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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
MOTTO. TO lnnlrnr,or-.

Pursuant 20 an ,rIer ~ the county
made az the September term there0is
from the east front dOOr u the c0ufs ~
Bauer. "a d., On WejnrEJa OctD bef ".
let By pubiic OutcTy 10 lDwest hiGdsr.
% approval OF comfy court. cSntTae.
pairing the following bridges Inc "
Tejec: any or eli bids be- reserved
one on line between EecilOns Lhrss '
ten flgjs slsO two On line between sees,,,
~ and eleven flll all In Osags tO"nsll.
AlsO one On line between section "
Prairie township and section one ii3 -
township.
Also one on Zone Fork on lino 1--WE.
tons ak lEJ AMI seEen =, 10 NJ Plessl.a
AIEO one on Mormon FORK IN secIlOD
CZ5, West Boone township.
Plans AM speciGcGti0Es VIII De -
County Clerk's once after sept. -lth go
u-t BrdgsD
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
Drying prepHraiors simply devel

Drying preparations simply devel
op dry catarrao; they dry up the Sc
cretIons which adh-fe 10 the mem
braLe AID decoppose, causing "a faI
more serious too bic than the ordI-
nary form of catarrh Avid al,
dTytos InhaIa"ts and use that whIch
clea"ses, 500 HIS and heals. Ely's
Cream Balm liz such n remedy ana
will cure catarrh or cold m the head
eas''y nGd pieaean'ly- A TRIAL -tza
will he mailed for 10 cents, large
for so cents All druggist keep it.
Ely Bros. Sc Warren Street, New
York,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
wants the MethodIst Chnrche. I.nItcd.

Ohlcago, sept. I9.-kev. tt. DOIIiver
made plea for the union of the Meth
odist Episcopal church and the Metho-
dist Episcopal church south in a paper
read before the Methodist preachers
meeting at the First Methodist church
yesterday. He pointed to the fact that
the recent war with Spain had made
fast the union of the north and south.
and said t!-at the time had come for
the reuniting of these branches of the
Methodist church.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Or. ID. G. Brinton calls attention to
the rapid extinction of the polynesian
tribes inhabiting the Pacific archipel-
asoes. A hundred years ago the Ha-
waiian Islands were said to contain
100000 native inhabitants; today they
have scarcely 10000. The same rapid
dimunition has occurred throughout
Polynesia, and is attributed mainly to
leprosy, tuberculosis and evil ways of
living.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Smith Center, Kan, Sept. !9.-W. A..
Wright, who has mad charge of the
Farmers shipping association at
Athol in this county, committed suicide
by cutting his throat at that place at
an early hour yesterday morning. He
was 5S years of age and q vidower,
having two grown sons living here. i
letter was found in his pocket giving
as a reason for the deed that hi, sons
and friends thought him honest. but
he was not and did not care to live any
lonrar
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
Mckinley viii Let Them Die.

Chicago, Sept. IA dispatch from
Washington says that Privates Dam
hotter and Coniue, sentenced to death
by courtmartiaI for assaulting Philip
pine women. will not receive any
mercy at the hands of the president
The sentence of the court-martiaI will
be carried ont as soon as the proceed
ings and findings in the two cases can
be reviewed and approved by him
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
Public Admini.trator's Notice

Notice is hereby given, that letters OF admin
istration on the estate OF Martin l. shafer
DECEASED, were granted 70 the undersigned
Public Administrator, on the 9Th day OF JuIy
1893, by the probate court OF Bates county
Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them Tor allowance 10
the administrator within one year after the
date OF said letters, or they may be precIuded
from any benefit OF said estate; and il such
claims be not exhibited within two years from
the GATE OF TINS publication, they shall be for
ever barred. This 18TH day Of August. Is9J
ID. V. BROWN
4-t Public Administrator
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Volcanic dust carried by the wind
from the mountains of Puy in Au-
vergne enriches the soil of LimagrO
with phosphoric acid and potash. Ac-
cording to NJ. Nivois, inspector gen
eral OF mines in France. it is owing
10 this natural fertilizer that the soil
is SO rich. A field at Gerzat. Cler-
nont-Ferrand. has yielded fine crop
of hemp eighteen years running with
out an5 other manure
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Wichita, Kan. Sept. BIN order to
give their disapproval of the verdict in
the DreyfuS ease especial emphasis the
people of Wichita have chosen Miss
Sadie Joseph a beautiful young Jewess
queen of the fall festival to be held
here next month. Miss Joseph is a
stenOgrapher in the employ of the
Wichita branch of great agricultural
implement mandatory, and is one of
the prettiest girls in the west
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Paris, Sept 19.-The French Free
masOns. composing the assembly OF
1899. adopted resolution yesterday in
the name of the Order of the Grand
Orient, declaring the anti-Semite
movement criminal and odions and
pleading with the French government
for support against clerical, militia
rism, imperial and monarchist conspir-
aciaS :,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
China Enters Formal Protest

Washington, Sept. 19.-The imperial
Chinese government, through its minis
ter here. Mr. WI Ting Fang. has lodged
with the state department here an en-
phatic protest against the military or
der of Gen. Otis excluding Chinese
from the Philippines.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

In 1905 John Jacob Astor bought
two pjeces Of farm land on the side
of New York city and paid for them
$4,000 They are now worth about
SIS .OO0, 600. while the Astor family has
collected In these 50 years some $lO.-
600 600 Of rents from them.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
Russia VIII BE the Whole Thing.

London, Sept 19.-The Daily Mail
publishes the following from Copenha-
gen: Emperor Nicholas has signed a
usase, decreeing that when the middle
Europe canal and the Siberian railway
are completed in 1901, all important
Russian ports on the Pacific. Baltic and
the Black sea shall be closed forever to
anv but Russian ships"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
Rosa Bon ileur.

Mile. Rosa Bonheur, who adopts
masculine attire and wears her hair
cropped close to the head, explains
that she first did so in order to pass
as a man when visiting horse and cat
tie fairs for the purpose of studying
her animal subjects
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
for Sickness,
.pauu az ugus spIIq &c

'p9uY 90 IIBqS spIIq 10
BuIYs 10 SL9qlB9J .spLIq s9sodInd AL9u!I
-TIm 10Y Su!Ues suosIed leql lo9u9 9ql
on ssneIo suIBluoo qo!UM MpI cures
SuEssRd u! sInleIs!SeI spsueY 9ql
40 ueHgl osIno0 9ql re SuIo!of9I 9Ie
kI9ugUIm VI sluemguLo So spL!q puB
sLaqls9J Su!IpeM 10 uo!qseJ eq4 10 uo!s
s59Iddns 9ql u! pols9L9lu! suosI9d
suoanquv 10 sIsqmsV IoA
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Mr.. Cecil J. Rhodes is the fourth
son of rector of Bishops Stortford,
and in his boyhood often scandalized
the good people of the place by ais
tricks. If there was any "deyilment"
on foot. says one " ew him. it
was 100 TO / that nodes was
in it.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
Conservative.

. Quinby-"Don't you think Medley
carries his anti-imperialism rather
far" Pember-"I don't know. What
makes you ask" Quinby-"He stop
ped his daughter singing Up in a Bal
loon because it smacks of expansion"
Boston Transcript
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
Like An,erican MING Morkers

Every workman in Japan is ticheted
the labels. attached to his cap and
back. bearing his name, his business.
and his employers name
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
How.

Parliamentary Candidate explaining
away his defeat)-"Yes, gentlemen, I
have been defeated; but how have I
been defeated?' Voice in the crowd
You didn't get enough votes Tit
Bits.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
She Would Have kn,wu.

Mrs. Bellefeld-'I US so surprised
last night to see several shooting
stars" Mr.. Bellefeld-' Didn't you
know the sky was loaded ?'-Pittsburg
hronicle-Telegraph
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
What He ExperFa,F

Mrs. Before I e,,-- -,
rour dinner, you said you were VIII
ing TO work for it." Handon+ IT,
Yes, lady. but I fought you'd take
Sc viii for lie deed"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Pel;in. H.. Sept. 19.-Soft coal was
advanced TO seven cents yesterday in
TazeweII and Peoria counties. To-day
miners here demanded an advance of
ten cents a ton for mining. Being re
fused. 100 men quit work.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Mr.. Pryer-Please tell me how you
manage to discover your husbands Sc
erets?" Mrs. Pert-By picking his
Iocks.-BoSton Courier.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Fir will grow at as great an altitude
as $500 feet above sea level. yellow
pine at $500 feet, ash at 4 800 feet, and
oak at $3.50 feet. The vine ceases 10
grow at about 900 feet.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

TO Cure Disease is to Cure the Blood
II you suffer with boils carbuncles old sores
eczema, your blood is diseased DIR Thur
mOnd's Blood Syrup is guaranteed to cnre
you !t is q boon tor females. Sold by
III L TuCKER
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Y. J. Bryan started IN at O'NeIl.
Seb-, yesterday on his tour of the state
in behalf of the fusion ticket.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

Make i Pond.-But few farms do not
have small stream which, if an earth
dam vas made. would furnish the
necessary ice for cooling milk and all
other purposes needed, and would fur
nish sufficient water for stock to carry
over the ordinary summer drouths.
On a small stream. generally dry two
or three months, there are five such
dams within half mile, furnishing all
the ice needed on the farms through
which it runs. Such ponds are ready
for cutting early. there being but lit
tie current. All who had such ponds
last winter were able TO cuc over once,
getting in some cases nearly all they
needed. while larger ponds furnished
but little shin ice. One of the greatest
troubles is taat the bank is not made
thick enough 10 withstand the effects
of frost. The banks should be not less
than six or eight feet broad on the
top. and the sooner made and better
packed by the trampiGg Of the team.
the better for their stability No stone
work is advisable. only for the over
flow, and then 10 be well banked and
packed 10 prevent the water from
oozing through, which : the beginning
OF leak.-The Homestead.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
Proof of Energy.

New South Wales lost 81, 0oo 600 by
me drought of 1928. Yet the colony
thrives.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05
Standing OF National League Clubs.

More than 300 delegates. including
mayors. aldermen coUnc.Imen and
city engineers arrived ~ Syracuse. y.
y. TO attend the convention OF the
League OF American Municipalities.
which viii open there to-day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

see picture of Alfred Speer in another col
Gmn, the original wine grower In the United
STATES, whose wines have become famous over
S<ie world also his 80 Climax Grape Brandy
See What President Says of Brandy
for Sickness.
Fhe President of the Baltimore Medical Col
5ege, who has thoroughly tested Speer's Wines
and BRANDY Gays:
,'speers Climax Brandy is o pure and value
aoie article in all cases of disease In which a
reliable stimulant Is required. regard it SUI
Oerfor to most French Braudies
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-05

PhosphOric acid, one OF the essential
fertilizing ingredients. IS derived from
materials called phosphates. Il does
not exist alone, but III combination
most commonly as phosphate Of lime
in the form Of bones, rock phosphate
and phosphate Stag. Phosphorus aciG
occurs in fertilizers in three forms
soluble, reverted. and insolubIe phos-
phoric acid.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
CAST IRON ]. COMBINE.
Prominent FOundrymen of the Countr
% Form an. Qraan alton n.

Prominent Foundrymen of the Country
Form an. Organization
81 CHICAGO, Feb. Z The Post SAYS: One
Of the latest movements to combine in
dustrial corporations is that which has
for its object the consolidation of a
number of the more important cast iron
plants of the country. The name Of the
company is to be the United States Cast
Iron and Foundry company, and will
have capitalization of $24, 600, 900, di-
vided into $12,OO0,OO0 of Z per cent
noncumulative pref and $12, 900, 900
of common stock. The combination will
be made up Of the American Pipe and
Foundry company, Dennis Long
& Co., Adhesion Pipe and Steel
company, Lake Shore Foundry COM
pany, Ohio Pipe company, Buffalo
Pipe company, McNeal Pipe and Foun-
dry company, and National Pipe and
Foundry works. These eight concerns
are said to control more than 90 per
cent of the total output of cast iron pipe
in the country. More than one-half of
the capital stock of the new corporation
has been taken by the owners of the
plants which it is proposed to CONSOLE
date, and $4,0O0.OOO of the remainder
has been subscribed for in New York.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
HE ,AvY STOCK LOSSES

skeportss From the Cattle Ranges Are
8 Ear From Reassurinx.
DENVER, Colo, Feb, The reports
coming II constantly from the ranges ID
81 parts Of the west show very bad con-
dltions for the cattle and other stock
which EaEl is roaming the plains during this
terrible weather. It is generally &C.
knoWledged that stock will be in danger
OF heavy losses if the cold continues
longer. People coming into Denver
from the south and west say that
punches. Of cattle are frequently seen
wallowing IN three or four feet Of snow
and standing against trees with their
backs to theswind. It is getting harder
daily for them to obtain any feed for
browsing, for a thin but stiff crust is
forming in many places on the drifts,
which renders it very difficult for the
animals to reach the food beneath.
Mr.. John w. Springer, president of
the National Livestock association, has
received advices from Montana, Wyo-
ming and Texas to the effect that there
would be heavy losses in the vast herds
Of range cattle within the week. s
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
EMPEROR VII u IAN SPEAKS.

aoA6nxoll6rDs Ows AIlexianoo IA God
nd to, the Saernla m Paopls
BERLIN, Feb William
speaking at the annual banquet ST the
Brandenburg diet. said:
Sss The Hohenzol1 erns have always con-
Mdered themselves responsible to God
personally for their acts, and a sense Of
responsibility to the people has also
been inherited by every Hohenzoller
4. hen ] stood on the Mount of
Olives, renewed the oath taken to the
colors, not to leave a stone unturned to
assure the welfare Of the people b
His majesty recalled Marshal Won
Moltke's words to Prince Bismarck,
after the Franco German war:
8 Now is the time to see the tree
grow" and said: 81 will be good
gardener to the tree Of the German en-
pire, looping off the branches which i'm
pede its growth and extirpating obnox-
ious root gnawers. = The emperor then
alluded to the universal efforts being
made to maintain peace and declared
that Germany must stand united, like
g bronze rock, against any attempt to
disturb peace.
He added: ssPeace must be nre-
served at home and abroad and the PEG
pie Of the mark.of Brandenburg, above
al, must lend me their help to do so.'' as
His majesty concluded with calling
for cheers for the mark Of Brandenburg
and its inhabitants. 8 IA
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
Mr.. BARRETT,S TALK.
Ex-Minister to Siam Makes a Short Ad
dress at Hong Kong.

Ex-Minister to Siam Makes Short Adj
dress at Hong Kong.
HONG hoNG, Feb. John Barrett,
the former United States minister to
Siam, who is returning to the United
States, delivered an address to an
audience composed Of British of
Gals, business men, Americans
and Filipinos. Regarding the Philip
pines, Mr.. Barrett urged the necessity
of the United States forming a semi-in-
dependent protectorate until the ability
of the Filipinos to stand alone is demon
strated, the United States reserving the
strategetic naval base, like Subig bay,
giving her control of the situation and
strengthening her throughout the far
East.
Mr.. Barrett also declared that the
difficulties ahead Of the United States
had been grossly exaggerated for the
purpose OF defeating the ratification Of
the treaty OF peace with Spain.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
Hadley gave himself up to the author
tiles and was taken to- the Atlanta iail.
is OFFICIALLY REPORTED
Officers Could Not Restrain the Enrape
Comrades.

Officers Could Not Restrain the Enraged
Comrades.
WASHINGTON, Feb. General Nc
Clermond, in temporary command at
Augusta during the absence of General
Young, telegraphed the war depart
ment as follows:
.'About 100 members of the Fifteenth
Minnesota volunteer infantry started
for Augusta during the morning to
avenge the murder by civilian Of a
member of that regiment. The officers
of the regiment tried to stop them, but
failed. The rioters were arrested by
the Third cavalry and their arms taken
from them. They were brought back
to camp and are now under guard.
General Sumner, the division COM
mander, has the matter we'll in hand
and all danger is apparently over"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
MINOR ITEMS OF5lNTEREST

Adispatch from Berlin announces the
death Of Emile Joachim, the singer.
Mrs. Botkin, the San Francisco mur.
derer, has been given a life sentence.
The Rt. Rev. William O Meara, bishop
of the Roman Catholic diocese at Scran-
ton, Pa, is dead.
The ''no popery" agitation in England
has reached an acute stage and has be.
come uppermost in politics.
Alice Anterior, the burlesque actress,
died in New York Saturday after a
weeks illness from pneumonia.
], Germany claims that. Chief Justice
Chambers, the American, exceeded his
authority in the Samoan difficulty.
Albert Garvin, former warden of the
Minnesota penitentiary, has been chosen
warden of the Connecticut state prison
Porter Warner, receiver of the United
States land office at Rapid City, S. D.;
and one of the Oldest pioneers Of the
Black Hills, is dead. 4
Dennis O'Connell of East Grand
Forks, Mimi, a member of the Fiji.
teenth Minnesota regiment, was killed
in a quarrel at Augusta, Ga. @
Frank Blair shot and instantly killed
Edward Brovard and Mary Anderson at
Westminster, o., and Immediately
afterwards committed suicide.
When the steamer Spartan Prince,
from Genoa, reached quarantin in New
York the secret service agents boarded
her and arrested three members of an
alleged gang of Italian counterfeiters.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
Hundred Of the M EN-, Fully
Armed, Leave Camp to
So Get the Murderer.
MILITARY LAWS VIOLATED.
Ammunition Cases Broken
Open and Supply Of
Cartridges Taken.
The Entire Lot Is Rounded Up
and the Ringleaders Are
Placed in Irons.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Feb. Z. This has been.
q day of wild excitement in and around
Augusta. The trouble arose over the
killing of Dennis y Connell, Company
+, Fifteenth Minnesota. by Brown Had
ley, a barkeeper. The difficulty began,
1t is said, over profane language used in
the hearing Of Hadley's wife. Many Of.
the soldiers of the Fifteenth Minnesota.
swore vengeance. Shortly after break
fast about 100 of the men made plans
for the capture Of the murderer. The
enlisted men had no ball cartridge for
their rifles, but gong to the regimental
company store they took pickaxes and
broke open the ammunition cases, each
man taking about so rounds Of ammuni-
ton. The news soon reached General
Sumner the commander of the First di-
vision of the Second army corps, and he
Ordered Out the Third Cavalry,
the Tenth Ohio and Thirty fifth Michi-
gan regiments. The men were deployed
as skirmishers and the woods in the vi
cinity of the camp were secured thor
oughly. It was some time before any
of the men who were breaking away
could be found, but about 1890 Troop
A, under command of Lieutenant Haw-
kins, found the entire lot, about 60 men,
entirely armed.
They were taken to division headquar-
tiers and put under guard. General
Sumner issued orders that all passes
should be confscated and that no more
be issued. The ringleaders were put in
irons. The military authorities refuse
to give the names Of the men under ar
rest.
Hadley gave himself up to the author
tiles and was taken to, the Atlanta Jail.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
The Sequel to the Joke.

Many years ago a. visitor to Edin-
burgh was being shown over the high
court Of jnsticiary. He made some re-
mark concerning the dock and its du-
ties, and in reply the official jokingly
said the visitor might one day be sem
fenced to be hanged in that very room.
The sightseer was the notorious DR..
Pritohard. Two years had barely passed
when in the dock he had SO closely in
spected he was doomed to death for
poisoning his wife and mother-in law.
London Mail
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08

failed to respond to the medical treat
ment and for several weeks his condi-
ton had been critical. Colonel Sexton
had been living at the Arlington hotel,
but about two weeks ago he was re
moved to the Garfield hospital
Mrs. Sexton and her son William
were with the colonel at the time of his
death. The body was taken to Chi
'cago. There was no funeral service in
this city, but six members of the Grand
Army acted as pail bearers both when
the body was removed from the hospital
and put aboard the train.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
MANY PEOPLE INJURED.

Dreyfusites Attempt to Break Up a Meet
ing at Marseilles.
MARsEILLEs, Feb. AT a meeting
here of the Anti-Dreyfus League Of
Patriots in the Alahambra hall a he's
tile demonstration on the part of some
2Dreyfusites led to serious fighting in
the streets, during which revolvers
were fired. The police repressed the
disturbances, but a number of people
were injured. Many arrests were made.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
Belgium Post Captured.

. Brussels, Feb. TT is reported that.
the Belgian post at Rejaf has been cap
tured by the dervishes. Rejaf is sit
uated on the Nile, between Fashoda
and Uganda. It was attacked by the
dervishes in force in June last but they
were repulsed by the garrison
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
BATTLE IN A COURTROOM.
Two Men Fatally Shot and Six wounded
at Drew, Ia.

TWO NIGH Fatally Shot and SIX WOunded
at Drew, Ia.
WEBSTER City, Ia., Feb. IA
pitched battle occurred in Justice
Smiths courtroom in Drew, Wright
county, resulting in two men, Charles
Hall and Fred Bartfeld being fatally
wounded, another shot through the arm
and five other more or less injured by
blows from pokers, clubs and chairs.
DiHerencesSover the location Of a bridge
had divided the townspeople into fac
lions, the dispute finally eliminating in
a riot. The courtroom was crowded at
the time, and a. panic ensued when the
firing began, many people Jumping
through the windows in their efforts to
get out of the way.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-08
wade Takes Command at Smelling.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7Major General
James r. Wade, q. S. Y. has been di--
rected to proceed to st. Paul and take
command of the department. Of Da-
kota, relieving Brigadier General
John NJ. Bacon, ordered to join his reg
inent in Cuba.