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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27

solemn by its radiant contrast. Spec ators
stood with bated breath and only the noise
of curious thousands outside disturbed the
awful quiet Such was the impressive scene
that closed a tragedy began over twenty
months ago.
A little before 10 o'clock the examining
board of physicians, consisting of DR.. Ames,
DR.. Klvington, Dr. Burton, DR.. Towers DR..
Quinby and DR.. Dunn, came in and took
their places in front of the scaffold.
Several other physicians DR.. Spring among
them, We're present. OF course al; eyes were
directed to the scaffold. The implanted pine
structure with it's awful suggestions Of death
and doom was anything but pleasant to look
upon, and yet the scaffuld architect, Chris
Spiel who was on hand all the time, regarded
it with quie. satisfaction as u triumph Of his
art.
Finally the ends Of the dangling nooses
We're thrown 70 one side and rested upon the
braces Of the cross beam. The ladder was
taken down and everything was positively
decided to be all right. The carpenter then
stepped forward, and taking his rule and
pencil out of his pocket marked the space
upon the traps within which the men were
to stand. He did it with the cool business
air with which he would have marked out
the pattern Tor a DOO.jack.
At two minutes past l o'clock the silence
in the room of execution had become i'm
pressive, the doors were thrown open and
the doomed men We're ushered into the scene
of their execution. They were ac-
companied by the deputy sneriffs
and by three Roman Catholic priests
The priests were Father James McGolrck.
Father Henry McGoIrick and Father Corbett
They were in their churchly habiliments,
and as they passed up the steps of the SCAT
fold held aloft the crncihx and repeated
many times, aJesus have mercy on US" Tim
Barrett was given the place on the right side
! Of the scaffold. He knelt at once and Father
Corbett kneeling by him administered the
| spiritual hope that the occasion demanded.
The priest held his face close to that of the
| doomed man, who under those awful cir
cumstances, was encouraged to implore for
| divine mercy He was not able to rise alone,
but was assisted by Deputy Sheriff Rauen,
who then bound the straps about his arms
| and his legs after the usual custom. Tim
was. very much agitated. TWAS with diff
| Guilty that he could stand and at each motion
/ of the deputies he shuddered convulsiyely
] and rolled his eyes about in despair. And
/ yet he repeated with the priest the petitions
/ for divine mercy. When the black cap was
i pulled down over his eyes his voice could be
| heard in rnuff1sd tones beneath CRYING Have
mercy upon US. AT the other side OF the
4 scaffold stood the younger brother, Pete.
PETE THE FIRM ONE
/ Hewas much more composed than Tim
/ He looked all about the room. and even In
4 spected the scaffold. 1t was only at the very
! last that he seemed on the point OF giving
j way Father Henry McGolrick performed
i for him the offices that Father Corbett die
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27

DR.. J. NJ. Edmunds, in a paper in
dental monthly, advocates the i'm
planting metallic roots in the jaw,
and the building ofartifcal teeth up
on them. He believes that this
method opens new possibilities for
dentistry. By planting two metallic
capsules in the rear of the jaw and
two in the forward portion, he thinks
it practical to lay foundation for
complete set of permanent teeth.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27
The WAYS of the Wicked.

Spencer Wood, of the firm of Wood & Kir-
by druggists at Grand Junction, Iowa, com
mitted suicide by taking a dose Of carbolic
acid and afterward shooting himself II
was a case OF mental arrangement.
The five alleged White Caps on trial at
Frankfort, Oak, for attempting to hang
Boulanger were all bound to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury in $500 They were
given two days to furnish ball. and if they
fail within this limit will be taken to the
Beadle county Jail.
The body of Mrs. Frank Liscom, wife Of
prominent citizen of Cassville, Wis, was
found floating on the Mississippi river She
had been missing about one week and a
thorough search had been made. Sheis sup
oosed to have drowned herself while tempo
.rarily insane She was twenty eight years
of age. Her father and uncle also committed
suicide.
The two children Of Taylor Cook. a farmer,
when returning home from school, atsStock-
ton, Kan, where they had been all day,
found their father and mother missing and
the fur niture in the house broken and every
thing in confusion. Looking further they
discovered the dead body of their mother
y NY UeGNetu Two ledlueF DeuS. Line EnedQ
h ad been beaten into a Jelly. A club was
lying on the floor stained with the blood
and hair of the woman. Cook was not to
be found and was the man who committed
the murder. He had frequently threatened
to kill his wife,
Patrick Trainor, who has been q well-to-do
builder and contractor, OF Cincinnati, but
who, throughhis habits OF drunk enness, has
lost his business and is without occupation,
depending on his wife to maintain the family
of six children, assaulted his wife while she
was at work ironing clothing, and ran a red
hot poker through her cheek into her mouth
Her jaw was broken. Physicians say blood
poisoning will most certainly follow and
cause her death. Trainor was arrested. Her
offense was in saying o his demand for din
ner that there was no food in the house. as
she had not received pay for the last work
she had done.
Joseph Memoir, boarded with family
named Long at Highbridge, near Ashland,
Wis., became infatuated with their daughter
Nellie, aged sixteen. Finding his love was
not returned, he called the girl TO an upper
room and attempted to cut her throat with
n razor. Nellie escaped with only slight
cut in cheek and hand. She screamed for
assistance, and her parents came to her aid.
Memoir, hearing them ascending the stairs,
slashed his own throat, severing his head
nearly from the body. The suicide was
third tragedy at Highbridge and that pbr-
ton of the county within the past thirty
days, two of the residents having eT ded
their own existence.
Pankroft Popp, young German,I was
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27
From Foreig Shores.

Russian officials have tested and reported
favorably upon a Russian invention for APP
plying the revolver principle to the barrels
OF Berdan rifles By this arrangement a
machine gun is obtained which VIII fire $50
shots a minute
The latest news from Samoa was received
at the navy Department. the form of tele-
gram from Commander Kempff, the CON-
mandant of the Mare Island navy yard
California. The telegram is as follows
capt. Shoemaker reports by letter, dat
ed Feb. 25, the arrival Of the Vandalia at
Apia on Feb p. Matters there are quiet.
All on board well. Trenton not arrived .
This proves the reported battle between the
Olga and the Nipsic had not the slightest
foundation in fact. The members Of the
oan question at Berlin will sail from New
York on April 10. They are John A. Kas-
son, William Walter Phelps and George Fl.
Bates
A blue book on Samoan affairs was issued
in London. It contains $50 dispatches, the
dates ranging from April 10, 1885, to Feb.
20, 1889. The dispatches show that En-
gland has been Throughout in cordial accord
with America, and that she declined to ac-
cede to Germany's request for assistance
and cooperation in the restoring order in
Samoa until she had learned the American
governments views on the subject. On jan
70 last Lord Salisbury complained to Count
Won Hatzfeldt, German ambassador at
London, concerning Prince Bismark's state
ment in the Reichstag that in Samoa Ger
many and England were" advancing hand in
Hand. The British prime minister said
that the views of the two countries were
identical rs far as the future government of
Samoa was concerned, but not otherwise.
The German government has issued G
White Book on Samoan affairs 1t shows
that on March 8 Prince Bismarck wrote to
Herr Steubel, the newly appointed consul of
Germany to Samoa, describing the conduct
OF Dr. Knappe, his predecessor in the Office,
as lacking in calmness and GOODNESS, and as
contrary to the lines of Emperor William S
policy, with DR.. Knappe had been well ac-
quainted. Dr.. Knappe, Prince Bismarck
wrote, apparently lost his head, owing to q
letter from Herr Branders, Tamasese's prime
minister, which was published in the last
White Book, and the presence Of three men
of-War at samoa. Referring to DR.. Knappe's
subsequent proposal to annex Samoa Prince
Blsmark relterates his view that to seek to
effect a change in the political situation in
Samoa without the consent of England and
America would not accord with the treaty
arrangements. Knappe's action, reverting
to the question of annexation, is incompre
hensible, because his experience and instruc-
lions ought to have shown him that his de-
sire to annex Samoa was opposed to the
policy conducted by the chancellor in con-
tormity with the emperor's Intentions
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27

few slight twftcnes denoted the agony caused
by the separating of soul and body Above
the unsightly bodies were grouped the sheriff
and his deputies, hiue uniformed policemen,
citizens in quiet fabiliments and the faithful
priests, whose kindly touch aud comforting
words had given the condemned strength to
walk to the brink of the dark river and look
over to the other shore with the
eye of faith. One Of these had fallen upon his
knees, and with trembling lips was follow
ing the fleeing souls with benedictions A
ray OF sunshine came through the prison
window and made a bright place
on the cold, hard wall opposite,
and everything became more somber and
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27

Gainesville, Ca, had it's first snow
in two years the other night. There
wasn't a breath OF air stirring. and
in the morning two inches Of beauty
covered everything. The whole town
turned out to SNOWFALL and enjoy the
rare sight with a degree of pleasure
quite unknown to the citizens Of the
snow-clad North.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27
TWO LIVES TAKEN.
The Lives of the Barrett Boys Are
Demanded by the Law Be-
fore Maturity.
a Touch of the Lever Launches
Both Into a Void That Has
No Bottom

+ MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Special March az.
The Barretts were changed by the neck
until dead. The last spasmodic exclama-
lions, aHave mercy on us, had hardly come
in muffled accents from beneath the black
caps when o click was heard and two
black shrouded figures shot downward and
hung nerveess below the platform Only
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27
country.

Fire Company No. 10, Of Cincin-
natl, owns dog which is said to
have saved the lives OF several fire.
men. The animal is described as a
large, handsome Newfoundland, and
is credited with being able to. climb
a ladder three stories high.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27
THEY FEAR BLOODSHED.
Oklahoma Pilgrims Flock Into the
Forbidden Country on the With
drawal of Troops-W aiting for the
Presidents ProcIamatIon

oAooSH NouhSSy VII LuC
drawal of TrOops-Ay Waiting for the
Presidents Proclamation.
WICHITA, Kan, Special Telegram. March %
Reports from Oklahoma City state that the
boomers who had disappeared from their claims
and are in concealnent in the woods or in the
Indian reservation have returned with the with
drawal OF the soldiers Each train brings
hundreds that have been hanging along
the border in desperation. The excitement at
Purcell and on the border is intense, and the
people have left business to hang around the
Lelegr phi office ard newspaper offices to hear of
President Harrison's issuing his procla-
nation The number of boomers is aug
fmented by train and wagon loads of would be
settlers and prospectors. They have been ex-
pectlng the proclamation each day, and when
night comes mutteTings of disappointment and
lamentations are heard on every hand. OF the
favorable reports to-day they hardly know what
to say. as they have SO often been disappointed.
Col Croker, who has la bored to hold back the
invaders, stated: Should the president hesitate
much longer blood Will be she'd" The BOOM
ers are greatly agitated over the efforts to
prevent Them now gong in. An old man who
had atched piece OF land six years to-day
stated that band of almost LOCO old boomers
had been formed, and an effort TO dispossess
any of them would be death to the informant
This league. he says, is secret and growing in
numbers each day. and, whether expelled or not,
they Will hold their claims by force The situa-
ton is certainly critical.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27

1T is stated that the United States
governmenthas paid more money in
the investigation Of the disease of
hogs than it has for all diseases a
affecting the human race.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27

The number of artificial teeth
made in the United States last year
by three OF the largest business
houses in the trade was near 2O,-
100000, and this was not more than
halfof the actual production of the
oo,,y *
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27
Congress has granted an appropri-
alton of 100000 topurchase land
in the district of Columbia for a
geological Garden.

Philip H. We1ch, who died recently
made his jokespay. He contributed
to many papers and received an in
come of $4,000 a year from his
humor.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27
Minor Casualties.

j. II. Ehmcke, Inspector for the L. c. Por-
ter Milling company, at Winona, Mimi. step
ped backwards into the conveyor,g which
caught his leg, and the sharp screw cut
through, breaking the bone The leg had to
be amputated.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27

ATTORNEY General Webster speaks in self-de-
tense in the house Of commons in the Parnell-
Times Pigott episode
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03
SOUTH ST. PAUL's CHARTER.
Legislative Action Urged for a
General Election.


The committee on revising the charter
of South St. Paul has completed its
work, and the results are in the hands
of Representative j. w. McGrath for
presentation to the legislature. Since
the meeting of taxpayers, Jan. 81, when
a plan of charter revision was pre-
sented, movement has been made to-
wards selecting mayor and new board
of aldermen by general election instead
of by appointment. The advocates of
election secured signatures to petition
to that effect. and the committee Oh re-
vision. together with leading citizens of
the stock yards city, have added to their
revision a clause providing for general
election to be held ten days after the
passage by the legislature of the revised
charter. 1t seems likely that the new
clause will not only be satisfactory to
the citizens in general, but that they
will also be faVorably disposed towards
the election of the aldermen originally
named by the committee.
Speaking on city affairs last evening,
w. G. Denny, alderman of the Fifth
ward, South st. Paul, said: 1.-The
squibs of out-of-town papers, suggest
ing that the division movement here
and the changes in the charter are
preparatory to annexation to st. Paul
proper, would be more suggestive, per-
haps. If South st. Paul were located in
Ramsey county. This city is part of
Dakota county. and, while no such
movement is contemplated, it will
readily be seen that such annexation
could not be accomplished without
taking the vote of the county on that
question. 1t is quite unlikely that such
an effort could be made successful"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03

membership of twenty-four, until, at
the present time, there are seventy
members on the roster.
AL Flournoy as ''Bing Binger, the
Baritone Singer" sustained his enyi-
able reputation as clever amateur and
several quartettes, and solos were en-
joyably and acceptably received. Charlie
Fairchild made the pronounced hit oil
the evening, and his parody on The
Raven. followed by Trowbridges yaga-
bonds were receiyeduwith well-merlted
applause. and were admirable EXPOSE
tons Of dialect.
Among those present were DR.. Quinn,
Charles Mcdonnell, Ehle Allen, Stanley
Proudfit. Senator E. Nj. Durant, A. M.
Batchelder, Minneapolis; NJ. c. Heallne,
Charles Tarbox, Charles Fairchild, ).
C. Flynn, James McNanght, Col. K. L.
Flournoy, Al Flournoy, J. McCabe. Rob
ert Kilgour, Charles Wilkes, 5: T..
Wilkes, Ed Hamilton, Jack Merrill, L.
q. Cowles. J. M. Sawyer, John B. Baker,
c. j. Smith, Will Nichols, Senator Bowen.
Dr.. E. S. Host. G. j. Smith, d. IL. Dor
man, Prof. Titcomb. Joe Trussone,
William Castle, Donald Stewart, Nathan
Gallup, John Laugton, G. I'll. Space,
DR.. Stone, S. F. Brunt, Al Lipman.
George Collins. James McCabe, William
Peace, D. f. Colville, A. W. Walker,
Barton Hill, James Hazard, L. %. Mark
ham, Charles Wright, Frank Gibbons,
Ben Johnson. R. w. Cavenaugh, Curt
Windsor and E. f. Cotton.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03
District Court Digest.

In the case of G. G. Delaster ct al.
against Harry Wright ct al, to recover
$3.50 on lease, the jury returned a YER
dict in favor of defendant.
A verdict for defendant was rendered
in the case of John O'Nell VS.. Mary De-
laney, tried before Judge Kelly.
Charles w. Buiehner VS.. William III.
Mcintyre, an action to quiet title to lot
s, block 2, A. d. Mackay's Lake View
addition, was filed yesterday.
G. Auitman & Go. against Michael
Hartigan and r. E. Patterson, the court
found plaintiff entitled to judgment for
S7e7. 10 against Patterson.
ii. G. Burbank q Co. and kellogg,
johnson q Co. have filed petition in
the district court, asking that receiver
be appointed in the matter of Joseph
Dalpay, of Argyle. Mimi.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03
UNITED STATES COURT.
Alleged Fraudulent Representa-.

tions Concerning Pine Lands.
j. S. Keator & Co. have begun suit
against Edwin st. John to recover
SAT, 64S for alleged misrepresentation in
plaintiffs purchase of certain pine
lands from one Glaspie. Plaintiff
charges that defendant. having pre-
viously exclusive sale and option on
Glaspie's timber lands, represented to
the plaintiff that it would cut 21,000.000
feet of pine logs; that 1t was worth
$4,000, and that he intended to buy the
lands from Glaspie. He further repre-
scented that the land had been examined
at his especial instance, by competent
person, at a cost OF $3.50, and he exhibited
a detailed report as to the amount of
timber upon each quarter section. The
plaintiffs state that other property
which they bought at the defendants
advice was also falsely represented to
be worth $4,000. After purchasing the
lands so described by the defendant
and OH entering upon the same, the
plaintiffs aver that they learned that all
statements concerning both purchases
and lands were gross falsehoodS. and
that the combined property was not
worth 5000, and would not cut such
an amount of timber as the defendan
had declared.
Inc Lapnam-DOQSe company, OF
Cleveland, O., VS.. MaXfield q Seabury.
Plaintiff complains that the defendants
have been making, selling and vending
a certain patented dashboard without
the authority or sanction of the in
ventor. 1t is further alleged that Ed
win S. Heath was the sole inventor of
certain washboard, and in 1875 sold the
same to Joseph FL. Lapham. Plaintiff
asks for writ of injunction against the
defendants, peTpetually enjoining and
restraining them from further making
or selling the patented washboard; and
that they be made to account and pay
for such as have been sold.
Rudolph Jasper VS.. Moorhead Manu-
featuring company, to recover $500
damages for the loss of two fingers
while in the defendants employ.
Plaintiff alleges that while employed in
defendants flour mill he was required,
during the discharge of his duties, to
walk along plank or board negligently
placed between two mill boxes, in order
to Oil part of the machinery. Ignorant
of the fact that the board was not nailed
down, he mounted it and was about to
Oil the machinery when the board slid
from its supports and precipitated him
to the floor. In the fall he was caught
between two cog wheels and two of his
fingers were cut off.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03
MIRTH AND MUSIC.
st. Paurs Lodge of Elks Prove
Acceptable Hosts.

st. Paul Lodge SO, B. P. o. of Elks.
formally opened their new hall last
evening. Mirth, revelry and good fell
lowship held high carnival until the
early morning hours, and those who
we're fortunate enough to be present
will remember the event until the large,
cOmmodious and artisticaliy decorated
club room has in common with all
things earthly faded beyond recall.
The new hall is situated on the south
west corner of Fifth and Robert streets,
and the lodge room. which is large and
commodious, is lighted by numerous
windows. The room is finished in dark
eolors, which serve to reflect and bring
into prominence the many pieces of
bric-a-brac and delicate bits of orna-
ment with which the room is adorned.
The chancel is at the far end of the
chamber, the acoustic properties of
which are admirable, and the lowest
whisper is audible in all parts of the
room. Opening off the lodge room are
smaller reception and cloak rooms, and
the ElkS in their new quarters occupy
the entire upper floor OF the building.
1t was nearly 10 O'Clock before Hon.
E. W. Durant, of Saltwater, and a
member of the Chicago lodge. B. 2. o
Il
oldest member of the order in the.
house, said the senator by way of an
Introductory speech, You look it,"
said an unknown from an OBJ
scure corner. Eyes, but [ don't
feel it, was the ready reply of the
Saltwater Statement, as he turned
towards his would-be antagonist, and
the laugh which followed showed that
the tables had been turned in favor of
the former. Senator Durant concluded
by hoping that the application for trans
fer which was on the table before HIM
would be favorably acted upon. and as
it proved to be certificate from the
Chicago lodge setting forth that the
speaker was a member in good standing
of that lodge, the application was favor
ably received with loud applause.
Prof. Sherry and Will Nichols fol-
lowed in banjo and guitar duet. and
made happy hit, their encore of the
Marriage Bells" being received with
deserved applause. Will Nichols
showed by the manner in which he
reached for the minor keys that ne was
conYersant with the wires of a guitar,
as well as in the manipulation of poIit-
zeal wires.
AZ speak from my heart, gentlemen"
said Exalted Ruler Dr.. Stone, us he as.
cended the platform, land though am
a member of numerous secret societies,
can say that the Elks ill void in the
community which it would be difficult
for any other order to fill. ~ The doctor
then gave brief history of the st. Paul
branch of the order from its start, with
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03
THE NATIONS DEFENDERS.
Movements Of Prominent Men in
the Army.

Leave Of absence for one month in each
case has been granted First Lieut.. Robert N.
Getty and Second Lieut. William E. Bruce,
Twenty second infantry. Fort Keogh, Mont.
To enable Maj. L. s. Babbitt, ordnance de-
partment to avail himself of leave of alb
seace, Lieut.-Col. George H. Weeks, deputy
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, is assigned to the
Temporary charge of the United States ar
safaal at San Antonio, Tex
4 Tsirst Lieut. Francis W. Mansfield and
Pierce NJ. B. Travis, Eleventh infantry, have
been detailed for court martial duty at Fort
Ontario, Wyo.
,sEel Henry M. Black, Twenty-third infan-
try: Capt. Harry Q. Perley, assistant surgeon,
and First Lieut.. Edwin B. Bolton, adjutant,
TWenty-third infantry have been detailed as
Htffitional members of the general court
nasrtial in session at Fort Wayne, Mich.
a5Fhe superintendent of the general recruit
ing service has been directed to cause thirty
recruits to be assigned to the Second infan
Try and forwarded to Fort Omaha Neb., for
distribution among the companies of the
regiment