The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-16


cago election had been received and
that the vote for mayor stood: Cregier
(dem.), 1895; Hampstead Washburne
(rep), 46,7Oo; Cregier's plurality, 2s5.
The republicans, on the other hand,
strongly maintained that Hampstead
ashburne had been elected, and only
the official count would decide which
was mayor.
JAMES ANDERSON, of Peru, Ind, is
the oldest Snowman in this country
since the death of P. T. Barnum.
AN engineer. fireman and brakeman
were pinioned under the engine and
fatally scalded in a wreck on the Wis
consin Central railroad near Vernon,
Wis.
A CYCLONE visited Nevada, Mo-, and
houses were unroofed, wires prostrated
and havoc played in all directions. One
person was killed.
THE death Of William Wallace, post
master of Indianapolis, Ind, occurred
at the age of 6e years. He was sen
of the late Gov.-Bavid Wallace, brother
of Gen. Lew Wallace, and was Presi-
dent Harrison's first law partner.
AT Huron, S. D., Fred Hundley, 1S
years of age, was sentenced to four
teen years in the penitentiary for shoot
ing his father,over quarrel in putting
down a carpet last summer.
In Jeffersonville, Ind, James Cow
ard and his mother quarreled. She
struck him with stone, when he shot
and killed her.
. In Chicago the second annual election
of the Worlds Columbian exposition
was held and ticket composed OF
thirty -one old and sixteen new directors
was elected.
WHILE insane Mrs. Andrew Doll, OF
Herman, Neb.. killed her two children
and committed suicide by taking dose
of concentrated lye.
AFTER an absence of twenty-five
years, Rue Westerville, of Windfall,
Ind, has returned home, having made
fortune in business in western
town.
A FIRE in the village of Cheviot, O.,
destroyed property covering nearly an
acre of ground.
The supreme court of Indiana has de.
cided that where candidates for public
office receive an equal mum ber of votes
the election may be determined by the
drawing of lots.
FLAMES destroyed the cotton sheds
at Memphis, Tenn, causing loss OF
1926, 900.
THE name of the city of Spokane
Falls, Wash, has been changed to Spo.
kane.
FIRE destroyed Peoples & Shields
livery stables at Mandan, N. D., and
thirteen horses were cremated.
AT Martinsville, Ind, Mrs. John Oil.
yer committed suicide by hanging her
self because her granddaughter had dis
graced the family.
WHILE smoking boys set fire to the
stock yards near Cincinnati and prop
erty valued at $3.50, 900 was destroyed.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
GERMANY has, it is said, definitely de.
cided to withdraw the embargo or
American pork.
MANY native chieftains in India were
said to be organizing for concerted
effort to throw off the yoke of British
dominion.
FROM the wheat districts of Europe
reports all agree in indicating short
crop.
DURING January and February emf
grants leaving Germany for America
numbered 7,643, the largest number TO,
that period in five years.
In London it was reported that Par
nell had been privately married since
the O'Shea divorce proceedings and not
to Mrs. O'Shea
LATEST reports from the Chilian in
surrection indicate that the revolution
lists were rapidly gaining ground. The
! Balmaceda army was being recruited
from the prisons.
AT Petrolia, Ont, Bradley's nitro
glycerine works blew up, and three
workmen were blown to fragments.
AT Mannosa, Ont, one of the richest
gold mines ever found in the dominion
has been discovered.
LEVI BROTHERS, dealers in oriental
wares in London, have failed fol
1926, 200.
In Honduras rich gold mines have
been discovered.
Mr.. PARNELL denies the report of his
alleged marriage to Miss O'Shea.