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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-02-17
MRS. LICHTWARCK DEAD.
A Lady of Many Kind and Charitable
Deeds Called tO:the Great Beyond.

The demise of Mrs. Joseph LIGHT
warck occurred at the family home
on Second street at 2:3O o'clock last
Thursday morning. Dropsy, from
which the deceased has long been
suffering, was the cause. Mrs.
Lichtwarck had been an invalid for
several months prior to the end,
and her near relatives and friends
were not surprised when the end
came in most peaceful manner.
The funeral was held from the
house Saturday afternoon at
o'clock, Rev. L. F. Badger of the
Presbyterian church, officiating,
Mrs. Lichtwarck having brought
her children up in the Presbyterian
Sunday school, and believing in
many of the doctrines of that
church. The interment occurred
in the Lichtwarck family plot in the
Redwood cemetery, where two chill
dren of Mrs. Litchwarck and one
grandchild had been previously laid
to rest.
To the old settlers of Redwood
Falls the news OF the passing away
of Mrs. Lichtwarck brought forth
expressions OF sincerest sorrow.
She came here when Red wood Falls
was but the commencement of vii
lage, and in her own good manner
she assisted in upbuilding the town
and in caring for the poor, her gem
tie and kindly heart ever going out
to those in need. Assistance was
always given at the door of the
Litchwarck home by the noble lady,
while forth from it her children
were sent carrying packages that
aided mothers materially in caring
for their young, and there are those
living in Redwood Falls who CRATE
fully remember Sunday morning
breakfasts furnished them by Mrs.
Lichtwarcky and Of meat from the
Lichtwarck shop that made many
dinner seem good.
She was born III Hesse- Darmstadt,
on Jan. -, 1881, and was little
more than 73 years old when the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-02-17
The MIDNIGHT EXPRESS.

The Midnight Express. direct
from its successful run at the Star
theatre, New York city, will be the
attraction at the opera house next
Friday evening, Feb. 10. The play
is a new sensational comedy drama.
The cast is large and every part ia
the hands Of competent artists. "A
remarkable railroad scene, with d
real life Sized train Of cars dashing
across the stage at full speed, a
wonderful death struggle aud leap
for life, an amazing life boat scene
and storm at sea are some Of the
marvellous effects introduced ia the
piece, which keep the audience ia a
state OF wonderuient and bewilder
ment. A clever story Of love, SEN
sation and adventure, interspersed
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-02-17
REpuBLIcAN coUNIY CONVENTION.

The Republican county committee
held meeting at The GAZETTE office
last Saturday morning, all of the
members, w. J. Mcdonald, A.. J.
Gerhard, A. M. Dennistoun, A. o.
Gimmestad aud J. A. Schmahl being
present.
It was voted to hold the first con-
vention, which is to elect delegates
to the state convention to elect del
egates to the national convention, at
Redwood Falls on Tuesday, March
10Th, and the second convention to
elect delegates to the state nominal
ing convention, at Wabasso, at the
time designated by the state COM
mittee, the chairman being instruct
ed to issue the call for the latter
convention as soon as the state com
mittee issues the call.
The call for the first county con-
vention is published elsewhere, the
basis of representation being one
vote at large and one vote for each
20 votes, or major fraction thereof,
cast for VIM. Mckinley in 1900. It
was decided to allow the Republican
voters in election precincts organ
lied since 1900 the right to chose
one delegate at large, and then par
ticipate in the township caucus for
selecting delegates.
All primaries are to be held on
the Saturday preceding the conven-
tion, commencing at 7:30 p. M, and
they are to continue open for the
space of one hour.
AT the suggestion Of the chair
man it was voted to order the call
published in each Republican news
paper OF the county, the committee
agreeing to recommend to its sue
cessor. the appropriationof a certain
sum Of money for the purpose.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-02-17
BURNED TO DEATH
Fred. Schumacher, q Former Red
wood Falls Boy, Meets an
Awful Death.
Fire Destroys His Store. Stock and
Kills the Owner, at Nor
thome.


Fred. Schumacher, formerly Of
Redwood Falls, but later merchant
at Northome, Itasca county, this
state, was burned to death in bis
store at that place last Saturday
night.
No particulars of the affair are OBJ
tainable. The first news reached
here Sunday forenoon, in telegram
to Fred. s brothers and sisters at
this place and North Redwood, stat
ing that Fred. had been burned in
a fire that had destroyed his store
the night before. Al message back
to Northome inquiring whether the
accident was fatal brought the re-
Spouse that it was.
Miss Schumacher, the eldest sis
ter, left the next morning for st.
Paul, where she was joined by her
oldest brother, John P., and the
two Immediately left for Northome.
The body will probably be brought
to North Redwood for burial.
Fred. was the second child of a
family Of four brothers and two sis
tiers. He was about ~ years old.
AT one time he was employed in the
grocery store Of j. M. Huntington,
Afterwards be was employed in a
store at Renville. then IN the hard
ware store at Wabasso, and later he
went to Northome, before the rail-
road was built 10 that town, and en-
gagged ID the mercantile business.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-02-17

warck deserved to be as well writ.
ten Of, and they will always be
cherished by those who were her
benefactors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-02-17

His father and mother Nave both
been dead for some time. Fred.
was well-liked by all who knew him.
LATER 1t appears that Mr.. Schu-
Snacher, after first gettinglout of the
building, went back after valuable
papers and lost his life. He was a
corporal in Co. H, 18th Minnesota,
during the Spanish-American war.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-02-17

with clean, clever and wholesome
comedy, make the production one Of
much merit and worthy Of patron
age.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-02-17
Of their Splendid Sue
The famous Ros-
enwald C We'll

Fine Trousers, have a worldwide
reputation. We carry fine line Of
this make. We also have the big
New York line of fine Pants Of the
celebrated Weigert, Meyer Gross &
Go. make.
Elegant Pants.......S2, Sd, 50.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-02-17
Hart Schaffner
and Marx

All hand-tailored mems and young
mems Suits and Raincoats. You
will not alone get what is right in
price but you can have a selection
from the best make SIS to $25.
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neutrality-suspicious. I'M @ebtrae.

8eoDlferungsftattftifen BADEN bic
Shdtfa4e ereeben, baB nit Der 8uz
nabme Der @9tenenitrGnge unb NIT
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men unn0tbtg perben. 60 betrdgt Der
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gen @egenben bes 8erner Sberlanbes
beifptelspeiie an % pro5ent. Die
2eute tpanbern ptelfa9 na9 Mmertta
unb RuBlanb aus unb ftnben ob ibrer
Mrbettiolntett unb @ertuenb6qrteit In
Der 8anbntrtbf9aft msit Elm entfprez
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grbe. SIN Sabre 1903 b~sfSrberten bic
20 groBen 0ampfer nt@t fpeniger als
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alfo bort einen ungeabnten Muff9pung
senommen, felt Der erfte Rabbampfer
am 90. September 1887 ben See be-
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tungen barauf btu, baB aud I'm 5p&s
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tete Geutraliftrung Der 8eD6Iteruns
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Stsr ~aaeroingS nt6t infolge bon GAM
bel nnb Snbuitrte, fOnbern pur9 bas
8ufammenftr1men Der Grembsn auf ben
bur6 @tienf4iensn let1t 8ugdngli9en
punftsn oeS 9o4gebitges.
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sapierer @etalttber.

Sn GafeDiqe, ST., lag Der 9eiaer Gilt
inter Der Geuerftele elmer Qotpmotipe
pie bur9 etnen 3ufammenftpB bom
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fam gu SObe ger6fet. Gin iunger
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tpdbrte er i'm BITE Sr6ftungen Der Res
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lebten Mt1emaug eetban bate. Seinen
Ran1en gu nenHen, ipeiserte sr it9.
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Ger @ipfeI Der 2opaIts
d t. Der OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES @eis
bauer tn plauen, Sa9fen, bate BET
Der S9ulfeisr gum @ebanfeit einer
rot9en S4ltss sstrasen, Sn elmer Be-
Iprs4ung Der S6uIfeier iteute S9rifts
teller 2eisner bas ala cine Ioaialbemos
trottfde Oemonftration bin. Weibauer
ttelte bespegen Strofantrdg tpeaeu
geletotgun9. 0as S9Dffensert9t ere
tunnte auf Sretfpre6uns. Die Strafs
tammer srtannte bagegen auf 80 Mart
@slbftrafe, neil es f@on cine Geleibts
eung iet, einem Stddtsbeamten anti
monar4ti3e @eiinnuna borSuperfen.
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shmieriafeiten fir gaud1er.

Msnn stn sefuntenes S9tff gebpben
tperben foa, 70 TT babel bic mit6itfe
pom 9au9ern u~nerLGbltd. Den Ger
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lt4s @9pterisfeiten entsesen. Wit ie
10 Metern q Meter glei9 39.37 3oW
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10 Metetn lansers 3eit btnbur9 bers
traeen. 9tefer btna~baufetgen, berm0e
gen f4on tpentee; bas Qtbmsn ptrb
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tper6en. .@rDbere 9iefen als 90 Dieter
tperben feIbft bon 9erufstau4ern gez
mtebsr. Gin ti4ttger Sau9er Namens
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Sabren; bas Mrdd eines bet aueHunt
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ftnb Bic St0runser her as6ensfunttio5
men BON erniteiter Natur. Man fam
alfo BET gefunttnen Sdiffen, bic 40
unb mebr Dieter unter benz WaFerfptes
gel aaf benz 9runbe ltesen, an 8ere
gunesarbetten iiberhdupt niGt benfen.
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sa- 8rinit stIamo . 5laiasnbier.
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9lMthluenem.


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let ieber 8erednnns, bp9 TT eS CENT?,
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rgftnbe" gaffagfere,
pel9e, obne Elm 5abrbiQet gslDit au
baben, bic gifen6abn 6eniiBten, tpurben
na9 etnsm dmtli6en ausmeifs in benz
obgelaufenen Sabre auf ben ruIiif9en
Babnen 437 ,875 srtappt. Die 3a6G
Der blinben pafagiere. Die ni6t ertoppt
purben, folI cine nod arobere isin.
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8ecept MO. 1851 pm Gimter u
NGmeto BELT nidt ale Qeioen, a6er
e8 furirt 9fbeumatismus auf aae
Sale. 6. S. S6miot, Ngent
6Uuiton. geras.
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Hbeumattsmns lit IN oielem &lima
i6mer5baFter alS ireeuo Elm anberes
2eiben; miro bur9 @iuer& & 2(menbs
&eaept WD. 1851 9ebeilt. e. s..
9 hmiet 9aent, 6Dufton, Geras.
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Grinft atlantic Raffee.
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gd)sa, G~esiaatett, SabttWs Hna Sstbft6es
bserTaanesberas5ee zen bea ~ aHsSattht-eehbs
bAtten tno &Ietsaaa- @efefftefe Sofss .sstb
0fetIiptAen.
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5O4 1T Die Telepbpn.R Drummer
fir gpSaipaifer, WsineralpafSer
uno Weibbier. Dds & Mihbaher.
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Sbarples Cream SdeiOer.

@uraatiert so 8roB. 6eIfer als anbere.
6. 8. 2ean Gp.-8aar ODER @rebit.
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n 8 opan beirat9en BITE msis
fen Wdbdeu I'm offer bon 20 unb 81
SGbren.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-01

There are some nOYellstS who are never able 10 manage the moon But it is not as obstreperous as the sun. There is extant a novelist who gave the room he used most in his narrative a north aspect, and who, when his book was published, discovered that the golden rays of the setting sun were streaming on his hero's dying bed. The railway system is not as adaptable. Sometimes the villain furtively watches the hero inc sewing under the trees in an Eng fish garden. All at once he seizes the gentle maiden, and when the hero is wanted to deliver her a reference to previous chapters discloses the fact that he has gone to America, and you know neither his address nor the date of his return home. It Is possible to open a story in the month of June and feel angry in the eighteenth chapter because it was not opened in Novem- Der. Every now and again a character will behave with the greatest propriety up to a point and then will go and lose himself because other unimportant la dies and gentlemen are crowding him out of the space he expected to occupy. A novelist will forget all about his hero for several years, and then sud- denly remember that he has left the gentleman, standing on a doorstep, and that he is now too old to be hero any more.
 So it will be readily understood that a novelist's lot is like a policeman's in that it is not always happy one. Even when all things are accomplished it is possible to be sad. To stroll up to book stall casually and see your book there, two copies. all in its glory. brings a sensation of power. honor and glory. TO stroll up six months after, and see those two books still there, and now marked down to one-and-eleven-that is the tragedy which brings gray hairs with sorrow to the graye.-"A cynic" l in the London Globe.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-01

from man, the disturber, and where the screech of the steam god cannot pene- trate. There among the hills and rocks and streams, with an Indian guide yersed in the secrets of woodcraft, knowing the haunts of the lordly roe buck and the hiding place of the fleet antelope, he may spend days and nights in the pursuit of big game. Deer stalking is a sport that will never cease to fascinate the true sportsman, who will follow some willy old stag over ragged rocks, across hill and dale, un- til he can approach close enough to fill him with dead-dealing lead.
 Despite the threatening game law that says deer and wild turkey may not be hunted except from November l to February 1, and then without the use of dogs. the seeker of antlered quarry and Thanksgiving turkey tour of season) with his deer hounds and bird dogs maw be seen in the land of the red man any time after the prairies have put on their wonderful dress of shaded browns, lighted up with red of sumac and yellow of goldenrod. At the present rate of extinction, in few short years the red deer, ante lope, quail and grouse of Indian terri tory will have followed the buffalo the elk and the full-blood Indian to the happy hunting grounds of the here after.-( Florence Bledsoe Crofford in Country Gentleman.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-01

cnmulation of vast sums of money, as if the enormous amount of business transacted today could be carried on with petty investments; as if the vast number of laborers could be employed without accumulation and expendi- ture of large capital; as if great enter prises of any kind could be conducted without the wealth the getting of which is denounced as a sin.
 Fortunately for all the voice of the clergy in this sort of denuneiation has little weight. Men may hear the ser mon on Sunday and go about their business on Monday, with the same earnestiness as before. The necessi- ties of the times call for the pursuit of money, and to ignor the call is to make the matter worse by putting man on the pauper list, unable to help him self or his fellow man.
 MT. Jones believes in material things and honestly says SO He sees the de- pendence of the higher life upon the lower, the spiritual upon the physical. He knows that religion itself needs money to further its interests and that education today. requires vast sums of money to secure the best advantages, that art demands it, that science for the want of it is greatly fettered and that charity suffers from need Of it.
 The abuse of wealth is no reason why wealth or the pursuit of 1t should be condemned What preaching there is on the subject should be directed against ill-gotten gain or the misap- propriation of money or the unwise ex- penditure of it and not against the ac- cumulation of it, which in most cases means an accumulation of power which can be, and for the most part is, di- rected to the service of humanity. There are men who have genious for accommodating wealth as others have a genious for painting, for poetry or for directing large armies. For these persons so gifted to neglect the use of their gift brings loss not only on themselves but on the enormous mum Der of persons towhom they could give employment, tothe advantage Of all concerned.
 Only the shortsighted or the inscere preacher will inyeigh against money getting or the spirit that prompts it. The only way to live without money is to live in a state of degradation in some tropical country. without wants, without aspiration or the desire for self improvement. Civilization calls ] for it and the man who earnestly and honestly strives for it should be com mended. not condemned. From the l Chicago Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-01

the merchants declare is natural to the leaf, but which to an ordinary tea thinker suggests the admixture of some fiaYoring matter. The trade in general, and the process of prepara- ton in particular, are very primitive, differing widely from the up-to-date method of India and Ceylon. In the latter countries from the time the leaf is pickedto thefinal prepartion occupies period of about AS hours. The factor ies are all in the center of the tea gardens, and mehanical processes for rolling and dessicating are employed. In Formosa week may elapse from the picking of the tea to the completion of the finished article. The tea-gardens. entirely in the hands of native grow CTS, may be three or four days journey distant from the capital town of Tai- peh, where the central factories, chief ly managed by European firms, are situated In order to avoid fermenta- tion during transit, the leaf, after picking, undergoes some preliminary and rather crude treatment at the hands of the native grower. It is sum- dried and fired in metal pans over wood fires on no settled plan, but with the object of removing sufficient mois- ture to admit of its transit to the cen tral market.
 In this semi-prepared state it is bought by the European firms. cleans ed, sorted, subjected to further firing, packed, and exported. Among certain of the more progressive firms there is a desire to introduce machinery after the model of Ceylon and India. Others, equally well informed. deprecate any change, maintaining that the peculiar flavor of 'Oolongs'-the cause of which has never been satisfactorily determined-is due to the slow and more primitive method employed. This contention received some support from the fact that, in spite of many at- tempts on the lines of Formosan ex- perienee the growers in Ceylon have never succeeded in producing a tea equal in quality or flavor to the For mosa Oolong. For many years past Annoy has been the chief port for the transshipment of Formosan tea, and the prosperity Of the port has chiefly depended on this important trade But the improvement of Keelung harbor is seriously affecting the trade of Annoy. Capt Sir John Keane in Blackwood's. S.