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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16
INTERESTED IN I'M MlC RE TON

Great Britair Sends - Committee to
America to investigate.
LONDON, March lin the house of
lords Thursday Lord Lyon riayf:'ir ex-
planned that the mission Of Messrs.
Burnett and Schloss to America
was part of general inquiry
into the subject of the immigra-
ton of pauper aliens to the
united kingdom, and especially
the immigration of Russian and Polish
Jews Since 1891 about 200, 600 alien
immigrants had landed in Great Brit
ain, OF whom 1900 were Russians
and Poles, against an immigration to
America of 179, 1872. The commissioners
were charged to learn how these
Jews conducted themselves in America,
and how the American immigration
laws operated, and what was the ten
dency of Americans on the subject, SO
as to assist the government to deal
with the question in England. An in
fuential party in the United States
sought to severely restrict, if not to
totally prohibit, immigration, but Lord
Lyon Playfair added that he could not
believe that prohibition would be
adopted, as immigrants were essential
to the interests of the United States
Laws restricting emigration to the
United States were likely to have
great influence on the United Kingdom
and the government. desired to know
through competent investigators, the
economic aspects of present and future
emigratio to the United States
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

Mr.. r. G.. Kerens, member Of the
Republican National Committee from
Missouri, gives the committee some
thoroughly good advice when he says
that it's members should find out at
once the condition of affairs and the
state of feeling in the party through
out the country. He says truly that
the next four years should be filled
with good hard work, and should not
be devoted to Sitting around and tell
ing stories.' Constant, energ tic
work is the order of the day, and the
sure realization by the people of the
fact that Republican policies are the
right ones for the Nation will bring
victory again.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

St. Cloud Journal Press: Speaker
Lee was absent to-day and the veneer
able 0. B. Turrell, of Redwood Falls
was in the chair. MIR. Turrell, it will
be remembered, was the second most
prominent candidate for the speaker
ship honors at the beginning of the
session. He handles the executive bus
mess in so able manner that one will
be pardoned for saying that if it could
not have been Lee, he would wish Mr.
Turrell to have the honors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

III. The order OF petitions was burdened with
score of prayers from constituents. all of which
covered old ground. Three were in favor of the
Markham bill and a half dozen for municipal
suffrage for women
Senator Craven offered resolution request
ing the superintendent OF public instruction to
report to the senate an estimate of the cost to
the state of furnishing free school tt xt books.
Adopted.
Senator Tawney offered resolution ordering
the printing of so much of the municipal char
ter bill as is now proposed by the charter COM
mission.
Two bills were introduced. One relating to
fees of clerk of district court and the other
providing for revision of municipal laws.
Senator March's bill instructing railroad
commissioners to revise freight tariffs was
passed.
In the house the following bills were intro
duced: Relating to partition fences: to license
the sale of cigars and cigarettes: relating to ex-
penses OF probate Judge; relating to fees OF state
treasurer: Minnesota hospital of insane. 1t
confines the location at Rochester and Fergus
Falls.
The bill relating to defective execution OF
deeds was passed.
In committee of the whole, among important
bills recommended for passage was the Mark
ham bill to provide general law under wnlcn
the counties outside of the large cities may Is
sue bonds for the erection of public buildings.
The northern counties of Aitkin, Wadena, HUB
bard and Itasca will be particularly Interested.
Itasca county is ON the eve of erecting full set
of new buildings at Grand Rapids. Park Rapids
wants some new buildings and also Wadena.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

Chauncey NJ. Depew advises young
men to become familiar with political
affairs, join party, go to caucuses
and throw their influence on the side
of honesty and decency. 1t is sound
advice, and if the young men OF the
country should follow it with enthusi-
asm and energy there would be fewer
Legislatures like the one at Albany
and Trenton to bring the blush OF
shame to every patriotic citizens
cheek.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

Says a prohibition paper: ''There
are saloon keepers who have made
hundreds of widows. No such terrible
indictment can ever be drawn against
a temperance man." The moral OF
this paragraph is all right,but its con-
clusicn is not accurate. The Emperor
of Morocco will make 5000 widows
some day by dying, that being the
number of his wives, and he is strict
temperance man.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

At the Farmers Institute there is a
prospect that we will have DR.. J. c..
Curryer with us,and all who know him
will have a chance to hear what he
has to say of the present and future
of the horse interests of this North
west. The Doctor has devoted his life
interest to the handling, developing
breeding and feeding of horses. He
will no doubt be able to give those in
terested many pointers on any Of the
topics that he is so we'll acquainted
with.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16
Big Tips Going Out.

The days of big tips are said to be
numbered, and in consequence sadness
reigns among the walters in the proml-
nent hotels and fashionable restaurants
of the land A writer in the New York
Commercial Advertiser says: Where a
rich man would give a tip of one dollar
he now gives, on ordinary occasions, a
quarter of a dollar. And some even
condescend to offer dime. At first the
walters used to show by the cold stare
on their faces that they did not care
for such small tip, but now they take
it with faint attempt at amiability.
Where a party, however, has swell
champagne lunch after the theater the
waiter is never tipped less than fifty
cents. He is not surprised to receive
one dollar. A certain millionaire has
habit of putting the amount OF his
pour boire on the corner Of the table a
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16
CURRENT TOPICS.

THE United States rank seventh as q
naval power.
THE street railway postal delivery
system is a success in St. Louis.
In Finland and East Turkestan thun-
der storms are wholly unknown.
IT has bee older in Constantinople
this winter than for fifty years past.
In Pennsylvania a man has been fined
81. 600 for calling another Molly Ma
guire."
A WRITER in the Critic estimates
Zola's literary earnings for twenty
years at 500 600
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

Calling at the GAZETTE office last
Wednesday that staunch Democrat,
Mr.. G. P. Greene, gently inquired
whether we had read the very favor
able comments of the English press
upon Grover Cleveland's inaugural
address. Yes, we noticed them, and
we wondered whether Grover was adj
dressing the people of England or the
people of America.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

The rumor that is being circulated
to the effect that Fred Gley has not
P. H. Kelly's endorsement is wrong.
Fred has that celebrated states
mans endorsement if autographs are
to be considered as an endorsement.
And on the same paper is the endorse
ment of that other statesman-Mike
Doran. They'll look big in Growers
ewes foo
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

vance with good trade The iobbing traue
is good at Kansas City and fair at
Omaha, generally good at ST Joseph, i'm
proving at Denver and quiet at Salt Lake.
Trade is satisfactory at Little r 'ok. improv-
ing at Memphis, and gu Ell a o. Ter points in
Tennessee shrinking with tight money at Co
lumbus, but fairly good al Atlanta: better.
with increased shipments of hummer. at Mobile
and fair at New Orleans, with sugar firm, bu1
rice lower.
1.-THE business failures occurring throughout
the country during the IS. seven DAYS number
2225 as compared with to.a OF PSI last week
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

The prize-fight makers of Louisiana
seem to have about the same control
over the legislature of that State as
the race track fiends have over the
Legislature of New Jersey. The
Louisiana sluggers are slow in the one
point that they have not man in the
speakers saddle as the Jersey racers
have
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

Put the capitol in Blaine, Kandiyo-
hi county, and then our Legislators
will have none of the counter attrac-
tons, always plentiful in city, to
take their attention and we might pos
sibly have more healthy legislation
Sleepy Eye Dispatch.
Wonder just what Editor Hays
means when he speaks of counter at
fractions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

Judge Gresham, like many other
men in public life, has wife who at
tends to great deal of his correspond
ence for him. Mrs. Gresham is fond
of Washington, but likes it best when
it is most deserted.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

February postal record of the G.. Il
n. w. Stub Line, published in last
weeks GAZETTE, was a phantom SIM
liar to Banquo's ghost to the officials
of that company. Itcertainly showed
reckless breaking of the postal laws,
and MIR. Bissell should act in the
nromicoc
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16
eyes, too.

The political war platform has been
changed from Bleeding Kansas to
Windy Minneapolis. Two Republic
ans of the Minneapolis council desert
ed their party, overthrow the Repub-
lican organization, and set up a Demo-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

President Cleveland's treatment of
Tammany reminds us of the minister
bull-dozing his congregation-it's law.
but law becomes woefully tiresome.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

cratic dynasty. All this was accomp-
lished without guns, base ball bats,
Calling guns, or State militia. Min
neapolis Republicans are warm in the
collar, however.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

The thaw and rains of last Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, demon
strate that the Washington avenue
sewer, at least, is wanted badly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

Don't forget to bring YOUR wife,so
and daughters to the Farmers Insti
tute, ON March "a and Is. It will be
a great educator.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16

SON as ne SITS oown. Inc waters 40
not consider it good form"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16
You should not miss i.

What has become of Bleecker's
hoop-skirt bill, and the Sleepy Eye
calf that was to seek protection under
-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16

she may have a friendly ally in Dor
derlng commonwealth, the statutes o.
Indiana permitting her to marry al
lS, and, knowing this, rather thar
suffer long period Of suspense which
may prove fatal to her future pros
poets, she is apt to become the prom
inent one of two figures who will seek
this friendly Gretna by that method
of procedure commonly recognized
as an "elopement."
Justice Keigwln had the bulk Of
the business. Another justice saw
and became jealous. He pondered
and then cried Eureka He would
train the business his way Quietly
about three or four years ago, he sta
toned man at the ferry and had
him pilot the couples to his magis.
terial rooms. That was the origin
Of the so-called matrimonial agent,
and soon this branch Of the business
grew and the agent became the prin'
cipal and often the justices had tC
plank down the bulk of the fees tC
the agent" 1t was an unmitigated
nuisance, too, in another way, Every
loafer, white or black, felt himself
called upon to act as steerer until
the justices, but especially Keigwin,
kicked 1t was not much use, how
ever, for the steerer was mightieI
than the squire.
Competition the Death of Trade.
Matters reached a climax when
John Haus, agent for Squire Hall,
and Calvin Gather, agent for Justice
Keigwin, collided. Haus espied an
clipping couple coming across the ferry
and made dive for them He had
obtained their consent to 60 with
them, when the other man came up
and, seeing his rival taking the fruits
of victory, he tried to snatch them
from him by proposing to do the mat
rimonial tying cheaper than HauS,
The latter met the cut, and finally,
after a spirited contest, while the
KentuCkians looked calmly on, the
bride especially rejoicing that the job
was to be done so cheap, carried them
off to be married by his squire for
nothing, with a chrome thrown in ii
necessary. Gather then threatened
to assault his rival, and warrant OF
the peace was Haus next move,
Keigwin asserts that he in no way
employed a runner, but that hi, could
not help himself, and that if a man
brought couple to him he could not
well refuse to marry them. He has
always been opposed to the steerer,
and a year ago tried to get all the
justices to sign an agreement that they
would not employ any runners, but
one justice refused and the effort
failed. This move on Keigwin's part
incensed the runners, and they have
tried in various ways to get even.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16
CHAPTER xii


Beatrice Mercer drew nearer to the
halR-open door, as those omlnous words
sounded forth:
"Unless those documents are sup
pressed or destroyed, | am a ruined
mani"
A strong man spoke them, but tho
voice, while mournful, bore token Of
pleading, despalrlng agony.
The listener knew that the speaker
was the father OF Raymond Marshall.
What she already knew Of his business
complications had brought her to Hope
dale, 1t was through the father that
she relied upon reaching the son.
There was the rustlng Of papers, and
then the lawyers voice reached her
ears;
IL am very sorry, Colonel Marshall,
but have my orders to act.
you can defer action.
81 would violate my duty to my eli
ents if | deferred it day longer.
"Then--"
Tomorrow go into court and sub
nit these document They represent a
personal Indebtedness Of $4,000 They
represent your Endorsement for So, 1000
more. The distressing feature Of the
latter amount is that the alleged maker
OF the note denies its validity, In other
words, it is forgery,
A groan rang from the lips OF the I'M
happy man.
You are right, he murmured in
hollow, broken tone of deep despair
MY personal indebtedness does not wor-
ny me. should never have been called
upon to bear 1t, for | never personally
contracted dollar Of 1t, However, PEN
ury, restitution myself and family might
honorably endure, but dlshonor, never!
II that two-thousand-dollar claim is
presented in court"
you will be accused of forgery"
Which never committed! cried the
Colonel. You believe me?"
Il certainly do, but will jury? Those
documents go in as evidence, on their
face showing you are responsible for
them.
But | have explained to youl That
scoundrel OF partner OF mine drew out
Of the firm few months since on the
pretense of ill-health. He took nearly
all the ready cash, and not until after
he had got safe in foreign land did l
learn tuat the alleged valuable assets
he had left as my share Of the business
were only waste paper, Worse than
the burden of debt, he left those forged
notes. l hypothecated them. Now l
am accused of uttering them!"
Can you not take them up?" insln-
uated the lawyer.
Impossible! have vainly tried to
borrow My son, dependence usually,
has lost all interest in business and
wanders about half-cra2ed over the dis
appearance OF heartless iilt. No, ruin
stares me in the face-worse, the prls-
on-dock, dishonor, DEATH"
Il am sorry for you"
That was all the lawyer could say.
TO BE CONTISUEn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16
bad Hit.

Compliments made at random are
apt to go wide of the mark at times.
A distinguished artist had painted a
picture of a farm girl in the act of
milking a COW, and cOnnoisseur
who had come in was observing the
picture, and making hattering re-
MARKS concerning it to the artist and
his wife.
What l like most about this pict-
ure," said the connoisseur, is the fact
that you haven't painted here a
woman of good society disguised as a
milkmaid, but a real milkmaid."
"Ah," said the painter, smiling, "dO
you think so?"
"Yes. am positively certain now
that you had IA real milkmaid for a
model"
THANK you" exclaimed the paint
er's wife, 81 was his model, If you
please"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16
CHAPTER NJ.
pLOrTERs IN COuNCIL.


The false Alice Ralston, the real
Beatrice Mercer went straight to Hope
dale after leaving the home where she
had found father and fortune.
She took no risks in her movements.
RalstOn did not know of her destination,
had not known that she was at the
Hopedale Institution through the years
Rodney, the man who had died at the
bridge, his friend, his ADVISOR, had the
sole charge of placing the real Edna at
the seminary, for, as Beatrice knew,
when father and daughter had parted
years before the former was fugitive
from justice.
She hal told the anxious Ralston that
she would return speedily. She had
secured a large sum of money. She
made sure that no one followed her to
the train. To break any possible trail
she changed cars at large city midway
to Hopedale and made several myterious
purchases at a costumer's and at hair
dresser's shop.
When the next morning Beatrice
Mercer alighted from sleeper on the
train at the nearest railroad town &c
HOpedale, and took carriage to hel
home, her best friend would not have
recognized her.
For she was completely disguised
She had come to act part, and she haC
come fully prepared. In. dress and face
she had effected a marvellous change
and when she reached the Hopedalt
hotel and ordered a suit Of rooms, ne
one formerly familiar with the trim
neat figure and rather attractive face o
the half-pay school teacher of Hopedal,
Seminary, about the village, would TO
a moment have suspected the true iden
tity of this new Beatrice Mercer.
She had come hither with an object
q definite object. She had come to seel
trace Of the man she had loved, Ray
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16

shrine OF Wedlock, girl may not
reach the marrlagable age before
p years, whereas her debut In society
Is frequently made at the age Of 10
or earlier, period of life when the
ardor Of romantic sentiment often
reaches Its elimination, and 1t Is
then she begins to bemoan the re-
qulrements of cruel law that would
restrain the one important step which
Is ever uppermost In her mind. Bat
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16
NM RnhY nnd to Go. Tnn.

A man, woman, and baby-thC
man and woman on tricycle. and
the baby sleeping in basket swung
from two arms in front of the ma
chine-wereg going up the west drive in
Central Park yesterday morning, says
the New York World. Several pack
ages were strapped to the machine
and the man and woman were dressed
as if for an outing 1t was quite
early, not yet o'clock, as they came
up Eighth avenue and entered the
park at 59th street. The few people
who were on the street turned to
gaze at the queer outfit, and smiled
as they caught sight of the infant in
its swinging basket Above the
basket was a canopy like that of a
baby carriage. At the entrance to
the park the man stopped to tighten
the straps on a package. He was a
sun-burnt, athletic-looking young fell
low with pleasant gray eyes and a
full dark beard, His wife, who sat
behind him, looked pale and thin and
was dressed in blue flannel. yes,
he said, in answer to an inquiry, 81
had this machine made to order
My wife's health has not been good
lately and we decided to take our va
cation in this way, and" turning to
his wife with smile, "of course we
couldn't leave the youngster behind.
Wife said he would have to go tCO, so
| had the basket rugged up for him.
No, we shall not camp out. We ex-
pect to travel morning and evenings
and rest in the middle of the day
when it is hot, and at night we shall
put up at some farm house or country
hotel, We expect to be gone about
two weeks, and have no particular des-
tination, but shall travel about in a
leasurely sort of way and try to get
back my wife's health. Name? Oh,
no, never mind that but don't you
think it is good idea?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16

that would attract
more attention than
the diamonds of Az
RIGA, the manufac-
lures Of England or
the fashionsof Paris,
1t is a magistrate
who has marie d
g, 500 runawa y
couples during four
teen years Of close
attention to bust
ness, and his name
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16

less than two or three couples a day,
says a correspondent. They are Of
all possible conditions Of life and Of
all ages. 1t is mistake to suppose
that only the people from the rural
districts seek matrimony in
Jacksonville, or that they are
in all cases young. People
from Louisville resort quite
frequently to an alleged elopement,
not because there are Directing par
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16

Moorish Locusts Feed Man and Beast.
The British consul at Mogador, while
on an excursion inland, about day S
journey from Mogador, met flights Of
locusts. He says it was an astonishing
and interesting though painful sight,
the air being in some parts 80 thick
with them that they formed a dense liv-
ing brown fog, through which he could
hardly find his way, while they so COM
pletely covered the ground that the ut
most caution was necessary in walking,
as he could not tell whether he was
treading on soft sand, hard, slippery
rock, or what.
Many birds Toasted on the insects, in
Guiding large flights of gulls from the
sea, and beasts evidently enjoy their
share, for in the middle of the densest
swarm he saw fine red fox dancing
about in the most frantic manner, leap
ing and swapping up dozens of locusts
in the air, until, seeing the stranger, he
suddenly dropped on all tours and quick
ly vanished in the live fog. Not only did
the barbel get their share Of the novel
food (the consul used the locusts sue
cessfully as bait for them but some OF
the fish Of the Atlantic were found
gorged with locusts which had been
blown off the land by easterly winds.
As usual, they were extensively eaten
by the native population, both Moham-
medan and Jewish
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16

was referred, says that the singular
formation is mere stone-the re-
suit of one of Natures eccentric
moods. Near the place where the
head was picked up petrifled human
foot was found several years ago. The
resemblance of the stone head to the
human head is very great.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16

JUSTICE kEEdwIM Is Eph KeigwIn, The
name Of "The Little Squire" is a
household word in many Kentucky
homes, $4,000 Of their inmates hay
ing stood up before him and listened to
the howery eloQuence Of his cere-
mSny
1t is quite an interesting pastlme
to watch the Kentucky clippers as
they come to Jacksonville, seldom
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-16

found in the dry
bed Of a creek. The
finder, with many
Others, believes that
the object is the
petrihed head Of a
h Il m IN be ing,
though so great an
authority as. Prof.
Starr, of the Chi
cago University, to
whom the matter