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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08
SINCERE CONFESSION PURIFIES
WRONG SAYS MAETERLINCK

It is therefore right that we should
present to each man only the truth for
which he has room in the hut or palace
which he has built to admit the truths
Of his life. But let us, nevertheless,
give ten or twenty times as many
truths as we are offered in exchange.
The reign of instinct begins only
when focusing is no longer necessary.
We then enter the privileged region
of confidence and love, which is like a
delightful shore where we meet in our
nakedness and go bathing together
under the rays of a kindly sun.
When we have reached so far the
idea no longer comes to us to hide a
secret thought or a secret sentiment,
however vulgar and contemplate.
They can no longer make US blush,
seeing that in owning them we disown
them, we separate them from ourselves,
we prove that they no longer belong
to us, no longer take part in our lives,
no longer spring from the active, per-
sonal and voluntary side of our
strength. but from the primitive, form
less and enslaved being that affords
us an entertainment as amusing as are
all those in which we detect the play
of the instructive powers of nature.
Imagine Shylock capable of know
ing and confessing his greed-he would
cease to be greedy: and his greed
would change it's shape and no longer
be odious and hurtful.
We all desire to confess our faults,
at least at times, but we are long
afraid lest those who love us should
love us less if we revealed to them
that which we scarcely reveal to our
selves. 1t seems to us as though Ger.
tain confessions would disfgure for.
ever the image which they have
formed Of us.
If this were true, that would be a
proof that we are not loved on the
same scale as that on which we love.
1t is not he who makes confession that
should blush, but he who does not ye,
understand that we have overcome a
wrong by the very act of confessing it,
1t is not we, but a stranger who now
stands in the place where we commit.
ted fault. The fault itself we have
eliminated from our being; it has
nothing more in common with our
real life.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08
SeHAEFER TRAPPED THEM
Republican Legislature Puts Politi-
cal Club in Democratic Hands.
Capt. Schaefer, the Public Exam
iner, is Chief Beneficiary.
Nav Examine Books of Every
Township, Village and School
District.

According to the St. Paul Daily
News the prize woedchuck OF the
legislative session of 1907 has been
discovered.
It is Chapter 344, General Laws of
1907.
And what is most surprising to the
more active state politicians, Demo-
Gratis and Republicans, it was the nom
taikative Capt. Anton Schaefer, public
examiner, who got it through and is
the chief beneficiary.
The new law gives the public exam
liner authority to examine the books
and accounts of every county, village,
township and school district in the
state.
OF course, the public examiner could
not do this, even with the increased
force given him by the Republican
legislature.
So Chapter 344 authorizes him to ap-
point deputies to do the extra exam
ming at SIS per day, and charge the
cost to the county in which the town
ship, village or school district is To-
Gated.
Now the records of the state super
intendent of public instruction show
that there are 1876 school districts in
Minnesota. The number of townships
is about /, 800 and of villages about
the same.
This means over $1,000 sets of books
to be examined.
Even the governor, the head of the
executive department of the state,
hasn't so much patronage that is
available for use as election time
draws near.
Capt. Schaefer isn't saying anything
about Chapter 344, but he isn't worry
ing about any differences with other
members ofthe state Democratic crowd,
for he realizes that he is the most
valuable asset of the administration
for the campaign of 1908, and that
Wlen Inc Time comes ne Can nave
pretty near his own way.
Andthe Republican state politicians?
Well, their remarks are hardly fit to
print. Said one of them:
eff we didn't have the records to
show it, you couldn 1T convince anyone
that the Republicans had a majority
in both branches of the legislature
of 1902
"Just look at Chapter 344. can see
about four deputies hard at work ex-
aiming at SIS per day in each of the
IS counties in the state when the next
campaign begins, and the counties
will have to pay for it,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08
NAXIMS FROM THE PEN OF
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

DO not do unto others as you would
that they should do unto you. Their
tastes may not be the same.
DO not love your neighbor as your
self. Ii you are on good terms with
yourself it is an impertinence; if on
bad, an injury.
The art of government is the organi-
cation of idolatry. The bureaucracy
consists of functionaries; the aristo-
cracy, of idols; the democracy of
idolators.
Crime is only the retail department
OF what, in wholesale, we call penal
law
1t is the deed that teaches, not the
name we give it. Murder and capital
punishment are not opposites that can
eel one another, but similars that breed
their kind.
Titles distinguish the mediocre, en-
barrass the superior, and are dis
graced by the inferior. Great men
refuse titles because they are jealous
of them.
Beware of the man whose god is in
the skies. What man believes may
be ascertained, not from his creed, but
from the assumptions on which he ha-
bitually acts.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining
from vice, but in not desiring it. Self
denial is not virtue: it is only the
effect of prudence on rascality.
Make your cross your crutch, but
when you see another man do it be-
ware of him.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08
MANY BIDS FOR TRAINING SCHOOL
Red Wing, However, Gives Up Ef.
fort to Secure New State
Institution.

Applications from no less then ten
cities and village have already been
received for the location of the new
industrial school for girls. New Ulm
heads the list of candidates, and then
come Elbow Lake, Litchfeld, Fair
mont, Redwood Falls, Pennington
and string of towns on the Duluth
line of the Northern Pacific, including
Hinckley, Rush City, Lindstrom, Cen
City and Chisago City.
Red Wing has apparently retired
from the contest, realizing no doubt
that the board of control must in all
reason defer to the expressed wish of
the legislature for complete separa-
ton.
The attitude of L. A. Rosing, one
of the members of the board, is indi-
Gated by the fact that Mrs. Rosing
served on the woman's federation COM
mittee and signed the appeal in behalf
of the Spooner bill. S. W: Leavett,
the veteran member of the board, has
been against Red Wing from the start
so the Red Wing workers realize that
the battle is over.
Mr.. Rosing's town of Cannon Falls
has been picked as a winner in the
contest, and leading members of the
legislature at the close of the session
predicted that the school would go
there, thus keeping it in Goodhue
county. Mr.. Rosing says, however,
that up to the present time Cannon
Falls has not made any bid for the
school.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08

Your word can never be as good as
your bond, because your memory can
never be as trustworthy as your honor.
Obedience Stimulates subordination
as fear Of the police Stimulates honesty
Disobedience, the rarest and most
courageous of the virtues, is seldom
distinguished from neglect, the LATEST
and commonest OF the vices.
Decadence can find agents only when
it wears the mask of progress.
Gambling promises the poor what
property performs for the rich; that's
why the bishops dare not denounce it
fundamentally.
Economy is the art of making the
most of life. The love of economy is
the root of all virtue.
Decency is indecency's conspiracy
of silence.
Men are wise in proportion, not to
their experience, but to their capacity
for experience.
In stupid nation the man of genius
becomes a god; everybody worships
him and nobody does his will.
The manwith toothache thinks every
one happy whose teeth are sound. The
poverty stricken man makes the same
mistake about the rich man.
Except during the nine months be-
fore he draws his first breath, no man
manages his affairs as well as a tree
does.
The vilest abortionist is he who at
tempts to mold child's character.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08

1t is impossible to be sincere with
others unless you have learned to be
sincere with yourself, says the Bel
gian mystic. Sincerity is only the
consciousness and analysis of the
motives of all life's actions. It is the
expression of this consciousness that
one is able later to lay before the eyes
of the being with whom one is seek
ing the bliss of sincerity.
Thus understood, sincerity's aim is
not to lead to moral perfection. 1t
leads elsewhere, higher if we will
in any case to more human and more
fertile regions.
The perfection of character. as we
generally understand it, is too often
but an unproductive abstention, a sort
of ataraxy, an abatement of instinc-
tive life, which is, when all is said,
the one source of all the other lives
that we succeed in organizing within
us.
This perfection tends to suppress
our too ardent desires ambition,
pride, vanity, selfshness, craving for
pleasure-in short, all the human pas
sions, that is to say, all that consti-
tutes our primitive vital force, the
very groundwork of our energy of ex-
istence, which nothing can replace.
If we stife within ourselves all the
manifestations of life, to substitute
for them merely the contemplation of
their defeat, soon we shall have moth
ing left to contemplate.
When we have achieved sufficient
sincerity with ourselves, it does not
follow that we must deliver it to the
first conner. The frankest and most
loyal man has the right to hide from
others the greater part of what he
thinks or feels.
If you be uncertain whether the
truth you propose to speak will be
understood, do not utter it. 1t would
appear in others quite different from
what it is in you, and, taking in them
the appearance Of lie, it would do
the same harm as a real lie. II
Whatever the absolute moralists
may say, as soon as one is no longer
among equal consciences every truth
to produce the effect of truth needs
focusing.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08
ROAD APPROPRIATION ILLEGAL
Such is Apt to be the Ruling Of the
Courts.

Unless Attorney General Young
and the courts take very different
view from the opinion given by At
torney General Childs in 1895, the
counties of the state will never realize
from the 100000 road and bridge fund
created by the legislature.
The law is generally considered un-
constitutional and in a statement given
to the public on Friday, Attorney
General Young says: 'The bill Great
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08

Mimi, four hundred years ago, there
was a man or woman, armed with a
knife, axe or Ratchet, very sharp, thin
edged and made of metal.
The instrument that thus made these
cuts in the hard wood of the maple
sapling so many centuries ago, and,
probably about the time that Celum-
bus discovered this continent, was no
rude axe of stone, but tool or wea-
pom equal to the best modern make,
and the discovery is likely to prove
one of the deepest problems of the
psychologists.
1t is fortunate that the word of a
man like Gov. Ives stands behind the
statement and vouches for it's absolute
authenticity, and it is hoped that this
remarkable relic of the past will be
preserved by the State Historical So
ciety.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08

Absolute cleanliness, purity and
strength are features of Daniel Web
ster flour. 18tf
A lyceum association has been or
gam .ed in Hanska with E. S. Cham
bard as president, Prof. Joel Peterson
as secretary and Email Hage as treas
urer. The purpose OF the association
is to secure for the village during the
coming season series of high-class
lectures and musical entertainments.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-08

claim its dry bed, and the farmers
living about the lake contracted with,
the New Ulm men to make a survey Of
the meandered portion. The work was
never finished, but the plaintiffs are
suing for So, 500 for their services.
In the criminal line there are no
cases on the docket, but the grand
jury will consider The charges against
four ST. Peter saloonkeepers, accused
of selling liquor to minors, and will
also, in all probability, find indict-
ments against Fred Phillips and c..
f. Brooks, LIE Sueur county farmers,
charged with highway robbery.
A number of friends were entertain
ed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Scherer. last Friday afternoon in,
honor of Mrs. Lind's birthday ami
versary. The grandchild of Mrs.
Lind, little son of Mr.. aid Mrs.
Scherer, was also baptized ON this
occasion and the name bestowed was
Norman Kenneth. A delightful time
was had by all present and Mrs. Lind
was the recipient of many beautiful
presents. Ex-Gov. Lind of Minneapo-
lis as usual was present at his
mothers anniversary. Winthrop
News.
: The next time you order -four, ask;
your grocer to send you Daniel Web.
ster. 1877
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
They Will Burn Railroad Property
in Order 10 Keep Warm.
NO FREIGHT SINCE JANUARY 10


WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. ga
telegram received by the Interstate
Commerce Commission from New
Rockford, n. d., says that the fuel
situation there is so desperate that
the people will burn railroad property
In less than forty.cight hours for fuel.
The dispatch says: THE railroad on
this branch is not making any effort
to relieve us. Have had no freight
this year; no mail for twelve days.
The commission repeated the dispatch
to President Elliott. Of the Northern
Pacific railway company. and asked
him If something couldn't be- done to
relieve the situation.
The commission received today the
concerning efforts To get relief to
| some sections needing help: RE
ferring to message of January &c, re-
| greet 10 say that relief trains. In spite
| of all we have been allie TO do, have
not been able TO get by Darlington
Snow and storms have been Sc
great that trains have been stuck and
We damaged snow ploys in trying ia
get through the heavy drifts. Hope
very much to get everything through
not later than Thursday. It's simpl.
q question whether man or the Gle
ments will prevail We are still
blocked in central North Dakota am
find it difficult TO work upon ma
rllancry. Our people arc doing every
thing that eau be done OIL this
brmcii.'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
N. 6 WIS DIFFERENCES WITH
employees NOT SETTLED
Engineers and Fircmcn Said to be
Striving to Secure an Eight
Hour Day.
(By Associated prcss).

ROANOKE, VA, Jan. 2a.--prcsi.
dent l.. L. Johnston and other Off.
Gers of the Norfolk ana Western rail,
way returned here today from Colum.
Dns' one whore they met tlft heads
OF the brotherhood of Locomotive En-.
Rihccrs and Locomotive Fircmcu. with
Il view of settling differences existing
between the Norfolk aud Western and
the engineers and flromcn. II was
said that the differences have not been
adjusted. II is learned that one
of the chief contentious of the men
Is for an s hour day.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
There is a Special Rate.

WASHINGTON, u. c., Jan. 20
although the Union Pacific and
Eorth Western railways have refus-
I'd to make special rate in the
movement of troops through Omaha
for San Francisco, the quartermas-
ter generals department will not de.
lay the sailing OF the six hundred
men now under orders for service
in the Philippines. While much
Is felt ut the failure
to secure a low rate. the govern
mcnt already enjoys Il military rate
OF S2T.5G from Omaha To San Fran.
csico, rs against the commercial
rate of $40. BY reason Of the
fact the Santa re. which Is Lam!
grant road, is enabled through its
lines cut of Omaha 10 make the
rate of S27.50 the other roads arc
permitted to carry troops for tn,
same fare.
II was stated at the War Depart
mcnt today that the refusal Of raj.
roads To make special rate below
$3.50 would make II necessary /,
request of Congress for additional
transportation funds.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
LIVINGSTONE AFTER
THE COTTON EXCHANGE
Georgia Congressman Hot for an In.
vestigation by Department of
Commerce and Labor.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 29.-Rc.
preventative Livingston OF Georgia APP
pearcd before the House committee on
interstate and foreign commerce to-
day and urged action on his provis.
ion for investigation b ythc Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor of tho
the object Of asccrtaining whether
such fluctuations have resulted
from the character of con.
tracts OF alleged sales and
deliveries made on the New York
Cotton Exchange"
Extensive dealing in futures, was
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
WILL HAVE TO GET MORE MONEY
Because Lower Rate Cannot be sccur.
cd Congress win Have to be Ap.
pcalcd to for an Extra Appropria.
tlon-Will No. Delay Work of Get.
ting Troops to Philippines.
nv Associated prnss !

OMAHA. NEB., Jan. 29.-Thc Union
Pacific and Northwestern railroads
nave refused to make any special
rates to the government for the ship.
mcnt of soldiers cnroutc to the Phil.
ipdnes to and from San Francisco and
the quartermaster's department of the
department Of the Missouri Is much
disappointed, the officers expressing
themselves In forceful language over
the action OF the railroads. Yestcr.
day bids were opened In Omaha for
transportation OF the men and Il large
amount of equipment from Forts Rob.
inson and Russell To San Francisco.
only the Union Pacific and the
Northwestern submit 'ni"a a. and both
: "n for regular =, Railroad OF H.
als say the so,-,.nment will secure @,
more cheap rates. 81
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
He Sends to The Colonial Office
Letter Expressing Regret.
SENDS THANKS TO SECRETARY TAFT
Incident is Now Considered Closed
Both in Washington and London
Officials at the National Capital
Refuse to Discuss the Apology.
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Thc Associated
Press learns that the international
phase Of the Kingston incident has
been finally closed by Governor SWEET.
tenham formally Withdrawing his let.
ter to Rear Admiral Davis and ex.
pressing his regret for having written
it. Swettenhams withdrawal of his
letter and his apology followed the
voluminous tclegraphic communica-
ton TO him from the colonial office.
The despatch which has now closed
the affair, was sent by the Governor
to the Colonial office. whence it
reached the State Department at
Washington through the foreign Of
flee
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30

announced by Mr. Livingstone, who
said that the cotton growers and cot.
ton spinncrs Of the United States arc
absolutely nj the mercy of cotton
spectators He mentioned the thirty
classiIicaiions of cotton which for.
mcrly existed ana called attention to
the fact that eleven of the classes
have dropped recently, Mr.. Living.
stone spoke OF his attempt TO have
cotton manlpnlators Larrcd from tic
mails as frauds.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
TELEPHONE GIRL VICTIM
OF INFAMOUS OUTRAGE
Assaulted by Burglars. Then Tied and
Gagged While Her Mothers
Home Was Ransacked.
(By Associated Press,

NEW CUMBERLAND, ". VA.
IAN % Unconscious, gagged and
Q pound to chnir. Nellie Campbell,
II cn'ci operator at local telephone
=, exchange. was found nearly dond nj
,redSs homo today. She has not rccoy.
,ailants w%dtrtficntly to tell who her as
whether she viii pnd II Is stlll doubtful
lell lived with her wfdo&r Miss Camp
II the time Apparently the girls ,annc
sailants were burglars who after
assaultlg her. tied and gagged hcr i
and then rangacked the house taking
several articles. of value. The police r
Of New Cumberland, and all the ada.
rent towns are working OH the case.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
GULF STREAMS LEAVES
PART OF OLD COURSE
Gulf Division Of photographic Office
Will Soon Issue Map Show
ing the Changes.
CIV Associated Press,

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 29.--Thc fact
the Gulf stream has made important
changes in it's course was announced
today by the Gulf division of the n.y.
geographic office in charge of Captain
John C. Solely. These changes arc
noted from the time the stream Leaves
the North Coast of South America
until ii enters the Atlantic. A map
embodying the changes will be issued
next month.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
Will Not Talk in Washington.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Jan. 20
Officials at the State Department re-
fuse to discuss the report that Gov
crnor Swettenliam has withdrawn his
letter to Admiral Davis an npo-ogiz.
cd for II. 1t is pointed ont that tho
President has taken every means
known to him to make II evident that
he regards the Kingston episode as a
closed incident so the officials decline
to comment on 1t In any phase at this
time.
Secretary Taft has received tho fol.
lowing cal'lcgram from Swcttcnham.
dated Kingston. January IS. Most
grateful thanks for supply of tents
inst arrived from Cuba in charge of
CAPTAIN Battle. U. S. A. Service most
highly appreciated" Z.
The tents referred to arc those for.
wardcd from Santiago.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
Tug Merrill is Safe.
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.--Tho tug
Merrill and the barge Jeanic for
whose safety some fears were cA.
pressed in despatch from Nor
folk last night arrived here today.
The Norfolk despatch said the tug
and her tow were sighted off Dia-
mond Shoals light vessel last Friday
and had not been heard from since
that time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
SAYS DEED WAS DONE FOR MONEY
Prisoner Heard the Denunca.ion,
Without FIinchins-Three Physic-
ians Who Attended the Dying
Man Give Their Tcstlmony-state
Said to Have Two New Witnesses.
(By Associated Presa.l

RlVERHEAD. l.. l., Jan. $3.50
scattering was the opening address
made late today by District AT.
torney Furman, at the beginning
of the trial OF Dr. James w. Simp.
son, a former Fifth avenue Man.
haitian. dentist for the murder OF
his father-in-law, BARLEY T. Homer
that Judge Kelly had to interrupt
several times and beg that the
essential parts of the Indictment
be adhered to. Mr.. Simpson sat
calmly throughout the ordeal The
District Attorney quoted the words
Mr.. lIorner is said to have uttered
as he fell writhing from the effects
OF gun shot wounds.
My God Doctor; You nave done
1t finally" Simpson had made no
attempt to assist the injured man,
the attorney declared, although he
was well vcrsed in the knowledge of
treating wounds. Mr.. Horner had
been an obstacle in the path OF DR..
Simpson. the prosecutor said, In that
the doctor felt he would have nom y
as soon as his father-in.law diedat
He was reduced to this last extrennl
ity, said the district attorney. ThIf'
Time had come when something haI IL
TO happen to change the current ! Ia
his life. he had gamblcd and was N
cd in other ways his own monc il
said the nrnsocutnr ii
testimony of Physicians. t.
Earlier in the day jury had be n
secured and three witnesses, o
physicians were examined bcCoi C.
adjournment. ii
TWO important witnesses h;i II
Drought INTO the case uncxpectcI .
ny lhe State they are George |. u
Preston, convict serving s. 7
tchce In sing Sing for arson, al y
FRANK "lshc"ski' Il Polish che
boy an eye witness TO the IA
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
Richmond Man Promoted.
(By Associated Prtss.1

ATLANTA, GA, Jam 29.-An'
nounccmcnt was made today of the
appointment of Joseph A. Higgins
TO he Assistat General Passenger
agent of the Atlanta and West
Pomt railroad, n newly created po-
sition. Mr.. Higgins had been with
the road for some time and is a
native OF Richmond, Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-30
At,enas Furnl.ure Exhibit.

Mr.. NJ H. Lash has gone To New
York To attend the annual furniture
exposition now being held In that
city. Mr.. Lash will spend several
days in the metropolis on business ar
ter tho exposition.