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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-20
ire very rare exceptions and not the

are very rare exceptions and not the
rule.
Another point which I wish to en-
phasize is, bring your heavy clothing
and wraps with you. We have q
sharp, bracing mountain air. and this
is not in the banana belt by any
means. A caution we'll to be observ-
ed is, don't move into an adobe house
without keeping fire in it for two or
three days before you occupy it as
they are all damp and one is very
likely to take cold by occupying such
house before it is thoroughly
warmed up and dried out. These
suggestions may be valuable to some
Of you should you decide to come to
this land of clear skies for your health.
Yours truly,
SANTA FE. S. e, LANYARD.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-20
HOT CROSS EXAMINATION.
In the Court Case of MCGEE VS..
Cooler Bros.

The case of M. L. MCGEE VS.. Will
liam and Lafayette Cooler was the
last one to be tried at the term of the
district court ending on last Friday.
1t was a court case and all of the evil
dence was not taken when Judge
Webber called a halt on the proceed
ings and took the noon train for New
Ulm.
The history of the case is an inter-
esting one. It appears that MCGEE
and William Cooler we're partners in
the machine business at Lamberton
for long time prior to the first of
this year, and as such secured collater-
ais, credits, etc., sufficient to make the
business very profitable one. Last
fall MCGEE and sister of the Cooler
brothers had legal difficulty over the
ownership of certain lands near Lam
berton, the outcome of the same being
that the jury decided that MCGEE was
the rightful owner of the land in
question.
1t is stated on some authority that
this was the cause of the partnership
row, Cooler not liking the way Nc
Gee had treated his sister. One morn
ing MCGEE came around to his Office
and found that the safe was locked
and as Cooler alone was in possession
of the combination he demanded of
the latter the combination to the safe.
Cooler either gave MCGEE the. wrong
combination intentionally, or he forgot
the same, and when he attempted to
open the safe on the combination given
the safe refused to open. A legal row
started at once and the court case of
Friday was the outcome.
1t appears that before closing the
safe the last time Mr.. Cooler took
quite large number of notes from the
safe and appropriated them to his own
use, he claiming that MCGEE or the
firm was indebted to him for that
amount which was something like
$1,000. Aside from this Mr.. Cooler
took the books, which he alone was
keeping, and they are now lost, the
last seen of them being when they
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-20

we're placed on the floor in the Office
of Attorney Mohler, This shut off
any correct partnership accounting.
William Cooler collected on good
many of the notes, keeping the money
and crediting MCGEE up with the same
as money due him from MCGEE.
Other notes which he took from the
safe and on which he made no collect
ion he assigned to his brother Lafay-
cite Cooler and to his father, he claim
ing on the witness stand, that he was
legally indebted to them for the
amount of the notes on account of
money borrowed from them many
years ago.
Attorney Pau of Mankato, was the
attorney for MCGEE and he kept VIM.
Cooler under one of the hottest cross
fires ever witnessed in the court room.
Throughout the whole of this sultry
examination Cooler never lost his
temper, either mot remembering" or
transferring to his father or brother
to secure debt" when the attorney
asked him regarding certain notes and
their disposition. On some he adj
mitted having collected.
M. L. MCGEE was also put under a
sharp cross-fire regarding the mode Of
business of the firm by Mr.. Somerville,
and when the Judge announced an
adjournment there was no telling who
had the best of it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-20
God has provided for your

bountifully God has provided for your
wants.
The first thing you will hear a new
Mexico man say is, "Our climate"
His entire conversation with the "ten-
derfoot" is about ''our climate" When
he bids you good by he will add Gre
member our climate" One man Of
fered to vouch for the fact that some
people here really lived on climate
when he saw that I was a trife incredu-
lous concerning his story that "our
climate caused the hair to grow on
bald head. After Investigating the
condition of many New Mexican
homes occupied by natives believed
him. Few of the poorer classes of
Mexicans ever knew the happiness
that comes of eating square meal.
Many of them never enjoyed the lux
ury of sleeping even in the poorest
kind of a bed. They have always
lived and slept. close to mother earth.
This is especially the case when amole
(native soap) is not plentiful or the
roots require much digging.
One thing in which the much des-
pissed greaser excels is his politeness.
He will wish you the blessings of the
Holy Virgin and San Pedro and bid
you the most affectionate a dios even
though he intends to follow you, cut
your throat and rob you at the very
first opportunity.
A very commendable thing about
these people is their reverence for
their parents. Their life is generally
very narrow, their wants few and
simple, but amid all their privation
and suffering they reverently look af-
ter the needs of father, mother and
grandparents. The best of their
humble possessions are always at the
service of these aged and disabled
members of the family.
But some one asks, GLOW is the
climate of New Mexico for con-
sumption?" I answer, all that it is
claimed to be for this disease. If you
come in time recovery is quite prob
able and in any event life is greatly
prolonged. People who are very far
gone and in the last stages of this
disease had better remain at home
among friends. 1t is sad to come to
this far-of land only to be disappoint-
ed and die among strangers no matter
how kind they may be. I will add,
however, that some people have come
here upon bed, being unable to walk,
who are now able to walk about and
enjoy fair degree of health. These
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-20
FARMERS! READ!
Why the Austin Hail Insurance CO.
is the Safest.

The State Farmers Mutual Hail In
surance Co. of Waseca; The Minneso-
ia Mutual Hail Insurance Co. Of Am
boy; The Grain Growers Mutual Hail
Insurance Association of Cottonwood:
and the Minnesota Farmers Hail In
surance Co. of Minneapolis paid losses
in 1896 amounting to $l6,92O.93 and
their combined expenses amounted to
$25, OO5.88; or in other words, these
companies used S148 for expense to
81. 90 paid for losses.
This seems to be costly system of
insurance for the farmers when com
pared with the Alliance Hail and Cy-
clone Mutual Insurance Company of
Austin, which paid losses in 1896
amounting to SlS,O90.65 or $1,169.72
more than these four companies COM
bined, and their expenses amounted to
but $l2,613.15.
In the Austin Company it took but
% cents for expense to each $1.OO
paid for loss.
These figures are taken from the
annual reports, filed with the Insur-
ance Commissioner, and are authen-
tic:
Alliance Hail & Cyclone Mutual In
surance Co. of Austin used % per
cent. of it's income for expenses
and has cash on hand .......... $50. la. "a
Minnesota Mutual Hail Insurance
Co., Amboy, Mimi. used SO per
cent. of its income fer expenses
and has cash on hand. 625.29
Minnesota Farmers Mutual Hail
Insurance Co. Minneapolis Mimi,
used 70 per cent. of it's income
for expenses and has cash on hand 21.69
State Farmers Mutual Hail Insur-
ance Co., WaseCa, Mimi, used IA
per cent. of it's income and has
cash on hand. observation-disclosures. 22.3O
Grain Growers Mutual Hail AS
ISOLATION Cottonwood Mimi.
used IS per cent of it's income
for expenses and has cash on hand $500
Protect yourselves against loss by
Hail by insuring crops in the old re-
liable Alliance Hail and Cyclone In
surance Co. of Austin, Minnesota.
Wait for agents. SILT
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Herds Cattle and Horses.

On the fine grazing lands in West
line. Cattle herded for 20 cents per
month or $1.1O per season. Horses
herded for 60 cents per month or S. per
season. Address Jos. McGeough, West
line P. O. 3S-6t
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To Creditors.

All Of my old accounts have been
turned over to collector for collection.
Parties owing me are invited to call at
my store and settle with him and save
the expense of calling on you and fore
ing collection. GEO. LECHNER.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-20

Do you know that we make picture
frames and sell window curtains at
rock bottom prices?
37-t.f. BERGEN BROS.
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NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

Notice is hereby given that the
Spring Examinations of the High
School Board will be given May 81 to
June commencing Monday, May
81, at 9 a. M. All pupils who have
finished the 9TH and 9Th grades can
take the examination in either arith-
metic, geography, English grammar,
physiology, U. S. History and Civil
govt. Pupils will be furnished brief
ed paper. All manuscripts submitted
for reading must be in ink writing.
Examinations will be held at Red
wood Falls, Morgan, Sanborn, Lam
berton, Walnut Grove and Delhi.
Teachers who have pupils wishing to
attend these examinations should no
fifty me. S. ]. RACE,
Maya, '97. Co: Supt. of-Schools..:
What use is there in eating when
food does you no good-in fact, when
it does you more harm than good, for
such is the case if ii is not digested?
If you have a loathing for food there
is no use in forcing it down, for it will
not be digested. You must restore
the digestive organs to their natural
strength and cause the food to be di-
gested, when an appetite will come,
and with it relish for food.
The tired languid feeling will give
place to vigor and energy; then you
will put flesh on your bones and be-
come strong. The Shaker Digestive
Cordial as made by the Mount Leb-
anon Shakers contains food already
digested and is digester of foods as
we'll. It's action is prompt and it's eff
fects permanent.
Doctors prescribe Laxol because it
has all the virtues of Castor Oil and
is pc latable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
SETTLERS ON THE RUN.
They are Fleeing From Expected
Floods in the Missouri

Omaha. March Especial kilograms
to the Bee from all points in the north
west indicate that the bonds of winter
were simultaneously broken yesterday
and the streams that have been bound
in ice for months are suddenly turned
to raging torrents. The worst reports
come from South Dakota. Along the
Miss ouri the settlers are fleeing from
rapidly increasing floods and nothing
definite can be told further.
The snow that capped the state lay
from four to six feet deep on the level.
Two days of warm weather with two
nights rain have set this all running to
the river. At Pierre the Cheyenne and
Bad rivers. at Chamberlain. the White
at Yankton, the Big and Little Sioux
rivers lower down and the Floyd at
Sioux City are pouring their torrents
onto the ice in the Missouri, which is
not yet broken. The low lands are flood
ed and the rivers are raising at a fright
full rate.
All the worst apprehensions of the
winter seem to be now realized. The
Platte river swollen to more than its
usual spring height, is rushing into the
of wrecked bridges. and farm yards in
its valley. The ElkhOrn adds its flood
to the Platte and all the valleys seem
to be afioat, From Iowa come stories
of ice gorges on the Des Moines river
at Fort Dodge and Madrid. flooding
miles of the bottoms and doing great
damage. So far as is known only one
life has been lost. Harry FaviH a
farmer of Dixon county was drowned
swollen stream. It is very warm and
warm rain is falling. This indicates a
tremendous increase in the floods before
another day has passed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
JOHN BROWNS son POOR.
Has Fought Poverty as His Sire
Fought Slavery

Chicago, March 19.-W. G.. Steel of
Oregon writes that Solomon Brown, a
son of old John Brown of Osawatomie
and Harper's Ferry fame, is now living
in Salem, Oregon, where : carries on
a small meat market. Several years
ago he lost all he possessed in Califor-
MIA, where he had prospered reasonably
in sheep farming. Loading his family
and his household effects in a wagon,
he started for Seattle. but getting as
far as Salem he decided to remain
there.
He is now well along in years. Grip
pie, and unable to move around with
out difficulty. A few weeks ago at
tachment papers were served upon him
for debt of SO and his means of MAX
ing livelihood were seized hereunder.
MI. Steel, who is or was the attorney
general of Oregon, employed an attor-
ney to defend the old man and finally
succeeded in starting him in business
again.
While engaged in this work, Mr.. Steel
bethought him that admirers of John
Brown would not knowingly allow his
son to be in such straits He therefore
communicated the facts to some friends
in the east. A very little money would
place Mr.. Brown in easy circumstances
for the remainder of his life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
WOMEN JOURNALISTS.
They Read Papers and Then Have a
Banquet With Toasts-

Mrs. Olive L Royce, the president of
the Womans Press association. opened
the meeting yesterday afternoon with
a short address. Her subject was
Newspaper Work From a WOmans
Point of View
In a short paper entitled "A Mexican
Melange," Mrs Belle L. Harbaugh gave
a short report of her national editorial
trip.
what Shall I Write was the sub
ject of Mrs. Ella B. Newelfs paper
which proved one of the most interest
ing papers read during the session.
An animated discussion followed con-
corning the advisability of urging news
and many good points on both sides
We're advanced by the ladies.
Miss Zu Adams read paper on "Wo-
man Writers of Early Kansas" giving
a number of women who preserved the
history of the territory and state.
A number of new members were vot-
ed in Mrs. Cora Servis, Kinsley; Miss
Ida z. Eckert. Mrs: Viola Welsh, Re
haitian; Miss Matte Eskridge Of En-
poria; Miss Jessie Garwood and Miss
Myrtle Callahan of Topeka; Mrs. James
NJ. Lewis and Mrs. Ella B. Newell will
act as delegates at the national conven-
ton at Denver next year
Mrs Minnie D. Morgan of Cotton
wood Falls, was elected vice president.
Mrs Royce will serve again as preSi-
Mrs. Harbaugh and Mrs. Rupe will
fill the same Offices another year.
In the evening the ladies gathered at
the Copeland hotel to- attend the ban
quet which made a pleasant final to the
day After a short social chat in the
parlors. they descended to the ordinary
where the banquet was served.
In the center of the table stood a
huge vase of Easter lilies and at each
plate rested a jonquille.
The banquet was served in seven
courses, with the dessert, Mrs. Royce
proposed that as men usually had
settler served at this point at their ban
quets, that they should have theirs in
the form of the toaSts. Miss Matte
Eskridge was called upon to respond to
Women in journalism
In the toast The New Woman and
the Press by Mrs. J. NJ. Lewis, Jr., the
late Miss Kate Field received a loving
tribute as her high ideals for humanity
and her noble work Was recalled.
Mrs. Minnie D. Morgan, who has seen
all phases of newspaper life, having as
sisted her husband for years, gave
graphic account of the duties and pleas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
HOLIDAY SAYS NAY.
Says He Has no Respect for Office of
Justice of the Peace

Charles K. Holiday, Jr.,who was last
evening nominated by the allied forces
for the office of justice of the peace sub
ject to the election in April, says that
he will not accept the nomination.
You know" said he. II haven't much
more respect for the office than the aV-
erage citizen" He writes the following
note today in regard to it:
Topeka, Kan, March 10, '97.
To the Editor of The State Journal:
I see by this mornings Capital, that
1 was nominated by the "allied forces"
al Hamilton hall last evening for the
Office of justice of the peace. VIII you
please state through the columns of
your paper-that 1 absolutely and I'M
qualifedly refuse to accept the nomi-
nation. Yours truly,
CHAS. K. HOLIDAY, JR.
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claration was handed in and read by
Col. Fred Close.
This mass convention of citizens of
Topeka of all political parties affirm
that the time has come when all good
citizens should unite to secure for our
city the very best system of govern
ment possible among men. Therefore,
we declare,
First-That the expense of the city
government shall be economically and
wisely conducted. and give employ
ment to the greatest number of unem-
ployed consistent with the finances Of
the city.
Second-That all public franchises
should be owned and operated by the
receive the benefit thereof.
Third-That the city should acquire
the title to the present waterworks, pro-
vided the same can be obtained at a
fair valuation; and if it cannot be so
obtained. the city should build a sys-
tenn of its own.
Fourth-That pending the acquiring
of the title to the WaterWOrkS, the may
or and council should at once fix water
rates at reasonable figure as provided
by law.
should be given away by the city of
Topeka.
To secure these ends we ask the CO.
operation of all good citizens.
1t was some time after this declara-
ton was read that the committee re-
turned with the nominations. Several
prominent speakers, among them Dav-
id Overmeyer, were booked to address
the meeting, but all failed to put in
their appearance, and Fred Close and
Albert Griffin entertained the gather
ing during the interval of waiting.
When the nominations We're finally an
nounced, they were accepted unani-
mOUsly.
Before the meeting broke up. at the
suggestion of Mr.. Tillotson, the men
from the different wards got together
and organized themselves into registra-
ticn committees for the purpose of see
ing that all voters in favor of the Citi-
zens' ticket registered before the books
closed Some energetic work will be
done for the new ticket in all the wards
of the city.
Another meeting will be held at Ham
ilton hall Saturday night, at which the
nominees selected last night will be
given a chance to say something in
their own behalf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19

A;-Why. we had bed and few
chairs, but we never had any dishes
to amount to anything.
Odd your husband ever abuse
you?
Ayes, sir. One day he kicked me
and another day he struck me in the
face with the butt end of a buggy
whip, and he often threatened to mash
my mouth.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
Odd you ever curse your hus-
band?
A.-No, sir
Odd you strike him with buggy
whip?
A-No. sir. but he did me.
Odd you ever chase your husband
with a shotgun?
A.-No, sir.
Odd you ever throw a poker at
him?
A.-No, sir.
Q.-After you went back to him last
summer did you kiss him and put your
arm around his neck and tell him you
loved him and had come back to stay?
A-No, sir. He kissed me when l
went back, but I don't think 1 kissed
him.
of Mr. Morris, father of Mrs. Blush
Odd you ever live in the same
house with your daughter after she
married?
A.-Yes. sir.
O-What are Walter Blush's habits
A'NOh. he won't work. I have known
him to work by spurts, but he wont
keep at it.
O-After he married your daughter
did he ever provide for her properly?
A.-No, 1 wouldn't call it providing
properly.
Q-What do you know about Waits
chicken fighting proclivities, Mr.. Nor
Ale always kept fine lot of fight
ing chickens and would have fights
very ofen. He went to Leavenworth
and had a contest once. He was a
great hand to keep fighting dogs about
the place At one time he had % or
them, and he kept them housed UP IN
an old corn crib on the farm me
blamed dogs ate everything they could
find on the place, and every once in
awhile would eat up some of the neigh
bors' hogs or calves
Walter Blush. the defendant in the
case. was one of the first witnesses
placed on the stand this morning His
testimony was as follows:
Odd you ever treat your wife with
extreme cruelty?
Al never did in the world.
Q.-Have you ever struck her, slap
ned her, choked her or kicked her?
Al never done anything of the
kind.
IN get out of your wife's way when a
personal collision was about to hap
pen?
Al would go out and sit down by
tree until she cooled off.
Odd she ever make any assault
upon you? r..
her TO assault me- One time l was ly-
ing in the hammock and she "hollered'
to me to come and take care OF the
baby 1 was about half asleep ana
didn't come. The next thing L knew
she whaled away and struck me across
the legs with an iron poker. That
aroused me and I got up and tended
the baby. She would be pretty peace
able most of the time, only when her
mother came up. Then there was al
ways trouble Many and many time
she threw a poker at me She gave me
a licking one day with a buggy WhlP
because / wouldn't go out and dig po-
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One day she wanted to go t

tatoes. One day she wanted to go to
town, and I wouldn't go with her be-
cause it was raining. She commenced
to raise old Harry. She broke q, lot of
plates, and after she got through doing
that she picked up a shotgun and point
ed it at me, and told me she was go
ing to blow me up I wasn't afraid of
her shooting me. but thought the gun
house
Blush admitted that he generally
kept liquor about his house, but that he
was compelled to because he had heart
trouble.
Chas Gilman, farmer of Silver
Lake, was introduced as a witness for
Blush.
The testimony given by the witnesses
on both sides in this case is extremely
conflicting. The witnesses for Blush
testify indirect contradiction to the
testimony given by the witnesses for
his wife, and vice versa.
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antries OF ..The Old woman and the

aatries of 1.-The Old Woman and the
Press
Miss Maude Stacey responded to the
Girl Prowler'' and Mrs. Charlotte F.
Wilder responded to wit"
At the close of Mrs. Anna L. Digs
toast, THE Cake Walk" Mrs. Royce
gave the signal to leave the table.
Those who were present were: Mrs.
Royce, Mrs. Julia Chase, Miss Eskridge,
Mrs Belle L. Harbaugh, Mrs. g. c. Gle
mems, Mrs. Anna L. Diggs, Miss Zu
Adams, Mrs. NJ. L. Rupe and daughter.
Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. S. a. Thurston and
Mass. Mrs. ]. K. Hudson, Mrs. Dell
Keller, Mrs w. A Johnson, DR.. Har-
riett Adams, Miss Ida E. Eckert, Mrs.
c. F. Wilder, Mrs. E. B. Newill, Miss
Jessie Garwood and Miss Maude Stacey