New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-30
The older residents Of this city rec


The older residents Of this city rec
ognize among the names Of those who
were killed in the San Francisco dis
aster that OF Geo. Fay, who at one
time was a resident OF this city but
moved to California during the seven
ties and has resided there ever since.
He was a man of about fifty years and
quite young when he left here.
Theequippment for the manualtrain-
ing exercises that are to- be given. in
the public school Of this city have ar
rived and the first lessons were given
| Monday. Superintendent Critchett
|says that the children are eager for.
the work and appear to take "a great
deal Of interest in it. This feature of
the school work should appeal to all
boys and will no doubt be a great fac
tor in stimulating the work in all the
other branches Of study.
| The Board of Education at its meet
ing last night awarded the contract for
the changes that are to be made in the
east primary building and the high
school building to G. f. Kaiser, who
| was the lowest bidder for the jobs
| The work at the high school consists
in removing some of the partitions
and enlarging the assembly room. The
board also decided to put new ceilings
in the Union building and has asked
that bids for steel work be submitted
at the next meeting.
The city council met last evening
and though the meeting was quite
long there was little outside the regular
| routine work accomplished. The work
of the extension of the sewer on State
street was given to Cuddy & Cavan-
augh and it was decided to refer the.
petition for water mains on Franklin
street to the Board of Public Works,
which is to say that the people living
on that street will be supplied as soon
as the board can act. Some necessary
reports took up a great deal Of the
time and a large numberso bills were
allowed. s
On account of some difficulty inwhich5
the ball players of the ST. Peter college
were involved the faculty4of that in.
stitution refused to allowed them to
play during the coming season and the
Igame with the high school Of this city
was called off for last Saturday. Sat-
Iurday Of this week the local team will
play Springfield at Springfield and the
Royal Vaudeville band will accompany
the team. The girls basket ball team
will play at Sleepy Eye in the evening
and the boys will come back as far as
Sleepy Eye and stop over to attend
the basket ball game.
The twelfth annual convocation of
the Minneapolis district Of che Episco-
pal church beginsathis evening with a
S 2rvice in st. Peters church by Rev.
! Irving P. johnson, It is anticipated
with the beginning Of the work in the
morning there will be a large number
Of ministers present and the Bishop
Edsall will be present and will confirm
a class in membership in the church.
This convocation includes all the chur-
ches in seventeen counties and some of
the brightest minds of the church in
this state will be represented at the
conference. The session will last I'M
| fill tom ovonirr
The Evangelical Association Of
which the Bethel church of this city is
a part is having its conference at
Sleepy Eye this week and there are
some seventy ministers in attendance.
1t is one of the largest of the confer
ences that have been held in this dis
trict. Bishop Horn of Cleveland,
Ohio, presides and the Evangelical
Octette, a musical organization COM
/. posed of ministers has charge of the
singing. There will be a large class
of candidates to be examined for the
ministry and the business of the asso-
citation will last all the balance of the
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wife of this city are in attendance.
i Two teachers have been elected to
take the place of those who have de-
clined a reelection. They are Miss
Katherine NJ. fancy of ST. Paul, prin-
cipal and instructor in English and
Mr.. Lewis Larson of Atwater, instruc-
tor in science. Miss fancy is at pres
ent in the University and is one of the
leading spirits and president Of the
! Womans League of ADMINISTRATION and
has the reputation of being an excep-
tionally bright and accomplished in
structor. Mr.. Larson is a graduate
Of the pedagogical department. Of the
university and will come to this school
highly recommended. Marg aret NJ.
. Groehler has been elected for the third
and fourth grades in the East Primary
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