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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
CAPITAL LETTER.
statuary Hall, q Curious as Well
as Historical Room.
Its Marvellous Properties - an Echo
Chamber-Where j. Q. Adams Died
and Clay and Webster Made
Great Speeches.
iSpec,al Correspoudence.l

tSpeclsl Correspondence
Upon a white marble block in the
tiled floor of Statuary Hall, in the Cap
ttol, the eye of the visitor rests; atten-
ton being drawn to it by the unusual
sight of brass circular plate embedded
in the stone. Upon the brass are the
raised words: "John Quincy Adams,
1S48. HERE"
After having served his country in
various elective Offices, including the
Chief Magistracy, John Quincy Adams
entered the House of Representatives
and there won the greatest and most en-
during fame of his life as the champion
of the right of petition" As MEM
Der Of the House, his desk and chair
were located where now the marble tile
and brazen inscription mark the spot.
He died in the harness, having been
stricken upon this very spot, and carried
thence to the room Of the Speaker,
where he died.
Statuary Hall was for many years oo-
cupied by the House of Representatives
previous to the completion Of the great
south wing of the Capitol where the
Representatives now meet annually. It
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
NINE KILLED OUTRIGHT.

Details of Sundays Horrible Railroad Ac-
cident Near Cascade, Ore.
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. THE follow
ing particulars of the railroad accident
on the Union Pacific near Cascade Sun
day, in which nine men were killed and
eighteen wounded, have been received.
The train consisted of the engine, tender
and caboose, and had on board about
thirty-five laborers who were on the
way to clear the track. When the en-
CINE had almost cleared the trestle,
which was about fifty feet in length, the
underpinning, supporting, and the Sec
ond and third bents were washed away
by the roaring torrent underneath, and
the tender, with the caboose and its oc-
cupants, were hurled into the ravine
forty feet below. Engineer George,
when he felt that something
was wrong, looked back, and when
he saw the caboose swaying he
pulled the throttle wide open and
just succeeded in reaching the end
of the trestle, with his two back driv-
ing-wheels hanging clear of the track,
as the caboose and tender went crush
ing to the bottom Of the ravine. All Of
the men were killed instantly, and were
mutilated almost beyond recognition.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
EIGHT HUNDRED FoR ONE.

The Last Of the Four Silver Dollars Mint
cd in 1904 Finally Found.
Numismatists will be interested to
know that DIR. Edward Walthsr, a prom
inent physician of st. Paul, has in his
possession a silver dollar Of the coinage
of 1904 In that year four such dollars
were minted. The whereabouts of
three are known, but for years the
fourth had been missing. DR.. Walther
found it in the possession of an old Nor
wegian in the southern part of Mime
sofa, who brought it from the depth Of
a stocking, and had kept it for many
years. The doctor gave $3.50 for the
coin, the listed value Of which is $500.
Many spurious Fourth dollars" have
been palmed off on the unsuspecting,
but there is no noubt as to the genuine
ness of Walther's find. He announces
his intention of keeping the coin in his
own collection. -. r.. =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
That Unusual Noise.

A.-What is the matter with you this
morning?
b. didn't sleep we'll last night.
There was an unusual noise in my room.
"Did it wake you up?"
Eyes; any unusual noise wakes me
up" .....-.>. ...........-...
"What was the unusual noise?'
"Well, you see my wife never scolds
during the day, but stores up all her re-
sentiment, like this stored electricity"
"But you were speaking Of an unusual
noise during the night"
"Just so. I'm coming to that. You
see I'm SO used to her scolding that 1t
acts upon me like an opiate. As long ~
she jaws sleep Alike top"
"But what was the unusual noiseT'
"Well, she began jawing and He'll
asleep as usual, and I would have slept
all right If 1t had not been for the un-
usual noise"
ssWhat unusual noise?"
sShe quit talking. "Texas Siftings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
ENTERPRISING PAGES.

Little Fellows in the House and Senate
Who Make Money Collecting and Sell
ing Statesmen's Autograph.
The pages of the Senate and House
at Washington, are again doing thriv-
ing autograph album business. Hun
dreds of albums of all sorts and sizes are
being prepared for the seasons work.
These boys make twenty-five or more
dollars extra every month by getting
the autographs of statesmen. They
have albums of different styles every
day, and 60 from man to man asking
their autographs ''for my sisters al
bum," or for lady who is visiting my
MOTHER" or for some other object.
The statesmen hastily scrawl their
names on the pages open before them,
and the boys sell their albums for
round sum-say ten dollars for an al
bum containing the autographs Of the
members of the House and five dollars
for an album containing those of the
members of the Senate. These albums
are we'll worth the money which the
boys demand for them, too. 1t is inter
esting to study the characteristics of the
men from their chirography. John G..
Carlisle writes a careful hand, like that
of school-boy. 1t shows what manner
of man he is, for his character is DELHI
erative and careful. Mr.. Holman, of In
diana, is an awkward, ungraceful man,
in external appearance, but his auto
graph is as neat and pretty as woman
could make it. Senator Allison, Of
Iowa, always uses violet ink, and signs
his name as plainly and painstakingly
as though each letter were worth several
times its weight in gold, and not .
quirlicue must be lost.
Senator Edmunds writes Els, all
the letters between the initial &c" and
the final IS" being condensed into
quivering scrawl; but the capital re"
and the final IS" are so perfectly made
that the on-looker can't help feeling
that Senator Edmunds is personally
careless and Intentionally so in writing
his name. Senator Davis, of Minnesota,
is SO good q writer that one wonders how
he ever became the great lawyer that he
is. because great lawyers are proverbi-
ally bad writer's, from Choate down to
Fuller. Congressman Payson, Of Illi-
nois, must have been writing teacher
some time in his life, for he writes his
name in good Spencerian copy-book
style. There is character in every sig
nature, and the albums are worth buy
ing. s. D. F.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

Mr.. MERCER, member of the Cana
dian Parliament was believed to be
joking when awhile ago he offered bill
giving one hundred acres of land to
every father of twelve children who re-
sides in the dominion. But he got the
measure. passed, and it is now law to
be treated as seriously as any other Of
the Canadian statutes. Fathers that
come under the provisions of the act
are already reporting in considerable
numbers, and, while there is no such
fecundity in Canada, perhaps, as pre-
walls in the tropics, the Government is
likely to give away good many acres
of its public lands.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
CROOKED METHODS.
A Minneapolis Loan Association Declared
. Fraud by the State.


Fraud by the State.
The American Building and Loan
Association of Minneapolis, capital
lied at $lO,0o0.0 900 and doing bust
ness of nearly $4,000 per annum,
must wind up its affairs and quit bust
ness, and there is no telling how much
its stockholders, scattered all over the
United States, willlose For six months
there has been public clamor for an
investigation of the associations meth
DDS of doing business. Stockholders i'm
portuned the State authorities to act III
the matter, their claim was supported
by the newspapers generally, and as a
result Public Examiner Kenyon made
an investigation of the associations
affairs, and says he found them rotten
to the core, and his report filed with At
Clapp the other evening
was the first step toward the dissolution
of the corporation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Epitome of the Week.
FlTY-FlRST CONGRESS,

TUESDAY, Feb. 4. - In the Senate
several petitions praying for the pass
age Of per diem pension bill were pre-
sented and the Samoan treaty was
ratified. Among the bills introduced
was one to prevent the determination
Of fur-bearing animals in Alaska, and
one allowing New Mexico to frame a
constitution and be admitted to the
Union. In the House the bill to relieve
the Treasurer Of the United States from
the amount now charged to him and de-
posted in the several States was re-.
ferred by the Speaker to the committee
On ways and means after long debate.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5.-Bills to pro-
vide temporary government for the
Territory of Oklahoma and to aid IN the
establishment and the temporary sup
port of common schools were discussed
in the Senate, and resolution was re-
ported congratulating- the people of the
United States of Brazil on their adop-
ton of a republican form of government.
In the House the journal was read, but
no business was transacted, large num-
Der of the members having gone to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. and Miss Tracy.
THURSDAY, Feb. EN- the Senate
bills were passed authorizing the con-
struction of railroad, wagon and foot
passenger bridge across the Mississippi
river at Burlington, Ia, and appropriate
ing $75, 900 for the relief of certain Chip
pewa Indians of the La Pointe agency
in Wisconsin. The bill to provide tenn
porary government for the Territory of
Oklahoma and the Blair educational bill
were discussed. Adjourned to the 10th.
In the House the new code of rules
were reported, and it was ordered printed
and recommitted. Bills were passed
appropriating $4,000 to reimburse
the seamen who lost their personal eff
fects in the Samoan disaster; to estab-
fish two additional land districts in
Montana, and to increase the pensions
of totally disabled soldiers and sailors
to $72 per month. Bills were introduced
directing the Secretary of the Treasury
to purchase $4,000 900 worth of silver
bullion per month and to have it coined
Immediately into standard silver dol
lars, and for the survey of a ship canal
connecting Lakes Superior and Michi-
gan.
FRIDAY, Feb. 1.-The Senate was
not in session. In the House bills were
passed increasing the pension of Cen
eral Abram Duryea to 500 per month
and authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri river between
Douglas, or Sarpay County, Nebraska,
and Pottawattomie County, Iowa. Ad-
journed to the 10th.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Fore I'd to Ou'k.

L. D. Kenyon, Public Examiner of
Minnesota, finds that it has cost the
American Building and Loan Associa-
business of $1,000, 600 for two years, and
after thorough investigation lasting
three weeks has recommended to the
Attorney-General that the concern wind
up its affairs and quit business.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
DEATH IN THE PIT.
Horrible Mining Disaster in an English
COlliery.

Horrible Mining Disaster In an English
COlliery.
LONDON, Feb. IA terrible explosion
occurred Thursday in colliery at
Abersychan, in Monmouthshire, by
which it is estimated $50 miners
lost their lives. Three hundred
miners were in the mine at the
time of the explosion, and no
communication could be had with them
for several hours. The first party
Of rescuers organized endeavored to PEN
citrate the pit through the old work.
ings. They got far enough to be able
to see groups of the dead, but they could
not reach them and were compelled to
retreat by the suffocating volumes
of sI1oke that rose in that direc-
ton. Upon the first appearance Of
diminution in the volume of smoke req
cuera went down the main shaft and
reached the scene of the catastrophe.
They rescued large number of miners
yet alive, but all very badly burned, and
they brought out sixty dead bodies near
ly all 50 mutilated that recognition was
impossible.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

RECENTLY at Brooklyn, N. Y, Under
taker Joseph Bryan was called to the
residence of DIR. w. C. Parks, dentist,
to prepare the body of Mrs. Parks for
burial. When Bryan reached the house
he was astonished by the announcement
that his services would not be required,
as the supposed corpse had regained con-
seriousness. Mrs. Parks had simply been
in a trance
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

PROF. GOODWIN SMITH believes that
by a secret ballot the people of Canada
would vote for political union with the
United States. The real sentiment of
the people, he thinks. is at present hid
den bereath the conventional sentiment
which the official class abors to maintain.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Death of ID. i. Knox.

Hon. D. J. Knox died at his farm on
Mile Laos lake the other afternoon
after short illness. His remains were
Immediately taken to his home at
Aitken. He was a member of the lower
House of the Legislature during the
sessions of 1885 and 1887 from the Forty
sixth district, and would probably have
received the Republican nomination for
Senator from that district.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

A GREAT discovery is heralded from
Vienna. 1t is that the origin of the in
fluenza has been traced to germ to
which has been given the name of the
bishop of bactlli" Many experiments
have been made with this object in view,
but up to this time with no success, and
the manner in which tho disease was
communicated has never been satisfac-
torily explained.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
First Wheat-GrOW State.

From statistics just published Mime
sofa stands first as a wheat-growing
State, having produced the past year
As, 10000 bushels. California comes
next with 43,00O,0 900 bushels. The Da-
kotas produced 40, 600, 900 bushels, rank
ing third. Minnesota had 3, 100, 600 acres
in wheat; California, 3,200,00O the Da-
kotas, 100000. Illinois heads the list
as producer Of oats, having raised 49,
600, 900 bushels; Iowa comes next with
5000, 600; Minnesota third with SO, 000,-
nnO
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

FREDERICK II. PAGE says in the An
dover Review that the newspaper is the
cheapest thing in the world for value
received. and that modern society has
no class which. can not afford to come
under the influence of newspapers. Mr.
Page makes no pretentions to being
prophet, or the son of a prophet, but he
hits the nail pretty squarely on the head.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

IT is now possible to go around the
world in fifty days and the trip will be
made in less than forty days before the
century is closed. A few years hence
around the world will only be a short
vacation. People who are anxious to
be famous should be planning for trip
to the moon. Around the world is too
slow for modern times
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

THE Gar of Russia, Emperor William,
of Germany. and King Humbert, of
Italy, have each received a present Of
ten thousand fine cigars from Emperor
Francis Joseph, of Austria. 1t will be
rather hard task of the recipients to
examine each weed before lighting it
to see if it is loaded.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

THE first annual report of the New
York State Commission on Lunacy, made
public recently, relates a number OF
shocking incidents observed in county
institutions, declares the county system
failure, and recommends that the State
assume charge of these unfortunate
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

UNDER penalty of discharge employees
OF the New York Central road and the
Wagner Palace Car Company have been
ordered to keep thermometers that are
to be placed in the cars as near a tenn
perature of 70 degrees as possible.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

THE statue of Henry Ward Beecher
destined to be placed in Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, is now being cast in bronze.
1t will be of heroic proportions, nine
feet high, and will represent the great
preacher in the familiar soft felt hat
and cape. The cost will be $35, 900, and
the statue will be completed in eighteen
months.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Ambushod and Killed.

IsrTI Rock. A. T., Feb. deputy
Sheriffs Ross and Snead were ambushed
and killed Tuesday afternoon in QUA
chita County, ten miles from Camden.
They had warrants for the arrest Of two
negroes and had caught one and were
taking him to town when assasinsted
by his friends.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Governor Fleming Inaugurated.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Feb. 7.-Gov-
ernor A. B. Fleming was inaugurated
Thursday at the main entrance of the
State House. In his inaugural address
the Governor defended his contest for
the Governorship. In the evening there
was brilliant reception in the State
Louise, followed by a ball.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

THE scarcity of gold IN the Argentine
Republic is worrying the Government,
which has decided to offer for sale one
hundred and forty million acres of pub
lie land, payment to be made for them
N cold
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

The latest in shorthand and type
writing is the provision for these bust
ness necessities on the limited trains
between New York and Cbicapo
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

GENERAL BoULANGER is engaged by
Alexander Comstock, business manager
of the New York Academy of Music, to
visit this country next autumn and de-
liver thirty lectures.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Virginia Farmer in want.

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. IAN appeal
has been received here signed by $50
citizens Of Granville County, which
says the farmers are suffering for she
accessories Of life. owing 70 The tai1use
of their esops.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Sentenced to BE Hanged in May.

INDIANAPoLIs, Ind, Feb 7.-Edward
Aszman, of Cincinnati, who murdered
Mrs. Bertha Eleff. of this city, in Au-
gust last, has been sentenced to be
hanged Friday, May %. The execution
takes place in the State prison, north.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

AT King Humbert's express wish the
Italian Government is about to estab-
lish in New York and Brooklyn four
Italian schools. where will be taught
the English and Italian languages.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Blew Out Ills Brains.

Theo Hermes, farmer of Belle
Rive, Douglas County, comjnitted sui
eide the other night by shooting him-
self. He was 4s years old and leaves a
widow and one child. About five years
ago he had his leg amputated because it
was affected with fever sore. This
had never got we'll, hence his suicide.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

THE original post-office box used in
the town of Pomfret, Conn.,, 100 years
ago is now owned in that town by Benz
jamin Grosvenor, one of whose ancestors,
Lemuel Grosvenor, was the first post
master appointed between Hartford and
Boston. He received his appointment
from President Washington, and held ths
Office until the election of Martin Van
Buren,, when the intirmities of age de-
manded his retirement The box itself is
~ feet in height and feet in length.
There are two apartments at the top
with five drawers underneath, making q
curious relic Of the earliest postal days
and service in Connecticut.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
WEST AND SOUTH.

In West Virginia the Gubernatoria.
contest was settled for the present on
the 4th by the Legislature seating
Fleming (Dem. J, who received IS votes
to 40 for General GOT 4
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

The Vale Of Avocs has been bought
by an English company, and the woods
will be swept away in order to make
matches. There is great consterna-
ton in the district, where the memory
OF Tom Moore is cherished with fer
vency.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

WLLLAaI r. GLADSTONE has been
offered SIS, GOO a year by an American
publ ,sher. for the exclusive use Of his
literary output.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Nominated to Succeed Kelley.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8.-The Demo-
srats Of the Fourth Congressional dis
trict Friday night nominated w. M.
Ayers, Of the Thirty-second ward, q
prominent member Of the Tariff Reform
League, for the Congressional vacancy
caused by the death Of the late Con-
gresham w. d. Kelley.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

THE Merchant Tailors' National Ex-
change at its recent session in Chicago
resolved that sixty days shall be the
limit of credit" in their business
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

In the death of Prudence Crandall
Philleo at Elk Grove, Kan, recently q
remarkable woman passed away. She
was Quakeress, and was one of the
first victims to the mob spirit against
abohtionists- In 1888, out of the kind
ness of her heart she opened school
for colored children at Canterbury,
Conn. the mob destroyed her school
house and maltreated her also, and she
was finally thrust into Jail and kept
there for long time. For some years
she had lived in Kansas, and about four
years ago the Connecticut Legislature
voted her a pension of $500 a year as
partial PREPARATION for the loss sustained.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

CHINA advices of the 4th say that a
waterspout Lear Marking caused the
loss of one hundred lives
THE sum of $4,000 in specie and
bonds were stolen from the steamer La
Plata on her recent voyage from Buenos
Ayres to Antwerp.
OWNERS of docks, wharves ano ware
houses in London on the 4th formed
union to combat the tyranny of the la
borers' unions.
On the 9Th Catherine Henry, aged 100
years, died in Kingston, Ont, of In.
fiuenza.
BY an explosion in a colliery at Mon
mouthshire, Eng, 300 miners we're bur-
led on the 9th, and $50 of them lost their
lives.
On the evening of the 9Th General
Salamanca, Captain-General of Cuba,
died at Havana, and Minister of War
Chinchilla was on the 7th appointed his
successor.
ADvICEs of the 18th say that 40
bodies had been taken from the coal
mine in Monmouthshire, Eng, in which
an explosion occurred recently, and it
was feared that there were twenty more
dead still in the pit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Wants Part of Duluth.

Papers aft citing the title of consider
ably over 100000 worth of property
in Duluth were recorded the other day.
A detective power of attorney at the
original sale was the cause. The new
claimant is Frank H. Clark, of Chicago,
and the transaction dates back thirty
voara
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

died at 9 o'clock
Tn ursday even
ing. F rom 4
o'clock in the
afternoon to the
hour of his death
he suffered from
. complete ces-
sation of the
functions of the
liver and kid
neys. All the
authorit 8 Of
, 4 AsA
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
Or all the aliens who took out letters
OF naturalization in England last year
only three we're Americans.

POSTAL card sent from Reading,
Pa, to Stroudsburg, fifteen miles away,
one year ago, has just reached its des-
tina ton
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

HAVANA, Feb. 7.-General Salamanca,
Captain General of the Island of Cuba,