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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-02-20
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No 3.....s.... 0S3 cents
Flax s.. 148 cents
ForSale Seed barley and Rural New
Yorker potatoes. VIM. WHITTET
Just for funSee "A Merry Min
lister. At the opera house Satur-
day evening
G. b, Mabee left Monday for Ced-
Tar Falls. Iowa, to visit with his
mother for few days.
| j. ] Juenemann OF New Ulm Wis
| ited over Sunday at the home of his
uncle, John Lauterbach.
Fine seed wheat for sale by O.. A.
Mason, at Is cents per bushel 28-4t !
Chas. J. Mcmillan, former
Redwood Falls citizen, visited for a
few DAYS of the past week with Mrs.
E. Z. Warner, his sister, and num-
Der of old friends in this city.
The Star poultry yard has for sale
some choice pure bred barred Plymouth
Rock, White Wyandott and Cockerels,
cheap for this month.
27-2t. FRANK CARAVAN
Every Wednesday evening dur
ing the lenten season Rev. FIR.
Woods will conduct appropriate e
services at ST. GATHERINGS church
celebrating the stations ofthe cross,
followed by the benediction.
Go to the old Pioneer Grocery of J..
NJ. burlington for bargains in groceries,
Telephone No. so.
Judge Evans received notice a
few days ago of the death of J. D..
Hustled, father Of one of the pioneers
OF Redwood Falls, and himself a
former property owner in this coun-
ty. Mr.. Hustled died at Duluth on
the 10Th inst, aged 50 years.
Bridges, rivers, tunnels, mountains,
build cities, gathers up the scattered
rays of ones ability. That's what
Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cents.
Hitchcock & Co.
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x = q r. 3.
The proposition to erect statute
of the late Senator Cushman K.
Davis in the statuary hall at Wash.
sington is one OF the most laudable
requests made of this session of the
Legislature. Senator Davis, by rea-
son Of his ability, and magnificent
work in the United States Senate,
is entitled to a place in the hall Of
fame, aside from a place in the stat
.uary hall at Washington, and there
is little doubt or no doubt but what
the statue for the capitol will be
provided for by the present session.
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Observation-Disclosures

Mrs. A. b. Peckham and Messrs.
Ed. .Fedderly and Clarence March
invited about IS of the friends of
Thos. March and his daughter,
Lille: to give them a surprise on
Friday evening of last week. Most
all Of the invited ones were present
and enjoyed a social evening. Sup
per was served.
Twelve competent artists produce
"A Merry Minister Count them.
At the oprea house Saturday eve
ming
Mrs. Bunker of Kasson, mother
of Mrs. S. Z. Pierce of this city, ac-
companied her son Abraham J. on
his way to this place as far as Slee-
py Eye. where she was taken i'll
and remained behind at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Smith, at the
Halter place. A. j. Bunker is a
wealthy ranchman and extensive
stock owner of South Dakota, and
had to finish his visit here and re-
turn to his home without waiting
| for his mother, who is expected
here during the week.
About 300 bushels of No. / seed flax
for sale at the farm of c. H. Byington,
| in Paxton township, near the Indian
church. 2S-3t.
| All Of the court house officials
united in a little testimonial ban
quet at Lunn S last Saturday after
noon in honor of Ex-Sheriff Pease
and Judge J. B. Robinson, the out
going officials of the county at the
beginning of this official. year. The
affair had been postponed once on
account of Elk Sheriff Pease not be
ing able to attend, and on this oc-
casion he was again detained from
attendance, an4 left a vacant chair
i in the court house family circle.
/ After discussing the refreshments
provided, Clerk Warner called NJ
Judge Robinson and arraigned him
for being such an obliging Demo
erat and SO utterly above reproacE
a lin his official career, that for three
i terms in succession Republican
/ voters had helped to keep him il
office. AS a memento Of the GOOD
i will which the court house gang
had for him, he presented large
souvenir spoon upon the bowl o
which the court house is engraved
in gold, the spoon being sterling
q silver. Judge Robinson was to-
8 much overcome to make extended
reply, aside from thanks. 1t would
4 have been Ex-Sheriff Pease's turf
! at this juncture to have heard some
nice things said about his conduc
while in Office bysAuditor Tompkins
but owing to his absence. the form
!. er will get his souvenir testimonial
! (which is mate to Judge Robin
son S, by messenger later.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-02-20
THE NEW CAPITOL.

THE NEW CAPITOL.
The new capitol Of Minnesota will
certainly be handsome structure.
and in every way worthy of one Of
the best States in the Union.
At the present time the structure.
is little more than an incompleted
| shell, the exterior showing a foun-
dation Of superb sand stone and the
lsuDerstructure of the finest Georgia
marble. polished, chiseled and
carved by the hands of man, and
the poWer.of steam, in manner
that makesit glisten il the sun.
shine and stand out boldly as a
monument of the sculptor's art
The interior Of the incompleted
building presents nothing but mas
sive upholstered walls Of brick and
stone, spacious unfinished halls.
uneompleted domes, the central one.
of which will be among the finest in
the world.
I The only treat in visiting the
grounds at the present time, how
ever, is in the shops where giant
saws for saving huge blocks Of
marble, and propelled by immense
lengines, are at work saving out.
marble blocks for the building, sew
eral saws being at work on a single
block and cutting it into as many
pieces as there are saws. a stream
of water is kept flowing continually
on the block in order to make the.
saving easier a huge polishing
machine is,at work in one corner of
! the shop, engaged in giving the
different stones the finest polish.
The biggest treat is over in the
scnlDtor's department, where work
men, with compressed air hammers
: - ~
are engaged in cutting out immense
Ieagles and other statuary for the
ladornment Of the exterior Of the
building There are to be eight
eagles, each weighing several tons,
aroand the building. -Four Of them
are completed and the workmen are
working on the other four, and the
manner in which the compressed
air hammers work the chisels,. the
drills. ETC., around these stone
birds, is certainly worth all the
time one can givento the building.
by means of these hammers smaller
i blocks of marble are cut into var
i ious shapes, and so clever is the
work OF the men handling the tools
| that up to the present time not a
Isingle one Of ..he many fine pieces Of
cut marble.in the building has been
injured
In another corner of the stone
cutting. shopis located machine
that turns out the immense columns
THAT are being put into the struc-
ure These columns are all Of the
Tuscan Doric, Ionic, gorinthiar
land Composite varieties, and The
manner IN which the machines turr
them out is certainly a wonder K
the spectators, and would make The
ancient architects, if they could 81
brought back to life, stand will
lave at the sight e be eornic TIL
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For Sale

A large number of pictures and stud
les, books, house plants, furniture,
stoves, carpets, phaeton, harness, lap
ropes, and . thousand and one things,
the accumulation of years, will be sold
for cash for what they will bring. Sale
every day after 8 a. m. to 5 b. m.
28-4t VIM. i, DUNNINGToN.
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Payable Al First National ank.
Bank Draft for One Dollar is
placed ii each box Of Mull's Pioneer
Kidney Cure.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-02-20
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WEDNESDAY FEB. 20, 1901.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

stopped and Col. Holiday made little
talk and voiced the following predic-
ton: Here where we stand two great
highways cross. one going to New Mex
leo and the other to California and
predict that at this spot there will be
the junction of two great railway sys-
TENS, going in the same directions Col.
Holiday lived long enough to see his
prediction realized though we laughed
at him then.
I'VE decided to go on west and con-
unue our investigations and we went
on up the river and crossed at Smiths
ferry which was about where the sugar
mill stands. We stopped with an Indian
named La Flambeau near what is now
Silver Lake and got some bread and
milk and feed for our horses. We con-
tinued our way up through what is now
ROSSville but came to no town till we
reached st. Marys. There was place
called UniOntoWn at a ford of the river
south of Rossville where the California
road crossed and where the Indians
were paid by the government but there
was no sign of town where Rossville
now stands. We remained in St. Mary5
over night and the next day went on to
the junction of Rock Creek and the
Vermillion where Louisville is now stu
ated We staid there all night with a
family named Wilson. We went over
that country thoroughly and over to
where the town of Wabaunsee is and
decided that it would be a good place
for a town.
1--WE went on west over sandy ridges
to the Big Blue to where a Kentuckian
named Dyer had house. The govern
ment had a bridge there and
the place was called Marietta We ex-
amined the country where Manhattan
now stands and remained over Sunday
and Sunday night with Dyer and on
Monday started back to Lawrence In or
der to get there in time to vote I do
not remember whether the election was
held on Tuesday or Wednesday but
know that we did get back to vote but
it did us little good because the Mis-
sourianS outvoted US.
Before we returned we decided that
a city should be built the site of
Topeka and on December the party
came back and staked out the town.
was not with the men when the second
trip was made to lay out the town be-
cause 1 had to go to ST. Louis to look
after some fruit trees that had been
shipped"
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after we got there we decided that the
favorable tract of ground there was
not large enough for a large city and
not favorable to sewers and so we
moved on up the river. We crossed the
Shunganunga near where the starcn
factory now is a bridge that had
been built by the Pappans- 1t was
beautiful Indian summer day and as
we crossed the creek we were especially
struck with the beauty of the country
before us. Robinson stopped and
went down to examine the river bank
to see if there a favorable landing
for boats, for at that time it was sup
posed that the Kansas river was naVi-
ga ble.@ We then continued west
about on d line with Fifth street and
turned at Western avenue and went 10
Pappan's ferry to cross the river. We
calAed to Pappan as he and his boat
were on the other side and he called
back that he could not cross the river
because sand bar had formed in front
of his boat. We then went south on
the New Mexico road to about where
Sixth avenue and Clay street now is,
where the New Mexico road and. the
California road crossed and there we
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

ed by Mr. Armstrong with a vividneSs
which could only come from an active
participation in the clash of sectional
ism which made Kansas the storm CEN
ter of the union during the ffties.
This same man was intimate
friend of John Brown and he still be-
heves firmly in the fearless anti-slavery
chan piOn who was a combination of
patriot. fanatic and outlaw. He says
1ous as we'll as one of the most cour-
ageous of men and that he was abso-
lutely devoted to one thing-the ex-
ttnction of slavery and in every act of
the closing years of his life he never
did a thing that he did not believe
would add fuel to the fire which would
finally consume the institution of hu-
man slavery
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
When the underground railroad was
organized under Browns direction in
1857 one of his heutenants was John
Armstrong of Topeka He had as his
helpers in this vicinity Col. John
Richie, Jacob Willis and Daniel
Park Hill on the farm now occupied by
Mrs. Curry. The women slaves
were kept at the home of Mrs VIM.
Scales at 427 Quincy street and the
men at either Col. Ritchie's, Sheriden's
or Willis The first stopping place on
the way to Canada was at the home of
VIM. Bowker, north of the city or at
VIM. Owens, another farmer who still
lives near Rochester
The first load of slaves, says Mr.
Armstrong, was brought to Topeka in
February, 1857, and there were three
slaves in the party. They left Topeka
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and possibly more profitable, provided
the people will act upon the lesson that
may be learned from the construction
of the great Illinois Central railroad.
Through the foresight of Stephen A
Douglas, when the application for char
ter rights was before the state legisla-
ture, it was provided that in conSidera-
ton for such rights, the state should re-
ceive per cent of the gross receipts of
the corporation. think this is the only
railroad company in the STATE where
similar conditions prevail. This per
cent paid by this one company has often
been sufficient to relieve the taxpayers
of all state taxation. What would have
been the result if all the railroads OF
the state had been required to pay the
same amount can hardly be imagined
Certainly the state would have been
free from ordinary taxation.
The matter of taxing state and NUM-
cipaI franchises has been receiving some
attention of late even here in Kansas,
where we have been in the habit Of
granting free franchises to corporations
with a thank We" thrown in 1t is only
a fair presumption that franchise
granted to corporation organized fOI
profit has a real value. Such value is
not only supposed to be perpetual. but
to be a value that increases with age.
The only just return to the state or
city for such franchises would therefore
seem to be per cent on the gross re-
ceipts by the corporation like that paid
by the Illinois Central railroad The
overlooked, since there is a suspicious
method of eliminating all met receipts
by regulating salaries and expenses.
If KansasCity,T Topeka and other cities of
the state had simply adopted this man
ifestly equitable system there would to-
day hardly have been any necessity or
the part of the people to pay city or
state taxes.
One may easily imagine somewhat
roughly what would be the income of
the city from the several corpora lions
doing business in our city if not even
so much as per cent of thir gross bust
ness We're now turned into the city
treasury. G.. F. KIMBALL.
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House in Topeka in Which
Slaves We're Secreted.
John Armstrong, Who Took the
First Load Through,
HELPED TO ORGANIZE.
One of John Browns Assistants
In the Plan.
Often Met the Famous Enamel
pat0r in Kansas.
HIS LAST VISIT HERE.
Mr.. Armstrong and Other To-
pekans Went to Rescue.
True Story of " Battle of the
Spurs"
SELECTION OF Topeka
How the Site For City Was
Chosen.
Is Only One Left to Tell the
Tale.
True Story of " Battle of the
Spurs"
SELECTION OF TOPEKA
How the Site For City Was
Chosen.
Is Only One Left to Tell the
Tale.

There is still standing in the heart
of Topeka the house in which runaway
slaves were quartered awaiting trans
portation to Canada in the days of the
Underground Railroad" There is also
living in Topeka the man who piloted
the first load of slaves out of Kansas
on the Underground railroad. The
house referred to Is at AT Quincy
street and the man is John Armstrong,
the only survivor of the little body of
m en- who selected the site for Topeka
Mr.. Armstrong is one of the most in
teresting characters in Kansas. He is
wonderfully well preserved and has "a
memory which is little short of remark
able. The most minute details of
events during the trouble over the
slavery question in Kansas are recount
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MET JIM LANE.
How Mr.. Armstrong Induced Him to
Come to Lawrence.

Mr.. Armstrong had claim south of
Lawrence on Washington creek and
here he spent much of his time though
he was often in Topeka When he
started back from St Louis in 1855
after securing his fruit trees he met
Jim Lane on the steamboat. He there
formed Lanes acquaintance. With
Lane and his family were Tom Shoe
maker and wife. Shoemaker had been
appointed land compissioner at Kick
apoo in LeavenwOrth county and was
strong said: Il was a little shy of
Lane because he had voted for the
Kansas-Nebraska bill but he inquired
all about the land and where would be
the best place to settle. Lane was
coming to Kansas to organize the ma
tional Democratic party but didn't
know it then. told him all about Law
renee and vicinity but I had no idea. he
he would settle at Kickapoo but the
third day after l reached Lawrence 1
was surprised to see Lane come into
town. I introduced him to the boys and
helped him to measure off his land and
build his cabin.
AT the first election Lane saw that
the Democrats had no respect for the
SQuatter Sovereign law which he had
helped to pass. In July 1855, Lane
called a convention in Lawrence to or
ganize the national Democratic party.
In this convention were Miles Moore,
who still lives in LeaveEWOrth, Mark
Parrett who was afterward a member
of congress and other leaders. But the
convention failed in its purpose and an
other convention was called to meet i'll
Topeka later in the year, but it again
failed Lane now became Disguised
with the way things were going am
late in 1855, or early in 1856, he made
a speech in Lawrence in which he e5-
poused the free state cause. After this
Lane organized a military company of
which / was a member and we got our
first Sharps rifles. At the first practice
of the Stubs company 7 carried off
the honors as q marksrnan at 200
yards
Mr. Armstrong was closely identified
with Lane during the border troubles. He
says that he first saw John Brown when
he went to Lawrence to appeal for help to
go to Linn county and defend the free
state settlers. This after the
battle of Black Jack in 1856
GOT DUTCH HENRY s CATTLE.
Mr. Armstrong once helped to approprj-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

kept the three men we had captured
and I well remember how he lectured
these men about the sin of lending their
assistance to keep men in bondage. He
no more to do with the slavery cause.
Brown told the prisoners that their
horses would have to be confiscated
and sold and tae money used for the
cause. The eaptives were then released
and Brown moved on, taking the horses
with him. 1 then came home, but Tom
Archer and others went as far as Tabor
with Brown.
This is the last time I saw Brown,
Kagi and Whipple. He, I believe never
returned to Kansas after that time and
his career ended in his raid on Har-
per's Ferry the same year."
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ate a herd of 70 cattle belonging to the
notorious Dutch Henry on the Pottawat-
omie. who was one of the men John
slavery men were killed by Browns men
en- the night Of May p in 1856. Mr.. Arm
strong says that the cattle were driven
to the ranch Of a man named Hopkins,
near PALMYRA. where they We're left While
they were gone the cattle broke out and
no more was heard of them.
Mr. Armstrong built the stone house
still standing at 427 Quincy street and it
was owned by Mrs. William 3n Scales until
recently been sold and will probably soon
be torn down to make room for a more
modern structure
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SELECTION OF TOPEKA
Mr.. Armstrong Tells How the Site
Was Chosen.

Mr.. Armstrong enjoys talking of his
early experiences in Kansas. He gives
the following account of how the site of
Topeka was chosen:
"On November %, 1854, party Of
men including Col c. K Holiday.
Charles Robinson and myself left Law
renee to select a site for a new town.
We had seen in the Parkville Mo-.
Luminary a write up of the territory
along the Kansas river by some one
who had gone up to Junction City in a
sch as an excellent site for a town and
that was one of our objective points bus
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HINT FOR OTHER STATES.
How Illinois Central Railroad Helps
Pay State Running Expenses

To the Editor of the State Journal.
Referring to an item in the State
Journal regarding the borrowing of ST.
coo by the Illinois Central railroad to
build a depot there may be something
more said that may be more interesting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
Food Changed to Poison.

Futerifying food in the intestines pro-
duces effects like those of arsenic. but DR..
Kings New Life Pills expel the poisons
from clogged bowels. gently, easily but
surely. curing constipation, biliousness.
and bowel troubles. Only Csc al A ]. Arm
old & Sons. S21 North Kansas ave.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10
LA PLATA. MARYLAND, MAY 10. 1901.


This remarkable person, who was
exhibited in Paris at the time OF the
exposition. is one Of the rare exam
pies OF human being who has been
from birth deprived OF his arms and
legs. He was born in France In the
department Of Morihan Brittany. his
father and mother being in easy cir
cumstances and living upon a small
farm. Both the parents are of good
constitution and physically normal.
There son. now about 25 years Of age,
has no apparent trace OF arms or legs.
and hence is known by the name OF
lHomme Tronc, or trunk man.
Outside Of this remarkable peculiar
ty, the rest OF the body does not pre-
sent any marked variations from the
normal; the head is somewhat large
in proportion to the body; and the
capillary system is but little developed.
and the head shows a premature bald
ness. His parents have always taken
great care OF him, and he. lives in a
normal way (apart from the use Of his
members), as none Of the essential
organs Of life are wanting. He eats,
drinks and digests like another person,
but II left to himselff he would un-
doubtedly die, as 1t is impossible for
him to move his body in order to pro-
cure food. 1t may be thought that his
condition would react upon the mind
and that he would be Of sad disposi-
tion and place but little value upon
existence. On the contrary, he seems
to be satisfied with life. The writer
questioned him upon this point, and
he responded that he was quite con-
tented with his existence. He does
not suffer from want OF occupation.
as might be supposed. as he has differ
ent kinds OF work to keep him busy.
One Of his chief occupations is that of
making small tables and chairs and
other objects by mailing together
pieces OF wood which have been pre-
viously cut out for him. He takes a
nail In his mouth. plants ii in the wood
and drives it in very adroitly. He can
also thread a needle with his mouth.
and can take up a glass or metal cup
which is given him to drink without
spilling drop. He seems to be sufici-
emily intelligent without being par
ticularly so.-Scientilc American.