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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07
Epit0me of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 2Sth was: Wheat
44,620,217 bushels; corn, s. S64, 253 BUSH
els; oats, 3,72O 647 bushels.
IT was said that it had been de-
cided that Chilli must express her re-
grets for the assault upon the sailors
of the Baltimore and pay to the fam.
lilies of the murdered seamen a snug
indemnity, and that she must do this
within two weeks Her refusal would
mean war with the United States.
The president has refused to pardon
Harper, the wrecker of the Fidelity
savings bank at Cincinnati, who has
been in the Ohio penitentiary since
1887 on te Il years sentence.
AN arrangement for reciprocity has
been entered into between Secretary
Blaine and the British minister to EN-.
brace the British West Indian colos scs
of Jamaica. Barbados, the Leeward
and the Windward islands, Trinidad
and the colony of British Guiana.
SECRETARY BLAINE signed reciproc-
ity arrangements with the ministers of
Guatemala and Salvador for their re-
spective countries
STOCKS of wool unsold in the princi-
pal markets of the United States ag-
gregate a total supply of 1O6, Ala, 233
pounds, against 92,s6l, 6S3 pounds a
year ago
In 1891 the number of persons who
committed suicide in the United States
was 1881, as compared with 2,64o in
1890 and 1924 in 1889.
IN this country the loss of life by
railroad disasters during 1891 was 8, 26l l.,
as compared with 3,420 in 1899. The
number of seriously injured was 2,7o7,
against 2, 746 in 1890.
The nun Der of murders committed
in this country during 1891 was 5000,
as compared with 4, 800 in 1890 and 8, 567
in 1889. The number of legal execu.
tions in 1891 was 1913, against lO2 in
1890. During the last year 1s9 men and
:. 6 women were lynched, against total
of 127 in 1890
THE total amount of embezzlements
in the United States in 1891 was s19,-
2O,294, against $s, 622, ,956 in 1890.
TOTAL fire losses in the United States
in 1891 amounted to $166, Q47, 900,
against S10s, 4l2,694 in 1899, Sl43, 9o2, $40
in 1889, 100000, 900 in 1888, $13O, 600, 600
in 1887 and S115, 900, 900 in 1886.
In 1891 the deaths of ia centenarians
were reported.
THE death of John NJ. Finnerty, the
inventor of the cotton picker, occurred
in Washington, aged u years.
In the United States the total num-
Der of business failures during 1891
was 12,27s, against 1o,9O7 in 1890. The
total amount of Liabilities was $1so,
SOS, 6Ss, against Sls9, $50, 1854 in 1890.
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LATER
Tho Border War.

LAREDO, Tex, Jan. 3.-The arrival
this evening of two additional cavalry
companies over the International rail-
road to take the field against Cara
aroused new interest in the revolution
ary incident. The same special train
which brought these troops had several
carloads of pack mules, said to have
been sent by the government from q
military post in Wyoming for the troops
now operating in the field against
Cara on the lower range. The quar-
termaster's department at Fort McIn-
tosh has contracted for large number
of Mexican OK carts to transport quar-
termaster's and commissary, stores to
the troops which are being taken down
the river.
THREE highwaymen held up a stage
near Bonners Ferry, Montana, on the
night Of the I'd. They made rich haul,
securing about Sc, 600 worth of jewelry
from E. l.. Huntley, representing
Chicago wholesale hoase. The robbers
also got about 800 in cash.
A WOMAN named Annie Hanson was
arrested at Chicago on the Sd on a
charge of manslaughter. It was dis
covered that she had been rnnning an
extensive baby farm in the heart of the
city.
! ROSWELL B. MASON, who was mayor
OF Chicago at the time of the great fire,
died at his residence on the morning of
the 3rd 3..
JESSE FRIERsoN, who murdered Po-
lice Officer Musgrave, June 10, 1890, was
hanged in the jail yard at Chattanooga,
Tenn, the I'd. Frierson was desper-
ate character, and grappled with the
sheriff, and, had not the guards rushed
rushed to his assistance, the sheriff
would have been a corpse. When
placed on the scaffold Frierson was
asked If he wished to say anything.
He replied: ''No, by God" ,ta.s<.
DURING the burning of the building
of the Booth Carriage Co., Columbus,
O., the night of the ,3rd, falling walls
killed Andrew Kerins and severely in
jured Philip .Kersey and G.. H. Klinger." !"
All three were fremen. > 7s1 f+s~aaz e
The nitro-glycerine magazine of the
high explosive company, near Willow
Grove, two, miles from Mcdonald, Pa,
was blown up at 8 o'clock the afternoon
of the End, killing John Fair and George
Coudy, and seriously injuring Thomas
Irwin. rs - 5sa1i Il .'sE7sFs 20
FouR men were burned to death in . ,
frame lodging house in San Francisco,
the night of the Sd. Several others
were badly injured.
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BOTH LEGS CUT OFF,

x-sherin Weimer, Of st. joseph, Mich,
LSses His Life as the Result OF an Ac-
cident.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. Dec. 31.-Ex-
Sheriff Joseph W. Weimer, of Benton
Harbor, started for Chicago Tuesday
afternoon and met with an accident
that cost him his life. He failed
to buy his ticket at Benton Har-
bor and left the train here to get one.
The train started from the depot be-
fore he could return to his car, and in
attempting to get aboard he missed his
footing and was thrown between the
two coaches. Both legs were cut off
and he was otherwise injured. He was
taken to his home, where he died
Tuesday night :.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

SENATOR WAsHBURN, of Minnesota
wrote to Secretary of the Navy Tracy
asking the use of naval vessel to
transport to Europe the breadstuffs
contributed in this country for the re.
lief of the famine sufferers in Russia
Secretary Tracy replied: "It gives me
pleasure to say that the navy depart
ment concurs heartily in this proposal,
and will willingly do all in it's powe,
to further so generous and suitab BILE q
pl.Oiect :,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

FooD inspection ought to be followed
by the arrest and punishment of the
men found engaged in selling impure
food The destruction of the worth.
less material is not enough. The dealer
is likely to repeat the offense and take
the chances of the destruction of the
impure food. But if he were personal
ly punished he would be more likely tc
be careful thereafter.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

= THE sale of liquor at the worlds fair
will, it is. said, be. allowed, the expo.
sition company to receive for the priv.
ilege OF the sale a percentage of the
gross receipts. e. s-aes u
SIX persons at Jacksonville, ILL,
whose ages ranged from IS to s6 years,
died on the 29th of the grip.
EDWARD j. TRACY has been ap.
pointed state treasurer of Florida, vice
Francis j. Pond, deceased.
AT Olive Springs, Tenn, Lem Jones
was hanged for the murder of his wife
and child on June 26. 1890.
AT Little Rock, Ark, Charles Kim
ball disrobed his refractory 3-year-old
child, placed it in tub of ice-cold
water. and afterwards whipped it ia
tally. ..t7 .t's;
In storm near Gary, S. D., George
Wightman and three other men were
frozen to death.
The death of Rev. William Potter,
known as the oldest Congregational
minister in the world, occurred at
Hampden, O., aged 95 years.
A MOB took John Sims, the last of
the outlaw gang, from the Jail at But
Ter, Ala, and hanged him.
DIR. $. RAwsoN, aged 96 years, died
at Des- Moines, Ia, and his brother died
on the same day in Ohio, aged 81 years.
DURTNGS a. fight with moonshiners
near Gadsden, Ala, Moonshiners Kirk
and Sprouse were killed and United
States Marshal Jackson mortally
wounded.
VARIOUS labor organization delegates
met at Lansing and organized the peo-
pies party of Michigan. The platform
favors free coinage of silver, abolition
OF trusts, universal suffrage and the
suppression of the liquor traffic for
beverage purposes. .E'st
FRANK PHILLIPS and Joseph Smith
killed each other in quarrel at
Ensley City, Ala. - - :. '5.'
COAL gas caused the death Of John
Brunette and his wife in their home at
Wild Rice, N. D., and nine children
were made orphans. . f.'s;4 -,.5 -
IHE bond given by jeff Davis to the
United States government to answer
to the charge of treason has been
stol IN from the court records at Rich
mond, Va "''f"''@' ~ . ''''
- AN incendiary fire DESTROYED the
business portion of Plainfeld, Ill
-. ALFRED Cole, aged lis years, died. ut
his home ;At Sprinedale, KY, frouf the
effects Of Ia grippe -
IN Fentress county, Tenn, Marion
and Dave Beatty and Gwyn Bowden
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

THE railroad building of the year ir
the United States is smaller than the
recent average, but does not exhibit
such bad falling off as was generally
feared in the winter and spring months
The total of track laid is 4, 16S miles.
which is a little more than 726 pc,
cent. of the $3.50 miles laid in 1890, but
it is less than third part of the 12, SIS
miles laid in 1887, and in only two Of
the last ten years has the mileage add
ed been less than in 1891. 1t is also re-
markable that the aggregate averages
only 16. Z miles for each of the 249 lines
and branches added to. The total is
now about III, 900 miles.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

were shot and killed by q young man
named Ed Harris. The shooting was
caused by the Beatty brothers striking
their sister. = ,s-s.F z Z
| NEAR Chillicothe. Mo-, freight trains
collided and an engineer, two firemen
and a brakeman were killed and
eleven cars containing cattle were
burned. - - z >32's-'5-S
EIsHTEEN cars. were destroyed and
three men fatally hurt in wreck on
the Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne & Chicago
road near Salem, O. I~,,-
FLAMES in Hepler, Kan, destroyed
eleven of the principal business houses.
The death Of Jonas Hinkley. in:
ventorof the Hinkley knitting machine,
sewing machine and carpet sweeper,
occurred at Norwalk. O. aged "A years.
FIRE destroyed the village of Aurora,
Iowa 12s'2', - & -; az s1''' - - 0ss~k
In Indian territory the me8iah craze
has broken out afresh among the Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes, and no little
anxiety was felt .s ..--iss4s
THE 1o1st birthday of s'Uncle Bald
win" HarI was celebrated at his home
near Marshal, Mo.
In wreck on the Union Pacific road
at La Grande, Ore, an engineer, fire.
man and two tramps were killed.
The Kentucky house of representa-.
tives elected w. M. Moore, a farmer,
as speaker.
ALBERT WALTER and his brother Will
liam were killed and John Rogalsky ia
tally injured by an explosion of dyna-
mite near Milwaukee, Wis.
WISCONSIN prohibitionists will hold
their state convention at Madison Mat
80 next.
AT Ovid, Mich, Martin Briggs, an
ex-slave, died at the age of 100 years.
BISHOP w. PERKINS was named by
Governor Humphrey. of Kansas, as
United States senator to succeed the
late Senator Plumb.
AT Hardin, Mo-, fire destroyed twenty
two business houses and dwellings.
In Doniphan county, Kan, John De-
laney, wealthy farmer, and his wife
and two sons all died within a short
time of each other from a disease
caused by sleeping in the rooms of a
new house.
WILSON WILLIAMS, an aged man, was
burned to death in his own house in
Kanawha county, W. Va, and the
shock caused the death of his aged
wife.
AT South Bend, Ind, Edward Spohn
and Miss Louise Seig, a betrothed
couple, we're killed by brick wall
falling upon them.
In Cincinnati John Dietel, on exhibi-
ton at a museum as fat giant, died
from an attack of the grip He weighed
763 pounds.
A CYCLONE wrecked many farm build
ings and did much other damage near
Texarkana, Ark.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

IT costs about $50, 900 year to record
the burning thoughts and words of the
statesmen who struggle with the inter
est of the country in Congress, the esti-
mates Of appropriations calling for
that amount to pay the salaries of ste
nographers of the house and Senate
and the various committees.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

The Grant memorial committee OF
the Grand Army of the Republic has
decided to employ F. S. Simmons OF
Maine, the sculptor, to complete the
statue of Gen. Grant to be placed in
the United States capitol building.
The work is to be finished and the
statue placed in position by June l.,
1894. 1t is to be of fine Italian marble
and will cost $4,000. The statue is
the gift of the grand army.
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Flower IL Now. Governor.

.ss ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. s2-Roswell p.
Flower was inaugurated as governor
of New York Friday in the presence Of
a large crowd. David B. Hill. the re-
firing governor. in q brief speech in
which any reference to politicy ques-
tions was carefully avoided, transferred
the duties of his office to Mr.. Flower
Mr.. Flower responded in . brief ad-
dress in which he made no promises,
but asked that he be judged by his
deeds rather than his words: Secretary
# State Rice then stepped forward and
administered the oath of office to Mr.
flower and Lieut. Gov. Sheehan.
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CHURCHES.

DRESBYTERIAN.-Dr. J. G.. Riheldaffer,
L pastor. Services every Sabbath at 1890
O'Clock AN. and at 8 o'clock P. n. Sab
bath school at II O'Clock
NTETHODIST.-Rev. F. A. Cone, Pastor,
4Nl Services every Sabbath, at 1880 o'clock
A. n. and at p. n. Sabbath school at l2E.
N-Preaching on every Lords
~ DAY at 1890 O'Clock A. N. and P. NJ, by
J. G. Harrison. Sunday School at II n.
LNPISCOPAL.-Church Of The Holy Com
~ munion. Rev. s. B. Purves. Service
every Sunday. except the last Sunday in the
month, at 1879 A. NJ. and P N. sunday
school at I'm.
TATHOLIC.-Timeso OF service to be an
~ nounced hereafter.
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OVER Al, 600 Russian He brew refugees
landed in New York in the six months
ending Novem Der 80. They must be
disposed of, dispersed, that is, and that
is the task to which the benevolent
Hebrews of New York are addressing
themselves. To accomplish this they
have a fund of $685. 600 of their owr
raising which they will use for trans.
portation, and for the purposes of agri.
cultural settlement they have the use OF
the 81, 100000 fund sent over by Baron
II
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

The veteran traveller. Paul du Chail.
lu, has explained why he abandoned
African exploration. Upon one of his
journeys in the dark continent the chief
of the territory through which he was
passing greeted him with distinguished
consideration. He even brought out a
row of s53 comely negro maidens. in.
viting Chaillu to take his pick for a
wife, II told him." said the traveller,
afterward, shat the proof of his good
will overpowered me, but that 1 was
afraid to choose one lest the others
might be Jealous. The chief pondered
a moment, then exclaimed: Well,
friend, take 'em all. Then fed"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

The question as to whether anything
can be depended upon in this uncertain
and fluctuaut world is becoming one OF
Importance. Here is Boston professo,
who swears that the parallels of lati
tude are not immutably parallel, bu,
wriggle like fishworm. If people can.
not pin their faith in the parallelism Of
parallel lines, if the parallel is not only
deadly but out of plumb, what can they
stick to, and on what can they stand
and be not moved? Are the poles polar.
and will the equator continue to equate:
Star-eyed science is grubbing too much.
and these unsettling discoveries make
old beliefs to shake and sag.
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JOHN w. MACKAY made his usual
Christmas gift of one-half months
salary to every employe of the Com
mercial Cable Company, Of which he is
president. There are 200 names on the
pay roll, and the distribution amounted
to 100000, which Mr.. Mackay pays out
of his own pocket.
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Two Killed in q Coal Mine,

RICH HILL, Mo-, Dec 3l.-Robert
Brown and Lincoln White, two shot
hrers in Keith &, Perry's mine near
here, were killed Tuesday night in an
explosion Of gas and coal dust caused
BY the discharge of q blast 4, The mine
is severely damaged and will not re-
sume for week. ~ ------
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

ENGLISH newspaper methods are
peculiar. About a year ago the Lon.
don Telegraph published an announce.
ment of the death of the venerable
Lady de Ros, which was untrue But
the paper made spread of its ''exclu.
sive" intelligence, and never corrected
the error The old woman actually
died last Thursday, Int the Telegraph
entirely omits to publish this fact II
was Lady de Ros who committed the
mistake year ago in not dying then;
the newspaper must be infallible.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

ct al Watch for an
nouncments of open
ing of the Sisseton
Reservation, South
Dakota, by the Gov
eminent. Land Office
located at Water
town, S. d. : Ask
any railroad Agent
for information and
maps, which will be
cheerfuny furnished,
or address
C~M. PRATT, Gen.
Ticket & Pass. Agt.,
Minneapolis, Mimi,
VIII. TRUESDALE
Receiver. ~ - >.
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THE result of the recent attempt to
raise tea in North Carolina indicates
that the soil and climate are favorable
to such industry, but that, owing to
the expense of picking and curing,
none but the highest grades could be
produced prOfitably
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MURDERED THEIR LEADER.

Mexican Soldiers Kill Their Comm ander.
Gen. Garcia, and Join the Ranks of the
RevOlutiOnists.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec 31.-News
was received here late Tuesday night
that Gen. Garcia, in command of the
troops in the field in the northern zone
of Mexico, with headquarters at Mier,
had been murdered by his command
and that the entire force, mum bering
several hundred men, under his imme-
date command, had gone over to the
side of the levolutlonists, crossing over
into Texas in a body at a point be-
tween Roma and Carrizo. The news
of the killing of Garcia has been con-
firmed
Gen. Garcia was one of the most
prominent and efficient officers in the
Mexican army, and his death at the
present time is serious blow to the
government. The private soldiers in
the Mexican army are nearly all con-
victed criminals who. instead Of being
given term in prison, are sentenced
to serve with the military. They are
desperate characters and are nearly
all secret sympathizers sy with the revo-
lutionary movement
LAREDO, Tex, Dec. 31.-The report
comes to this city that Cara Wednes-
day afternoon captured detachment
of forty-five Mexican troops with their
arms and equipments. The officers,
four in number, were promptly shot,
and the men were given the chance to
go free without arms or to join the
revolutionary forces. They chose the
latter. No official news has been re-
ceived of the occurrence. But if Cara
had $50 men together, as was acknowl-
edged by the official kilograms few
days since, he might easily capture
forty regulars.
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founded an asylum for newsboys in
London in memory of her dead son, the
original Lord Fauntleroy. The place is
named LionePs home
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EIGHTEEN HUNDRED pounds of gold
are used every year for filling teeth in
this country. 1t is worth over half
million dollars and is lost as effectu.
ally as if it were dropped into the
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Caught on a tSha IL.

ST.. Louis. Dec 3l.-While oiling ma
chinery in the Laclede electric works,
Ely Harrison. 1S years old, was caught
on shaft used in driving an immense
f1y-wheel and was violently thrown
against the ceiling, a distance of 80 feet.
His head was completely crushed and
his brains scattered in every direction.
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WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT.
The Parents and Their Two Sons Stricken
Down in Week.

The PARENTS and Tbefr Two Sons Stricken
Down in a Week.
ATcHtsoN, Kan, Jan. "A family
amed Delaney, who lived near here,
as been wiped out by death within a
week. They moved into new house
before the walls were dry and the
father sickened and died almost
before the house-warming festivi.
ties were over The mother inn
mediately took sick and died and
was buried Sunday. The two sons
were then attacked apparently by
the same malady and both died Thurs
dav
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Proposed Waterway to Connect the Lakes
with the Hudson.

WAsHTNGToN, Dec. 31.-Representa-
tive Chipman (Mich.) will bring be-
fore congress a bill to provide for the
construction of ship canal around
the American side of Niagara falls,
and also of q similar waterway across
the state of New. York. from a point
near Buffalo, to the Hudson river, SO
that vessels from the lakes may have
free access to tidewater. The project
ed canal is to be $50 feet wide, with an
average. depth of 20 feet and will
cost from $50, 900, 600 to $50, 600, 900. Mr..
Chipman thinks such canal would
soon paw for itself.
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seventy-One Men Drowned,

LONDON, Dec. 31.-Word has been re-
ceived that the Indian marine steamer
Enterprise, with crew of seventy
seven men, had foundered off Port
Blair, Andaman islands, and that of
.h> "raw only six men were saved.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

THREE THOUSAND acres of wild land
We're recently fenced in to height of
sixteen feet in Missouri. A large num-
Der of deer were inclosed without their
knowledge, and it is proposed to keep
them there the rest of their lives. l.
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KATE FIELD knows a thing or. two,
and proves II when she declares that =
woman to be agreeable must listen.
Keep a man wound up. she says,
'look as though you were hanging
on his lips, and he'll think you charm.
ing"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-01-07

SENATOR SHERMAN, Senator HOar
and ex-senator Evarts are all cousins,
and they trace their lineage back 20
Roger Sherman, the grim Puritan of
Revolutionary tiues.S
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Death Of q Canadian Jurlst.

TORONTO, Ont, Dec. S1-Hon. Sir
Adam w. Wilson, the recent chief
justice of the queens bench division
and president of the high court Of
justice, was seized by a paralytic stroke
Saturday and died Tuesday.