The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Tuesday, April 3.

St. Louis horseshoers are on strike.
Montreal weavers are on q strike
against u reduction of wages.
Buckrene, to l. won the Arkansas
derby at Little Rock Monday.
The strike in Simpson & Co.'S silk mill
at Paterson, N. j., is off, the old hands
having returned to work.
Silver Democrats in congress propose
a new political party in the West and
South on free coinage platform.
Margaret Walber, So years of age,
was executed in Walton Jail, Liverpool.
She murdered her husband last Novem-
Der.
The Wabash Railway company has
issued an order to engineers and firemen
making a slight reduction in compensa-
ton.
It has been decided by the secretary
of tie interior to have Indian supply
warehouses both in New York and Chi
cago.
A cut of e, OO0, 0OO has been agreed to
by the house committee on naval affairs
for armor plate and armament in the
naval appropriation bill.
Wednesday, Apr IA.
Prospects are that navigation at the
500 will open about April 20.
Considerable Republican gains are
reported in Ohio and Michigan munich
pal elections.
Minister Thurston of Hawaii will be
married Thursday at st. Joseph, Mich,
to Miss Harriet E. Potter.
One man was killed and several 9TH
ers injured in a riot at masque ball in
New York city Monday night.
Congressman Caldwell, (Rep.) was
elected mayor of Cincinnati by plural
i:y of 6,752 over four other candidates.
Kansas wheat is badly in need of
rain. Fully 100000 acres of the a.
500, 900 in the state are said to be suffer-
ing.
An anti-pool room bill has passed the
Maryland legislature. By the terms of
the bill betting at county fairs and le-
gltimate race courses is permitted for
period Of 30 days yearly.
Thursday. April 8.
The Parnellites held a convention in
Dublin and declared against the Rose
berry government.
Governor Tillman has ordered the
South Carolina troops now at Darling
ton to return home.
A general strike among the employees
of the shoe factories at Rochester, N.
Y, is threatened. About 800 men have
already gone out.
The British house of commons has
declared in favor of the establishment
of Scottish parliament to deal with
purely local measures.
Dispatches from Rome say the pope
had fainting spell which lasted half an
hour. His recovery was complete,
however. and he showed no signs of
weakness thereafter.
A resolution has been introduced in
the national house of representative to
investigate and learn whether Governor
Tillman of South Carolina has violat ed
federal laws in Selling railroad and tel
egraph lines engaged in interstate COM
merce.
Friday, April 6.
Governor Waite says he will not per-
NIT the Jackson-Corbett fight to come
off in Colorado.
The international medical congress at
Rome has closed. The next congress
will meet in Russia.
The Massachusetts senate has defeated
by vote of % to 13 the bill granting
municipal suffrage to women.
Frank Hanlon, one of the noted Han
Ion brothers, actors and acrobats, died
at Plymouth, N. H., Thursday.
w. c. Sullivan, Western manager of
Thiels Detective association, died at
Tacoma. Heart disease was the cause.
The navy department has settled with
the Boston Tow company for the fruit
less effort to save the Kearsarge by the
payment of IS, 500 for the expense of
sending the Orion to Roncador reef.
Minister Thurston of Hawaii and
Miss Hattie Potter of St. Joseph, Mich.
were married Thursday. They left for
Washington at once, proceeding in few
days to San Francisco, whence they sail
for Honolulu April H.
Saturday, April =.
Admiral Walker sailed tor Honolulu
on the Mariposa Thursday.
The Exchange National bank of Ell
Dorado, Kan, has been robbed of
$4,000.
Receiver Payne of the Northern Pa
ciic was taken suddenly i'll in his Office
at Milwaukee.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway
employees have decided to accept re-
duction of wages.
Extensive preparations are being
made at Venice to celebrate the meet
ing in that city of King Humbert of
Italy and Emperor William of Ger
many.
At Elizabeth, n. j., a brick wall of a
building on Broad street, in process of
erection, fell upon gang of bricklay-
ers, who were at work on a scaffold on
the opposite wall. Several were in
jured.
The Indian bureau denies the stories
Of fierce fights between Indians and
cowboys in Oklahoma. They assert
there was nothing more than personal
difficulty between one or two Indians
and like number of cattlemen.
Monday, April 9.
Charles S. Willard, prominently