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The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-15
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Board Of County Commissioners.
Auditors Office. Red dwood County, i
Redwood Falls, Mimi,

Auditors Office. Redwood County,
Redwood Falls, Mimi,
January 7th, 1902.
Board convened at 10 o'clock a. M.
in regular session. Members present,
J. F, Cooper, j. w. Carlile, j. r. Cain,
ID. .sR. McC Corquodale and Leo Alter
matt. 3E ls
On motion Commissioner J. r. Cain,
J.P. Cooper was elected chairman for
the ensuing year.
On motion Commissioned p. Coop
5er and D. r. McC Corquodale were ap-
pointed a committee on Jail for the en-
suing year.
On motion Commissioner J. P. Coop
er was appointed a committee on fuel
for the ensuing year.
On motion ]. p. Cooper and T. N
Tompkins were appointed committee
on stationery and supplies for the en-
suing year. #ssz
On motion J. P. Cooper and 1. NJ.
Tompkins We're appointed a committee
on janitor and court house for the en-
suing year.
The following report Of the board of
audit was presented, read and on mo-
ton of Com. J. r. Cain, approved:
Redwood Falls MINI Nov. 80. 1901.
10 the Honorable Board of County Commis-
sloners OF Redwood County, MINI.
Gentlemen:-We the undersigned board of
audit within and for the county of Redwood
and state OF Minnesota met on the above
given date and make the following report:
Board convened at 2 O'Clock p. m. Members
present: 1. N. Tompkins county auditor; Fred
=. Warner, clerk of the district court and j. {
2. Cooper. chairman of The board Of county
commissioners. -
Board proceeded to and did examine the
records OF the auditor and treasurer as by law
in the hands and under control of the county
treasurer and found the same to be as follows
To- INT y NJ,
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-15

Uncle Sam is having an interest
ing time just now with the.Isthmian
canal, which it seems we are about
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-15
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION
REDEMPTION SALE, UNDER PROVISIONS
1874, GENERAL LAWS 1895.


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The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
GREENE's CHARGE AGAINST ERWIN

Greene and Gaynor have not
strengthened their case by the charge
which Capt. Greene makes against
Special Assistant Attorney General
Erwin, namely, that Mr.. Erwin Of
fered to recommend the settlement of
the case for $500, 900. According to Capt
Greene's story Mr.. Erwin approached
him with the offer to settle. 1t seems,
however, that Capt. Greene wrote Mr..
Erwin a note, asking for an interview
in the formers room, and Mr.. Erwin
was shrewd enough to preserve this
note. 1t is convincing evidence that he
cid not approach Capt. Greene with an
offer to recommend a settlement of the
case for 100000 or any other amount.
1t is barely possible that Mr.. Erwin
in the course of a conversation with
Capt. Greene said that after the fugi-
tives had been convicted he would re-
commend that the government accept
that amount instead of trying to col
lect the entire amount claimed by the
government. OF course there was some
talk between Mr.. Erwin and Capt
Greene about settlement for a money
consideration, because Mr.. Erwin has
said there was, but it is pretty certain
that it had no reference to the crimi-
nal charge pending against the fugi-
tives.
There is nothing in the charge which
Capt. Greene makes that reflects inju-
riously upon Mr.. Erwin in any way
Capt. Greene understood that he was
talking with the Department of Justice
when he was making his proposition to
Mr.. Erwin, and there is no doubt that
Mr.. Erwin informed the Attorney Cen
eral OF Capt. Greene's offer. There is
not the least probability that the gov
eminent would even consider the ques-
ton of settling the criminal charge
against the fugitives for a money con-
sideration.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
Could Be Worse.

Life is a hollow mockery," groaned
the pessimistic person, says the Bal
timore American.
Not so bad as that" soothingly
said the optimist.
But it is" averred the pessimist.
Gould any one have as much hard
luck as I? Disappointed in love:
failed in business; property stolen.
burned, shipwrecked and lost: blown
up by cyclones and burned by vol
canoes; kicked by mules and stung by
mosquitoes; thrown out of hotels be-
cause of my poor garb; barred from
charity hospitals because of my re-
spectacle appearance; arrested for fast
driving in my automobile; slammed
against the roadway and telegram
poles by the same machine-oh, the
list is endless. There is no Joy in
life. Not one bright spot in the
gloom. The world is against me. I
am an Ishmael. Is there any ray of
sunshine anywhere?"
why, certainly" smiled the opti-
mist. Just think. You might have
been Gen. Miles, but for the lucky
accident of birth"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Andrew Hanley
Company; p p. p. the Banking and
Adjoining in Southern Bank Building;
Visit Tybee, and Stop at Hotel Tybee;
at Gardeners; Dinner Bill of Fare, IN
ion Depot Restaurant.
Business Notices-Elberta Peaches,
Fresh Pine Apple. Etc, A. NJ. & c. w.
West; Shelled Nuts, the S. w. Branch
Co. 1905
Auction sale-Old Hoss Sale, Atlantic
Coast Line Company. by I. D. La
Roche, Auctioneer.
Fine Sale Pianos-McArthur & Sons
Co.
July 19-Get it at Rowlinskis.
Grape Nuts Food-Postum Cereal
Company.
Beers-A. B. c. Beers.
Medical-Tutt's Pills; Smiths Kidney
Cure; Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Pills;
Crossman's Specific Mixture; DR..
Hathaway Co.. Crossman's Specific
Mixture; Paine's Celery Compound.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
WAS THERE POLITICS IN SMITHS
CASEY

The action of the President in re-
firing Gen. Jacob H. Smith does not
meet with favor among army officers
in Washington. According to Washing
ton dispatches they think it was in
spired by politics. If so they feel that
no officer is safe in his position.
AS they look at it the court which
tried Gen. Smith knew all the facts on
which the charges against him were
based much better than the Secre-
tary of War or the President could
know them. and there is no charge
against it that it did not do its full
duty in the matter of the punishment
which it inflicted upon him. That be-
ing the case, the belief is expressed in
some quarters that the President was
influenced TO take the action he did
for political reasons.
There is no doubt q deep impression
was made upon the country by the
speeches of minority members of Con-
gress and articles in Democratic news
papers on the crueltles practiced in
the Philippines by the military. The
President became very much wrought
up over the matter, and declared that
that the administration was as much
opposed to these cruelties as the DEM
ocratic leaders could possibly be.
1t is argued that having the oppor-
tunity he determined to emphasize
what he had said in regard to the
cruelties, so that it could not be charged
in the congressional campaign now in
progress that the administration was
not sincere in processing to be opposed
to the barbarous treatment of the Fill
ipinos. Gen. Smith was retired there
fore before reaching the retiring age,
not because it was believed that he de-
served such punishment but to serve
a political purpose-to prevent the
Democrats from getting political ad-
vantage in the matter of the cruel
treatment of the Filipinos by the mill
ta1y.
1t would be regrettable indeed if the
President was influenced by any such
motive in the exercise of his review
ing power in this case. Still, it must
he admitted that politics influences men
to do some very strange things. Gen.
Smith as on the ocean and of course
has not yet heard of the Presidents
action. When he arrives in San Fran
cisco and hears that he has been
retired from active service he will prob
ably feel like giving expression to some
Of the strong and picturesque language
for which he has acquired quite a rep
utation. And. after all, it is within the
bounds Of probability that the very
vigorous campaign which he waged in
Samar was less cruel than a milder
one would have been. 1t made the
natives understand that the United
States were in earnest, and that had
the effect of bringing the insurrection
to an end. A campaign conducted on
lines of extreme mercy might have
prolonged the war indefinitely and re-
suited in the loss of many more lives.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
CURRENT COMMENT

The Memphis Morning News (Dem.)
says: IF Mr.. Morgan does not quit
hobnobbing with royalty, he will come
to this country with one of his legs
longer than the other. Kings are not
in the habit of paying for the treats"
The Albany IN. W Argus (Dem.)
says: THE negro voters in the two
sure Republican congressional districts
of Maryland are becoming impatient,
and say that they have had no federal
patronage. They are talking of running
negro candidates for Congress. OF
course, the incumbents, Pearre and
Mudd, win be glad to stand aside for
the colored brothers-nit!"
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
Secretary of War Moody is new to the
cabinet, but he has learned the art of
flattery at an early stage of the game
President Roosevelt he says, carries
his government under his own hat, al
though he is willing to listen to and
Profit by the views of Others The con-
stitution of the United States is a
formidable document and the Presi-
dents rough rider hat win hardly hold
1t. Since the government is under the
nat, therefore, the country VIII UNDER
stand why 1t does not always har-
monize with the law from which gov
eminent in this republic schould derive
its just powers. Messrs. Root and
Wood are promising pupils also in the
art of government under hat"
The Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.) says:
In only one thing is Mr.. Bryan con-
sistent, and that is in his advocacy Of
the free and unrestricted coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to l. From his
entrance into politics he has supported
it, and doubtless will continue to do so
throughout his political career. 1t is
because the Democrats of the North
and East, together with many of the
South, are favorable to Democratic
harmony, based upon the reputation
of the free silver proposition or the
elimination of the question as an issue,
that Mr. Bryan is not in accord with
the sentiments proclaimed at the TIL
den Club dinne~. He is not disposed to
be sent to the background. and as his
nomination by the Democrats in 1904
is an impossibility, IL is likely that he
VIII be made the standard bearer of
the Populists in that year, a station
that enlInently BELTS him.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
Personal.

"A monument to the late j. Sterling
City and the intention is to dedicate
it on Arbor day, an anniversary found
ed by Mr.. Morton.
1t was noticed when John D. Rock
efeller was bidding his son goodby at
the steamer dock in New York few
days ago, that the Standard Oil man
looked careworn, wrinkled and aged
to an extent not generally dreamed of
by those who only see him occasional
ly.
ID. H. McAbee, state factory inspec-
tor of Indiana, is urging that law
be enacted requiring architects to pass
an examination in ventilation appli-
ances. He says that most of the
school houses in the state have no VEN
tilation except through the windows,
which is wholly unsatisfactory.
General William C. Oats says he
will not be a candidate for Governor
of Alabama, in which office he served
one term, beginning in 1895, when he
had reluctantly resigned his seat in
Congress to make the run on the i'm
portunity of his party friends. He
says now that if he ever again runs
for an office it will be for that of Unit
ed States Senator.
Buffalo Bill and Senator William
A. Clark, the Montana copper king, are
great friends. When they first became
acquainted Clark was peddling clocks
and Cody was carrying out his con-
tract to furnish buffalo meat for la
borers, who were building the Kansas
Pacific Railway. In a year and a nalf
Cody killed over 1000 of the animals
and earned the sobriquet by which his
is now known.
John ]. Scannell. former fire COM
missioner of New York, has made glad
the heart of an old friend, Gen. Du-
Bots Brinkerhoff of Fishkill Landing,
N. Y, by buying at auction the gen.
erals farm, which was sold to satisfy
mortgage. After his purchase Scan
nell said to the previous owner: Mr.
Brinkerhoff, that farm is yours to stay
on as long as you live. Order what
you want to improve 1t and send the
bills to me-"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
Some ShOp Talk.

1t was midnight in the machine
shop, says Judge, and all was silent
until the rasping voice of the file was
heard to say:
Il have rubbed up against lots OF
hard things in my life, but this Har-
Yeyized steel job has completely worn
me OUT
We'll" said the lathe, sympathetic
cally. II have done many hard turn
myself"
Life is great BORE" supplement-
ed the gimlet
"A continual grind" put in the en-
cry wheel, roughly.
with many a broken thread" add
ed the steam pipe in hollow accents.
Calm yourselves" advised the dam
aged fly wheel; there may be revo-
luton soon"
Don't mind him." said the soldering
fluid, acidly. Every one knows he is
cracked"
And in the confusion that followed
the gas escaped.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
MIR. Friends ran Fish Tale.

1T is remarkable said Emanuel N.
Friend. a lawyer, to Walter Jones,
sam" Bernard and "Joe" Weber while
lcunging in Herald Square, says the
New York Telegram, 'how everything
nowadays contributes to law and or
Ger.
Last week Billy Clarke and Harry
Foy of Captain Titus staff and myself
went down to Rockaway to fish. Clarke
claims to be a champion in the fishing
business, and contends that sweet
breads make the hest bait for catching
fish, and he brought a supply along
tor us all. OF course, some of you may
consider it a little out of season, yet
we caught a sea robin, a founder, q
shad and a Spanish mackerel, when
suddenly we discovered that the sweet
bread bait had given out.
With the last morsel we caught a
sucker fish. Foy, who knows something
about fishing. suggested that we cut
the sucker fish up for bait, which we
did, when, to the surprise of us all, a
hard little roll of paper was found in
the suckers stomach.
Il took it up and unfolded 1t, and
what do you suppose, gentlemen, upon
my word, the paper turned out to Be
the ordinary circular of a green goods
East. The latter, after being taken In
with a satchel and gold brick, must
have felt so badly that he committed
suicide by drowning off Rockaway
Beach
"The moment Clarke saw the paper
ne grabbed it and shouted to Foy not
to cut any more at the sucker, and he
took both the paper and what was
ieft OF the sucker fish as a basis for a.
case that he was working on, and it
was on this clew that the arrest of the
green goods men who were raided the
other day on West street by Foy.
Clarke and Anthony Comstock was
made.
know you don't doubt my story,
put If any of you do, ask Clarke about
it,
Mr.. Friend lit a cigar and looked as
serene as if he never toyed with the
truth. while Messrs. Weber, Bernard
ana Jones simply gasped in unison,
'ISS ittp
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
His Capacity Was Limited.

A man who had Just returned to
Memphis after an absence of six
months in Oklahoma was asked by a
friend how he liked the country. saws
the Memphis Scimitar
It's the worst country that ever hap
pened," he replied.
How SOP"
why, I wouldn't be compelled to
spend my days in that country for any
amount of money. 1t is simply fierce
What's the matter with Okla
homa?"
THE whisky out there is rotten. II
is as impossible to get good drink of
whisky in Oklahoma as it would be to
cultivate cotton in Ireland
why don't you buy good whisky
somewhere else and take it out with
your
Because I can't take enough at one
time" was the solemn rejoinder.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
NIilesian.

Conversation became reminiscent at
the Lawyers Club the other day, the
late Judge James T. Brady being the
subject, says the New York Times. A
veteran practitioner who knew him
we'll said:
"Brady's first attempt at practicing
law was in very humble quarters, in
the rear of a cobblers shop in Fulton
street, near William. One dag an
Irishman who called and inquired for
the cobbler was told by Brady that he
was out. Peering about the room of
the newly fledged lawyer, scantily fur
nished with two implanted chairs and
deal table. he inquired:
say, boss, what do you sell
here ! "
:" 'Blockheads,' promptly replied
Brady.
'Humph? said the Irishman, must
be doing a good business, as I see Won
have only one left {"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
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subscribers in the city. or sent by mail,
at 20 cents a month, $500 for six
month, and $500 for one year.
THE MORNING NEWS, by mail, six
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one year $500.
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week monday and Thursday. by mail.
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istered letter. Currency sent by mail
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tees, amussments and cheap or want
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ment. Contract rates and discounts
made known on application at business
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ed.
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ager.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
MR. soHwAR,s AFFIpAvIr.

/ There is a great deal of speculation
/ in Wall street as to the real meaning
/ of the affidavit which Mr.. Schwab, the
/ president of the billion-dollar trust,
made a day or two ago in the pending
litigation in which some of the pre-
ferred stockholders of the trust are
seeking to prevent the trust from con-
verting a portion of its preferred stock
into bonds. In that affidavit Mr..
Schwab made some amazing state
| ments, and the question is whether
his purpose was to inspire such conf
dence in the trusts securities as to in
crease the market price of them or
whether he really believed all he said.
There was no occasion for him to
make all of these statements. They
were not called for by anything in the
litigation. 1t really looks as if they
were made for the purpose of bulliRg
the trusts securities.
1t is a notorious fact that among
careful financiers there has been grave
doubt as to whether the trust could
stand a long period of business de-
preston. For that reason there has
been much hesitation among conserv-
ative investors TO buy either the pre-
ferred or the common stock. 1t seems
to be admitted that the bonds are
gilt-edged security. None of them APP
pears to be on the market. 1t is be-
lieved that the properties of the trust
would sell for enough at a forced sale
to cover the amount of the bonds.
But Mr. Schwab said in his affidavit
that the properties were of such value
that if they were offered for sale they
would bring enough to liquidate all of
the TRUSTS obligations-bonds, pre-
ferred and common stock. This is the
statement that amazes Wall street,
for if it is true the preferred stock
ought to be selling at 1870 or 40 and
the common stock at par or above. In
fact, Mr.. Schwab said that the trust
has been making enough ever since
it begun business to pay its fixed
charges-that is, the interest on the
bonds, which is 8 per cent.-and the
dividend on the preferred stock, which
common stock, besides providing for
the sinking fund.
In order to show his confidence in
the trust Mr.. Schwab said that he has
been selling it's bonds and buying its
common stock. The preferred stock
is now selling at about 80 and the
common at about 40. The common at
40 would make an investment in it
pay about 80 per cent year, If Mr..
Schwab's figures are correct. He
pointed out that he owns about $4,000
shares of the preferred stock and more
than 10000 shares of the common
stock, and that he is buying the COM
mon all the time.
If Mr.. Schwab is to be believed,
there is no water in the stock of the
trust 1t will be long time probably
before the public will accept that
statement. The question is being ask
ed why it is, if the trusts earnings
are so enormous, that money is want
ed to purchase additional plants. 1t
could easily buy all the plants it
wants out of it's earnings and stin
have enough left to pay per cent.
dividend on it's common stock. 1t is
being claimed by President Roosevelt
and Others who are engaged in the
war on trusts that publicity is the
cure for the trust evil. Surely, there
can be no greater publicity than the
billion-dollar trust is giving to its af-
fairs.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
A LOCAL OPTION FIGHT.

The Local Option League of Vermont,
having been beaten in the Republican
primary, proposes to go before the peo-
pie and demand the repeal of the pro-
hibition law. In the primary their
candidate was p. w. Clements. The
other candidates were j. @. Mccullough
and Fletcher D. Proctor. Mccullough
was nominated, the Local Optionists
boiling the convention on the ground
that the other factions had used unfair
means to secure delegates. On We'd
nesday the Local Optionists nominated
Clements. Now the issue is before the
people. A very lively campaign is
promised.
1t would not be at all surprising If
Clements should be elected. The feel
ing against the prohibition law is very
strong. 1t has never been effective,
and has been productive of many evils.
In the primary compaign Clements
charged that there were more United
States liquor licenses in Vermont, in
proportion to her population, than in
any state in the Union in which sa-
looms were licensed, and that there was
more drunkenness among the people
than there was before the prohibition
law was enacted. And other vices be-
sides drunkenness have increased as
result of prohibition. That is one of
the reasons, if not the main one, why
there is such a strong sentiment
against the prohibition law. The cam
paign will be an instructive and an ex-
citing one. The liquor traffic will be
discussed in all it's phases.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19

1t appears that Miss May Cert, who
was rescued from drowning by Capt
r. P. Hobson near St. Louis the other
day. as related in our dispatches,
jumped into the water for the especial
purpose of having Hobson rescue her.
Hobson was in the water swimming
and the young woman was on a boat
She called to him and asked if she
were to fall in would he rescue her.
Hobson, of course. was obliged to re-
ply in the affirmative. And no sooner
had he done so than the foolish crea-
ture toppled over into the water. Hob
son was as good as his word, but the
silly young woman came near drown
ing both him and herself. Afterwards
Hobson expressed himself as being
heartily tired of the hero business"
And no wonder. Ever since his adj
venture on the Merrimac many young
women of the country have appeared
to vie with each other in an effort to
see which could make the biggest fool
of herself about him. Their Stiffness
has got Hobson into trouble several
times. The st. Louis young woman
may have thought it very smart and
nice to have Hobson pull her out of
the water, but she will be alone in
her opinion, considering the circum-
stances.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19

A day or two ago Charles Filler, a
burglar. was pardoned from the New
Jersey penitentiary and at once be-
came the superintendent and a large
stakeholder in big manufacturing
company. Filler. who is a machinist of
considerable ability and ingenuity. in
vented while in prison an improved
dropstiteh for Sewing machines. The
invention was patented. He was per-
mitted to perfect it In prison, and for
the past three years the improvement
has been in use on the sewing ma
chimes of the penitentiary. The COM
pany which the ex-convict has entered
has paid him $4,000 in cash, given him
$4,000 worth of stock and made him
superintendent at handsome salary.
1t isn't often that convict energies
from prison TO such good fortune.