The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-01-31
Wednesday Jan. 70.

criminal jurisprudence recommended
the passage of Speaker Russell's bill
making train robbery punishable by
death.
The president has approved the act for
the relief of homestead settlers in Wis
consin, Minnesota and Michigan, VIC
Tins Of forest fires.
The Tennessee senate has by vote of
IS to IA passed the bill providing for an
investigation of charges of fraud al
legged to have been committed in the
election for governor in November last.
A committee representing 100 desti-
tute families III Yuma county, Colo, has
sent out an appeal for clothing, provi-
sions, coal, seed and grain.
Thursday, Jan. "a.
Fire damaged the Perth municipal
buildings to the extent of 100000.
1t was 20 below zero at Aberdeen, s.
D., Tuesday night, the lowest record so
far this winter.
Among the new aides de camp to the
N, who married Miss Forbes of Boston.
The Augusta Ca, Evening Chronicle,
United States Senator Patrick Walsh's
paper, has suspended publication, after
an existence Of six weeks.
Captain NJ. c. Martin, U. s. n, re-
tired, was found dead at his home at
Newport, R. l., from heart disease.
Captain Martin was rs years old.
Richard Cookers chestnut colt Mon
tauk, 2 years old, by Iroquois, is entered
for the English Derby in 1896, in the
name of 'Mr. Leigh Quarters for all
Mr.. Cookers horses have been engaged
at Newmarket.
Friday, Jan. rs.
The cash balance in the treasury is
$751;, 1915, 458; gold reserve, 1868, 724, 42S.
AT Milledgeville, Ga, the store of w.
E. Haygood, leading merchant, was
robbed Of 81, $50,
The property Of the Georgia Mining
and Manufacturing company, valued at
$1,000, 900, has been placed in the hands
of a receiver.
The Carnegie company. it is said, is
contemplating the change Of their
Homestead steel plant to admit the
manufacture of cannon.
Colonel j. D. Hopkins, on behalf of
Dan Creedon, has accepted the chal.
lenge of Frank Craig, 1.-The Harlem cot.
fee cooler,' for fight before the Ma.
tional Sporting club Of London.
At Boston Mrs. Margaret McVerney
drowned two OF her children and, after
laying them out for burial. went to the
police station and told the police. The
woman is believed to be demented.
Saturday, Jan. 26.
Mitchell offers to box jackson in
America if the latter likes.
The gale in the Irish sea continues
and steamers arriving at the various
ports report having had terrible pas.
sages.
The betrothal of Nile. Lucie Faure,
daughter of the president of France, to
M. Paul des Chanet, member of the
chamber of deputies, is announced.
The output of raw iron for the Ger
man empire during the year 1894, was
1858, 322 tons, an increase of SOC, ia
tons over the output of 1893.
The house committee on territories
has decided to indefinitely postpone the
further consideration of the Wheeler
bill to admit as state the territory Of
Oklahoma, with a portion of the Chick
asaw country attached.
At st. Louis George R. jackson, aged
g., committed suicide by hanging
There is absolutely no known cause fo1
the deed. His father hanged himself
April Ii, 1894, having been crazed by
heavy losses in wheat speculation.
Monday, Jan. IS.
General Darius Allen died at Troy
N. Y, Thursday, aged so years.
The Nebraska legislature has appropri'
ated $50, 900 for the relief of destitute
people in the state.
At Muscatine, Ia., Foster and Brown,
the Rock Island train robbers, were sen
fenced to ten years in the state prison
The Monongahela Tin Plate company
of Pittsburg has signed the scale and
will start up at once. This makes the
fifth firm to sign.
At Bougers Landing, Miss, a boat
containing two men, woman and
child was capsized and sall on board
| were drowned.
The president has recognized Miguel
GARLIC, as consul general of Guatemala
at San Francisco, and David Carlos
Hcllander as consul os Peru at New
Orleans.
Mr.. Andrew Peterson Of Chicago has
been appointed Danish consul for the
states Of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Mich
gan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Missouri, Colorado, Montana, the
Dakotas, Wyoming and Utah.
The government Of Sweden and Nor
| way has signifed it's willingness K
| allow it's minister at Washington t.
serve as member Of the Venezuelan
! claims commission in place OF Senol
Rnanarn