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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-24

Il suppose most Of US would" re-
piled Elnendorf. except that dying is.
tlisagreeable.
Brenda laughed, as one sometimes
will at a funeral. from the effect OF
contrast.
Il didn't mean that" she said. II
meant that you would like another
way Of earning your bread. And
think you might have very high ambi-
tons in another career. My father
will put you in the way Of profitable
business. but don't fancy would
tempt you With an empty promise.
am rich in my own right by Inheritance
help you. We will give this a color of
perfectly honorable dealing and it
shall he so indeed. Take $4,000 Of
my money and select whatever bust
ness pleases you. and | will be silent
partner. an equal partner. in the en-
terprise."a .N
Fifty thousand dollars" said Ell
mendorf. with we in his tones. why,
Miss Macane this is what | have
prayed for The idea OF a tenth of it
is the explanation Of my going on the
force. And to think that it should
come at last in a way that can't touch
it! Billy, Elmendorf's luck as the boys
say"
At this moment Kendall. passing
thi~sgh the corridor hastily, glanced
in toward the window, >
Brenda! Gomez he said 1.-The
nurse you left there has sent for me-"
Brenda turned as white as paper.
ut is l who let her talk and excite
herself!' she said huskily. II may
have killed her"
She turned and seized Elmendorf's
arm.
Zone thing more" she said almost in
a whisper. Remember my promise
and also remember this-that Elsie has
not said it was her husband who struck
the blow. Do not make an error now
for your own sake and for-for all of
u.s."
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-24

! EQUAL, =:
! PARTNERS
{ BY HOWARD FIELDING !:
; Copyright, 1901, BY Charles W. Hooke. I
Copyright, 1901, BY Charles W. Hooke.
[coNr1NuED.1
CHAPTER XVIII.

BRENDA OFFERS BRIBE AND CAUTION
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-24

ever. She ought to be dead after what
she's been through, but she isn't. She's
fine, assure you.'
what has she been through" de-
mahded Alden, and the detective be-
came singularly embarras sed. He would
say nothing except that Elsie had had
hard day.
But I've struck little clew in the
case," he continued, Frightening. ''It
looks to me like sure thing. But dom t
ask what it is just yet. All I want is
the names Of all the doctors you know
in New York" >
'All the doctors l knoww echoed AL
den in surprise. isn't that rather a
large order?, How am l going to Pc
member them ALP"
eve shan't need absolutely ALL" said
the detective. You can skip the old
ones and the fat ones and the short
ones. In fact, want a tall, thin, gaunt
man, and if you could remember walk
ing down Broadway with him awhile
ago, perhaps two months''-
Alden laughed gently.
Say, DIOIucI Sdlu ue,
'you're ratified. aren't you?'
perhaps l am" the detective admit
ted. This new clew absolutely stands
my case on it's head. 1t seems to prove
squarely and fairly that everything 1
had figured on was not only wrong; it
was upside down. However, let us not
be hasty. Let us think about the doc
tors. I'll take list of them''
And he produced pencil and paper
for that purpose.
"Now," said be, well begin with
A."
Tall, thin, young doctor, whose
name begins with 'A?'" said Alden.
II don't know any; but. passing to B,
there's Blair"
Elmendorf leaned back against the
wall and put the pencil and paper into
his pockets.
do you mean to tell me that you
knew DR.. A. G. Blair before this case
came up?" he asked in a sort of hope
less tone almost laughable.
why, certainly" replied Alden. ''I'd
met him.
''You showed no sign of it over, at
Mrs. Simmons, said Elmendorf.
'Didn't I? Well the Lord knows
what did there. Blair certainly bow
ed to me-" +
II was watching you" said Elmen-
dorf. 'However, this simplifes mat
ters. You didn't know Blair well?'
| mot intimately I'd met him several
| times, and he added. with smile,
II may have walked down Broadway
with him, but | don't remember
| ''It's only a small natter" said the
detective. with a resumption of his
usual demeanor 81 want to ask Blair
question; that's all.''
''I'll go over with you," said Alden
"Wait till have seen Kendall
He walked toward the doctors room
and at the first turn of the hall encoun
| tered Brenda.
"You were going to see DR.. Kendall !?
she asked please wait in his room
She hurried by him and reached TIL
spot where Alden and the detective hat
stood, just as the latter was upon TIT
stairs, for it had not suited Elmendorf'
purpose to wait for Alden.
Il must speak with you privately a
once" she said. Come"
There was sort Of bay window open
ing from one of the corridors, and sh
led Elmendorf there. They We're PAL
TALLY shielded from observation an
cou.L speak in guarded tones Withou
Glch risk of being overheard.
| "Mr. Elmendorf." she said, "hoy
could you do this thing? have SER
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-24
CHAPTER XIX.
THE EVIDENCE OF DIR. BLAIR.

(. BLAIR'S Office was
beginning to gather
the night shadows in
it's corners when Ell
mendorf entered, al
though the long June
day was still bright
without The doctor
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-24

<~/LSj SAOOou lAC lOuS ullc
NNN day was still bright
without. The doctor
was sitting on his couch, staring at the
pretty pillow that Kendall had noticed.
He had not troubled himself to rise as
he called. "Come inw in response to the
detectives knock.
"Mr. Elmendorf." said he, good even
ing, sir. What can do for you?"
81 want to ask you a few questions,
DOCTOR" replied Elmendorf. Hello!
Had burglary?"
He pointed to desk in the corner
that seemed to have been broken open.
''There was a bankbook that had
contained business memorandum" he
said. land it was locked up in that
desk. A friend Of mine was so anxious
to see it that, calling in my absence,
he did not wait for me to return. He
broke the desk and got the book. But,
unluckily for him, Il had already re-
moved the page on which the memo
randum appeared"
"Blackmail?'' queried Elmendorf.
Something of the Sort" was the re-
ply.
eff can be Of any assistance, let me
know" said the detective. And now
I want to talk about the case of Elsie
Miller. There's little medical point
"Why don't you ask Kendall?'
"Dr. Kendall is not talkative," said
Elmendorf, "and"-
Neither am l." responded Blair.
"However, let's hear your question"
"You remember" said Elmendorf,
seating himself and looking across the
table in the center Of the room, his
arms resting upon it, that Miss Miller
was stabbed in peculiar way. There
was little mark, a scar you might
call it, just below the collar bone Oh
the left side'-
"The mark Of what we call green
fracture" said Blair; that is, the bone
was broken in youth. l understand
she fell against sharp point Of some
thing while she was at play. The rib
at that spot was permanently weaken
ed and somewhat depressed afterward.
but not enough to interfere with the
lung"
''It was no Disagreement when she
Elmendorf
"Quite the contrary replied Blair.
cit looked like large dimple."
can ordinary man wouldn't have
known what it was, eh?''
Probably not" l.
"The knife couldn't have struck there
by accident said Elmendorf. 1T
looks to me like one of those freaks Of
a murderer who has brooded over the
crime in advance
| Curious point" said Blair.
$50 it seemed to me-" said Elmen-
dorf, land here's another. OF course
| the man who stabbed her meant to kill
her.
| Certainly"
"a thief would have struck her on
the head"
st should think likely"
$50 this was a murder case" said
| Elmendorf. There was the intention
to kill. Now, why didn't the murderer
strike again %
"He probably thought the wound
was fatal" responded Blair.
That's the queer part Of it" said
the detective. Il wouldn't have
thought it was fatal. Most murderers
go on stabbing; they strike half a
dozen times in a sort of frenzy. This
man was content with one blow, but
it was a good one. and if the knife
1 Io5n,+ l,oo,,
WAS it bent?" inquired Blair.
ITO BE Continued
The Lucky Man.
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from the hospital. 4. ~ eE@e
On this occasion he met Mr.. Elmen-
dorf at the head of the stairs by which
one ascends from the street level with
in the structure. The most unobserv-
ant and preoccupied person could not
have failed to note that Elmendorf was
possessed by an unusual excitement
Alden's greeting was simply, whats
the matter?' and the words were spo-
ken in great anxiety. .s.
Misunderstanding at ALL" replied FL
mendorf Miss Miller is better than
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-24

cures made by DR..
kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
It is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Dr.. kilner, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der Specialist and ;e
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-24

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
The Coal Strike Situation.

One was involved in what was known
as the coal strike.I allude to it because
of its involving the consideration of
principles which so largely determine
the social and economic condition of
the American Republic.
''Now, with this condition the
Church of Christ has to do, in nv
judgment, directly and continuously.
Indeed there is no condition of human
life to which she is not intimately and
of very necessity related. There are
some in which any corporate inter-
ference on her part might be deemed
inappropriate, if not indeed meddle-
some.
''But when they are such as were in
cluded in the strike to which 1 have re-
ferred, the issue of which had national
bearing, 1 conceive that the Church is
called upon to take her share in what
ever discussion may belong to them.
''It might not be timely nor incum-
bent for me to enter now into such
discussions. My purpose in introduce
ing the subject is to express the CRATE
full appreciation which we all ought to
have of the manner in which the perils
of whot was fast becoming a national
calamity were averted. By the Presi-
dents appointment of commission to
consider the whole question and by
the impartial and discreet manner in
which the commission discharged its
duties. The country was happily
brought to a realization of the advan-
tages of settling the vexed and per-
picking questions of our social life by
the Christian methods of arbitration.
"Our own satisfaction in the AMIGA
tion and universally accepted solution
of the difficulties in the way is all the
greater as we remember that one of
best equipped and most influential
members, and the chairman of the
Commission was our highly esteemed
fellow citizen the Honorable George
Gray.
cas- we rejoice in the settlement of
this question of national bearing by
means of arbitration, we cannot but
hope most earnestly for the wider ap-
plication of the Christian method to
questions of international concern
which now seems more and more with
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
Fought a Large Snake.

After an encounter with a large
snake, measuring seven feet, five
inches, the Rev. l. G.. FOsnocht and
Professor w. Chambers of Magnolia,
killed the reptile, but they will not
soon forget the experience. The two
men were walking through the grove
of Magnolia M. E. Church, when they
saw the snake climb tree and enter
the hollow portion of it. Professor
Chambers also climbed up the tree
and tried to get the reptile out, by
prodding it with a stick. The snake
started toward the ground, but there
encountered Mr.. Fosnocht with hoe,
and with their weapons the two men
succeeded in killing the snake.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
On Changing Name of Church.

The bishop called especial attention
of the Diocese of the coming Mission
ary Council of the Church in the city
of Wilmington. Continuing the
bishop says:
1T appears to be my duty to invite
your attention to a resolution adopted
by the last General Conven tion, call
ing for the ascertainment, as far as
possible, of the mind of the church
people concerning the proposal to
change the name of this church.
''No doubt, shall be thought by
some to be almost culpably Indifferent
to question which they consider very
important when 1 say that at present
l am not very much interested in it's
solution, because of its having, as 1
conceive, but little of a really par
ochial character.
''On this account and because of nv
uniform policy of not undertaking 60
lnhuenceey: ar action IT,. h matters,
l am not disposed to enter into a dis
cussion which is now apparently of a
merely academic nature.
81 therefore, simply submit the
question to the convention for such in
dependent conclusions as may be
deemed best.
''Since our last convention there has
been among our people a great deal of
interest concerning two questions di-
rectly and vitality related to our social
and civic life.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
Reduced Rates to Baltimore.
sAENGERFEsT OF THE NORTHEASTERN
SAEANGERUND.


SAEANGERUND.
For the benefit of those desiring to
attend the Twentieth Triennial Nat
ional Saengerfest of the Northeastern
Saengerbund, at Baltimore, Md, June
10 to 20, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will seIlroundtrip tickets to
Baltimore from all stations on its lines
except WOodberry, Harrisburg, and
intermediate stations, Columbia Fred
erick, and intermediate stations on the
Northern Central Railway, Lancaster,
Harrisburg, and intermediate stations,
and stations on the Philadelphia, Bal
timOre and Washington Railroad (ex-
elusive of stations south of Townsend,
Del, from which tickets will be Sold,
on June ID, IA, and 10, good for return
passage until %, inclusive, at rate of
single fare for the round trip, plus one
dollar.
Slde-trip tickets from Baltimore to
Washington and retu rn will be sold
and good going June 18 and 10, at rate
of SLIGO for the round trip. These
tickets will be good to return within
two days, date of sale included, and
will be valid on all trains except the
Congressional Limited.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
Splendid Musical Program Rendered.

A band Of music was stationed in
the rotunda of the City Hall and dis
pensed patriotic airs before and after
the exercises in the Aldermanic
Chamber. There was an arch of tri-
umph in front of the City Hall steps,
and in the evening there was illumi-
mated steriopticon views thrown on
canvas in front of the City Hall.
The same program was followed out
during the week in the thirty-two
parks in Greater New York.
Sunday night ended the anniversary
celebration at Madison Square Garden.
The Metropolitan Orchestra, led by
Professor Duss, gave a program of
patriotic music that kept the audience
of ten thousand people in ecstasies.
Prof. Tall Morgan directed a chorus of
one thousand voices. They sang the
"Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah,
and 'Inhammatus" from Stabat Ma
ter. Madame Nordica, the American
queen of song considered to be the
greatest dramatic soprano living, and
M.Edward De Reszka were the soloists.
Madame NOrdica sang the "Star Span
gled Banner" in her matchless wav.
and the audience of ten thousand, led
by the Festival Chorus, joined in the
chorus. 1t was a scene never to be
forgotten. Ten thousand people
standing and singing the National An
them, led by the first orchestra in the
world, was an appropriate ending of
the 25Oth birthday of the Metropolis.
Several Smyrna boys and a large
number of Delawareans and members
of the Festival Chorus, aided in the
program on Sunday evening at Madi-
son Square Garden.
The Festival Chorus will give their
concert during the summer at Asbury
Park-''The Messiah, " "Eliiah," and
''The Holy City. T.S.S.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
HOwarth.Freeman Nuptials.

Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Freeman of
Dover, have issued invitations for the
marriage of their daughter, Blanche
Draper Freeman, to Mr.. Harry Arthur
Stevens Howarth of Pittsburg, Pa.
The wedding will take place at Wesley
Methodist Episcopal Church, Dover,
on Wednesday afternoon, June II, at
2 o'clock. A reception will follow the
ceremony at the home of the brides
parents on Loockerman street. They
will be at home after September /, at
Sewickley, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
Hen Lays Queer Eggs.

Edward L. Gooden of near Hender-
son, is the owner of hen that has
become something of a curiosity, be-
cause of the kind of eggs she lays. Re
Gently an egg found i'll her nest, was
found, upon being opened to contain
another perfectly formed egg. Her
latest freak consists of two eggs,
joined together by cord three -eighths
of an inch in diameter and one inch
long. The eggs were both soft shells,
but were the usual size.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
Surpris ed Their Parents.

The marriage of Edward Coffin and
Miss Daisy NJ. Steele. two well-known
young people of Henderson, which
occurred more than year ago, has
just been announced. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. H. S. Du-
laney in Wilmington on April /, 1902,
and has been kept secret by the
young people during that time. 1t
was not suspected by their many
friends, as the couple returned to the
homes of their respective parents.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
Became a Government in 1868.

While May 26 was the day set apart
for the city's observance of the two
and half centuries of its civic gov
ernment, it is not the exact annlver-
sary of the event. 1t was on Feb 2,
1858, that good old Peter Stuyvesant,
Governor of the Province of New
Netherland, issued a proclamation
granting the privileges of city govern
ment to the city of New Amsterdam.
1t was rather insignificant place at
that time, but it is now the CONNER
cial capital of the western hemisphere
and one of the three greatest cities of
the world.
The Aldermanic chamber at the City
Hall was finely decorated with flags,
bunting and the old standards of New
Amsterdam and new flags of the city
and State of New York.
The exercises began at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. Mayor Low made the
Introductory address, and was followed
by Gen. james Grant Wilson, who had
been selected as the orator of the day.
Elihu Root, Secretary of War, repre-
sented President Roosevelt, who could
not be present. Governor Odell and
John Clinton Gray. Associate Judge
of the Court of Appeals, spoke on be-
half of the State. Bishop Potter de-
livered an address; also the Rev. H.
Pereira Mendes as representative of
the Jewish Portuguese congregation
whose predecessors founded one of the
earliest churches on Manhattan Island.
The invocation was delivered by the
Rev. DIR. Cornelius L. Wells, of the
Flatbush Collegiate Church, whose
beginning was synOnOmous with that
of the city itself. Benediction was
pronounced by Archbishop Farley.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
BISHOP COLEMAN GIVES
HIS QUADRENNIAL CHARGE
CLERGY OF DIOCESE OF DELAWARE HEAR
SOME STRONG WORDS AT CONVENTION.
Touches Upon the Question Of Bribery Very
FOrcibIy, Takes up the Subject Of Strikes
and Church Matters Generally.

The following is a summary of the
Bishop Coleman's quadrennial charge
the clergy of the Diocese of the Con-
vention in Smyrna: In his address
the Bishop alluded to the death of
members of the church in the diocese.
Allusion is made to the improvements
made in different churches.
The number of combinations was as
follows: Claymont, 1; Old Swedes,
Wilmington, 8; Trinity, 10; st. An
drew's, IA; st. Johns, 33; Calvary, 49,;
Emmanuel, 4; st. Michael's, 13; st.
Matthew's, 1; Chapel of Good Shep-
herd, Z; Christ Church, Christiana
hundred, Is; Emmanuel, New Castle.
12; Newark, 2; Delaware City, 10;
Middletown, 5; Smyrna, 5; Dover, z;
Camden, 2; Milford, /; Seaford, z;
Bridgeville, 2; Laurel, 5; Georgetown,
y; Lewes, II; Millsboro, / Rehoboth,
2; total, 251. In other places the
bishop confirmed number of classes
making 7S1 for the year.
During the year the bishop baptized
25; confirmed 1S; officiated at II mar
riages and funerals; ordained :
deacons and one priest; laid two cor
ner stones; held three services of ben.
ediction; oficiated at 90 celebrations oi
the Holy Communion; and delivered
366 sermons and addresses.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
Delaware wOrkmen Leave For St. Paul.

Prof. James E. Carroll left Saturday
for a two weeks vacation, during
which he will attend the Supreme
Lodge, Ancient Order United Work
man, which will convene in ST Paul,
Mimi, Tuesday, June 8. The other
Delaware representatives are w. H.
Foulk, Wilmington, and B. A. Groves,
Marshallton.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
in the vision of our statesmen and
diplomatists.
Political Corruption 10 Delaware.

ulplOmdllSlS.
Political Corruption 10 Delaware.
"The other topic which have in my
mind Is simply that of political cor
ruption. This in one form or another
and to one degree or another has been
associated with our civic life for many
years; if not, indeed, from the begin
ming of our national history.
'But think one is warranted in
saying that it has become more exten-
sive and more fagrant within the past
few years; especially, but not ex-
clusively, in our own State of Della
ware.
"Indeed it has become so common
and so brazen faced, that to ignore it
on the part of the church is to expose
her to the charge of cowardice and
collusion. A transaction that is crimi-
nal and debasing in it's character loses
none cf its criminality and baseness
when it conceives the body polite.
And just as the church would denounce
it so between man and man, so she
must denounce it when it concerns the
commonwealth.
ga man must be made to feel that
what he would be afraid and ashamed
to do in his own business or socal re-
latiC us he is to be equally ashamed to
do in politics.
HE is not to be allowed to use his
church membership as a cloak under
whose protecting folds he may be
guilty of all the manner of deceit and
fraud.
''The open buying and selling OF
votes, the trading or exchanging oi
diverse votes, the bargaining for ap
pointments, the condoning of political
offense, the circulation of malicious
lies, the oppression of the majority by
an unscrupulous and tyranical mi
nOrity of demagogues, the abuse o.
place, powers and emoluments by mer
cenary Office holders. All this anC
much more that goes under the title
OF political corruptions may vel
challenge the most serious consider
alton of the church in her corporal,
capacity.
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10

There is to be an earnest attempt to
heal the sores made by too extensive
use Of the Croft fasteners with Court
plaster,
Smyrna times., 1903-06-10
TWO HUNDRED FIFTIETH
ANNIVERSARY OF NEW YORK
LAST WEEK WAS A GALA WEEK OF CELE-
BRATION IN NEW YORK CITY.
First City Government Proclamation Was
Granted by Peter StuyVesant In 1858 to
What Was Known as New Amsterdam.

The past has been a gala week in
this city. The celebration began on
Monday and ended on Sunday even
ing. 1t was rather educational than
spectacular in its character, and con-
sisted largely of exercises in the pub
lie schools and steriopticon displays of
historical nature in the public parks.
But there were other events which
gave old Father Knickerbocker an
opportunity to show his neighbors
what he thinks of himself. There were
illuminations, public events, and din
ners of various societies, upon all of
which occasions the inhabitants of
New York were told over and over
again what a great old city they live
in.
The main celebration was held in
the City Hall, the classic piece of ar
chitecture which, by the way, is just
100 years old itself The City Hall is
pretty far downtown now, but a CEN
tury ago the majority of the residents
of New York city would talk about
walking up to it. The City Hall cele-
bratiOn took place on Tuesday, and
was conducted under the auspices of
the Mayor and Aldermen. Representa-
tive citizens, representative clergy
men, the Governor of the State and
his staff and members of the Presi-
dents cabinet took part in it.