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The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-26

towards the minister's salary. Each
meeting opensWith devote tionrl exercises
The circle meets twice month at q
members home, and is well attended.
1t is willing band to help all who
need help in any The prayer of
each and all is, :sLong live the Circle" !"
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-26
DELHI
IN AND AROUND DELHI.

|. Fred Pease went to Willmar on We'd
N.esday afternoon s train.
Prof Laidlaw is enjoying visit from
his mother, who resides at Wood Lake.
e. j. Kaull of Redfield, s. D., was
buying cattle in Delhi on Tuesday, the
25th inst.
Ole Anderson and H. T. Helgeson
made business trip to Minneapolis
on Tuesday. Mr.. Anderson returned on
Thursday.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-26
Money at S per cent.

Money at 5 per cent.
To loan on Redwood, Yellow Medi-
cine and Lyon county farm lands. Call
or write if you want to borrow money
on farm security.
The REDWOOD COUNTY LAND Co.,
lift Vesta, Miun.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-26
Booths
Blanks

For Township Officers
are kept in stock at
The Gazette office at
Booths lowest prices,
including discounts for
large orders. Bring a
list or order from our
Catalogue now, for
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-26
ARE YOU
A HOG

breeder? It pays to procure immune
breeding stock. Hogs that have had
the cholera and those raised under the
RIDGWAY PROCESS are immune to
Hog Cholera and Swine Plague, be-
cause they contain the proper antitox-
inc, which makes it impossible for the
germs of these diseases to get seated.
4, Now is the time to prepare for the
coming crop of pigs. Cholera visits
most :" hog-belts each two to three
years. If your hogs are immune, you
need not fear cholera. Immunes can
eat and sleep with sick hogs for weeks
and months without harm. Any
breeder can use the Ridgway Process.
S. @. MASON,
Redwood Falls, Mimi,
State Agent for RidgWay Process.
Write for particulars. 25-3m
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-26
Dressmaking.

Mrs. Scripter and Mrs. How'd are
taking orders for all work in the line
of dressmaking, at their home on Mill
street, three doors south of Martins
brick blacksmith shop. 27-3mO.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-02-26
Mckinley Memorial Fund.

AmoLnt previously acknowledged. S1O8.665
Dist.
No "a. Peter Gardner, teacher LOO
81. Lizzie Clarken, teacher. 1.6O
10. Jerry A. Looney, teacher 100
40. O..Agnes Mccarthy, teacher 80
10 .Lydianna olson, teacher 200
So Elsie Berry, teacher...... .35
81. Mary K. Meeker, teacher 40
44..Laura B. Bryan. teacher 1.15
So Teresa Gull. teacher...... LAO
g." West School, Clara
Jones. teacher ............ 1.5O
ST. .Mila E. Prouty. teacher. LOO
So Louise Braafadt, teacher 10
81 Alice Robertson. teacher 10
68 Mary H. Griswold teacher 2.17
So .Albertine Anderson, 8 LOO
49, G. G. Gates, teacher. LOO
Citizens of Wabasso. LOU
Total s127.5s
Subscription list in hands of commit
tee soliciting contributions from cltl-
zens in Redwood Fallsand hereabouts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
AFTER A MERGER
l.. X n. Consolidation May Meet
Waterloo i'm Ken
tucky.

Louisville. April 16.-The Post says:
Governor j. c. w. Beckham WAS asked
if he would take any action to prevent
the absorption OF the Louisville and
Nashville road by the Southern road.
if such an attempt was made. He said:
Il have considered this matter. but l
am not ready TO state mt this time what
steps l will take. Ny action will be
governed by the law of this state in
this connection and ii is well known
what this law is.
The law is ais follows: No railroad
or common carrier company
shall consolidate its capital stock.
franchises or property or pool earnings
in whole or in part with any railway
or common carrier company
owing Il parallel or competing line or
structure, or acquire by purchase, lease
or otherwise any parallel or competing
line or structure or operate the same"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
AN AWFUL NIGHT
In Which Burglars Caused Terror in
a Minnesota
Town.

Duluth. Mimi, April 1G.-Monday
night was an awful night in Eveleth,
according TO adviceS received here.
Burglars made an error in Judgment
ia estimating the amount of nitro
glycerine needed to blow up the rail
way station safe. and now not trace
of the safe can he found. and the sta
tion is scattered ali over large area.
The burglars are missing. and il is not
known whether they have vet come
down. Earlier in the night the city
jail burned and an unknown prisoner
met death.
About Il. III. the burglars made an
attempt to enter the safe in the rail-
way station. They introduced
charge of nitro-glycerine in the safe.
A few minutes later there was re-
port that woke up the entire town and
shattered windowS-in the houses for
blocks around. When the crowd got
there the station lay in ruins and the
debris had caught fire from the stove
The flames were eXtinguished and then
an unsuccessful search was made for
the safe and the thugs Neither. nor
any evidence of their former exist
ence. was found.
Later-It has developed that Just
before the explosion two men We're
seen running hastily from the station
toward the Spruce mine. near the viii
lage. though no one knows who they
were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
MIaAT RUIN rHE STATES CASE.
Girl Was a Good Witness of the Total De-
Pravity of ThOOmbs.

Girl Was a Good Witness of the Total De-
Pravity of ThOOmbs.
Hopes Were entertained that Miss
Berndt's sister In Evanston might be
able to furnish information about her.
but when detective visited Evanston
he found that nothing was known of
the absent girl The mystery of the
disappearance is made the greater by
the absolute poverty of Annie Berndt,
and her helplessness on account of her
2-months-oId babe-the child of Louis
ThoOmbS Unless the witness Is
found I'm time for the trial. the states
case will suffer greatly. In the first
trial the woman testified that she was
employed by Thoombs about n year
ago. through an employment agency,
to act as cook on the steamer Osceola,
on which he was steward.
She lived with him as his mistress
all summer. and was thought to be his
wife bY the crew of the vessel Last
winter she remained with ThoombS on
the Peerless until Christmas. when she
left. and shortly afterward was re-
ceived in the maternity ward of the
county hospital. 1t was the presence
of this somber-faced young woman
and her wailing infant in court during
the first trial that showed most strong
ly the Perfidy and villainy of Louis
ThOOmbs On one side of the room sat
the frail little Mrs. ThoOmbs-the gen.
uine Mrs. ThoOmbs-and on the other
side was Annie Brendt.
Carrie Larsen. the murdered girl.
and Annie Berndt, the disgraced wO-
man. went to Thoombs under exactly
the same circumstances. In each in
stance. he sought female cook through
an agency. Annie Berndt fell into the
snare, and lived TO meet worse fate
than that of Carrie Larsen, who
fought for her honor and died. Without
Annie Berndt as a witness much of
the tragedy will be lost upon the jury.
The task of veniremen proceeded slow
ly yesterday. scores of veniremen be-
examined and refused because of pref
udiee. Only two more jurors We're Sc
cured. making six in all that have been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
MISSING
One of the Most Important in
the Case of the Carrie
Larsen Murder.
WOMAN AND HER BABE DISAPPEAR
Absence from the Stand VIII EmDar-
rass the State i'm Making
Out Its Case.

Chicago. April 1G.-Annie Berndt.
the mistress Of Louis ThOOmbs. is
missing with her child. All of Mon
day night the detectives of the states
attorneys Office searched for some
clew of the wOman's whereabouts. and
the hunt has been continued without
result. Miss Berndt was an important
witness in the Thoombs trial. and was
subpOenaed for the second trial. now
i'm progress The state had made pro-
vision for her at the Revere House un-
til after her testimony should he given,
as she has been penniless. Sunday
night the young woman ordered her
supper sent up TO her room at the ho-
tel. which was done. Later the meal
was discovered untouched, and Miss
BeFndt was gone.
She May Have Committed Suicide.
Nothing special was thought of this
at the time, and the matter was not
reported to the states attorney until
Monday. when it was found that the
woman had not returned to the hotel.
Miss Berndt's clothing and effects
Were left in the hotel. and there Were
no evidences that she had cOntem-
plated taking up an abode elsewhere.
The state is fearful that the unhappy
babe. rather than face again the shame
and publicity of another ordeal in the
witness chair. Another theory that
may account for Miss Brendt's abb
sence is that she has been spirited
away by persons Interested in
ThOombs.
Are Vesselmen Helping the Fiend.
Thoombs himself does not possess a
dOllar-nOt even Il cent TO pay law
yer-but rumor was current in the
criminal court building that n number
of vesSelmen had raised a fund for
him. Still another story that gained
credence for time was that the
Brendt woman had accepted position
as domestic. procured for her by a
friend. This could not be verified. As
sistant States Attorney Carey is 'di
recting the search for the missing wit
ness. and Lieutenant Haines and Ser
geant Lyman. OF the CanalpOrt avenue
police station. are actively engaged
in it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
COST HIM DEARLY
A Mans Drunk Results i'm the
Loss OF an
Eye.

Bay City. Mich. April 1G.-James
Harrison. man shot by Harry O.
Sovereign, has regained consciousness.
He is suffering intensely. Harrison
was prOwling around the residence of
Sovereign. Il milk dealer Saturday
night. when Sovereign discharged Il
shotgun through window to scare
oft the intruder. When. at the hospital.
Mr.. Lewis removed the bandageS from
Harrison's head. the man remarked
that he could not see anything with
his right eye.
Assured by the doctor that he would
never be able to see again. he eX-
claimed: Great heavens. What will
my poor old mother say when she
hears of this She lives in Bishop
thorpe Road. York. England. Harrison
acknowledges having prOwled around
Sovereign's house in drunken Stupor.
and does not blame his former en-
Dloyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
SENATE DEBATES ON
CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL

Washington, April 16.-Pursuant to
Yesterdays agreement the senate met
at 10 today in order to permit more
extended debate on the Chinese eX-
clusion bill prior to voting on the
measure at 1. Turner, of Washing
TON, addressed the senate in favor of
the bill.
Thirty-three republicans voted
against the motion and - democrats
for it, 1t was agreed that the house
meet at II tomorrow and Friday.
The first vote was upon Lodges
amendment TO strike out the clause
of the committee bill prohibiting Chi
nese sailors on ships carrying the
American flag. Carried, AZ to 20.
The Dillingham; amendment, allow
ing five representatives of Chiaese
mercantile houses to come to the
United States was defeated, Is to 81.
Washington. April 16.-In the house
today a motion by Payne, majority
leader. that the general debate on
the Cuban reciprocity bill close at ,
Friday was adopted, 153 to 123.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16

VISION. rneSe cnanges We're maze WIN
Il view to recOnciliing some of the op-
position 10 the measure. which has
been directed against the rigid restric
tiCnS on students and teachers. and
the unnecessary Inconvenience this
would impose on the educated Chinese
classes coming to this country. Dur
ing the debate Turner &C Washing
ton made the assertion that politics
had crept into. the discussion and that
most of the members of the majority
were opposed To the bill. This brought
out Il sharp rejoinder from Spooner.
who maintained that politics had not
figured in the discussion.
With the close OF the Cuban reci-
procity debate IN the house yesterday
the leaders announced that all danger
of the bill being weighted down with
undesirable amendments was over,
and that they felt assured the bill
would pass in the shape in which it
came from the committee. The dan
ger was in the attempt TO add an
am andment aboliShinG the differential
OIL refined sugar. Watson. the whip
for the majority. does not believe over
Il dozen Republicans at the outside will
join the Democrats on this proposition.
Ii would require more than twenty
Republican votes to place on the bill
the amendment which might endanger
its ultimate passage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
VICTORY FOR COMPANY
In the First Of the Chicago Trac-
tiOn Transfer
Cases.

Chicago. April 16.-The Union Trac-
tiOn company has won the first trans
fer cases which the city is bringing
against it in Justice Woods court. 1t
took Al jury less than three minutes to
decide that there was no reason what
ever for filming the company because
it refused to grant a transfer from the
Austin lines OF the Consolidated Trac-
tion company to its own Madison street
cable. Assistant COropratiOn Counsel
Goodwin, who prosecuted the case,
was not at all discouraged at the re
suit, and will keep right on prosecut-
ing others of the 800 cases already be-
gun against the company.
He attributes the result entirely to
Justice Woods refusal to allow the
facts 10 be stated about the evidence
in Judge Balls court, which had
shown thatthe Union and Consolidated
companies were one and the same. For
weeks there have been daily riots on
the Austin line because the passengers
insistedo on having transfers or not pay
ing fare. but finally the matter got in
TO the courts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
REFERS TO RiLEY's TESTIMONY
Declares the President Wants to Know
All the Facts.

All the Facts.
Yesterday before the senate COM
mittee on the Philippines Sergeant
Charles Riley and Private Lewis
Smith. of the Twenty-siXth volunteer
Infantry, testified that the form of tor
ture known as the water cure was
administered by detach-
ment of the Eighteenth United States
infantry under command of Lieutenant
Arthur l.. Conger, under orders OF
Major Edwin +. Glenn, and that
Surgeon Palmer Lyon was pres
ent to assist them. The officers named.
or such of them as are found to he
responsible for the act. will be tried
therefor by court martial. Here in
structions are given for Glenn to APP
pear for trial. he having returned with
the regiment to this country. and for
the summoning of witnesses on each
side of the case.
You will take such course in adj
vancing or postponing the investiga-
tions previously ordered into the con-
duct of General Smith and Major
Glenn as shall be required to enable
you TO execute these instructions.
- The fact that any such acts of
cruelty and barbarity appear to have
been dRne indicates the necessity Of
most thorough, searching and eX-
haustive investigation into the general
charges preferred by Governor Garde-
ner. and you win spare no effort in the
investigation already ordered under
these charges 10 uncover every such
case which may have occurred and
bring the offenders to justice.
The president desires to know in
the fullest and most circumstantial
manner all the facts, nothing being
concealed, and no man being for any
reason favored or shielded. For the
very reason that the president intends
to back up the army In the heartiest
fashion in every lawful and legitimate
method of doing its work he also in
tends to see that the most rigorous
care is exercised TO detect and prevent
any cruelty or barbarity, and that men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
President Finally Takes
Up Barbarity in the
Philippines.
INQUIRY is ORDERED
Investigation
By Gen. Chaffee to
Be Made.

Washington. April 16.--As n result
of the consideration by the cabinet
yesterday OF the charges of cruel
treatment of Filipinos by United
States soldiers Secretary Root has
made public a lot of correspondence.
The first is Il letter from Root TO
Senator Lodge. thanking him for send
ing the secretary copy of the testi-
mony of ex-Sergeant Riley relative to
the water cure Roots letter in
closes Il copy of an order sent yester-
day TO General Chaffee. The letter also
states that the judge advocate general
in the Philippines has been instructed
to take proper steps in accordance with
the dispatch to Chaffee. The letter
closes with the statement that Tho
war department., will be glad to receive
the earliest practicable information of
any further evidence which may he
elected by the committee tending To
fin responsibility upon any one in the
military service of the United States
for any violation of any laws of war;"
etc.
Order Sent to General Chafee.
The statement sent 10 General Chat
fee was longer and as to its salient
points is as follows: 1t begins with
summary OF instructions previously
sent relative to investigations of the
conduct of United States troops. re-
ferring to Governor Gardeners report,
and relative also To trial and punish
ment of those found guilty of violation
of war laws or military regulations,
including among those ito be inveSti-
gated the name of General Jacob H.
Smith. anl ordering the relief from
duty of Major L. +. Glenn and Cap
tain James \. Ryan, and declaring
that further instructions on these mat
ters are required by the following
fatts:
Order to Put Smith on Trial.
Press dispatches state that upon
the trial of Major Waller. of the marine
corps. testimony was given by Waller.
corrObOrated by other witnesses. that
General Jacob II. Smith instructed
him TO kill and burn; that the more
he killed and burned the better pleased
General Smith would be; that it was
no time TO take prisoners. and that
when Major Waller asked General
Smith to define the age limit for kill
ing he replied: Everything over 10
II such testimony was given, and the
facts can be established. you will place
General Smith on trial by court mar
tial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16

Washington. April 16.-The senate
yesterday devoted its time to the Chi
nese exclusion bill and an executive
session. The bill was amended in two
particulars. making it less harsh in
its restrictive feature against Chinese
students and teachers. Voting began
on the bill at p. m. today.
The house had Just one subject be-
fore 1.-THE Cuba reciprocity bill
which was debated from beginning TO
end of the session. At adjournment
there We're thirty-five members desir-
ing to speak. and Payne is growing
anxious to limit the debate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
Pretty Good rhfng for Him.

London. April 1G.-Answering a
question put by Arthur Il. Markham
U.IberaD i'm the house of commons yes
terday, the parliamentary secretary for
the foreign Office. Lord Cranborne. said
representations had been made TO the
United States on the subject of the
duty on hemp from the Philippines, as
under the present arrangement the
United States manufacturer had in his
own market an advantage of $50 per
ton over his British competitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
Hopes to Arrest the sTiscreant.

Des Moines. Ia. April 16.-The chief
OF police anIkounces that he has un-
earthed tangible clue which he be-
lieves will lead TO the arrest of the
murderer of the two Peterson chill
dren. which took place Sunday night.
He refuses to divulge the details The
negroes now in Jail. it is conceded, have
no connection with the case. John
Hutchinson. was Nas arrested because
he had blood spots OH his clothes. has
been able to prove an alibi and will
hf rplpn sod
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
Death Chareed 10 vaccination:

Kenosha, Wis. April 16.-Ellen Ma
rie Youngquist. aged IL years, is dead
as the result of vaccination. The
young woman was vaccinated several
weeks ago. and since that time had
been ILL., The illness finally terminated
I'm rheumatism of the heart
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16

Scientific gardening is taught in the
national schools of Sweden and in the
seminarles for the education of nGtioD-
al Schoolteachers- There is a school
garden in nearly every rural school dis
trict in the kingdom. The garden is
placed near the schoolhOuse. and the
children receive practical instruction in
the cultivation of plants. berries. flow
ers. herbs and fruits, the management
of hotbeds, greenhouses, etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
Haa neef, Hanglnr ror weeks.

Taylorville. Ills. April 16.-The body
of an unknown man, about 80 years
old. was found suspended TO tree in
the woods near this city The body
was badly decompOsed and had evil
IDENTIFY been hanging several weeks. A
card found on the body was addressed
to Mrs Fred Gardner. Lincoln, Ills,
and informed her that he intended TO
kill himself, and asked that she notify
his father and sister. The man had
SIG I'm his DOcketS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
Talbot Usury Cases Decided.

Sioux City. Ia, April 16.-The fa-
nous Talbot usury cases have been de-
cided by the United tSates supreme
court in favor OF the First National
and Sioux National banks, of Sioux
City. Over $130.OO0 was involved. The
suits have been in the courts for more
than six years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
An Aristocratfc Grain.

Could plants lay claim to aristocratic
position, as representing an old family,
rice might safely claim to be of the
most ancient pedigree. 1t is the earliest
cereal known. Originally a native Of
India, il has crossed the ocean and
made home for itself where heat
and moist soil could be found. 1t grows
in all warm portions of the globe and
furnishes the principal food of nearly
one-third of the human race.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
Acreed to Retnrn to Mnrk.

Dubois. Ia, April 16-At mass
meeting held by the striking miners
at Punaisutaway an agreement
made Monday between General Mana
ger Robinson and the national and
district officers of the United Mine
Workers was ratified. The meeting
lasted three hours. and while there
was considerable opposition TO resump-
tion the vote was S37 to 526 to return
to work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
New Ministry.

Christiana. April TO- At today's
session of the council of state Nor
wegian Premier Steen resigned and
the other ministers placed their port
foIios at the disposal of Crown
Prince Gustaf. who is acting as re-
gent. The regent has invited Presi-
dent Beroer, of Strothing. to form a
new cabinet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
Jumped in Front of a Train.

Chicago. April 16.-Julius Braden-
burg, of Dubuque, Ia. and compan-
ion. supposed to be Charles Thomas.
an employe of the Chicago. AIilwau-
kee and st. Paul railway. jumped from
an outgoing st. Paul train directly in
front OF another train. Thomas was
killed outright and Bradenburg was
so severely that it is believed he will
n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
A sidewalk Prescription.

The busy doctor was hurrying down
the street when he was stopped by a
walk" advice.
81 am thoroughly worn out and sick
and tired. What ought l to take"
asked the man.
Take cab" replied the unfeeling
doctor-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
Talking About Weather, Now.

Lincoln. Neb.. April 16.-Specials
from western and northwestern Ne
braska points report an unprecedented
fall of snow for April. At Alliance
two successive storms left foot of
snow on the level. In Kimball and
Cheyenne counties. farther south,
there is nearly as much.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-16
MORGAN GETS NEXT
Explanation of European Pleasure
Tour Found i'm n Chunk
OfBritish Loan.

London. April 16.-It is officially
stated today that J. Pierpont Morgan.
the Barings and Rothschilds have Sc
cured half the new British loan of
c .. .OOO, 900. The remaining half is TO
be offered TO the public.
There was n tremendous rush TO
subscribe to the new loan today At
the Bank of England it is estimated
this evening that the loan has been
10 times over the amount subscribed.