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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
The Nsw< Bri. ~ Ghrontciel.

Flames in the Northwestern Mating
Company's works at St. Paul the other
day caused a loss of S., 900.
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd are
building church in Minneapolis.
'Nels O. Paulsrud, sheriff of Polk
County, died at Crookston recently of
Inflammation of the bowels.
The Little Falls Lumber Company's
big saw-mill started up the other day.
Sixty men are employed.
The house, with its contents, belong
ing to George Luxemberger. of Lake
Pleasant, was burned the other night
Winter wheat in various portions Of
the State is reported in fine condi ton.
A dock laborer named Erling was
knocked from railroad bridge at
Duluth recently by passing train and
fatally injured.
The Minneapolis Western Railw ay
Company will soon begin work on the
millers' belt line, which will involve
the expenditure of 81, ,OO0, 900.
E s. Pettijohn, auditor of Nicollet
County, has been elected cashier of the
First National Bank of ST. Peter to sue
ceed j. c. Donahower. The latter has
gone to St Paul to take charge of the
Office of United States Marshal.
Mrs. Matthew Reinhardt, wife of a
farmer living near Jefferson, committed
suicide recently by drinking strychnine.
She had often threatened to take her
own life.
Fred Douglass, serving a fifteen-year
sentence in the State prison for robbing
Minneapolis bank, and whose home is
in Chicago, made his escape the other
day. A reward of $500 was offered for
his capture. "
The Hennepin Paper Company Of Min
neapolis will soon commence the eree-
tion Of pulp and paper-mill at Little
Falls The building will be ready for
the machinery, 900 horsepower, the
latter part Of July.
Z. F. Webster, proprietor Of the
Holly Touring mills Of Minneapolis,
assigned recsntly. He rated himself
IS worth $4,000. 4
G. Tyson Butcher, q well-known 81
Paul lawyer, was arrested the other day
for swindling client named John Sack
ont Of $l25.
Insane asylum trustees met at
Rochester recently and elected DIR. r.
Il Phelps as first assistant physician ut
salary of$l 400.
The iourneymen BARRIERS of St Paul
have effected an agreement with bosses
whereby al shops viii close st 8 o'clock
IN the evening except Saturday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

PRIVATE RICHARDSON, the only Man
chester man now surviving of the Gal
liant Six Hundred, served twelve years,
has no pension, is nearly blind, and
drifts from work-house to work-house.
A dozen other survivors of Balaklava
are paupcrs either in or out of work
houses
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

A SHOE factory at New Canaan, Conn,
has just made pair of shoes for Char
lotte IN. c. man. They are the big
gest ones ever made. The size is No.
81. Each shoe is 20 inches long and =
inches wide. The man who is to wear
them is clergyman, 6 feet 10 inches
tall, and weighs 40 pounds, and the
county in which he dwells is a roomy
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

An embezzlement amounting to near
ly 81, 600 which took place three weeks
ago, has just come to light at Duluth.
T. G. Cooper, a young man 81 years OF
age, who worked as book-keeper in the
Minnesota Packing Company, and form
erly in the same capacity in st. Paul
for that company, is the name OF the
culprlt. He had fed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
EPOM WASHINGTON

In the United States the exchanges
at the le ding clearinghouse during
the week ended on the 10th ;ggreg ted
Sl.3l3, 4s9, 023, aga nst 81, 3s3 39S 272 the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1889 the increase
amounted to 16.1.
SECRETARY PROCTOR made a second
allowance on the 10th of $50, 900 for the
relief of the Mississippi flood sufferers
In the United States the visible sup
ply of wheat and corn on the 18th was.
respectively, 2s,791,9l3 and 1l,415, 4sS
bushels
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

A MAN named Fields, who died re-
Gently near Danville, KY, never, it is
said, though sixty-seven years old,
slept single night out of the house in
which he was born, and never ate but
one meal away from home. He was out
side of his native county but twice, and
then only for an hour each time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
Burglars at WAbasha.

Wabasha burglars entered John L.
Salisbury's store the other night and
stole watches and jewelry amounting to
800. The post-office was broken open
and small amount OF honey stolen.
The robbers also visited the Sherman
House, where they stole tobacco, cigars
and liquors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

The supply of fire-crackers in the
United States is said to be more than
half million boxes short of the aver
age, owing to strike in the factories
in China. If there is any way of COM
municating with the strikers let them
be encouraged to hold out for about six
weeks vet.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
Continent

DEATH has shown conspicuous favors
thus far to the Senate Of the Fifty-first
Congress. While he has taken but one
from that body-Beck-he has taken
nine from the roll Of the House, Gay,
Burnes, Townshend, Cox, Laird, Nut.
ting, Kelley, Wilbsr and Randall
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
HIRAM SMITH Is DEAD.

The WelI-Known Dairyman Expires Of
Heart Disease at Sheboygan Falls,
Wis. s.< -..-
e SHEBoYsAN FALLS, Wis, May H.
Hon. Hiram Smith, the bestknown
dairyman and farmers institute lectur.
er of the Northwest died at his home in
this city of heart disease at II o'clock
Thursday night. He was IS years Of age
and ten years ago he was prominently
mentioned as Republican candi.
date for Governor. Mr.. Smith served in
the Legislature Of 1871, and was for
four years . regent of the State Uni.
yersity,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
AN AWFUL DISASTER.

"A Ferry-Boat Cspsizes ON the River Oder,
In siiesia, and ThIrty-six Lives Are Lost.
BERLIN, May ia shocking acct
dent has occurred on the River Oder, near
Ratibor, Silesia. "A ferry-boat loaded
with passengers was crossing the river
when 1t suddenly capsized, and thirty.
six Of the people were drowned before
assistance could reach them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
A Prosperous Merchant.

Freddy" Barrett, whom every one in
Minneapolis will remember as figuring
in the great murder case, is now a COM
paratively prosperous merchant in lit
tie town in Illinois. He left Minneapo-
lis for Chicago shortly before the execu-
tion of his brothers and moved into the
suburbs, where he could remain un-
known with his family. He found po-
sition as local agent for furniture
house, and by saving his money soon got
enough to start in business in a small
wav
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
BIG FIRE At WINoNA.
Mi and Elevator Property Destroyed
Loss, 9365 900.

aain and Elevator Property Destroyed
Loss, 9365 900.
The heaviest confagration among the
many losses by fire at Winona the last
year started in the fre-room of the
Wtnona Mill Company's immense -four
tng-mill about o'clock the other morn
ing, and the entire plant, including the
mill, elevator and surrounding buildings
was destroyed. The total loss on
the property was estimated at $780,
900, and might exceed that; insured for
800, 900, mostly in mutual companies.
There were about 25,000 bushels Of
wheat In the elevator and 1900 barrels
Sof flour in the mill. The company en-
pioyed about 100 men. The mill had a
capacity of 1850 barrels, and was about
the finest equipped building of the kind
In the world,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
THE EAST.

THE Democrats in the Third Penn
sylvania district on the 18th nomi-
mated Richard Vaux for Congress to fill
the vacancy caused by Mr.. Randall's
death.
THE death of Reuben R. Thrall, the
oldest prac cticing attorney in the United
States, having been in active work since
1919, occurred Oh the 12th at Rutland,
Vt.
ADvIcEs of the 12th say that at least
thirty persons perished in the recent
burning of the Chenango County poor
house at Preston. N. Y.
In Lancaster, County, Pa, myriads of
worms, resembling the army worm, were
on the 18th devastating the grass fields.
| AT the annual meeting of the Hotel
mems Mutual Benefit Association at
Boston on the 18th James Fl. Breslin, of
New York, was elected president.
AT Ashley, Pa. fire on the 18th de-
stroved five business buildings and a
half dozen houses.
AT the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the National Temperance Society and
Publication House in New York on the
18th T. L. Cuyler, D. D., was chosen
president
WIND and rain storms did great dam
age on the 14th in the vicinity of Utica
and Elmira, N. Y.
IT was decided at the general conven-
tion of the Order of Railway Cond uctors
in session on the 18th at Rochester, N.
Y. to eliminate from their constitution
the clause prohibiting strikes.
JOHN CROUCH, a wealthy farmer, aged
rs years; his wife, aged 70, and their
son, IS years of age, were murdered on
the 14th at Bentleyville, Pa, by a per-
son or persons unknown, the object OF
the crime being robbery.
Four big firms that control the pub
lication of more than Is per cent of the
school publications of the United States
formed school book trust in Boston on
the 14th.
j. E. REYNOLDS, New York broker,
failed on the 14th for $500. 900.
AT Ashley, Pa, portion of the Hart
ford mine caved in on the 18th, and
twenty-seven miners were entomb bed,
with but little hopes of their being res.
cued alive. Nearly twenty houses were
| WrcCkcU ny tuc CdLaSITOpuo.
AT Bangor, Me-, on the 18th the de-
! fendant in an ''original package" whisk '
| case was fined 800 and costs, or ninety
DAYS in Jail, the judge holding that he
was amenable to the State prohibition
| law.
On the 18th the wife and daughter OF
President G. Stanley Hall, of Clark
University, at Worcester, Mass, were
found dead in their bed, accidentally
suffocated by gas which had escaped
during the night.
| EARTH caved in on the 18th in a cellar
in Brooklyn, N. Y, and Arthur Taylor,
aged years, his brother John, aged 8,
and Percy Weaver. aged years, we're
smothered to death.
THE Presbyterian General Assembly
(North) began its session on the 18th at
Saratoga, n. Y.
THE Third Pennsvlvania district Re.
publicans decided on the 18th not ia
make a nomination for a successor to
the late Samuel ]. Randall
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

nominate q candi-
date for the United
States Senate to fill
out the anexpired
term of the late
Hon. James b. Beck
was short, yet full
of interest and ex-
citement. Imme-
diately upon the
assembly of the
caucus the with
drawal of ex-Gov-
ernor Knott and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
Heavy Damages Demanded.

Charles Mullen, of St. Paul, has
brought suit against the Wisconsin
Central railroad for $4,000 damages.
He was passenger out of Eau Claire,
and while talking on the platform to
the conductor was assaulted and beaten
by unknown men.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
Probably Robbed and Slain.

John Wahletz, of Chicago, arrived in
St. Paul about March 10 to visit friends,
preparatory to leaving for a visit to
Austria. He had $1,000, which he ex-
hibited quite freely. On March Is he
left his room at the Minnesota House
and did not return. The other day his
body was found in the river at the foot
of Broadway. In his coat pocket was an
empty purse and the card of local shoe
dealer. 1t was believed that he was
robbed and thrown into the river from
one of the bridges.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
own farms

GEORGE BANCROFT, who was Secretary
of the Navy for year and half during
the Administration of President Polk,
is the oldest ex-Cabinet officer, both in
age and date of service, now living.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
A Second Disaster ut the italian Govern.
ment's Explosive Works Near Rome.

second Disaster 9t the ltattsn Govern.
ment's Explosive Works Near Rome.
RoME, May 1.-THE cartridge factory
connected with the Government works
at Arigliano was entirely destroyed by
fire Friday. The building was filled
with workmen when the fire broke
out and . panic ensued in which
many were killed. Sixteen were
taken ont dead. A large number were
severely injured. This is the second
disaster ct Arigliano this week. Last
Tuesday quantity Of the new explo-
sive, baliastite, exploded, killing four
tssn workmen outright and iniuring
many several Of whom havC sincs aisa.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

was OF the opinion that F1e1don. SchWao
and Neebe, the Chicago Anarchists noH
in the penitentiary, can be released on
writs Of habeas corpus, because the
forms Of law were not complied with il
their cases.
AT Vernon, Fla, two Mormon elders
induced eight young women to join
them as converts. On the way to the
Mormon camp on the 18th the party was
overtaken by friends and relatives Of
the deluded women, and the two elders
were seized, stripped, tied to trees and
soundly whipped.
On the i4th Ed Van Metere, an edu-
Gated Sioux Indian, was admitted to
practice law in the circuit court al
Pierre, S. D.
AT Hallock, Argyle and other Minne-
sofa towns snow fell on the 14th to the
depth of four inches, anoIsat Neche, NJ.
D., fall Of eight inches was reported.
AT Button, Ind, John Sherry shot
and killed his young wife on the 18th.
The couple had parted. .s-
THE 7-year-old daughter Of Mrs. E1iz-
abeth Mitchell, Of Richmond. Mo-,
while playing with pistol on the 14th
shot and killed her mother.
AT Jackson, Tenn. y Frenchmar
named Manley was tied up on the 14th
and j. Fl. Carson, well-known citizen,
gave him 900 lashes with a horsewhip
for an attempted assault on his 9-yeae-
old daughter.
MINNESOTA Republicans will meet ii
State convention at St. Paul on July a.
AT Waverly, Ia, the trunks of J. W.
Robinson. who travels for B. F. Norris
& Co., Wholesale jewellers of Chicago,
we're robbed by burglars on the 14th Of
goods valued at S15. 600.
A CAIssON overturned on the 14th at
the new bridge being constructed in
Louisville. KY, and C. P. Mitchell,
Charles Sanders and Joseph Waldron
were killed.
THE Burlington road on the 14th re-
duc:d the passenger rate from Chicago
to St. Paul to $3.
TIE Governor of Iowa on the 18th de-
cided to recommend to President Har-
rison for appointment as commissioners
to the worlds fair Prof. King, of Lynn
County, and w. j. Buchanan, of Sioux
City.
On the 18th 8. kirkpatrick. we'll
known revenue agent. reached Nash
vile, Tenn, from North Carolina with
both eyes shot out, the work of moon.
sinner.
AT Spokane Falls. WASH, a fire on
the 18th destroyed half block of frame
buildings and burned two persons to
death.
THE Southern Presbyterian General
Assembly convened at Ashvil.e, N. c.,
On the 18th.
Flames destroyed the Winona
(Minn.) Mill Company's Touring mill
and elevator on the 18th with 25, ZOO
bushels of wheat and 1900 barrels OF
flour. Loss, $500, 900; insurance, $780,.
600.
On the 18th the village of Columbus,
Tex, was inundated by an overflow OF
the Colorado river.
THE Governor on the 18th appointed
Charles H. Deere, of Rock Island
(Rep.), and A. T. Ewing. of Chicago
(Dem.). commissioners to the worlds
fair from Illinois.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
To Protect the schooIs.

New YORK, May 1.-THE National
League for the Protection of American
Institutions, powerful organiza-
ton, was recently incorporated under
the laws of this State. The OBJ
ject of the league is to secure the
absolute separation of church and State
John Jay is president of the or
ganization and James NJ. King sec
retary. The first step will be the
presentation to Congress of a proposed
sixteenth amendment to the constitu-
tion which provides that no State shall
use its credit or money raised by tax
alton in aid of any institution under
sectarian or ecclesiastical control.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

HENRY NJ. STANLEY is believer in
the policy of colonizing the Upper Con-
60 valley, of Africa, with colored inn
migrants from the United States.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
AN ABLE JURIST CONE.

Death ut wheaton. Ill.,, OF the Venerable
Judge Thom,s r. Drummond-His Long
and U .eful L fe Briefly Ske cned.
CHICAGO, May. 17.-Judge Thomas
Drummond, the venerable jurist, died
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
NO LIBEL WITHOUT MALICE.
Sweeping Decision OF Judge Regardinl
+ Newspaper Publications.

Sweeping Decision OF = Judge Regarding
+. Newspaper Publications.
The libel suit for O,OoO, brought by
Attorney Albert Knettle, of Mime
apolis, against the Pioneer Press, was
thrown out of court by Judge Hicks the
other morning. The libel alleged was
the pu blication of some remarks by At
torney Dan Lawler, of St. Paul, made
before the board of fire commissioners.
1t was questioned whether newspaper
has the right to publish a statement or a
question when that statement is libel
GUS in itself, even though the publica-
tion OF it be actuated by no malice.
Judge Hicks decides that it has such
right, and that the fact of the matter
being privileged exempts the news
paper from suit or that the paper can
not be compelled to rest its case on the
truth of the privileged publication.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
LATER.


HAVANA, May 1s.-At II o'clock last
night fire broke out in Ysasis' hard
ware store. In short time the flames
reached barrel of powder in the build
ing and terrific explosion followed.
The whole structure was blown to
pieces, and thirty-four persons were
killed. Among the dead are four fire
chiefs, Senores Musset, Sensoviech,
Oscar CSnill, Francesca Ordonez, and
the Venezuelan consul, Senior francesca
Silva, who happened to be in front of
the building at the time of the explo-
sion. In addition to the killed, over
one hundred persons are injured. The
explosion caused the widest excitement
throughout the city and thousands
flocked to the scene of the disaster.
conhas-.tion and Cyclone.
ST.. PETERSBURG, May 17,-Horrible
scenes are reported as having occurred
during the burning Of Tomsk. the capi-
tai of Western Siberia. The place was
visited simultaneously by confiagra-
ton and cyclone, the result of the
combined disasters being the destruc-
ton OF three-quarters of the buildings,
which were of wood, and the loss of
hundreds of lives. The cathedral, sit
uated in High Town, is in ashes. The
walls of the edifice in falling crushed
an adjacent hospital, burying the in
mates, who were subseq quently roasted
alive. The garrison brutally refused to
render the least assistance in saving
lives and property, on the plea that
they had enough to do to protect the
barracks and other government build
ings.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, arrived at
New York on the 18th on his trim
around the world. He left Tacoma sig
ty days ago. If no accident occurs he
will beat Nelly Bly's time by nearly q
week.
THERE was a very exciting time in
Congress the 18th, in the tariff debate.
Mr.. Bynum Of Indiana by vote Of the
house was censured by the speaker.
MARGARET. the eldest daughter of
James G. Blaine, was married to Walter
Dsmrosch of New York, on the 18th.
The event occurred at Washington in
the home Of the Secretary Of State.
WRIT DEXTER, leader Of the Chicago
bar, died at his home on the night Of
the 18th.
NEAR Danville, Tenn, on the night
OF the night Of the nth, the boiler Of :
freight locomotive exploded. Five cars
loaded with meachandise were demol.
ished, and Matt Connors, the engineer;
George Stulk fireman and Jack Whset.
ley, brAkeman, wsrs killed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

THERE are two thousand seven hun
dred courts in the United States en-.
gagged in granting divorces, and one
marriage in every twenty-eight is thus
orDn1lod
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
TO FILL BECK'S SEAT.

The Democrats Of the Kentucky LegtaIs.
ture Nominate John G. Carlisle for the
United States Senate.
FRANKFORT. KY. May 1z-The DEM
ocratic caucus held Friday night to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

SECRETARY RUsK says this country
imports agricultural products yearly to
the amount of $685. 73s. of which at
least s24O, 600. 90 might be raised on our
own farms
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22
1fsuy Livea I,ost Al Tomsk.

81. PETERsBURG, May 1.-THE city
Of Tomsk in Western Siberia has been
slmost completely destroyed BY f0ed
snd Are, Many lives hays bssn lss&
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

1t his home in
Wheaton, D u
Pa G 9 County,
Ill, at 6 o'clock
.. M. yesterday.
His demise was
80 sudden that
t b 9 numerous
friends of the
aged j u d g 9
W re startled
upon hearing of
it, al lth ough
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

THE National debt of Germany, which
Is much smaller than any ether great
country in the world, is. in round
figures, $192, 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-02
Mr.. PLATTS LETTER.

Mr.. Thomas C. Platt's letter declining the
Spanish Mission, now first made pubic Is III
teresting for several reasons. 1t ehec'"ai'!
disposes of the favoritc Democratic allegation
that Mr.. Platts relation to politics Is 'ha'
merely of an Oiliccsccker and lookcr-o'it 1of
number one. The place for which the Prcsl-
dent named him is a most attractive one Tor
many reasons but Mr.. Pla,t declined it III
terms which attest that his Republicanism i,
not of the sort whose vigOr or efficacy Is con-
ditioned upon favOrs received at the hahdS
of his party. The letter is equally fatal to
another Democratic theory touching ITS writer.
of late the Democratic papers OF thiS oti'e
have been constantly assuring their rcaucrs
that Mr. Platt's activity in poHllcS was due
Tn his desire Ia return to the United States
Senate. In common with any other Repub-
lican the ex-senator might well have nurturcd
such an ambition, since a United states Sen
atorsbip-particuarly New-YOrk United
States Senatorship-is one Of the great prizes
of public life. The letter, however, absolute
" takes Mr.. Plat out of the list OF candidates.
lie frankly states that the claims OF business
will prevent him from accepting any office,
local or Federal"
1t is obvious, therefore, that Mr. Plat $
declination to 60 to spain and his announce
ment that he will not 60 to Washington if OPP
portunity offers. will seriously dispicasc the
Democrats. since it destroys so much OF their
campaign ammunition. Besides having found
out to their cost his power and persistchcy as
an opponent they would experience a great
sense of relief if they knew he YVES out OF the
country As for Mr.. Platt's friends, whl'
they will be pleased at the handsome recoGni-
ton which he has received, they will not be
sorr, that Republican so shrcwd and indie
fatigaLc is not to abandon the home field.