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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

ROBERT COCHRAN and his wife died
within an hour of each other at Belle
fontaine, o. They had been married
sixty -four years.
DURING a storm six persons were
drowned pear Stelacour, Wash, by the
upsetting of boat on Puget sound.
IT was said that F. A. Harter, paying
teller In the Detroit national bank at
Detroit, Mich, was over $4,000 short
n his accounts.
The hanging of Forrest Thomas
(colored) took place at Greenville,
Miss, for the murder of Hay ward Bry.
ant in November, 1890.
THE marriage of Felix Bohannon,
aged Sc years, and Miss Americas Legg,
aged 10, occurred near English, Ind.
The bride was reared by the old man.
AT the age of 1903 years Isaac Anglin
died at his home near Warsaw, Ind.
The supreme court of Indiana has
decided that a woman has a right to
sue anyone for damages who alienates
her husbands affections
The governor of Minnesota has issued
circular letter asking the people of
his state to help the poor in Russia.
In the Eighth congressional district
of Virginia E. E. Meredith dem. was
elected to congress to succeed the late
Gen. Lee.
THE Cleveland theater, at Cleveland,
O., was destroyed by fire, entailing a
loss of 100000.
In Michigan the average condition
of wheat was reported at 90 per cent,
,, against 1O2 per cent. one year ago.
During the month of November 1885,
PCS bushels of wheat were marketed.
TALroN HALL, who claimed that dur
ing his life he had killed ninety-nine
men, was arrested at Memphis, Tenn.
FIVE girls and one boy and five fire.
men lost their lives in two fires at
Louisville, KY.
FLAMES destroyed the American
house at Waukesha, Wis, the guests
escaping in their night-clothes.
EVERY building but two in the viii
lage of Pinos Altos, N. NJ, was de-
stroyed by fire.
FIRE destroyed Rudersdorf's hotel
and the offices of the Chronicle, the
Sun, the Eagle and the Star at Madi-
son, Wis.
NEAR La Junta, Col. Kit Carson, a
son of the famous scout of the same
name, murdered his mother-in-law and
father-in-law and escaped. Family
trouble was the cause.
FLAMES destroyed the entire business
portion of Red Key, Ind.
JOHN BROWN and George Starkey
were convicted at Alton, ILL.,, of the
murder of ex-State Senator Gillian and
sentenced to thirty years each in the
penitentiary.
MILLS in the Duluth (Minn.) district
cut 253, 800, 600 feet during the lum Der
season lately closed, against els, 600, ooo
feet last year.
FIRE at Ardmore, I. T., destroyed the
greater part of the business section
and about twenty-five dwellings,.
AT Seattle, Wash, the Mechanic
Mills Company's factory was burned,
causing a loss of $4,000; insurance,
! S2S OOO
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
TRADE WITH GERMANY.

Oncial Correspondence in Regard to the
Reciprocity Arrangement Published.
WASHINGTON Dec. 12.-Official cor
respondence has been made public set
ting forth the details of the reciprocity
arrangement entered into between
the United States and Germany
whereby the sugar of the latter secures
continued free admission into the
United States and sundry Amer
lean products named in an accom-
panying schedule obtained admis-
sion into Germany at the rates
agreed upon. This table shows a
reduction in the German tariff
duties on wheat of 80 per cent.
rye 80 per cent, oats 37I per cent.
corn 20 per cent, butter Is per cent,
sailed and picked pork and beef Is
per cent, wheat, -four and cornmeal so
per cent The arrangement was sub
mitted to the German reichstag on the
18th inst, and. # approved by that body,
will 60 into effect February next
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
DEATH BY FREEZING.
A Russian Meets His Fate in q North d
kota Blizzard.

Russian Meets HIS Fate IN North Ia
kota Blizzard.
ELLENDALE, N. d., Dec. 12.-The re-
mains of Matthew Rumford, Russian.
were found in the hills SO miles west
of here, having persisted in the great
blizzard which prevailed all over the
northwest last week. He was found
resting against large stone about
half mile from house. He had I'M
hitched his team and tied them to
the wagon and apparently tried to find
the house not far from which he met
his death. Eenry Miller, another Rus
sian, was found on the prairie with
both feet so badly frozen as to make
amputation necessary. Much suffer
ing to the pc opIe and stock is reported
from the counties west of here by last
weeks blizzard.
JUNIATA, Neb, Dec. 12.-Burton,
son Of Hon. E. A. Waldron, living B
miles northeast of here, left home
three weeks ago and nothing was seen
or heard of him until Friday af-
ternoon when Alvin Wells found the
remains of the missing young man in
haystack. The body was horribly
frozen and the face withered and dried.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
A MURDER CONFESSED.
Henry Suher Saves the Lives of Ten Me
Sentenced to he Hanged.

Henry Suber Saves the Lives of Ten Men
Sentenced to he Hanged.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. Zone of the
most remarkable cases that has ever
come to light in this state developed in
the state supreme court Thursday, and
as result the necks of the ten
negroes under sentence of death
in Laurens county for the murder
of Thornton Nance some months
ago will be saved They were SEN
fenced by the supreme court, and
the motion was to suspend the hearing
in the supreme court and transfer it
back to the circuit court. The ground
of the motion was the confession of
another negro, Henry Suber, who was
recently arrested, to the effect that he
was the murderer. He confesses to the
crimes and says he shot Nance and
killed him. The supreme court granted
the motion and sent the case back to
the circuit court for a new trial.
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Identified,

The Man Who Tried to Kill Russell Sage
Was Henry L. NOrcrOss, Boston
Broker, Who Was . Crank on the Sub
ject OF Obtaining Money.
Boston. Dec. l2.-Henry L. Norcross,
of Sargent avenue, Somerville, a note
broker doing business at - Pearl
street, has not been seen at his Office
since the middle of last week, and the
other occupants of the house say he
was killed in railway accident about
that time.
New York detectives were in town
Friday trying to identify the missing
man as the mysterious bomb thrower
in Russell Sage's office last Friday.
trousers button and portions of the
trousers worn by the bomb thrower as
we'll as piece of his coat snd portions
of his upderclothing. According to a
local paper these were taken to the
Norcross residence and the undercloth-
ing positively identified by Mrs Nor
cross as belonging to her husband On
the trousers of the dead man were but
tons bearing the print Brooks, Tailor,
Boston"
Further investigation leaves scarcely
any room for doubt that the bomb
thrower and Henry L. Norcross are
Identical His father, who was seen,
believes that such is the fact. The
Identification of the clothing has been
made complete by the discovery that
the number upon the portion of the
trousers worn by the bomb
thrower and brought here from New
York corresponds exactly with the num-
Der against the name of Norcross on
the books of Brooks, the Washington
street tailor, who made suit of clothes
for Norcross last October. Mr.. Nor
cross, Sr., says that his son left home
the day preceding the New York af-
fair, stating that he was going on d
business trip, first to Providence,
thence to Hartford, New Haven, Wor-
cester and Fitchburg. Since then he
has not been seen by the members of
his family.
Henry L. Norcross, who certainly
has not been seen at his place of bust
ness and has not been home in Somer-
Vile since before the day, a week ago,
on which the life of Russell Sage was
threatened, is about % years of age.
Though coming from well-connected
family he was poor boy, and his sole
am bition, it is said, was to get rich.
On this subject he was thorough
crank, and never ceased talking to his
friends about his numerous schemes.
He was naturally of dissatisfied, mo-
rose temperament.
New YORK, Dec. 12.- Herbert M.
, Howes, of Somerville, schoolmate of
Henry L. Norcross, who is now sup
posed to have thrown the dynamite
bomb in Russell Sage's Office, came to
this city Friday night. At late hour
Mr.. Howes saw the head of the dyna-
inter and stated that in his opinion
there was little or no question that it
was that of Norcross.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

SPEAKING OF the decision annulling
the charita ble provisions of the Ogden
will and the Tilden will. the New York
Herald says: 1t would seem that if a
man wishes to trust lis chosen friends
with the spending of his money after
bis death lie should have a legal right
to do so But by the law of New York
that privilege is den ed. The theory
of the law is that the trustees may
abuse the trust confded to them
That, however, is the business of the
testator, not the courts If he is will
ing to confide in his trustees no one
else has any right to complain" Still,
such is the law,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

So FAR as numbers are concerned
the Indian population of the country is
no longer formidable. The total In
dian population of the United States is
only 249,273. Of these only 133, 3s2, ex-
elusive of a few prisoners of war and
convicts, are under the control of the
Indian office-not taxed or taxable
Many of these are children and women
and of the bl ayes the greater mum Der
are peaceable. Twice as much money
is expended yearly now on Indian edu-
cation as in 1888, and that policy pur-
sued for few years longer will, it is
believed, almost eliminate the Indian
question from American politics.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
BURNED IN THE DEBRIS.

Houses Blown Down by n Gale in Cali
fornia One Life Lost.
Los ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 12.-The
windstorm Thursday night did consid-
cradle damage in the country just
north of here. At Glendale several
small houses were blown down,
roofs taken off and a number
of outbuildings demolished. At Verdu-
90 the residence of c. V. Brown was
blown down and caught fire from an
overturned lamp Mrs Brown per-
ished in the flames. A great many
oranges were blown off the trees.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
LATER.
Ouadruple M urder.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Dec.-The scene
of the quadruple murder of Saturday
was the house of Frank Packwood,
standing in the center of an orange
grove on the banks of the Hillsborough
river, eight miles south of New Smyrna.
Packwood is native of Louisiana, but
has lived near New Smyrna for over
fifteen years. The names of the per-
sons murdered were: Miss A. H. Bruce
of New York city, Frank Bruce Pack
wood; Mrs. L. D. Hatch and her boy,
six years old.
MARTIN BLEpMAN fell off train on
the elevated railroad in New York, the
18th, and was instantly killed.
Michael Davitt, the famous Irish
leader, was seriously wounded during
riot in Waterford City, the 18th, Mr..
Davitt and William O'Brien had gone
to Waterford to support the candida
ture of Mr.. Kean, the nominee of the
McCathyites, for the seat in parliament
made vacant by the death Of Richard
Power. The riot was vicious one and
Mr.. Davitt was hit in the head with a
stone.
The congregation of Monaghan mis-
sions at Schent have received news
confirming the report that 500 native
Christians have been massacred in the
Patton district, and that all the Euro
peans there escaped.
PROF. SMITH, for twenty-five years
president of the Drew Seminary, Car
mel, n, Y, died on the 18th.
THE sales of Montana cattle this year
will reach $40, 900, 900. The highest fig
ures ever before reached were s., OOO,-
600.
In 1889 the wife of man named Bon
der disappeared in Paris, France Re-
cent communications led the police to
search Bonder's house, when the body
of the woman was found hanging in a
chimney. The corpse had been dried
and blackened by the heat and smoke
Of nearly three years.
The U. 8. steamship Baltimore left
Valparaiso, Chilli, on the 18th for San
Francisco. The Yorktown is now the
only American warship at Valparaiso,
but she will be joined there in about
ten days by the cruiser Boston, which
rallied from Montevideo few days ago.
DENNIS O'NE1L, a railway foreman at
Grand Junction, Colo, on the 18th
placed some frozen dynamite near the
fire to thaw out. One OF the sticks ex-
plcded killing O'Neil and injuring three
Italians. 4.
CASTLE, of Minnesota is chairman of
the congressional mileage committee,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

DR. WALTER WYMAN, supervising
surgeon general of The marine hospital
service, in his annual report, states that
So, 992 sailors were treated in the va
rious marine hospitals and dispensaries
of the service during the fiscal year
1891. One thousand three hundred and
thirty-three surfmen and keepers Of
the life saving service were examined
physically, of which number fifty-nine
were rejected for disease or disability;
i,lS2 pilots were examined for color
blindness, Of which number twenty
nine were rejected; 24$ seamen were
examined for enlistment in the ma
rine service and thirty eight re elected
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
OF the explosive used in the assault

OF the explosive used in the assault
upon Russell Sage New York expert
says: II am almost certain that dyna-
mite was the cause of the disaster
The odor was unmistakable. Nobil-
ing's gelatine is the most powerful
form of dynamite known. 1t is made
of nitro. glycerine and collodion. Rack
arock is another form. The amount
used was at least a pound. If
the bomb, or whatever it might have
been, had been thrown in a closed
room without windows the building
would have gone down. Usually in
these cases a time fuse IS used, OF the
taaR might hsye bad ss slssstis primer,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

THE American colony in Rome num-
bers nearly two thousand members,
though this numb fuctuates with the
changing seasons. Among the Ameri-
cans who have become permanent resi-
dents of the Eternal City are Story, the
sculptor, and the banker Hooker.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

THIS country came near having Cres-
centia as the name of one of it's states,
instead of Maryland. 1t was originally
intended to give that name to the prov.
ince granted as proprietary govern
ment to Lord Baltimore, but when the
charter was presented to Charles /.
for his signature he struck out that
name and substituted maryland" in
honor of his queen, Henrietta Maria, of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

ANDREW JACKSON, when judge of the
supreme court, held the first court ever
convened in Tennessee under an old
sycamore tree at Eliza bethton, and a
photograph of that historic tree is one
of the priced possessions of Tennes-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

GEORGE w. ALLEN, better known as
Land Bill Allen" died in an Ohio
poorhouse. He spent handsome for
tune in getting his homestead law be-
fore the people, and many thousands
owe their beautiful homes to his untir.
ing labors His original bill of i 63 has
been many times amendc |, but its
principles have been preserved. Now
that he is dead there is movement to
raise monument to his memory
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

gan his career as q
lad in waiting on
Queen Victoria in
1916. His diplo-
matte triu m p h 8
were begun in 1855,
when he was at
tached to the Aus
trian mission. In
1850 he was the
British con- mission
er to Syria, and in
1854 entered the
cabinet as under
secretary for India.
Two years later he
became under sec
rotary OF war. In
1879 Lord Dufferin
was appointed gov
ernor general of
Canada, which po-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

BY the recent earthquake in japan
500, 900 persons were left homeless and
destitute, and an appeal for aid has
been made to the United States
DURING the terrible storm al along
the French coast one herring smack at
Fieldcamp foundered and her crew of
twenty-four persons were drowned.
In a railway collision between Odeon
and Lahore, in 1noia, thirty -four per-
sons were killed and many injured.
In Brazil President Peixotto has is
sued manifesto declaring members of
Dictator Fonseca's government traitors
to the constitution.
A MINE explosion in Russian Poland
killed 1so men and forty horses were
also lost
In the state of Rio de Janeiro the
situation was becoming critical. The
insurgents had established provision
al government and had selected Para
hyoa as their capital.
THE Russian treasury at Vladivstock
was robbed of $3.50, 900.
THE statement of President Har-
rison in his message On Gillian affairs
was regarded by chilians at Valparaiso
as meaning rupture between the two
countries, as it was not believed that
the Gillian government would consent
either to apologize or make any mate
rial indemnity.
A STORM did enormous damage in
Cork and all over the south of Ireland.
AT Buda Pesth a blacksmith killed
his wife and three children. He then
committed suicide after setting fire to
the house.
BY the wrecking of the French bark
Leonore, Capt Barnard, off Numble's
Head, Eng, twelve of the crew were
drowned.
THROUGHOUT Bavaria storms of great
severity ragged and scores of lives were
lost and an immense. amount of prop
erty was destroyed.
AT Garlitz, in Prussian Silesia,
Adolph Albert, prominent banker,
embezzled 1900, 900 marks and fed
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

/ Gov. JONES, the head of the Choctaw
nation, is pacific savage, clad in store
clothes He wears a stubby gray mus
tache, a portentous watch chain and
diamond pin nesting in a sky blue
cravat. He talks very little English.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

A MOST remarkable alliance between
two familie, is reported from the
parish of st. Marie Beauce, Can. Two
respectable farmers named Rheaume
and NORM had each eight children,
four sons AMI four daughters.
Rhcaume's four sons married Morin' 8
four daughters. and the four sons of
the latter joined Their fortunes to the
four daughters of the former. The eff
spring of the first four unions up to
date humber thirty-nine and of the lat
ter thirty-tive children.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

THE earl of Dudley holds the largest
life insurance ever effected, the amount
being for Sc, 900, 900. Second in the
list, it is said, comes Mr.. Wanamaker,
whose policies Of $3.50, 900 exceed
that of the czar of all the Russias by
$3.50, oo0 Fourth comes the prince of
Wales, whose life is insured for ST.
60S non
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
Failed to Stand the Test.

Fort WORTH, Tex, Dec. ~. The
supreme court of Texas has declared the
alien land law, passed at the last session
of the legislature, was unconstisution-
al This decision was hailed with joy
by business enterprises throughout the
state, hundreds of which enterprises
have foreign capital invested This
decision means a new era for Texas.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
Mr.. BLAINE is a difficult man to i,

Mr. BLAINE is a difficult man to in
terview. He is very reticent Post
master General Wanamaker talks
guardedly, but is affable, and general
ly popular with interviewers. Secre-
taries Tracy and Foster are very ap-
proachable. The president does his
talking through "Lige" Halford, his
secretary and all that comes through
that source can be put in a nutshell
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

| OVER three hundred thousand orange
trees have been planted within the past
year on the Inc of the Monterey &
Gulf railroa in Mexico by p anters
who have been enga gel in orange cul-
ture in Californ a.
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THREE KILLED AT ONCE.

Disastrous Collision on the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad-Eisht Men Also Hurt, Some
Fatally.
ANNA, Ill, Dec. IA head-end col
lision occurred on the Mobile & Ohio
railroad miles above Jonesboro
Thursday night between a freight train
and construction train. Engineer G..
S. Flippin, of Murphysboro, and two la
borers, Simeon Oleson and James Miller,
were killed, and eight others injured,
some fatally. large amount of rolling
stock was damaged. The collision was
caused by the engineer of the construc-
ton train reading an order wrong.
Mormons Will Not Ask for Statehood
WASHINGTON, Dec IL. - Delegate
Caine, of Utah, denied the report that
Mormons were contemplating the in
PRODUCTION of bill comforting state
hood on the territory. He says that he
has not heard of such an intention on
the part of anyone, and Il at he GER
tainly has no bill of that KIN in view
himself
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

PROF. ROWLAND, of Johns Hopkins
university, has invented ii machine that
will draw fifty thousand parallel lines
to the irch with perfect regularity. Its
great value viii be to astronomers for
ruling speculum metals
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
As Father Pays 1t All.

TIPToN, Ind, Dec. 12.-Charles Sam
uels, the forger, is still at large. In
vestigation has developed $4,000 more
of spurious paper His father has paid
all the fere Il amounts
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

AFTER making two or three fortunes
for others Rlinl Tom. the musical
prodigy, has been turned over to an in
sane asylum to close out his remaining
DAYS of life
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sition he held until 1878. Since then he has
been British minister to St. Petersburg, Con-
stantinople and Rome, and also viceroy OF In
dia. He was created an earl in 1871 and to a
marquisate more recently. He succeeded Mr.
Smith as warden of the cinque ports.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

A BRONZE sta ne OF William Fem.
thirty -seven feet in height, will be ex-
hibited ut the worlds far by the city
of Philadelphia After the fair the
statue will crown the new Philadelphia
oity hall
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

THERE are five hundred missionaries
in Africa, and the professed converts
number more than twenty-five thou
sand year Two hundred white and
colored martyrs have lost their lives
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

The statistics of the British house of
commons show that the annual revenue
of the Church of England from ancient
endowments amounts to SIS, 4S7, 1855.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17
Twelve Mon Drowned.

LONDON, Dec. I2.-The French bark
Leonore, Capt Barnard, which sailed
from Coossw November 1S for Swan
sea, has been wrecked on Mumble's
head The vessel - fast breaking mn.
The crew Of twelve peTe drowned.
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Hundreds Reported Drowned.

LONDON, Dec Il. A, dispatch to the
Times from Singapore states that Sc
we're gale prevailed at Hong Kong,
December 4. A large number of Chi
nese vessels of all descriptions were
destroyed and hundreds of Chinese
sailors and laborers engaged about the
harbor were drowned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

DoMENCIo NoCCHIA, an old brigand
and murderer, who had spent sixty
years in prison, was recently liberated
in Italy. He is So years old