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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16
LATER.
"A Chicago Blaze,

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 13-This city was
visited by a fire last night that de-
srroyed the Haymarket theatre, Kohl
& Middleton's Museum and other pro-
perty amounting to nearly million of
dollars. Many of the freaks in the
museum had narrow escapes and were
rescued with great difficulty. The fire
started in the Smyth furnishing factory
1T took forty fire engines and nearly 300
firemen to bring the fire under subjec-
ton. Several times it seemed as if the
men would be compelled to abandon
their engines, so intense was the heat,
but cheered on by indefatigable supe-
riors, they managed to withstand the
heat by turning the hose upon them
selves. The nerve displayed by the
firemen was heightened by the fact
that all the time they knew at least a
hundred barrels of oil were stored in
the basement of the Smyth establish
ment, likely at any time to cause ter
rifle explosion. Several lives were lost.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made
in New York City on the 18th to lynch
man named Davis.
T. FIRE in the Paxton hotel, Omaha.
Neb., on the 18th, did $25, ZOO damage.
One fireman was killed and three badly
injured.
ABOUT noon on the 18th four Italians
were boat riding on Millers river.
Orange, Mass, when they came too
near the rapids near the sewing
machine works and were swept over
the dam and drowned. No bodies have
been found.
THE body of Mabel Horton, the child
no disappeared last fall when Mrs.
orton was drowned, was found in the
Mississippi river about two miles be-
low st. Paul. The body was identified
by her father, Walter Horton, who was
acquitted of the charge of numbering
the mother
A MAN named Messie was arrested at
Chicago on the 11th, charged with
eloping with the wife of BENJAMIN
Blake, OF Lima, o. At the station
Messie denied the charge and showed a
receipt for IS signed by Blake, wherein
he relinquished all claim to his wife
and turned her over to Messie. Mrs.
Blake is so years of age and Messie is
about 81.
THREE small boys, all SONS of Thomas
Munce OF Washington, Pa, on the 18th,
found a can of nitro-glycerine and not
knowing the character of the stuff, be-
gan pounding it with stones. The can
exploded, blowing two of the bows "a;
stenas snd fatally injuring ths third.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM. WASHINGTON.

In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 9th was: Wheat,
%, 1889 bushels; corn, 2,661, 233 BUSH
els; oats, 2,513.337 bushels.
The Tooth anniversary celebration of
the establishment of the American pat
ent system was begun in Washington,
large number of inventors participa-
ting.
In Washington Charles E. Kincaid,
the newspaper correspondent on trial
for the shooting of ex-Representative
Taulbee, of Kentucky, in February,
1890, was acquitted
ASSISTANT SECRETARY SPAULDING has
decided that Chinese laundryman is a
laborer, and that the proprietor of a
laundry is also a laborer within the
meaning of the Chinese exclusion act.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16
New Examining Board.

The regents of the State university
have appointed the following gentle
men as the examining board of the
school of agriculture: o. C. Grigg,
Minneapolis; j. o. Barrett, Browns
Valley; F. NJ. Currier, Blue Earth;
F.. A. Wells, editor Northwestern Farm
er, St. Paul; Editor Blue, of the North
western Agriculturist, Minneapolis; A.
Gamble. Glencoe
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE presi-
dent has appointed ex-Congressman
Alonzo Crounze, of Nebraska, third as
sistant secretary of the treasury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16

SIXTY THOUSAND workmen of Switzer-
land do embroidery. They are paid
about SlO,OOO,OO0 annually, and their
machines are worth $4,000, 900.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16
Double Murder st waukes

WAUKEsHA, Wis, April 11.-At 10
o'clock Friday night Christian Preise,
aged rs years, and his wife, aged 70
years, were found lying nearly naked
on the floor of their home, the wife
dead and the husband dying. 1t is sup
posed to be double murder.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16
VIII Talk Reciprocity on October IL

OTTAWA, Ont, April 11.-A dispatch
from Sir Julian Pauncefote says that
Monday, October -, has been fixed on
as the date on which President Har-
rison and Mr.. Blaine will meet the Ca
madam delegates to discuss the quss-
tisn Of trade relations.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16
WEST AND SOUTH.

OF R1ce Lake, WIS, broke through the
ice on Birch lake and were drowned.
THE captain of the steamer Earle
Kinsley, from Hiawa, which arrived at
San Francisco, reported that in north
ern China there had been severe flood
and that over 10000 people had been
drowned.
AT Plattsville, Col, two children were
fatally burned by the explosion of a can
of kerosene which they were using to
start fire.
AT White Oaks, n. M, two women
committed suicide by shooting them
selves with the same revolver. They
belonged to wealthy families and left
note saying: Death is sweet, and we
prefer it to life
GEORGE HARRIS, who killed his wife
at Caldwell, O., was sentenced to life
term in the state penitentiary.
LORENZO CRoUNz, ex-congressman
from Nebraska, has accepted the posi-
ton of assistant secretary of the treas
ury to succeed Gen. Batcheller, of New
York.
In Britt, Ia, dozens of cattle, horses
and hogs were dying of hydrophobia.
A mad dog run amuck in that vicinity
several weeks ago.
The Colorado legislature has ad-
journed sine die.
The death of Gen. Lucius J. Gartrell
occurred at Atlanta, Ga. He was at
one time a member of the United States
congress and also of the confederate
congress.
DANIEL G. FowLE, governor of North
Carolina, died suddenly at his home in
Raleigh of heart failure.
S. U. PINNEY was elected Justice of
the supreme court in Wisconsin. He
was the independent candidate nomi-
mated by lawyers.
In Michigan the republicans carried
the state in the recent election BY
about 5000 majority, electing the JUS
tice of the supreme court and two re-
gents of the state university.
ONE of the most prominent business
men in Richmond, Va, Lewis Booker,
was arrested. charged with misappro-
priating 800, 900 of fiduciary funds.
The Michigan salt manufacturers
have formed new organization to con-
troll the price of their product.
The last survivor of the Fort Mirus
massacre near Mobile, Ala, in 1918, A.
j. Morris, died at the age of 100 years.
AT Davenport, Ia, Gilbert Wicks, a
well-known farmer, died suddenly
while in lawyers Office giving in
structions regarding his will.
THE death of Patrick Brennan, aged
102 years, occurred at his home in Hur-
ley, Wis. He leaves 1O4 descendants,
and has the record of voting for the last
twenty presidents.
The governor of Tennessee has re-
ceived the direct tax claims of the
state, amounting to 1892, ,OOO
The oyster beds near New Orleans
were damaged by the crevasse at Ames'
plantation to the extent of $500, 900.
The American association of base
ball clubs opened the championship
season on the Sth.
The firm of Toof, MCGOWAN & Co..
grocers and cotton factors at Mem
phis, Tenn. has failed for S126, 72S.
FIRE nearly destroyed the town of
Tobias. Neb.
1t was claimed by the democrats on
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16

In Philadelphia the suit of T. L. Long
against the Pennsylvania railroad to
recover for trunk lost in the Cone
maugh flood was decided against him.
The Judge said the trunk was lost
through the results of IAN act of God. ~
AN explosion wrecked the government
powder mills at Buceo, N. Y, and ohm
Harlom, Thomas Rogers, George
Thompson and Harry Thompson were
blown to atoms. Fifty persons were
injured, some fatally.
In fire at Rochester, Pa, nine
Italians were burned to death.
AT Lancaster, Pa, Edwin Eberman,
lumber dealer, has assigned, with liza
bilities of about $3OO,OOO.
HARVARD and Yale have completed
arrangements for a series of annual
athletic contests. this years meeting to
be at New Haven, Conn.,, May 16.
AT 6:22 on the evening of the 7th
Phineas T. Barnum, the great show
man. died at his home in Bridgeport,
Conn.,, after an illness of twenty-one
weeks, aged 81 years. He left an es-
tate valued at $l0,OOO,O00
AN explosion in Hungarian board
ing house at Braddock, Pa, burned
! eleven men, four fatally.
AFTER a service of twenty-five years
Senator George +. Edmunds. of Yer.
mont, has resigned from the United
States senate.
The Methodist conference of New
zork has decided overwhelmingly that
h,1 Io %@ %lo
eneral conference.
The new mayor of Philadelphia gives
the police department ten days to get
out of politics or out of the city's EN-,
ploy.
The lecture tour of Henry NJ. Stan
ley in the United States is over. He
said in New York that the total mum be1
of miles he had travelled in all his ex,
ploration of Africa was $4,000, and that
he had beaten the record by over 1900
miles on his lecture journey.
AT Lancaster, Pa, N. Byres & Co.,
lumber dealers, have failed for $19O, OOO
THREE Hungarians who were in the
labor riot at Braddock, Pa, last New
Years day, in which Michael Quinn
was killed, were convicted of murder
and sentenced to be hanged.
THE death of Russell Erret, who took
an active part in the formation of the
republican party and served three
terms in congress, occurred at his home
in Pittsburgh, Pa, aged - years.
AFTER serving nearly forty years as &
missionary in foreign lands, Rev. L. H
Gulich died at Springfield, Mass.
AT Lancaster, Pa, Harry Kaufman
committed suicide by taking arsenic.
His brother died in the same manner
ten days before. They had agreed tc
die together
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
CHARGED WITH CRIME.
Z. K. Bryant, of St. Paul, Charged will
Ks Erho1xIinO 0OK nOn


q Embedding $4,000.
Social and business circles were given
> shock at st. Paul on learning that
Forest E. Bryant, well-known real
estate dealer had been arrested on the
charge of embezzling $25, 900 from the St.
Anthony Park North Improvement Com
pany, of which for the last five years
he had been. secretary. 1t was said
that he admitted his shortage to men,
bers of the company, but waived ex-
animation, and was held to the grand
jury in $4,000. Although a wealthy
man he refused to give bonds, and was
remanded to Jail. The money was said
to have been lost in unremunerative
speculations with the company's funds.
An Electric Mishap.
L The tr9llayN wire on an electric car
line in Minneapolis broke and William
Campbell, the car driver, narrowly es-
eaped sudden death. When the wire
broke the car stopped. The ''live" end
fell across the front end of the car.
The wire guard, the brass hand rail
and other portions of the iron work
were melted by the intense heat of the
current. Campbell jumped over the
end of the railing. Had the end of the
wire touched him he would have died
instantly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16
State Prison Expenses,

The current expenses of the state
prison 4. March amounted to 81, 14S %;
the amount expended on the state ac-
count for TOOLS machinery, ETC., in con-
nection with the twine plant was $685.
O7S33, and $15665 was expended on
permanent improvements.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16
Redwood Gazette.

u so per Year, In Advance.
Published every Thursday, aud entered al
Redwood Falls p. U. as secOnd-clasS matter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-06

due, will be faster than the one produced
by the mating of Ansel and the queen of
the turf.
Kentucky horsemen will try to establish
a standard saddle-horse stud book this
year.
The Tennessee legislature has passed a
bill prohibiting betting on races except at
the tracks where such races are run.
Instantaneous photography will be Civ
en- a thorough trial at the Sacramento
meeting this year. Snap shots, with a
camera, of the finishes will decide all close
races beyond the shadow of a doubt.
c. w. Williams, who bred both Axtell
and Allerton, is quoted as saying: AK
tell is, without doubt. the greatest colt
ever foaled, and the only one that is any,
where near his equal is the great FLY
Suuol, with a two-year-old record OF 2:lS
and three-year-old record of 2:l0l. She
was trained and driven by the greatest
colt-handler in the world. She had more
work as yearling than Axtell had up to
the day he was three years old. She was
fitted for one great mile only. He was
bred to twenty-five mares and shipped all
over the country, trotted in 2:l5l and bet
ter six times. and on five different tracks.
He was handled by young man who had
no experience in developing colts, and who
probably could not have given Sunol a
three-year-old record of 2:20. That being
the case, how fast would Marvin have
driven Axtell had he always had him in
that fast California climate. and had
worked him for one fast mile only as he
did Sunol? He would have gone a mile
the same day over the same track she did
when be got her record in 2:07 or better.
There is as much difference between the
two rs that"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-06
Set duty to music.
HENRY CLAWS FAIR FRIEND.
An 0ctoroon Beauty Who Won tho Affection
OF the Statesman.
World


N. Y. World
Not long ago there was printed an ex-
ceedingly interesting article upon the sub
Ject OF Louisiana octOroons and the old
time custom of utilizing the octoroon
beauties as places for the aristocratic
young men OF that part of the south
There is living in Philadelphia at present
an old lady who was the place of Henry
Clay. She was the daughter OF a wealthy
Louisiana planter, her mother be-
ing beautiful quadroon. As the daugh-
ter grew up she developed great personal
beauty and unusually bright intellectual
qualities. Her father had her thoroughly
educated, and when she was eighteen
years of age he bought a comfortable
home for herself and her mother in Ken
lucky, providing them with money ade-
quate to their support in handsome stvle.
In those days there was but one future
for an octoroon girl; that was to become
the place. or mistress of some rich white
man. She was reared with this inevitable
end in view; it was the custom, and
therefore it was deemed righteous.
During one OF his political campaigns
Henry Clay caught sight of this beautiful
octOroon. He sought her out and found
that she was a girl of culture and refine
ment. She went East with Clay and was
installed in home which he provided in
Philadelphia. Here he was wont to visit
her, running over every week or two from
Washington.
This relationship existed for a number
OF years. When away from her, Clay
wrote daily and these letters are still in
existence.
After Clay's death the young woman
Cd 10 q
ana went to California to live. The hus-
band dying a number of years ago. his
widow returned to Philadelphia, where
she now abides, a lovely old lady, retain
ing to a marked degree her personal
beauty and charming vivacity of her
earlier years. She loves to talk OF her in
timacy with Clay. and her "reminiscences
OF the men and the events of sixty years
ago are most interesting OF her relations
with the great wing leader she speaks
proudly. She followed the custom OF the
time-her acquiescence thereto was inev-
tablet was her fate and she does not
regret il.
To gentlemen in the acquaintance of the
writer this remarkable old lady has read
many of the letters written to her by
Clay, and to one of them she has prom
ised Of we are correctly informed) 20 be-
queath these precious literary relics, with
permission to publish them, discreetly ed
tied. These letters number, as we under
stand, about 200, and they are said to be
marvels OF epistolary art, throwing at the
same time powerful side light upon the
secret history OF contemporary statesmen
and politics.
1t has seemed TO us most remarkable
that with all the enterprise of our collec-
tors, editors and publishers, no effort has
hitherto been made to secure and unfold
to the world what we are certain would
prove a most sensational, most interesting
and most valuable contribution TO Ameri-
can historical literature.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-06

pony, and $50 pet pigeons which she cares
for herself.
When first told few months ago that
che was to be queen she exclaimed in dis
may: "Shall / have to sign all those pa
pers as mamma does?" But queenly du-
ties will not be forced upon her for several
years to come.
Wilhelmina gets up every morning at
o'clock and her study hours are from 9
to y. Then she has her simple MONDAY
meal. She takes rides upon her. pony
every afternoon, no matter what the
weather may be, and, after a dinner at 6
and pleasant evening with her mother,
goes to bed at o'clock. Her governess is
an English woman. Miss Winter.
About S240,000 has been set apart for
the little queens annual household ex-
penses. Her household comprises two
chamberlains, four professors, an equerry,
and two ladies' maids. Besides these she
has military household" whatever that
may be. She lives in a castle
called "Het Loo" surrounded by meadows
and very old trees. In the castle garden
there are beds of of fine tulips, of which
her father was very fond. In his study,
now the young queens private audience
room, is large collection of arms and
armor displayed upon the walls.
IL conclus on, dear 81 Nicholas, let me
give your readers an extract from paper
in the New York Tribune, to which am
indebted for some of the above points:
at has been said of the English par
Lament that there was nothing it could
not do except turn woman into man.
The Dutch high court of justice has just
given proof Of its ability to accomplish
what is beyond the power even OF the
British parliament, by deciding that otli-
Gals and other public servants should
take the oath of allegiance, not to Queen
but to King Wilhelmina. This extra
ordinary decision has been violently at
tackled by the Dutch press as contrary to
common sense, but the high court is far
too Independent a body for there being
any chance of its yielding the point. The
states general alone could declare that
even in Holland queen is not king, but
1t is doubtful if this is done"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-06
An Authority Expects to See Them Lowered
This Year.

An Authority Expects to See Them Lowered
This Year.
An authority on trotting says: "Now
mark my prediction: This will be one of
the greatest years on record for trotters
and PAGERS. Recently have spent much
time among the leading trainers and
owners and the general opinion is similar
to the one have just expressed. There
is already great speculation going on now
as TO whether or not the record of Maud
S will be equaled or beaten this year.
Some very good authorities think il will
be equaled. l am not prepared to go that
far, although it is very difficult to tell
what will be done. Sunol, in the estima-
ton Of many, will beat 200 before next
Christmas day. Some OF the best judges
OF trotters have lately met do not think
the great FLY will get below 200, but the
majority OF judges are inclined to think
that she will equal that mark. But
great horses, and l can speak
with authority about them. refer to
All erton, McDoel and Nancy Hanks. |
will not be surprised if ali these three go
the mile in 2:l0 this year. Alierton is a
great horse. / really expect him to make
a mark CT 2:l0, and if he does it may be
in the third heat Budd Dobe, who GER
tainly is a great Judge, has the greatest
faith in McDoel and Nancy Hanks, and
we all know that both of them are flyers.
This prompts me to predict that one or
both of them will get to the 2:l0 mark.
o. have just said, the year will be a
great one all around. Not only will the
flyers of last year be speedier, but we'll
have nun erous new ones that will startle
the world. In my rounds among the
trainers find there are many rods in
pickle" and that some more sensational
Youngsters will come to the front. or
course | am not at liberty to give any
names at present, but some OF these ex-
pected wonders are west of Pittsburg 1t
is safe to say that there will be more
money in trotting this year than ever be-
fore, because every year is adding men OF
wealth to the trotting track. Why, just
think of it; only two or three years ago
we used to be talking about 2:l3, 2:l4
or a 2:l5 horse as wonder. Now we have
got down tospeculating about 200 or 2:l0.
Surely this is a proof that Americans are
more in love with trotting races now than
they ever were.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-06

able yearning after her, stretch out their
hands toward the absent one, dream OF
her, so men who feel themselves alien TO
God are ever striving after fellowship with
God.-ChrySostom.
No human being, and no society COM
posed OF human beings, ever did or ever
will come to much, unless their conduct
was governed and guided by some ethical
idea.-CritiqlIeS and addresses.
Nihilism from the Latin Mill (nothing)
means simply nottingham, and is the
proper province of those who know MOTH
ing, but whose modesty is not equal to
their ignorance q. IN Thirty thousand
Thoughts
Speculative philosophy. like "specula-
tive" business, affords more blanks than
prizes, and abounds in risks, but not in
satisfactory results.-Ib
PRAYER for pardon is confession, because
be who seeks for pardon confesses fault.
- Tertltllidn
Grant us, oh, Lord, food for today and
faith for tomorrow Yam DOren.
No one can be taught faster than he can
learn.-AnOn.
If we would get into heaven hereafter
we must get heaven into US here.-CGrlos
Martyr.
Sir Isaac Newton was once examining
a new and fine globe when a friend came
into his study who did not believe in a
God but declared that the world came by
chance. The visitor was much pleased
with the handsome globe and asked;
"Who made il ?'
Nobody" answered Newton, at just
happened in here
The gentleman looked up in amaze
ment thinking Sir Isaac had taken leave
of his senses. Then it dawned upon him
that the answer was a shot that had hit
the mark.
No single object within the walls of the
Kremlin at Moscow. that citadel and city
within itself, attracts tue stranger more
than the famous king of bells, which is
said to have been cracked in the furnace,
and which now lies at the foot of VANS
tower. A large piece is broken from the
side, but it weighs l90tons, and is nineteen
feet high and sixty in circumference.
When it was cast in 1888, by order OF the
Empress Anne, the gold, silver and copper
consumed in the operation were valued at
nearly half million dollars. The casting
took place In the presence OF the court
ladies and with religious ceremonies, and
the royal women We'd with each other in
throwing gold ornaments worn on their
persons in the great caldron OF molten
metal. Doubtless this very generosity
served to impart brittleness to the material.
The largest bell in actual use is also in
Moscow, and weighs over lbs tons. The
great bell of Pekin, China, weighs fifty
three tons, and that which hangs in the
Cologne cathedral weighs over twenty-five
tons.
There is always danger in delay when
duty calls for immediate action. The
steamship Central America, disabled at
sea, hoisted signals of distress. ship
came to her side.
What is amiss?" cried the captain.
ave are going down." was tine answer.
"Lie by til morning"
'Let me take some of your passengers
now" shouted the captain.
Lie by until morning." came back
from the deck OF the steamer.
Once more the captain renewed his
earnest entreaty and was again refused.
An hour and half afterwards the lights
OF the Central America were missed.
She had sunk with all on board.