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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
vICTINIIZED A LAWYER.
Woman Deeds Bogus Real Estate fol
III Property in Brooklyn. -

Woman Deeds Bogus Real Estate for
II Property in Brooklyn.
New YORK, Sept. 14.-A woman who
calls herself E. Eliza Knight, but who is
believed to be Mrs. Ellen E. Peck, the no.
torious confidence operator is in the tolls
OF the law. A suit has just been brought
against her in the supreme court in Brook
lyn by Merritt H. Day of Rapid City,
Pennington county, S. D., to recover pos
session ofsome valuable property in Brook
Ign, which, it is alleged she obtained from
him by false pretenses.
MI. Day and his vile were the owners of
two pieces of real estate in FIatbush ave-
nue. and Prospect place. and four pieces in
Prospect place and Sixth avenue,
which We're valued at 100000 and
mortgased for S15O,O0o. Last sum-
mer Mr.. Day learned that Mrs. knight
owned big tract of land in Kentucky
which she was anxious to exchange Tor city
property. and after lew weeks of negotla-
ton Mr.. and Mrs. Day gave Mrs. Knieht
deeds Of their Brooklyn property in ex-
change for the land in Kentucky. Al
though he is lawyer, Mr.. Day never had
MS suspicion aroused during the negotia-
ton. In his complaint he alleges that Mrs
Knight never owned the land thatno deeds
through was to get possession Of the Brook
Ign properly by fraud. He asks that the
deeds which were filed by Mrs. Knight in
the registers office in Kings county Sept. 9
be set aside.
Mrs. knight appears on the records as
resident OF Spark Hill, Rockland county,
but /! is said her home is at POO Putnam
avenue, Brooklyn. Mrs. Peck is widow
OF the late Capt. John Peck. Her maiden
name was Knight. Her swindling opera
tons have extended over a period Of twenty
years. They include the robbery Of S25, 600.
from Soap Manufacturer Rabbit, and the
vlctimizing of Diamond Broker Grady out
OF an equally large sum. She served one
term in Sing Sing, and at one time no less
than fourteen indictments for grand larceny
ana other ofenses were pending against her
in Kings count v. A few weeks ago She
sent postal cards to various newspapers an
nouncing that she had fallen heir to large
estate in England.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
WAS THE PASTOR DRUNK
Sioux City Minister Takes a Trip and
Several Drinks

"A Sloux City Minister Takes q Trip and
Several Drinks.
Sioux CITY, Iowa, Special Telegram, Sept,
A.-Several days ago Rev. C. H Strickland
pastor OF the First Baptist church of this
city: the largest and wealthest church here,
started for Iowa City to deliver the dedca-
tory services Of the new church there. He
went by the way OF Council Bluffs.
At Altoona, little town near Des
Moines, he left the tram and was noticed
by people on the platform to be in very
unsteady condition. He was taken charge
Of by the village mars hall and taken to a
hotel. A doctor was called in, who pro-
nounced him drunk. Appearances were
came unconscious and remained so for
several hours. When he again became
himself he had no recollection Of what had
happened since he left the train.
He went on to Iowa City in the after
noon, and the next day preached the SER
mon nc, as announced. The story got out from
had here was from this mornings paper.
Rev. Strickland made statement for the
paper in which he said he had felt unwell
and purchased some Hostetter's bitters at
Council Bluffs. He believed the bitters
had been drugged.
The affair is a very mysterious one. One
minister got off the train there and by
ISLANDERS supported him to prevent him
from falling to the plat orn, he uttered
Drunk, drunk several times. 10 those
who cared tor him there he explained that
he had fallen in with some friends in Coun-
Gil Bluffs who induced him to drink with
them. He declared himself forever dis
graced and talked of committing suicide.
Rev. Strickland is a man Of middle age
and one OF the most prominent and popu-
lar preachers in this section. He was
formerly pastor Of the First Baptist church
at Nashville, Tenn. His church this even
ing adopted resolutions declaring entire
confidence in him.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
SPORTS.

| This is Hanlon's eleventh year in center
field. w.
| THE Lincoln club is said to owe its play
ers oyer $1,000.
| SAM WISE has signed with the Utica
| team.
THERE are said to be 700 ball clubs in
| Cuba.
BOB PETIT is Captaining the Milwaukee
| club.
'K1D" BALDWIN has signed with the
| Spokane club
THE Kansas City club has tried sixteen
pitchers to date.
WALSH, of the Omahas, has been signed
| to play shortstop for the Baltimores. Jack
| McGraw has been released.
FRANK P. SLAv1N has turned bookmaker
| in England and is reported to have been
successful at the York meeting.
The New York World declares that an
other peace conference will be held within
| two weeks.
The St. Louis and Bostons will play ex-
hibition games at Memphis and Nashville
! this winter.
The fight between Cincinnati and Pitts
| burg for tail-end honors grows more inter-
esting each day.
IL IS Sdlu tndC IIeSluenC Aaron OteIu IS
being moved by the league to take the
| Cincinnati club off its hands
ED Cory, the Indiana heavyweight, has
deposited 5000 with the Olympic club,
of Peru, Ind, for finish fight with Elder
Pitts.
TIN KEEFE is pitching winning ball for
Philadelphia. Bill Brown, another ex-
Giant, is also doing splendid work for the
Quakers.
DICK BURGE the English lightweight
champion, who recently defeated Jenny
| Carney, has been matched to fight Lachie
Thompson, of Glasgow, the Scotch cham
/ pion, for EGO side
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

A WHOLE family in Paris, numbering six
members, committed suicide The father
and mother showed the way by hanging
themselves, and the others, who were adult
children, Initiated their parents.
The English board of trade returns for
August as compared with those for the cor
responding month last year show that i'm
ports increased 81, 42O, 900 and that exports
decreased s2, $780, GOO.
A Moscow correspondent commenting
on the demands that come from all quarters
Tor measures to relieve distress is greater
and more widespread than was first sup
posed, and that the worst is still to come.
The italian government has sent an ur-
gent order for 50, 900 rifles to the Ternoy
factory, and has instructed Gen. Rictotti,
formerly minister of war; to infinitely in
spect the forts in the Alpine district.
THE Paris police are searching the houses
ofseveral of the promoters of the Panama
canal company, with view of obtaining
1urther evidence in the investigation being
made into the affairs Of that organization.
The government of Italy has telegraphed
to the Italian ambassador at Constantine
pie to cordially support England in the
Dardanelles question. The official press of
Rome urges England to closely watch Rus
STA in the East.
A LONDON dispatch from Mombassa, in
British East Africa, announces that the
British East African company's steamship
kenla has navigated the river Tanta dis
lance OF 300 miles from the coast, and thus
opened to trade fertile and populous dis
trlc1, Whlch has up to the present been sup
posed to be practically closed to commerce
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
GENERAL.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, celebrated its third
annual river carnival with great success.
VILLA MARIA convent and academy at
Frontenac is dedicated.
I. MEREDITH, of Monticello, ILL.,, has been
tapped 27S times for dropsy and 3,614
pounds of water drawn from his body.
THE board of lady managers Of the
| worlds fair will send agents abroad to work
in the interest of the women's department.
The jurors in the famous Davis will case
at Butte, Montana, disagree, standing seven
to five in favor of the contestants.
1TALo-AMER1CANs have called meeting
| at Washington, Dec. 7, to discuss and take
action looking to the promotion Of the fair
by urging Italy to accept the invitation ex.
tended by the United States.
The annual convention of the National
Electrical association of the United States
has opened in Montreal Nearly 800 del
egates are in attendance, including prom
inent electricians from all parts Of the
United States and Canada. S-.s
ROBERT REED, who has returned 10 San
Francisco from Chignik bay, Alaska. says
that reports of trouble with natives at that
point are without foundation. Work at
the canneries went along without inter
ruption during the season.
LEON. V. STEPHENS, receiver of the Third
National Bank of St. Louis, has brought
suits against the directors of the bank to
recover $343, 337 81, money alleged to have
been loaned by the bank in violation Of
statutes and which could not be collected
by the receiver.
The ladies of New Orleans are moving to
secure the release Of Mrs. Florence May
brick from Working prison, England,
where she is confined for life, convicted OF
having poisoned her husband Gail Ham
iltons recent articles, showing that there
should have been different course taken
than the one adopted toward the unfortu-
nate woman, have brought the case once
more to public notice Theladies will pre-
sent petition, numerously signed. to the
queen, whom they will ask to right the in
justice done to Mrs. Maybrick.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
ALMOST A MILLION ] / ,,|.
That is What the Secretary Of the
Fidelity Trust Bank of Tacoma
Got Away With.
Albertson, the Criminal, Effects a
: Compromise With the Bank in
Manner Very Foxy.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.-The Examiner
prints the following story concerning the
robbery of the Fidelity Trust bank at Ia
coma by its secretary, Edward Albertson,
on Aug. "a last: 1t was heretofore believed
that Albertson lost only some So, 600 in
speculation, and surprise was caused by
the extraordinary efforts made to capture
him.
1t now appears that lie took $50, 600 in
cash and nearly million in securities.
Early on the morning of Aug. "a not
was received by Paul Schultze, a di-
rector of the bank, from Albertsen, saying
he lost only Thousand of the
money in speculation and to force COM
promise had taken $40, 900 more in cash and
$500. 900 in securities. He would meet him
or one of his representatives in the woods
in designated place and return the securi-
ties II given a written agreement not to
prosecute.
The point chosen gives commanding
view OF all the approaches and Albertson
said he would fee at once if he saw more
than one man coming to the place. More
over, he changed the combination to the
vaults and it would take three days to open
them. Meanwhile the banks credit would
suffer.
A meeting of the directors was held, and
1t was agreed to accept a compromise. A
man was sent to the rendezvous with a
signed agreement not to prosecute. Instead
OF Albertson he found one Chandler, a Ia
coma gambler, who was evidently an &C
complete. The messenger gave him tho
agreement and received the securities and
the combination. The men separated, and
the messenger saw Albertson join Chandler.
The bank at once commenced extraordi-
nary efforts to capture the thieves. J. H.
Ahern, cashier OF the Fidelity and brother
in-law of Albertson, was arrested by Detect
i've Sullivan, who confined him in a hotel
fo- several days trying to force a confession.
The story got out and Sullivan was forced
to release the prisoner.
Last Thursday Sullivan and two guards
boldly kidnapped r. B. Albertson, second
cousin Of the absconder, and w. E. Bailey,
who happened to be with him, in the
streets of Seattle in broad daylight. The
kidnapers were followed aud arrested and
their prisoners freed Abertson was sus-
pected of completely in his cousins actions.
1t is believed that the thieves have escaped.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.-Actor Curtis
still claims he remembers nothing about
Friday mornings tragedy and will not talk
of anything but his theatrical record. Yes
terday Officer J. J. Allen swore to the COM
plant in Judge Rex's court charg-
ing Strelinger with the murder
of Officer Grant. The police
are fast completing the chain of evidence
against him, and are leaving no stone un-
turned to lay bare all the facts. The street
where the murder took place has been crit
1cally examined, and the planks with the
bullet holes in the fence opposite have
been sawn out and put away az
evidence. The police have found a
man who saw Curtis in the custody of
Grant on Sixth street, near Folsom. He
speaks English imperfectly and has not
been taken before an Interpreter yet, but he
made the authorities understand that he
knew Grant and also identified Curtis as the
man Grant had in custody. The police ex-
pect to find the man who saw Grant arrest
Curtis =
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
OF A WEEK.
Flashed by the Wires Of the Telegraph
Condensed and Classified for
Convenience of Readers.
Washington, Foreign, Accidental, Per-
s0nal, Criminal and Other
News Of Importance.
SHINGTON,

DR.. @. A. CHAMPION, chief chemist of the
United States internal revenue bureau, has
established chemical laboratory in Fort
Scott, Kan, at which the sugar manufac-
tured in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
will be officially analysed.
The new system adopted by the navy
department of disposing of condemned
naval stores through sealed bids instead of
at open auction is commended by board
appointed by Secretary Tracy to investi-
gate it.
The commission appointed by Secretary
Foster to select a site for the new mint
building in Philadelphia has submitted its
report to the treasury department.. They
name site but its location will not be di-
vulged until the return of Secretary Foster.
SECRETARY RUsK received letter from j.
II. Saunders, editor Of the Breeders Gazette
Chicago, highly complimenting the secre-
tary and evincing an enthusiastic apprecia-
ton of the work accomplished in securing
the removal of the embargo upon American
pork in Germany.
AT meeting OF the state American COM
mittee on the promotion of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, convention was
called to meet at Washington, Monday,
Dec. 81, to discuss and take action looking
to the promotion of the fair by urging Italy
to accept the invitation extended by the
United States.
IT is said that the Itata is to be returned
to the Gillian government in accordance
with the terms of compromise effected at
conference between ex-Mayor Grace of
New York and the congressional represen-
tatives here on the one hand and Secretary
Tracy and Attorney General Miller on the
other.
The war department has decided to re-
duce the number Of vacancies in the list of
assistant surgeons in the army, and board
consisting of Majors D. L. Huntington and
Henry McElderry surgeons and Captains
Walter Reed and G. NJ. Grady assistant sur
geons, has been appointed to meet in New
York City Oct. l, for the examination of
candidates for the II vacancies.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
MORE AND BETTER FOOD
For This Do California Convicts Strike
IN al

For This Do California Convicts Strike,
but Strike IN VAIN
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 14.-The convicts in
the jute mill at San Quentin struck yester-
day. Nearly three hundred prisoners threw
down their tools and detied the officers to
make them work.
They demand more and better food and
more tobacco and less iavoritism They
also demanded to be taken before the
board of prison directors, where they
might state their case. The conyicts made
bold stand, but the guards were sum-
moned and every avenue of escape guarded.
The convicts resumed work a ter obtaining
permission to appoint committee of five
10 appear before the prison directors.
Alter listening to the complaints the di-
rectors informed the men that the food was
good enough, and the next time there was
an outbreak it would be punished by SOL
itary confinement. This is the second
strike at the prison during the week, the
convicts having stopped work last Wednes-
day to enforce their demand for better
food
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

TIE schooner Persia is said TO have
foundered on Lake Ontario. Her crew of
six men are supposed to have gone to the
bottom with the ill-fated vessel.
The immense five-story storage ware
house of R. c. Layton, at Nos. 62 and Ga
South street, New York, was Quilted by fire.
The loss is estimated at 1926, 600; insurance
not known.
A soUTHEAsTERLY gale did considerable
damage in the vicinity of Halifax, N. s.,
AT Paris, Texas, Tom Britain fell on car
truck in a saw mill and split his body wide
open, lengthwise, one arm, one-half the
trunk and one leg being thrown on either
side of the saw
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

In the general report of the commits
sion in Prussia in charge OF mining
matters, which has recently been pub
lished, the commissioners state that
in their opinion electricity is perfectly
safe for mine use, provided care is
taken to see that conductors are prop
erly insulated, lamps well protected
and the current not too intense. A
more extensive use OF electricity in
mines would be possible were a port
able electric lamp devised combining
simplicity, duration OF power and
cheapness. ~.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

Work on the Trans-Caucasian Rail-
road is progressing satisfactorily
The contingent of laborers consists OF
$500 soldiers, 900 convicts at hard
labor, 800 Siberian exiles, 400 free
men, and 1,7Oo Cinnamon and Cor
cans. Besides this 1875 Russians and
800 Cinnamon are employed in the
stone works. This army of laborers
does not include the higher officials,
such as engineers, architects, inspec-
tors. etc.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

THERE has just been condemned to
hard labor for life at the Yonne,
France, assizes q man named Gerard,
who, by his own confession, in the
course of few months had set on fire
no less than 16 houses in the depart
ment. A year or two ago he applied
for the post OF Captain Of the pom
piers in his native district, and, furi-
Gus at not obtaining the app ointment,
he had determined on revenge. He
vowed that he would give the POM
piers plenty OF work, and he kept his
word. S..
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
The Sultan has yielded to an i'm

The Sultan has yielded to animper-
ative demand from Russia and con-
sented to the passage of Russian trans
ports through the Dardanelles. This
is probably but an initial proceeding,
and the same privilege for warships
may be yet compelled. With Russian
warships joined to those OF the French
in the Mediterranean, the craft of
Italy, ponderous as they are, would
be in a. bad way in the event of a gen.
eral European war.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
Death of Mrs. Fair

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.-Mrs. Theresa
Fair, divorced vile of ex-senator Fair,
died tonight of fatty degeneration of the
heart caused by Inflammation of the kid
neys. She had been i'll tor several davs.
Senator and Mrs. Fair were married in 1861
at Carson, Cal. In 1888 Mrs. Fair brought
suit for divorce, charging her husband
with adultery. No defense was made and
divorce was granted, Mrs. Fair receiving
chlldren-James G., Charles L., Theresa A.
and Virginia. The eldest daughter.
Theresa, was last year married to Herman
Oelrichs of New York.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

ALASKA is not so bad a country as
it might be. A party that was recent
ly engaged in fixing the boundary line
on the British border found grasses
six feet high along the Yukon and
Porcupine, which latter extends many
miles above the arctic circle. There
were also salmon berries, blueberries,
currants and raspberries in profusion,
and hundreds OF acres of cranberries
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

& A GREAT swarm of bees flew in a..
the open door of a house at Hanover,
Ind, where a woman was engaged in
putting up preserves. Two children
We're severely stung. The woman and
her servant saved themselves by put
ting bedquilts over their heads. The
bees held possession for two hours,
and were finally expelled by burning
birthstone.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
Took to the Mountains.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Sept. 14.-The citi-
zens' posse and the state rangers who have
been pursuing the five Southern Pacific
rain robbers have ended their pursuit of
the fugitives and turned the evidence they
possessed over to the postal authorities,
who will continue the chase. The robbers
were forced by the closeness of their pur-
surers to abandon their horses and take to
:he mountains on foot. They are practi-
:ally helpless without their horses, and it
is thought will soon be captured. All o
hem are known and pear bad regulations
n the district where they belong.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
FOREIGN.

Tis said that Natalie, ex-queen of servia,
has gone secretly to Paris, to see her son
& King Alexander, who is there with his
father.
EMIL TREATLE of Berlin, who dropped
several million marks in corn speculation
in 1889, and who recently failed for 20, 900
marks, has committed suicide.
BALMAcEDAs Whereabouts have not yet
been discovered, though it is rumored that
he is in hiding in foreign consulate or q
monastery and has not left Chill at all.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
A PRUssIAN has lust been sentenc,

] A PRUss1AN has just been sentenced
TO a months imprisonment for re-
citing and incendiary poem. There's
a poetess or two in this country who
should cut this out and paste it in
their bonnets. Nobody wants to have
his barn burned down by getting it to
close to "Ostler Joe" or "Insurrec-
ton" or any similar work.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

The fishermen OF San Diego have
utilized electricity in their war upon
the fish. Incandescent lights are low
cred into the water at night, and a
large net is lowered below them. The
fish are attracted by the light and are
plainly visible. When sufficiently nu-
merous the nets are hauled up. The
catches are enormous.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

The bellies OF ancient days had very
large hands. At the historical exhi-
bition at Paris specimens OF gloves
were dating back to those OF the Gre
clan Empire. The sizes OF these gloves
proved indisputably that the tiny
hands so common among the women
of today were then wholly unknown.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

Now that for the first time the i'm
perial palace at Berlin is lighted with
gas and electricity, it is to be hoped
that the young war lord will be en-
abled to get some newli light on the alb
surdities OF medievalism in govern.
ment and other things.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

The Dominion Senate has passed a
bill abolishing the dual language sys-
tenn in the Northwest Territories,
though French IS allowed to be used
officially if necessary, in Territorial
Courts.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16
AMONG THE TOILERS.

The striking yardmen of the Lake Erie &
Western Railway at Lima, o., had con-
ference with General Superintendent Hill
On their refusal to return to work at the
company's terms the strikers were dis.
charged. No trouble is expected.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-16

A PATHOLOGICAL statistician calcu-
lates that in the year 1000 there will
be 1,7oO,ooo,OOO people who speak
English, and that the other European
languages will be spoken by only $780,
100000 people.