New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-09-08

Dan Birdsall Of Springfield has not been
Heard Of For Ten Days.
Disappeared Somewhere Between Lake
Crystal and New Ulm.
His Family Distracted and Heartbroken
Over bis Absence.
Parties were here from Garden City
Monday looking for some trace of Dan
Birdsall, who has been missing since
Thursday, the 26th of August.
Birdsal's home is in Springfield. He
is married, has five children and owns a
pleasant little home. He is an engineer
by trade, but has been in the habit Of
spending much of his time working for
Anderson Bros. at Springfield. This sum-
mer he ran an engine for his brother-in-
law, whose farm is in the neighbor-
hood of Garden City.
Two weeks ago he received letter
from his father at Springfield to the ef-
feet that the man, who had been ncgoti-
ating for the purchase of his village
property, had offered $3.50, and that he
should come home at once ard close the
bargain. He concluded to do SO.
On Thursday, the 26th of August, lie
packed his clothes, fastened them to Ills
wheel and went into Lake Crystal. There
| be was paid II small sum Of money By il
Garden City farmer, not to exceed $5,
| and IN the afternoon he started out ol
! town on the road towards this city. He
had told his farmer friend that he would
go to New Ulm, stay there over night
and leave for Springfield the next morn
ing early. That was the last heard OF
him.
Several days elapsed. The Spring
field relatives Thought he was still work
ing at Garden City. The Garden CITY
relatives supposed that he had arrived
safely at Springfield to close his bargain.
Neither being the case, the only rea-
sonable explanation is that he was foul
ly dealt with by tramps. They Infested
the Lake Crystal .neighborhood in great
numbers at that time and the day before
had killed a man in the village for the
purpose of robbing him.
No trace of his having reached this
city ON the night Of the Goth can he
found at any of the hotels, and had he
got as far as New Ulm he would have
had little trouble in safely covering the
rest Of the way.
He was temperate man, did not
drink anything to speak of in Lake Crys-
tai and, rode out OF. the town with the
expressed hope of reaching home before
noon the next day.
His sister was one of the parties look
ing for him here Monday and she, as
we'll as the rest of the family friends, are
distracted over thes thought that the
young man must have been killed.
At the Blue Earth County Fair on
Friday Mrs. Lease, the Kansas orator,
and old Gen. jim Baker .clashed, and
jim got the worst of it. Mrs. Lease was
the principal speaker and during the
course OF her address severely criticised
Mckinley, Hanna and Sherman. Gen.
Baker came next and warmly and elo-
.quently defended his lifelong friend.
Sherman, from Mrs. Leases assault and
incidentally referred several times to
her in manner not altogether compli-
mentary. While he was speaking, Mrs.
Lease removed her hat and jacket, which
she had donned on taking her seat, and
when the general closed, she arose and
proceeded to administer a severe tongue
lashing to the general, whom she re-
ferred to as her ubllcan- -populist-
democratic friend, whom I hardly Know
how to classify. : She said that the last
tine they had spoken from the same
stage he had expounded populist doc
trine which he vas now repudiat1ng,
General Baker replied By denying Mrs.
Leases statement. Mrs Lease then arose
IN wrath, and, walking to aud fro about
the stage, pointed TO several persons
whom she recognized as having attended
the meeting referred to = year ago, and
called upon them to witness the truth
Of her statements. They responded that
she was correct, and after some further
arguments, General Baker left the stand.
The important part 1t I woman's let
ter i always II the postscript Som.
eryille girl wrote 4 four. page letter. full
/ OF kind and courteo,ls l1hrases - - e