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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
LEPROSY IN THE NORTHWEST.
An Investigation in Progress in Minnesota
"A LadY,a Sensational Assertion.

An Investigation in Progress in Minnesota
"A Lady's Sensational Assertion.
The State Board of Health recently
appointed committee to search out all
cases of leprosy in Minnesota and to
employ for the purpose noted Swedish
specialist The boards order leaked
out and created considerable agitation,
which was emphasized by a course of
lectures delivered by Miss Flavin, who
has just returned from the Sandwich
Islands and cl.ims to be leper expert.
She asserts that in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Iowa there are 100 cases of lep-
rosy. This statement, coupled with the
knowledge that the State board was
making an investigation, has created
CONSERVATION in several localities
where leprosy was rumored to have ex-
listed. A public statement is made
by the board that after careful inves-,
tigation it learns that there are three
cases of leprosy in the State and no
more, and that no danger need be appre-
hended. The cases are not located, but
they always exist in populous Scandi-
navian communities where fish has been
a steady diet. One mild case was found
on the lower flats at Minneapolis, and
another below the levee in st. Paul,
but both were removed some time since.
The State board will take control of the
existing cases and prevent dangerous
association without establishing pub
lie quarantine.
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FROM WASHINGTON,

THE Republican members of the ways
and means committee of the House de-
cided on the 18th upon reduction Of so
per cent. in the duty on sugar, which
would result in a revenue reduction of
over 1875, 100000.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of wheat and corn on the 18th was,
respectively, %, 1O0,66s and 1896. 400
bushels
THE President on the 18th sent 5000
and Attorney General Miller S1OO to aid
the families of firemen who perished by
the recent Indianapolis fire.
DURING the first eight months of the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1889, the to-
tai internal revenue collections were
$50, s22, oil, being an increase of Sc, 45s,-
800 as compared with the collections
during the corresponding period of the
last fiscal year.
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thrusting his paper before the busy cap
italist. The president looked up, recog-
nized Frothington, glanced over the
paper without seeming to grasp it's sig
niflcance, scrawled his name beneath
the legend, beware of him." answered
the young mans "good morning. with a
bow and was at once hard At work
Again.
Frothington smiled more gayly than
before as he returned to the street. He
realized that most important step had
cost him but little effort. Going at once
to the lobby of the R Hotel he sent
up his card to celebrated politician.
A few moments later his paper bore .
name of National reputation. The
politician had not even looked at the
screed, having read the name of the
bank president at the first glance.
Frothington's task was now an easy
one. Before business hours were over
his document bore twenty-seven sigma
lures, each one of them name known
to all men from Maine to Texas. No
body had read his scroll in such way
as to gather its full meaning. He had
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WEST AND SOUTH.


AT Lansing, Mimi, Augustus Carll
and his wife were burned to death in
their house on the 18th.
On the 18th Miss Regina Rothschild,
aged 20 years, left Port Townsend,
WASH, to race around the world against
George Francis Train.
On the 18th Miss Lizzie Miller tainted
and fell into an open fireplace at Jeffer-
sonville, Ind, and was burned to death.
THE dry-goods store of Pardee, Mills
& Co. at Peoria, ILL.,, with its contents
was burned on the 18th. Loss, 500, 600.
AT Shelbyville, Ind, Charles Cul bert
Prohibition candidate for Congress from
his district
The Legislature Of North Dakota ad-
journed sine die on the 18th.
AUDITOR WHITEsIDE, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, was on the 18th found to be $685.
$50 short in his accounts. He had fed.
AT Burlington, Ia, the ice was all out
of the Mississippi on the 18th.
BURGLARS blew open the safe Of the
county treasurer of Sebastian County,
Ark, on the 18th and robbed him Of
Sc. 900.
THE business portion of Maysville,
Ga, was destroyed by fire on the 18th.
s. On the 18th George Francis Train left
Tacoma, Wash, for his tour around the
world. ,.:'- e. r "
JUDGE BENNETT, of the circuit court
st' Madison Wis, decided on the 18th
that the reading of the Bible in public
E.-
By a fire in the Germania mine at
Hurley, Wis, on the 10Th, five miners
were burned to death. The property
loss was over 500, 900.
On the 19th Miss Jessie White. . love-
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The late Robert Browning translated
parts of Homer into English when he;
was eight years old. !
Rev. Thomas r. Bacon, son of the
late Leonard Bacon, has become a pro-
fessor in the University Of California
w. Clark Russell, ''the novelist of
the sea-" lately said to an interviewer
that his friends ''try and tempt me
ashore. No. say; I am web-footed,
and shall stick to the sea-"
Miss Constance Haden, who recent
ly died in England, was the first woman
who received the honor of being made
an associate Of the Mason Science Col
lege in Birmingham, where she won the
Heclop gold medal i,
Two autograph letters Of Talleyrand
were lately sold in Paris. They were
written to lady, the first on the death
of her husband: ''Dear Madam: Alas!
Your devoted Talleyrand," and the Sec
ond on her remarriage: 'Dear Madam:
Brsvol Your devoted Talleyrand."
7 Mrs Longman, widow of the late
Thomas Longman, died in London re-
Gently in her seventy-fifth year. She
was the last of the generation of the
house that published for Scott, Southey,
Coleridge, Moore, Campbell, Sydney
Smith, Mackenzie and Macaulay. She
took keen interest in all the great
was connected.
While the number of new books
published in England and the United
States was smaller last year than dur
ing the previous one, as shown by the
tables published in this department re-
Gently, Germany shows an increased
activity, nearly thousand more vol
umes being issued during 1889 than in
1883, while the advance is among the
better branches of literature.
There is a peculiar interest as to
the disposition of Robert Browning's
library. 1t includes collection of books
and manuscripts bequeathed to him by
his friend Landor, among them being
copies of some of Landor's rarest works,
annotated by the author, with many
letters and papers. Prot. Colvin had
access to this treasure when he was pre-
pairing his volume on Landor for the
"Men Of Letters Series"
The Abyssinians will soon have the
"Pilgrim's Progress" in their own
tongue, the Alhamric. 1t has been
translated by Zebra Georges, a student
in DR.. Commands institution at Flor
ence. 1t will be printed at Crischona
in the native type, and be ready in the
autumn. The Religious Tract Society
is bearing half the cost of its produc-
tion, about fifty pounds sterling; and
the Alhamric will be the eighty-fourth
language into which Bunyan's book has
been translated.
Nothing, it is said, pleases William
Morris, the English poet, more than to
! be mistaken for a sailor. He is robust
and square built, has shaggy hair, and
delights in rough apparel, and his gen.
eral appearance is somewhat nautical.
/ One night he was overhauled by a sea-
faring man. "Avast there!" cried the
stranger; don't know you? Weren't
, you at one time mate of the brig Sea
Swallow" To be mistaken for sailor
was charming; to be mistaken for the
mate'of ship bearing so poetic name
as the Sea Swallow was simply glorious.
"Yes, l am he," said Morris, and he
locked arms with the stranger, piloted
him into an ale house and filed him
full of liquids and substantials.
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Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FlFTY-FlRST CONGRESS,

MONDAY, March 17.-In the Senate
bills were introduced TO insure prefer
ence to veterans of the late war in en-
ployment on public works, and to pre-
vent desertion from the army by re-
tanning from the pay of each enlisted
man 81 month. In the House bills
were passed authorizing census
enumeration of the Chinese population
Of the United States; creating the offices
of assistant general superintendent and
chief clerk of the railway mail service.
A bill was introduced providing that
members of the House shall be elected
by districts to be fixed by Congress
upon publication of the census returns.
TUESDAY, March 1s. The urgency
deficiency bill was passed in the SEN
ate. A bill was introduced to amend
the Interstate commerce act, and
Senator Hawley Comm spoke in op-
position to the Blair educational bill.
In the House the pension bill (S9S, 49,
46D was reported; also the Notifications
bill ,67s). A resolution was
amount of money which will be re-
quired for the payment of arrearages in
case the limitation of the arrears act is
repealed.
WEDNESDAY, March 19.-In the SEN
ate Vice-President Morton occupied
the chair. Mr.. Voorhees, spoke on his
resolution as to the cause of agricultural
depression, and Messrs. Evarts and Call
spoke in favor of the Blair educational
bill. A bill to increase the pension of
a soldier of the war of 1s12-Isaac N.
Daily, 9S years old-from $S to $50 a
month was passed. In the House the
Maryland contested case of Mudd
against Compton was discussed, but no
action was taken. The report of the
committee on the worlds fair was pre-
sented.
THURSDAY, March 2O.-The Blair edu-
cational bill was defeated in the Senate
by vote of 81 to 81. Bills were
introduced to provide new artificial
limbs for disable soldiers every three
years instead of every five years; ex-
tending the jurisdiction of circuit and
district courts to the great lakes and
connecting water. In the House q bill
was introduced granting pensions to
persons who supported dependent faith
ers and mothers, and who. under exist
ing laws, would have been entitled to
pensions. The bill for a public build
ing at Burlington, Ia, was passed. By
vote of 159 to 145 Syndey E. Mudd
(Rep.) was declared the lawfully elected
Representative from the Fifth Mary
land district thereby unseating Barnes
Compton.
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THE one thing about the census on
which popular interest is always focused
is the population of the country. 1t is
satisfactory to observe that Commits
sioner Porter, profiting by the expert
ence of his predecessors, has got the
machinery of the Census Office in good
working order betimes, and that he
hopes to be able on August l next, TO
announce approximately the total num-
ber of people in the United States.
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HUMOROUS.

-Tommy-"Paw, what is Senatorial
courtesy"" Mr.. Fight means that
no Senator is expected to ask another
one what he paid for his seat"-Terre
Haute Express.
Reward of Virtue-"Waiter, that
man came in after did, and yet he has
his roast goose and 1 have nothing"
"Oh, yes, sir; but then he always gets
very cross If we don't serve him at
once."-Fliegende Blatter.
Gentleman Ito tramp)-"What, you
here again? 1t hasn't been week
since gave you half dollar!" Tramp
Just week, sir; but, great heavens,
you don't expect man to live a year on
fifty cents, do you?"-Washington Star.
Have you selected your bridesmaid
yet?" asked the happy mamma YES"
replied the happy girl. "Sue Elder"
But she's so uglyv' That's why
chose her, mamma, dear. I'm not par
ticularly handsome myself. Jury.
First Roman Actor-"Canst lend me
the price Of shave, Julius?" Second
Roman Actor-''Verily. Caius, I have
not denarius about mey' First Roman
Actor-''This is rough! Here 1 must
play Queen Hecuba tonight, and I've
got two-weeks' beard on my chimp
Puck.
-Judkinson, who has just been re-
jected by Miss Martinvale, was met
near her gate by the young lady's aunt,
who affectionately remarked: "You
have just been to see my niece. How is
kha <pir n 40
cline" replied Judkinson, as he
fastened away.-N. Y. Ledger.
She (age eighteen)-"when l 20
upon the stage it shall be as star. My
proud spirit could never sink to the
level Of common actress" Same She
(age twenty y-eight)-'Oh, girls, amt it
nice! The stage managers going to let
me have speaking part tonight. One
of the pages is sick. Ameri-
can.
-Wife-"A box came for you to-day
filed with shirts. Why did you have
any made to order, when it was only the
other day made you dozen with my
own hands?" Husband-''My dear. you
don't understand. I consider your shirts
too good to wear every day, so ordered
. few ordinary ones for use except on
special occasions. and Fur
nisher.
Minister Ito choir-master)-"The
music went splendidly this morning."
Choir-master-"Yes, / fatter myself it
did" Minister-"I am glad to see tho
singers give their whole energy to the
important religious work. There is no
deception in such singing as that"
Choir-master-"Well, no, should say
not. You see, Mr.. Thumper, told the
choir last night that an operatic man
ager would attend church to-day for the.
purpose Of finding some good voices."-
Christian Register. ....
Life Insurance eAgent-"Come, can't
place some insurance on your life?
We're all liable to die at any moment,
you know" Citizen (who has had three
other agents in to see him since reach
ing his office)-''rhat's so. Lite is un-
certain, and it is especially SO with me.
Ny physician says am liable to drop
of at any moment with heart disease.
He gives me only couple Of months to
live" Life Insurance Agent-"Oh! ex-
cuse me. There's no need Of pursuing
the subject further. Sorry to have
troubled you. Good morning" Citizen
by Jove! that idea OF mine works
like charm. Beston Courier.
4
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In New York Civ the Amer

In New York City the American Fed
Grafton of Labor has decided upon
definite stroke of policy regarding the
proposed eight-hour movement. The
executive council was in session a few
days ago, and the subject under consid-
Grafton was to decide which trade should
be selected to demand the adoption of
the eight-hour rule on May next 1t
resulted in the selection of the organ
lzation known as the Brotherhood OF
Carpenters and Joiners, whose members
at present nearly all work nine hours a
day. The organization is a powerful
one and will make a strong fight if neo.
eSSary
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27
THE EAST,

IT was decided by the trunk line pas
senger committee on the 18th to issue
excursion tickets to the G. A. R. reunion
at Boston next July on the basis OF a
single fare.
On the 18th w. johnson Brown, while
at work in Slasher's steam saw-mill near
Warren, Mass, was caught by the car
riage and drawn upon the saw which,
beginning at his head, cut him COM
pletely through lengthwise.
IT was reported on the 18th that Les
ter B. Faulkner, the wrecker of the
Dansville IN. Y Bank, who was thought
to have died January 81 last had been
seen in Mexico. 1t was said that he
availed himself of the death of his
gardener to have the body buried as his
own.
SEVERAL prominent Tammanyites in
New York were arrested on the 18th
charged with corruption in the sheriff's
Office.
In mine near Wilkesbarre, Pa. an
explosion on the 10Th killed John Cru
hook and fatally injured Patrick Hays
and Thomas Devers
AT Philadelphia, the Newark the
last of the three steel cruisers built for
the Government by Cramp & Sons, was
successfully launched on the 18th.
JOHN F. PLUMMER & Co., of New York,
wholesale dry-goods dealers, failed on
the 10th for 81, 600, 000
On the Goth the Cataract Hotel at Nj
agara Falls, N. Y, one of the largest
and most historical hotels in the State,
was sold to Mrs. Peter A. Porter for
$101, ZOO.
DISTRIBUTING provisions and supplies
barre, Pa, was actively commenced on
the Goth.
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THE King of Samoa is prohibition.
list, as witness the following proclama.
tion recently issued: mo spurious,
vinous or fermented liquors or intoxi-
eating drinks whatever shall be sold,
given or offered to or bought or bartered
by any native Samoan or Pacific Island
er resident in Samoa to be taken as a
beverage Any one who will be found
guilty of the violation of this provision
shall be punished by fine not exceed
ing one hundred dollars, or by imprison-
ment not exceeding six months, or by
both fine and imprisonment, and the
liquor not yet consumed shall be con-
fScatod ,,
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FIGURING 1T UP.
the change which remained from his
'absolutely farewell" dollar. He figured

the change which remained from his
"absolutely farewell" dollar. He figured
thus:
Two cigars.
Newspaper. w
Total al........................ ..S
81 ought to have thirteen cents left,
and find only three. o, yes; Iremem-
ber-I gave begger ten cents. Cad,
that was foolish! He's now seven cents
richer than am. But away with these
gloomy thoughts. I'll read my paper
and forget my cares"
He drew his only chair to the window
and gazed down upon the crowded street
difference to his wretched financial con-
dition, he began his perusal of the days
news.
"Rubber trust, he murmured, between
puffs. "Corner in Wheat" ''Talk of a
New Salt Syndicate" reported Con-
solidation of Southwestern Roads,"
Throwing down the journal, he
watched the smoke from his cigar mus
ingly.
"Monopoly," he soliloquized, ''that is
the keynote to success. Control some
thing that everybody wants-put up the
price-and there you are. What can l
get hold of? l own nothing but myself
hardly in the list of available assets.
Nobody wants me. Th ere is no demand
for me. L can't sell myself to an En-
glish syndicate.
81 can't even pawn myself. But, hold!
Don't these capitalists work in narrow
groove? They monopolize only those
things for which there is a great de-
mand. Why would it not be practicable
to corner something that nobody wants?
For instance, the world has no use for
me. Why not make the world pay for
my absence? By Jove, I'll syndi-
cate myself! Talk about Napoleons of
finance! Ye gods, I'll be Alexander,
Caesar and Sergeant Gilhooly all COM
bined! Who0p! Where's my pen9 Here's
paper! Good! Now for it!'
Thereupon he write the following:
We the undersigned knowing Richard Froth-
ingtom, pronounce him the meanest man in New
York City. He has taken food from the hands
of hungry babes, robbed blind beggars and
treated his friends to domestic cigars. Even in
as large place as the metropolis his presence
is considered public calamity. Beware OF him.
Carefully brushing his hat and over
coat, seizing his cane and casting an
amused glance at himself in small
mirror, Frothington left his room, locked
the door after him, lodged his landlady
in the hall and was soon in the street.
He looked like a young man of wealth
and leisure as he strolled along, smile
on his well-cut face and an air of self
satisfaction in his jaunty step. He en-
tered famous uptown bank, after a
short stroll, whose president he had
known in happier days.
"Will you kindly sign that, Mr..
C|?" asked Frothington, stepping
boldly into the presidents room and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27

THE passage by the House of Repre-
sentatives recently of the bill to estab-
lish Territorial government in Okla
homa created great Joy throughout the
juvenile but ambitious settlement in
that region. Citizens of Guthrie pa
raded its one street, carrying flags and
headed by tooters on musical instru-
ments. Territorial government, it is
claimed, will perfect titles to land and
in numerous other instances restore
order where chaos now prevails
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27

PRINTERS error has been detected
in the last issue of the Bible from the
Cam bridge Press. In Isaiah Xviii, 13,
the word ''foundation" is begun with an
IT" instead of an ''f." The mistake was
discovered by young son of Rev. DR..
II. Adler, who has received the standing
reward of guinea offered for the detec-
tion of such an error.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27
THE VETERANS.

Annual Encampment of the G. A. r. at
Minneapolis.
At the recent session in Minneapolis
of the Grand Army of the Republic, the
financial report showed cash assets of
SIS, 205. The election of officers resulted
as follows: Department Commander,
James Compton, Fergus Falls; Senior
Vice-Commander, Charles D. Parker, St.
Paul; Junior Vice-Commander, L. N.
Lang, Worthington; Medical Director,
DR.. P. B. Mile, Glencoe; Chaplain, W. E.
Stanley; Council of Administration,
Thomas Montgomery, St. Paul; R. c.
Livingston, Spring Valley; L. G. Nell
son, Kasson; Perry Starkwether, St Paul;
j. M. D. Craft Pennington.
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Flood ut Johnstown.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, March ga seriou.
flood threatens the lower portion of the
city. As the snow has been melting fast
heavy volume of water is expected
The water rose rapidly between and
o'clock Friday night, and at the latter
hour the street at the stone bridge was
covered to depth of several feet
Wagon traffic was suspended early in
the evening. The water continues *
rise, and it looks now As II all the
bridges might 60. The people living
in the lower portion Of town are moving
ont
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27

BALDWIN, the parachutist, is still at
his perilous tricks. The other day he
dropped from his balloon, thirty-five
hundred feet up, into the bay at San
Francisco. The parachute descent was
beautifully made, the aeronaut safely
striking the water six hundred feet
from land. He then swan ashore.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-27
RED PAINT COSTS MONEY.
John Williams, the Montana Cattle King
Pays 81 900 for Some.

John Williams, the Montana Cattle King,
Pays $1,000 for Some.
John Williams, the triple millionaire
and cattle king Of Montana, had quite
time in st. Paul recently. He had left
his big ranch near Great Falls, Mont,
with the intention of going to his old
home in Liverpool, Eng. Incidentally he
had put ST., 900 in his pocket, packed his
grip, and boarded train for St. Paul.
AS he was making his way up the street
from the Union depot he was accosted
by Emil Constant, hotel-runner, who
promptly took him in tow and soon
landed him in the Manitoba House. 1t
wasn't long before John and Emil were
fast friends. After the runner had
taken his man out to purchase ticket
to Liverpool he proposed trip around
the town. The Montanan readily
agreed, and so the red-paint pot was
trotted out. When Williams came to
after his debauch his $1,000 was gone.
The st. Paul police arrested Constant
and he was held in So, 600 bonds.
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THE anniversary of the entry into
Office of T. ]. Reigart, special pension
examiner, was celebrated at Maysville,
KY, the other night with a banquet.
Mr.. Reigart made little speech, and
with the other guests seated himself at
the table but was seized with a fit of
coughing after putting the first morsel
of food in his mouth and choked to
death