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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15

individual wealth are not obtainable.
OF Mr.. Rockefeller fortune of $780,
100000 or $500, Ooo,O 900, as estimated by
himself, he has given away nearly
1914, 100000, according to the figures
compiled from various sources. It
seems that Mr.. Carnegie has given
about as literally in proportion to his
wealth, his total contributions to in
situations being estimated at 1913, 773,-
600, which includes Sis, 100000 to the
Carnegie Foundation to provide pay
for superannuated college professors.
Leland Stanford gave $40, 100000 and
Mrs. Stanford $4,000, 900 to Leland
Stanford university, and Marshall
Field gave s13,0OO,OoO for the Field
Columbian museum.
Other large gifts are: Stephen Cir
ard, to Girard College, $4,000, 900:
John Hopkins, to John Hopkins
university and hospital, 81, ZOO, 900;
George Peabody, total educational
benefactions. $4,000 Vim. Marsh
Rice, to Rice institute, Houston, Tex,
S6,oo0,o 900; Ezra Cornell, to Cornell
university, $4,000, 600; D. f. Fayer-
weather, to various colleges, 81, 0OO,-
600. Cecil Rhodes bequest for the
Anglo-American scholarships was ap-
proximately 81 1000, 900.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15
EUROPEANS TO USE DRY PROCESS
Sleepy Eye Miller Has Great Sue
cess in Introducing His
Company's Patent.

TIE London correspondent of the
Northwestern Miller thus sums up the
results of A. G. Won Hagen's trip to
Europe in the interests of what is
known as the Sleepy Eye dry process
for cleaning wheat.
ssWhile over here Mr.. Won Hagen
was successful in concluding contracts
for the introduction of his company's
process with the leading mill building
and furnishing concerns in the vari-
Gus countries he visited. In Russia
be sold the right for the process to
Wolkenstein & Sons, who are extern
sive mill-buiiders and widely known
throughout the Russian empire. In
Germany he made arrangements with
Gebreuder Seek of Dresden, one of
the leading mill-building firms on. the
continent, to cover such territory as
Germany, Austria, France, Belgium,
Holland and Scandinavia. In order
to facilitate the practical illustrating
Of the value of the process complete
cleaning process was erected in the
factory of Gebrueder Seek, and after
making athorough test this firm was
SO we'll pleased with the results that
they expressed their willingness to
purchase for greater territory than
they had originally intended covering,
Gin FIN plon1 Nv Won Harop ar.
ranged with the firm of Henry Simon,
mill-bnilders who have worldwide
reputation. They have purchased from
the Sleepy Eye Dry Process Co. the
exclusive rights, under the patents, for
the following countries: Great Britain
and Ireland, British India, Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa, China,
Japan, Brazil, Chile and Peru. y
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15
OXEN, NOT MAJOR BROWN,
BUILT FT. RIDGELY HIGHWAY.

nor anybody else in 1852, nor at any
other time. Neither the fort nor the
lower agency were located until 1858,
and Major Brown did not build the
fort nor any other road in Nicollet
county.
'sIn 1852 Brown plated the village
of Henderson, which was represented TO
be more accessible to every other place
than any town in the valley, and Hen
derson soon became the terminal of
more plank road charters than any
other village in the territory. Major
Browns effort was directed to making
it a grand entrepot, and he might have
succeeded if his steam-Wagon enter
prise. had not failed. AS it was, some
travel and freight went from Hender-
son across Sibley county to the fort
and the agency instead of by way of
the so-called fort road
81 was familiar with the old Red
river trail from Traverse des Sioux to
the western boundary of Nicollet coun-
ty more than fifty years ago. I have
travelled it with OK teams and on horse
back; I have waded through the
sloughs and marshes, stuck in them
by mud and mosquitoes; I have
camped in the groves in rain and biz
yards, and, now that money is to be
expended in the improvement of the
old highway, trust that the people of
the county may realize their highest
expectations in thenew Appian Way
that the county commissioners may
win renown second only to that
achieved by the ancient road builder,
Emperor Appius Claudius.''
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15

Before the leaders of the English
scientific world Wednesday evening,
Louis Brennan, a man of great wealth
and the inventor of the Brennan tor
pedo, explained the workings of a new
invention that may prove to be the
railroad wonder of the age and give
to its designer place in the hall of
fame along with Newton, Watts and
Stevens.
Brennan showed a miniature rail-
way car or locomotive standing en-
tirely abovesa single rail, with appar-
emily nothing to balance it. 1t turned
sharp corners at high speed, crossed
single strand of wire cable in lieu
OF bridge, and climbed heavy in
clines-all with perfect stability. It
was sometimes loaded, sometimes emp
ty. There was no attempt to balance
the load; the vehicle itself did that in
stantly and automatically. Every at
tempt to nnbalance it resulted in a
paradox. If the load we're piled all
upon one side, it seemed inevitable
that the vehicle would sag, if, indeed,
it did not topple over. But no, the
overloaded side automatically rose in
proportion to the burden and the emp
ty side was depressed.
In word, Mr.. Brennan utilities the
idea OF boys spinning top. He de-
scribes his invention thus: ssThe char
acterlstlc feature of this system of
transport is that each vehicle is cap
able Of maintaining it's balance upon
an ordinary rail, laid upon sleepers
on the ground, whether it is standing
still or moving in either direction at
any rate OF speed, Notwithstanding
that the center of gravity is several
feet above the rail, and that wind
pressure, shifting of load, centrifugal
action or any combination of these
forces may tend to upset it.
"The mechanism consists essential
~ OF two fywheels rotated directly by
electric motors in opposite directions
at very high velocity, and mounted
so that their gyrostatic action and
stored-upenergy can be utilized. These
hywheels are placed in exhausted
cases, SO that both air and journal
friction is reduced to minimum. and
consequently the power required to-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15

In communication to the Pioneer
Press, Maj. B. Fl. Randall, who was
stationed at Fort Ridgely in the early
days and who is now living at Vino
ma, takes exception to the recently
published statement that the old ''fort
road connecting ST. Paul and Fort
Ridgely, was built under contract with
the government N 1852 by Maj. Joseph
r. Brown. He says:
''It is true that the road is one of
the Oldest in the state, but twas never
built under contract. It was made by
the Red river oxen and carts, from
fifty to a hundred of them strung along
in single file at one time, transporting
peltries, provisions and other mer-
chandise from Pembina, by way of Big
Stone Lake, Lac qui Parle, Birch
Coulie, Little Rock Creek, Fort Ridge
ly, Swan Lake, Traverse DIES Sioux
and south of the Minnesota river, to
Mendoza and st. Paul. It was a
plainly marked trail and during the
time from the establishment Of Fort
Ridgely and the Lower Sioux Agency
in 1858 until their abandonment in the
early sixties was much used for travel
and hauling between those points and
Traverse des Sioux.
"Capt. Simpson of the government
engineer corps was stationed at ST..
Paul from 1851 for three or four years
and superintended the survey and con-
struction of military road from St.
Paul to Fort Ridgely and Grow Wing,
but there was never any military road
constructed from St. Paul to Fort
Ridgely by the federal government
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15
ENGLISH INVENTOR MAY HAVE PFRFEC-
TED RAILROAD WONDERO OF THE ACE

keep them in rapid motion is very
small.
1.-THE stored-up energy in the fly
wheels, when revolving at full speed,
is SO great and the friction so small
that if the driving current is cut off,
altogether they will run at sufficient,
velocity to impart stability to the We
hicle for several hours, while it will
take from two to three days before
they come TO rest
'aThe road wheels are placed in a.
single row beneath the center of the
vehicles, instead of in two rows near
the sides, as usual, and are carried on
bogies or compound bogies which are
not only pivoted to provide for hori-
zontal curves on the track, but for ver
tical ones also. By this means the
vehicles can run upon curves of even
less radius than the length of the We
hlcle itself OF on ere oked rails or rails
laid over uneven ground, without dan.
ger of derailment.
'sThe motive power may be either
steam, petrol, oil, gas or electricity,
as considered most suitable for local
conditions.
'sThe bridges would be of the sim
plest possible construction, a single
wire hawser stretched across ravine-
or river being all that is necessary for
temporary work. Strange to say, the
lateral swaying of the hawser does not
disturb. the balance of the cars, and
the strongest winds will fail to blow
them off.
stThe speed can be from twice to
thrice that of ordinary railways, Oh.
account of the smoothness in running
and the total absence of lateral oscil-
lation.O
The present model, has been pri--
vately examined and tested during the
last few weeks by the most eminent
English experts, and their reports to
the government have been uniformly
eulogistic.
Mr.. Brennan's confident dream is a
transcontinental line, furnished with
travelling hotel, with rooms fifteen
to twenty feet wide, that will carry
passengers in perfect comfort and
safety at speed of 12O to $50 miles
an hour. I
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15
A STRING OF GOOD STORIES

| There is a Chicago lawyer who, his
colleagues aver, has a positive genius
fer malapropos suggestion to his wit
nesses on the stand.
Recently this lawyer was counsel in
a suit for divorce, wherein he was
examining woman who had taken the
stand in behalf Of the plaintiff.
''Now, madam" began the attorney,
who is always saying the wrong
thing, ''repeat the slanderous state
ments made by the defendant on this
OCCASION"
sob, they are unfit for any respect
able person to hearp' gasped the
witness.
''Then, madam" said the attorney,
coaxingly, suppose you just whisper
them to his honor the judge
| w. S. Gilbert is we'll known for his
punctiliousness in the matter Of good
English. The other day he was stand
ing in the entrance hall of his club
when a new member went up to him
and asked: st beg your pardon, sir,
but do you happen to have seen a
gentleman, one of the members of this
club, with a glass eye called Matt
hew?"
"Can't say have" replied Gilbert.
"What's the name of the other eye?"
DeWo off Hopper, while touring down
South with "Mr. Pickwick, T" expressed
succinctly his opinion Of the railroads
in the Old Dominion. He had had
about ten days Of bad food, worse
track and no schedule, and at last he
summed it all up by saying, swell,
heretofore I always thought the
Virginia creeper was a plant
The usual large crowd was gathered
at the New York end of the Brooklyn
bridge, waiting for the trolley cars.
An elderly lady, red in the face,
hustered, and fussy, dug her elbows
into convenient ribs, irrespective of
owners. A fat man on her left was the
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15

"a correspondent IS QeS1rOuS TO
know which is the most common form
employed in the carrying out of the
death sentence. The probability is that
most people, if asked, would at once
say the gallows, yet this is far from
being the case. The favorite mode
appears to be the guillotine, which is
employed publicly in France, Belgium,
Denmark, Hanover and two cantons
ofSwitzerland, and privately in Bavar-
ia, Saxonyi and also in two cantons
of Switzerland. The CHEEKY gallows
comes next in the running and is
favored publicly in Austria, Portugal
and Russia, and privately in Great
Britain and the United States of
America. Death by the sword obtains
in fifteen cantons in Switzerland, in
China and Russia publicly, and in
Prussia privately. Ecuador, Olden-
burg and Russia have adopted the
musket, all publicly, while in China
they have strangulation by the cord,
in Spain the garrote. in Brunswick
death by the ak, and in New Y ork the
electric chair. In Italy there is no
capital punishment
James Gray in the Minneapolis Jour
nal-The visit of Bird Sim Coler to
Minnesota, it is darkly limited, was
not merely to deliver speech, but
also to deliver some delegates. He
came here, it is said, in the interest of
Bryan, who has been greatly i'm
pressed with local sentiment for John
son for president and who is opposed
to too much of this favorite son bust
ness in the next convention. The
Johnson boom in the minds of some
of the leading democrats of the state
is a real thing. Others believe it
would be mistake to present the gov
ernor's name at all. What the COVER
nor believes is not known. He is too
wise to be candidate for president
before he has been asked, but it is fair
to assume that he would not refuse the
nomination. The governor makes no
sign, but why should he? Is he not
surrounded by men capable Of the high
sign? The high sign just now seems
to be that Bird Sim Coler was a but
tinsky to come here knocking the IA
vorite son industry just when it is
getting a splendid start. One of the
evidences that the governor is in the
hands of his friends is said to be the
fact that he got through a speech at
the Jefferson banquet without single
mention of Bryan, though Bryan has
heretofore been the peerless one, the
peoples tribune and few other things
in the johnson vocabulary.
< Only the very best portion the of
berry, from the finest hard spring
wheat grown, is used in the manufac-
n Il a
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15

+ Thomas j. kretsch and Mr.. and
Mrs. W. F. Cavanaugh were among
the Sunday visitors in the city.
,, The village council of Hanska has
decided to donate three lots, valued
| at $500, as site for public library
building.
Jacob and William Rossbach of AL
bin and Herman Kissner of Sleepy Eye
have gone to Colorado for the purpose
of buying land.
Attorney Albert Hauser has pur-
chased the Albert Durbahn residence
in Sleepy Eye. Mr.. Durbahn will
move to Minneapolis.
Miss Esther Fritze, who has been
teaching in Home township the past
winter, has been elected to a position
in the public schools of Fairfax.
The state board of control has de-
cided to building tubercular hospi-
tai at St. Peter. The board has
S65, 1000 at its disposal for this purpose.
Morris Dauer of Cottonwood town
ship died Thursday evening at the ad-
vanced age of seventy-nine years. Mr..
Dauer had lived in Cottonwood since
1888.
DR.. T. NJ. Marcellus, a former resi-
dent of Sleepy Eye, died at his home
in Charlottesville, Virginia, last week
of cancer. At the time of his death
he was the publisher of daily paper
in Charlottesville.
G. c. Towne, former hotel proprietor
at Springfield and later game warden
at Mankato, has formed a partnership
with William Mahnke and will open
moving picture theatres in Austin and
Owatonna in this state and in two
towns in Iowa.
Prof. A. A. Stromberg of Gustavus
Adolphus college ab St. Peter has
been appointed professor of political
economy at the state university to
succeed Franklin McVey who resigned
to accept place on the newly created
tax commission.
The Springfield fire department. has
elected the following officers: Chief,
Hugo Schleuder; lieutenant, John
Lau; foreman of hook and ladder
company, John Eichmann; assistant,
Herman Mueller; foreman of hose
company, Erhart Appel; assistant,
John Betcher; secretary, J. J Ray.
Chief Schleuder, John Eichman and
Erhart Appel will represent the de-
partment at the ST.. Cloud convention.
The Milford Cottonwood Creamery
Association at it's annual meeting held
recently elected the following officers:
President, Ed. Hensel; vice president,
Joseph Wiesner; secretary, John
| Manderfeld; treasurer, Andrew Back
er. These with Andrew Groebner.
Anton Sprenger and William Gluth
constitute the board of directors. The
creamery during the fiscal year ending
AAoiSAA cAoU AOCO1NOO O;AlO, pOuuQS
of milk and 1892 pounds of cream.
From the butter output the company
realized S35, 88o1O.
A suit for damages will be brought
against the city of Sleepy Eye by
Charles Engelking for the killing OF
his hunting dog by Chief of Police
Jacobsen. AS result of the mad
dog scare in Sleepy Eye an order had
been issued for the muzzling of all
dogs. Engelking had complied with
the order, but on a certain day the
muzzle was removed for short time
because it had hurt the dogs nose.
While the muzzle was off, the dog fol-
lowed one of the children into the
business portion of the city and being
noticed by the chief was ordered shot.
Engelking now demands damages on
/ the ground that the animal was in no
way dangerous one.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15

--HA>-----
The Golden schools closed Friday.
Prof. Giblin will spend his vacation
in Mankato.
A. P. Lemke, until recently a clerk
in Adolph Altermatt's store in Spring.
field, will engage in business for him.
self at Vesta.
Ed. Olsen of Nicollet, who recently
returned from a Pacific coast trip,
visited over Sunday with his brother,
Albert. He was accompanied by his
wife.
E. P. Bertrand of Sleepy Eye has
been drawn as one of the petit jurors
for the spring term of the federal
court which convenes at Winona on
May q.
Thee Catholic church edifce at Wand a
was completely destroyed by fire
Thursday morning. The building
and fixtures were valued at $1,000
while the insurance amounted to only
$4,000.
Col. William J. Bryan will lecture
at the college auditorium in St. Peter
next Saturday afternoon and at Man.
kato in the evening. His subject will
be impressions of Tour of the
World
Decoration Day will be celebrated al
Fort Ridgely with unusual ceremony
this year, the reason being the legis
lative appropriation for the establish
ment of a monument park. Adjutan
General Wood Or some other speake,
of prominence will deliver the address
On Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs
Michael Ganske of Sleepy Eye cele
brated the fiftieth anniversary of theil
wedding, Mr.. Ganske being seventy
eight years of age and his wife seventy
six. During the Indian uprising O
1862 Mr.. Ganske was one Of the de
tenders of New Ulm, having been com
PEELED to flee from his farm in Nicolle
county to this city for refuge, and aftel
the war he located in Sigel. In 18e:
he gave up farming and took up his
residence in Sleepy Eye.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15

Pat announced to his friends that he
had become a Socialist. Mike heard
of it and the next time he met Pat he
exclaimed:
"Arrah, Pat, is it true that ye've
turned into SOCIALISM,"
ashure enough, Mike, that's jist
what I am
HAnd now, Pat, do We name to tell
that if ye had million dollars ye'd
share it up with the rist of us?o
'sShure and that's what I would,
Mike. That's jist me principles
"But tell me, Pat, do ye name to
saw that if We had fine mansion up
on fifth Ayenoo, ye'd sell it and dizzy
up the price wild us all?''
sShure and I would, Mike. That's
jist the proper thing for to do, and
I'd shurely do it, for T IN ginooine
Socialist.
can agin, Pat, if We had two goats
would We give me wan of thim?',
Indeed, thin, | would mott have
two goats?''
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15

Only the very best portion the of
berry, from the finest hard spring
wheat grown, is used in the manufac-
ture of Daniel Webster flour. l8tf
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15
INSURANCE COMPANIES EXEMPT
WOodchuck is Discovered in New
Registry Tax Law.

Foreign Insurance companies, al
ways large holders of Minnesota real
estate mortgages, will escape payment
of the registry tax on mortgages, not
withstanding it was against these very
companies that the legislation was
presumably aimed.
In some way or other a clause, not
in the bill as originally drafted, crept
into it before its passage and it is this
clause tba defeats the main purpose
of the authors of the act. The wood
chuck is found in the sentence which
provides that the act "shall not apply
to mortgages taken in good faith by
persons Or corporations whose per-
sonal property is expressly exempted
from taxation by law, or is taxed upon
the basis of gross earnings Or other
methods of Communication in lieu of all
other taxes
Now insurance companies pay a
communication tax of two per cent on
premiums in lieu of other taxes, and
consequently, by virtue of the clause
quoted above, cannot be held for the
registry tax on mortgages.
The companies were the most power
full interest opposed to the registry
law and no doubt their lobbyists could
tell Mr.. Clague justhow the woodchuck
crept into his bill. Whether so or
not, it is certain that the exempting
clause gives the insurance companies
tremendous advantage over Compel
ing investors. .... ....
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-15

recipient of particularly vicious jab.
She yelled at him, ssSay!" He WINGED
slightly and moved to one side. ssSay!'
she persisted, adoes itmake any diff
ference which of these cars I take to
Greenwood Cemetery?'' mot to me,
madam, y he answered, slipping
through an opening in the crowd.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-12-05


THE question to be presented.toths
people Of Mexico and Audrain county
9 whether o saloon Is damaging or be
neficial 10 q community. The amount
OF license received should cut no hg'
ure Of all. We can conceive how evili
might be licensed 30 that all public
improvement might be paid for, and
even our front fences, sidewalks and
houses be built. The Idsy Is coming
when ali public Improvements win be
paid for by the public benefited With
out the licensing OF any admitted
evil. This is tbs case to-day In more
than half the territory Of the United
StateA Acity or town that cannot
pay Us running expenses without the
ncenssng Of any kind Of an evil should
De plossd NJ and planted in corn
RiEsury shows that Mexico czn g-ow
gn6 prosper without saloons ErEnin-
xSasn Of Eas rscorax q Ehe city VII
AaaR- Hus 1zssg Krk1RnErE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-12-05
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-12-05

n certainly is not dinsealt 70 mako
. mistake with the Morse code. tas
Got and dash system" said Mr.. John
Ar1ron, G. B, who has lately retired
from the post ONCE. Il remember one
smusins mistake being made. where
Q noble1nan. having gons into the
country. wired to his yalst In Londoc
to the following effect: Send ne tn
box. The message was delivered q
the valet in the following words:
Lend me ten bobi'"-From T. p. o.