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pathfinder picked Up Dcrclict.

NEW YORK, sept 1.-THE steamer
Pathfinder, Captain Parse, arrived from
Norfolk with the derelct British schoon-
err Theta in tow. The Pathfinder picked
the derelct up at sea last Sunday near
the Five Fathoms Bank lightship
while bound from Norfolk for Boston
with cargo of coal. When she sight
ed the dereict her sails were all set.
She evidently had been hastily aban'
doned after being in collision with an
unknown vessel The fate Of her crew
is unknown Her starboard quarter
was stove in, but otherwise the hull
was in good condition, She was leak
ing badly, but was kept afloat by the
cargo of hard pine timber in her hold.
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REPUBLICANS MEET.
New York. State Convention
In Session at Saratoga.
HIGGINS LEADS FOR GOVERNOR.
Poll of Delegates shows 700 Out OF
074 For Western New Yorker
Against 2G5 For woodruff.
PLATE nd OdeII at Odds.

SARATOGA, n. Y, Sept. l4.-The
Republican state convention was called
10 order mt noon, with the gubernato-
iial nomination still in doubt.
Governor Odell'S friends claim he is
in control of the situation and can
cause the nomination Of Lieutenant
Governor Higgins. Senator Platt ana
MIR. Woodruff and his friends, how
ever, are very much in earnest aud are
urging his claims with great insist.
ence, determined, as they now declare,
that his name shall be presented to the
convention.
a poll OF the delegates made up on
the basis of the reports received by
Governor Odcll out of a total of ga
shows 100 votes for Higgins and 265
for Woodruff,
Senator Plat denied with great en-
phasis a report which was current TO
the effect that he had admitted the
probability of Higgins nomination ana
repeated his belief that Woodrulf's
name would 20 to the convention and
that he would be nominated
The name of superintendent of In
surance Hendricks will not he present
ed IN the convention.
The lieutenant govcrnorship ana the
nominations for attorney general and
state treasurer are unsettled. They in
volve the geographical question ana
depend TO a considerable extent upon
the gubematorial nomination
The New York county delegation has
formally iudorSod former Judge Julius
Thayer Of the Vow York court of spe-
cial sessions for the nomination for Mt
tornov general
There is no change in the plan to re
nominate Secretary Of State John f.
O'Brifn of Clinton, Comptroller Otto
Kelsey Of Livingston and State Engi-
neer and Surveyor Henry A. Van Al
styne of Columbia.
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PARKER GOING TO NEW YORK,
The Renssn For His Leaving Rose
mount Not Made Public.

The Renssn For His Leaving Rose
mount Not Made Public.
ESOPUS, n. Y, Sept 14.-Judge Par
ker expects to 90 to New York tomor-
row and to return on Friday. No an
nouncement has been made rs TO the
arrangements for the trip, and Judge
Parker's reason for leaving ROsemount
was not made known at this time. 1t
is understood that he will take apart
ments at some New York hotel. and
confer with political friends
For several days it has been rumored
that the Judge was anticipating visit
to New York TO call on the members of
the national committee and other man
ayers of the campaign. 1t was said
also that he might remain there and
take hand i'm the running of the cam
paign for the purpose Of bringing about
more harmonious relations between the
men ut headquarters but it is believ-
ed here that the candidate, instead of
Strengthening out real or imaginary diff
ferenccs has under consideration i'm
portant plans Of campaigning intend
ed to change completely the working
methods in some sections Judge Par
lcr's trip to New York Thursday will
be the first visit Of political charac.
ter since his nomination.
Results of the Maine election are
gratifying TO the judge and his political
friends The candidate has not dis
cussed the election nor commented fol
publication on the returns, but thoS,
who have talked with him say he is
greatly pleased at the largely increased
| Democratic vote and feels that there
was Il sentiment displayed there whicl
may be expected to develop through
out the country and show in more ma
| terial form in doubtful states
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-Former Sen
ator Henry G. Davis has completed the
first draft of his letter accepting the
Democratic nomination for the vice
presidency. Both Mr.. Davis and Sen
atOr German are at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. and work on the letter has pro
crossed rapidly since their arrival No
callers have been allowed TO disturb
the task, although Chairman Taggart
of the Democratic national committee
and Chairman Sheehan of tie eXecu-
tive committee of that organization
and former Senator c. a. Towne have
been consulted regarding the docu-
ment.
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A. =. CHILDS
BENNINGTON
THE MAINE ELECTION.
Late Returns Place Republican Plu
rality mt 1900.

raIity mt $1,000.
20 PORTLAND, Me, Sept. 14.-Return
from the little towns in the back wood
and a careful revision of the first tig
ures place the Republican plurality il
the state election mt about - 900.
Returns from $50 cities, towns anc
plantations out of go give William I
Cobb Ucpl 1854; Cyrus w. Davh
DEM, 5OGlI. Same places in 1901
gave Hill RepA 72,541; Lord OemO
Both. The Republican gain over l9W
is now estimated at per cent and tn,
Democratic gain at u per cent.
Additional returns in the congress
sonal districts have not altered the
result, all four congressman being re
turned by pluralities ranging from
5000 to 1000.
Next years senate will probably
stand y Republicans and Demo
Gratis. as against - Republicans and
Democrat in the last legislature. II Il
estimated that the house will be -
Republicans and 30 Democrats. TIN
last house stood 131 Republicans anC
20 Democrats.
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CHICAGO, Sept 14.-After an idle
ness of week the plants of Morgan II
Wright and the Mechanical Rubber
company have been opened without an
agreement with the Rubber Workers
union. The two companies employ UNI
der normal conditions 1000 men. Near
ly that number of workers, it was said.
applied ms individuals for employment,
but half of them were told to come
back later, as it was impossible to
start the plants with full forces. The
men hired were former union members
the companies claimed The Rubber
Workers union had an agreement with
the manufacturers which expired on
Aug. 81.
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Grnnd clrcuit Jockey pisquaIined.

PROVIDENCE, II. L., Sept. l4.-Sec'
rotary Albert H. MOone of the grand
circuit announced that Il. \. Smith had
been disqualified from racing for the
balance of the season by the stewards
of the grand circuit This action is
taken for the alleged laying up Of the
first two heats of the Roger Williams
trotting stake with the California mare
Sweet Marie on Aug. 81 at Ndrragan
sett park. 4. L. Mcdonald was sub
stituted for Smith and won the race
which was the fastest five heat race
ever trotted Sweet Marie is moi
barred. Smith was suspended at III,
end of the racing here aud was sub
sequently reinstated.
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ITHACA, y. V, Sept. 14.-IIealth Of
ficer Crum has appealed to the state
department of health for assistance in
preventing the spread OF rabies in this
city. Two weeks ago mad dog bit a
number of dogs, and DIR. Law of Cor
nell Veterinary college announced that
three of the animals had developed
rabies. The city council has ordered
all dogs muzzled.
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Fir.t Court In Canal Zone.

COLON. Sept. II. - Judge Osceola
Kyle opened the first American court
in the Panama canal zone. Prosecute
ing Attorney ]. Marbourg Keedy was
at his post, and g. r. Stanton, captain
of police of the zone. acted as marshal.
The former railway station at Colon
has been converted into courthouse,
Judge Kyle will preside next ut Ancon
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COLON'S POPULATION
It Is Now 5000 and Is Rapid
ly Growing.
CITY IN A HORRIBLE CONDITION,
Absolutely No Attention Paid to SAN
Acknowledgement IL Task of
Magnitude - Gorgas' War
on Mosquitoes.

WASHINGTON. Sept IA report
received by the public health and maj
rlne hospital service from Chief SAM.
AIRY officer Gorgas at Colon says that
the census of Colon now being com
puted will show a population OF from
1900 to 5000 The population is stead
lily increasing owing to the arrival Of
Jamaican and other West Indian ne
groes on every steamer from Jamaica
and the South and Central American
coasts. The report says that these i'm
migrants are lurpd to the isthmus Of
Panama by Ale prospect Of work on
the canal and sounds Il note of warning
that it will be year or more before
any large number of laborers will be
needed. The newcomers are found TO
be easy victims Of malarial fever.
The report says that the permanent
improvement of Colon will be an en-
gineering feat Of some magnitude; that
at this season tile greater part of the
town is a moraSS, TO which is added
the accumulation of rubbish and filth
of population utterly indifferent ia
ordinary cleanliness" Some section,
of the town, according to competent
engineers, would have to be filled ter
feet to bring the level to only three
feet above tide water The better pnrt
of the town except the railroad prop
erty along the water front, is officially
pronounced as bad enough with the
back yards under, water the pools OF
stagnant slime under the floors Of ever
the best buildings and the filthy cess
pools. while those sections where the
majority of the negro and native labor
ers live in miserable shacks built oi
stills above the swamp defy descrip
ton"
The report refers to the crusade
against the mosquito on the isthmu
and adds 81 have been informed tina
one of the worst localities is Culebra
where the actual work of eXcavatini
is going on, and that maIarial fever !
particularly prevalent among the la
bOrers there Here the larvae ar
found in all the pools and puddles o.
the terraces in the cut, a very signiii
cant fact when the amount of eXcavai
ing TO be done is considered
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NEW YORK. sept ll.-Edward III.
man. who lost his entire family, con
sisting of his wife, child and mother
in.law. in the Slocum disaster, has
been reported to the police as missing
since Sept. 10 He is described ms for
ty-two. five feet seven inches tail, light
complexioned. gray hair, sandy mus
tache. gray eyes and was dressed in
black suit and derby
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noIting Republican Convention on.

DETROIT, Sept 1.-THE committee
in charge of tile boiling primary re-
form Republican convention, which
was to have been held at Grand Rap
ids, has called the convention off. Most
of the leaders of the movement are
throwing their influence to w. l: Fer
ris of Big Rapids, the Democratic can
didate for governor.
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DENVER. Sept. Il. 1t was an
nounced that an agreement had been
signed by Laurence c. Phipps and his
wife relative to the division of their
property and the disposition of their
children. The terms will not be made
public until the agreement is approved
by the court before which Mr.. Phipps
suit for divorce is pending.
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SPENCER, Mass, Sept. 1i.-A troll
ley car on the Warren, Brookiield and
Spencer street railway struck Joseph
Mayo. forty eight years old, infictina
injuries from which he died in tive
hours. Mayo lay beside the track on
Sumner hill. with his head near a rail
The car was going down steep grade
and the motorman could not stop it,
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urnrunxnn Rebel Cl,lef pend.

BUENOS AYRES, Sept 14.-O1ficial
confirmation has been received here of
the report of the death of General
Aparicio Saravia,, the chief of the Uru-
guayan revolutionists. The revolution
airy forces continue to advance toward
the Brazilian border.
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CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Sept. IA
cablegram was received last night at
the Harvard college observatory stat
ing that Professor Kopff of Koenigs'
tuhl. Germany, had succeeded in find
ing Enckes' periodic comet, although
it is very faint.
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PROVIDENCE, II. l., Sept. 14.-The
extraordinary special session of the
Rhode Island general assembly called
by Governor L. f. c. Garvin for the
passage of several measures favored
by the Democratic leaders has begun.
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Convict Escapes In Mothers Clothes.

BRISTOL, Va, Sept 14.-Wiley Glib
son, youth being held in the Lee
county Jail at Jonesville, Va, to await
conveyance to the penitentiary ut Rich
mond to serve five years sentence
for robbery, made good his escape by
departing from the prison clad in the
dress and bonnet of his aged mother
who had been left alone with her son
that she might say goodby.
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Worms and Rust Damage Cotton.

JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 14.-Reports
from the delta continue to show wide
spread damage to the cotton crop on
account of worms and rust. 1t is said
that many of the planters will not har-
vest over 30 per cent of their usual
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VIM, Wilcox,
son jtIiiis, Mass.
FOR SALE!

At Sandgate, Vermont,
One first-class portable steam
saw mill with edging table
cut-up saw and three bench
saw tables, suitable for work
ing out chair stock, saving
lumber, etc. Also two pair
horses with harnesses, wag-
Ons, sleds, chains and other
gear suitable for the lumber
business. Do not want to sell
the teams until the mill is sold.
Apply to
S. D. MUNRO
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House for Sale

Desirable Residence. Noble Prop
erty, 206 Stafford street, for sale for
cash, on easy payments, or exchange
for less valuable rentable property
and cash difference. Large, ten room
house, high ceiling, large closets, big
comfortable hall, one-haf acre lot
with fruit trees and shrubs.
Wm' Wilcox,
VSJn JrIils, Mass.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
A DISASTROUS FIRE.
Docks and Warehouses at Duluth
Burn-Loss, $500, ooO-Man
Is Drowned.

Duluth, Mimi, July 16.-Four hun
dred thousand dollars worth Of prop
erty was destroyed Friday afternoon at
the Omaha docks and warehouses owned
by the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha railway, and one man, a cook
named George Smith, on the tug Abbott,
was drowned in an attempt to make his
escape from the craft as the flames swept
over it with cyclonic rapidity from the
docks. The great freight shed, 1900
feet in length, and 80 feet in width, was
filed with merchandise of all kinds. Su-
gar, coffee flour, canned goods and al
most every conceivable kind Of general
merchandise made up the contents.
There were over 100 carloads of sugar
alone in the building. Two tugs of the
Great Lakes Towing company were
burned
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
Lost His Mind.

Des Moines, Ia, July 19.-As a result
OF excitement over politics, induced by
attendance at the democrats national
convention in st. Louis, R. E. Merely, a
prominent capitalist and bank president
OF Lake City, has lost his reason. Morely
was given hearing before the board of
commissioners for the insane at Fort
Dodge and sent to the asylum Merely
is a loyal supporter of Judge Alton B.
Parker for president and JOY over his
nomination unbalanced his mind.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
THE COLORADO SPECIAL.
CHICAGO, UNION PACIFIC & NORTH
WESTERN LINE.

CHICAGO, UNION PACIFIC & NORTH
WESTERN LINE.
This solid through train, only one
night to Denver, will, beginning July
10th, leave Chicago at Z 100 p. m..reach-
ing Denver next evening at 100 o'clock
A perfectly appointed tram.
Another Colorado train leaves Chicago
daily at 100 p. M, arriving Denver
early the second morning. The route OF
these trains is over the only double
track railway between Chicago and the
Missouri River. The best of everything
THE CHICAGO PORTLAND SPECIAL,
now leaving Chicago 1920 p, m., will
beginning the above date, leave daily al
1900 p. m., with through sleeping
car service to San Francisco, Los
Angeles and Portland. Low rates now
in effect daily. Ask ticket agents fol
particulars. III
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
Pioneer Editor Kills Himself

st. Louis, July 19.-After leaving a
note containing directions for his fu-
neral and requesting that files of news
papers he had edited in Kansas in
pioneer days be sent to the Kansas state
historical society, Frederick w. Braun
hold, 70 years old, former printer and
publisher, committed suicide Sunday by
shooting himself through the heart. He
was native of Germany. Dependency
over ill-health is believed to have caused
Mr.. Braunhold to take his life.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
$50 CALIFORNIA AND RETURN
Personally Conducted Trains


From Chicago to San Francisco with
out change, via the Chicago, Union
Pacific and North Western line. Special
personally conducted parties leave Chi
cago Aug. 18th and Aug. 25th. timer
ary includes stop-o overs at Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs and Salt Lake City. Low
rates; choice of routes returning. Tick
cts on sale from all points at low rates
daily August 18th to Sept. 10. Two fast
daily trains over the only double track
railway between Chicago and the Mis-
souri, River, and via the most direct
route across the American continent.
The Overland Limited, solid through
train every day in the year, less than
three days en- route. For itineraries OF
special trains and full information apply
to ticket agents Chicago & North
Western R'y. 81
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
Syndicate Buys a Volcano.

Mexico City, July 1S.-The formal
transfer of the Volcano Popocatapetl to
New York capitalists will be completed
next week. The Interoceanic railway
will take the sulphur from the volcano
to Vera Cruz. It is believed that sui
phur can be landed at New York for $4S
per ton (gold), which would make the
sulphur an effective competitor Of the
Italian article.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
Boat Upset; Four Drowned.

Pittsburg, Kan, July 16.-Four per-
sons, all Of this city, were drowned Fri
day night in Spring river, Is miles east
Of here The dead: II. A. Stamm and
wife. Miss Katie Stamm and Louise My
ers. They were rowing and approached
to near mill dam, which upset the boat
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
PAUL KRUGER DEAD.
Former President of TransyaaI Re-
public Passes Away in Switzer-
land-His Career.

Clarens, Switzerland, July 15.-Paul
Kruger, former president of the
Iransvaal republic, died here at
three o'clock Thursday morning from
pneumonia and supervening heart
weakness. The ex-president's BODY
was embalmed, and the remains were
placed in vault pending funeral ar
rangements. Application will be made
to the British government for authors
ty to transport the remains to the
Transvaal. In the meantime they will
be temporarily inferred here.
Pretoria, Transvaal, July 15.-The
flags on all the government buildings
are at half mast Mr. Kruger will be
buried beside former presidents of the
Transvaal, unless his will has provid-
ed otherwise.
Paul Kruger, or loom Paul." for
merly president of the Transvaal re-
public in South Africa, was born IN
Cape Colony in 1926 When he was
ten years old he fully shared the en-
nifty of his people against Great Brit
ain. Cape Colony, having fallen into
the hands of the British, was over
run, and, owing to the prosecutions of
the conquerors, 5000 Dutch and HUI
guenot farmers fed from their homes
into the wilderness. Young Kruger
and his parents took part in the ex-
odus. They found a temporary abid-
ing place in the Orange Free State and
in Natal, but were driven hence into
the far country of the Transvaal.
where, after a long struggle with the
savage zulus, they erected their per-
manent home
Paul Kruger educated himself He
worked in the executive council for ten
years previous to the war for indepen-
dence. Later, taking an active part in
the campaign, he led his countrymen
to victory in the battle of Majuba hill,
in 1881. In recognition of his bravery
and devotion he was made president
of the restored republic Through all
the reverses of the Boer war he was
courageously defiant, but his health
and the strength of his resistance were
broken after the signing of peace
terms at Pretoria Subsequently, the
ex-president has been wanderer.
verging on that last stage in mans
eventful history, which is second
childishness and mere oblivion" His
hatred of Britain has been vented in
vituperation directed especially at the
late Queen Victoria
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
First PAYMENT Made,

st. Louis, July 16.- The first payment
of 100000 on the government loan of
$4,60O,000 to the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position company was deposited in the
sUbtreasury in st. Louis Friday.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
Sympathetic Strike Threatened.
Sent to Prison.

Waukesha, Wis, July IA. Charles
Hintz, of Milwaukee, was sentenced to
IA years in states prison at hard labor
for killing Mrs. Augusta Piskie at Mus
kego last August.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
Nine Drowned

New York, July 15.Bad weather
continues in Central Chill, says Her
aid dispatch from Valparaiso. Floods
have destroyed 81 houses and caused
the death ct nine persons.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
Dies Of His Injuries.

Pennington, Conn, July 10, Charles
D. Rogers, of Chicago, who was injured
in an automobile accident here Satur-
day, died at the Elm Tree Inn Monday.
His skull was fractured and he did not
recover consciousness after the acct
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
Seven Persons Drowned.

New York, July 19.-seven lives
were lost in the cloudburst which oc-
Cured Saturday, according to a Her
aid dispatch from Valparaiso, Chill.
All were women, drowned in their
residences.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
The SIoeunn Victims

New York, July 15.-The official re-
port on the Slocum disaster gives the
number Of dead as 958, Of which only
897 were identified.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
rlany Children are sickIy.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Child
Children's Home, New York, cure Fever
ishness, Headache, Summer Bowel Dis
orders, Stomach Troubles, Teething Dis
orders, and Destroy Worms. At all drug
gists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address,
Allen s.. Ol1nsted, Leroy, n. Y.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
VERY Low EXCURSION RATES TO BosToN,
Mass.

Via the Month Western Line. Excursion
tickets will be sold August IL, 10 and
10, limited by extension to return until
September 80, inclusive, on account of
q. IA. R. Encampment. Apply to agents
Chicago s. North Western Ry. 81.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
BASEBALL.
How the Clubs Stand in the Struggle
for Honors in Leading
Organizatins.

The following tables show the stand
ing of clubs of the leading baseball or
CARNATIONS National laap11a.
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