The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-02-19
Redwood Gazette,
THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1891.

THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1891.
The senatorial deadlock in South
Dakota has been broken by the cleo
ton of Rey. Kyle, the alliance candi-
date.
Secretary Rusk has written letter
in which he says he will send packag
es of sugar beet seed to any farmer
in Minnesota who wish to experiment
in raising sugar beets. Secretary
Rusk adds that experiment has dem
onstrated that the soil in Minnesota is
we'll adapted to the raising of sugar
beets, and that the cultivation of the
product can be made profitable to both
the raiser and the manufacturer.
The largest building at the Paris
Exposition last year covered eleven
acres. The largest building at the
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia
in 1876 covered 20 acres. One of the
buildings for the Columbian Fair at
Chicago in 1893 cover 31a acres, and
others 49,, Isl and ia acres, respect
lively. In all, the buildings for the
Chicago fair will cover l10a acres, a
good-sized farm. These will be the
actual ground surfaces under roof and
do not include gallery spaces. There
is no doubt that the buildings will all
be we'll filled, and that nothing like
this exposition in scope of magnifi-
cence was ever seen on the earth.
Scribner's Magazine for February
contains rich illustrations in very diff
ferent manners-fr from the snow scenes
of Mount Washington in winter to Mr..
Blum's exquisite japanese drawings.
There is a series of interesting portraits
of African explorers Several of them
from the private collection of John
Murray, Esq, the London publisher,
and never before engraved), and artist
ic reproductions of paintings and
sculpture of the Neapolitan school,
The number is notable for such con-
tributOrs as Sir Edwin Arnold, J. Scott
Kettle, the librarian of the Royal Geo
graphical Society, Frank r. Stockton
and Richard Henry Stoddard
No nation has ever fostered more
literally or protected more carefully
it's internal and cOastwise trade than
we have done, and the resultant mag
nitude and prosperity of our domestic
commerce is, [ believe, without a par
allel in the history of the world. For
the accommodation and development
of our home trade, we have built IS
per cent of all the railroads OF the
world We Fave more miles of rail
road than all Europe, Asia and Africa
combined The floating tonnage of
the United States engaged in coastwise
commerce, and on our lakes and rivers,
is very far in excess of that Of any 9TH
err nation.-From Secretary WINDOWS
last speech.
The Pioneer Press on Monday re-
published an old letter of the famous
Bill King" concerning Ignatius Don
nelly's career in Congress twelve years
ago, which was extremely sarcastic
and libelous, charging the sage direct
ly and by inference with accepting
sundry brides. Mr.. Donnelly forthwith
served a lengthy demand upon the Pr
oneer Press for a retraction, and de-
MED all the statements in the resllr-
rected letter. The P. P. comments at
some length without making the re-
traction demanded, concluding as fol-
lows:
We are quite willing to say that we
know nothing personally, or except by
hearsay and at second hand, of the
truth of any of the charges contained
in Mr.. Kings letter. But if, after SO
many wasted opportunities, Mr.. Don
nelly now desires to press judicial
investigation into the facts, the Pioneer
Press will cheerfully aid him to the
full extent of its ability in making that
! investigation an exhaustive one.