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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
The News Briefly ChrouIcIed.

The News Briefly ChronicIed.
Winona County has surplus in its
treasury of s2s9, 57o.o3.
During the year 1889 in tho State there
were 9.901 marriages and 492 divorces.
At the Duluth land Office during the
month of January there were thirty two
cash, twenty three homestead and twen-
ty pre-emption entries.
P. Kelly, of Crary, Ramsey County,
N. D., arrived in Duluth the other day.
He had been sent out to raise funds for
starving farmers of North Dakota.
The next meeting of the Minnesota
Swedish Lutheran synod will be held at
Marine October H.
News was recently received at Fari-
bault Of the death of Frank Gardner
Craw. son-in-law Of Bishop Whipple, of
Faribault, at Cleveland, o.
At Duluth the other morning fire de-
stroyed Turner Hall, the dwelling of D.
D. Jones, occupied by d. C. Webb and
Mrs Hunter, and two buildings owned
by ]. Schuman. Loss, $27, 200; insur-
ance, $11, 800. 81
c. S. Pound, brakeman on the
Omaha road, was run over the other
night and instantly killed in that com
pany's yard at ST. Paul. He was 20
years old and lived in Minneapolis.
1t is stated that the Northwestern
road will buy the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas, and thereby secure through
line from st. Paul, via Chicago, to Dem
ison.
Mrs. D. w. Wolcott, of the town of St.
Olaf, thought she was taking Dover's
powder recently, but got hold of a bot
tie OF rat poison instead and took large
dose. She had an hour of terrible, ex-
cruciating suffering and day of great
danger, but recovered.
The feed and rye flour-mill of L. A.
johnson at Winona was damaged by
fire the other night to the extent Of
$1,50o on machinery and contents and
s400 on the building. IL H
The horse and carriage recently pre-
sented to Rev. Father Cosgrove, Of st.
Paul, by his parishioners was stolen the
other evening and no trace OF the thief
had been found.
John SteinmetE, paper-hanger at ST.
Paul, and fifteen other heirs ofs citizen
OF Philadelphia whose ships suffered
from privateers expect to get about
$227, 600 each when France payy the
spoliation claims.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
Cattlemen Complain

ST.. LOUIS, Feb. ga dispatch from
San Angelo, Tex, which lies in the
midst of the cattle-producing region of
that State, says the Presidents procla-
nation ousting the cattlemen from the
Cherokee strip will entail heavy losses
to stockmen of Texas, who have leased
large pastures in the Nation at great
expense, and have purchased cattle
with view to driving them there to
fatten this spring before shipping to
the Northern markets. A prominent
stock-dealer and banker says the losses
suffered by cattlemen in Texas will be
hundreds of thousands of dollars. g..
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
CAPITAL LETTER. =.
A Glance at the Office Of the Chief
Post-Omce Inspector.
An Important Department of tho Govern
mont Mail serxice-Inspector Rathbone
and His Work in Bringing Govern
ment Offenders to Justice.
Especial Correspondence ]

lSpec1al COrreSp0ndence.1
Opposite the room of the Postmaster
General, on the north side of the cor
ridor, is the room occupied by the Chief
Post-Ofice Inspector. The present in
cumbent of the Office is Mr.. e. D. Rath-
bone, late Vice-President of the Miami
Valley National Bank, Of Pendleton, O.
He is tall, well-built, handsome, young
looking man, and seems to be we'll
adapted to the important position which
he occupies. He was formerly Chief OF
the Special Examiners Division in the
Pension Office, but was = member Of the
Ohio State Senate when the Chief In.
spectorship OF the Post-Ofice Depart
ment was rendered him and accepted by
him last spring.
Thousands Of complaints are annually
made to the Postmaster-General oon-
cerning losses and Irregularities in the
mails and violations of the postal laws
by the express companies, or the forg.
ing and illegal uses of postage stamps.
All such losses and Irregularities are re-
ported to the Chief Post Office Inspector,
and under his charge are investigated.
There are great many losses in the
mail service by the disappearance of or.
dinary letters and packages, robberies
of post-oficcs, burning of post-ofHces
postal cars are wrecked or sometimes
burned; stages are robbed by highway
men, mail messengers are robbed,
pouches lost, stolen or cut. Numerous
complaints are constantly reaching the
department concerning the transmission
through the mail of obscene matter,
pictures, etc., and circulars advertising
the same which have their origin in for.
eign countries. Cases of this kind fre.
quently require special treatment and
foreign correspondence. These com
plants are first examined by the head
clerk of the Depredations Division, who
designates the Division Inspector t<
whom they are to be sent and unde,
whose special direction the inspection
shall be made.
The Post-Ofiice Inspector must need,
have many Of the characteristics Of the
natural and trained detective, for it i!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
Lie Caron Got No Pay.

LONDON, Feb. 22-In the House OF
Commons the Rt.-Hon. Henry Matthews,
Secretary of State for the Home Depart
ment, replying to Mr.. Labouchere. said
that LIE Caron, the spy and informer
who testified before the Parnell COM
mission, had not received any payment
from the Government since he had ap-
peared as a witness on that occasion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
Big Fire ut Duluth.

The rolling-mill, forge and black
smith shop of the Minnesota iron car
works at Duluth were burned late the
other night. All the other buildings
were saved. The loss was about s25, 600.
fully covered by insurance About
seventy-five men were thrown out Of
employment All other departments of
the works would be run as usual. 1t
would take six to eight weeks to replace
the building.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
As Good as Her Word.

Mrs. D. Fl. Turner, wife of grocer at
Minneapolis, made a desperate attempt
to commit suicide the other day at her
residence. Mrs. Turner, who is only
about % years old, quarreled with some
female dodgers. Then she went to the
cellar, and saying she would kill her
self, locked herself in and commenced
operaslo by taking dose of poison,
after which she slashed her throat with
razor. She would die
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

Simonds, who drove DR.. Cronin to his
death at the Carlson cottage in Chicago
on the night of May 4.
NEAR Compton, KY, on the 18th q
young man named Booth stabbed to
death Rev. Mr.. Whisman, who had
punished Booth when a school-boy. The
murderer then threatened to be re-
venged, and kept his word.
On the 10th j. B. Kelly, arrested at
St. Louis as Cronin suspect, reached
Chicago, and Mrs. Conklin and Frank
Scanlan declared that he was not the
man that drove the doctor away the
night of the murder.
IN the Touro block in New Orleans
flames on the 10th caused a loss Of $780,
600.
AT Hope, Ind, Warren Bloom and
Warren Adkins, boys of 10, quarreled
over a game OF cards on the 10th, when
Bloom draw a revolver and fatally shot
his young companion.
of Milt Ezell, well-known poll tician,
was killed on the 10th by stroke of
lightning. ~ ..... -..- 4. =
In the Iowa House the five-weeks'
deadlock was broken on the 10th by ar
rangement of the parties. Mr.. Hamil.
ton (Dem.) was elected speaker, while
the Republicans secured the speaker
pro tenn, the chief clerk, his first as.
sistant and important committee chair
manships.
DURING storm on the Goth at Car.
Isle, O., H. Il. Gentry, telegraph
operator, had his mustache and the hai1
on his head burned off by a flash OF
lightning, but was not otherwise in.
jured.
THE Legislature of Montana ad.
journed on the 20th, having been in
session ninety days without passing q
bill.
INDIANA Prohibitionists met at Indian.
apolis on the Goth and nominated a
State ticket headed by R. NJ. Blount, OF
Marion County, for Secretary of State.
JAY GOULD had, it was said on the
Goth, acquired nearly all the coal fields
in the Southwest.
THE death of John R. Lett, said to be
the oldest resident of Southern Indiana,
occurred at Columbus on the Goth at the
age of 9s years.
]. B. KELLY, arrested in st. Louis on
suspicion of being implicated in the
murder of Dr. Cronin, was discharged
in Chicago on the goth.
AT Springfield, ILL.,, the Farmers Co.
Operative Brotherhood of the United
States was incorporated on the goth
with capital stock Of S5osOOO, 600. Its
object, as stated, is to do general farm.
ing business, buy and store grain and
protect the farmers against trusts of all
kinds
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
TEMPERANCE WOMEN AT BAR.

Crusaders Placed on Trial at Trenton,
Mo-, for Demolishins Saloons-The Ac-
cused and Their Adherents Parade Be-
fore Going to Court.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 22.-The 10
cal train to Trenton, Mo-, Friday was
loaded with Spickardsville crusaders
and their sympathizers- They came to
attend the trial of the ladies arrested
for demolishiug the saloon Of Thomas
Brady. When the train stopped at the
station the sixteen crusaders first alight-
ed and were followed by nearly 300
persons. A crowd of 800 Trenton
crusaders and 200 spectators had gath
cred and procession was formed, with
the sixteen Spickardsville crusaders in
the place of honor. Then the march
was taken up d.Rev. ]. H. Cox, pastor
Of the Methodist Episcopal church and
marshal of the day, called upon the
hosts to sing "Hold the Fort"
The Pickardsville people carried ban
,ners on which were inscribed notices,
among them the following:
mo club-rooms here" -s6 &. ssz.s5 z@Est
"A mothers hope-a sober son."
I'VE protect our homes and children"
''The Will OF the majority Is law
Hear the voice of the people"
The procession stopped at the opera
house, where arrangements had been
made for a public meeting. Rev. MIR.
Cox presided, and when he called the
meeting to order the house was packed
with a crowd of 1000 persons. A song
was sung, prayer was offered by Rev. Mr..
Knox, of the Presbyterian church, and tho
chairman announced that short speeches
were in order. Addresses were made
by Rev. J. P. Davis and Rev. b. Lock-
hart, of the Christian church; Rev. Rob-
bins, of the Methodist Episcopal
church of Spickardsville, and c. J.
Ringe, an engineer of this city.
It was 1:30 o'clock when Justice
Shanklin, before whom the case was to
be tried, called the court to order. The
jury had already been selected, and
there was no delay. A. II. Burkholder,
counsel for the defense, rose to state his
case. The prosecution objected to this
until the charges against the visitors
had been stated. The justice over
ruled the objection, and then from the
crowd broke forth applause of a most
violent kind. The justice called loudly
for order, and when quiet was restored
seprimanded the spectators, adding that
he was holding no temperance meeting,
but court of justice.
Thomas Brady, the owner of the de-
molished saloon, then told how his
building had been wrecked. During the
cross-examinatlon the defense ques-
toned him with the purpose Of
showing that his saloon was .
public nuisance and ought to have been
abandoned. The prosecution objected
to that line of cross-examination, and,
pending the Justices decision on that
point, the court adjourned until this
morning. Seventy-fve witnesses have
been subpenaed and the trial will last
about three days.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

ROBERT NIvEN, a London barrister, is
in Boston, where he is delivering a
course of lectures. He says: 1T would
not surprise me if before l die there is
not crowned head in Europe. Ideas
are in the air and events move rapidly.
Two years ago the theory of imperial
federation was not regarded as practical
BILE; now it is recognized as within the
sphere of practical party politics. This
is great gain"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
Will Give Gold Medals.

The MinneapolisIpost-office..aut
have received information from Wash
ington that at the close Of 1890 the
Postmaster-General will distribute
twelve gold medals in the railway mail
service department. The clerk in each
of the eleven divisions who has the
largest general record during the year
will receive one, and the twelfth will
20 to the clerk in any division of any
class who correctly distributes to the
greatest number of offices in the shortest
time
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

THE word ''conciergerie," which has
figured so conspicuously in European
dispatches of late, refers to a prison
which is inclosed in the palais de JUS
tice, or courthouse, of Paris. 1t is
there where prisoners are confined who
are to be arraigned before the court of
assizes or the court of appeals. In
former years this prison was the resi-
dence of the chief porter (concierge) of
the palace, an Office of great dignity o
few centuries ago.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
Russia Has Not l,enicd the stori.

New YORK, Feb. 2a.-A Washington
special to the Post says: "Therc is no
truth in the report that the Russian Ie-
CATION here has denied the Siberian-out-
rage stories To all inquiries one an
swer has been given, that the legation
discredits the stories on general princi-
Piles. but has received no official infor-
nation on the subject, and has not
asked any from the home Government
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

his business to
detect crime and
bring criminals
to punishment.
In order to facil-
itate the work
before him, the
Chief Post-OMce
Inspector h a 8
divided his work
into ten divis-
ions; and each
Of these divis-
ions Is under
the direction of
ooh;ofinc~ao%1~ a
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
United States Courte.

The Lind bill providing for terms and
places for holding United States courts
in Minnesota was passed in the National
House the other day without opposition.
The bill divides the State into six di-
visions and provides for terms of United
States courts at Minneapolis, Mankato,
Duluth, Fergus Falls, Winona and St.
DoO0
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

AFTER fifteen years of almost contin-
nous warfare the Chinese have at last
subiugated the savage tribes in South
eastern Formosa and will open up that
hitherto-unexplored region to the world.
The northern part of the island has
been occupied by the Chinese all that
time, but they have never been able to
gain foothold in the southeastern part,
80 desperate has been the resistance OF
these savages, who seem to have pos
sessed the courage always character
istic of mountaineers. The whole island
contains about $1,000 square miles and
has several mountain peaks over $4,000
feet in height. - -.-. =.-...= go 20
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

Mr.. GLADSTONE, in acknowledging the
other day the receipt of a copy of the
biography of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe by her son, says: 81 think it a
great honor to have been selected as one
of those to receive from the author cop
les of the Life of Mrs. Beecher Stowe
Mrs. Stowe has grown old amidst the
admiration of her country and of the
world, and has been blessed with a Pc
riod of peace in which to look before
and after May she reap the full fruits
of that great blessing, and carry
them with her, when the time arrives,
into the land where it shall be per-
fectedn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
THE EAST.

The doors of the Lincoln National
Bank at Lincoln, Pa, which was recent
ly plundered by Cashier Bard and F. w.
Hull of over $50. 600, were closed on the
18th.
ALL the leather manufacturers at Wo-
burn, Mass, decided on the 18th to
close their factories until the striking
employees of Beggs & Cobb returned to
work.
JOHN E. REYBURN (Rep.) was elected
to Congress in the Fourth Pennsyl-
vania Congressional district on the 18th
to succeed the late Judge Kelley by
about 5000 majority.
AN engine killed three men named
Moran, Coleman and Welch on the 18th
at Johnstown, Pa
AT Newark, N. j., four houses were
burned on the 18th, and young woman
named Mary jackson perished in the
flames.
REBECCA WAY TAYLOR, mother of the
late author and traveller, Bayard Taylor,
died on the 18th at her residence in Ken.
nett Square, Pa, aged 80 years and 4
months.
DURING a snow-storm on the 18th al
Boston an electrical storm passed owe,
the city, the lightning being remark
ably vivid and the thunder heavy.
THE President, accompanied by Con.
gresham Dalzell, Andrew Carnegie and
j. B. Scott, Of Johnstown, Pa, arrived
at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 10th to attend
the opening of the Carnegie free Ii
brary.
THE Legislature of New York on the
10th passed bill appropriating s1o,-
600, 600 for the worlds fair if held in
New York City.
FLAMES destroyed three-fourths OF
the village of Black River, N. Y, on
the goth. 4
JACOB ScHooP and Thomas j. Cole
were hanged at Philadelphia on the 20th,
the former for the murder of Anton
Schilling and the latter for that oi
Walter McAllister. William Seeley
Hopkins was hanged at Bellefonte, Pa,
| for the murder of his mother-in-law last
September.
The two-headed baby which had beer
on exhibition in various museums died
at Buffalo, N. Y, on the Goth, one-hali
expiring forty-five minutes before the
whole body became inanimate.
In Weigeltown, an Erie (Pa.) suburb
fire on the goth destroyed the. Weigel
House, the oldest and most noted hote.
between Buffalo and Cleveland. The
landlord, J. G. .Rhoades, lost 81, 600 il
money in the flames.
The Carnegie free library at ALE
gheny City, Pa, was formally dedicated
on the evening of the 20th, and the in
stitution was declared open by Presi
dent Harrison.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
Worth a Million in Cash.

Charles H. S. Weaver, former resi-
dent of Pittsburgh, Pa, and now an at
torney of Chicago, and Miss Marie Kilt
son. youngest daughter of the late Com
modore Norman w. Kittson, of St. Paul,
were married the other evening. The
bride is social leader and has fortune
of 81, ,000, 900 in her own right
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

JOHN JACOB AsToR works as hard as
the driver Of leased hack with large
family on his hands. He stays in New
York winter and summer. His fortune,
estimated at hundred millions, keeps
him chained down to business. For
twenty-four days in month he trudges
about Wall street like an errand boy.
He has other folks to collect his income.
but the business of investing it salts
factorily keeps him humming.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

SOUTH CARoLINA's new anti-cigarette
sw just gone into effect discriminates
against cigarettes and excludes tobacco
in other forms. 1t applies to minors un-
der eighteen years of age; provides
penalties of from S25 to S1OO fine and i'm.
prisonment, or both, and awards one
half of the fine imposed to the informer
of the offense and the other half to the
treasurer of the county in which convic-
tion is had
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
Proposed Coast Defense Lexlsl.tion.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 22-The Senate
committee on coast defenses has ordered
Chairman Dolph to report favorably his
bill to provide for Notifications and
other sea coast defenses. The bill car
ries an appropriation of 1928. .000, 900, Of
which S21, 600, 600 shall be available in
the year ending June 80, 1891; So, 9,OoO.-
600 year for eleven years thereafter,
and 81, 500, 600 in the years 19O2-3.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

EPIDEMIcs, like other great misfort-
unes, never come alone. Influenza has
appeared, done its work and is retiring
And now come tidings of smallpox in
Texas On single ranch, of $50 persons
employed LAT were stricken with this
awful disease. There had already been
sixty-five deaths, and, as there was a
scarcity of nurses and physicians, much
greater loss of life was expected. Small
pox has purged the world now for many
years. Has vaccination lost its force in
anticipating the deadly microbe, or
have the people in Texas refused
the publication afforded by vaccine
lymph?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
FROM WASHINGTON,

In the United States the visible sup
ply of wheat and corn on the 18th was,
respectively, 30,373, 303 and IL, 5s3, $50
bushels.
THE three National wcnan's suffrage
associations consolidated at meeting
in Washington on the 18th, and Eliza
beth Cady Stanton was elected president
and Susan B. Anthony vice-president.
The National Woman Suffrage Asso.
citation convened at Washington on tho
18th in twenty-second annual session.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
THOUSANDS DROWNED,
Over Nine Hundred Fishing Boats Wrecked
on the Coast OF Japan,

over Nine Hundred Fishing Boats Wrecked
on the Coast OF Japan.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22-Japanese
advices say that the storm which swept
along the coast of Boshu on January "a
was very disastrous. About 1000 fish
ing boats, with between 1850 and
5000 fishermen, drifted out to sea.
Nine hundred of these boats with
all the men on board were lost Most
of the bodies drifted upon the beach and
were taken care of by their sorrowing
relatives. On the same day eleven boats
were wrecked in the sea off Tobishima
during the storm and fifty fishermen
were drowned. On January 25 twenty
three fishermen were drowned on the
coast of Maschawa Mishima Gun. News
was also received of disastrous storm
which swept over the coasts of the
Toukomo and Chosie Kadsusa districts
on the. night of January 26. Over
300 fishing boats that were out never re-
turned. Funeral ceremonies for about
500 fishermen supposed to have been
drowned have been observed and whole
villages are in m burning.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

THE unmarried women of Massachu-
setts are said to have S29, 900, 900 on de-
posit in the savings banks of the State.
The unmarried women in Massachusetts
seem to have more confidence in good
bank accounts than in unmarried men.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

AN English inventor claims to have a
system by which coal gas can be COM
pressed into eight per cent. of its nat
ural bulk, and in that shape carried
about and turned into an illuminant at
any time by simply turning stop-cock
and lighting the evaporation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

MRS. WINDOW, wife of the Secretary
OF the Treasury, had arranged to spend
the night at the residence of Secre-
tary Tracy when it was burned. but
some slight accident fortunately caused
her to change her mind
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

1HE annual loss by fire in the United
States and Canada during the last five
years has been as follows: 1885, S94,-
200, 900; 1885. SIG, 800, 900; 1887, S129, ,264,-
400; 1883, 1928, 300, 500; 1889. S131, ,949, $50.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27

CHAUNcEY M. DEPEw says: ''For the
first legal paper ever drew / charged
s1.5o. A farmer was my client and he
beat me down to 81. Twenty years
afterward wrote q paper precisely sim
liar and received for it $500 with many
thanks.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
Buried in the Ruins,

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 23.-Yesterday an
explosion occurred at the Armour
Cudahy Packing house at South Omaha,
which resulted in the instant death OF
lat least one man, the subsequent death
|of two others. The explosion occurred
in the boiler room Of the old packing
house. There is located battery OF
nine boilers, two Of which are reserves.
The outside boiler Of this battery burst,
tearing great holes in the walls Of the
machinery department adjoining. AT
least twenty-five workmen were In
'iured.