The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-06-20
SUMMARY OF WEEKS NEWS.
Tuesday, June IL.

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Tuesday, June IL.
A ship to bring Lieutenant Peary,
the Arctic explorer, home will leave
st. Johns next month.
Two vandals entered the Thaddeus
gallery in London and mutilated q life
sized portrait Of Gladstone. They es-
capped without difficulty.
Russia is negotiating with Denmark
for. the purpose of procuring possession
OF the Christiansoe islands, hoping
thereby to obtain coaling station on
the Baltic sea.
Eastbound shipments from Chicago
last week amounted to 81. 718 tons,
against 50, 800 for the preceding week
and 81. S67 tons for the corresponding
week Of last year.
The advocates of ''sound money" of
Kansas City, who organized last week,
have sent an invitation to Secretary
Carlisle to deliver speech on the
financial que stion at Kansas City at an
early day to be named by the secretary.
Wednesday, june 12.
A commercial treaty between Japan
and Russia has been signed.
John Lamar, chief of police of Amer
icus, Ca, committed suicide by poison
ing. Cause unknown.
The new Italian parliament was
opened Monday with great ceremony
by King Humbert in person.
The forest fires in the vicinity Of
Kane, Pa, are under control and no
further trouble is anticipated.
The 18th annual convention of the
National Association of Master Plumb
ers is in session at Philadelphia.
The striking weavers at the Wey-
bosset mills of Olneyville have all
voted to return to work in body.
Henry Schneider. a retired St. Louis
liquor dealer, committed suicide by
shooting. Cause. financial troubles.
The Westinghouse Machine company
has voted to increase its bonded in
debtedness $3.50, 900 to pay for the new
works at Brinton, Pa.
About 1000 workmen are idle in
Pittsburg as result of the strike of
about 1000 boilermakers. The latter
demand an increase Of 10 per cent in
wages.
Thursday, June IL.
Gold is said to have been found in
paying quantities at the bottom Of the
ocean off the California coast.
More than 30 business houses and
dwellings were burned at Geneva,
nls., making total loss Of ga, 900.
At New York Sigmund Schneider, 36
years of age, shot his wife, inf1icting
fatal injuries. he then blew out his
own brains.
Miss Dodge's condition is unchanged.
Representative Hit is about the same
and apparently is holding most Of his
recent gain in strength.
Professor Charles Geofrey, at one
time one of the best known musicians
in the world, died at Fruitvale, CAL
He died in comparative poverty and
obscurity.
Some remarkably rich gold fields
have been discovered at the head OF
Doggy and Turkey creeks, about 40
miles southwest of Guthrie, o. T., and
people are flocking there by the
hundreds.
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The London Daily News announces
that George Du Maurier has finished q
new novel.
The statement Of the condition Of
the treasury shows: Available cash
balance, @l8s,sl8,074; gold reserve;
500. $50, AS.
The comptroller Of the currency has
authorized the Standard National
bank Of the city Of New Yorl
to Begin business capital $200, 900.
A comparison Of the clearances on
the Erie canal during the first months
Of navigation Of ~ and '96 shows q
decrease Of 45 percent in~business.
Major Elijah W. Halford, paymaster,
has been relieved from duty at Omaha
and assigned to duty ct Denver, head.
quarters of the department Of the
Colorado.
A dispatch fsun Constantihople say
that the sultan's health he's suffered On
account Of his anxiety On the Armenian
question and other diMCulties and tina,
symptoms Of paralysis have appeared
9aeusdaRs- JUoo ~.
Fire in the, Victoria warehouse, Ber
lin, destroyed the buildings and thei,
contents, involving q loss Of !, 400, OO(
marks.
The family residsncs Of tho Duke
and Duchess, Of Fife, Mar Lodge
Braemar, was totally destroyed by fire
Friday.
N. Sverderup, the leader Of the Nor
| wegian Moderates, who was asked by
King Oscar to form q new cabinet, has
declined the proposition.
The boss BARRIERS will comply will
the new state law which goes into Of
feet in. Missouri June %, and which
prohibits barber shops from keeping
open on Sunday.
A St. Petersburg correspondent O
the Londen Times telegraphs to thu
paper it il almost certain that Russi'
will take no action to compel REFORM