The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-05-04

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For the week Endits April 90.
The latest official zfeport shows that
cholera is steadily decreasing in Russia.
Lieut. James III Smith, u. s. A., re-
tired, died in Washington in his Sad
year.
The centenary otth5 Reformed church
Of America was, celebrated at Grace
church in Pittsburgh, Pa.
At meeting in New York Of the
National Civil Service Reform league
Carl Schurz was elected president.
The resignation Of John L. Stevens,
United States minister to Hawaii is in
the hands of the secretary of state
NJ A. Krug, the oldest republican in the
United States. died at his home in
Charlottesville, Ind, aged lob years.
Napoleon .Bonaparte jenkins, IA
nous Ohio river pilot of the earlier
days, died in Louisville, KY, at the age
Of 80.
A windstorm at Niagara Falls did
great damage to the large hotels and
many trees were blown down on the
islands. Il
Aldrich & Rays tin and copper
stamping works at Buffalo, N. Y, were
destroyed by fire, the total loss being
500, 200.
AL. Kennedy, the noted opium SNUG
gler, was arrested at Niagara Falls in
an endeavor to smuggle seventy cans of
Turkish opium.
John r. Persons, the oldest life-saver
connected with the Massachusetts HUI
name society, died at his home in Rock
port, aged 81 years.
Edward R. Bunnell, aged 50, living in
Oregon, killed his wife and daughter,
then himself, because action for divorce
had been brought against him.
At Fort Wayne, Ind, Jesse France
pointed a revolver supposed to be un-
loaded at his FRIEND Henry Wilson, and
it was discharged, killing Wilson.
Jacob Mullet. while blowing on his
farm near Helmick, O., uncovered $50
silver coins, most of them of French
mintage of date as far back as 1175.
An earthquake shook the buildings at
LANCASTER, Pa, until their windows
ratified. AS this was the second shock
within a week people We're growing un-
easy.
Dana Thompson broke the American
half mile swimming record in San Fran
cisco, lowering the time from Is min
utes and 20 seconds to IA minutes and
IL seconds.
Chris Nieman, farmer at Laona, Ill.
L.. L.
thirty head of cattle and six horses
were cremated. Nieman then shot and
killed himself.
Five prominent citizens of Colbert
county, Ala, have been indicted by the
United States grand jury at Huntsville
for intimidating voters at the last pres
idential election.
While herding cattle 10-year-old sor
of Col. Matheny, residing near Van
dalia, ILL.,, was thrown from his horse
His foot caught in the stirrup and hi
was dragged to death.
Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, committed t.
twenty years the twenty-five year sen
tence of Patrick Connor, of Williamson
county, WHO was sent to the peniten
tiary in 1852 for murder.
| Announcement is made at Knoxville
Tenn, that Senator Proctor, of Yer
mont, with two local capitalists, will
break ground soon for the larges1
marble mill in the world.
The Standard Oil company has Sc
cured control of it's chief living rival
the Manhattan Oil company of Findlay
0. The property transferred by thu
deal is valued at SIS, cOO,00
The worlds fair engine No. e9Y, /;
type of the most modern used by thu
New York Central railroad. took tn,
Empire state express from New Yorl
to Buffalo at a speed of s6& miles al
hour.
l Freddie Beitz stole SIS from hi
grandmother at Little Rock, ARR. Sc
cured a companion, Edward Sa:',, .ers
of the same age, IA years, and started
for the worlds fair. They were arrest
ed at ST. Louis.