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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
They Sacrifice Wool and Save Sugar.

Wool is a product of nearly all parts of the
Union, and a moments thought will convince
any one that if protection is beneficial it
could not be applied to any industry which
would distribute its profits more widely than
would be done by a wool tariff.
The entire area devoted to sugar produc-
tionin this countryis not as large as ten Iowa
townships, according to a statement made
by Ex-Governor Gear, of Iowa, in a congress
sional debate last summer. In SO years the
entire sugar production of the United
States has aggregated but 100000, 600,
while in Is years the duties upon that
article have amounted to 100000, OOO
Every consumer of refined sugar to-day
pays a tribute of219 cents pound to al sugar
trust. In view of these undisputed facts no
tariff reformer can consistently assail the
Republican position, especially as the Mills
bill itself proposes reduction of Is per cent.
In the sugar tariff.
The trainers of the Mills bill we'll understood
that consistency required them to make a
heavy reduction in the sugar tariff but they
found that this would reduce revenues so
greatly that wool could not then be made free
So they determined to sacrifice the interests of
the whole people to the avarice of Southern
sugargrowers. That cowardly evasion of
duty was confessed by Congressman Brecken-
ridge, of Kentucky, and has been endorsed
by the Democratic party. The people will
show their opinion of that transaction by
their votes in Novemb er-AIbany Journal
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31

left her husband and six months old babe
at their home in Sioux Falls to join the Ford
company as leading lady. In the latter part
OF May, while the company was playing an
engagement at Clarion Mr. Diggle made his
appearance, and endeavored to persuade
his wife to return home and quit
the stage forever. She refused at
first but finally consented and SCI
cured her release, after which she again
changed her mind and refused to go home
She and her husband had been out walking,
and returned to her 1oarding house about 5
P. m. She then said size had forgotten some
thing and excused herself and went to drug
store where she purchased % grains of NOR
Prime. Returning to her boarding house. it
is said, she asked her husband to drink some
beer with her, which he had brought from
Sioux Falls. Shortly afterwards, he was
seized with violent pains, which she told the
landlady was an old heart trouble
which her husband suffered from.
and declined to send for o doctor
Finally the landlady despatched messenger
Tor doctor, who upon examining the pa
tlent, said he was poisoned. that there was no
evidence of heart trouble. Then Mrs. Diggle
said, My God, he has taken my morphine"
Later, the paper which had contained the
drug was folRyd in an clubhouse, where Mrs..
Diggle had hsa:i seen shortly after the doc
tors q plac, The patient died before any
thin g.nt - Ycdone for him, never having
bee gu ~ EThouse after drinking the beer.
On siimpor;i ye the grand jury held the wife
az
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
The WhitechapeI Horrors.

London Cablegram: The mass of absurd
theories, false clues and unlimited arrests of
the wrong men. which have almo turned the
pursuit of the Whitechapel murderer into q
burlesque, were relieved at last by a genuine
sensation. Mr.. George Lusk, a builder, is the
head ofthe Whitechapel vigilance committee.
Late on Tuesday night, the 10th inst, the
parcel post left a box at his house. Upon
opening it he discovered meaty substance
which smelt very strong and which he judged
to be the half of a kidney belonging to some
animal. Enclosed in the box was the follow
ing letter:
send you half of the kidney took from
one of the women. preserved it for you.
The other piece l fried and ate. 1t was very
nice. Imay send you the bloody knife that
took it out if you only wait a while longer.
Mr.. Lusk at first regarded the whole thing
as a joke. But remem bering that such an
organ had been taken from the Mitre square
victim, he took the box to the London hos
pital. DR.. Openshaw examined the Enclosure
and said that it certainly came from q
full-grown woman and had been divided longi-
tudinally. Subsequently the box and letter
were taken to Scot and yard and the detec-
tiyes are trying to find out in what postal
district the parcel was handed in for mail
The handwriting OF the letter in the box
bears no resemblance to the handwriting OF
the letters of Jack the Ripper found some
weeks ago.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
Democratic Frauds Threatened,

A Southern Democratic Senator, talking
the other day in one of the committee rooms
in the Capitol at " ashington to Northern
Democratic Congressman, said that Northern
people fare id fools if they think the
Democratic party is going out of power sim
ply because the purchase or counting of a
few votes in New York city is the only thing
that can stand in the way There was a
Northern Republican in thecommittee room,
but the Others did not know him. They were
not talking for publication. They are not the
only Democrats either who feel just that way
about the political situation. The Republican
National Committee, too. and the Republican
leaders generally, are doubtless fully aware
what tactics are proposed in the remaining
three weeks Of the campaign. '.The Demo-
Gratis, y says Senator Chandler of New Hemp
shire, fare prepared for desperate deeds to
carry Indiana, New Jersey and New York
The worse their prospect the more desperate
they are. With all their money and hold of
the Offices, why can they not hire men to
vote and count fraudently? The risk is no
greater than burglary, the reward much
greater. If the Republicans are active and
sleepless nothing can defeat us.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
Remarkable Suicide.

., G. S. Redfeld, for a number of years con-
7hee+ed with McVicker's theater, Chicago
holding an excursion ticket from Portland
lt0 ST. Paul, was put off at the Atlantic ex-
press at Bogeman Montana, on Thursday
morning Oct. ! 8, under the influence of some
powerful drug and was Immediately taken
charge of by the officers. physician was
summoned and everything possible done to
arouse him. About o'clock they brought
him around, and for two hours he was
quite rational but seemed to be
he wished to communicate, but on gaining
his senses he found himself sur
rounded by total strangers, and naturally,
had the lack ofconfdence to do 80. About
i 0 clock the physician in charge advised
them that he should go to bed. He un-
dressed himself without assistance and re-
tired In g few moments he relapsed into u
st1lpor again from which he never recovered
He died at the Laclede hotel at 5:45. A
Ckeago man, who got on the train at Garri-
Sd, knew him and suspected that he had
Eaken poison and had him aroused While
paartly conscious he said that.he was ruined
man; that he had intended to commit suicide;
that he had worked at McVickers theater
for twenty-five years; and saved money, had
taken large amount West, and asked for a
man named Gannan and Tor his diam onds.
Among his possessions were draft on Chlca-
70 for s., 000 S65 in money, diamond sleeve
buttons and pin and So silver watch, with
outa chain The inference is that he was
drugged and robbed III Portland, and after
ward took morphine with suicidal intent
The passengers on the train saw him take
morphine and when they took it away he
6aid|i if what he had taken did not kill him he
would take more when he could get 1t.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
An Exciting Time.

A straw colored bull pup, an organ
grinder with a monkey, an Irish
woman with a basket of bananas, a
colored man with a bucket of lime on
his head, an inebriated sailor, awhile
g girl with new pair Of shoes under
her arm, and a countryman in a
cheap blue suit, with a sachel SEEM
ingly quite heavy, were all walking
down Main street toward
the Gatharine ferry. The bull pup
was ahead of the procession. His
tail stuck out straight, his eyes
cleaned and he walked as though
full of business. Suddenly the Irish
woman slipped on a piece of apple
peel. Her feet flew out and She
dropped the basked violently on the
monkey. The monkey shrieked; the
bull pup arose a. short distance in
the air, through astonishment and
excitement, and then swept like a
flash between the organ grinders
legs. The italian let go the organ,
the crank of which he had been turn
ing as he walked, and the ancient
Roman melody, blue Violets, was
crushed to earth again. In trying to
escape the dog the colored man
dropped his bucket of lime, the CON
tents Of which splattered over the
sailor, who swore and flung up his
arms, one Of them striking the white
girl across the nose. She naturally
CALCULATED. The countryman. like
wise alarmed by the dog and the
commotion ahead, dropped his sach-
el on the animal and began to run.
The bull pup hoWled and the coun-
tryman fell over the sachel sp1 anvil
ing, and for the space OF three min
utes Main street was as animated as Q,
circus. Brooklyn Eagle.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
Just Too Funny for Anything.

Talk about American girls! Their
modesty is q model compared with
that Of the Brussels ladies. It is
just now all the rage in that land to
ride on "the topsy -turvy railway
This consists of an enormous barrel,
with arrangements for running on a
set of rails, which slope in the center.
The barrels open at the ends and
has seats. Here the ladies enter, with
their skirts tucked fast about their
ankles, and are also strapped about
the waist and their feet, while with
their hands they hold fast to the
seats. The barrel is then set in
motion and goes down one incline
and up the other side the passengers
going round and round withit. The
barrel turns four times over in the
passage and then stops with the
passengers right side mp. The fun is
said to be- usttoo much for any thing.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
Cleveland and Oleomarearinc.

1t is asserted by the New York Sun that
when the Interchangeable bill was present.
ed to President Cleveland two years ago he
wrote message yetoing it, He happened
to show it to Congressm WilliamL Scott,
one OF the present members OF the Democrat
ic national committee. Mr.. Scott was fright
ened at the possible consequences Oh the mes
sage and induced the President to reverse
his decision by saying that New York would
otherwise certainly be lost, and 20 or 80
seats in Congress besides. In his message of
approval the President used his own argu-
ment as points brought forward by enemies
of the measure, converting them with argu-
ments from the other side
This is specimen of Mr.. Cleveland's ssback-
bone which the Mugwump press is praising
Albany Journal.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
AProtectionist Their.

Hon William W. Eaton of Connecticut said
in the House of Represents four years ago
on the subject of projections:
To the members of this house / desire to
address myself, to those who are talking of
robbery, of plumber, of corruption, stealing
and thievery. There is not a single article
bought in the South, from the wagon that
draws the farmers cotton to the markets to
the pin that his wife uses, that is not so per
cent cheaper than it was fifteen years ago.
No matter how wrong the principle of pro-
tecUion may be, that is the fact grant you
that it is wrong; but the fact remains the
same. It has cheapened every thing under
Gods heavens that men, women and chill
dren use in this land every thing
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31

passed even the mugwump organs in obse-
squious eulogy of Cleveland. and it was then
confident, or gave every Indication of being
confident, of his reelection. But the Herald
Is newspaper, even if is an envenomed ops
ponent of the republican party, and during
recent days it betrays signs of weakening in
It's confidence as to democratic success, The
Herald for weeks and months had steadfast-
~ contradicted the current reports of
q change of sentiment in New.
York adverse to Cleveland At first it even
ridiculed the notion that there was posi-
bllity OF his defeat But within week there
has been an obvious pulling in of it's horns
by the great Cleveland organ, and it is itself
now giving some of the identical news which
it had previously spent weeks in contradict
ing. The Herald is, indeed, covering the inn
portant political centers of new York with its
own reporters, and their statements contain
q good deal of matter which cannot but be
regarded as significant under all the circum-
stances. The following dispatch, sent from
Buffalo by staff correspondent who
had previously visited other points in
the course of his investigation, is
one OF the series of dispatches which
vs3y y'A good ds r pa5se d ast n noa
You can make up your mind that, unless
some extraordinary change occurs between
now and November 6, Harrison will go down
toHigh Bridge with something like 10000
plurality. HNew York can overcome that
Cleveland is all right; if not he will have to
pack up and come back to Buffalo You can
get no idea in your present surroundings of
the situation in the country The republi-
cans are making a fierce, intelligent and, so
far, successful fight. It was a mistake for
Cleveland to raise the tariff issue | can see
that now for the first time: The surface
argument is, as you know, all in favor of the
republicans, and that is the argument that
catches the countrymen. There are large
OBJECTIONS of lifelong democrats among
farmers everywhere have been. In Rochester
the men in control of the democratic organ
izations will knife Cleveland sure They are
very bitter against him and in private make
no bones ofit. In Steuben county the dem
ocrats are all smashed up. Cleveland's APP
pointees are a lot of milk-and water jackan-
apes, who let their enemies scoop every thing.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
Good Old Free Trade Times.

Thus exclaims the Hartford Post: Talk
about the good old times of low tariff
Here is an instance: A man who has been
in the mercantile business in an interior
town in Illinois over thirty years recently
looked over his old accounts, and found
formers. For example, in 1860 a customer
is charged 1913 for a barrel of salt, and
credited SO cents per day for two days work.
Salt was then on the free list, and labor was
on free trade basis. In that same year
brown muslin sold for IL, 1211s, and Is cents
per yard; present prices, to 8 cents. Axes
were then sold at $1.25 to $1.5O; better
implement can now be bought at 81. The
entire list ranged from 20 to 100 per cent
above latter-day prices. Is the country
shankering'' for a return OF these good old
times?'
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
Yellow Fever Situation,

The Jacksonville board of health adopted a
resolution requesting the United States Off
Gals to aid by regulation and organization
in preventing the return of absent citizens
until FROST occurs. The pith ola long adj
dress is in the following words:
Neither the houses or atmosphere of Jack
sonville are less dangerous to the unaccli-
mated than they were a month since, and we
would earnestly warn all who are liable to
contract yellow fever against venturing to
come here, merely because they may see that
there are no new cases reported. Wait until
the board Of health notifies you that the
epidemic is not only over, but that
is reasonably safe for absentees and
strangers to come here again, and
then return, only under such restrictions
and directions as may be advised by the au-
thorities. We would add that there does not
appear to be any probable grounds upon
which to base an expectation that this time
SO earnestly desired by us all, will come ear
lier than the very last of November or the be-
ginning of December.
There are twenty -seven new cases of yellow
fever for the past twenty-four hours. Assis-
tant Surgeon Martin reports from Gainesville,
Fla that there have been sixteen cases and
six deaths from yellow fever in that city, but
that no cases have occurred since Oct. Is.
DR.. Fox at st. Augustine reports to the ma
rine hospital bureau that he has made a
thorough inspection of st. Augustine, and
that he found no Indication of yellow fever.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
AS Strange as a Romance.

There is superstition among the
lower classes, that who ever possesses
himself of a rope with which person
has been hanged or has hanged him
self, is certain to come in for a, ssslice
of good-luck.'
A young woman living in the
Montmartre quarter, Paris, COM
mitted suicide a short time ago, and
a neighbor helped to cut her down;
but she was dead, so he consoled
himself by putting a bit Of the hemp,
with which the deed had been done into
his pocket, having a firm conviction
that he would hear in a day or two
that he had come into a colossal
fortune. He would be millionaire,
and would devote his life to enjoying
himself, instead of carrying bundles
on his back for a few paltry francs
per diem; but the fortune did not
come.
Perhaps it is even now on the way,
but the man was impatient. Then
there was the lucky piece Of rope.
He would nottake his eyes off it.
He kept it in his pocket, and in the
intervals between his errands he
pulled it out and meditated upon it,.
From the fortune his thoughts at
last began to dwell upon suicide.
The memory Of the deceased girl
haunted him, add recently, as his
wife returned home after the labors
Of the day, she found her husband
hanging in their room dead, with the
fatal bit of hemp in his waist-coat
pocket. He had kept it by him to
the last. Louisville Times.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
Eggs and Cotton.

Gov. Foraker made some exceedingly strong
points in his address at New Haven Here
is one nugget" which is worth the attention
of farmers:
when was boy I lived on farm 1
well remember selling eggs for three cents a
dozen, and paying thlrty-fve and thirty
eight cents q yard for cotton cloth purchased
free trade.
To-day you can purchase all the cotton
cloth you want for eight and ten cents a
yard and you sell your eggs for from twenty
five to forty cents a dozen. That is protec
ton. That is what protection to home In
dustries and home markets has done for the
country. Which do you like best7'
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
Public Lands in Minnesota.

The annual report of the commissioner of
a 6ne general land office is printed. Of surveys
In Minnesota he says:
Three contracts and one set of special in
structions were awarded and approved for
small tragmentary subdivisonal surveys
during the year; total liability 1925 In
addition to the said fragments a contract
was awarded and approved in June, 1887
for surveys within the White Earth reserva-
ton. This contract was authorized by the
department on the recommendation of
the commissioner of Indian affairs
The demand for public survey
by actual settlers on land within his district
is clearly stated by the United States sur
geyor general in his annual report. The de-
mand for public surveys by actual settlers
had greatly increased during the past year.
A large number of settlers are reported to
have located upon the unsurveyed lands ~
Ing northwest of the Red Lake Indian reser-
,Wation, anda petition signed by thirty of
sSsqid settlers representing improvements
valued at $1S,000 has been received by me
asking for the survey of said lands. A large
number of the residents of the countries in
which these lands are located have also
petitioned for the survey of the same A
large proportion of these lands are reported
to be suitable for agricultural purposes, and
If they were surveyed would soon be settled
upon and improved. In the northwestern
portion of the state, in the vicinity OF Yer
million lake, in consequence of the rapid de-
velopement of the iron interests and the large
growth of such towns as Tower and Fly, there
is an increasing demand for lands forsettle-
ment, and applications from persons claiming
to be bona fdesettlers have been received dur
ing the year past asking for the survey of
about twenty townships. Some of these
settlers state that they have been living on
Asheir claims for more then four years. In
iome of these towns it is stated that there
are.o over forty settlers. l consider it very
desirable that these surveys should be made
as early as practical, and would request that
may be authorized to survey during the
fiscal years such townships as are occupied
by any considerable number of settlers.
Small space is devoted to the surveys in
Dakota. The commissioner says:
The sum of Sill 900 was apportioned to
Dakota for surveys during the fiscal year,
under which six contracts for public land sur
+ veys we're awarded and approved. In addi-
tion thereto two contracts for Indian reser-
walton surveys Zone of the allotments within
the Devils Lake reservation, and one for the
western boundary of the Sioux reservation.
i Total liabilities of $9,350 were awarded and
approved
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
The Difference.

An American tariff reformer while walking
through the holy precincts of the British
museum found himself face to face with an
Egyptian mummy,
"oh, see the corpse said the American
tariff reformer.
NO said the Egyptian, 81 am not a
corpse, am mummy
Indeed? said the American. sYou must
be something like me. l am not a free trad
ar, but tariff refor1ner''
And then the mummy winked his eye and
the tariff reformer smiled and went his way.
The moral of this highly amusing story
will be found in the morning papers on the
7th day of November next.-Exchange.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-31
/ ! 70 AN and Canadian FRATERNITY.

The shts of Pythias excursion from
& W lnng+!;g to Fem blna was grand success.
Over 100 people came on the train. Ac-
companying the Knights and their friends
from Winnipeg were Premier Greenwav, Hon.
Mayor Jones, Hon. Mr.. Sifton, Chief McRobie
and about twenty other big guns of Manitoba
politics. After lunch given to about seventy
five of the most distinguished of the party at
the residence of ex-Mayor Charles Cavileer,
speeches of welcome was made by the Rev.
c. III. TreglaWn and others, which
were responded to by Premier
Greenway, Mayor Jones, the Hon.
Mr.. Sifton and Chief McRobie. The premier
was received with great applause. He
thanked the people fortheir kind utterances,
and expressed his pleasure at having with
his colleagues the honor of having carried
out the scheme of the work of the Red River
Valley railway, and thereby uniting Pembi-
ma and Winnipeg. He welcomed the North
ern Pacific because it would become great
factor in building up Manitoba. He observed
(confdentially to the Yankees) that before
him was an array of reporters from
Winnipeg SO that he would have to be care
full not to say anything but what he firmly
believed. He thought it was good thing to
be united across our imaginary line. People
said it was not a good thing to allow. Cana
dams to mix up with American people, and
it had looked like it when there was SO much
talk OF retaliation; but after the blOodiess
battles of politicians on either side of the line
had been fought we would not hear so much
OF talk of keeping ourselves apart. AS
political warfare between the two great
parties of this side was going on, he deemed
it unwise to make political speech, but he
would say that the United States was a
grand example, both of protection and free
trade-protection on the outside and free
trade among the various states. He hoped
to see some of the barriers that now existed
removed, and he hoped that the day would
come when intercourse in business would be
freer and when the relations between the
two countries would be closer than they were
at the present time. The people of Manito-
ba were about identified with the people of
Dakota, raising the same crops and sending
them to the same markets. Afterthe speech
making was over the entire assemblage sang
God Save the Queen. and the bands struck
up a''Yankee DOODLE