New Ulm review., 1899-08-02
SLEEPY EYE.


lagher of Winona, was enjoyed by his
friends Thursday evening.
Commander Barcus of the G. & N. W.
bridge force on this section of the road
laid new freight platform this week
and now the freight men look much
pleasanter.
Mrs. M. P. Montgomery chaperoned
q picnic party of Brooklyn and Mud
town young folks to the Cottonwood
river Wednesday where a delightful
time was spent just below the Windhorn
bridge.
The Macca5ees initiated large class
Wednesday night and will hold spec
ial meeting Monday night to accommo-
date number of others who wish to be-
come members of the order.
Mr.. and Mrs. Won Hagen and family
returned Monday night from their east
ern tip in Wisconsin and Illinos.
Mr.. VIM. Somerville, father of Sena-
tor Somerville, who has been spending
few days with his son returned to his
home in Viola, Mimi.
Admiral Dewey has declined to be-
come particeps criminis to 500
plate dinner. And yet some people still
insist that he is Republican.
It is now suggested that Mr.. Algcr
was retained in the cabinet SO long be-
cause he "knew too much" But the
popular impression outside of Washing
ton is that he knew too little.
4 trust is now being formed to con-
troll the entire coffee product of the
world. If something is not done to
head off this insiduous growth, the wa
ter and air supply of the world will be
some day dished out by trust.
JnesmuCh as the war in the Philip
pines is costing the United States more
than q million dollars day, the desire
OF the people to have it hurried to a close
is perfectly natural; but there is nothing
IN sight to indicate that it will be graf
fled soon.
Assistant Secretary of War Melklejo John
is ambitious to succeed Senator Thurs
ton from Nebraska. 1t will be necessary
for him to draw the line sharply be-
tween his responsibility and that of his
superior in the acts Of his department be-
fore he can hope to succeed.
Elihu Root the new secretary of war
may not know much about fighting, but
he can shoot arguments and pleadings
into poor Aguinaldo and his followers,
and terrorize them with words. If that
doesn't fetch them to time he can tax up
the costs, including his attorneys fees,
and thus utterly bankrupt them. They
will not be the first who have gone down
before the irresistible charges of New
York lawyer.
It is stated and may be taken for
granted that the price of hard coal will
above the price paid last year. Tie
mine owners claim they have been losing
Of l,e oft Of loo md
the lake steamers prefer hauling ore.
This of course has to be taken with
grain of salt, as it is unheard off, that
the coal kings should have operated
their mines for the public benefit. You
may as well get ready to pay higher
rates for your coal or do without them,
if you can. The strike of the coal
miners for higher wages is still on, but
we have not heard OF any raise in their
wages. Alas, the poor mine owners.
james Creclman, the we'll known war
correspondent for the n. Y. Journal
writes as follows: "After having spent
several months with our troops in the
Philippines, am firmly convinced that
unless General Otis is removed and a
competent general put in command the
whole campaign will be failure.
was in the Cuban campaign as we'll as
in the Philippines, and l Can say honest
ly without the slightest prejudice that
General Otis is much more responsible
for the disastrous, humiliatlng condition
of affairs in the east than General Shat
ter was for the calamitles in Cuba.
Minneapolis is soon to have one of the
biggest linseed oil mills in the country
and rumor has it that it will not 60 into
,he combine known as the American