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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
LOCAL
NEW S.

NOTICE:-ONE OF THE RULES
OF THIS INSTITUTION IS THAT ALL
LETTERS WRITTEN BY INMATES
MUST BE SIGNED WITH THE FULL
NAME OF THE WRITER.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10

The Mirror Among the visitors
Register. who repistered at
The MIRROR Office during the past
week we're NJ. j. Shelley, Mrs. G..
n. Masse, Mrs. Hiram d. Wood,
Minneapolis, and Mr.. J. B. loft,
Saltwater.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10

Deputy Warden Glennon has
gone east on a furlough of ten
days. His duties are being at
tended to by Assistant Deputy
Warden Colligan during his alb
sence.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10

Guard Stilkey slipped and fell
in the yard few days ago receiv-
ing injuries which confined him
to his house for several days.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
SOME HAPPENINGS
OF THE WEEK.
HE FAILED TO DIP HER.

HE FAILED TO DIP HER.
Rev. Ira Estepp, who for fifteen
years has been a minister in the
Baptist church at Nashville, Tenn.
has been expelled from the min.
istry of that church on the charge
of violating the rules of the church
on the question of baptism.
A short time ago, his daughter
Mrs. Fannie Meeks, died, and just
before she expired, she asked hel
father to baptize her.
She was too ill to be immersed
as the church requires, and Mr.
Estepp performed the service by
pouring water on her head. Fol
this act he was brought before the
Baptist congregation in the city
for trial. but each time he was
indicated.
The church obtained a change
of venue and the case was trans.
ferred to Wards chapel, three
miles north of Inez, where Mr.
Estepp was found guilty of violat.
ing the laws of the church. His
license was at once revoked. Mr.
Estepp will appeal to the courts
for redress.
A NOVEL BEAR TRAP.
j. G. Davis, farmer residing al
Richfield, Wis, has invented 6
novel bear trap which has been
proven a success. For some time
Mr.. Davis was troubled by bea1
that came into his yard at night
knocked open his beehives and
devoured the honey. The depre.
dations continued for such length
of time, and bruin so successfully
evaded rifle bullets, that the farmer
determined to trap him.
He took a beer key, knocked the
top out and placed some honey in
the bottom. Then he drove long
spikes into the key at a sharp
angle, making it simple matter
for the bear to put his head in the
key, but difficult matter for him
to withdraw it. This device he
placed in the BEARS usual nocturnal
haunt. The next morning there
was nothing but hair and con.
fusion to be seen-the trap and the
bear had disappeared.
Mr.. Davis had given up all hopes
of hearing of the bears fate, but g
report came from Chippewa county
some fifty miles away, stating that
dead bear had been found with g
Marshfeld beer key over it's head
and how it came there was a matter
Of much speculation. To Davis
however, it was perfectly plain.
AMERICAN ANARCHIST IN ROME.
Glavinowich, an anarchist who
recently arrived at Rome has been
arrested. He had been heard to
threaten the lives of the pope and
Cardinal Rampolla, pontifcaI sec.
rotary of state. Boschieri, another
anarchist, has been arrested al
Milan. Glavinowich is said to be
a member Of the Patterson, N. J..
COLONY of anarchists
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
GOSSIP FROM
THE OUTSIDE
WORLD.
SMASHING ILLEGAL IN KANSAS.

Last Saturday the Kansas SUI
preme court affirmed the judgment
of the district court of Shawnee
county in the case of the state
against Bale Stark. Stark was
one of Carrie Nations assistants
in joint smashing. In one of their
raids they destroyed property
which led to arrests. Stark was
fined 1928 and costs. In the sylla-
bus the court says:
Cali places where intoxicating
liquors are sold or kept for sale,
or places where persons are per-
mitted to resort for the purpose of
drinking the same, are declared by
statute to be common nuisances.
This fact, however, does not JUS
tify their abatement by any person
or persons without process of law.
They can be abated only by a
prosecution instituted in behalf of
the public by the proper officers.
The destruction or injury to prop
erty used in aid of the maintenance
of such nuisances, except in the
manner provided by the statute, is
a trespass.
The opinion was written by
Justice Smith.
GOSSIP OF THE CUP RACES.
The international yacht races
are over for this season, and the
cup still remains on this side of
the water.
The race last Thursday was
another surprise, columbia" de-
feating the challenger in just the
sort of weather the latter would
have chosen. In the race Friday
'Shamrock" crossed the line two
seconds ahead of the American
boat, but lost the race on the time
allowance.
The second defeat of Shamrock
IL. has revived the talk about a
Canadian challenger for the cup.
There are two groups of men who
have evinced some intention of
challenging. One is headed by
Commodore Gooderham of Toronto
and of the Royal Canadian Yacht
club. Gooderham is immensely
wealthy, and hissporting diversions
run to fine horses and yachts.
Ex- Commodore Jarvis of Toronto
would be the manager of the boat.
The other group is composed of
ex-Commodore James Ross of the
Royal St. Lawrence Yacht club,
the street railway king, and with
him would be President Whitney
Of the Dominion Steel and Iron
company of Synd-y. G. T., and
mum Der Of its shareholders.
The Toronto syndicate probably
would have their boat designed in
England, but the iron and steel
syndicate would have George Her.
rick Diggan design and manage
her.
Sir Thomas Upton is quoted as
having said that IF the cup is to
be lifted he is the man who will
do the lifting" from which it may
be deduced that he proposes build
ing still another challenger.
KEPT ALIVE BY HUMAN FLESH.
Passengers on the steamship
Glenogle, which arrived in Ia
coma. Wash, Monday, report
most fearful condition of affairs in
the famine stricken districts of
China. In the district of Shansi.
they say, babes and young chill
dren are being butchered by the
wholesale and freely sold among
the starving people. The empress
dowager has forbidden the prac-
tice but can only enforce obedi-
ence in a very small district. Mis-
cioy r;oc oyI -o1:~:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 800 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Catholic services every alternate Sunday.
Rev. s. j. Kennedy and Rev. FIR. C0rcOran
chaplalnS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10

..............M Member of Glass 3D. -
Paper-"Practical Application of Language"
............M Member of Glass I'D. -
Mandolin Solo MINIMUM. Member of Glass &C. -
Paper-"Fruits of Sicily" Member of Glass "a
Reading from "Three Men in a BOat.".
............ The President.
The Man on He sat on the floor
the Third Tier. of a cell on the
third tier, counting up his
fingers. His face was death-like
in it's pallor; line of black en-
circled each eye and he stared
vacantly into the distance. He
was such an unusual sight that
The MIRROR man stopped to
find out what the trouble was, as
he made his rounds one night last
week. There was no response,
other than a facial contortion, to
the first question.
"What is my name?" repeated
the man in the cell, in a hard, dry
whisper. Look on the door and
tell me. [ forgot what it is And
he went on counting his fingers
"What do you want? What is
the matter with you?'' were the
next questions. The man started
violently to his feet and leaned
against the door of the cell, pant
ing for breath.
"Sleep!' he exclaimed tragically.
"SSleep is what [ want! No." he
continued more quietly after a
moment, "the doctor can do moth
ing for me; [ am beyond the reach
Of his skill. And when 1 con-
slider how happy l was two short
weeks ago-how robust and con-
tented with my lott almost
drives me mad! Here he tore his
hair. After a moment he once
more spoke calmly.
ut came about this way" he
said. "For months past the cell
above me has been empty-there
has been no one in it. Then Rose.
whom [ always thought was
kindly disposed toward me, put a
new man in it-a disciple of the
strenuous life who is anxious to
keep a clean record. Before he
came to the dollhouse Mr.. Gal
lagher took him aside and told him
that he must always keep his floor
clean, showed him how to make
his bed and impressed on him the
necessity of being up in time in
the morning. Little did he know
that he was signing my death war
rant when he took that man into
the crank cell and showed him how
it was DONE" Here his voice sank
to a whisper and he breathed hard.
"Well," he continued after a
moment, "that new man wakes up
at 10 o'clock and starts to dress at
half-past ten. He puts on his
shoes first, of course, in order to
be able to step out at once if the
bar should be thrown. AS soon as
he is fully dressed about mid
night, that is-he cleans his floor
with sand. Then he cleans his
cuspidor by filing it with water
and throwing it on the floor. If
the guard passes and turns the
lantern in on him, he becomes
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
Meeting Of Inere was more
ohautauaua Circle. life and interest


ohautauaua Circle. life and interest
displayed at the meeting of the
Pierian Chautauqua circle last
Sunday than has been shown at
those gatherings for some time.
The papers read we're interesting,
the music tuneful and the program
went with dash and vim. The
report of the critic, who mad
vertantly compared Bismarck and
Gladstone, precipitated hot dis
cussion between the German and
Irish members on one side and the
rest of the globe on the other.
1t required but a few moments
to finally put quietus on the
much discussed mock congress.
It was decided to dispense with
this feature in the future and
occupy the entire time of the
meetings with the course of study.
Hereafter there will be three class
reports and one special paper read
at each meeting, while ten minutes
will be devoted to the discussion
of each paper. The program in
full Sunday was as follows:
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06

introduced Saturday and referred 10
the committee on military ahairs, rs
ported back from the COMMITTEES on
Monday and Immediately passed under
suspension Of thesTulss on the same day.
This il the brief but brilliant record Of
Hon. s. D. Peserson's joint memorial.
known as House File 394, asking the
Congress of the United States to extend
TO the citizens of the State Of Minnesota,
who actually participated in the military
operations of the INDIAN War of 1862
1864, and their surviving widows and
children, the benefit of the pension laws
ure is of great general interest it is
especially 50 TO large number of Mr
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
WILL SUBMIT IT
TO THE PEOPLE
Shall the City Own it's Electric Light
ing Plant?.
The Council Unanimously Adopts the Resolution to
Submit the Proposition to the Voters.

of but three and three-feurths hours pei
night, while the new plans contemplate
a plant which shall give to the city 82
streets lights to run upon an all night
schedule, each light to- be of 1000 can
die power. To arrive at the same re-
suit under the present arrangement
would necessItate the appropriations of
not less than $4,000 per year. It is
computed that with the new system, un-
der city control, the increased service
would cost but S4.216, a saving Of $1,-
Ts4 per year.
Il. their search for information the
committee visited Sleepy Eye, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis, Owatonna, Rochester, Aus
tin, Farbault, Albert Lea, Mankato and
W lseca.
The Review goes into this matter with
the best of feeling for the present light
Ing company but honestly believes that
the only proper solution of the Difficult
ty is In muuiclpaI ownership and earn
estly hopes, without prejudice to the
New Utn Electric Light s. Power COM
pany, that tie people of the city will
give the matter careful consideration
and that the resolution to be voted on
at the coming elect1on may receive the
necessary two-thirds vote to secure its
adoption.
Let there be light.
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
crone gros.' Specials.

New waist cloths that only come in
one waist pattern. They are new and
pretty and you will surely want one of
tnem. Come and see them.
Flee line of china silks in all dainty
cogors and sell at only a5cts per yard.
They are all new.
Be sare and get some Of our guaran-
teed black silk eaifesa. II is good and
viii give ros perfect satisfaction.
We have aoaae new linen and batten-
berg pa1tarns. They are new, pretty
and very cheap. Also some new pillow
tops.
Do not neglect to see our black suits
for confirmasions whether you buy OF
not, it Is TO Jour interest Is well as to
ours.
Our line Of summer soft negligee
shirts are in better values and patterns
than ever before.
We sell trouser hangers for creasine
at Is cents.
Canned corn cans for a5c-
Cabbage, good solid heads, 4 cent
per pound
Smoked white fish, 12s cents per lb.
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
INSTITUTE coMMANDERY.

The Masonic fraternity will be strict
Iy IN evidence in this city this evening,
the occasion being the institution of q
new Commandery by Grand Commander.
Thomas II. Warren, of Saltwater. For
the event Masonic hall has been beauti-
fully ra-papered and decorated until il
IL one Of the very neasest society halls
in the northwest and special attention
has been given 10 all contsmporaneous
arrangements to make the occasion one
long to be remembered by compass and
square men in this vicinity. 4 large
attendance 10 assured from Minneapolis,
St. Paul, MAnkato and surrounding CT
ties and 1t Il certain that the whole al
fair will be managed in truly Masonic
style. Following the institution Of the
Commandery and the installation Of Its
officers banquet will be served In the
spacious dining rooms of the lodge.
The principal officers of the new organi-
zation will be as follows:
E. C.-Jos. Bobleter.
g. 90. NJ. Olsen.
q. CO. G. Strickler.
E. PA. Marden.
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06

The "A" and ssB" classes of-the high
school, that is TO say the pupils OF the
Shird and fourth years, have in course of
preparation an entertainment tn be Civ
en- in the high school auditorium on the
evening of the 22ud of the present
month whgf h we feel assured will be
we'll worth attending. Two laughable
farces will be produced entitled 'sBy
TeIephone'' and ~ Perp!exing Situa
ton" The writer knows that many of
the young people are blessed with strong
histrouic talent and feels certain that the
plays will t,s given with Tigor and un-
derstanding. A small admission fee will
be charged and the receipts will be de-
voted to the purchase of new books for
the school library.
February weather, us reported by An
drew J. Ecksteiu, observer, was sone-
what more rigorous than might have
been expected, judging from past exper-
ience. The average temperature for the
month WAS 1896 above zero, the lowest
point reached being 8 below aud the
highest 80 above. The coldest day oc-
CURED upon the 9Th and the warmest ON
the 18th. The total snow fall OF the
month WAS 525 iuch's. There were II
clear days during the month, none de
nominated as cloudy, and IL partly
cloudy, so it will be seen that the dis
covery of his shadow by the traditional
grounding, although followed by colder
weather, did not also indicate the con-
tinual Yelling of the sun. The prevail
ng Wind, were northwest.
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
JOS. HAAS AT LAS VEGAS.

Joseph Haas, or sep" as he is more
Familiarity called, who went to New Mex
leo short time ago for his health writes
the following interesting letter which We
publish through the kindness of Dr..
Schoch.
East Las Vegas, N. NJ, March /,
Dear Doctor:
We had some very bad weather here
at first but sprihg seems now to have
commenced. I an. out in the air MS
much as possible and sleep with win
dows open. | Irented three pretty little
rooms and my sister is doing the house
keeping.
There are two towns here, East Las
Vegas (the new town) and Las Vegas,
the old town. The new town is iucor-
porated and the old town is not. So
you can imagine that they sometimes
have hot time in the old town.
If [ could only talk Spanish than 1t
would be all right, but this way when
you hear four or five of them talking
together you surely do not think you
are in New Ulm.
One thing that tickled ME was to see
the wives snd daughters of rich families
ride horseback the same as men do The
Mexican women smoke cigarettes when
they go down town shopping. What
would the people up home says
Charles Toberer is still here but in
tends to leave on the 7th Considering
the weather I feel good.
Jos. Haas.
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
1t is up to the people,

1t is up to the people,
By unanimous vote the city council at
its regular meeting last night adopted
resolution authorizing the issuing of
municipal bonds to the amount of $780,
900 for the purpose of erecting and in
stalling an electric lighting plant, both
street and commercial, aud this resoIu-
ton will be presented to the voters Of
the city at the coming municipal cleo
ton TO be held on Tuesday, April 2.
The special lighting committee, con-
sisting of Aldermen Manderfeld and
Eibner and City Attorney Eckstein,
made an exhaustive report giving IN
detail the results of thel1 visits to num-
erous other cities and the estimates of
we'll known electrical experts. From
this report 1t would appear that while
the first cost of suitable plant which
will give to the city proper service for
the next ten or fifteen years reaches the
$4,000 mark, the installation of such u
plant as the one contemplated by the
committee will not ouIy reduce the cost
of lights to the consumer but will also
become source of revenue to the city.
The report recites the fact that for the
year 1900 the city paid to the present
lighting company the sum of sa,2SS
for 81 street arc lights of 1900
candle power running upon al average
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
AN UNJUST DECISION.

A few of our exchanges have. doubt
less unwietingly, done Col. Bobleter
great injustice in their notice of the re-
cent decision Of Judge Kelly in the mat
ter of the liability of himself and bonds
men for the deficit caused during his
incumbency of the Office of state treas
urer caused by the failure of certain
banks IN which a portion OF the state
funds were deposited With reference
to the matter the st. Paul Pioneer Press
of last Wednesday said: '.There could
not be a more fitting illustration of the
rank and pernicious injustice of the law
requiring the state treasurer or any other
public official to furnish penal bonds by
which private parties agree To- become
responsible for any loss to the state by
reason Of his failure to perform any of
his official duties, than the decision of
Judge Kelly, holding ex- Treasurer Bob
Letter and his personal sureties personally
liable for the loss of the state treasury
of $93,95s caused by the failure in 1898
of the banks in which the funds were
deposited. Mr. Bobleter In 1898 de-
posted state moneys in three several
Minneapolis BANKS to the amount of
$137, 600, with the full approval of the
board of auditors. The banks went un-
der In the panic of that year, leaving
balance of $93,95S unpaid for which the
court holds that Col. Bobieter and his
bondsmeu are liable As the result of
the same panic all the five boudsmen
except oGe are also said to be lnsoIvent,
or at least stimpoverished and so through
calamity resulting from no fault of his
the one r.maining solvent bondsnan, if
Judge Kelly's opinion is sustained by
the supreme court, will be compelled TO
pay this large amount of money into
the State treasury
The supreme court should, as it
DOUBTLESS will, reverse this decision, even
though II places the loss of this money
upon the state. III the making of the
deposits ia question Ars5Bohle'er did
lauIy what be Tas required to do by law,
deposit the state funds In banks approved
Ibv the bsarsi Of auditors, and that he or
his boHdsmrus sneuid be required %
make good loss for which they we're
in na way responsible and could not
have. foreseen IS the height of injustice.
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
TURNER HALL.
Program Gymro6tic Exercises of
New UIm TurnVerei1.

Boys class 6 to II years. Monday and
Thursday, lis to 5 p. m.
Boys class Go to "A years. Monday
and Thursday, to p. NJ.
Girls class Is to II years) Thursday
aud Friday, AIS to 5. p. m.
Girls class III to Is years. Thursday
and Friday, 5 to P nj.
Girls class (t5 years and over We'd
nesday, 7:3O TO $50 p. M; Saturday,
1880 to 9 pm.
Ladies' and women's class, Thursday,
7;45 to 3 p. Ia
Junior class, boys Gage IA to II years.
Monday, 7;30 TO p. NJ; Friday, 80
TO $50 p. N.
Mems class, (age Il years and over
Tuesday and Friday, s:l5 to 10 p. m.
NEW ULM TURNvEREIs
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06

Petezson,s,censBiiuesh II Brown county
md i i sA.iis ifnally 70 issccsded to b
consrsss viii bssng joy 10 many homes
in New Ulm axd sicialsy- This locality,
in common. sishsothers portions Of the
state, has m4@5~ men ~h6 fought v,li-
antly for thu prptectioai of their homes
during the Ip5iak outhsrssx serving their
country IN thst respect q braveIy and
efficiently - the, enlisted soidie, in the
south, and yet they were never mustered
into the government service and are
Therefore outside the province of present
pension legislation. Thn is certainly
unjust and Mr. Peterson's efforts in Sc
curing the passage Of this memorial will
be thoroughly .prEecisas.
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
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Real estate transfers for week ending
Tuesday, March 5, 1901.
John Simmet ct al to Joseph Wer-
E dan, lots FL, 1s, Is, blk 215, N
New Ulm ...-.s. $50
j. Peter Liesenfeld and wife to Hem
ry Liesenfeld, sec. 4 20-109-31 5000
John Schneider and wife to Alfred
Bigot 20 acres 24-1Ug -g5 -. 1897
Wino1a & st. Peter Land Co. to
John Lauy, 40 acres 23-tgs So 400
John Meyer ard wife to CHRISTIAN
Martens, lot t2 blk IS s. New
uIm. $50
estern Town Lot Co. to Charles
WGrussendorf, lots 5, 6. blk 10,
Comfrev a25
Western Town Lot Co. to Alfred
III. and Charles H. Bradbury,
lots 10, IL, blk 1, Comfrey 300
Oscar Larson to Catherine Bertrand
12o acres 10s 33. .... 1850
Fred Spoerhase to Emil Wicherski,
lot 3, blk 1o4. s. New Ul.n. 500
Anthony Schmitt and wife to Char
les Silyerson. lot end SO lot 6,
blk SO, s. New Ulm ...... 1850
Ferd. Schwarzrock to M. Lei,rer,
lots 1, 2, 8, blk 8 Schwarzreck's
4th add. to Springfield -. - 800
Thomas Nelson and wife to G. o.
Peterson, lot and 90 8, blk 8,
Comffey ...... ....... .... 900
Lora Humphrey to Austin T. Hud
son, so acres sa-r0s 80. .-... asoo
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
GRAND OPENING.

The formal opening OF the Travellers
Exchange, under Its new management,
took place Saturday evening aud was a
pronounced success liz every particular.
Frank L. Peterson, the new proprietor,
is very evidently an up-to-date business
man who realizes that even saloon may
be conducted upon business principles.
The attendance az The opening was very
large, there being great many of Mr..
Peterson's friends present from Redwood
Falls and Lake Benton, where he also
has saloons, to congratulate him upon
the auspicious opening of his business in
this city. The principle features of the
evening were the presence OF the Turner
Hall Orchestra which discoursed most
excellent music throughout the entire
evening, the presentation to each visitor
of an elegans button hole bouquet and
a Harper souvenir. A magnificent lunch
consisting of roast turkey, ham celery,
and host of other toothsome delicaeies
which the reporters note book failed to
catch. was served from 6 40 until I and
everything went merry as marriage bell.
The Review congratulates Mr.. Peterson
upon his NEST pleasant and successful
Introduction to the people of New Ulm.
New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
MARRIAGE LICENSES

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Marriage licenses for week ending
Tuesday, March 5, 1901.
Henry Reireke, New Ulm
Mary Frederick, New U1m