New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-12-15

In all of the mills. This may mean a
strike of thirt; thousand spinners.
Attorney General Ckilds has given out
the opinion that court clerks who are
drawing salaries cannot remit the fees
for naturalization papers. Clerks who's
income consists wholly o: fees may exc
crcise their own discretion.
A Boston special of the 9th inst. says
that Mrs. .Luetgert, the supposed victim
of the Chicago sausage manufacturer, is
alive and we'll. The claim is made that
she was seen in Boston in July and &C.
knowledged her identity.
According to the Sleepy Eye Dispatch,
Ed. Weaver of Mankato Is an avowed
candidate for governor. Weaver IS
good man and would make an excellent
governor, but unfortunately for the Re-
publican party he will never be nominal
ed.
Let it never be forgotten that Grover
Cleveland was the only man to enter the
presidency pauper and leave it plu-
tocrat. And he managed to do this at
a time when millions of better men were
going hungry to bed.-W. G. Brann.
J. Pierpont Morgan, who recently
formulated a syndicate whereby he at
tanned control If most of the leading
railroads of the country, has within the
past week, it is claimed, organized
wire and nail trust, covering all the
principal factories of the United States
and involving capital of sixty million
dollars.
The interstate commission has decided
to extend for two years the PERIOD with
in which railroads must comply with the
act of congress requiring all railroads to
be equipped with safety appliances for
the protection of employees and passen-
gers. This is the act for which Mr..
Lind made such a gallant fight during
his term in congress.
Congressman Boen in the Fergus
Falls Globe suggests novel method for
conducting the next gubernatorial cam
paign. He would have the democrats,
populists and silver republicans all held
separate conventions, but make no NOM
nation for governor. Then he would
have the people insist that John Lind
make the race for the Office as an indie
pendent candidate.
The Japanese envoy to this country
was recently buncoed out Of an immense
sum of money by clever lobbyists. IN
der the guise OF possessing enough infu-
ence in the senate to defeat annexation
these bunco men pulled out of him be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. When his
government learned of the transaction
they repudiated it and the minister was
forced to fear the loss alone. A south
ern newspaper correspondent originated
the scheme.
Hon.. John p. Altgeld of Illinois in an
address on Henry George last week said:
The life of Henry George tells the
young men that if they would render
great service to their country they must
be conscientious and Independent. They
must be able to Ego it alone" If they
would breathe the purer atmosphere that
inspires the souls of men they must
struggle up the sleeps, they must travel
road that is lonesome road--a road
that is rocky and that has neither springs
nor shade trees beside it. But that is
the road along which are found the foot
prints of genius and the fngcr-boards
that point to Immortality.
Mr.. Nansen, the arctic explorer, is
quite exacting and exorbitant in his
terms. He worked hard and endured
great suffering for his fame and intends
to make the most he can out of it. For
lecture in Washington he demanded
bonus of $1,000 cash in advance, that
all his expenses and the expenses of his
lecture should be paid, and that he
should have 60 per cent of the remain.
der of the proceeds, if there were any.
The bonus is to be paid and all the risk
assumed by the local management, and
their compensation is limited to 40 per
cent of net receipts. : It Is claimed that
the same terms are demanded everywhere.
DR.. Nansen will not open his lips for less
than 81 600. In England his receipts
are said to have been $4,000 in four
weeks Chicago Record.
The country clergyman was mailing a
refractory creener To n niece nf froll;.