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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13
+. COUNCIL DolN6s.

Quite an important meeting of tht
city council was held on Tuesday even
ing of last week. E. L. Beech, E. o
Chapman and D. E: Laird were ap
pointed judges of election for the first
ward, and the polling place was des
ignated at the opera hall. In the sec
ond ward John Whittett, F. j. Barnes
and S. Pollard were named as the
judges of election and the polling
station was fixed at the vacant build.
ing just east of Hatshwsy's restaurant
The council took up the matter of a
tax levy for the ensuing year, and de.
cided on raising $500 for interest on
the railroad refunding bonds, amoun-
ting to $4,000, now held by Chica-
ago firm, and drawing interest at the
rate of five per cent. yearly.
The amount decided upon for road
and bridge purposes was $1,000, OF
500 more than was raised by the levy
for last year. The council are of the
opinion that the amonnt to be raised
for next year can all be used on road
and bridge work in this city. The
stone crossing tag levy was increased
so that the council will have $500 to
expend next year, instead of 1900
which was the amount expended last
year.
The bonded Indebtedness of the
city for water works was $4,000, and
the council decided on an assessment
that would raise $1,000 to pay the in.
terest on the same. A special assess.
ment for repairing sidewalks was
made, amounting to $11647, while a
second special assessment of $4O.45
was made for the purpose of paying
for work done on crossings after
the council made the tax levy last
year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13
Park Hotel Barn DESTROYED
Bu Fire YESTERDAY
Morning.
Five Horses and Five Cows
Burned in the HO-
lOCduSt.

The frame barn located on what is
known as the Park Hotel property, and
belonging to Sylvester Davis and j. A.
Beard, was destroyed by fire at three
o'clock yesterday morning. When the
fire was first discovered the flames
we're completely enveloping the build
ing, and the fire department had
nothing to do but to keep the flames
from spreading.
With the destruction of the barn
five horses and FIVE COWS, belonging to
Hugh E. Greene, who recently moved
into the city from Redwood Falls
township, were burned to death. A
sixth horse, sold the day before, was
found grazing outside after Mr.. Greene
arrived at the scene.
Mr.. Greene stated that he had seven
or eight sets of harness and 100
bushels of ground feed, hay, etc., in
the barn, and that his loss is nearly
ST. l,OO0. There was no insurance on
the barn or contents. The horses and
COWS we're insured in the Redwood
Falls Mutual up to the time that Mr..
Greene moved into the city, but ex-
pired at that time.
Indications are that the fire was of
incendiary origin, and the police are
now investigating the matter. Mr..
Greene had trouble with a person the
night before, and serious threats were
made at that time. Mr.. Greene states
that one door was locked from the in
side, and that the other was locked
with a paddock, and hence the fire
must have been started from the out
side.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13

treet-cars run they are always found
on one side of the street, there icing
insufficient room to put them in the
centre. The people do not move with
the same impetuosity and business
like rush that makes western cities
objects of so much interest to outsiders.
In the west man will speak busi-
ness till his train starts and then run
to catch it and will jump off bofore
the train stops. So impetuous is the
spirit which rules him here that there
seems to be time to spare for every
thing. The girls are extremely
modest and are careful to not go about
without company. 1t is very rarely
you see one out without the COMPANY
of an older person or man, and they
do not frequent the streets as much
as in the west. It is probable the
men have more time to spare and can
think to do the buying for the house
hold, and may as we'll say here that
they cannot compare with the western
girls. There is some excuse for this
because very few come out to the
camp-a marked contrast with the
conditions at Camp Smelling.
1t would make the farmers of Min
nesota smile to see the way their
brothers here do business. Every
available corner on hillside is utilized.
every separate field is fenced and they
dodge in and out through the stumps
and stones in a manner that would
drive Redwood county farmers to dis
traction. Corn is now ripening in
most of the fields about the camp, but
the government has had this territory
in it's possession since May and very
little of it has been used for farming.
1t is cold here as cold as when we
left Minnesota, so that we hardly keep
comfortable with two heavy blankets.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13
HEALTHY At CAMP MEADE.
ASA Brooks, Very Interesting Let.
ter From That place.

In camp here one begins to realize
what war is; the tent-covered fields ex-
tending every way almost as far as the
eye can reach, the passing and repass-
ing of different troops, the long trains
of mule teams and the ever present
sentries at night continually calling
the half hours and "all's well'' are
only Camp Smelling twenty-five times
larger. This is the Second army corps
and is under the commend of Mai.
Gen. Graham. The Fifteenth is bri-
gaded with the Eight and Thirteenth
Pennsylvania in the first division of
the third brigade, Gen. Goblin COM
manding.
The camp is considered the best in
the United States, but it has many
serious features and much to condemn
it in the eyes of western people. The
chief item being the dust, and when it
rains the mud-there is nothing like
tit is terribly annoying.
We are just beginning to feel the
change in climate and the water. The
most noticeable effect being in the
appetites, which are beginning to be
ravenous. The boys have hard work
getting enough down at one meal to
last until another. This in some cases
leads them to believe that they are
not rightly treated and properly fed.
We are all ashamed of the state
ments that have been made regarding
the way we have been treated for
they mostly emanate from diseased
imagination. As a sample of our
treatment our bill of fare was-break-
fast, bread, coffee, beans, meat, pota-
toes, and griddle cakes with syrup.
Noon we had the same with cabbage
and stew, with bread pudding. At
night the extras were increased by an
oyster stew and baked sweet potatoes,
all this with no company fund to fall
back on, as some companies have. Of
course, there are days when the fare is
only bread, coffee, meat and potatoes
but they are the exception, where the
quartermaster is on to his job.
At the time of writing this letter we
are under the spell of an official an
nouncement that this corps was desig-
mated by the war department as part
of the army to be sent to Cuba. Bands
are playing in every regiment
and all is excitement, though it may
still be q month before we move.
A number of us took occasion to
visit Harrisburg. 1t is sleepy, dry
town. Quakerish in all its ways-nar-
row streets, with old-fashioned build
ings fronting them, scarcely enough
room for teams to pass and when
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13

VIM. l. Conrad OF l.dmb6rtOn
Attempted to Shoot
His Wife.
Mrs. Conrad Refuses to Com.
plain and He Gets
ONLY 60 DduS.

Will L. Conrad, q young butcher
of Lamberton, who lately moved in
from the country and rented Haacke's g
butcher shop, came near being MUIR
derer, Monday night.
He is in the habit OF drinking q
good deal more of poor whiskey than
is good for him and when under it's
influence is like crazy man. About
10 o'clock Monday night he returned
from down town loaded up with "bug
juice" and looking for trouble, and
not finding anyone to vent his fury on,
he picked q QUARREL with his poor
wife, and in the midst of his passion,
whipped out his revolver, and taking
aim, pulled the trigger. Had not
the woman had the forethought
and nerve to grab his wrist quickly,
she would now be q corpse and her
husband q murderer. The bullet
went awry. .,
Several people we're attracted by
the shot, among them being Marshal
Moore, who placed Conrad under
arrest and lodged him in the cooler
over night. 1t seems that Conrad had
been up at John Haas's saloon prev
ious to the shooting and was brand
ishing his revolver around and threat
ening to shoot. He was followed
home by John Haas, who was on the
scene when the shooting occurred but
was unable to do anything with the
drunken man.
Tuesday morning he was arraigned
before Judge McKirdy on the charge
of assault and battery, his wife refus-
ing to prosecute him for attempting
murder, affirming that he was always
kind to her, except when under the
influence of liquor. He was given
so days in the county jail without
the option of paying a fine. An Of
fcer left with him on the noon train
Tuesday for the hub and a sixty days
stop in the county bastile may teach
him to let whiskey alone in the future.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13
MARTIN-STEVENS MARRIAGE.

The marriage of Miss Estelle May
Stevens, eldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. E. Stevens of Evansville, Wis,
and formerly assistant principal of the
Redwood Falls public schools to Mr..
M. Dewitt Martin of this city, oc-
Cured at the home of the brides
parents in Evansville at 6 80 o'clock of
the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 4th.
The ceremony was performed the by
Rev. Fl. L. Martin, an uncle of the
groom. The room was appropriately
decorated for the occasion, and was
occupied by only relatives and init
mate friends of the contracting parties.
The Methodist ceremony was used.
The maid was Miss Rose Giles of Chi
cago lifelong friend of the bride,
and the groomsman was r. O. Martin
of Evanston, ILL.,, brother of the
groom.
A wedding supper was served i'm
mediately after the formal ceremony,
and at 10 o'clock Mr.. Martin and his
bride boarded the west-bound train,
arriving here Thursday afternoon.
They will be at home after Oct. 18th,
on the corner of Wyoming and Mime
sofa avenue.
The groom has been a resident of
Redwood Falls for manv years, and
since his arrival here he has been act
ing as pharmacist in the drug store
of 81. NJ. Hitchcock & Co. He has
been popular mover in society from
his first appearance. His acquain-
tance with his bride commenced two
or three years ago, shortly after she
came here to act as assistant principal
of the Redwood Falls high school.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13

Rocky Mountain Tea gives immedi-
ate relief, permanent cures, gives life
and health, soothes and cures while you
sleep. IS cents. Hitchcock & Co. 81
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS.
lndiCat atlonS Point to a Short Term
of Court.

Below is given list of the grand
and petit jurors, drawn to serve at the
November term of court, to commence
on Wednesday, Nov. 9th. The grand
jurors must be in the court room at
10 o'clock on the morning of that day,
while the petit jurors are not asked to
appear until 10 o'clock q. m. of the
following morning, Thursday.
Clerk Warner stated Tuesday that
there was very little business in sight
at that time, indicating that the term
of court would be short one. OF
course, there may be some criminal
business delevoped before the date set
for the grand jury to convene, in
which case the term will be lengthened.
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
a 1fechapical Emperor.

~4oOA4sssAAo0A
To judge from the following anec-
dote, Emperor Menelek Of Abyssinia
has mechanical turn of mind not
usually supposed to belong to the
natives Of the dark continent. It
seems that NJ. Lagarde, the French
minister to that country, having
heard that the empress desired to
possess sewing machine, took
pains to have one included among
his baggage, but the roads Of Abys-
sinia are capable Of much improve
ment, and, although the machine
was we'll packed, the accidents of
the trip left it at the end in sorry
condition. When the case was open
ed, N. Lagarde found, to his cha
grin, that the machine positively
refused to work. Not being versed
In the methods Of making repairs Of
this sort, he was at a loss what to
do, when Menelek approached. "Let
me look at it," he said. He scru-
tinized the machine, examined its
plan Of construction and, catching
sight Of little spring which had
become bent, remarked, "Why, you
have only to straighten that out,
and the machine will work" No
sooner said than done. With sharp
blow from hammer the negus put
matters to rights, and the next min
ute the machine was running ad-
mirably, to the intense delight of
the empress and the natural amaze
ment Of M. Lagarde.
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
AFTER THE COMBINES
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WISCONSIN,
BEGINS AN lNvEsTloATloN.

Iaduosd to Take Up the Matter by Corr
t)aiats Asaisss the State oroesrs' ~.
soolation-Many Concerns on the Lsst,
sixty.tws Psrtinsnt Questions. .t3,,F.' !
MILWAUKEE, March 2.-The Evening
Misconsin says that Attorney General
M5lrea is investigating the Wisconsin
Wholesale Groosrs' association. From
the information that has reached the
attorney general hs is induced to be.
ueve that the association 10 offending
against the statute which forbids the
formation Of trusts intended to restsain
trade or to regulate the prices Of com.
modities, and q rigid inquiry has been
fnstituted. H.-5
incidentally tho scope Of tho inquiry
has been broadsned to make IL cover all
companies concerning wtioh thsre u .
suspicion IN the minds Of tho drtn1 en-
gagged III the various trades.
Long List Of 0usetons.
In pursuing his inquiry Attsf2ey
General Mylrea has formulated . llst
Of 50 questions, which IL answered
fully and freely, will throw . great
deal of Light upon the manner Of doing
business Of trade corporations.
These firms, aside from the Wiscon.
sin Wholesale Grocers' association, con.
eerning which inquiries are made, ere
Arbuckle Bros, the Woolson Spice
company, the American Sugar Refining
company, the National Sugar Refining
company, the Mollenhauer Sugar Re.
aning company, D. II. Howell g. Co.,
B. Leidersdorf g. Co., the Diamond
Match company, the Northwestern
Yeast company, the American Tobacco
company, the Proctor g. Gamble com.
pany and Fairbanks g. 90.
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
NO RELIEF NECESSARY.
Government Apandons Its Expedition to
the Klondike.

Government Abandons Its Expedition to
the Klondike.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The war dc.
partment has decided to abandon its
expedition for the relief Of the miners
in the Klondike country, because the
conclusion has been reached that no
necessity exists for it. Secretary Alger
has written letter to Senator Hawley,
chairman Of the senate committee on
military affairs. explaining the depart.
ment's position, and asking that con.
gress take action by joint resolution
authorizing the department to dispose
of the supplies purchased for the expe.
dition, including the reindeer which
have just arrived from Norway, and to
abandon the project entirely.
In his letter Secretary Alger says the
conditions on the Yukon have changed
80 as to render the expedition unneces.
sary, and that General Miles and Gen.
oral Merriam both agree with him. He
Is also advised to this effect by the Can.
adian minister of the interior. Later
advices than those received last De.
cember, when the expedition was de.
caded upon, indicate, he says, that the
miners are in no danger Of suffering
and he thinks that the great crowds Of
prospeotors now going in over Dyea
pass, will carry sufficient provisions to
divide with the miners in case they
need assistance.
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
INDIAN MAKING PROGRESS.
Aanuai Report Of the Board q C.um.
oionerS

Annual Report Of the Board q Csum,s.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The s8th'
annual report Of the board Of Indian
Commissioners. Of which Merrill K|
Gates is chairman, has been submitted
to Secretary HQss. It says that Ii the'
general condition Of the Indians. no
important changes have occurred. but'
there 10 eyidencS Of steady prosrtss In
industrial pursuits and education.
Considerable progress in the allot.
me4ts Of lands to the Indians has been'
made during tbs year. Nearly q, ,oo0
ellotments q a0 have been maAe slnos
the practice waa begun, 80 tkkt sbod5
one.thind of the red men, exoludins =
those in the Indian Territory and in
MeF York. are now In possession Of
their own lands aud have the oppor.
tunity of establishing individual homes
and OF gaining support by their. own
labor. The commission is strongly of
the opinion that the allotment system
!sa good one; that az q result Of Indian
labor there is q gratifying growth in
their productive industries, which war.
rant the hope that the time is not very
far distant when the issue Of rations
and other supplies to the Indian may
be brought to an end.
The board recommends liberal appro.
priotions for farmers and field matrons
and Tor q supervisor of irrigation aud
superintendents Of constructed bitches,
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
No Such Firm.

A writer in a recent number Of
The Strand Magazine gives currency
to the following postofice anecdote:
Mr.. B. Ltchfeld, the well known
art dealer, exhibited some panels of
old tapestry at the Manchester Jubi-
lee exhibition. Wanting one Of
these returned, he wired: please
send panel 8 by 10, Venus and
Adonis. .'-Litchfield." The depart
mental head of the exhibition was
away. and his clerk returned the
message to the postoMce as mot
understandable. !" The postoaice
people, struck with bright idea,
then transmitted the telegram to
the city of Litchfield and received
the following reply: mo such firm
as Venus q Adonis known here.
Try Manchester"
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
IRlsHMEN ARE PLEASED.

Local Government Bill Conceded to 10 s
Step In the Desired Direction.
LONDON, Feb. 2s.-The irish local
government bill on the whole is re-.
oeived with general favor by 1rishmen
In the house Of commons, so much 20
that the members have seemed to be
basking in the millennium. Messrs.
Dillon, Healey and Redmond find them.
selves more in accord than for years
past. Mr.. Redmond, in conversation
With representative Of the Associated
Press, said: -
''The bill, SO far as it goes, is salts.
factory. It places the management Of
all purely local affairs absolutely In the
hands of the people. OF course Ii is not
q substitute for home rule. On the
contrary, II 1t works we'll, it wifi be a
powerful weapon in our hands to for.
ward home rule. It will prove that our
people are capable Of governing them.
selves with good sense aud federation. y
A conference Of the Irish members Of
ell parties on Tuesday unanimously de.
tdded to place the conduct Of the oues.
ton this year in the hands Of Mr.. Red!
mond, who has given notice OF q
motion raising the whole question Of
1reland's overtaxation on the presenta.
ton of the budget.
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05

APTA1N wIIL1AM T. SAMPSON. PRESIDENT
OF TIE COURT OF INQUIRY.
on the list Of the crew of the Maine,
was called. It is understood that he
gave testimony regarding the coaling
Of the battleship at the navyyard here.
Had Nothing More to Fey.
In the afternoon the court went out
to the barracks, where all the survivors
Of the Maine were mustered. The men
we're asked If they had any charges or
further statements to make. Not
word came from the ranks, and, after 9
whispered consultation, the work Of
the court Of inquiry came to an end.
The stenographers were kept busy
during the rest Of the afternoon and
caught up with their notes Of the tesh-
mony. The proceedings at the barracks
lasted about an hour only and we're
conducted with great privacy.
Judge Advocate Mark, in reply to an
inquiry, said that so far as he knew the
court has no more work to do at Key
West.
The Mangrove is lying at her dock
with steam up, but it Is said on good
authority that the members Of the
court are awaiting instructions through
Rear Admiral sicard from Washington
. to whether they shall return to
Havana at once.
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
JUST a PERSONAL VIEW.

ExpsessIsn by Secretary Long ON tie
Matter Of spanish Responsibility.
! SWAsn1AaroN, March 2.-FollowinR
the cabinet meeting, : report was cdr.
4ulated to the effect that Secretary
Long had stated that the element Of
epenish responsibility had been elm.
mated from the disaster to the Maine.
When Secretary Long returned 70 the
navy department, representative Of
the Associated Press asked him con.
oerning this alleged statement. He
said that his expression had been of the
most casual character. The expression
was based entirely upon his personal
Judgment and did not spring from any
evidence or information in his posses.
sion. He further said that there was
q material abatement Of the excitement
over the subject Of the Maine. The SEQ.
rotary added that his reference to
SPANS responsibility was that the
question Of any official participation by
the Spanish government in the destruc.
tiou Of the Maine was practically elm.
mated, in his Judgment. He desired to
have 1t made clear that was his Der.
soual view on the subject.
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
MUST PAY OVERDUE FEES.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds the
State Insurance. Commissioner.
MADISON, Wis, March 2.-The su.
preme court has decided an insurance
case Of great Importance, not only to
the parties directly involved but to sew.
eral of the big life and accident oom.
panies which do business in Wisconsin.
It is that Of the Travellers Insurance
company against Insurance Commis.
sioner Frioke for an injunction re.
straining him from revoking its license
In the state, which he has promised to
do unless the company pays back taxes,
amounting, with interest, to about
eSS.00o. The supreme court affirmed
the decision of the lower court and the
Travellers company will have to pay
1000 in back license fees Other
companies affected will bring the total
sum involved up to e1O4,O0O,
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
ROADS ARE BUSY.
Rush to the Klondike Seems to Be ON in
TapnAak

Rush to the Klondtke Seems to Be ON in
Earnest.
ST. PAUL, March 8.-The transconti.
mental trains leaving st. Paul Wednes.
day did great business, 1t being found
necessary in the case Of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific to run
their trains in two sections, while tho
500 train added several cars to the reg.
ular equipment
The number Of people who passed
through st. Paul to the gold fields was
greater than at any time since the rush
began.
Parties came in during the morning
and even some from the night before,
from all parts Of the country, and tho
Union depot and big train she'd was the
busiest place in the city at leaving
time.
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
RoosEvELT's REPLY.

War Il Not Expected but Prsparations
Arc Being Rapidly Pushed.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-A special to
The World from Washington Gays:
Acting Secretary Of the Navy Rooss.
vslt when asked concerning the pesb.
ability Of war, and the condition Of the
navy in ease Of emergency said:
II wishyeu would ~ that while We
do not s1pect war, this navy depart.
ment 4 simply making everx prspaxa-
ton Tor it,.
The work Of the navy Il going On
~ rapidly. aswe could wish. 70 rot
Into IN ideal position Of ohense and ds.
3snee viii consume much time and 8
stsst deal o. patient labor. Daring
- paat 40 days the labor Of the do.
partment has been multiplied. -
Il His words are susceptible Of two In.
;terprstasions, both consistent with Of.
l1cial reserve and caution. Working
night and day to prepare for war, the
sscretary may regard as the surest way
to Syert war.