The Redwood gazette., 1902-07-30

Mrs. VIM Hessian and children
are visiting relatives at Oshawaand
St. Peter.
Chas. +. Apltz has returned home
from a week s visit with his parents
at Watertovn, Wis.
Editor f. S. Pollard Of the Nor
gan Messenger was one OF the guests
at picnic party along the banks
of Lake Red wood last Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. VIM. Smith left for Mime
apolis last Thursday to visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Paul Mccoy.
and her son, Willie Smith. who IS
receiving treatment in that city for
a broken nose.
Col. W. r. Bigham, consul gen
eral of the United States at Cape
Town, South Africa, and a brother
Of D. L. Bigham OF this city, in a
recent interview published in a
Cape Town paper on the manner of
treatment accorded the Beers by
the British, says: II have great
sympathy for those unfortunate
people who have been severed from
the ties of home. | think they
should be very grateful to the Brit
ish government and thankful to the
Almighty that they have fallen into
hands so merciful Many of these
women told me their husbands are
still fighting in the Boer army
while the British government is
feeding thei women and children,
also educating the children. Each
camp has from twelve to twenty
teachers instructing these boys and
girls. | visited several of these
schools in each camp, and the chill
dren seemed to be greatly interest
ed, and the teachers are doing good
work. I believe that if the good
people of my country would inves-
tigate this question, they would not
be led astray by designing men
making false statements to get their
sympathy and money, which they
are sending to me to buy comforts
for the suffering women and chill
dren in Concentration Camps. I
make the statement without fear of
truthful contradiction. Ihave trav-
eled twenty four hundred miles and
thoroughly examined five of the
largest of these camps, getting my
information from the Beers them
selves: their preachers and elders.
Withoutexception they all expressed
themselves as satisfied. and they are
being we'll fed, clothed and cared
for. If thought if would satisfy
the people who contributed this
money | would save it until the war
is over, and purchase some COWS
for them, for, according to their
statement, they are suffering for
nothing at this time.
The climate and crop bulletin of the
L., 4
ing July q, is as follows: There
Was not much rain in the State till
the rains of the 18th and 10Th in
southern portions, except the rains
accom- panying the series of UNUSUAL Y
severe thunder storms which ira
versed a narrow strip, beginning in
northeastern North Dakota on the
evening of the 18th, and leaving
southeastern Minnesota on the even
ing Of the 10th. There was great
damage done in comparatively small
areas in the Red River valley, and
also along the Mississippi south Of
Wright county, and extending west
from % to 100 miles In Rice coun-
ty the path of greatest violence was
40 miles by 10, in Mower county the
path extended diagonaEly across the
county with a width Of 10 miles, and
there were other large areas also;
in these areas Of greatest damage
buildings, wind mills and trees were
blown down, and crops were laid
fiat and badly tangled. Wind seems
to have caused most Of the damage,
and the rainfall was not excessive,
except in small areas: there were
haIlstorms also, with very large
stones which fell in a few places
continually for l3 minutes but the
hail damage was not widespread.