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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-12-24
FROM ALABAMA.
This Emphasized as Being the
Whole Truth.


Whole Truth.
To The EDITOR: AS many of our
friends wanted to hear from us I
promised to write to The GAZETTE.
One neighbor said if I ever told the
truth in my life he wanted me to tell
it now. So that is what shall do.
We left the city of Redwood Falls on
the 10th of November-a sunny day
but under foot was snow, water and
mud and we saw snow until we got to
Winona. After crossing the river we
met cold, raw, east wind, with rain
in the air. Arriving at Chicago at 8
o'clock a. m. we had to wait until 6 80
that evening before taking our train,
and as I watched the .surging sea of
humanity push and crowd and hurry
along wondered where they all came
from and where they were going. We
left there feeling that a fortune would
not oblige us to live there. AS we
travelled through the night, we did
not see any of the country until we
got to Tennessee. Then we thought,
oh dear, what a country. Over rocky,
stumpy land, then through deep cuts
of rock on either side, then through
brush and woods, and finally, through
tunnel. After that it began to look
better, all but the land which is q
dark, brick color and looked very
strange to us. We thought DR.. Finn
was right. =. They could not raise white
beans. But I have seen the beans
They are white and taste fine, too, and
will cook in one hour and that is more
than they will do up in Redwood. Ar.
irving at Athens, Wednesday noon,
found Sherman, who had been here
since Sunday night, homesick. He
said that if I was of the same mind We
would turn around and go back.
I said no, we will stay one year. HI
was all right in day or two and
have not been homesick yet.
| The weather was fine until the 28th
We had a heavy rain which woune
up with sleet and freeze, which killed
the flowers and nipped the grass. Blu
we have had fine weather ever since
a little white frost at night. There i
abundance of timber here-great tow
ering cakes, interspersed here ant
there with green pines that make tn
woods look beautiful. wish the PEG
pie up there had the wood that is go
ing to waste. 1t can be had for haul
ing it off. We have rented part of
dairy farm for year. 1t is run by
Wisconsin man, who has separate
and gets Is cents for his butter an,
who is keeping sheep, hogs and cattl
and is farming in northern style. w
are we'll pleased so far. We are fiv
miles from Athens, one mile from
Rowland station, on the Chicago an
Eastern Illinois, which runs direc
from Chicago to the Gulf and run
four mails and from four to eigh
freight trains night and day. Th
water is all soft here. Of course it
not as cold as it is up there. But it
healthier. I am feeling much bette
and have gained one pound notwitt
standing that l was sick when I ge
here and have had very bad col
since the storm, causea by changin
from winter clothing back to summe
before the storm. l think this
enough for this time, for l am incli1
ed to think this will find the vast
basket before it does the press.
6 MRS. S. L. MARTIN.
!. RowLANDs, Ala, Dec. 10.
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rambled around and through it at their
own sweet will. But it was the best shelter
the priest could offer me, his own house
being full, and was certain that If it had
been palace, with marble walls and CELL
ings of gold, should have been just as
welcome, for had come to the hill of
Santo Cerro with letter Of introduction
from the president of the district and had
the sanction of authority behind me. This,
however, was not necessary, for the padre
himself was of the hospitable sort and
would have given me all he had merely
because was stranger and an American.
He lived in the hut adj Joining, with an aged
mother and remarkably pretty sister as
housekeepers, the only white people in the
little hamlet, all the rest being more or
less marked by "dab of the tar brush.
His education had been obtained in Spain
in Spanish university, and he was we'll
informed and intelligent. He was about
IS years old, and his beautiful sister had
not monopolized all the good looks Of the
family. 1t was owing to this "fatal gift of
beauty" I was told, that he was to be found
in this secluded spot, having been Danish
ed here for two years as penance for al
lowing susceptible young ladies to fall in
love with him. 1t wasn't his fault, I'r
sure, for he was model of propriety an
piety. He rose at dawn and ministered at
early mass; he visited faithfully the sick
and the dying; he won the love of all, old
and young. If perchance some foolish
young woman chose to bestow upon him
her untried affections, lacking opportunity
for reciprocal love among the laity, whose
business was it? At least this is the way
the sacristan expressed it, and it would not
become me to dissent.
was assigned seat at the PADRES ia
BILE right opposite his pretty sister and
Toasted upon the best fruits of Santo Car
ro's gardens. During my leisure mo-
nopolized the company of the fair senorita
as much as possible. could speak Span
ish but haltingly, while she understood
not word OF my own tongue. This gave
us good excuse for companionship, and
1t was availed of to the utmost, SO that as
the days passed we acquired much infor-
nation of each others language and GUS
toms.
The glorious hill country of Cuba never
looks so beautiful to the eyes of the stran-
ger visiting it as in the winter season
when he knows that his own land is Gov
cred with snow and ice. Its beauty is en-
HANGED by the contrast. This of itself was
an excuse to linger, and thus it was that
Christmas found me still guest of the
PADRES household Near the hill on which
the hamlet was perched was an ancient
ruin, where 400 years ago the Spaniards
had built fort and surrounded it with a
town. Long ago, more than 300 years,
fort and village had been destroyed by
earthquakes; but their remains offered 8
fair field for investigation. This was my
pretense for lingering, and in support Of
it kept force Of laborers excavating the
ruins. Now and then they brought me
gold and silver images, bits of pottery that
had once adorned old time kitchens and
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Good 8-room house for sale cheap, or
will trade for land. Apply to Stuart &
ChadderdOn. Stiff.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-12-24
A CUBAN CHRISTMAS.
The philandering, the Feasting
and the Wedding.
Copyright. 1896, by the Author

HE hut was a little one, with a
mud floor and a roof of "yagua,"
or palm spathes, and the hens,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-13
JAPAN MAKING sHIPS.
Turning Out First Glass War Vessels
of 1000 Tons Burden.

san Francisco. May 18.-Among the
passengers on the steamer China, which
arrived here last night from Japan,
We're General J. p. Williams of Phila-
delphia and George w. DicNey Of this
city. These gentlemen represent re-
spectively the Cramps of Philadelphia
and the Union Iron works of this city.
They have been to Japan in the in
terest of their respective firms as look
ing toward securing for the United
States a number of contracts for the
building of war vessels which the Jap
anese government expects to soon let.
In discussing last evening at the Palace
hotel the probability of this country Sc
curing the awards for the building of
Japans new war vessels, General VIII
liams said that at the time he and Mr..
Dickey left Japan no official action had
been taken in regard to awarding the
contracts
The japanese government, said the
general is very favOrably impressed
with the warships of the United States
which have thus far been sent into
japanese waters.
General Williams said Japan was rap
idly developing her resources in the
way of naval construction. Alrea dy
she is turning out first class warships
of from 600 to 4 600 tons burden.
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SOUND MONEY AND MAC.
The Missouri Convention Falls into
Line-Finey Wins.

st. Louis, May 13--It was nearly IL
o. clock last night before the committee
on credentials of the Missouri state
RepuDllcan convention was ready to
make their report and when they came
IN the delegates were tired and cross
A majority and minority report was
submitted but the Filley men showed
their hands when they voted down the
minority report which would have un-
seated the Filley delegates in the
Tenth Eleventh and Twelfth districts
by decisive vote. From this time on
the convention was practically in con
troll of the Filley people.
The temporary organization was
made permanent and the only disap-
pointment'with which theFilley men met
was the losing of one of the state com
mltteemen at large The selection of
chairman of the state central commit
tee was awarded to Mr.. F7iIley by ac-
clamation and to crown his victory at
1880 a. m he was elected delegate at
large to the national convention.
The platform as adopted, on the
money question is as follows:
We are firm and emphatic in our
demand for honest money. We be
ueve that our money should not be
inferior to the money Of the most en-
ughteneQ nation of the earth We are
unalterably opposed to any scheme
that threatens to debase or depreciate
our curreny- WE favor the use of sill
yer as currency, but to the extent only
ana under such regulations that its
parity with the present gold standard
can be maintained; and in consequence
We are opposed to the free, unlimited
and independent coinage Of silver at a
ratio Of 16 to l.
The instructions are embodied in the
following:
We recognize the Hon. William Nc
klnley as the champion Of the doctrine
Of protection; a gallant soldier, an able
statesman and a true and loyal Amer
lean; and the delegates elected by this
convention are directed to cast their
votes for william Mckinley for presi-
denL Of the L-nitaa staaas ,.
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NEWPOP WAs NoNPLUsED.
Try a. ne would. He Could Not Make
Things Right.


Try a. he would. He Could Not Make
Things Right.
'sH0me, sweet homef'
As George NeWpop Inurmured the words
there was a happy light in his eyes. His
days work was done, and mamma and
baby awaited him ia the window above
Bounding up the stairs he kissed the baby
and kissed it's mother again and again.
An instant later his light heart became
heavy. The eonjugal temperature was
dropping a score Of degrees a second
What's the matter, dsarf'' he inquired
gently.
There s-thera's nothing the matter, -
Mrs Newpop replied brokenly, and her
tone confirmed his worst suspicious.
Yes, there is, . he persisted. Il am
unconscious of having done anything to-
Men always are. They never do any
thing, of course. 1t is always the wife
who is to blamef' cried Mrs. Newpop,
bursting into tears.
For heaven sake, tell me what I've
donsr' pleaded Newpop.
You-you kissed the baby four-four-
teen tinesl'
.'Weu, what of that? Why shouldn't I
kiss him IA times, or ], 4OO9'
but you only kissed me th-th-thir-
teen, and wish I was dead 70
s. We're dead, dear-were dead?''
"Well, we're dead, thenl You only
kissed me Is times"
rs that sog did not intend to dis
criminate, dear
Eyes, you did. Since baby came you
have not loved your wife a bit You
1-I-love the baby all the time, and I'm in
second place, and-andI wish were dead,
SO thereof
''But I never thought anything about
it, and, as for the baby, don't I always
call him the sweetest thing on earth ex-
cept his mother?'
you used to, but do not any-any
morel''
What nonsenseI Compared with you,
the baby is nothing to me.
fNow, don't add prevarioatiOn to your
other sins, George Newpop."
sfI'm not, dear. The fact is, I've never
cared very much for the baby since he was
born, - Newpop protested eloquently-
f'What, you don { love that bsbyS"
mot much He keeps us awake nights
and yells days and''-
His further utteranoe was cut short By
the most heartbroken wall that had yet
escaped Mrs. Newpop's lips.
Wretch, wretchi Unnatural creature,
not to love that dear, sweet angel babyi''
she cried, rushing from the room.
For a moment the astounded Newpop
stood gazing after her like man suddenly
confronted with the riddle of the sphinx.
'Wen-Iu-be-jigg % he cried at
last. Il wonder if Solomon, with all his
wives and all his wisdom, ever really knew
what a woman would do ext2'-NeW
York World.
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CONSUMPTION MUST GO.
Another Scientific Discovery That De
stroys the BacilH Without Fail.

Elgin, Ill, May 13.-The discovery Of
a new process for the cure of consump-
ton by DR.. w. A. Sheppard of this city
is a topic of conversation. The treat
ment is based on the principle OF In
halatiOn and exhalatiOn applied by a
device which introduces into the dis
eased lungs cells healing remedies
The instrument is cylindrical, about
twenty inches high and seven inches in
diameter, and contains two compart-
ments, one above the other. In the
lower is the medicine which saturatss
the air that is taken into the lungs and
in the upper is a register for measur-
ing the quantity Of air taken into ana
expelled from the lungs.
About a hundred consumptives, 1t is
said, have been cured by the treatment
Every case in the first stage has bcen
restored, as were rs per cent in the
second stage and about 10 per cent OF
those in the last stage.
Upon a request of prominent citizens
the mayor appointed A. Fl. LOwrie,
editor Of the News, Colonel J. s. Wilcox
and George S. Brown. president OF the
Elgin Scientific society, to visit num-
Der of the patients and examine their
condition. The commission reported
that all of the delegates testified in the
most positive terms to the complete
success of the treatment; that their
previous opinion as to the incurability
of consumption was dissipated. and
they We're convinced that the disease in
it's first and second stages had been and
could be cured, and that after progress
ing beyond hope of cure the patient
could get great relief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-13
JAPANFORGING AHEAD.
A Hot Competition With Europe for
the Oriental Trade

San Francisco, May 13-J. W Cop
man. general manager of the Stand
ard Oil company in Japan and China,
arrived from the Orient on the China
last night.
Mr. Copman has great faith in Japan
as an important factor in the CONNER
cial world He says she is forging
ahead in all lines OF industry and he
thinks she viii soon be a hot competi-
tor with Europe for the Oriental trade
in many kinds of manufactured goods.
This competition Mr.. COpman says viii
affect Europe more than this country
The Japanese he says, have the two
requisites to success of any nation
frugahty and industry. These traits
OF character he says are alike, notice
able in the rich and the poor. Further
than this he says Japan is ambitious
and this coupled with her frugal and
industrious habits. viii bear her along
on the full tide of commercial power
and her influence viii be felt ali over
the world.
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s'I've worked for this man ten years, -
soliloquized the mule, for my board and
lodgings, and the board has been mighty
cheap. I've furnished my own clothes all
except shoes. never have had q day of.
In all these years I've never made any
complaint about the way I'm treated, but
this thing of driving me down the avenue
with a load of garbage in broad daylight
at my time OF life is a little too much, and
m going to kickl''
Whereupon he kicked, and it rained gar
bage all ever the neighbOrhOod for fully
half Manufacturing Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-13

Graduated From the Normal at Little
Rock, is Now Aged p.


Lawrence. May 13--John Milton. the
correspondent Of the Florida Times
Union. who was captured by the
tor and who has been sentenced to
death was born near Ninland, in this
county and lived there until about six
or seven years ago, when his parents
moved to Madison county. Arkansas.
After locating in Arkansas he gradu-
ated from the state normal school at
Little Rock and taught school until
year ago when he went to Key West,
Fla, to take a position with the Flor
ida Times Union he is about y years
old now and is a remarkably bright
and promising young man.
When it was learned that the young
matter was referred to Senator PETER
and Baker. who failed to learn any
thing in regard to him and so it was
again referred to the senator from Ar
kansas. The mother of the young man
is a sister of G. B. Jones of the War
rem street dining hall She lives in
the country some miles from a. post
office and Mr.. Jones is of the opinion
that she lis not aware of the perilOus
position of her son. 1T was not until
yesterday that Mr.JOnes became aware
that the owen Milton captured by the
Spanish was his nephew, and then he
the fact of his being a Kansan and
urging his Interference.
This is the second war correspondent
that Douglas county has furnished for
Cuba. the other being Mrs. Josephine
Woodland, who is a daughter Of Col. j.
ID. Miles and who represents the Gin
cinnau Commercial Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-13
Mss EMMA JTCH SOL.
Miss Clifford viii Fill Her Role at
the Symphony.

st. Louis. May 13.-The management
of the Choral Symphony society re-
ceived a telegram from the physician
of the prima donna. Miss Emma Juch.
stating that she has laryngitis and could
not possibly appear at Music Hall in St
Louis to take the leading role i'm Hay
dn's Creation" the closing concert of
the society
Telegrams were at once sent Mines
Nordica, Klafslzy and Brema. asking
if they could come at any price, but all
answered in the negative.
Through the kind offices of the West
ern Choral union of Chicago Miss Elec-
ia Clifford, who has a charming sopra-
no voice, viii fill the role of Miss Juch
Miss Clifford has recently scored decid-
ed successes as a soloist in the SymphO-
NY concerts at Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-13
WARLIKE CITY OFFICIALS.
Teeth Knocked Out and Eyes Gouged
at a Council Meeting.

Hammond, Ind, May 13.-Free fights
followed the meeting of the common
council last night. A mob of angry
citizens became aroused to fury by the
cOuncilmen's action and precipitated
hand to hand battle in which the fol-
1owing. persons suffered most severely
E,x- Councilman Fred w. Newell, scalp
wound caused by heavy cane in hands
of Charles Speichert-
TheO. AhlendOrf, ex-township ohcer,
two teeth knocked out and back in
jured.
Andre Kowalskf, left hand lacerated
by unknown parties
Frank Bonieer, head cut and inter
nally injured
Charles Speichert. eyes gouged and
otherwise disfgured by bystanders- The
measure that caused the trouble was
bill to redistrict the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-13
july ADJOURNMENT.
Now Looks Like Congress win Hold
Over June.

Washington. May 13.-The prospects
Cor q session OF congress extending into
July are growing Senator Dubois has
made the prediction that congress
would be in session until the goth of
July. Mr. Dubois introduced in the
senate a joint resolution instructing
the president that whenever, i'm his
opinion. the depletion of the gold re-
serve required an issue of bonds he
should SO notify the congress and that
no issue of bonds should be made with
out the special authority of congress
The resolution in connection with the
bond Investigation viii again open up
She bond and financial questions and
may lead to long and earnest debate.
81 may cause the tariff question to be
Brought up again and it is not improh-
able that another attempt win be made
an the senate to pass the house tariff
BILL Should it be successful. a free
coinage Dill viii be attached to it.
With a reOpening of all these Ques-
lions congress would be forced to re-
zlain i'm session many weeks longer. To
the newspaper men Senator German is
talking about adjournment on the 1st
Of june. but 1t is known that the Mary
land senator would prefer to hold the
Republicans here much longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-13
CROOKED WORK.
His Elevators Declared Irregular by
Board of Trade.

Chicago, May 13.-Au the elevators in
the Armour system have been declared
irregular by the directors of the board
of trade. The directors acted today af-
ter they heard charges of unmercantie
conduct preferred against Armour & co
by various members of the board. This
conduct consisted Of the issuing of
large number of warehouse receipts,
about May i, which were so dated as
to compel the owners to handle their
wheat short of ten days usually accord
ed in such cases BY this action, ii is
alleged, Armour & Co. prOhted be-
cause they were unable to buy in
this wheat when it was thrown on the
market and at the same time they re-
tanned it in the elevators.
The elevators affected are seven in
number with a combined capacity Of
2,05O. 900 bushels
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Spins Over ElkhOrn, Nebraska.
Bringing Destruction.
Part of the Storm Passes Over
Lincoln.
ROOFS ARE TORN OFF.
One Man is Carried $50 Yards
But Little Hurt.
Fortunately No Loss Of Life is
Reported.


r-7,-r- ~ nav "a 0ve1one
swept this section yesterday afternoon.
"A funnel-shaped cloud shot downward
from the storm center and a general
-.+9r,-,s7e Of citizens for caves and eel
7
q. 49,, $780,. +,,. -o,,o,7 chill
dren fed panic stricken to the furnace
room amid the widest confusion and
a number Of children were hurt The
.4 .7 -,7 ,,,-.+h re
~ ~i0A1 SUI l1H '"7 NJ,
town Its course was northwest ~
path OF the storm was from zoO ~ ~
yards wide and everything IN us pain
was RACED to the ground including sew
eral houses
Large trees along the railway sIl
cent were torn and twisted out oA the
ground
Carl Johnson a prominent 4aEtaieA,
was caught ln Ihe rWlsler- 1e AaA q
team atLache0 20 a wagon re SA-
aeavored to skirt the storm 1y dflFlA8
in meadow TO the westward, oul Pc
fore he could lash his horses out OF the
path of the rapidly approaching hurfl-
cane he was caught in its vortex, and
man and horses and wagon We're sent
through space together with FENCES
boards, posts, vine and other Qe9fls-
His clothes We're torn from MS PACK
AT times the wind would raise him
earth. only to catch him up again. ana
lie was $50 yards or more from where it
first struck him
The wagon was demolished At tl.sI
tfaVerslng a Instance OF aoout W.
miles the funnel-shaped cloud arose as
suddenly as it had shot down % Lne
earth, and at point five or SIX miles
farther to the north dropped again 70
the earth
AT LINCOLN, NEB.
Lincoln. Neb.. May 13.-LincOln was
struck at 4-45 last evning by tornado
which ragged with undated violence -
minutes During this period rain 1ell
as from cloud burst accompanied oy
nalL Lne prev aliln8 url1t OF the WlHu
was from the southwest Dut Y -lll1s
e seemed 20 FORM I'm equles petWeeh
the business blocks ana was accom-
panied by cylconlc features
Hull0lng We're unroo1ed ana torn
down cornlces swept from ROOFS into
the streets and the residence portion
OF the city nearly oenuded or trees
The greatest damage was at the state
hospllal Tor the insane where many or
L1e larger Qulidlngs We're unrOoIed- me
carnage WIZ pc very neaVy.
ne ee-lila5e ~ --l@ --Iy ~ p-oleh'Ly
e9l-- F-e'o'9 80 ---aS ~ 49,
- slle 7--5t y 's-l- -'7-iL--7 aAs yer
@-L SiA Llo-ll -tilLAl4 ~ -S'---lol4-
-A@ ~ I'LL 80
Y H. Workmans head cut by flying
debris
a. H. Woodrys IN a collapsed pullu-
4hS.
mrs d. g. Aopott caught beneath q
morse.
51srIg meyer
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Bessie's mother had dressed her for
church one bright Sunday morning. After
her hair was brushed and her hat was care
fully pinned on she sat down to wait until
the older folk were ready.
BE careful not to muss your dress,
called her mother.
"No, ma am, - answered Bessie, looking
prim and sweet.
just then in came Aunt Sarah.
Bessie looks so nice this morning, Z" she
said, THAT I must have a kiss"
mo, no, Aunt Sarah said Bessie.
e You'u muss my mouth. " - Chicago
Record