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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13
PURCHASE OF CUBA.

FOHNIIHSI Vt NVO7s
Recent rumors are to the effect that
negotiations are pending between Sec
rotary Sherman, Minister DeLome of
Spain at Washington, and DR.. T. Es-
trada Palma, the envoy of the Cuban
Republic in this country, looking
towards the purchase of the Island
from Spain. The rumor undoubtedly
has some foundation. It is conceded
that the Republican administration,
aside from being pledged to do some
thing for the independence of the
Island, has a great deal Of sympathy
for the patriots struggling for liberty.
The administration is composed of
people who would like to see every
Nation enjoying full liberties.
A proposition of this kind on the
basis of complete independence for
the Island, or annexation to the Unit
ed States, would be generally approved
by the people of the United States.
The price paid for this independence,
practically already won by force Of
arms, should not be over $20O,OOO,O00
and half that sum would not be far
out of the way. The Cuban Republic
government can agree to pay the
sum and the United States can act as
a guarantee, for the payment.
In the meantime what is going on
in Cuba! The rainy season has set in.
The Spanish soldiers, not acclimated
to the climate, are retiring to the hos
pitfalls are crowding them to overflow
ing to receive treatment for malaria
and other complaints following the
rainy season of Cuba. The Spaniards
are practically on the defensive now,
because they cannot operate in the
swamps and mud against the Cubans,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13

Our Sleepy Eye contemporary, The
Dispatch, cannot get it through it's
noddle that the true test of Republic
anism last fall was the vote for Gov
ernor-that the man who voted for
Gov. Clough when that man needed
votes was much better Republican
than the man who voted for Mckinley
and did not vote for Clough. Many
gold Democrats voted for Mckinley
for President, but for Lind for Gov
ernor, and their votes certainly should
not be used as a basis for apportion-
ment.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13

who know every foot of Cuban soil
The Cubans, in bands, are forcing the
fighting, harrassing the Spanish SOL
diers, raiding towns and are creating
pandemonium in the ranks of the adj
versaries. At times they attack them
with deadly effect, sweeping the Span
iards from the battlefield and causing
them to retire to the nearest fortified
town.
The PRONUNCIATION of the recent de-
cree protesting to give home rule to
the Island was sham. The decree
gives the Island little more than it
has had in the past and the Cubans
who have seen the blood of their COM
rades in arms, their wives and daugh-
ters enrich the soil of the Island are
not going to accept sham. They
are fighting for liberty, and with lib
erty in their grasp, they would be fool
ish to accept the proposition of the
Spanish government.
Gen. Weyler continues to send in
his reports of Spanish victories and of
certain provinces being thoroughly
pacified. But the Spanish victories
are merely on paper Immediately af-
ter the battle is fought. When the
real truth becomes known they gen
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13

orally turn out to be big Cuban vic
tories. The fact that the Cubans are
forcing the fight in every province of
the Island shows that Weyler's reports
as to pacification are false, and that
the war from the Cuban standpoint,
is stronger than ever.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13

committee to examine into the matter
and report in favor of acquiring the
site. A fund for the purpose can be
started at once. There is no other
one thing that the tax payers here
would be more willing to be taxed for.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13

An elephant belonging to Sanger's
circus has developed dislike to po-
licemen. It attacked one in London,
and later chased Welsh constable
into public house, which it nearly
demolished in trying to reach him.
It's latest exploit was to pick up with
it's trunk milk cart, with the man
driving and the horse, and throw them
all over a hedge. The man had care
lessly run over the elephants foot.
The man was cut about the head, the
wagon smashed, and the milk spilled,
but the horse was not hurt. n
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE.
BY AIKEN & SCHMAHL.
GAZETTE BUILDING DIRECTORY.

President Mckinley appointed
Stanford Newell as minister to The
Hague, Capt. Henry A. Castle as aud
itor Of the postofice department and
Tams Bixby as Indian commissioner
last Wednesday. If the President
had gone all over Minnesota with
fine tooth comb he could not have
found three better men for their re-
spective positions, and as loyal party
workers they have only few equals.
The President, the people and the
appointees are all to be congratulated.
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15
BATTLE OF MARATHON.
Tremendous Consequences Hinged Upon
the Victory of the Greeks.

Tremendous Consequences Hinged Upon
the Victory of the Greeks.
There has been one day in the history
of the world fraught with tremendous
consequences to the whole of man
kind. There have been days when
enc or more countries have haG
reason to believe that the crisis
had been reached in their history,
and their welfare hinged on the sue
cess of their encounter with the enemy,
a victory that one day might win or lose
for them. These were as naught COM
pared with the tremendous weight that
hung in the balance when the Greeks
met the Persians at Marathon.
In the handful of tiny states that in
habited Greece q new life had arisen
The Greek intellect had developed facul-
ties which indicated that man had adj
vanced another stage toward the high
est ideals. Foremost among these lit
tie nations was Athens, destined to
reach the highest intellectual glory.
Athens, too, contained the germs of
human freedom; it was the forerunner
of the democracies of the world. But
the very existence of Athens and Greece
was threatened by the huge barbaric
empire of Persia. Darius had sent out
his hordes of warriors to add the Gre
clan states to his vast dominions. Face
to face his numerous forces met the
Athenians on the plain of Marathon.
Hitherto invinciblc in the field, the Per-
slams looked upon the little army opposed
to them with contempt. The Greeks
themselves hesitated to hazard a battle
with the conquerors of the world. Their
generals debated the question, and the
decision to fight the Persians was
caused by the eloquence of the immortal
Miltiades. He led his 10000 Greeks
against the Persian hosts and gained a
decisive victory. The glorious day OF
Marathon beat back the advancing tide
of eastern despotism and barbarism
and saved the freedom and civilization
of the western world.-Cincinnati En-
OUirnr
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15
CHAPTER XXI.

When George Wentworth received this
message he read it several times over
before it's full meaning dawned upon
him. Then he paced up and down his
room and gave way to his feelings. His
best friends, who had been privileged
to hear Georges vocabulary when he
was rather angry, admitted that the
young man had fluency of expression
which was very much more terse than
proper. When the real significance of
the dispatch became apparent to him,
George outdid himself in this particular
line. Then he realized that, however
consolatory such language is to very
angry man, it does little good in any
practical way. He paced silently up and
down the room, wondering what he
could do, and the more he wondered
the less light he saw through the fog.
He put on his hat and went into the
other room.
Henry" he said to his partner, ''do
you know anybody who would lend me
e2O,OOO?"
Henry laughed. The idea of any
body lending that sum OF money eX-
cept on the very best security was in it
self extremely comic.
"Do you want it to-day?" he said.
eyes, I want it to-day
"Well, don't know any better plan
than to go out into the street and ask
every man if he has that sum about him.
You are certain to meet men who have
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15

very much more than $4,000, and PEI.
baps one of them, struck by your very
sane appearance at the moment, might
hand over the sum to You. i think,
however, George, that you would be
more successful if you met the capital
ist in secluded lane some dark night,
and had good reliable club in your
hand"
"You are right" said George. "Of
course, there is just as much possibil
.ity of my reaching the moon as getting
that sum of money on short notice
"Yes, or on long notice, either, I
imagine. I know plenty of T. en- who
have the money, but 1 wouldn't under
take to ask them for it, and 1 don't be-
heve you would. Still, there is nothing
like trying. He who tries may succeed,
but no one can succeed who doesn't
try. Why not go to old Longworth?
He could let you have the money in a
moment if he wanted to do so. He
knows you. What's your security,
what are you going to do with it-that
eternal mine of yours
to be mine. That is why need the
100000
''Well, George, don't see much hope
for you. You never spoke to old Long
worth about it, did you? He wasn't
one of the men you intended to get into
this company"
mo, he was not. 1 wish he had beeI
IL
bis rascally nephew has DONE"
"Ah, that immaculate young man has
been playing you tricks, has hep
'tHe has played me one trick, which
| is enough"
"Well, why don't you go and see The
old man and lay the case before him ?
He treats that nephew as if he were
his son. Now, q man will do a great
| deal for his son, and perhaps old Long
worth might do something for his
nephew"
Eyes, but should have to explain to
him that his nephew is scoundrel."
'Very well, that is just the kind Of ex-
planation to bring the 6 10000. If his
nephew really is scoundrel, and you
can prove it, you could not want bet
ter lever than that on the old mans
money bags"
by Jove," said Wentworth, II be.
lieve 1 shall try it. L want to let him
| know, anyhow, what sort of man his
nephew is. I'll go and sec him."
Il would said the other, turning tc
his work. And so George Wentworth
putting the cablegram in his pocket
went to see old Mr.. Longworth in q
frame of mind in which no man should
see his fellow-man.
He did not wait to be announced, bu
walked, to the astonishment of tht
clerk, straight through into Mr.. Long
worth's room. He found the old mar
| seated at his desk. -
ITO BE CONTINUED
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15
How elliot Drew.

The story is going the rounds of the
press that Sir Frederick Leighton once
supplemented words of advice and en-
couragement to a struggling young
artist by handing him an envelope con-
tanning check for C so with the re-
mark: ''One day, my friend, do not
doubt that you will be able to draw even
better than this" This reminds me OF
the anecdote told Of the first visit of old
Joseph elliott, the penman, to Turner
81 have come to swap some of my pic
lures for yours" he said. What do
you mean?" exclaimed Turner. ''You
don't paint!" mo, I don't, but draw,
said elliott, unfolding a roll of Banl;
of England notes, ''and here are some OF
my pictures. Art Amateur.
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15

any time get an offer for his mine, just
as we are forming our company, and,
of course, if the option had not been re-
newed, he would sell to the first man
who put down the money. AS you say,
all he wants is to sell the mine"
Longworth was busy opening his let
ters and apparently paying very little
attention to what Kenyon said. At
last, however, he spoke:
eff were you, if you care to take my
advice, 1 would go straight back to
England. You will do no good here.
I merely say this to save you any fur
ther trouble, time and expense"
Don't you think it would be as well
to get a renewal of the option?"
ooh! certainly; but, as I told you
before, it was not at all necessary for
you to come over. may say, further
more, that Won Brent will not again re-
new the option without a handsome
sum down, to be forfeited if the COM
pany is not formed. Have you the
money to pay him."
mo, have not"
VERY we'll, then, there will not be
the slightest use in your seeing Won
Brent"
Young Mr.. Longworth arched his
eyebrows and gazed at John through
his eyeglass. Il will let you have my
third of the money if that will do any
good
How much money does Won Brent
! want?"
How should 1 know? To tell you
the truth, Mr.. Kenyon, and truth never
| hurts, or oughtn't to, L don't at all like
this visit of yours to America. You
| and Mr.. Wentworth have been good
| enough to be suspicious about me from
the very first. You have not taken any
pains to conceal it, either of you. Your
| appearance in America at this partic-
ular juncture is nothing more nor less
than an insult to me. 1 intend to re-
ceive it as SUCH"
81 have no intention of insulting you,
said Kenyon, ''if you are dealing fairly
with me-
''There it is again. That remark is
an insult. wish to have nothing moro
| " Soy W SOu' give yOu Iut dOfICC luot
it is better for you, and cheaper, to &c
back to London. You need not act OIL
it unless you like. 1 have nothing fur.
ther to say to you, and so this interview
may as we'll be considered closed"
'And how about the mine?"
Il imagine the mine will fake care o
itself"
do you think this is courteous treat
ment of a business partner?"
'My dear sir, / do not take my lesson:
in courtesy from you. Whether you ar,
pleased or displeased with my treat
ment of you is a matter of supreme in
difference to me. / am tired of living
in an atmosphere of suspicion, and
have done with it, that's all. You thinl
some game is being played on you
both you and Wentworth think that
and yet you haven't the 'cuteness,' a
they call it here, or the sharpness t.
find it out. Now, man who has sus
picions he cannot prove should keel
those suspicious to himself until he can
That is my advice to you. I wish yo'
good day." .sa,.q.:.; .,,ss.s.1s7.s.
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15
AFTER FouRscoRE YEARS.

Good night, dear heart, good night,
Nay, let our weeping cease;
Her morning breaks where cloudless light
Bathes the fair hills OF peace.
That peace to her so dear
Has settled on her brow,
And now. methinks, the angels hear
Her gentle Thee" and Thou"
Close the sweet, patient eyes
Why mourn their fading lightf~
Her vision sweeps celestial skies
Where there is no more night.
Fold the dear earthworn hands,
They clasp our own no more;
She greets among immortal bands
Her loved ones gone before.
No dying agony
In this last hour is given;
One look across the silent sea,
One Step-from earth to Heaven.
One little sigh for sleep,
A fiuttering of the breast
And then-O wherefore should we weep?
She enters into rest.
Toward this calm resting place
Long was the way she trod
And so we cover up her face
And leave it all with God.
Mrs. Julia M. Dana, in N. W. Christian
Advocate
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15

"Ah, I see. / cabled over to your adj
dress and said was staying at the
Windsor for few days. sent a cable
gram almost as long as letter, but it
didn't appear to do any good"
mo; did not receive it"
"And what did you expect was wrong
over here?
'That I did not know. knew you
had time to get to Ottawa and see the
mine in twelve days from London. Not
hearing from you in that time, and
knowing the option was running out,
both Wentworth and became anxious,
and so 1 came over"
Exactly. Well, I'm afraid you've
had your trip for nothing"
What do you mean? Is not the
mine all 1 said it wes?"
"Oh! the mine is all right; all |
meant was, there was really no neces-
sity of your coming"
'But, you know, the option ends in a
very short time"
swell, the option, like the mine, is all
right. L thing you might quite safely
have left it in my hands"
1t must be admitted that John Ken
yon began to feel he had acted with un-
reasonable rashness in taking his long
trip.
'Is Mr.. Melville here with you?"
"Mr Melville has returned home. He
had not time to stay longer. All he
wanted to do was to satisfy himself
about the mine. He was satisfied, and
he has gone home. If you were in Lon
don now you would be able to see him. "
did you meet Mr.. Won Brent?"
Eyes; he took us to the mine"
"And did you say anything about the
option to him?"
"Well, we had some conversation
| about it. There will be no trouble
about the option. What Won Brent
wants is to sell his mine, that is ALL"
There was a few moments silence
then Longworth said: "When are yor
going back?"
81 don't know. 1 think l ought te
see Won Brent. l am not at all easy
about leaving matters as they are.
think I ought to get renewal of th'
option. It is not wise to risk thing;
as we are doing. Won Brent might a
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15
CurioSjtieS of Law.

Meek-loolling Gent-What's the mat
ter, my good man?
Irate Stranger-I'm going to have
that woman arrested. She inveigled q
dollar out of me on false pretenses.
Can you arrest woman for that Z
'Yes, street"
"My! my! Law is curious thilg.
Why a regular fury of woman in
veigled me into marrying her, by false
pretenses-pretended she was an angel
and the law not only won't let me ar
rest her, but makes me support her. -
n. Y. Weekly.
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15
CHAPTER Xxx.

Although the steamship that took
Kenyon to America was one of the
speediest in the Atlantic service, yet
the voyage was ineXpressively dreary
to him. He spent most of his time
walking up and down the deck think
ing about the other voyage of few
months before. The one consolation
OF his present trip was its quicllness.
When he arrived at his hotel in New
York, he asked if there was any mes
sage there for him, and the clerk hand
ed him an envelope, which he tore open.
It was a cable dispatch from Went
worth, with the words: "Longworth
at Windsor. Proceed to Ottawa imme-
diately. Get option renewed. Long
worth dupipg u.s.
John knitted his brows and Won
6ered where Windsor was. The clerk,
seeing his perpleXity, asked if he could
be of any assistance.
II have received this cablegram, but
don't quite understand it. Where is
Windsor?"
"Oh, that means the Windsor hotel.
Just up the street"
Kenyon registered, and told the clerk
to assign him a room and send his bag.
gage up to it when it came. Then he
walked out from the hotel and sought
the Windsor.
He found the colossal hostelry, and
was just inquiring of the clerk whether
Mr.. Longworth was staying there
when that gentleman appeared at the
desk and took some letters and his key.
Kenyon tapped him on the shoulder.
Young Longworth turned round
with more alacrity than he usually dis
played, and gave long whistle of sur
prise when he saw whom it was.
'sIn the name of all the gods" he
cried, what are you doing here?'
Then, before Kenyon could reply, he
said: "Come up to my room"
They went to the elevator, rose a
few stories, and passed down an ap-
parently endless hall, carpeted with
some noiseless stuff that gave no echo
OF the football. Longworth put his key
into the door and opened it. They
entered large and pleasant room.
WELL" he said, this is surprise
What is the reason Of your being here:
Anything wrong in London?
Nothing wrong so far as am aware
We received no cablegrams from you
and thought there might be some hitcl
in the business: therefore L came"
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15

CHAPTER XIX-CoNTINUED
The parasol broke with sharp snap,
and the girl murmured: "Oh,' but the
murmur was faint.
"Never mind the parasol," he said,
pulling it from between them and toss
ing it aside. I'll get you another"
Reckless mani" she gasped. "You
little know how much it cost. And /
think, you know, ought to have been
consulted-in an-in an affair of this
kind-George."
''There was no time. l acted upon
your own advice-promptly. You are
not angry, Jennie, my dear girl, are
you?"
Il suppose I'm not, though l think
ought to be, especially as 1 know only
too well that 1 held my heart in my
hand the whole time, almost offering it
to you. 1 hope you won't treat it as
you have treated the sunshade."
He kissed her for answer.
"You see," she said, putting his neck
tie straight, Il liked you from the very
first, far more than [ knew at the time.
If you-I'm not trying to Justify my
self, you lnow-but if you had-well-
Just coaXed me a little yourself, 1 would
never have sent that cable message.
You seemed to give up everything, and
you sent Kenyon to me, and that made
me angry. l expected you to come
back TO me, but you never came"
81 was stupid fool. l always am,
when I get fair chance"
"Oh, no, you're not, but you do need
some one to take care of you"
She suddenly held him at arms
length from her.
"You don't imagine for a moment,
George Wentworth, that L came here to-
day for-for this
Certainly not" cried the honest
young man with much indignant
fervor, drawing her again toward him.
'"Then it's all right. couldn't bear
to have you think such a thing, especial
ly-well, I'll tell you why, some DAY
But I do wish you had a title. Do they
><r ennoble accountants in this coun-
,tJ, George?"
mo, they knight only rich fools"
"Oh, I'm so glad of that, for you'll
get rich on the mine, and I'll be Lad52
Wentworth yet"
She drew his head down until heI
laughing lips touched his.
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15

OscEoLA, New, recently produced a
gold nugget weighing 81 ounces aud
worth 81, 064.
The Bourbon news., 1897-01-15
CHAPTER XIX.-CoNTINUED.

copyright. 1905. by Robert Barr.l
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1897-11-09
The Denver Times looks upon tt

The Denver Times looks upon the
victory of Tammany in Greater New
York as victory for bimetallism. BY
the way, why doesn't the Times come
out honestly and espouse the cause OF
the party it so lust ly lauds? We believe
it is sincere in its advocacy of free coin
age and all that William J. Bryan and
the Democracy of the west stand for
Why, then, should it trhe with an ignis
fatuus, a paradox, a makeshlft party !?
The Times is too intelligent not to know
that "the only hope of the rehabilitation
OF silver is in the Democratic party"
Henry M. Teller has said so. The Times
has repeatedly endorsed this sentiment
and knows it 10 be true. Why, then,
does it daily around the tottering shadow
and impalpable form of a mere fetch. a
mere party name. inconsistent, incon-
gruous and impossible? Can't 1t bre;k
away from the shackles of party name
and prejudice and help us to build a
party that will be locally, as we'll as
nationally, great?
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1897-11-09
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Regular size 50 cents and SI.oo.
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