The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-05-10

OF the great North west, Wnlcn would, /
ia time, be teeming with a great |
and prosperous population. Ifthere
were 100000 people on the Red |
river we would be the gamers, as
we already are by the 10000 there.
If the necessary amount of push |
and energy were shown by the peo-
pie of ST. Paul our destiny is as
sured. Wherever railroad lines
center and there is a trans-shipment
to the seaboard, there will spring
up great city. With constant
depth of,five feet of water from St.
Paul to the gulf, st. Paul would be-
come the great outlet for direct
shipment to the coast.
We have the glad news to-day of
the surrender by Joe Johnson, of
all the forces of the enemy between
the Chattahoochie and the Roanoke,
which makes clean sweep of every
armed rebel on the whole Atlantic
slope. This leaves no armed or
ganization of the rebels east of the
Mississippi except the few thous-
ands that recently fed from Mobile
and the scattered bands in the calf
states-not amounting to 10000 in
all; Johnston surrendered on the
same terms granted by Grant to
Lee-under which all rebel troops
lay down their arms and retire to
their homes under parole.
/ Junius Brutus Booth, the father
of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin,
had been married to an English
woman before leaving England, by.
whom he had one son. Meeting a
beautiful Tower girl iU the Covent
Garden market, he fell i'm love with
her and eloped with her to this
country. The four sons, Junius
Brutus Edwin, John Wilkes and
Joseph we're the fruit of this second
marriage. The deserted wife fol-
lowed Booth to this country, took
to drink and was accustomed to
Shaunt tire streets of Baltimore with
ia view os confronting and uptEaid-
ing the woman who had robbed her
of her husband.
The older Booths habits weve
exceeding irregular, and 50 inter
fered with his performances at
timee that an actor less gifted would
have forfeited his popularity be-
yond redemption. 30 was rarely
that he appeared sober on the stage
and toward the close of hrs career
it required all the vigilance and art
of his managers to keep niE8 in a
condition'to appear on the stage at
all. His. appetite for liquor was
absolutely voracions. at one. time,
being without money, he went to a
pawnbroEer'ss shop. literally pawned
himself foV' money to buy liquor,
was regularly ticketed and e1hib-
tied in a window, where. he. staid
until redeemed" by friend
The assassin, Booth has ait last
met his richly deserved doom. He
died like dog, struck Through the
brain with a. royal ballet last We'd
nesday, near Fredericksburg, Va.
Booth and HAROLD. his aeeonDplice,
had the night before. crossed the
Potomac from Swan s. Point, Nd, in
a canoe to the Virginia Shore where
the war department detectives and
force of cavalry were ON the look
out for them. They were found
secreted in a barn near Point Royal
The barn was surrounded, HarrolJ
gave himself up but Booth refused
The barn was set on fire. Book
said he would fight the entire squad
and fred upon the soldiers, wher
he was shot through the head by {
sergeant. He died two hours aiter
i wards, carsing the government
3 It was found that he was lame> anc
, supported by a crutch, having fall
5 en- from his horse during his fight
a Emigrants are pouring into ST
: Paul by hundreds every day. Gu
V streets are full of strange faces. I
: is evident Minnesota is to reeeiv
j. this year powerful stimulons il
" +ho Nov of immi OrafS0n Rnt M