The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-11-05
TEN horses and several buildings


PRAIRIE fires swept large portion
OF Blaine county, Neb., thousands of
acres being burned over and much
farm property destroyed.
A MOB took John Parker (colored)
from a Jail at Covington, La, and
hanged him to tree for the murder of
Joe Hardy at Alta Springs.
In the upper Kankakee valley in H.
, hnois marshes were burning, and hun
dreds of tons of hay had been de-
stroyed.
In the village of Loda, ILL.,, every
business house was destroyed by fire.
NEARLY the entire business portion
of the village of Lavalle, Wis, was
consumed by fire.
NEAR Milliken's Bend, Miss, the
steamer Oliver Beirne, an excursion
boat, was burned and twenty lives
were lost.
In Alabama the drought was report
ed to be without a precedent for length
and severity. The railroads were find,
ing difficulty in getting water to run
their trains.
Ar Indianapolis William Weigel, a
showcase manufacturer, failed for
1926, 600.
TREASURER INGRAM, of Mulberry
Grove township. Ill, was robbed of
$500 school money.
The death of Judge R. A. Debolt, a
member of the Forty-fourth congress,
occur1 ed at T-en ton. Mo.
A MAN named Hartline, OF Belknap,
ILL.,, killed Miss Thurman, to whom
he had been paying attention, and then
committed suicide
FLAMES destroyed large number of
dwelling houses at Kenton, O., the loss
being $3.50, 900.
! A CoIoRED man named Snowden was
lynched by mob at West Monroe, La.
for burning the residence of Squire
Emery.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
MANY of the rivers of England were
out of their banks as a result of two
| weeks nearly continuous rain and
great damage had been done./
NEAR Moirans, France, fifteen per-
| sons were killed and fifty seriously
wounded in railway disaster
tonic arrived at Queenstown from New
York in five days, two hours and three
minutes, breaking all previous rec
ords.
In Russia anti-Jewish riots were TAX
ing place. Fifty were killed and hun
dreds were wounded in one city, and
thousands had fed to the forests, where
they were dying of starvation.
In the streets of Cork Parnellites and
McCarthyites had fight with clubs
and stones and many persons were bad
~ wounded.
HUNDREDS of persons in Mexico were
said to be on the verge of starvation
owing to the failure of crops.
In the Argentine republic Baron
Hirsh has paid S1,Ooo,Ooo for 1000
square miles of territory for the estab-
lishment of Jewish settlement.
AT Ottawa, Ont, Contractor Connolly
was arrested on the charge of having
swindled the Canadian government out
of about 81 ,0oo, 900.
In Tunis high wall fell and crushed
an Arab house in which were two we'd
ding parties and thirty persons were
killed.
AT Osaka, in Japan, an earthquake
destroyed large amount of property
and killed 800 persons.
FIRE at Virden, Man. destroyed
about dozen houses and twenty i'm
ported horses.
SANTIAGO advlces say that the Chill
ian governmen had refused to be re-
sponsible for the recent outrages on
! American sailors of the steamer Balti-
more, and would allow no American
sailors on shore. Minister Egan, Com
mander Schley and Consul McCreery
were consulting together and it was
thought that decisive action would be
taken soon.
In northern Hungary the potato crop
has been a complete failure and fears
were entertained that famine would
result.
The Mccarthy candidate was elected
to parliament to succeed Sir John Pope
Hennessy.
DURING a conflict near Milopotamos
between Turkish troops and an armed
band under comma and of Chiefs Zaulus
and Mauris thirty were killed, includ-
in the two chiefs.