The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-02-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Tuesday, Feb. l3.

Tuesday, Feb. Is.
John Fl. Lamont, father of Secretary
of War Lamont, is dead.
Fire at Bath. Me-. destroyed the Bath
Iron works. Loss. $200,OUO.
The president has transmitted to con-
gress the latest Hawaiian correspond
ence.
Ex-Judge Peter F. Young was struck
by an electric motor at Cleveland and
died from the effects of his injuries.
The Denver, Apex and Western rail
road property was sold at auction Mon
day to Nathan A. Banker for $4,000.
Ed Partridge is said to have made
over $2,OOO.0OO in Chicago in the last
three months by selling wheat 'short."
Billy Deutsch, the famous gam Ter,
known as the man who broke the bank
of Monte Carlo, died at the st. Joseph's
hospital, Denver, of consumption.
Eastbound shipments last week
amounted to Al, 400 tons against 43.722
| for the preceding week, and II 1853 tons
for the corresponding week of last year.
Wednesday. Feb. ii.
The minis of India will remain closed
for the present.
Fire destroyed nine buildings at
Maiden Rock, Wis.
Hans Won Bulow, the distinguished
pianist, died at Cairo.
Thirteen men were killed by the cav
ing OF earth in mine at Plymouth, Pa.
At the annual convention of the Ohio
League OF Republican clubs General
William Gibson announced his inten-
ton of nominating Governor Mckinley
for president at the convention in &c.
The mixed commission which has
been considering the claim of the South
American Steamship company against
the United Statas government in the
now famous Itata case, has decided
against the United States.
William o. Dimock, agent of the
Merchants Dispatch at Buffalo, shot and
killed himself while suffering from in
huenZa. He Was we'll known through
out the United States
In the United States district court at
Portland, William Dunbar, convicted of
smuggling opium, was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment in the county Jail
and to pay fine of $1,000.
| Thursday Feb. Is.
West Superior sports are working
hard for the Corbett-Jackson scrap.
Fire destroyed one of the dormitories
of the Indian school at Rosebud agency
The building accommodated 200 chill
dren.
Fire broke out in the colonnade at the
worlds fair grounds between Machinery
hall and the Agricultural building.
Sixty feet of the colonnade was de.
strcyed.
The Colorado legislature has passed
the S-hour ILL. This is the first meas
ure that has gone through both branches
| at the extra session. which has already
continued over month.
The treasury department estimates
the gold production of the world fol
1898 will be $3.50, 900, 900, an increase OF
$l2, OOO, 900 for the year. and with one
exception the largest ever known.
The will of Annie Fey has been
filed for probate at Philadelphia. All
of the estate is left to Robert Fulford,
husband of the actress, ut in the event
of his death previous to her demise the
property was to have teen distributed
| I .
the endowment of several charitable in.
situations.
| Friday, Feb. 16.
John Wanamaker is charged with i'm.
porting contract labor.
The state has ended its rebuttal evi.
dence in the Coughlin case.
John Y. McKane has been convicted
of conspiracy to falsify election returns.
The penalty is from 2 to 10 years.
Ground caved in near Hot Springs
S. D., and q bottomless pit has been
opened. A sulphurous smoke arises.
Officers were elected by the Asso.
ciated Press, Victor F. Lawson of the
Chicago Record being chosen president
'Boss" KcKane has been found guilty
at Brooklyn of conspiracy to falsify
election returns. He will be sentenced
Monday.
Admiral Da Cana is steadily grow.
ing worse and will probably die Of the
wounds which he received in the battle
of ArmacaO.
James E. Stone was hanged in the
prison at Jacksonville, Ind, for the
murder of the Wrattan family, near
Washington, Ind, Sept. 10 last.
| Saturday, Feb. II.
Mrs. Andrew Foy of Coughlin trial
fame wants divorce
Malignant dlphtheria is raging in the
vicinity of Parkston. S. D.
Zeralda Samuels, mother of Jesse and
Frank James, is reported as dying at
her farm, two miles from Kearney, Mo.
The officers and crew of the wrecked
United States steamer Kearsarge are ex-
pected to arrive at New York about the
23d inst.
White Faced Horse, implicated in the