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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
Death Bed Repentance.

Some years ago a well-known citi-
zen Of the sixth ward ran for supervi-
sor and was beaten by Two or three
votes. He took his defeat hard, but
raised no fuss, as he thought every
thing was on the square. A few weeks
ago the same man was present at the
death-bed of a neighbor, who begged
all abouthim to forgive him the wrong
he might have done them. Recognize
ing this one man in particular, he
confessed to him that he had once
done him grievous wrong. He said
that he was one of the inspectors of
election on the day that the afore con-
test for supervisorwas Waged. He was
anxious to see the other fellow win,
and unobserved by those about him,
had torn six pastors off that number
OF ballots containing the defeated
candidates name, and had chewed
them up for fear of their being dis
covered on the floor. Those six votes
turned the election. He prayed for
forgiveness and twas willingly grant-
ed.-Bufalo Courier.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
Report Of the Indian Commission.

The formal report of the Sioux commits.
sion is made public with the bound
copies of the annual report of the sec.
rotary of the interior, and contains com.
prehensiye history OF the commissions effort
to carry out the provisions of the act throw
ing open to settlement the great expanse OF
country known as the Sioux reservation.
The commission is decidedly severe in it's
criticism on the progress of Indian civiliza.
ton, and ernphatically asserts that stern and
Wig orous measures are from this on abso-
iutely essential to q solution of the Indian
problem. The first question to be settled is
that OF making these people selfsupporting
"A continuation of the practice of feeding
and clothing these people in idleness,' says
the commissions "at the expense of millions
of dollars per annum will prove q needless
burden upon the tax payers of the country
and the ruin of the Indians themselves
There is no reason why, if Industrious white
men can live in Dakota these Indians cannot
take the entire burden of their support from
the shoulders Of the white people"
The commission is of the opinion that one
of the great hindrances to the advance of
civilization is the great quantity of beef fur
nished the Indians.
The number of cattle slaughtered on the
reservation annually is simply enormous. For
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
A Cautious Apothec airy.

In writing out prescription the
other day a certain Well-known Pitts
burg doctor wrote aqua FORTS that
is, spring water-in place of the more
customary but equivalent term aqua
pura. Thepatient to whom the pre-
scription was given took it to a
druggist who had just gone into the
business of.putting up pills and po-
tions. The new druggist ran through
the prescription and handed it back,
saying: You take that prescription
back to Dr.and tell him that he's
put enough aqua fortis into that
prescription to kill ten men."
Luckily for this village the druggist
has retired from the prescription
compounding field since then.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19

in the palace. The crippled child has
sound foot now. a little lame child SAYS:
Ma, will be lame in heaven2" No, my
darling you won't be lame in heaven" a
little blind child says: Ma, will ] be blind
in heayen?" No, my dear, you won't be
s In my boyhood, for some time we lived
three miles from church, and on stormy
days the children staid at home, but IA
ther and mother always went to church,
that was a habit they had. On those stormy
Sabbaths when we staid at home, the alb
senee of our parents seemed very much pro-
tracted: for the roads were very bad, and they
could not get on very fast. So we would go
to the window at II o'clock to see if they
were coming, and then we would 60 at half
past II to see if they were coming, and at a
quarter to one. and then at one O. Clock
After while, Mary, or David, or Dewitt
would shout: the wagons coming!. and
then we would see it winding out of the
woods, and over the brook, and through the
lane, and up in front of the old farm house;
and then we would rush out, leaving the
doors wide open, with many things to tell
them, asking them many questions. Well,
my dear brethren, / think we are many of us
in the kings wagon s, and we are on the way
home The road is very bad, and we get on
slowly; but after awhile we viii come winding
out of the woods, and though the brook Of
uedGll, anu up Ill lFOuU OF Tile Ola heavenly
homestead; and our departed kindred who
have been waiting and watching for us, will
rush out through the doors and over the
lawn, crying: The wagons are coming the
Kings wagons are comingl" Hank the bell
of the city hall strikes II. Twelve o'clock
on earth, and likewise it is high noon in
heaven.
Does not the subject of today take the
gloom out of the thoughts that would other
wise be struck through with midnight? We
used to think that when we died we would
have to go afoot, sagging down in the mire,
and the hounds of terror might get after us,
and if We got through into heaven at all, we
would come in torn and wounded and bleed
ing remember when my teeth chartered and
my knees Knocked together when I heard
any body talk about DEATH but / have come
to think that the grave will be the softest
bed ever slept in, and the bottom of my
feet will not be wet with the passage of the
Jordan. Them that sleep in Jesus will God
bring with Him."
was reading of Robert Southey, who said
he wished he could die far away from his
friends-like a dog, crawling into a corner
and dying unobseryed Those were his
words. Be it ours to die on couch sur
rounded by loved ones, SO that they with us
may hear the glad. sweet, jubilant announce
ment: "The Kings wagons are coming.'
Hank! l hear them now Are they coming
for you or me?
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
ConincidentaI Death.

A few days ago a newspaper an
nounced the death of two men-neigh-
bors and friends in Windham Center.
Mass. Their homes were on the same
street, opposite each other. Without
previous illness both died suddenly
the same way. A physician, while
tending one, was summond to the
other Post mortem examinations
revealed the fact that one had died
of rupture of the right auricle of the
heart and the other OF rupture of the
left yentricle of the heart. -Bosto7
Traveller.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19

Benjamin Francis, a farmer living at Ayr,
northwest of Casselton, Oak, committed
suicide by cutting his throat with razor
BE arose in the night and went out unknown
to any one, and was found next morning in
naked condition ebout fifty yards from the
house with his throat cut and razor beside
him. 1t is supposed that he was temporarily.
insane. He leaves wife and four children.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
Killed BY q Cinnamon.

An inquest was begun at Butte, Montana.
on John Braden who died from the effects of
an injury received from Chinaman He
was passing through an alley where China
men was saving wood. Braden had been
drinking, and must have done some act upon
the Cinnamon. His friends with him claim
he chucked the Chinaman under the chin
and said: Hello, John! How are YOU
coming on with your wood-sawing?" He
then drew the saw, and struck Braden on the
back OF the neck. missing the vertebra and
the jugular vein. The blow caused great
loss of blood, and Braden was sent to the
hospital, but the wound was not
thought dangerous. Braden died the
next night. The police are looking
for the boy who claims he saw
Braden knock the Chinaman down but have
not found him yet. The theory that Braden
must have offered the Cinnamon violence is
generally believed except by the hoodlum
element, to which Braden belonged. Fifty
special police were sworn in asitis apprehend-
ed that the tough element may make reprisals
on the Chinese residents of whom q great
many are in the city. The Chinaman was
not found who did the Decd and it is sus pect-
ed he has been spirited away by his friends,
and to be beyond reach. Accurate descrip-
ton has been furnished the officers surround
ing the place, and the sheriffs officers are out
every direction, with little hope otcatching
him. Braden is young man about twenty
three unmarried, and a miner by occupation.
A Question of naturalization.
Col. Habercorn sends the following to the
Milwaukee Herald (German): The Democrats
may find they have two names on the roll of
their members of the next house who will not
be sworn in. Wisconsin elected only two
Democrats to the next house, both German
Americans. 1t is asserted that both were in
eligible because neither of them is an Ameri-
can citizen. They came to this country as
minors with their fathers, and they claim
that the latter became full American citizens
before they themselves reuched their majority.
: This is disputed. 1t is asserted that the fa-
Their OF Mr. Brckner, who was elected from
the Fifth district, never was naturalized, and
tits at least suspected that the same is true of
the father of Mr.. Barwig, who was elected
from the Second district. In Wisconsin for
eigners of sufficient age acquire the right to
vote after a years residence and the declara-
ton of intention to become citizens. 1t is
this provision of law that has prevented
many other residents of that state from
having themselves naturalized. If this is the
case with the two fathers OF the two gentle
men named, then they are not citizens, and
consequently not eligible to congress. The
law prescribes that a foreign born person
must have been seven years a citizen before
he is eligible to seat in the house. When
Messrs. Barwig and Brickner present them-
selves at the bar of the house to be sworn in
as members they will be challenged and con-
sequently had better find proofs OF their citi.
zenship if such exist.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
SMITH TALKS.

10 10 UII0 VCC0IITeIICts OI ItlSU HISHU, OIeTIH
said:
We begged and pleaded with the crowd to
keep back and then they fired the first shot
Several shots were fired by the crowd before |
gave the order to fire. We begged them to
halt at the mouth of the alley, and still they
gkept coming on. We begged them to go
back, and time and again warned them that
we would shoot. but they would not listen
to us. They came halfway up the alley
close to the Jail door and shouted, elbow up
the Jail with dynamite" After all this and
after they opened fire. gave the order to
fire. They continued firing after we ceased.
feel that we could have not done anything
else under the circumstances, and L deeply
regret the necessity
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14
A FORTUNE RECOVERED.
Me xican Bonds to the Amount of Ov
$4,000 900 Secured AN Indiana Man

Me xican Bonds to the Amount of Over
S2,OO0,OOO Secured AN Indiana Man.
Gen. Herman Sturm. Of Indianapolis,
Ind. n man who once possessed great
wealth. but lost it through his dealings with
the Mexican Government. has. after many
years of persistent effort, pro cured the al
lowance of claim which will restore his
fortune with interest. At the time of the
Macmillan invasion he entered into a con-
tract TO furnish the Government large
supply Of arms and ammunition at n greatly
advanced cost. Philadelphia capitalists
were Interested with him in the transac-
ton, Through the wrecking Of a steamship
containing Il large part of the cargo and the
failure OF the Government 10 pay for its
purchase Sturm was bankrupted, and
others associated with him lost heavily.
Sturm endeavored 10 recover insurance on
a part of his loss. and the case was in court
many years. Two years ago there was an
adverse ruling on the claim in court. Sturm
pushed the matter however. and has been
rewarded by receiving an allowance OF
S2,125,OO0 on his claim. This is to be paid
in Mexican bonds, and he will not realize
the full amount He owes heavy attorney
fees, which will also tend 10 reduce the
amount received.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14
NEW LORD MAYOR.
MIR. Whitehead Inaugurated as Lord
Mayor of London.


Aid. James Whitehead. the newly elected
Lord Mayor of London. is an advanced
Radical in politics. and he has amassed Il
large fortune rs the proprietor OF
the great fancy-Goods store in Ken
sington known as "Barker's." where.
according TO popular report. it is
possible TO purchase every imaginable
article. from bicycle down to a second hand
coffin. Born fifty-four years ago. the Lord
Mayor is an active. energetic-looking man.
and was educated at the Appleby Grammar
School. He has twice unsuccessfully con-
tested division of Westmoreland against
tho Hon. W. Lowthcr He was elected Al
derman of Cheap Ward in 1882 on
the death Of Alderman Breffit and
served in the office of Sheriff Of Lon
don in 1SS4-1Ss5. The Conservatives
were extremely disguised at the idea of Sec
ing follower of Mr.. Gladstone and sup
porter of the Irish home rule doctrine es-
tablished at the Mansion House, and great
pressure was put TO secure the election in
his stead of Sir Henry Isaacs, the next
Alderman in rotation. The attempt. how
ever. was unsuccessful. and Mr.. Whitehead.
who is personally popular. was duly chosen
by the Liverymen. The Inauguration OF Mr..
Whitehead took place in accordance with
traditional usage, Nov. 6.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14
Jackson the Originator OF O. K.

Old stories modified by recent in
vestigations are coming to the front.
Ex-United States Senator Armstrong.
of Missouri, tells the following story
of how the letters o. X. came into use
Very early in the thirties talented
newspaper man, Seba Smith by name,l
was connected with weekly newpaper
of large circulation published at Port
land, Me. A feature of the paper was
letter purporting to come from Wash
ington, ID. c., but really written by
Smith, which was signed TACK Down
ing" This Downing" was supposed
to be an intimate friend of President,
Jackson, whom he always referred to
as "the General" and made Old Hick-
DRY appear to be an uncouth and illite-l
rate man. In one of these letters Jack
Downing tells how he noticed bun
die of papers upon Jackson's desk tiedy
with string and conspicuously markedN
go. X" What do these letters
mean?' says Jack to "the General. :"
"They mean" says "the General, "
chat L have been through them all. /
and that they are all correct-O. r.,
don't you see?' It is strange how
those letters gave to the world an i'm
preston that jackson was an illiterate
man. There never was a greater mis-
take. have seen a hundred letters
written by him; there are several in
this city now that show his language is
terse, carefully chosen, and his senten-,
ces as dramatically constructed as
those of any public man of his day. It
is also true that the symbolic letters
were used by the Wings in October,
1910. to express their satisfaction after
Governor Ritner was elected by GO. 600
in Pennsylvania, Tom Corwin in Ohiol
by 10000, aud w. ii. Seward in New,
York by $4,000 majority, when they
concluded this was o. X, as it satisfied
them that "Old Tip" would be elected
in November following.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14
SIN AT A BIRTH.
A Texas Woman Breaks the Record I'm "a
Startling Manner.

Texas, gave birth TO six children recently.
The mother and children are doing well.
There are four boys and two girls. The faith
er. Geo. Hirsh. is thirty-one years old and
his wife twenty They have been
married five years and have three children
besides the recent accessions. Hirsch who
is Of German descent, has named the quar-
tet of boys Frederick. r. Q. Mills. Cleveland,
and Thurman. The girls are Victoria and
Louise. All are perfect and fully proper
toned, but very small. The babies are all
tagged, TO preserve their identity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
The Election Had but Little Effect Upon
business.
r. G. Dun & Company's review o.
for last week:

r. G. Dun & Companys review Of trade
for last week:
The volume OF legitimate business was won.
derfully well maintained during tue last week
IL has been during the whole political cam
paign. And this is the more remarkable be-
cause in the months preceding those OF political
excitement speculation had been unusually act
i've and eXtraVagant. There has come more
confident tone in many branches Of business,
and larger trade with improving prices is
usually anticipated n result of the post
ponement OF many operations and purchases
in past months. In the reports from the in
terror points generally IL Is noteworthy that
the aegr6 gate OF transactions was large for only
five working days. At NIL cities reporting money
continued in fair or active demand, while scarce
ly any complaint of stringency was heard and
collections, though somewhat interrupted were
on the whole satisfactory with Improvement
noted in several cases The large volume OF
currency in circulation, together with the tenn
porary inactivity OF speculation, explains the
matter The circulation of all kinds of money
reached 81, 407e7l ,GCS Nov. J. being Sal 500 0UO
larger than year ago. In the last week the
treasury paid out Sli0O,0O0 more than IL took
in. Exports fell 6per cent. below last years
at New York, while imports about
per cent. below last years. Prices OF the chief
oXporteble products still rule so high as To pre-
vent a free movement and wheat advanced dur
ing the week about cent, with sales OF 81 500 900
bushels. Corn advanced 2 a cents, with sales OF
5, 1900 bushels. Oats advanced "a cents, pork
25 cents per barrel, oil Ia cents, with small
trading; cottons l-16, with sales OF 23i 900 bags
during the week The business failures num-
bered 226 compared with 275 the previous
week and 25i the week previous. For the CORE
spending week Of last year tine total was 245.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14
INTERESTING TO PRoHIBITIONIsTs.
Liquor Sold Upon Rivers Is Subject 10
state Laws.


The Supreme Court of the United States
has heard argument in two cases of interest
TO Prohibitionsts and steamboat men. viz I:
Lewis n. Clarke, plaintiff in error VS.. The
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania Clarke, who
was master OF the excursion steamer May
flower running between Pittsburg and Mckee's
Rocks, was convicted OF violation of the law
Of Pennsylvania prohibiting the sale Of liquor
without license, and sentenced to
imprisonment Application for writ OF habeas
corpus refused by Justices Harlan and
Bradley, OF the Supreme Court, and the
cases were then brought to the full Supreme
Court. 1t is claimed in behalf OF the plaintiff
in error that the State law was not meant TO
apply to steamboats, engaged In navigation that
the effect Of the law would he TO prohibit the
sale OF liquor on boats, and not regulate IL, as
stated by the act and that unless the law is
held to apply TO steamboats, vessels with bar
rooms will be prevented from entering tho
State OF Pennsylvania II 10 further claimed
that Congress alone has the right TO regulate
commerce, and that the license 10 engage In the
coasting trade granted the vessel by the United
States carries with 10 the right TO exchange COM
modities, including liquor, and that the State
law is therefore void. he Court, after hearing
argument for the plaintiff, declined to hear
argument on behalf OF tho Commonwealth.
This action, IL is believed, indicates that the
Court is prepared TO decide in favor OF the state
on the case as presented by counsel for Clarke.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14
KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
A Boiler Blows Up. with Fatal Effect, at
Lancaster, Pa.

A boiler belonging To the Lancaster Chem
zeal Company. whose plant is situated just
north OF Lancaster Pa. blew up with ter
rife force. completely demolshing the
building. and killing ono man and
injuring Ave. The casualties are:
John Riddle. fireman. sixty-nine years
old. killed outright; Alonzo Hambright. en-
gineer. badly injured; c. L. Miller, one Of
the proprietors. George Smith. n man
named Mickey" and "A boy named Hoax.
slightly injured. The boiler was nearly
new. and the reason for the explosion is
unknown. The Chemical Company also
supplied the United States Electric Light
Company with power TO run their dynamos
for the city light. and Lancaster is. in con-
sequence of the disaster in total darkness
at night
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14

Arch Pelon Is Swung from Two Trees at
Crawling. Mich.

Arch Pelon. who criminally assaulted an
old lady of co years, and also a young mar
ried lady of 10, was arrested and put in
Jail at Grayling. Mich. Sheriff Mccullough,
fearing trouble. as the Jail was not safe, Sc
GREETED him in "A house in that village.
About midnight masked men found him,
took him out TO a grove thirty rods from the
Jail. tied plank to two trees. threw the
rope over, and drew him up. tying the rope
to another tree. The brute screamed all
the way and begged hard for his life. but
without avail. He was found with hand
cuffs on and shackles on his feet Probably
fifty men were engaged in the execution.
Pelon bore bad reputation. and has been
engaged in several criminal transactions
befora
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14
One Hundred and Sixty Miners Killed b,
AN Explosion at Pittsburg, Kan.

One Hundred and Sixty Miners Killed by
am Explosion at Pittsburg, Kan.
A most appalling mine horror occurred at
Frontenac. mining suburb OF Pittsburg.
Kan. in which 100 men were buried 200 feet
below the surface Of the earth. A terrible
report, like discharge OF artillery. shook
every house in Pittsburg and Shocked the
people into an almost paralyzed condition.
Searchers for the cause started toward the
coal mines, and met "A mangled. bleeding
man. who said that No. shaft at
Frontcnac had been destroyed by an
explosion and that all the men in the mine
except himself and Dane were undoubt-
eddy dead. At the mouth of the mine the
tremendous force OF the explosion was APP
parent. There were huge seams in the
earth. and the timbers OF the hosting
apparatus were shivered and burned, and
foul gases were escaping. The men were
about TO quit work for the day when the ex-
plosion occurred. 1t is believed that rot
one survived the shock. rs the explosion
must have destroyed everything in the pit.
Big fires were built near the mouth OK the
pit, and beside these blazing piles the
wives and mothers of the entombed MIXERS
placed their children. while they them
selves tried By all kinds of entreaties 10 in
duce the miners from the other shafts to
enter the pit and rescue their relatives.
Rescuing parties started down the shaft.
but were forced TO return back owing TO the
foul air. Most Of the miners ut these shafts
were originally from the mines of Pennsyl-
vania. Pittsburg is in the center of the
coal mines of Southeastern Kansas. and is
about 100 miles south OF Kansas City, on
the Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14
To Dispose of the Tariff Bill.

A prominent Washington eX-member of
Congress. who is a very intimate friend of
Gen. Harrison. and who hears direct from
his household very frequently. is authority
for the statement that Harrison intends TO
call a special session Of Congress immedi-
ately after the 4th Of March for the purpose
Of considering and passing the tariff bill.
He feels that the party ought to promptly
redeem its pledges in this direction. 1t is
believed in Washington that the Senate
tariff bill will be accepted by the next Con-
gress and passed with little change.