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not get away without the aid of the
physician. He was called by the good
prohIbitionists who delighted in the
work of destruction. Now the pro-
prietor says he has a good case against
the insurrectionists and they put up
the claim that they can make him
plenty of trouble for selling liquors IL
legally.
Marring the tranquility of ord, a
school and municipal fight is in pro-
gress-a difference between the city
council and the school trustees over
license money. 1t is predicted that be
fore the end is reached the courts will
have to take the matter in hand.
Meanwhile. since the districts of school
and city are Identical the quarrel is
characterized as that of a man fight
ing himself The school authorities
claim a right to all the license money
except that of drays and this they
concede to the city on the ground that
its legality is doubtful Owing to this
doubt the city lords are not disposed
TO be placated by this offering.
z
In the county of Platte resides a lit
tie Russian boy, who has shown him
self to be uncommonly bright. He has
been in this country only three years
and yet in that time he has learned
the language better than many of his
fellow countrymen who have been
here nearly all their lives. Recently
his school was put to an examination,
the usual mid-winter examination. and
he got along pretty we'll with most of
the questions. Finally he came to a
couple which were more than he could
handle Rather than give up he wrote
out answers in Russian and had his
teacher going south when she came to
his paper Meanwhile he had had time
to study up on the questions and when
the teacher called him to her he was
able to translate his answers correctly.
But i'm addition to his cleverness he
possesses a conscience, and when he
came Ia think about it he confessed
his little scheme to his teacher and
stood marked back on the two ques-
tions, where he belonged.
e
Nothing is as good as nerve. An
aged gentleman in Grand Island who
was hard of hearing recently lent his
ear to a divorce case which was on
trial. He was greatly annoyed that
the tremulous, fearful lady on the
stand did not talk with sufficient force
of lung. In the midst of her testimony
he spoke up brusquely to the court:
Your honor. we can't hear" To the
immense amazement of the court
FOUNDERS who knew better the old gen
tleman was properly rebuked with
Nobody knows that it is your husi-
ness to hear"
Two horses died a unique death near
St Paul the other evening when the
weather was piercing cold. Two young
men were driving them home and in
the darkness they could not see the
road. so allowed the horses to follow it
as best they might. In the course of
their travels they We're obliged TO cross
the Loup river. The bridge being in
state of dismantlement for the sake of
repairs they had 20 cross the river on
the ice. The horses got out of the
path and the first the drivers realized
of il was when with n splash the ami
mails went into the water. BY only
the quickest movements they saved the
rig. The opening was where ice cutters
had been at work Unable 10 get the
horses out, the young men started for
help. When they returned a little while
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substantial
brick 1t is owned jointly O. Faulkner NJ
building
on
architecture
H
few months which just being competed
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E.
\ l. Williams L.
Mr. Caddock returned New York. where
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A miniature oil boom has started up
in Sarpy county two miles south and
west of South Omaha. L. s. TON, a
barber of South Omaha, is at the bot
tom of it. Recently he bored a sixty
five foot well on his three acre tract
and up rose an oil scum on the water
II kept coming and he forthwith took
after some oil experts and getting them
out there. they pronounced the opinion
that an oil vein of good dimensions ex-
listed somewhere thereabouts. This was
very good news to the people surround
ing and they all remembered the oil
that fioated on the creek nearby most
of the time. Investigations are still in
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made Caesar Napoleon, Grant great
among men.
l am willing to concede to the bioCrah h.
ers of military heroes and to the writ.
ers of history all they demand for the
man and for the deeds. I will admit thai
a battle has changed the progress of a
people, and retarded or advanced their
prosperity l will allow as reasonable ali
the arguments they base on Waterloo and
Gettysburg; but do say, that the bat
ties daily fought in Wall Street Cor TIE
control of railroads or industries, equal
even these in retardins or ADVANCING
the peace. happiness and prosperity OF
now existing millions and millions yet
unborn.
1t needs but a word of suggestion Ia
recall to the general memory that every
railroad in this country has had its DAY
In Wall street The money to build 1t, to
operate 1t, to make 1t a part Of q great
system has been secured within a few
hundred feet of the corner mentioned
And the road has carried the wheat rails
ed in Iowa, the fruit in California, tho
beef in Colorado, the cotton in Texas,
ito the Atlantic. ana the product OF New
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10 made entirely of this lumber. 1t shows
from the stump to the finished product
protecting life. and giving shelter.
Mr.. Hatten Senator.
OF all the success gained by the COM
MANY the greatest credit should. of course
be given to the president and manager
Mr. f. H. Lathrop, but to very grea'
extent credit should be given Senator
w. H. Hatten, his partner. Especially
was he prominent in the working of the
company early in the game. He took
large amount of the stock OF the com
pany. when /. was first organized ano
aimee has done excellent work in aiding In
the management and other such work.
His home is In Wisconsin where he
conducts a large lumber business under
the firm name of Miklejohn & Hatten al
New London. He is a state senator al
present, and is in the race for nomination
for Congress from the Seventh district
of the state. Nomination in this locality
means certain election and the chances
are he will secure the prize, owing to his
nopuIarity. In fact. his friends con-
alder him a certain winner.
Mr.. Iathrop makes his home In Birm-
ineham and has charge of the local Of
fee. besides making frequent trips to
Riverside to give personal lection TO
the work there. He also takes much In
terest in looking after the forty fine
horses and mules used in the woods and
seeing they have careful attention. This
question of the humane impressed me
wonderfully while I was at the camp
Mr.. John G. Marbury, the secretary OF
the company, has had much to do with
the success of the affairs. He has been
with them for a number of years and
mas the confidence of the entire lumber
fraternity. The father of Mr.. Marbury
was president of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Company number of
years ago.
O.,o .r-.-- ---.f has had much to
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Generalship in the World Of FL
nance and on the BattlefieIds OF
Nations. e q &c &c &c
Battles i'm.
WaUStreet
PHlNEAS FLETCHER.

Mankind through centuries of tuition
has been trained to regard with venera-
ton the military hero. Rome was intox-
icated with the triumps of Caesar, France
went mad with enthusiasm for Napoleon
and the civilized world tossed high in
air its cap for Grant From Caesar to
Napoleon, from Napoleon to Grant,
youth has been trained in the belief that
the military hero is the most worthy of
renown. These warriors possessed great
personal qualties; and the campaigns
they planned and the battles they fought
evince their genius. Yet. sometimes.
standing on the corner of Wall and Broad
streets, with the sub-treasury Of the
United States behind me, and the Of
fees of j. P. Morgan and Company. and
Se great New York Stock Exchange be-
fore me. I wonder as 1 look over this
battlefield in the very heart of the flnan-
ciaI world of all the earth. IL the bat
ties daily fought here do not bring for
--ard the same class of qualifications as
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certainly under forty years of age He Is
tall, quiet in manner, slight in build. His
hair is gray his eyes clear, his features
dean cut. Resolution, 1rmness, daring
can be read In every line of his face
During the battle he watched every
movement, fought ercry decline, convert
ed l. oal resources into cash ano
hro5l forward to reinforce his
linz. ~ on such occasions, show
thei character, their combative-
ness. moss and reveal the secret OF
their phenomenal success.
Wall street battles are flercely fought
and millions are kicked about like foot
balls. 1t matters little how prices OF
stock certificates rise and fall In the in
dustry itself IS nducted on sound bust
ness principles, hey are but the smoke
arising from the battle for control. All
that Is considered is the accomplishment
of tie aim in view. What more is there to
the military general.
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with the success of the company is the
Improvement made on the Coosa river by
the government. Mr.. Lathrop has been
prominent in the work of securing this
work, having given Mr.. w. P. Lay, the
chairman of the committee on Coosa
river improvements, much assistance in
his work before Congress and throughout
the country. He is now advocating fur
Their improvements, and says nothing will
so open up the upper part of the country
and assist in supplying the Birmingham
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district with lumber as the making of
improvements along this broad, beautiful
ST. cam
Asst stands at present the LathroP
Hatten Company with its big mill and
its railroad has done much to develop
and enrich that portion of the country
near Riverside. With the other facilities
offered by improvements on the Coosa
river the company will do a greater work
than ever in the past. 1t will broaden out
and place its owners in better condition
also
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President Roden of the
Commercial Club says We
should patronize Home In
dustries. Lindsay. the Flo
rist, is the only grower of
Cut Flowers. Nuff sed City
Hall.
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A Very Appropriate Wedding Gift.

Chatting dish, polished nickel, i'm proved,
regulating; asbestos lamp with extra pan
for hot water. You find them at j. Low
eI.4ohns zoos First avenue,
5-15-3t- thu-su-tu
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limited and the residents were not per-
m1tted to bring away household goods
or other articles of value. Bundled in
to 153 wagons were the women, chill
dren and wounded; the able bodied
men trudged beside the vehicles to
guard against surprise. The. expert
ence of these poor people, leaving their
former happy homes must have been
pitiful, indeed. In their rear was DESC
lation; ahead of them strangers and
an uncertain future. However, they
were everywhere accorded the most
hospitable treatment and many Of
those who were compelled to fee with
literally nothing in their possession re-
turned within a few weeks to reclaim
their own.
s' Thus ended New Ulms share in the
great massacre. That it was import
ant is conceded. What the result
would havesbeen, had the city not been
so valiantly defended can only be con-
jectured, but it is not improbable that
its fall. would have meant the destruc-
ton Of every city in the Minnesota VAL
ley. The citizens of New Ulm held the
key to the situation. They were equal
their triumph. ~ -
Roll Of Honor.
At the opening of hostilities nearly
l,O0O men either TOOK up guns, In de-
Tense Of New Ulm, Or hurried to the
suceor Of the beleaguered town. The
various organizations which assisted in
repelling the attacks and the casualties
which they suffered, according to Of
cial reports, were as follows:
Capt. John Belm'S company, of the
Eleventh regiment, Minnesota militia,
was organized at New Ulm on May 10,
1862, with LAG men. It served until
Aug. 25th, participating in the engage
ments on the 10Th and 23d, and lost
nine killed and eleven wounded.
Capt. Fred Meile's Milford company
was called into serviceb by Sheriff Roos,
of Brown county, on Aug. 10, and
served until Aug. "a This company,
which was fifty-nine strong, partici-
pated in all Of the encounters with the
enemy at New Ulm. and lost two kill
ed and two wounded.
Capt. William W. 1kelman's company
was organized at New Ulm and ordered
into service by Sheriff Roos on Aug. 10.
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the remaining members saved them
selves by flight. This occurred between
IL and IL o'clock, and about an hour
later a man rode into New Ulm on a
steaming horse. He reported that the
Indians were coming, killing every one
in their path, and that they had al
ready massacred the recruiting party.
Sheriff Roos was notified, but he, as
with many others, could not bring him
self to believe that the Indians were
really on the war path. 1t was his
orinion that the outrages had been
committed by savages who were GRAZ
ed with liquor, and he at once organ
lied a posse or thirty, armed with
rifles, to sc to the scene of the reported
murder. Before leaving, however, I'D
as an additional precaution against
danger, he ordered that a position of
the town be barricaded, and this was
done at once.
Bodies of Murdered Men.
On their way to the bridge they
came upon Haupt and later found the
bodies of the murdered men. No In
dams We're visible, but near the inn
Mrs. Henle appeared from the woods
and gave a graphic account Of the hor-
rors of the day. While talking to her
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was organized in Blue Earth county,
and served during the second attack
on New Ulm. OF it's ninety-two men,
two were killed and five wounded
Company A, First battalion, of
Brown county militia, was organized
Aug. 18 under the command of Capt.
Chris Roos. It served nearly month,
taking part in both battles, and only
two men were wounded out of it's total
of ninety.
Capt. William Dellaughters company
Of LIE Sueur Tigers, was organized
Aug. 10, and remained on duty until
Aug. 81. It fought in the second battle
and of it's ninety-four men two were
killed and four wounded.
Capt. e. G. Saunders commanded the
second company of lie Sueur Tigers,
which was organized Aug. 26, and
served until Aug. 81. In the second
battle of New U1n, in which it partic-
ipated, three of it's fifty-two men were
killed and two wounded.
Lieut.. William Hueys company, Of
ST. Peter guards, organized Aug. 10,
served eight days. Its twenty-four
men fought in the New Ulm conflict on
Aug. %.
The Frontier Avengers, formed at ST.
Peter under the command of Capt. E.
st. Julian Cox, comprised forty eight
men. They marched to the relief of
New Ulm, arriving on the oath.
The Dead.
Upon a monument erected in the CEN
ter of the city are inscribed the names
Of those who fell. To them and to
their living comrades belong the glory
of a brave defense. Let their names
be honored among men. Let them stand
side by side with the heroes of other
days, and with the men who, fighting
in the South, were at no time more
heroic. Those who fell in the defense
of New Ulm were c. w. o. Barth,
William England, Matthias Meyer, Leo
pold Sueske, Jacob Castor, August
Roepke and julius Kirschstein, of Capt.
Belm's company. From Capt. Bug
gert's company, the captain himself.
From the New Ulm company, Ferdi-
nand Krause and August Rieman.
From the Milford squad, Jacob Haze
berle. Those killed while returning
from Leanenworth were Almond and
William LOOMS, William Tuttle,
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This company had personnel Of fifty
hve, and of these one man was killed
and another wounded.
Capt. Louis Buggert's company, Of
Brown county militia, was organized
Aug. 10, and continued in service until
Aug. %. Its members, to the number
Of f1fty-five, were present at the second
battle Of New Ulm, and the company
suffered a loss of one killed.
Capt. Fidel Diepolder's Lafayette
company was raised in Nicollet county
on Aug. 10, thirty-seven names appear
ing on the roll, and it served until
Aug. rs, taking part in the second bat
tie.
The Nicollet county guards, COM
manded by Capt. A. M. Bean, were or
ganized on Aug. 18th, and served in
the second battle. There were eighteen
men in the company.
Capt. Charles e. F1andreau's COM
pany, of st. Peter frontier guards,
We're on duty at New Ulm from the
18th to the 26th of August, 1852. Part
of this company was in the first, and
all in the second battle of New Ulm
All told there were zoe men in the or
ganization, and Of these three were
killed and four wounded.
The Mankato company of volunteers,
Capt. William Bierbauer commanding,
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man drove out into the open field
with an OK team. Thinking he was a
settler the shouted warning to him,
but his only answer was to signal to
confederates in the woods, and give
utterance to the war whoop of the
Sioux. Throwing his rife to his shoul-
dee John Houenstein, a member of the
posse, covered the retreating warrior
and sent bullet in his back.
Night approaching, and it not being
advisable to attack the force in the
woods, Sheriff Roos and his men start
ed to retrace their steps. Or every
hand appeared the smoking ruins of
dwellings and devastation. Later it
was learned that the Indians first at
tackled the Massapust house, where
they killed four, and then spread out
over the whole settlement of Milford.
giving full vent to their feelings of
malice and hatred, and allowing no
quarter. OF the Henle family, with
their relatives, tWenty-one were cru
ely slaughtered and several neighbors
were killed. But few escaped, and sew
eral of these existed upon berries for
nearly a fortnight.
il With the return of Sheriff Roos
and his followers to New
Ulm they found the town
greatly excited. During the day
news had been received of the massa-
ere at the lower agency. The citizens
were now thoroughly aroused and
aware of the impending danger. Fugi-
uves by the hundreds were f1ocking in
to the city for protection and volun-
teer companies were hastily organized
and put under oath by Sheriff Roos
Upon the arrival Of Jacob Nix, an old
soldier of Algiers, all the forces were
put under his command.
The forces were but meager, how
ever, and could not have exceeded rs
or 80 men. Moreover, they were mis-
erably armed. There were but a dozen
serviceable rifles in town and the fate
Of the town hung upon a slender
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a stovepipe on wheels and palming
off the quaker as artillery reinforce
ments received during the night, an
wills being used to provide the explo-
sions. At any rate the firing became
less frequent and about 10 o'clock
Capt. Cox forced his way into town.
Shortly afterwards the Indians held
big council near the graveyard and
soon were in full retreat. The exact
loss they sustained in battle has never
been fully ascertained, but it is be-
heved to have been equally as large
as that of the whites, whicN was eight
killed and sixty wounded. During the
outbreak and before they were reduced
to complete subsection the Sioux
killed upwards of 1,000Npers6ns and de-
stroyed property valued at millions
Of dollars. When Capt. Cox reached
New Ulm he brought orders from Gov.
Ramsey to evacuate the city and this
course was decided upon. 1t met with
some opposition but as 1t would have
been impossible to properly quarter
the $500 people which the town con-
tanned and as provisions were running
low. the minority withdrew their OBJ
jections and on Monday morning, Aug.
rs, the retreat began.
1t was a sorry procession, as trans
portation facilities were exceedingly
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by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar siz-
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sample bottle by mail
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of A. M. Bean, put in their appearance
and with these reinforcements it was
decided to drive the Indians out Of the
town and sortie was ordered. Run
ming from house to house the defenders
drove before them their dark skinned
foemen and at last reached and gar
riSoned the Rehfeld house.
Reds Are Kept at Bay.
Seeking favorable positions the rifle
men had no difficulty in keeping the
Indians at distance. 1t was at this
time that the party which had gone
to LeavenWorth in the morning was
waylaid and slaughtered within hear
ing of the barricade. Returning in two
squads they were ambuShed near
where st. Alexander hospital now
stands, the attacks being made so sud-
denly and in such overwhelming force
that they could offer no resistance
whatever and ten of them were shot
down in an incredibly short time.
For about two hours the battle ragged
flercely, but with-the approach of even
ing the Indians gradually drew off, ex-
changing shots with the defenders only
at long intervals. AS the savages re-
tired feeling of thankfulness pos
sessed the defenders, but it was dis
PEELED a moment lated by a commotion
from the other side of the town, in the
direction of the ferry. Many men were
of the opinion that an attack was be-
ing made from the rear, but their fears
proved groundlesS, for upon closer in
spection it was learned that the new
arrivals were a party of twenty five
horSemen from st. Peter, under COM
mand Of Capt. Boardman. Their COM
Ing added greatly to the confidence of
the refugees, and this confidence was
increased at 10 o'clock that night by
the appearance Of Charles E. Elan
dreau with another st. Peter company
of nearly 200 men. With the dawn Of
Wednesday morning the citizens re-
neWed their preparations for the heavy
attack which was sure to come, and
which was momentarily expected. The
town was in terribly crowded condi-
ton. Women and children filed to
their utmost capacity all the available
buildings, and there was also a large
number of wounded. These had been
placed under the care of DR.. G. Yves
checks, our present efficient mayor,
but accompanying the expedition of
Capt. Flandreau's were four physi-
clans, DR.. Mcmahon, of Mankato; Dr.
Daniels, of ST. Peter; DR.. Aver and DR..
Mayo, of LIE Sueur, who relieved the
overburdened DR.. Wescheck, and light
ened his ,labors wonderfully Wednes-
day morning Capt. William Bierbauer
came up from Mankato with fifty men,
as did also Capt. Dellaughter, of LIE
Sueur, with an equal number. By this
time 1T had become apparent that
commanders n-chief was necessary to
bring order out of chaos. and the choice
fell upon Capt. Flandreau, with Capt
William B. Dodd, of ST. Peter, as sec
ond in command. S. A. Buell., provost
marshal, and Capt. S. A. George, now
probate judge, adjutant. Martial law
was proclaimed, a provost guard estab-
hShed and all the supplies Of powder
in the various stores confiscated. Feed
ing the refugees was no small problem,
but it was disposed Of satisfactorily,