The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-10-05
THE WEEKS NEWS.
wednesday, Sept. ~.

wednesday, Sept. ~.
Diphtheria is becoming epidemic Ct
Bay City, Mich.
immigration to Canada this year has
fallen off Is per cent
Thirty thousand Odd Fellows attend
ed the worlds fair Tuesday.
Coeur d'Alene mines have started up,
giving employment to 1000 men.
The trouble on the LOUISVILLE and
Nashville railroad promises to become
general.
Bismarck's condition lie reported by
close friend.of the family to be ex-
tremely serious.
John w. Lytle, Nebraska banker,
has been sentenced to year in the
pen for receiving deposits after the
bank was insolvent.
Mrs. Mary Miller, the principal wit
ness against DR.. and Mrs. Meyer, the
alleged prisoners, tried to escape from
: New York city but was recaptured at
Rochester and taken back.
Thursday. Sept. %.
The religious parliament at Chicago
has closed.
The Rev. Benjamin Jewett, late vice
chancellor OF Edinburg university, is
said to be dying.
Dick Burge, the English pugilist.
who is matched to fight Jack Dempsey,
was arrested in Liverpool as he was
about to board the ship for this coun-
try. 1t appears that he acted as second
in fight in England, where one man
was seriously injured.
Jack Dempsey has concluded that
there is more money in starring with q
theatrical company than there is in
pugilism. He starts out next Monday
with vaudeville com pany at Philadel-
phia and will receive $500 a week for
punching the bag few minutss every
night. Gus Tuthill will travel with
him.
Friday. Sept. 20.
Flying Jib broke the record for q
second heat at Sedalia, Mo-, going q
mile in 1904 3-4.
Nancy Hanks went mile against
time at Terre Haute, Ind, Thursday,
but could do no better than 2:06 IA
The literary work upon which Mr..
Gladstone has been engaged, turns out
to be the rendering of Horace into Eng
lish verse.
Professor Goodwin Smith has re-
signed from st. Georges Society of
In hno so lo hoc<s1s%~, ~ -
political opponents.
Two cases of small pox and four
deaths from the disease were reported
to sanitary headquarters in New York.
The deaths occurred in the pesthouse on
North Brothers island.
Commander Whiting, United States
navy, has applied for leave of absence,
so that he may go to Honolulu to marry
Miss All Fong. the daughter of the
richest Chinese merchant in the Sand
witch islands.
Saturday. Sept. 80.
Excellent deposits of placer gold have
been discovered in St. Croix county,
Wis.
Pittsburg aud Allegheny Street Rail-
way companies have announced a re-
duction in wages. There may be a
strike.
The Brazilian government has issued
q decree ordering that all vessels arriv-
ing from European ports be quaran-
tined.
Forged Bank of England notes, the
finest and most perfect ever produced,
are in circulation in London. It is said
that thew were brought from Chicago.
It is anticipated in England that the
closing Of the Chicago exposition will
be followed by an alarming influx Of
destitute foreigners, driven thither by
the impossibility OF finding work in the
United States.
Monday, Oct. 2.
Yellow fever has broken out al
Jesup, Ga.
Anheuser- Busch Brewing company
employees at st. Louis are on strike.
Cholera of violent type is rapidly
spreading in the government of Kola,
Russia.
The National League of Commercial
Travellers clubs has been formed al
New York.
Anarchists and police fought at Man
chester, Eng. Sunday. A number oil
the former were severely injured.
Keene's Domino broke the record fol
three-quarters of mile at Morris Parl
Friday, going the distance in 1909.
Winona, Mimi, is to have new fur
niture factory to employ not less thar
80 men. 1t will be erected at once.
All train hands employed on tn,
Chesapeake and Ohio, Illinois Contra
and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley roads
at Memphis have gone on strike agains