The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-10-17
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
GOVERNOR CLOUGH STOPPED THE
NEEDHAM-MOORE FIGHT.

GOVERNOR cLoucH STOPPED THE
NEEDHAM-MoORE FIGHT.
Busine In Mineral Land Leases Lively.
New Capitol Commission viii Meet
Oct. 2s to Select Plans Sons Of the
Revolution High School Contact.
Minneapolis -four mill employees have
bad raise in wages.
The Presbyterian state synod, which
met at Winona, has adjourned.
The state auditors Office has sent out
cruisers to examine lands to fill state
grants.
A New Paynesville farmer threshed
SO acres Of oats that averaged 70 bushels
per acre.
The Minnesota University foot ball
team defeated the st. Paul Boat club
eleven 6 too.
The repairing shop of the Minnesota
Railway Transfer company, at St. Paul,
were completely destroyed by fire.
The st. Paul Commercial club has
issued call for Northwestern irriga-
ton conference Nov. 10, 30 and 81.
M. Schrunke went hunting on the
river near Winona. He was robbed of
his gun and boat, being badly beaten.
Comptroller of the currency Eckels
hos os1roJ fo~ ;,,f olz-l ckoka
banks which failed during the panic.
The state investment board has rati-
fed Treasurer Koerner's purchase of
$500, 900 worth of government bonds.
At West Concord burglars attempted
to blow open the safe in the Great
Western depot but were not successful.
Stock raising has become quite an in
dustry around New Paynesville. One
day last week 10 cars of young cattle
were shipped out.
The Temple opera house at Duluth
was destroyed by fire, together with
several thousand dollars worth of Ma.
sonic Paraphernalia.
Considerable interest is being evinced
in the proposed mid-continent fair now
being agitated by st. Paul and Mime
apolis commercial bodies.
The total enrolment of the Catholic
parochial schools of St. Paul is 6,O2l. It
is expected that by Nov. this total will
have been increased 800 or 400.
Attorney General Childs has gone to
Washington to argue the case of the
state against the Winona and st. Peter
Land company in the supreme court.
Since Aug. /, 70 mineral leases have
been granted by the state auditors Of
flee, and with the exception of three
they are all in the Vermillion country.
A threshing engine near Minnesota
Lake blew up, killing four men. The
dead are Joseph Schumacher, Jasper
Malatte and two others, names un-
known.
The contest between Dick Moore and
Danny Needham, advertised to occur on
Sunday afternoon, did not take place,
owing to the interference of Governor
Clough. - 4
Governor Clough has pardoned the
Floyd brothers, who were companions
of Phil Scheig, and who were convicted
of having assisted in the embezzlement
of funds
The Red River valley drainage COM
mission approved the bond Of Melon
aid and Kennedy, the contractors who
have engaged to construct bitches in
Clay, Wilkin and Marshall counties.
Harry Hayward the convicted MUIR
derer of Catherine Cling had planned
trip to Africa He was too confidential
and was betrayed to to the Jail officials.
A large sum of money was found ON his
person and in his cell.
Harry Hayward has assigned all his
interest in the Cling insurance policies
to his father. It is thought that that
step was taken that the father might
prosecute the claim in case Harry's fate
should oveItake him.
The state census bureau has completed
the enumeration Of St. Paul as to the
legal voters, soldiers and sailors, Of
whom it is found that the city has
80, $40 votes, 762 old soldiers, % sailors
and Indian The returns show that
there are 7O,3S5 males and 69,9O7 fe-
males, 1873, 1853 white people, 1892 col
ored, 81 Chinese, Japanese and In
dians
The new capitol commission will
meet on the AID inst, and go over the
plans for the last time. The meeting
may last for several days, and before it
is over the chances are that plan will
be agreed upon. The people of ST. Paul
are very ANXIOUS that the matter be set
tied soon, so that the work ON the build
ing may be commenced, and the COM
mission, there being no object in delay,
is pushing things.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
Sons Of the Revolution Issue q Procls-
nation.