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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10
The WASHINGTON Aqueduct.

The frauds in the construction ofthe Wash
ington aqueduct will greatly injure the rep
utation of the engineer corps with congress.
This corps has been justly regarded as the
highest corps of the army. Its officers are
men of high character, and have always been
regarded as men of ability. Congress has
1elt that the interests of the government
were safe when the expenditure of the ap-
preparations for the rivers and harbors was
entrusted to the officers of this corps. But
there seems to be something in the social at
mosphere of Washington which enervates
some of the best men of the service. It is
said that one of the army officers responsible
for the construction of this work, whose sig
nature that the work has been satisfactorily
performed is required for every voucher upon
which payment is made to the contractors,
has never yet set foot in the tunnel.
except on one occasion when he accom-
panied a congressional committee
there. An investigation is to be made by
congress into all OF this; but nothing has
been heard that the war department con-
templates any inquiry of it's own, or that the
officers themselves have asked for an official
inquiry. Rugged old soldiers criticise the de.
partment for this and say that it could not
happen unless there was great decentralization
in the service and discipline was mnch relax
ed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10
Criminal DOings.

Three officers at livingston, N. Y, arrested
man, who gave his name as Houlihy, on
the suspicion that heis Tascott. the murderer
of Mr. Smell in Chicago. Houlihy claims that
he is employed by the owner of q racing stud
and says his arrest is absurd.
Levi S. Morse, a resident of Spring Valley.
Mimi, a mason by trade, attempted suicide
with Jacknlte, cutting q terrible cash in his
throat, though not sufficient to cause death.
The doctors think he will recover 1t is q
case OF temporary insanity, as no cause for
self-destruction is known.
A young man named G. T. Stras was in G.
IL. Totes saloon at Furgus Falls, MINI.
drinking. He was full and went out without
paying for his drinks. A young brother of
Tofte followed him out and kicked him SO as
to perhaps permanently injure him. Young
Tofte was caught, and was held to the grand
jury in $500 bail.
Another Apache killing is reported near
Dudleyville, on the San Pedro river, SO miles
east of Florence, Arizona. man named
Jones rode to the camp of Chief Patchua,
five Indians came up and riddled Jones with
bullets. They then escaped, going in the di-
rection of the San Carlos reservation. h Pat
chula has given the names OF the murderous
Indians and the Sheriff has, telegraphed the
San Carlos authorities to arrest them.
The Italians and Irish have been at work
on the water works at Dover, N H., came
together, and a general row followed. Knives
were freely used and many cuts were inflicted.
1t is claimed that Hugh Miller began the dis
turbance with ] ose Pratto by slapping his
face. Knives were then drawn and both were
badly cut. Others who were cut are William
Casey, Mike Mullen Peter Casey, Hugh Wat
son and Pat Carroll. Carroll is very low and
there are doubts of his recovery. More ar
rests will be made.
Thirteen year-old Minnie Kratzenberg was
arrested at Chicago for poisoning her moth
er, sister and two brothers. The mother,
who is poor widow, will die. A neighbor,
Mrs. Snyder is also under arrest for being ac-
cessory to the crime. Minnie had got huffed
at her folks and went to live with Mrs. Sny-
der, who had q grudge against the Kratzen-
bergs. The police claim to be able to prove
that at Mrs. Snyders instigation Minnie
put rat poison in her mothers soup, and
spread it on her sister and brothers beef
steak.
The state examiner and the county com
missioners have completed the examination
of the books in the county treasurer's Office
at Waseca, Mimi, and report the shortage in
Treasurer McKenna's accounts to be 80 ,6S4.-
"a. Nothing having been heard from Nc
kenna, and nobody knowing anything of his
whereabouts, the governor was called upon
to declare the office vacant, and H. C. Chase,
the Demo cratic candidate for treasurer was
chosen by the county commissioners to fill
the unexpired time. 1t is reported that the
bondsmen of the absconding treasurer will
at once make up the deficiency and thus avoid
any further trouble. 1t will be some time be-
fore any man will again hold the office OF
county treasurer in Waseca county for nine
successive years.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10
4 Prohibition State Snake Story.

A few days ago James Campbell and Fred
Braig Went to Government island, opposite
Bellevue, Iowa, on a cunning trip. They
had not gone more than 200 yards from
their landing place when Braig, who had tax
en- the lead, discovered a huge snake lying at
full length few feet in front of them Braig
Instantly cooked his gun and leveling it at
the snake pulled the trigger. The weapon
failed to go Off, however, and while he
was In the act of putting on a fresh cap
the reptile started toward Braig and his
companion, who turned and fed precipitately
toward their boat, the snake pursuing and
gaining on them rapidly, as they discovered
by looking back over their shoulders. They
barely had time to Jump into the boat and
push it from shore before the reptile reached
the landing place, and gliding into the water,
continued it's pursuit of Braig and Campbell,
who were nearly paralyzed with fear. The
snake SWAN rapidly, and, reaching the side
of the boat, had raised its head to the rail
when Braig struck it across the neck with
one of theoars and succeeded by well-direct-
ed blow in killing it. Thereptile proved to be
u moccasin, and measured eight feet in
length, it's body at the thickest part being
71a inches in circumference.
A party of three white men, J. D. Smith,
VIM Eastman and e. J. ordan, all residents
OF Memphis, we're strolling in the suburbs,
and Smith, seeing a mule in the road, re-
marked that he would take ride. AS he
approached the animal Jim Conley, negro,
called out to them to let the mule alone, at
the same time applying opprobrious epithets
Conley was seated in his yard, and Smith
and Eastman started toward him. Conlev
ran into his house and shut the door. A
second afterwards a shotgun was thrust
through the window and discharged. The
contents struck Eastman in the head, killing
him instantly. Smith ran over to where
Eastman was and as he was bending over
the body, the other barrel of the gun was
discharged. He was struck in the left side
with several buckshot, and is mortally
wounded, Conley, after the shooting fled.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10
States supreme courtiha decided on several
occasions that congress cannot annul exist
ing contracts such as these certificates are.
Murder Most Foul.

A few weeks ago Mayor Fuller Of Helena,
Montana, offered reward of s30ofor the dis
covery OF the body of Anna Lindstrom sup
posed to have been murdered by George
Bryson. Duncan Dixon, miner, prospector
and blacksmith, OF Helena. who has been
searching for the body ever since the re-
ward was offered, found the body of a
woman in a prospect hole about mile east
of this city. He had been searching the hills
for days past, and finally discovered marks
OF footsteps on the margin of an old mining
shaft. Going to the mouth of the hole he
saw further evidences and his suspicious were
further excited by discovering that the hole
was about twenty-five feet deep, and that
there was tunnel at the foot of it going
back in the solid rock of the mountain He
procured rope and lowered himself down.
When once reaching the bottom he found a
woman's body. Sufficient evidence was adj
duced to show that the remains were those
of Anna Lindstrom. Geo. D. Bryson, a
former Minneapolis crook was the alleged
husband of Anna.
On the 2lst of August Bryson and his
alleged wife had a quarrel, but afterward
made up. In the afternoon of that day Bry-
son took Anna Lindstrom out for q walk in
the hills, which was a custom they had Mr.
Bryson came home that evening alone and
the next morning moved his trunks and
goods to the hotel, where he registered under
the assumed name of Byrnes. He stayed at
hotels in the city for about three weeks, when
the officers lost track of him. On the 18th
of September he was arrested at hotel near
the Northern Pacific depot, whittier he had
been traced by a woman whom he had au-
thorized to get his mail. On the prelimi-
nary trial he denied the crime Of muir
der lodged against him, and said the
woman Lindstrom had quit him and gone to
Butte. where he had seen her ten days after
her disappearance. He was placed in Jail for
ten days, and on the 18th inst. was arraigned
for murder in the Justices court As before,
he denied the crime and conducted his own de-
Tense Judge Sanders thought the circumstan-
tial evidenceso strong thathe bound him over
for the grand jury and remanded him to jail,
where he has been ever since. When informed
that the body of the woman had been found
Hryson meyer quailed, and said that that
had ncthi444 to do with mind. He is smooth
villain. and bears himself with an air of in
jured Innocence. The evidence against him
is fearfully strong. and he will probably swing
for the murder of Anna Lindstrom in time,
if citizens do not take matters in their own
hands and string him up. Bryson served
term of one year and ten months in the Min
nesota state prison for larceny and was
also in the workhouse at Minneapolis for
obtaining 5000 from Anna Lindstrom under
false pretences.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10
RESUME OF THE NEWS
The Latest Telegraphic News Com
densed.
Doings at Washington,

The following named fourth-class post
Offices will be raised to the presidential class
Oct. i Dakota-Minot. Correction
vile. Minnesota-Warren, Winnebago City.
Montana-G Granite Observation-Disclosures
Rice Lake, West Superior.
The interior. department has issued acjr-
eular to the effect that any pretended con-
tracts with the Indians for gazing on the
Cherokee strip will be without authority of
the United States and subject to cancellation.
Weaver, who is SO much interested in Okla
homa, is the authority for the statement
that, notwithstanding the announcement of
the interior department. as to the cancella-
ton of these grazing leases, the cattle syndi-
Gates use the grazing privileges as much as
before. The only difference is that they have
removed their ranch buildings just over the
line
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10
Numerous Murders in London.

The two women found murdered near tie
scene OF the former hutcheries in Whitechayel
IN London have been recognized as dissol1te
characters who have long frequented tlat
vicinity. One of them was found in Betner
street with her throatcutfrom ear to ear. The.
other was discovered lying in Mitre suda1e.
She, like the first mentioned victim, had her
throat cut, but in addition she had been dis
emboWeled and her nose had been cut of
The murderer had evidently been disturbed
in his work in Berner street, and had no tims-
to mutilate the body of his victim. The dis
covery of the bodies completely paralyzed
the police, and Gen. Sir Charles Warren, CHIEF
commissioner, was at once called out of bed
He repaired Immediately to the scene of the
murders, and gave orders to have the police
force in that district strongly reinforced.
London is in fever of excitement and the
denizens of Whitechapel are in state of
terror of ho owing asu;h1 to the resumption
fourth of which it was hoped and quite gen
orally believed, would be the last of the
CHASTITY series The police are positively
helpless and their tacit admission of
failure to find any clue what
soever to the perpetrator of the
terrible crimes only serves to
add to the CONSERVATION of the unfortunate
creatures whose calling has maIifestly made
them the objects of the inhuman butchers
Jury. slue NUMBER OF IneOfleS advanced as
accounting for the murders and seeking to,
establish the identity of the murderer is pos.
lively bewildering but none of them is &C.
cepted by the police as the correct one, al
though the Scotland Yard detectives have
nothing more plausible to offerfor themselves
in a letter, which is written in scrawling
hand familarly addressed sDear Boss" and
signed, 'Jack, the Ripper" After boasting
that he committed all of the Whitechapel
murders, the writer continues:
love my work and l want to start at it
again The next job lido l shall cut off the
lady's ear and send it to the police. Keep
this letter back till / do a bit more work, and
then give it out to the police straight.
"A remarkable feature of the Mitre square
murder is the fact that one of the dead wom-
ans ears was nearly severed, and this circum-
stance is held to indicate that the real muir
derer wrote the letter
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10
The President Signs the Bill.

81 The president transmitted a message to
congress, in which he says: ri have this day
approved House bill No. 1885 supplement
tary to an actentitled can act to execute GER
tain treaty stipulations relating.to Chinese
Immigration approved May 6, 1882" The
news was received in San Francisco with q
marked degree of interest. Large crowds con-
gregated around the newspaper bulletin
boards and discussed the situation. The
Chinese manifested considerable excitement
The principal subject of discussion is as to
what effect the measure will have upon the
several Thousand Chinese who have arrived
within the past year and been
Handed by the federal courts upon writs of
Shabeas corpus and are on bail awaiting ex-
amin alton; and also upon the 1900 more
Chinese who are now on their way to this
port. About 200 Chinese arrived here on the
steamer City of New York. ]. The Belgic will ar
rive with 500. Three other steamers are on
the Pacific with over 1000 celestials bound
Hagger expressed himself as being doubtful
of the bills effectiveness. He said:
i The present bill is intended to exclude
Chinese. So was the restriction act But did
the restriction act exclude them? If the same
principle is applied to this bill as was APP
piled to the other do not see thatit is going
to be any great Improvement. If the courts
Ctbu COltUlnue TO 10n0 Cn1neEe on WrltS or
habeas corpus and allow them on our soil on
bail, that will abrogate any kind of restric-
ton attempted by congress. When they are
allowed, they are in The country. and they
then forfeit their bail and remain here in spite
of the law
The collector concluded by stating that in
all probability when officially informed of
the passage and approval of the bill, he would
refuse landing to Chinese whether bearing re-
turn certificates or not, unless a writ of ha-
beas corpus were issued by the courts, in
which case the matter would be out of his
hands.
United States District Attorney Carey
stated that in his opinion the bill could not
affect the 5000 Chinese now out on bail, but
he believed that those now on their way here
would be refused landing. He further stated
that he did not believe writs of habeas cor
pus would beissued, except, possibly in one
or two cases in order to make a test of the
matter.
A prominent lawyer, who handles Chinese
cases almost exclusively in federal courts,
stated that in his opoinion writs of habeas
corpus would still have to be issued to
Chinese demanding them as it was con-
stitutional right, and that bail also would
have to be issued as heretofore. He also
expressed the belief that all Chinese holding
return certificates could return to this coun-
try in spite ofthe exclusion BILL as the United
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10

The records of humane societies on
both sides Of the Atlantic reveal the
fact that a very fair proportion OF
the medals awarded for saving life
from drowning fall to the lot of girls
Many woman are accomplished
swimmers, and during the present
season there have been a large num-
Der OF instances of rescues made by
girls under 20. The Argonaut ac-
counts for the comparative ease
with which women learn to swim on
the ground that as their. bones are
generally lighter then those of men
and their flesh more buoyant, they
have less difficulty to overcome in
acquiring the act. Some of them
could float at their first attempt, if
they could acquire the requisite faith
in the power Of the water to hold
them up. There were young girls
at Newport last summer who could
float on the surface of the ocean
with no more difficulty than they
experienced in lying upon sofa.
They could have foated for hours,
if necessary. Some Of the most fa-
nous swimming feats have been ac-
compished by very young women.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10
The Record of Casualties.

John Vath and Charles Blake, two prom
inent young men of Dubuque, Iowa, left their
homes for row on the river. Their skiff was
found overturned on a sand bar just below
the city. Search was made and the body ;oi
Vath was recovered from the river, but that
of Blake has not been found.
The famous Turtle Creek cheese factory,
five miles northwest of Austin, Mimi, caught
fire from sparks from a chimney and was to-
tally destroyed. Loss, 81, 5O0;no insurance.
1t was owned by farmers stock company
and has paid well. Its product has taken
several state fair premiums. They will prob
ably rebuild in the spring.
Walter M. Oulten was killed by freight
train on the Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas City
railway at Austin, MINI. He with two com
panions was ste ling a ride on the train. On
entering the city : attempted to jump from
the bumper of TIL; ar and fell on the track.
The cars passed G5sr both legs and he died
in a short time L vas from Washington,
D. G.. His compan 5 were John Dover and
Henry Devins 10Th ,,n Chicago.
A train Oh 0 gon short line, bound
east, ran into h ~ ST caItES ataOayx sta
ton, between Pocotello nnu McCaunnot, kill
ing engineer Dan Hill, Fireman Leonard and
Brakeman Charles Walton besides two
tramps found in box car, and who are not
known. About 80 cars were derailed. The
damage is estimated at 81 ,OOO The train
men were all found in the engine. Conductor
Long and the rear brakeman were the only
persons on the train escaping.
O. W. Fisk, one of the subcontractors of
the Duluth, Red Wing & Southern railroad,
was held up by highwaymen1near Red Wing
Mimi, and robbed of 49, AS he made a feint
to take out his pocketbook he struck both
of the desperadoes, knocking them back
ward into ditch. He then jumped into his
buggy and drove of. Two shots were fired
after him with no effect. Tie robbers were
evidently new at the BUSINESS, as they per-
mitted Mr.. Fisk to search himself. He car
ried about $500 in his pocketbook, and con-
sequently considers himself very fortunate in
escaping with as small a loss as he did.
Two lives were lost in a fire which oc-
cured at Chicago in the furniture manufac-
tory of S. G. Wilkins & Co. 1t started in the
basement and quickly mounted up the eleva-
tor shaft and the back stairway, fed by the
infammable materials in the structure,
About eighty persons were employed in the
building and many of them had narrow es-
capes Two of them escaped from the
fourth floor by swinging themselves off up
on telephones wires; one OF them slid to q
place of safety, cutting his hands badly, and
the other was rescued from his perilous posi-
boys we're employed on the fifth floor They
were penned ill., escape being cut off by the
ouly stairway which was on fire. Sixteen of
them managed to get upon the roofthrough
the scuttle, several of them severely burned,
but William Cook, the fireman who remained
behind to see them all out, and a boy known
only by the name of Pete, were overcome
by SIN oke and flames and were burned to
death.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10

Within less than a week three cases
OF capture of burglars by women
have been reported. A Texas woman
covered a desperate with a Winchest-
er and held him prisoner until help
arrived; a girl in Ohio, who had
looked under her bed every night Of
her life, was finally rewarded by find
ing burglar, whose escape she pre-,
vented by locking him within the
room; and a farmers wife in Connec-
ticut captured ahorse thief whom she
found in the barn. 1t is evident that
we should have some women on our
police force.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10

The arrest of Albert A. Reeves and CHARLES
Stout, the Chicago ticket brokers, promises
to bring to light Widespread conspiracy.
1t was authoritatively stated that the sum
realized by the frauds is not less than $685.
900, instead of $4,000, as first published
The forged ticket were sold simultaneously
to brokers not only in Chicago, but also at st
Louis, Cincinnati Columbus, Louisville and
Memphis. Hungry joe" the notorious
New York confidence man, and woman COM
panion are said to be the persons who sold
the tickets to the Chicago brokers' Reeves
and Stout, it is understood, played merely q
minor part, their crime consisting chiefly in
helping to get the tickets printed The two
were held to the grand jury under heavy
bonds.
Mrs McGarigle, the wife of boodler
McGarigle, arrived at Winnipeg, en- route for
Banff to join her husband. She refuses to
converse about his affairs, but gives the peo-
pie to understand that McGarigle will remain
on Canadian soil for some time McGarigle
has been MASKING some of Canada S fair bells
at the Springs oflate.
The thirteen children in charge of Mormons
who arrived on the steamship Wisconsin and
were detained by Collector Magone of New
York, has been released by the order of Sec
rotary Fairchild. The party left for Salt
Lake City.
William Henry Andrews and Miss Catharine
Gresham, daughter of Judge Walter @. Gres-
ham, were married at Chicago in the presence
of large number ofinvited guests. A quiet
reception at the Palmer house followed the
ceremony.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10

Miss Rapp, the present head Of the
Harmony or Economy Society, To-
Gated on the Ohio river, near Ale
ghany City, is over so years old and
in an excellent state of preservation.
The community was founded by
George Rapp in 1904. There are
said to be surviving forty ofth e orig
inal members of the society.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10

A wonderful weather plant has
been discovered in Corsica and other
points in the Mediterranean which is
said to be a sure representation OF
coming meteorological events. 1t is
called botanically the Abrus Pere-
ginus. Why not attach a planta-
ton for these shrubs to the signal
service office? The whole business
could then be run by the intelligent
gardener.