New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-09-10

Peter Shoots. for some time past elevator
agent at Everest for Cargill Bros, was ar
rested at the instance OF the Fidelity and
Casualty Insurance company. 1t seems
Cargill Bros, sent three carloads of oats to
Schools to be sold to farmers. An inspector
finds SIG bushels nnaccou nted for. The
Fidelity insurance company with Shoots
bondsmen,
James Montgomery, a young man work
ing on a new building in Grand Forks, was
assisting in the work of elevauing some
heavy stone to the upper stories and his LETT
hand was drawn into one of the large pull
leys in such manner as to prevent extri-5
eating himself The first finger and part of
the second was pulled GU entirely from the
hand, the tendons being drawn for a dis
tance of several inches.
Miss Delena Pippen, alias Maggie Jessup,
was arrested at Winona, on the Missouri
river, for horse stealing, and brought to
Bowdle. Last July she hired a horse and
buggy of Frank Yahl, liveryman at Morris,
Mimi, and succeeded in evading the officers
until now. The prisoner is a brunette, only
seventeen years of age and of rather attrac-
back to Morris for trial.
The laws of the state are OF little i'm
portance to the people, Attorney General
Goowin has rendered an opinion in which he
says certain sections, Of the elev tor law
passed and supported bysthe most eminent
! men in the last legislat ure are unconstitu-
al. He renders the same opinion in re-
gard to the tax law, and upon that opinion
the state board of equalization based it's
action. Gov. Miller and Attorney General
Goodwin, members of the board voting to
compromise with the Northern Pacific rail.
road on the rate OF taxing their property in
this state.
Representative Hansbrough called up
and secured the passage by the house of the
bill granting valuable section of land near
| Fargo for use by the state for agricultural
| college and experimental station purp oses.
Mr.. Hansbrough says that under the inter.
probation of the recent act this college gets
SIS, 900 for the fiscal year just ended, $16,-
900 for, the year ending June 20. 1891, and
for two months of the last fiscal year a
special allowance Of So. 500 was given, m ak.
ing total of $33, 500 in fourteen months,
which will put the institution in good fnan-
| cial condition.
DR.. Balmson, OF Crookston, was called pro-
fessionally to Fisher, and OIL arriving at the
depot at that place was shot nnd killed by a
farmer named Horace Russell The bullet
entered the back part of his head and came
out over the eye. The first shot missed the
doctor and narrowly escaped killing one O
| the brakemen. A few weeks ago the wife OF
| the assassin had left him. and in some way or
other he had concluded that DR., Balmson
was responsible for the separation. After
committing the deed Russell fed to the
| woods and hid there for a few hours, when
he voluntarily came out OF the ambush and
gave himself up, saying: 81 want everyone
to know what done it for and then I don't
care what they do with me-
The State is in peculiar fix with reference
! to state levy for state taxes. The constitu.
ton provides that the legislative bly,
shall pass law for raising revenue, but the
legislature neglected to pass law for such
| purpose, and the question now is as to what
can be done. The old territorial law en-
| powered the state board of equalization tc
fix the rate, and the territorial law prevails
| where no state law has repealed the same
The constitution permits 4.mill rate and
the territorial law only 3-mill rate. Even
| the 4-mill rate will leave deficiency, and
lawyers ore coagitating as to what can bt
done. The levying of q tax being the taking
| of private property for public purposes, the
law in regard thereto is always rigidly con
strued, and it is not likely that there may
| be those who will undertake to resist the
collection of state revenue levied under the
| circumstances