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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-07-25
PASSED AWAY AT 81
Jacob SchmahI, Among the Few Oldest
Residents of Redwood Falls,
Died Friday Noon.
Closely Identified With the Early History
of Minnesota and Some of
the Leading Men.

Jacob Schmahl, for 81 years
resident of Redwood Falls, passed
away at St. Alexander's hospital,
New Ulm, at II o'clock noon last
Friday. Old age, bringing about a
complete wearing out of the human
machinery, was the cause of death.
Mr.. Schmahl was nearly 81 years
old.
The deceased had been in failing
health for nearly two years past,
and something over IA months ago
he was induced to leave this city
and go to St. Alexander's hospital,
where he could be cared for by the
sisters of that institution. At that
time his physicians stated that he
had but a month or more to live,
but Mr.. Schmahl regained consider
able of his old time agility after
entering the hospital, and up to
about five weeks ago was quite
active around that institution. One
afternoon he attempted to go down
town, and when but part way his
strength failed him and he was
obliged to abandon his trip and be
carried back to the hospital. From
that time until his death he was
confined to his room and over three
weeks ago the hospital physician,
DR.. Stricken, concluded that the
endurance of the patient was of but
few days duration, and yet, by
rallying spells, he held out until
noon of last Friday, when the final
summons came. The afternoon be-
fore, his three living sons went to
New Ulm and remained with their
parent until Friday morning. At
that time DR.. Stricken contended
that few hours would end all and
Herman Schmahl remained to be
with his father at the final call.
The remains were brought to Red
wood Falls Saturday morning and
taken to the residence of the young
est son. Julius A. Schmahl, and the
funeral was held from the residence
of the latter, commencing at $50
o'clock Sunday morning, Rev. DIR.
H. V. Givler, officiating. The re-
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held TO THE GRAND JURY.

Fred. Deike, residing west of
Redwood Falls, was held to the
grand jury last Thursday by Judge
Laudon, on the charge of assault in
the second degree. He gave bonds
for his appearance at the November
term of court.
On Monday evening Of last week
Mr.. Deike and VIM. Gallery were in
Delhi village. The latter had rode
In on horseback. He secured permits
sion from Mr.. Deike to ride as far
as the Deike home in the latter's
vehicle. 1t was nearly nine o'clock
when they started. Getting beyond
the Stevenson home a very few
words were exchanged as to just
when the team should be stopped.
Mr.. Gallery then acting as driver.
The latter stopped the team a few
seconds after Mr.. Deike requested
him to. Both men alighted on either
side of the wagon. Deike walked
around to where Mr.. Gallery was
and saying a few words ran the
blade of jack-knife into one of
Mr.. Callery's legs. The latter gave
Mr.. Deike several kicks into a wheat
field near by and came to town and
reported the trouble. The next
morning Deike, who had reached
home in the meantime, was placed
under arrest, and his hearing oc-
Cured Thursday.
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A<""""'r~ Frank G.. Hubbard & CO.

but few miles east of old Fort
Ridgley. Here they were on Aug.
Is, 1862, when Little Crow and his
band made their raid down the
Minnesota valley. and Col. Sheehan
and his troopers from Glencoe,
alarmed the Schmahl family and
escorted them to the fort just in
the nick of time. After the mas
sacre the family returned to St.
Peter and resided there until 1869,
when Mr.. Schmahl came west to
Redwood Falls, and the following
year, moved his family. He con-
Quoted a brewery here during the
early days, without much success,
and in 1877, went to Candy, where
he also engaged in the brewery bust
ness. Closing out his interests there
he spent more or less of the after
years at Fargo and other North
Dakota towns, and in 1890 he was
found by two of his youngest sons
at Minneapolis hospital, his hand
having been amputated day or
two before. He was brought to
Redwood Falls shortly afterwards
and this has been his home ever
since, altho his last year on earth
was spent at the ST. Alexander's
hospital, where he found a number
of his old friends of earlier Ira
verse and St. Peter days.
Mr.. Schmahl was the father of
ten children, six boys and four girls,
the oldest child, a boy, having
died in infancy, at Traverse. Three
other children, a daughter, Mrs.
Julia Jaehning, and two sons-Emil
and Otto, preceded him to the grave.
His widow, Mrs. Reset Schmahl,
and six children, survive him-the
latter being Mrs. M. Liebenguth of
New Richland, Mrs. Teckla Win
gett and Mrs. John ]. Palmer of
Wells, and Alexander c., Herman
G. and Julius A Schmahl of this
place.
He was an employee of the Demo-
cratic wing of the state constitu-
tional convention in 1857, and his
politics were secured from his close
association with such notable Demo-
Gratis as Sibley, Rice and Becker,
and the only Republican vote ever
cast by him was that for Roosevelt
in 1904. The youngest son became
a Republican at an early age, and
while his father was ever critical of
his party he was elated at the boys
success, and when the result of the
Duluth convention was made known
to him he asked his physician to
send for the boy that he might
extend his congratulations, and a
few days later, altho very weak, the
son received them together with a
parting admonition.
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D. L. Bigham, all for IS years or
more residents of Redwood county,
Mr.. Thomas, the oldest, having re-
sided here for Al years.
On Nov. 18th, 1915, Jacob Schmahl
first saw the light of day, his birth
place being not far from Bingen-
on-the-Rhine, and on the banks of
the latter river he spent his earlier
days. He was one of family of
several boys and girls, and he was
the only one that dared risk an
ocean voyage and come to America,
altho his fathers brothers made the
journey before Jacobs birth, one
of them having been former may
or of Baltimore and a colonel in the
revolutionary war under Washing
ton. The Schmahls were among the
early settlers of York, Pa, and
when Jacob crossed the ocean for
American soil he mingled for time
with those relatives and afterwards
came west to Galena, Ill.,, where he,
following the pursuit of his father,
worked at the brewing business. 1t
was there that he met Miss Reset
Apple, and when the latter migrated
on Mississippi river steamboat to
St. Paul Jacob was not long after
wards in securing passage for the
frontier town, and in 1852 the couple
plighted their troths.
Traverse DIES Sioux was then a
town destined to be of some i'm
portance in Minnesota's history, and
thither the couple went, and com
menced a hotel business. At the
Schmahl hotel there stopped, in
those days, in their perambulations
up and down the paths of the Siouy,
such eminent men as Alexander
Ramsey, Henry M. Rice, George L.
Becker and others, and the former
always made the hotel his disburs-
ing quarters for distributing bags
of gold among the Indians of those
days. Not but few feet from the
hotel, also, was enacted that cele-
brated scene of Ramsey's treaty
with the Sioux, now depicted on a
canvass by one of the greatest
artists of the day. and forming a
wall picture in the present executive
office at ST. Paul. But the place or
route of the Sioux passed into
naught; Joe Rolette stole the bill
that would have made st. Peter the
capitol of the state, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Schmahl could see no future
for Traverse or the town a mile
away and they moved on to a farm
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GOES TO PRATT INSTITUTE.
Redwood Falls Library Board Loses An
other Popular Librarian.

Miss Louise M. Fernald, for near
ly a year past librarian at the
Carnegie library in this city has
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MISS MARY GIVLER.

e RADUATE OF THE ELEANOR MILLER
I School of Oratory, st. Paul, will accept
limited number of pupils in Elocution
d Physical Culture during the summer
Qnths.
lau on or address at the Methodist Par
Gage, Redwood Falls.
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A Guaranteed Cure for piles.

Itching, Blind, bleeding Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized to refund money
II PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in to IA
days. SOC. 22-52t
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To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Sake LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
sslggists refund money If it fails to cure.
w. GROVES signature is on each boxes
2-52t.
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mains were laid to rest in the family
plot in the Redwood cemetery.
The pail bearers were Maj. M. E.
Powell, H. C. Baker, John Thomas,
Geo. Buxton, David Whittet and
D. L. Bigham, all for 35 years or
more residents of Redwood county,
Mr.. Thomas, the oldest, having re-
sided here for Al years.
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EAGLE skiLLFUL IN STRATEGY
Cunning Devices Used by the Mon
arch Of the Air.

Ornithologists are inclined to dis
courage the idea that eagles are sn
the habit OF attacking large animals,
but n contest Witnessed by an observ-
er dispels such theory. The battle
was between an eagle and stag.
The bird singled out from n herd
one particular buck. which II succeed
ed IN driving from the rest II struck
the animal with its powerful wings,
knocked II down and finally killed II.
A still more remarkable spectacle IN
well authenticated. An eagle attack
ed fawn in the highlands of Scot.
land. The cries Of the little one were
answered by its dam. which sprang
upon the eagle and struck 1t repeated
ly with it's forefeet. Fawn. deer and
eagle rolled down n decliyity. the bird
was dislodged from its hold an the
fawn rescued.
Many traditions are eNtant as to
the carrying on of children by eagles.
The most recent case bearing close
scrutiny is one which happened In
South Africa. a Boer farmer whose
stock had been harried by eagles lay
In ambush for the robbers and saw
one of them descend and carry of the
5-year.old child Of one OF his Kaffir
servants. He shot the bird. which.
with the child still clutched in its
grip, fell into thorn bush. The bird
was dead. but the child was little
hurt.
Two eagles will stalk covert in
concert. While one conceals itself
the other beats about the bushes with
great screaming. driving out Its quar-
ry for the hidden eagle to swoop
down upon. An even more insidious
method has been observed. An eagle
seeing a sheep on the edge of prec-
ipice flew at II, screaming shrilly and
with forceful beat OF wing hurled 1t
into the valley below, where It could
devour It as leisure. In the light OF
such records there is good reason for
believing the legend OF the eagle drop.
ping a tortoise on the bald head OF
Aeschylus, the Greek poet. and 30
causing his death.
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Capt. Martin. Timely Caution.

Some fifty years ago Capt. Richard
S. Martin was well known at the
West End and a familiar figure on
School street, in the vicinity Of the
city hall. says writer in the Boston
Herald. He had run with the ma
chine" and been captain OF "Old
Barnicoat." and was later an engineer
of the Boston fire department. He
also carried on the painting business
at 10 Chapman place.
1t was his custom to be at mis- shop
quite early two or three times week,
to see that his employees were all on
time. II any one arrived late, the
same dialogue always took place.
One morning Bob" White was the
victim. and was accosted by the pro-
prietor. who said: "Mr. White. you are
thirteen minutes late this morning"
"Y-y-yes-yes. sir; but. you see. IL
was married last night" To which
Capt. Dick replied:
Very well, very well; but don't let
1t occur again"
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phenomenal activity. reaching 10
.v.ry branch OF trade and Industry
marked the year ls0o' ~ A.. 80.
During the summer OF lso1 VI. u"
,,on began to recover from pro'"ns
.d season OF business stagnauon' Hs
the months OF that year prosresse"'
.onaI,ions became more and more IN
yorabIe Both In speculation ana IN
~. lines of actual industry the spirit
of revival was extant. and the emu o'
IN. wear witnessed conditions tha'
we're gratifying to business interests
In the extreme.
with the dawn OF 1905 this state Oh
affairs continued. and throughout the
twelve months growth In all lines Oh
commercial enterprise was MAN
taIned.
There was not a month In when
the financial position of the nation
was not strengthened, The business
of the country gained momentum as
The year progressed. until in the hnai
weeks the most remarkable state OF
activity ever displayed In the history
of the United States was Witnessed
Remarkable in many respects. the
distinctive feature OF 1905 In Its imam
cIal and commercial aspect was its
.yenness. No machinery ran more
easily. more smoothly than the mae
rial currents. II was n steady ad-
vance in production and consumption
a constant increasing demand Tor
banking accommodations: an accumu-
lation OF deposits. the immediate IN
dex OF expanding wealth. The latter
half OF the period developed demand
for supplies which taxed the capacity
of factories. mills and mines to supply.
This was the stimulation OF an un-
,precedented crop Of grains upon n
market expanded to normal proper
tions. The earlier activity was the
continuation Of the previous year,
when business revived from year OF
stagnation and inactivity. from year
OF liquidation and pessimism. The
movement gathered force during the
winter, and with the open weather the
building operations OF the people be-
came general. calling every idle hand
into use. The indices OF material af.
fairs pointed to strong pressure
everywhere. reflect the bounty OF
Dame Fortune In the ranks OF the
capitalist and the laborer.
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life rather than the whole thing.
this idea once planted grew rapidly and
she became naughty and resentful as
. proud nature will. OF course Pix
ley felt the strained atmosphere and it
served to drive him more and more
away from home and from her. There
was even some talk Of other women
or another woman.
"AIl this time Eaton had been a
consistent and faithful friend OF the
Pixley's-both Of them and Icing a
man Of discernment he saw how af-
lairs we're trending, also being man
~ sense and delicacy he felt estop.
'ped from making any sign which
mieht tend to straighten matters out.
Y Little W little Mrs. PixIey came
~ Jpan on his Friendship and to CON
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n anD@I1IkNNHS
FD@z @zN11 81 XlE7N
-% N2E7v NORTH
tcopyrIght. 1906. by Daily Story Pub. COB

whats the matter with Eaton
was he ever jilted?" asked Perkins
lighting fresh cigar and gazing
cr-iously at the receding figure OF the
confirmed old bachelor OF the club
rs he walked into the dining room.
"why?" asked Brown Has he been
showing you a bunch OF sour grapes?'
well, should think so" replied
Perkins came in and said he had
heard was about TO be married and
was sorry he couldn't congratulate
me. Was compelled 10 offer me his
despest commiseration instead. When
! began to bride said he didn't know
tho lady SO there was nothing person
al about 1t but wanted TO record his
warning that no fellow ever knew
anything about a woman anyway and
when he married just put his foot In
a trap. Might be reasonably happy,
he said, but II so IL was purely n
happenstance as no man could fathom
a woman's mind or her ways. Did
some fair damsel do things TO him.?
Didn't you ever hear his story
asked Brown refecively.
NO; fire ahead, old man." responded
Perkins. 1T must been aplenty."
ut is n strange story" said Brown.
You see Eaton and Ed PiSley were
old college chums and about as close
as any two fellows ever were and
went into business together. Pixley &
Eaton It was, and n very successful
ire. Well about the time they got
A.l L.. hatN
and we're ready to clean up and real.
izo big money Pixley fell in love with
Edith Morton and married her. Well
Il seems Eaton who was Edith's sec
ond cousin or something OF that sort.
had been heels over head in love with
her. himself for years but had not
pressed his suit. When the announce
ment of her engagement with Pixley
was made It nearly broke his heart
from Pixley. He didn't lay It up
against him but came out beautifully:
did the bless you my children. bless
you. act and all that. He settled
down to business harder than ever
and the firm simply leaped TO the
front. After the first blush OF the
honeymoon was over Pixley took
new hold too and they Just tore
along.
well. money began to come easy
and Pixley got tangled up with lot
Of pretty swift fellows in a business
way and being a sociable. convivial
fellow. liked the pace. AS conse-
quence he began to spend more OF his
spare time at the clubs and card
tables and one place and another then
he did at homeland more than the
exigences of business strictly required.
He was kind and indulgent husband
all right but his interest was divided
with the preponderance constantly
growing away from home. Now Mis-
tress Pixley was deeply in love with
her handsome and dashing husband
and by that same token she was more
or less Jealous of his interest and his
time. Gradually she came to believe.
with considerable truth. that she and
the children were an incident in his
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Be Ready Tor Instant Battle.

A man should keep his mind up to
the standard; he should keep 1t dis
ciplined and ready for action. To do
this 1t must be trained. drilled every
day in mental tactics. SO that 1t will
be strong. vigorous and alert, ready
to act in an emergency with the maxi
mum efficiency Of which 1t is capable.
What condition for sea fight would
our navy be in II we, for five years.
dropped all gun practice and allowed
all the naval officers and sailors to do
as they pleased and have good
time.
Your mind is your personal navy.
Your faculties are your ships and
men; and II you are not ready for
life's great battle, ready for an emer.
gency. how can you expect to con.
quer when the crisis comes success
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RAILROADS HAVE MADE MONEY.
Earnings Of Lines Go Over Two BIZ
lion Dollars.

For the first time the steam rail-
roads of the United States have earn
ed more than $4,000. 100000 In one
year. the high water mark being
reached In 1905. Not only were the
gross earnings heavier than In any
previous year. but the net earnings
were also larger. despite the fact that
more money was spent for physical
improvements. locomotives. freight
and passenger cars than In any for
mer year.
The number OF freight cars built In
1905 was l65. .i55, an Increase OF 5000
over any former year. while the num-
ber OF passenger cars built was 1851.
an increase of over 400. There were
5.49I locomotives built in 1905. an in
crease OF 1000 over the previous year
and of $50 over 1908. the next largest
year.
There were 1879 miles OF new rail-
road built last year. 700 miles more
than in 1904. the total mileage OF the
end OF 1905 being 2l7.32s miles. The
greatest activity In railway construc-
ton was In the Southwestern and
Northwestern states. In these two sec
tions more than half the year mile
age being built. The coming year
will see great amount OF new road
built In the Northwest. as the st.
Paul. Burlington. and Gould lines are
trying to rush extensions to the Pa
ciic coast. and the Northwestern is
also developing Its system.
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fide her troubles TO him and with his
great admiration and his knowledge
that Pixley was drifting the wrong
way not only in his marital AFFAIRS but
In business also-he was losing vast
sums In gambling and neglecting busi-
ness sadly-he was in full sympathy
In the meantime PiSley, resenting his
wife's eSpostulations and her growing
coldness. threw his anchors overheard
and got into almost open relations
with another woman-maintained an
other establishment and all that.
Finally Eaton's sympathy with
Mrs. Pixiey got the better OF his dis
cretion and he called Pixley 10 the
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In other directions: that she consicsts
ed the entire matter now closed and
was thankful that she need have no
further communication with tic
nemesis who had pursued her denr
husband to the grave.
ut nearly drove Eaton to suicide
because he still loved her with all the
arsor of his unselfsh soul and cared
more for her good opinion than Tor
that of all the rest Of the world put
together.
81 reckon he would have committed
suicide hut the utter injustice OF the
letter aroused his anger. He sold the
entire business and sent her check
for the exact difference between the
amount he had sent before and the
amount she named In his letter. IL
took his entire fortune and since then
he has done n modest little business
making Just about enough to support
himself In comfort and has lived Win
out ambition. a lonely. bitter. future
less life"
Perkins whistled softly;
by jove" he said Il remember hear
ing Edith Pixley say one time that
Mr.. Eaton was such strange. COD
man. that he had scarcely spoken TO
her since her husband died although
they used TO be great friends befoso
that"
Women are strange creatures.
concluded Brown as he rose ard
sought his favorite corner in the dia'
ing room.
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STRENGTH IN MONEY cENTERs,
Greatest Fear Of All on the Stock
Exchanges.

Considered from almost any and
every point OF view. but gauged par
ticularly by New York stock exchange
standards. 1905 has been the great
est year OF all. Whereas 1903 brought
the stock market deluge for the sins
OF excessive trust promotion. CONNER
cial over-expansion and speculative
debauches of Immediately previous
years. and 1904 brought the moderate
afterclap of the upheaval of the ex-
changes In moderate commercial re-
preston. the year now closed has
been tuned to one dominant note-op-
timistic progress.
The signs are many. but few stand
out SO strongly as proof OF develop
ment that to cite them Is conclusive.
Briefly. these may be summarized as
follows:
Never has the farm wealth OF the
country equaled that OF 1905.
Commercial failure liabilities, in
spite Of exceptional banking disturb
ances OF sporadic character. have
been less actually and relatively than
in any period since the panic days of
1893. with the exception OF 1899.
Total deposits of the national banks
Of the country are greatest in history.
and aggregate loans Of the banks like
wise at the highest level indicate that
money Is being closely employed.
Using pig iron production as one OF
the tests Of general industry, an esti-
mated increase Of about 37h per cent
in both production and consumption
indicates unparalleled activity.
Railway earnings OF the roads of
the country roughly exceed all pre-
vious records by 7h per cent.
Both imports and exports of mer-
chandise in the foreign trade OF the
country once more have attained new
high records.
! Prices Of leading securities, both
railway and industrial. used to ascer.
tain the mean level OF stock market
values. during the last month of the
year have eclipsed all previous high
i marks.
Speculation Of the country, as meas
ured by the sales OF stocks on the
New York stock exchange. has sur.
passed even the enormous totals of
1901. when trust financing was at its
height.
Finally. seats on the New York
stock exchange have sold at the phe.
nomenally high price Of $95 200. sug
gesting what the Wall street forecast.
ers think speculation Barometer Of
trade" will indicate from prosperity's
signals in 1906.
When the year opened, progress, de
layed enough for a season in the year
previous to show temporarily de
creased railway trafic, steel and iror
depression. dormant speculation ant
glutted money markets. had been re
sufned. The success Of the crops o.
1904. and the very plentifulness o.
money supplies the world over wer,
the basis on which this resumption
/, started.
Given good harvests progress al
. ways Is more or less certain, but tn,
factor of cheap money just year ag,
and the knowledge that N 1908 liqui
. dation had cleaned out most OF th,
weakest spots ID business brought ii
one pertinent afxMment befors rnes
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