlawfully?
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21
Won't Discuss II.

W A. Croffut, Esq. recently addressed
q note to MAJ. D. w. White. the revival
ist now tailoring at St. P~us, with WHOM.
Mr. cr"ffut was formally quite intimately
acquainted in Chicago requesting that he
discuss before II Minneapolis audience
the question: us the Bible the word of
God:' In h letter received by Mr.. Croft
fut yesterday, Major White declines the
invitation. saying: TIE Bible is supreme
with me, and would IS soon think of
discussing the legitimacy of my own birth
as Of discussing its authority As tho word
of God n-Pioneer.p Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

Litchficld News. Ledger: On Monday
last there occurred in the town Of Forest
City one IF those accidents which results
all too frequently from 4 criminal careless
ness in handling firearms. On that day
jess. Winn shot and killed Jack Roach.
Winn had been out limiting and shot .
dog, and coming to Roach's house, began
telling them about his shot. illustrating
his discourse BY pointing his gun ut Mrs.
Roach, who promptly ordered him to de-
sist. VIM Immediately transferred his
attention 10 Roach, and continued his
story. There was fash, report, and
Roach fell back on the bed shot through
the breast. lie fingered :ew hours and
died. Roach and Winn were cousins.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

LIZZIE RocK, Oct. 90 -Tae yAerif Of
Ark assas toully q DEVILS tia county
seat, 90 Sunda Y mprhing, IL ehsrge Of
two, ptisaaers sa,ne q colored naar named
'CorrieanJ who had been sentenced to pris.
on at tl'!s place, and was on his way
here, the other was q white man named
Dhgan, WIN Ind been sentenced ID be
hanged by the circuit court Of the county
for thu murder Of q man a year ago. The
decision was reversed by the. supreme
court and the prisoner rcmsnded back for
q new triaE Tile prisoners counsel spfos
cured change Of venue to Monroe coun.
ty,andl had him in charge to deliver hin
to tho sheriff Df that county at Clarendon.
They arrived ii St. Charles on the White
river, about 4 so'clock ~ H., Sunday.
About Q O'Clock at night,~wllilo waiting
for q boat, q band Of masked men, mum.
bering twenty-five, well armed, made their
appearance an took charge Of the sheriff
and posse and prisoners. The prisoners
were bound together and sitting In chairs
before the frs. The mob fired into Du-
gan, killing him instantly, and then de.
parted. They are supposed to be leading
citizens of Arkansas county. The circum-
stances Of the killing Of Inman by Du.
gan were Of : revolving character. H.
man had married d daus hter 81 Dugan's
some time before the murder, and tho two
while in town had some words, but came
to an amicable understanding before they
started for home. While on the road Du
gan dropped back to the rear and fired on
Inman. putting load of buck.shot in his
side and one in lis back, and then
snatching 8 rifle out Of the hand, of n
gentleman accompanying, put a bullet in
the back Of his. head. He then took the
body and threw it into. White river,aad in
a; few days after II rose and lodged against
a snag.:@ He came along in skiff. took
ting body and cut it in TWO, tied a CAST iron
piow Share 70 half and filled the dead
mans, drawers with sand, tied them and
sunk the b.'dy in The river ,~,T~ a..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

Judge Page, Of Aus;ip, a politician OF
the snnall-potato variety. undertook, with
his SATELLITES, to crowd down aud crust,
out Judge Harwnod, the editor of the
TRANSCRIPT. Blu, ut the last county con.
vcn1ion Page WAS routed, horse, foot, and
dragons, and Judge Harwood's friends
had full control. The TRANSCRIPT is and
has been good, stauncl Republican pa
per, only little too independent and
outsp0ken to suit some of the would. be
managers of the party at Austin.-St
Cloud Journal. 49, =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

IT wakes warm politically in Mower
county. The Page crowd, ingl"riousiy
defeated in the republican convention,
have put in the field J. p. Williams for.
representative, and who appears as an in
dependent candidate. A triangular fight
is now the or der of the canvass H"tch:
kiss, the imported cdit"r-importcd by
the Page crowd-fairly boils over wild,
billingsgate and denunciations Of the Hair.
wood faction. and calls to his aid = halt
dozen .long.winded corresp ondents, who
ably second him, and are memb' rs Of The
Page ring in good and regular standing.
minneapolis Mail.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21
FirAt Cents. n u tal TRIP.

BUFFALO, n. " Oct 20--The first cen
tennial train lett here TOR Philadelphia
this morning nj Z O'Clock. Citizens gen.
orally turned ont TO see it of. The cars
were gaily decorated and much enthusi.
assn was manifested. Special dispatches
from Emporium say the train arrived
there on time, making the distance of 120
miles in three hours and thirty minutes.
The stations along the line are gaiIy deco:
rated and salu,es were fired. Tie cxcur.
sionists numbered upward Of one hundred
representative men from Rutfaalo and
about the came number from western
cities.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21
The winona Tragedy.

Wia"na Republican ~. ~ s; =
= The terrible tragedy vhicl, VA, record.
ell in the Republican ON Monday. was
completed this, morning, by the dsath of
Mr. fr'1tman, ssat five O'Clock. Physi.
clans were with him nearly all the time,
from the hour when he was shot, at noon,
until he died. but they could do not hing
to avert the certain death. There WAS NOT
the least sign Of consciousness the
occasional action of The muscles BETRAYED
the lingering life. The pistol which did
the terrible deed was composed Of two
barrels, loaded with heavy cartridges, and
when the discharge tonk place and the
ugly bullet sped ON its fatal course, the
work was instant The brain was pierced
and the poor man fell to the floor His
wife said: you're iooling." and got
down t" raise him up. Her,eyc caugh,
sight Of blood oozing from the wound in
front Of his ear, ard she gave: scream in
which the overwhelming despair Of hel
soul went forth: II have killed my hus
band" Miss McConnon ran out to sum
mon the nciglibors. and called in Marshal
Van Gordcr, who went up stairs and rails
cd the head Of the wounded man. Mrs
Troutman was frcnzird with the terrible
accident: AS SION as physicians NJ: ivct
they attended to her husband. though, able
tn do but little tnr him OpiAtes were al
ministcrcd to Mrs. Troutman. whose wall
ings and lamentations were most pitifu
IT" hear: The agony If her mind may bet
ter be imagined than described: Her un
Gle il expected from Chicago, he having
been advised Of the dreadful accident b,
Telegraph Yesterday.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21
A Kerosene Horror.

On CITY Pa. Oct. ia small tene-
.ment house in the northern part of the
city, occupied by affinity named Gcnty.
burned this afternoon. The mother of
the family had gone away, leaving the
house in charge Of three children, who
endeavored to kindle afire with kerosene
during her absence. The fire in the stove
igni'ed the oil in the can, which instantly
exp ,odel, envet"ping the house in flames
and so ;llat'ly burned the little boy, who
Val. lighting the lire, that there ares no
hopes of*his recovery. One OF the little
girls. about ID years old, escaped without
injury, but The other child, little girl Of
about four years old, ran to closet and
shut the door. She was not discovered
untilzthe house was consumed, when her
charred remains were found.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

John p. Williams stands convicted of
the atrocious ,neanness Of which We have
made : definite charge ag..nstAhim. The
rec6rdskcPt by his own hand are unim.
peachable proof of his rascalitY.
''Tax-rayers, rally to my support and all
will be WE'LL" i. e., I shall not be obliged to
pay back that $127.98.. - -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-21

LIT 1t be borne in mind that an amend.
ment 70 tile constitution is 10 be voted
upon q the approaching election, giving
women the power to serve on school com:
mittees, and I" act ~ minor school officers,
We trust no m~n in the state Is 80 ungal-
liant ~ to aeklect this opportunity 10 do
the gentler sex IN act Of jusiice. Give
The school .nsa.sms = chance. Pioneer.
preAa 81, 80 &. L II,