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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-14

ished with large closets and there is
also bath room for the use of the
sheriff and his family.
More than half of the building is
devoted to cell rooms, and these are
separated from the balance Of the
building by an absolutely fre-proof
wall.
The building is monument to the
wisdom and foresight of the present
board of county commissioners and
the means of providing money, devised
through the assistance of L.G. Vogel,
who has taken as much interest in the
building as if it were his own personal
property. The building, which is part
OF the plans of the present administered
ton of county officials should be given
to them to complete, and in the man
agement of the financial aft airs, which
the present county auditor has so we'll
in hand, no more suitable person can
be provided by the people than Mr..
Vogel. 1t has been the ambition of
his service to the county to see a pro-
per jail erected andit is largely through
his efforts that the plan has succeeded,
not detracting from the assistance
that the able board of commissioners
has been to him. The building commit
tee which has had the matter in charge,
directly is made up of Andrew J. Eek
stein, Jesse Palmer and Andrew Hoff-
mann and they have given the county
dilligent service in the supervision of
its new jail.
When the new jail is completed and
the prisoners have been transferred,
the old building which was erected for
court house, and never designed for
the purpose to which it is now put,
will be torn down and that corner of
the beautiful grounds that surround
the county buildings will be made to
look as pleasing as the balance.
| The work of laying a cement walk
about the entire square owned by the
county has commenced. The old walk
was ordered by the city to be replaced
with one of more substantial material
than wood, and the commissioners de-
cided that there was nothing better
than cement and that is being laid. It
will be a great improvement to the
property and with the new building
will add to the appearance of that part
of the city.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-14
JAIL IS NEARLY COMPLETED
Brown County's New Bastile Will
be Completed on Time.
Contract Calls for Completion Oc-
tOber First.
Sheriff Julius Will Then be Well
Housed.

The new Brown County jail, a cut of
which is given herewith is rapidly
nearing completion and by the end of
the time fixed by the contractors,
Pullman & Gronau, it will be ready
for the use of the sheriff. The con-
tract was let about a year ago, when
the foundation was laid and covered
for the winter. With the advent of
warm weather in the spring the masons
were set at work and they have been
busy ever since and all that remains to
be done is the finishing work on the
interior, that is of the residence and
Office part; the cells have been put in
and are in shape to be used.
The cell part of the work has been
done by the Pauly Jail Co. of ST.
Louis, and people who have visited
the world IS fair will remember seeing
the fine exhibit this concern has in the
Educational building. It is one of the
best there, in fact there are none as
complete.
Brown county's new prison is large
and commodious and from the outside
is really attractive. It is 43x6O feet
and is absolutely fire proof, as far as
the naked building is concerned, and
was erected for the moderate sum OF
$4,000 Nothing has been added to
the plans as originally drawn except
that cistern to provide water for the
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-14

future needs of the county for all time
to come. The apartments that are set
aside for the use of the sheriff, having
no bars to the windows, are well
arranged and are connected with all
parts of the building with speaking
tubes and wired for electric lights.
AS the building is to be heated from
the courthouse plant, no provision is
made for boiler room, but the ar
rangement of the basement, as is the
case throughout the entire structure,
is very convenient.
Here the kitchen is located, and it is
a large, comfortable room l4x16 feet
in size lying along the Washington
street side. A dumb waiter leading
to the upper floors will save the cook
many needless steps and she will have
an outdoor exit, with another on the
east side of the jail. The laundry is
below the stairs, also, there is like
wise a lavatory, a room for the stor-
VI 4oO1 OhO q VCSOuOb4O SO11d1
The high basement walls allow for all
the light that is needed and perfect
ventila alton is provided for.
On the first floor the front entrance
opens into a spacious central hall, ex-
tending back to the cell house. In the
northwest corner is the parlor and TIC
the rear of it the dining room. Across
the hall bed room is located and al
the west side, separating the sheriff S
apartments from the cell portion, is
another covered vestibule. Here a
door leads to the jailer's office in the
cell house and to the first floor. Il
also provides a way to the open ali
and it is through this last door that
prisoners will be taken to the court
house for trial.
The construction of the second story
is simple. The big central hall is
again found here and in addition
there are four roomy chambers. AL
of the sleeping apartments are furn
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-14
FAIR GROUNDS ORDERLY
No Serious Crime Has Been Committed
at Worlds Fair.

The Worlds Fair grounds, the
population of which, according to the
latest figures, averages more than
$4,000 day, is from criminal
standpoint freer from crime than any
territory of like size and population
in the world.
According to the records of the st.
Louis police department, there has not
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-14
Low ONE-WAY SETTLERS RATES

Via the Minneapolis & ST. Louis to
California, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana, etc; tickets on sale
daily September 10Th to October 18th.
Through tourist cars each Thursday
to San Francisco. Call on agents for
rates, or address A. B. Cults, G.. P.
& T. A. Minneapolis, MINI.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-14
The SUMMER SEAS SON

is full of dangers particularly for the
children, who not knowing the result
of eating unripe fruit, indulge them
selves, with the usual gripping pains in
the stomach as a consequence; mothers
should have on hand at all times a
bottle of Painkiller perry Davis,
which will at once relieve the sufferer:
it is a safe, simple remedy and ii
should be kept in every house. Large
bottles 25 and so cents.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-14

In the line of Furniture you will
always find what you want at III.
Forster. 35tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
Qbeyed Instructions,

Courtney is having his annual expe.
r1ence with freshmen candidates for
the crews. When he gives an order to
a new man the new man usually obeys
literally, such is the respect with
which the coach Is treated. This came
near running a shell. Courtney had
sent out IN eight with a freshman
cockswain, and, being obliged to look
after another crew for a few minutes,
he said to cocks"
TRY not to steer in a circle for q
change. See that red spot down on the
bank there? Well, steer straight for
that" With which he turned to his
other charges.
A howl from some of the oarsmen
turned him around in. time to see
cocks" trying to tunnel into the inlet
bank with the prov of his shell.
II thought l told you to steer
straight for that red spot" remarked
Courtney sarcastically when he came
up in the launch.
I'll did," gasped the cockswain.
Courtney looked at the boat and then
looked at the red spot. Just then the
spot tossed up it's horns and moved to
better grazing ground. 1t was a red
COW, and the freshman had been zeal
ously swerving his boat around as the
cow had moved up and down the pas
ture.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATION,

st. Louis Globe Democrat: In 1902
the republican congress, on the rec
ommendation of President Roosevelt,
passed the national irrigation act.
Secretary Hitchcock has now made
public a scheme for putting that act
in extensive operation. In all, some
thing ove $27, 900, 900 is to be expend-
ed for the projects now formulated.
These will cover work in Colorado,
North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming,
Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Califor-
MIA, Arizona and New Mexico. There
are comprised in the work which has
been allotted ABOUT 1000, 900 acres. 1t
is figured that this represents a tract
that will be capable of supporting
at least 10000 persons.
When the republican congress OF
1852 passed and the republican presi-
dent signed the homestead law thew
started an immigration to the west
which has added as many people to
the region on the Alleghenies' sunset
side in the last 40 years as were in
the thirteen states at the time of the
inauguration of Washington as presi.
dent. But the eligible land was ex-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
CHOICE MISCELLANY
From Be1le to Pnuper.

Early risers passing by the Rue de la
Chine in La Vilette, that home of mis-
cry, often met Il bent, s%hriveled, white
haired old woman carrying a basket
on her back and in her hand n stick
with an iron point to it.
With the stick she searched the rub
bish heaps deposited by householders
for the scavengers to carry away. She
prodded and scrutinized her way along
the silent streets, turning over an old
shoe here, a bit of rag there or cigar
stump or rusty nail and tossing her
treasure into her basket. The sad
faced old woman took notice of no one.
But the people of the quarter and Of
localities more fashionable knew that
''the mother of the chitfoniers.' other
wise ragpickers, had seen better days.
Nine. Andre had once a de- to her
name. Her visiting cards had once
borne her family crest. She had fig
ured at the court Of Napoleon III. and
the Empress Eugene and there
waltzed with the best of them. In her
garnet in the Rue de la Chine Mime.
Andre boarded the wreck Of her for
tune, about $500. It was hidden in her
mattress.
Returning home the other day from
her customary rounds, Nine. Andre
found the mattress torn open and her
money gone. A few hours later her
next door neighbors found her hanging
by a core dead.-Paris Correspondence.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31

hausted, or nearly So, a few years
ago, and then the republicans came to
the front with another act for the
peopling of the west. This is the
national irrigation law, which has not
yet been quite two years on the stat
ute book. se
Lincoln's free homes law OF 1862
is being supplemented by Roosevelt's
irrigation act of 1902. Vast acres OF
land incapable of supporting anybody
except through irrigation, private or
public, will be made fit for the homes
of a great, intelligent and progressive
population. Tens Of thousands OF
farmers emigrated from the United
States to Canada in the last two or
three years OF account OF the cheap
and, fertile lands to be had in that
locality. The national irrigation law
to the. present arid regions OF their
own country. When the land recla-
nation system now about to be inaugu-
rated gets fairly to work, lands bet
ter than a be had in Canada, and in
a more congenial climate, can be had
west of the Tooth meridian in the
United States. The irrigation law
of 1902 will begin at nee to perform
it's %beneficent work. Incidentally, too,
it will have important political con-
sequences in the election of 1904.
This land reclamation law is one OF
the things for which the west loves
President Roosevelt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
!. Zoo Free with Knixe..

Sir Frederick Treves, the eminent
English surgeon, recently delivered an
address in which he took the view that
the knife is used too hastily in many
cases of appendicitis. There are oppos-
ing schools of surgery all over the
world in this generation. One is rarely
willing to wait and often cuts in a hur-
~. The other holds to the view that
nature ought to have a liberal chance
to do her best. In the long run the con-
sentative surgeons may possibly come
out ahead.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
THE Gl-OVED BURGLAR.
Schem OF Cracksmen to Delude Fin.
ger Mark Experts,

scheme OF Cracksmen to De1ud Fin
ger Mark Experts.
The plain and simple means of get
ting round" the finger mark experts of
Scotland Yard has at length commend
ed itself to the burglar mind. says the
London News. In evidence given in a
case at Windsor the other day it was
made plain that the cracksmen who
made a haul of iewelry at Lady Mary
Currie's some time ago had worn
gloves all through the operation. The
panels and panes of glass examined
by the official microscope showed no
telltale traces of the presence of any
well known practitioner, but merely a
number of blurred marks.
So another detail is added to the
already large outfit of the modern
burglar, VITO will now carry his gloves
along with his list slippers. his keys,
his drills. his saws. his centerbit, his
glasscutter. his wrench. his dynamite,
his lantern, his revolver and so forth.
1t is a business that calls for some
capital.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
A Lake Postomce,

In Lake Wabigoon, Ontario, at a
point where the water is not very deep,
q strong wooden stake has been driven
into the ground. On the top a box has
been securely fastened, and there you
have the Lake Wabigoon postofice.
The little steamer from Rat Portage
drops the mail here on its outward
voyage, and a goes out from the
shore and collects it, depositing the
outgoing mail at the same time, which
Is picked up by the steamer on it's re-
turn trip to Rat Portage next day.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
HAIL., JAPAN!
War Poem Written by q JaDanese
"--f General.

Wa Poem Written by a Japanese
@ General.
According to the Tokyo correspond
ent of the Berliner Tageblatt. Lieuten-
ant General Yasumasa Fukushima has
written a patriotic war poem, of which
the following is a rough translation:
Hail, great and glorious Japan! Hail,
~ land of humanity and justice. truth
n bravery!
Hail, emperor whose line of descent is UNI
broken! Hail. you japanese. his SUBJ
jects!
Know you our enemy, a nation of liars
n deceivers! Know you the brig
ands n robbers of land!
They burn the homes Of the innocent:
they murder the defenseless; they
massacre nfants.
Cruel, goddess Russians! Neither God nor
man can ndure them. What avails
their immense country? 1t is a mere
desert. What avail her hundreds of
millions Of subjects? They will dis
appear like the ice and snow before
the rising sun Of Japan.
On, brave one on to Port Arthur, Siberia,
the Urals! Let our banners wave
over Moscow, for thither will we re-
pulse the enemy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31

Between President Baer's testimony
relative to the Lords responsibility
for a shortage OF cars to carry the
product of the anthracite trusts op-
erations and the strenuous denial OF
President Thomas that the confer
ence between him and Baer had any
thing to do with an agreed price on
coal, the American people are begin
ming to wonder if they did not mol
Ter" before they were hurt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
on the Philippine question is that OF

on the Philippine question is that OF
every democrat-charging the admin,
istration with imperialism. He
seemingly forgets that he is unable
to point to a single republican in a pO-
sition to speak autnoritively who has
declared in fav.r If the fnal and COM
plete retention of the ISLANDS, while
on the other hand they are wi tont
Ln.Hocr who have said "a: when the
rishr time had arrived and conditions
were proper the world would see a
repetition Of the service performed
in the cave of Cuba.
The denlnciation of President
Roosevelt for his alleged fragrant en-
croachment upon the rightful powers
and independence of congress-" is
only another bit Of democratic bun
1t is the testimony of all fair
democrats and republicans that
has at no time attempted
to encroach upon the prerogatives of
congress by assuming to dictate the
kind of legislation that should be
enacted. He has advised and suggest
as was his right and duty, but no
more. ...
AS to the charge of Mr.. German
that the republican majority has per
isitently and deliberately refused to
permit an investigation into alleged
in departments at Washing
that is another bit of political
Whatever investigation into
alleged frauds was made was at the
Of a republican president and
t is a matter OF history that among
hose who yelled the loudest at some
# the discoveries that resulted were
congressman, who were
convicted of using the influence OF
heir position to procure violations OF
he postal rules and regulations.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31

While denying that an understand.
ing exists between them, Baron Thorn.
as is free to admit that unless all
adhered to the schedule no such a thing
as a reduction in the price of coal
might follow. Pressed a little harder
he also admits possibility of an ar.
bitrary fixing of the price by the
benevolent combination of which he
is a member.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31

Probably viewed as a spectacle the
destruction of hundreds of blackburn
Der pianos at Atlantic City was one
that justified the exhiliaration of the
makers, who are described as dancing
a fandango while the pyre erected to
the destruction of a lot of musical
instruments no longer fashionable
was performing it's function. But
those who read about it would un-
doubtedly have a higher opinion OF
the gentlemen had they responded to
the many pitiful requests from asy-
lums, poor houses and other chart
table institutions for gifts of the de
spised squares" and %gladdened the
hearts of unfortunates whose hunger
for music was great enough to cause
them to be content with that to be
extracted from a class of instruments
that is no longer regarded as "just
the thing"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
Tuesday,, May 81, 1904.
FOXY MR.. GoRMAN.

German may not secure the prize,
but to even the most careless obser-
yer CT the political field it must be.
come apparent that the shrewd Mary
lander has placed himself in a position
where he holds an undoubted advant'
age over some of the men who are
now spoken of in a prominent way
in connection with the st. Louis nomi-
nation. While it is true that he goes
before the convention without the
supposed prestige OF ap instructed
delegation from his own state, it is
because he willed it SO. h Mary
land democrats were exceedingly anx-
ious to instruct for him, but he did
not want things that way. II will be
noticed that the delegation goes alb
solutely without instructions of any
kind. This is part of the German
play. Wherever he has been consult
ed or wherever he has expressed him
self it has always been against an
instructed delegation, without placing
himself on record as opposed to
any of the candidates who have been
mentioned" unless exception pc
made in the case of Hearst-if mem
DRY is not at fault he has spoken
against the nomination of that distin-
guished gentleman.
In place of an instructed delegation,
Mr.. German secured adoption OF a
platform in accordance with his views
on national affairs. 1t is a declara-
tion from him as to what he consid-
ers the national platform should
enunciate and what the issues SHOULD
be. With this he will go to st. Louis
and no doubt hopes that none of the
opposition that has developed to Par
ker on the ground of his persistent
silence as to his position on national
matters may be made against him.
He has recorded himself as far as
national questions go and is willing
that all men shall know exactly where
he stands and the issues on which
his party should go before the people.
AS such they may not amoun to
much, but German realizes as we'll as
man can that in this respect his
party is particularly unfortunate.
The hopes he may have entertained
as to the availability of the Pan.
m canal question as an issue have
been shattered long ago. The prac.
tically unanimous mi in which
the people endorsed the action of the
administration that made of a mere
possibility an ~actuality convinced him
and his party that to attempt to make
an issue OF it would be harmful tc
those trying it. Consequently he re
vised his plans and now declares
that the democrats have always fav.
III ~-.1 - -AN.-z- -
most in advocating its construction
and then makes a feeble bid for sup
port on the ground that he and his
party are opposed to the methods pur
sued by the administration in secur
Ing control OF the canal and the ter
yitory it must traverse. His stant
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31
Here's a Contecture.

A very strange incident occurred at
the Central High school building in
Webster, Ia, recently. Every clock in
the building stopped at exactly 8
o'clock in the morning. 1t was the day
of the eruption on the island of Java,
and the time the clocks stopped was
within a very few seconds of the time
that the eruption occurred, which COW
cred a village and killed several hun
dred people. The phenomenon is unex-
planned except that it was very likely
due to some sympathetic electrical dis
turbance in the zone in which the high
school building stands. OF course it
may have been a very strange coinci-
dence, and yet this explanation hardly
explains it satisfactorily. The phenom-
enon at the high school building was
first noticed on the second floor Of the
building. Every clock had stopped at
just 8 o'clock. Investigation showed
that the clocks on both the other floors
had also stopped at the same hour. In
the Kindergarten building, just south
of the high school building, all the
clocks were going as usual, nothing
having interfered with their move
ments.-Springield Qll.) News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-31

AFFINITY of M~eteorites For M~ountains.
A total Of 634 meteorites was known
up to 1903, of which there were 1872
irons and only "a stones in the western
hemisphere and 300 stones and only
70 irons in the eastern hemisphere. The
records show only the fall of $50 Of
these m~eteorites, dating back to the If
teenth century. Professor Berwerth Of
Vienna, despite this small number Of
known specimens calculates that 900
meteorites must fall to the earth each
year, not counting shooting stars that
disappear in the atmosphere, and that
fifty-ive of these at least should come
under observation. Professor Berwerth
finds that meteorites have been chiefly
recorded in civilized countries, but that
In many instances they are more nu-
merous in thinly settled districts and
that they have an especial affinity for
mountainous areas.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.