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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27
THE EAST.

THE firm of Johnston, Tallman &
Co., importers of fireworks at New
York, failed for 100000.
/ On plea of guilty Assistant Cashier
Lawrence, of the keystone national
bank of Philadelphia, was sentenced to
eight years in prison.
FIRE destroyed the Damon iron works
at Cam bridge, Mass, causing loss of
$4,000
AT Middletown, N. Y, Philip Nc
Auley celebrated his 1O2d birthday.
A FIGHT occurred during Hungarian
christening party at Ashland, Pa, in
which four men were fatally hurt.
AT Wilton, Danbury and Bethel. in
Connecticut, buildings were shaken and
people badly frightened by violent
earthquake shock.
REPUBLICANS of Pennsylvania in con-
vention at Harrisburg adopted plat
form which indorses President Har-
rison's administration, the Mckinley
bill, favors liberal pensions to soldiers,
approves tie ballot-reform law. recog-
nizes the rights of labor, and eulogizes
the course taken by Mr.. Blaine as Sec
retary of state. David M. Gregg, of
Berks county, was nominated for state
auditor, and John w. Morrison, of AL
legheny county, for state treasurer.
On the 10Th President Harrison was
present at the dedication of the monu-
ment erected at Bennington, VT, to
commemorate the victory of the Ver-
mont and New Hampshire militia
under Gen. Stark over deta chment of
Burgoynes army. 1t was also the CEN
tennial anniversary of the admission of
Vermont as a state into the federal
union.
In the jail at Buffalo, N. Y, Anna
Gorosows!li and Catherine Schmidt
hanged themselves with pieces of bed
clothing.
H. G. MULLIGAN, John Lawtou and
j. T. Hickey ere killed by the cars at
Utica, N. Y.
THE failure of the Frederick Homer
Brewing Company of Brooklyn for
$5O0,0O was reported.
w. j. AEKELL rendered President
Harrison a banquet at Mount McGreg
or, n. Y. en- the Goth in honor of his
5sth birthday.
LEMON ELLSWORTH shot and killed
Mrs. Amanda Either, widow aged 43,
at Lancaster, Pa, and then committed
suicide.
IN New York flames destroyed the
buildings of l.. II. Mace Il Co.. manu-
facturers of refrigcrators, toys and
woodward of various descriptions
Loss, $3.50, 900.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

praCt1Ce q " q III WALTER 1. BRAGG.
March, 1877. when he was appointed an inter
state commissioner by President Cleveland.
He was chairman Of the democratic state ex.
ecutivecommittee in Alabama in 1s74.56 In
1875 he represented Alabama in the national
democratic committee when the national con-
vention Of his party met in St. Louis. In 1877
he was appointed commissioner to settle,
and did SETTLE the bonded debt of the city of
Montgomery. In 1873 he was elected the first
president Of the Alabama State Bar associa-
tion. In 1880 he was chosen elector for the
state at large on the Hancock and English
ticket. In March, 1881, he was elected presi-
dent Of the Alabama railroad commission by
the Legislature, to which office he was again
elected in 1888, his second term expiring in
March, 1881. In January, 1889, Mr.. Bragg was
reappointed an interstate commerce commits
sioner by President Cleveland.1
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

BY an overflow of the St. Marie river
at Port au Prince thirty lives were lost.
IT was said the great powers would
unite in Furnishing China for the
wrongs done to foreigners during the
recent riots which the government re.
fused to redress.
BY railroad collision near Zolli-
kofen, Switzerland, fourteen persons
were killed and twenty -four seriously
injured.
FLAMES ruined the large Wilhelm
chemical factory at Reudnitz Saxony,
causing loss of million marks.
IT was stated that President Balma-
ceda, of Chilli, had issued S12, oOO, 900 of
fifty-cent paper money, and that it was
compulsory on all to receive it.
THE execution of William Turner,
the murderer of little Barbara Water
house, occurred at Leeds, Eng Tur-
PASSENGER trains collided near Os-
trowo, Prussia, and ten persons were
killed and many injured.
IT was said that Premier Abbott, OF
Canada, was arranging for a reciprocity
treaty between Canada and the United
States.
IN Austria the village of Kollmann
was flooded by clcudburst and forty
persons were drowned and half the
houses in the town destroyed.
WHILE bathing Bella Nichol, aged 9
years, and her brother Willie, aged 6,
were drowned at Brockville, Ont.
A sCAFFOLD at Nordenhamm, Ger
many, upon which a large number of
men were working collapsed, killing
fourteen men and seriously injuring
forty others.
AT Martinique, in the West Indies, a
hurricane destroyed every sail in port.
Houses were also damaged and great
many lives lost.
THE Canada crop of wheat this year
exceeds anything in the history of the
dominion, it being estimated at 63, ,OOO,-
coo bushels, of which 33, OOO, 900 bushels
will be for export.
THE Anglo bank at Mel.
bourne suspended with liabilities OF
$G00,0 900.
A RANCH owner named Marciano Me
dina, living in the United States OF
Colon bia, has confessed to numbering
his thirteen children. He objected to
the expense of bringing them up
SIXTY persons lost their lives in the
recent hurricane at Martinique, West
Indies, and twenty vessels were
wrecked, among them the American
brig Ned White.
NINE. PATTI will make an operate
tour of the United States in the late
ltumn and winter
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How to stop IN Express.

Suburban Resident-See here, siri
You told me that that country place I
bought Of you was only thirty-fve min
utes from the city. %. ..,.sgsgy
City Agent-Yes, sir, thirty-fve min
utes by express. You remember. when
we went out to look at it the time was
thirty-fve minutes exactly. ata-,
''But, confound it, sir, the express
trains don't stop there, not one of them,
and the accommodation takes about an
hour and half" II
lyon and I went by express, and it
stopped for US, you know"
"Yes, I know; but it hasn't stopped
since"
1T will stop II you hire man at your
station to buy through ticket for
somewhere. That's the way did the
day we went out. Good News.
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Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE exchanges at the leading clear.
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
$94O, ,279,94o, against $1,oO1,a+5, 267 the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1899 the decrease
amounted to l6.1.
DURING the week ended August Is
the issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints was $455. 232. The issue
during the corresponding week last
year was $623, 46S.
IN the United States the visi bic sup
ply of grain on the 18th was: Wheat,
1856, $50 bushels; corn, 3, ,S55, 104 BUSH
els; oats, 2,2OS, 237 bushels
The secretary of the treasury says
there is marked improvement in the
monetary situation in the country.
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WAS SHORT OF FUNDS.

The American wheel Company Makes an
Assignment = Assetss and Liabilities
Among the Millions.
81. CHICAGO, Aug: 22.-The American
Wheel Company, the largest of its kind
in the world, having works throughout
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and other
states, has failed. The assets are ST.
100, 900; liabilities about $2,0oO,0 900.
Judge Blodgett, of the federal district
court, has made Noble e. Butler re-
ceiver.
The failure was caused by the great
stringency in the money market during
the last six months. the company being
prevented from issuing any part of its
unused capital stock on which it had
depended for funds to meet it's OBJ
legations maturing during the period
from May to November. This period
was the dullest period in the carriage
wheel business, and to make matters
worse creditors of the company holding
accommodation paper became cautious
and refused to renew or extend these
obligations, which were secured by the
plants of the company.
lis claimed by the company's attor-
neys that the Embarrassment will be
but temporary, and that within a
month the receiver will be discharged
and the control of the business be re-
turned to the company's officers.
The company is an Illinois corpora
ton, but has little property in this
state. The heaviest stockholders live
in Indiana. Julius F. Pratt, one of
the heaviest Indiana stockholders, who
represents other stockholders whose in
terests amount to 81, 500, 900, applied for
the appointment of receiver. The bill
states that the receiver was asked for
at the request and for the benefit of
all the shareholders The assets,
the bill stated, consist of sites,
manufacturing plants, machinery and
products in various cities in the seven
states named, and are distributed as
follows: Indiana, $1,5OO, 900; Ohio,
81, 600, 900: Michigan, $40, 900; Pennsyl-
vania, 1920, 200; New York, $s5, 900;
Massachusetts,, Sc, 900; Illinois, $40, 900;
other assets, accounts, bills receivable
and cash on hand, $500, 900; total, $4, 1885,
600. The liabilities are: Bills of ex-
change, promissory notes, drafts. ac-
ceptances and other evidences of in
debtedness, $1,75O,O 900; further indebt-
edness for labor, $4,000; total, $780,
OOO
The bill states that the company was
organized in 1889, with capital of
So, 900, 900, to engage in the manufac-
ture of wheels for all kinds of vehicles.
Plants were tablished at Indian
apolis. Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, St
Mary's, Ind; Miamisburg, Sydney,
Gallon, Sandusky and Ottawa, O.; Jack
son and Kalamazoo, Mich; Vest
chester, Pa, and Syracuse and Shorts
vile, N. Y. The plants at
all these places are being oper-
ated. When the business of the
company began stock was issued and
paid for to the amount of So, 3O5, 57S.
With this capital the company erected
the above plants and also purchased
large amounts of machinery, horses,
wagons and drays and material used in
the manufacture of wheels, and the
property is now located in the follow.
ing cities: Huntington, Mount Vernon,
Osgood, Titusville, Auburn and Sam
onia, Ind; Lansing, Mich, and Van
Vert and Scott, o. All these plants
were conducted as one business.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

The report of State Treasurer Bob
Letter is just out. The actual state debt,
after deducting investments in sinking
fund and cash in redemption fund, is
81, 1876, 1875. The investments in the
state trust funds are as follows: Per-
manent school fund, S9,27s, 94s. 2e; per-
manent university fund, $959, sss. 4e; in
terest improvement land fund (sink.
inR), $2,157,25793
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

A hurricane demolished a Chippewa
Indian village at Sawyer.
After looking over the field the st.
Paul knitting works pulled up stakes
and went to Minneapolis.
Burglars cracked the post office safe
at Bird Island, but they were fright
ened away before securing anything,
leaving their tools behind.
The Duluth street railway has been
placed in the hands of a receiver.
The vessel tonnage for July at Duluth
was $50, S92 tons, 10000 in excess of the
same month last year.
James Blair was struck by . 500
train in North Minneapolis and killed.
Burglars blew open the safe of Kerick
& Moeglein at Little Falls, securing
$140 in cash.
DIR. T. Il. Wells, rector of St. Marks
church at Minneapolis, died on his way
back from Japan.
Hail destroyed several hundred acres
of crops in osakis township; partly in
sured.
Jacob Mehl, German farmer, was
gored to death by a mad bull near
Northfield.
William Binter, boy aged IA years,
was drowned in the Mississippi river at
Winona.4-.
An insane man giving the name of
Matthias Jung was captured at Winona.
He said he had been in the asylum for
five years. He was taken to Rochester.
Sister Oswalder, connected with St.
Joseph's Catholic school at Waconia,
fell into cistern and was drowned.
An 11-year-old boy named George
Brayton was kicked in the face by a
horse at Gary and will be disfigured for
life.
Bishop Golfer, of, Winona, has re-
ceived a cablegram from Cardinal Ram
polla at Rome conveying Pope Leo's
blessing to the Catholic Total Absti-
nence union of America.
The most terrific storm that ever
passed over that section of Minnesota
struck Ellsworth and left the town q
pretty complete wreck. No lives were
lost. There was not q building IL the
village that was not hit by the storm
and blown away. The loss would reach
$25, 900. .5-. :
Little Willie, the adopted son Of
William Ochs, while trying to cross the
Minnesota river at Chasks in ski6
with several small boys, fell overheard
and was drowned.
The current expenses of the state
prison at Stillwater. for July were g.
$50. The appropriation for. state ac-
count is "a. 1s0. So; $357.S2 has been ex-
pended for permanent improvements. !,
Mrs. Cora Belle Fellows is living
happily at Warrington with her Indian
husband, (Chaslka), who took the name
of Campbell when leaving his tribe,
and is annoyed at the stories current to
thA seutesSy.
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A Storm at Lake Benton.

A hailstorm at Lake Benton de.
stroyed nearly every pane Of glass on
the north and west sides of buildings,
10 being broken in the schoolhouses
hJone. In Lincoln county everything
II the shape of uncut grain in the
path of the storm was annihilated.
This was sad blow to the farmers as
everything indicated the largest crop
ever harvested.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27
CHURCHES.

DRESBYTERIAN.-Dr ]. G. Riheldaher,
l. pastor. Services every Sabbath at TO- 80
O'Clock AN. and at o'clock P. n. Sab
bath school at L. o'clock N.
N NETH0DIST.-Rev. F. A Cone, Pastor.
Au Services every Sabbath, at 1880 o'clock
A. II. and al Pm Sabbath school at 12k.
THRISTIAN. Preaching on every Lords
~ Day at 1880 o'clock A. NJ. and p. NJ, by
J. G. Harrison. Sunday School at u n.
ENP1SCOPAL.-Churc Of The Holy Com
Ia munion. Rev. s. b. Purves. Service
every Sunday, except the last Sunday in the
month, at lv:O A. u. and P N. sunday
school at l2M.
y NATEOLIC.-Timeso Of service to be ~
~ nOunCed hereafter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

1T is not an unheard-of thing for
man to delegate to his wife the care of
his wardrobe and the task of keeping
the run of his social engagements, but
who ever heard of man who had to be
sent to his meals? In Brunswick, Me-,
there is such man. His wife was
away and he was to take his meals at a
restaurant The first day of her alb
sence he paid no attention to the sup
per hour, but kept right on working
until it was time to close his place of
business, when he went home and re-
tired without any supper The next
day he went to his business early. neve
thinking of breakfast till II o'clock
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27
An EgQtfSf.

A New York club man, not above the
average in brains, was visiting De-
troit girl recently, and when he went
away she was asking one of her friends
about him.
II liked him well enough" she said,
'but he talked horse too much. Did you
notice that?"
"Wel, no." was the hesitating reply,
mot exactly. He talked donkey to me
mostly"
Il don't quite understand" she said.
puzzled somewhat.
"Why, he talked about himsclf."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

AN English army officer just from
Chill says: 'As fighters the Chilians
are brave lot of fellows There is no
such thing as funk among them, a a
all they need to win victories is good
leaders They are naturally inclined
to be cruel in warfare, but when they
are led by educated men, as in the case
of the congressional army, their meth
odS cannot be criticised'
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ceived a liberal educa-
tion in Arkansas and at
H ward university.
Immediately prior to
the late war he lived in
Camden, Ark, where he
practiced law for a
short time. When hos
tilities began he entered
the confederate my
and served throughout
the war, and at its ter
min alton settled in
Marion, where he mar
ried and resumed thes
practice of law. In the;
spring Of 1871 he m we'd
to Montgomery, A.a.,
where he continued to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27
Her Mother Objected.

William Bender, manager of the In
diana branch of the Anhauser-B Busch
Brewing association at Fergus Falls,
eloped with Kate Bell, one of the best
known young society ladies of that
city, and the couple were married at
Ashby. The cause of the elopement
was opposition by the mother of the
bride to the match, because Bender
had been divorced from his former
wife,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

some recently published figures will
give an idea of the enormous growth of
British spheres of influence" in Africa
during the last fifteen years In 1876
the total area was little less than
100000 square miles, now it is only a
little less than 100000 square miles.
The West Coast colonies have increased
from $4,000 to $4,000 square miles, and
Cape Colony and it's dependencies from
100000 to 10000, while to these terri
tories must now be added the 400. 900
square miles of the Royal Niger Com
pany, the 100000 square miles of the
South African Company and the 400, 700
square miles of British East Africa.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

The costliest dresses in the world are
worn by the women of Sumatra. They
are made of pure gold and silver. After
the metal is mined and smclted it is
f rned into fine wire, which is woven
into cloth and afterward made into
dresses
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

TIE Countess Aymery de la Roche
foucauld is said to be the most beau
tiful woman of this century. Her
profile is stril1ingly like that of Marie
Antoinette and her hair is of the
real shade possessed by the martyr
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27
The Engins Of Civilization.

Rural Editor-Have you finished that
editorial on the recent mistakes of the
young German emperor? -
Assistant-Yes, just got through.
ibid you write any article on the
Italian question:"
"Yes, got up column of good advice
to the king of Italy"
''Glad to hear it. Well send him q
copy. What else did you write?"
"A long editorial on national
finances
Good! That will fill the page. Now
let's 60 out and see if we can borrow Q
dollar. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

MANY states have stringent laws
against food adulteration, but they fail
to check the evil. The last report of
the dairy commissioner of New jersey
shows that 1896 per cent. of all the
food preparations submitted to him for
examination were adulterated. Some
times the adulterations were harmless,
but in many instances rank poisons
were found in articles of everyday con-
sumption. A large percentage of
canned vegetables, such as peas and
string beans, were found to contain
copperas, used to give a green color,
and number of baking powders had
been ''doctored' with ammonia.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

Mrs. Frank Bake, wife of the pro-
prietor of the commercial hotel at st.
Peter, left home for visit with friends
in Sioux City. Ia, but stopped at LIE.
Mars, where she is living as the wife
of Rudolph Kesow, cigarmaker. She
sent home for her trunk and informed
her husband that she would never re-
turn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

FULLY 5000, 600 has been spent on the
empress Of Austria's S new palace at Cor
fu. The wood carving alone in one
suite Of rooms cost $4,000. A villa
built for the empress near Vienna a
few years ago at an expenditure of
100000 has never been occupied by her
because she took dislike to the place
after it was finished
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FELL OVER A PREcIPIcE.
A File of Soldiers in Hungary Meets will
q Strange Accident.

File OF Soldiers in Hungary Meets with
q Strange Accident.
BUDA-PEsTH, Aug. ga singular
accident occurred to a regiment of SOL
diers while on a march near Temesvar,
Hungary. The road passed close to
precipice, and owing to some dis
order in the ranks the file near
est the edge were forced over the
brink, seventeen of them falling con-
siderable distance. Two were killed
and ten seriously injured Lieut. Ru-
jon of the alpine chasseurs, while as
cending one of the Alps recently, fell
over precipice 1,500 feet high and
was dashed to pieces
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27
Found Three Dead Children.

1RoNToN, O., Aug. 22.-George Ham
ilton and his wife went visiting Friday
afternoon, leaving at home their three
children, Heslie, Edith, and Emma,
aged 8, 4 and 2 years respectively.
When they returned the parents found
the three little ores confined in an old
tool chest, where they had died from
suffocation. A stick fastened in the
staple of the chest indicates murder.
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HIS LIFE ENDED.
Death at Spring Lake, \. j., of In

Death at Spring Lake, n. j., of inter-
State Commerce Com missioner Bragg.
WASHINGTON, Aug. GA telegram
received by Secretary Mosely, of the
interstate commerce commission, an
nounces the death Friday of Inter-
state Commerce Commissioner Walter
L. Bragg, of Alabama, at Spring Lake,
N. J. No special cause of his death
was given
Mr.. Bragg was born in Lowndes county,
Ala February g 1898 In his youth he re-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

TREMENDOUS plethora of novels is
reported in Paris For example, 45,-
600 copies of the last production of a
popular writer have been returned to
the publishers. 1t is said that another
publisher. has 3.OO0.0OO volumes on
hand which are unsalable.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27
Exploded in the Streets.

A thrasher engine boiler, the prop
erty of s. 1. Kulset, exploded in Litch-
field and A. Clements, the engineer,
was badly scalded and had leg
crushed. John Lund, passing by in q
wagon, was struck and had his arm
broken and one of his horses killed.
The head of the boiler, weighing about
800 pounds, was thrown about 400 feet
and crashed into Angell's candy store,
while smaller pieces went much
greater distance.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

ACCORDING to official reports from
Behring sea, the Alaska commercial
company, composed of Americans, hav
ing reached it's legal allotment of seals
this year, has suspended operations un-
til the sea shall be reopened.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

A CURIOUS fact in the early history of
pins is that when they were first sold
in open shop there was such great
demand for them that a code was
passed permitting their sale only on
two days in the ycar-the 1st and I'd
of january.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

TIE late James Russell Lowell, says
the Boston Herald, though a good
writer and speaker, never included the
lecture platform among his tastes. His
wit and his culture would have made
him favorlte there, but the only
lectures he wrote were those for tn
Lowell institute and in his college
courses Holmes, Emerson and Agassiz
all engaged in popular lecturing, but
Lowell, though having more of the
oratorical faculty than any of them,
preferred not to exercise it in this way
His cleverness as an after dinner
speaker was mostly developed after he
went as minister to England.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27

A srATIsTICIAN has computed that
man might add $500 year to his in
come by saving the clippings of his hair
every time it is cut and having it man
ufactured into soft pillows, mattresses,
etc. No hair is SO soft as that of human