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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-04
END OF ACCELERATED A CASE.

The firm of Baldwin & Patterson
received notice Saturday from the
clerk of the Supreme Court that that
court had affirmed the order of the
lower court in the case of the State of
Minnesota ex. rel. Rose A. Edwards,
respondent, VS.. Michael Morley ct al
appellants. The order of the lower
court referred to is the order of Judge
Webber striking out the answer of ap-
pellants, and from this order they ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court. This is
the last chapter in the famous school
case of last winter. It will be remem-
bered as published in The GAZETTE at
the time, that Mrs. Edwards sought
by mandamus to have her boy rein
stated in school, from which he had
been expelled by the teacher, as per
order of Director Morley, for refusing
to carry water to the school house.
The order of Judge Webber COM
manded the teacher and director to
admit the boy to school or show cause
why they had not done SO. They
served an answer and on motion of
Baldwin & Patterson the answer was
stricken out. Then came the appeal
to Supreme Court, with the result that
the action of the lower court has been
affirmed
Mrs. Edwards is now entitled to an
order restoring her boy to said school
and for her costs. The relator and
her attorneys have scored a victory at.
every point.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-04
SWINDbED The BANK.
The Fake Minneapolis Grocery
Firm Plays Farmers and
Bankers for Fish,
A Clever Ruse of Ancient Days
Used to Catch the Sigma
ture of Patrons.

Residents of Redwood county will
remember that only few weeks ago
The GAZETTE made an attack on the
methods Chase & Swanson, the alleg-
ed Minneapolis grocery and supply
house that was taking in SO many peo-
pie of this section, and who sold goods
at higher prices than they we're sold
by local merchants. It appears that
the firm is first-class fake firm and
swindlers and it is probable that it
holds notes of a good many farmers,
probably some county officials and
others, that we're given without the
knowledge of the signers, and were
consequently fraudulently obtained.
The firm was shown up in the Nor
ton Enterprise of last week. Its prac-
tices became known by reason of Chase
having swindled the Bank of Morton,
swindle that is admitted by Cashier
Orth, who was in the city last Thurs
day evening. The story as given by
The Enterprise is as follows:
"Last Monday swindle amounting
to hundreds of dollars and affecting
several farmers in Renville, Redwood
and Yellow Medicine counties, was
brought to light by F. w. Orth of the
Bank of Morton, who discovered that
he, or his bank, had notes signed by
farmers in this vicinity, varying from
THE ROC
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-04
$50 to SIS, all of which were procured
by fraud from the Makers

$50 to $75, all of which we're procured
by fraud from the makers.
"Last Monday one R. D. Chase,
who had been along the M. & St. l..
road all summer taking orders for
groceries, called at the Bank of Nor
ton and wanted to sell some notes
against well-known farmers in Birch
Cooley, Norfolk, Beaver Falls and
Henryville, Cashier Orth examined
the notes and, being familiar with
many of the signatures and having
bought notes from the same person
during the past summer made an offer
nearly equal to the face value Of the
notes, which, by the way; we're draw
ing 10 per cent. interest and we're due
January 1st, 1898. After considerable
hesitation and barter on the part of
the man, Chase, deal was made and
the Bank of Morton became possessor
of several notes that will foot up to
hundreds of dollars. As soon as the
deal was consumated the swindler
hired team from Helton & Balsley's
livery stable to drive to Bird Island,
but as soon as he got out of town he
changed his mind and went to Fairfax,
Harvey Jorges being the driver. Short
ly after his departure from town Mr..
Orth happened to meet one or two of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-04

the makers of the notes and upon cal
ling their attention to the fact that he
had their paper, they we're surprised
to hear that note of the kind existed
against them. This made the bank
officials somewhat suspicious and in
order to do what they could to bring
the man, Chase, back to his crime,
and those whom he had swindled, Mr..
Orth, accompanied by Marshal Muir
ply, started in pursuit of the swindler,.
going first to Bird Island and then to
Olivia and back to Morton. Assistant
Cashier Beckman and Silas Balsley
started to Fairfax with another team,
but arrived there too late to catch
their man who had hired another team
at that place to drive to Hector, but
again changed his mind and drove to
Gibbon. His pursuers drove to Glib
bon also, but another team had been
hired at that point by the swindler.
Beckmau and Balsley continued the
chase as far as Winthrop. Here the
chase was given up aud the pursuers
returned home after an all night drive.
If there had been night operators at
the various stations the game would
haYe been bagged.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
"Last Summer J. E. Swenson and r.
D. Chase came to Morton, hired teams
and drove through the country, taking
orders for groceries. Like all other
men of their class they seemed to be
good clever fellows, and of course sue
ceeded in doing some business with
the farmers. They delivered some
goods, and took notes when the pur-
chaser was unable to pay the cash.
These notes they turned over to the
banks at Morton, some to the Bank OF
Morton and some to the Security
TIC NOTE
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Free Pills.

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box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
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These pills are easy in action and are
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been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to
the stomach and bowels greatly invigor-
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-04
Ex-President Ben-Little Stranger, Eh? Girl
Ex-President Grover-Nope. Guess Again.

with one of the Knight boys, with the
result stated above.
Brien's father resides somewhere
in this State and sister resides in
South Dakota. Both, were notified,
but neither responded to the telegram,
and the suicide was buried in John
sonville township at the expense of
the county.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-04
Il Bad CLERICAL ERROR
Causes a New Venire for Grand
Jurors.

The question as to whether the
grand jury of Redwood county for the
present term of court is legal was
raised yesterday by the attorneys for
Martha OConnell and Gustav Metag,
two of the parties held on the charge
of homicide. The same was raised
just after County Attorney Clague had
finished inquiring into the citizenship
of the jurors, which resulted in the ex-
cusing of Jurors Samuel Birdsell of
Brookville, Hans Mortensen of Brook
vile, Alex. McGregor of Vesta and
Jens Scott of Underwood, all of whom
were not thoroughly Americanized
citizens. The attorneys for the aboye
two parties excepted to the excusal of
these jurors, and their exceptions were
placed on record.
Just as Judge Webber was about to
commence the charge to the Is re-
naming jurors the attorneys objected
to any further proceedings on the part
of the jury on the ground of clerical
error in the auditors Office. This was
in drawing and certifying the list of
grand jurors to the clerk of court.
The certificate reads: Il, A. H. An
derson, chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners" ETC.. and is
signed by J. P. Cooper as chairman
and attested by Mr.. Anderson as clerk.
1t should have read Il, J. P. Cooper,
chairman" etc., in order to make it
surely legal. The attorneys for the
two cited 33d Minnesota case, where
in new trial was granted because the
officers had failed to sign the certifi-
cate. County Attorney Clague thought
that inasmuch as the certificate was
properly signed there was no error,
but Judge Webber throught different,
and adjourned court until ! 80 o'clock
in order to get time to look the matter
up.
In the afternoon the county attor-
ney admitted the challenge and the
jury was discharged from any attend
ance at this term of court, and a new
yenire was ordered for 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, the venire compris-
ing nearly all of the old jurors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-04
TOOK LAUDANUM.
Leroy Brien was Tired of Working
Summer and Winter.

Leroy Brien, a laborer about %
years of age, committed suicide by
taking dose of laudanum, while en-
route from Lambertou to the farm of
Delaney S. Cantine in the town of
Johnsonville, last Wednesday after
noon. Brien had been drinking very
heavily during Wednesday, and in the
afternoon secured an ounce bottle of
laudanum at one of the drug stores
there. This he put in his pocket, and
after he got into the wagon to go to the
Cantine farm, where he had been en-
ployed, he took the contents of the
vial without his deed having been OBJ
served, and dropped back into the
wagon box, apparently asleep. The
party with him, one of the Knight
boys, concluded that he was asleep,
and did not disturb him. When the
team arrived at the Cantine farm an
attempt was made to arouse Brien
from his slumbers, and it was then
discovered that he was dead. Coroner
Gibson was notified, and he started
for the place on Thursday, and after
examining the remains, pronounced it
clear case of suicide.
1t appears that Brien was crazy, in
a measure, for some time prior to his
demise. He had been employed on
the Cantine farm all summer, and at
various times he would take hold of
other men on the farm, and with a
wild look, would say, II believe that [
will kill you," and then, with a laugh,
would relinquish his hold and pass
on.
Several days before Brien commit
ted suicide he received his summers
wages. He got on drunk, and after
SOLDERING up, showed himself at the
farm, with only IS cents in his pockets.
He then threatened to kill himself,
saying that he did not propose to
work all summer for money that he
had already spent in drink and then
husk corn and do other hard work in
order to obtain his clothing for the
winter. No attention was paid to this
threat. But the day before he COM
mitted the deed he again stated that
he proposed to kill himself, and So
curing rope, went up into the hay
NOW over the barn, and attempted to
throw the rope over rafter with the
intent to end his life. The rope fell
shy of it's mark and fell through an
opening to the floor below. Here a
young man had been stationed to look
out and prevent the suicide, and as he
was cleaning a horse directly under
the opening the rope fell at his feet.
He laughed and Brien hearing the
laugh, gave up the attempt for that
day. On Wednesday he went to town
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-04
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Bank. The notes we're straight and
cOnsaouantlv as thew continned doing

Bank. The notes we're straight and
consequently as they continued doing
business around Morton. Chase, one
of the partners, had no trouble to dis
pose of another batch of notes against
responsible men. How the signatures
we're secured on the last notes is a
perplexing question. Thus far each
maker said it looked like his signature,
but he did not give a note; he only
signed an order for groceries. When
in Morton Chase had a $4OO draft
issued by the Bank of Echo, which he
received in payment for notes sold
under the same circumstances that be
sold those to the Bank of Morton
The draft was cashed by the Citizens
Bank in New Ulm last Tuesday. 1t
is thought that Swenson, Chase's part
ner, met the former at Winthrop, took
the draft and had it cashed. The
Bank of Morton is doing all it can to
capture Chase, and some of the farm
ers whose names appear on the notes
are willing to contribute for the ap-
prehension of the slick swindler.
"While Messrs. Orth and Beckman
would not give out what the notes
would amount to in the aggregate,
they intimated that it was a snug sum
and that it was an unpleasant thing to
do to collect notes under the circum-
stances. Cashier Orth stated that his
former business with Swenson and
Chase was very satisfactory and antici-
pated the same results in this case.
We did our very BEST said Mr.. Orth,
to catch the fellow, but he had his
plans all made and we had to make
ours as we went along.'"
A pioneer trapper and
hunter of Minnesota stakes
his reputation on the prediction
of cold winter. He says the
wild animal, deer particularly,
have especially thick coats
this year, and that the musk
rats are building their houses
high and with thick walls
signs which, he says, have
never failed within his ex-
perience.
The record-union., 1897-10-23
WHY. WHY, INDEED?

Why were the corner manholes along
the residence streets of this city found
in such deplorable condition when the
rain of Thursday came? The strainers
We're clogged with caked earth, the gut
ters leading to them were filed with
leaves, rubbish and earthly matter.
The waters poured down, but could not
flow to the sewers, and so the people
went padding across the walks half
knee-deep in muddy water
Who was to blame for this shameful
neglect? Who but the heads of the
present municipal administration? NO
money in the fund?'' That is no excuse
whatever. If the fund was low, why
not have washed your hands of the re-
sponsibility by giving the Trustees
warning Of the inevitable? You knew
the rains were due, that the usual fall
cleaning out of the cutters has not been
done: that only here and there had
there been any street cleaning in resi-
dence sections.
And right here, too. let the admins
The record-union., 1897-10-23

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The record-union., 1897-10-23

tration be asked why under the sun.
moon and stars was the steam street
roller s1ushing through the streets in
yesterdays mud? What colossal gen
ius Of the street department or the city
administration discovered that 1t was a
good thing to send the steam roller
down the streets to fatten out the
mud? Oh. yes. we need a change OF
administration, and the only one that
ought to be made should be the put
ting Of the Republican candidates into
Office, with the great Republican party
behind them to be responsible for them.
The record-union., 1897-10-23
Blueberry Soda.

A good story comes from a town not
very far from Boston. A local chappy
had escorted three bashful maidens to
the soda fountain in the leading drug
store.
What fiavor?" asked the druggist.
The maidens looked at each other,
giggled looked confused and finally one
OF them answered, "Blueberry."
The others said they would have
blueberry.
The druggist gave them dose of
combined strawberry, raspberry, pine
apple. vanilla, coffee, chocolate, sar-
saparilla and all the other decoetions-
The bashful maidens pronounced it
Just elegant and went away happy,
while a general litter ran around the
renew York Herald.
The record-union., 1897-10-23

A San Francisco contemporary asks.
Shall We rob Hawaii?' to which the
Vacaville. Reporter" replies: 1T is not
a question Of robbing anybody" That
is it precisely. He is dull indeed who
does not perceive that the end of the
Hawaiian race is near at hand. As
certainly as the rising of the sun the
last of the tribes in their native purity
will be seen in the course of the second
generation after this. 1t is not a
question therefore Of robbery. but of
erful monarchy seize upon the islands,
when we have a Government that sue
cessfully maintains itself in Hawaii,
and against which the people have not
revolted, offering to come under the
protection of the Republic of the United
States, with the islands as a Territory
Of this Government? We quite agree
with our Vacaville contemporary:
1t is simply a question at present
whether we shall act the part of the
dog in the manger little longer and
neither take the islands, which are most
closely bound to US, nor permit any
other nation to do so, or annex them.
The old policy has about reached the
limit England or Japan would ulti-
mately secure possession of the terri
tory now under the Hawaiian dag If it
were not for the dominant interest Of
America. But affairs could not con-
tinue. to drift much longer. We be-
We've the correct solution of the diff
Guilty is to annex. If the administra-
ton carries out its policy of annexation
we believe it will be entitled to credit
for the act 1t seems strange that
there should be any question about
securing the islands, which are coveted
by every one of the great nations and
desired by many of the lesser ones.
The record-union., 1897-10-23
SEVENTH WARD

SEVENTH WARD.
First Precinct-South of center of K,
east of center of Eleventh and west Of
center of Fourteenth street. Polls at Han
Ions barn, Twelfth and streets. IN
spectors, A Diltman and Frank Fleming.
Judges F. S. Hotchkiss, Jr., and John
E. Harris Ballot Clerks, William White
and John F. Slater. Clerks, Edgar Soule
and William j. Grafmiller..
Second Precinct-South of center of K,
east of center of Fourteenth and west Of
center of Seventeenth street. Polls at
New Pavilion Inspectors, John Shelton
and NJ J. Scanlon- Judges, A. Nathan
Baker and L. B: Nichols. Clerks, c. i.
Jones. Jr.. and L. sG. Thompson.
Third Precinct-South of center of K,
east of center of seventeenth ana west
Barber Shop, Eighteenth and M streets:
inspectors, James Longshore, Sr., and
c. c. Brown. Judges; Dan Sullivan and
Wilder and T. w Measure. Clerks, j.
w. Bailey and Robert T. Hall.
EIGHTH WARD.
First Precinct-North of center of K,
east of center of Sixteenth and west of
center of Eighteenth street. Polls at north
west corner of Eighteenth and E streets
Inspectors A H. Griesel and w. f.
Smith Judges, B. f. Ward and 5. DWy-
er. Ballot Clerks, D, w. Crabbe and M.
J. Curtis. Clerks, Leon Salomon ana j.
Waverly Johnston.
Second Precinct-North of center of K
east of center of Eighteenth and west of
center of Twenty-first street, including
Agricultural Park. Polls at southeast
corner of Eighteenth and streets: In
spectors, U. c. Billingsley and e. M. At
kinson. Judges, E. Q. Naghel and Adam
Damn Ballot Clerks, T. j. Heintz and
G.. S. Turner. Clerks. E. H. Cox, Jr., and
T. F. Bellhouse,
Third Precinct-North of center of X,
east Of center of Twenty-first street.
polls at No SIT Twenty-fifth street. In
spectors, T. II. Boyle and f. De Poister.
Judges, b. f. Pike and L. A. Simmonds.
Ballot Clerks. F. O'Brien and l.. II.
Grove. Clerks. ]. S. Blair and P. "A.
NINTH WARD.
First Precinct-South of center of K,
east Of center of Nineteenth and west of
No zoos o street. Inspectors, p. NJ Shee-
han and Grant Freeman. Judges, w. ".
Mott and F. M. Braddock. Ballot Clerks,
ri ID. Clark and Joseph Ploner Clerks,
P. H Leonard and William Ruser.
Second Precinct-South of center of K,
east of center of Twenty-frst and west
of center of Twenty fourth. Polls at No.
2301 p street. inspectors, D. r. Flye and
T. F. McQueeney. Judges. Philip Wolf
and r. d. Byron. Ballot Clerks, Charles
Rietzke and Joseph Carpenter. Clerks,
S. Luke Howe and NJ. Hughes
Third Preeinct-South of center of K
and east of center of Twenty-fourth
D and r streets. Inspectors, Michael
O'Dowd and J. T. Leary. Judges, A ].
Ioyd and NJ NJ Hooke. Ballot Clerks
Frank f. Briggs and John Belote. Clerks,
Prosper Erauw and Emil Wentzel
CHARLES L. LEONARD,
President Of Board of Trustees.
Attest: M. j. Desmond, City Clerk.
The record-union., 1897-10-23

Some otherwise sensible people are
wasting time and spelling good nature
in discussing the proper style of alb
breviation for California. Whether it
shall Be "Cal., >" Gala, or Calf" the
last let heaven forbid. But why alb
breviate it at all? What is the mat
ter with writing it in full at all times
and on all occasions? 1t is true that
in a letter address it is liable to be
mistaken for "Col.," when the most
common abbreviation is used. But the
name is a beautiful, a graceful, a po-
etic one-let it be written in full and
never mutilated; certainly never by
that outrageous Calf"
The record-union., 1897-10-23

With William Land as Mayor citizens
will not be driven to the necessity of
going TO the Office of the executive
to complain of patent nuisanees, those
things requiring correction so obvious
ly that any official except he is blind
can zee them. Mr.. Lands business en-
terprise, push and vigor give assurance
that he will do his full duty, and that
all over whom he has supervision will
do theirs
The record-union., 1897-10-23

The Marysville Democrat" thinks
the law restricting marriage after di-
vorce, SO that a new relation shall not
be entered into within a year, is a fail
ure because its effect has been to send
couples out of the State to be married.
Very we'll: concede that. The principle
involved is right, and therefore the law
should stand