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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-30
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

y n =
/ AT the Catholic Auditorium on Mon
day evening, November 9th, Mr.. Kerr,
a famous Boston basso cantante, will
give recital, the merit of which is
unq uestioned. Recently Mr.. Kerr,
who at one time was member OF
Nine. Calves company, gave reel
jail in Milwaukee and the Milwaukee
Press in speaking of the event has the
following to say:
i "A programme of rare merit, rang
70 from resounding German leaders
4 # Schubert to soft, tender love songs,
Il S provided at a recital by U. s..
Il Ia, a noted basso-cantante OF Bos-
i'm Conservatory hail. Stephenson
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-30
~ 4
Minnesota Flint Roc
Organized With Capitai
of $4,000.
Plant Will be Located on Never
ding Farm at Redstone.
X. w. Scherer Will be the Active
Head and Manager.

With Robert W. Scherer as the
moving spirit and backed by ample
capital, the Minnesota Flint Rock
Company has come into existence.
The organization of the company has
been contemplated for some time, but
it was not until Saturday that the de.
tails were perfected.
Associated with Mr.. Scherer in the
incorporation are Miss Alwine Scher-
er, BENZ. Stockman, Albert Hanft and
Judge Hugo Hanft. Others are also
Interested, including number of
N prominent contractors, but these con-
stitute the incorporators and 1t is
among them that the Offices have been
apportioned as follows: President, AL
bert Hanft; vice president, Alwine
j Scherer; secretary and treasurer, r.
w. Scherer.
The mission Of the company will be
that of placing on the markets crushed
rock for macadamizing, paving and
concrete purposes, and in entering the
field at this time it is believed that the
institution will be able to thrive with
out in the least curtailing the business
of the other concern already on the
grounds.
The plant will be erected on the
Meyerding farm and will be supplied
with two crushers. Work on it will
commence within a short while under
the direction of Mr.. Cunningham and
by spring everything is expected to be
in readiness for active operations.
The active management will then be
vested in Mr.. Scherer.
New Ulm certainly welcomes this
material addition to its industries and
wishes it all success.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-30

We carry in stock the most beau
tiful pianos that were ever shipped
to New Ulm, like the Haddorff, the
Schumann, the Needham, the Miller,
the Starck, the King and many other
makes of high grade standard pianos;
so when you want to buy a high grade
standard piano be sure to go to the
New Ulm Music Store, for there is
where you will find these pianos and
at prices the lowest and sold for cash
and on monthly payments. Yours to
serve, A. Danielson, Prop.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-30
Mr.. Kerr re-
,.ole approval of
ICE that filed the beau
,d;tor;,,

Ihe power and dramatic quality of
Mr.. Kerr's splendid voice perhaps ap-
peared to best advantage in Strauss's
Sehsuchl. Nevertheless he demonstra-
ted that he also could sing love song,
in his rendition of Schutt's exquisite
'Oeffnet SIGH die Herzensthiir.' And
again Mr.. Kerr showed his versatility
by singing rollicking ballad entitled
Rolling Down the Rio, with such a ban
don and dash that he quite carried
away his audience. The applause that
greeted this number plainly indicated
the temper of Mr.. Kerr's delighted
hearers.
''The programme included a Swed-
ish song by Koerling, which, as Mr..
Kerr is partly Norwegian in origin,
he sang with added dash and fire.
Faith, by G. W. Chadwick,was sung
with sympathy and appreciation ofthe
finer touches in the art Of music. Mr..
Kerr sang Wagner's powerful 'Pog-
ner's Anrede, from Die Meistersinger,
in a manner that marked him as a
Wagnerian interpreter of high ability.
At the end he gave the famous Torea-
dor song, from Carmen, with wealth
of tone''
Henry Doel Parker's company, pre-
senting "Under Southern Skies" was
greeted by splendid audience at the
Turner Theatre Friday evening and in
return for the cordial reception gave
an admirable performance. The COM
pany was even better than that seen
here a year ago.
A melodrama with strol.g story of
deep heart interest is what is claimed
for sNobody's Claim, = which appears
at the Henle Opera House next Sun
day evening. The touching story of
the life of little Madge, from the time
we find her homeless waif in the
first act to the time when she marries
in the last, is one that strongly APP
peals to every woman's heart, while
the comedy element is of the kind that
keeps the audience in the best of hui
NOR throughout. The play has been
given complete mounting OF elegant
scenery and the mechanical effects are
said to be Of the very best.
Interest in the forthcoming produc-
ton of s"The Man Of the Hour ought
to be general among playgoers of this
vicinity, for here is really one of the
notable plays of the time and one that
has attracted a great deal of attention
throughout the world. It is still run
ming in New York City, where it was
first acted a year ago, and the compa-
ny which is to present the play here is
made up of actors of well-known abil-
ity.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-30

Mrs. Chas. Linn of Winnipeg is a
guest at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Baxter.
Mrs. J. j. Green is nursing a frac-
tured wrist as the result of a. fall a
few days ago.
Misses Lena Guth and Lillian Rue
nitz of Sleepy Eye were Sunday visi-
tors at the home of Reuben Townsend.
Mrs. S. D. Peterson's mother, Mrs.
George, who has been visiting here
for some time, left for Winnipeg last
Saturday.
Miss Dora Wells. at one time a
teacher in the New Ulm public schools,
is spending a few days here, the guest
of Mrs. sBeecher and Mrs. Fred Meier.
Miss Wells is now engaged in literary
work for the New York magazines and
during the greater portion of the year
makes that city her home.
The trial of Elmer II. Dearth, the
former insurance commissioner, on a
charge of accepting a bride from w.
F. Bechtel, then president of the
Northwestern National Life Insurance
company, has been in progress in
Minneapolis since Saturday. Former
Governor Lind is Mr.. Dearth's attor-
ney.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
What Happened to the. Samaritans

After the Assyrians had carried away
into captivity part of the population OF
the kingdom of Israel the country they
left was gradually colonized by for
efgners, who intermingled with the
people of Samaria. The population thus
acquired a mixed character. and when
the original inhabitants returned after
the captivity there was marked differ
ence between them and the Samaritans.
The Jews refused to hold any inter-
course with them. and refused their
aid in building the walls and temples
OF Jerusalem. They even refused to
let them participate in their worship
Eventually under the leadership of
certain SanbalIat. the Samaritans
built city and sanctuary of their own
on the top of Mount Gerizim, the ruins
OF which we could see from the tent
where we sat. From that time the
town of Shechem (Nablus) rose in i'm
portance. as 1t lay at the foot of the
mountain, and Samaria declined. Con-
f1icts between the Samaritans and the
Jews were many. and during the time
OF the Romans many of the former
were killed. Their numbers are stead
fly decreasing; at the present time they
do not number more than 200. Thus
at the Passover seven lambs were SUM-
cient for all who could partake of It.
AS sunset draws near a crowd again
collects round the closed oven, waiting
for Il to be opened. Half an hour be-
fore the sun actually set this was done.
and the roasted scraps were fetched
from the floor of the oven by men who
jumped down and picked up a few
scraps at a time. The morsels were
placed In six large rush baskets; these
were then placed in the center OF the
praying ground The high priest took
his place as before. but this time he
laid beside him on the ground a pair
OF shoes. an ebony walking stick inlaid
with silver and towel; each man did
the same with walking stick, a towel
or handkerchief and mis- shoes. A long
form of prayer was again gone through
which ended just after sunset AS they
rose after the final prostration each
man girded his loins with the towel.
grasped the staff in his hand, slipped
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

sound, for If It did Il would be dis
qualified. When all are killed an exam.
ination takes place to insure their hav-
ing been properly slain in accordance
with the law and If. as in this case, It
as satisfactory. boiling water from
the caldrons is poured over the car
casses to enable the hair to be pulled
on. as they are not skinned The car
casses are then slung on poles held on
two mems sho 1lders and opened up
and cleaned. The right shoulder, to-
gether with live-. heart and all entrails,
are burned on grating placed over the
fire in the trench. AS there were only
two butchers among the Samaritans
this year. the process took some little
time: each lamb when finished had q
pole thrust straight through IT and
was then laid on a grating made OF
branches OF trees and we'll salted.
When all the lambs were finished and
laid there further prayers were said
over them. The oven or pit was now
heated again and flames belched from
Its mouth. Seven stalwart young men
seized the seven spits and stood round
the edge till the flames subsided some
what, and at a given signal from the
high priest they simultaneously
plunged the lambs into the furnace:
the grating was then placed on the top
of the oven with covering OF grass
and finally thick layer OF mud was
patted down on the TOP TO keep all air
from peretratinE. This closed the
mouth OF the oven and finished the nrsr
of the ceremonies of the day
We were then invited into the tent
OF the high priest and were ohered
Passover bread and cheese and conee
and lemonade were handed round As
we sat talking TO him and his brother
and sons. he brought out at our re-
quest the old copy OF the Pentateuch.
which is said TO be in the handwriting
OF Abiathar. the son OF Phineas, the
son of Eleazar, the son or Aaron, and
there Is little doubt that IL Is actually
so. 1 believe the photograph I am able
70 send Is, II not unique, at any rate
one OF the very few which exist OF
this wonderful old roll OF manuscript.
We asked the high priest from whom
the Smaritans are descended, and he
told us the following interesting facts
about them:
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SIrom 1t about three or four yards an
other deep PIT had been dug; it was
perhaps eight to ten feet in circumfer-
ence and six feet deep. and was lined
with stones. In it q fierce fire had
been kept burning for some five or six
hours.
Prayers over, the sheep were caught
and hustled and hustled about till they
were brought 70 the edge of the trench
in which was the fire. They We're held
there by young men while several more
prayers were chanted. and then amid
much shouting the two butchers went
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
The open Air cerenony

The service began az II o'clock. and
was held Ia the open air on q nat. cir
cular plat or ground surrounded BY a
loose Pile Of stones few feet high
inside the Enclosure none but semari-
tans were allowed to stand. and round
the circle were stationed Turkish sol
diers TO insure the absence OF outsid-
ers. In front OF the circle stood the
high priest. clothed in a long loose.
green silk robe and wearing on his
breast gold medal presented to him
by the community on his completion Of
forty years xerviee in that <eep3rifSy
On his head he wore the or5inary tar
boosh of the country VIII white
cloth bound round turban fashion. Be
hind him stood the male Szmaritans.
each wearing a long white garment
over his ordinsry clothes. put on ex-
pressly FOR the prayer hour. The pos
lures during prayer are-ysrled, sone-
times standing. sometimes~ kneel3ng,
and sometimes entire prostrattrn with
the forehead touching the ground. 14ae
language used IS rabbinical Hebrew,
and all the prayers are chanted in a
monotone, at FIRST softly, but at times
swelling out into a perfect roar Of
sound. Part Of the service is in the
form OF responses by the high priest
and the community. Among the pray
ing figures -browsed the seven lambs
appointed for the slaughterer. The
last prayer was said in Arabic. and was
for the Sultan Abdul Hamid Kahn; and
a very beautiful prayer it was.
Behind the prayer circle there was
q long. deep, square trench dug I'm the
ground. In this a fire was burning. and
over il at one end Of the trench were
two huge caldrons containing boiling
water. Beside the trench and distant
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

round and killed the lambs over the fire
in order that the blood might run into
it and be burned. Ina few seconds. all
was over. and the lambs. with their
throats cut, lay in row. 1t seemed to
be part OF the ceremony to dabble IN
the blood, and some fathers whom I
saw had put their babies fingers in the
warm blood and then dabbed their faces
with it. The act of slaughter IS ex-'
ceedingly quick. being done at one
cash. as the knife must not be brought
back; the larynx is severed, in order
that the animal may not make any
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

l N the Town Or NAblus lthe ancient
shechem3s whfch lies on the neck OF
land between the nountain Of Ours
ing ana tic 1hountsin OF Blessing.
that is to say between Mount Ebal and
Mount osrizlrn, lives at The present day
a sect OF people absolutely unique in
the world Originally many in number.
there remefn now bat few. score OF
them. one Of thcm i was who talked
with the Man OF Nazareth as he sat
on the well of their fcrefatser, Jacob,
that hot day close on 2esp<rears ago.
The sect OF the Ss1narftans has re-
tsined the Old forms OF ceremonies
Of religion nnchsnged from tie time OF
Moses and Aaron; and from the latter
the present high priest. by name OF
Jacob Aaron, claims lineal descent.
Among the ancient religious oefemo-
nies stfli observed among them IS that
Of the Feast Of the PassoYer which
they keep n strict aceordapee u ftts asie
law of Moses. nnlIke their brethrens The
Jews. who lsvetr mans, xIaSs raedern-
ted that solemn pcrasi on.
The nrst feast OF the Passover was 'er-
dered1t to be slain a. spnaet and seten at.
pnidnieht and this is the rue observed
BY the Sauiaritans year BY year, with
the excentioasof this year. when h was
slain az noon and eaten at sunset The
reason was, this. In accordance with
their reckoning the feast fell this yeah,
on Friday four Good Friday, and IN
order 10 obey both commands. namely.
60 burn anything that might be left
over with FIRE. and TO extinguish all
fires before Saturday <the SABBATH It
was necessary TO eat the Passover.
burn the remains. and extipguishs the
fire before midnight.
SO after attending an Arabic service
in the Protestant church we hurried dp
Mount GeTizim. near the top OF which
the tents OF the Samariuens were
pitched. and arrived just IN time 70 be
present az the first ceremony OF the
day, namely. the prayers conducted by
the high priest before the slaughter OF
the lambs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-09

only this: in thirty-five years OF very
lively experience among criminals OF
all 'sorts have never encountered any
thing one-tenth so daring"
And yet
IF il is that. consider the absolutely
suicidal risks that are being takenl
Why police might be expected TO
swarm over that wall or through the
gate at any minute! No. no. It's in
credible HAD that been the idea one
extremely promising victim woulI nave
been lured in. the murderer would have
done his work and been off within the
hour Instead of which YOU two
gentlemen are reasonably positive that
last evening you heard your friend
just after 'entering. In conversation
with another party"
Which only shows that he was
drawn on to his doom in the house it
self"
''Perhaps-perhaps notr'
browning heavily, Reeves fell silent.
Minute after minute he sat. there, while
the others waited patiently. When
finally he looked up his twinkling eyes
told OF a conclusion reached.
Gentleman. in a logical course OF
reasoning the first thing Is to find this
man Maltbyi'
Exactly" said Penrose with some
eagerness, "and then set detectives
catching the houee"'
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OF business practically since before you
were born. I'm more accustomed to
the unusual than you are. Moreover.
the goblin 10 there appears to have a
particular fOndness for members of the
Wanderers Club lie may not relish
a seasoned old nut like me-"
But. all the same, - Fayles persisted.
lin spite Of everything. that afrair has
reused my curiosity 20 such an extent
that I'd go tonight"
Penrose -shofted ifnpatiently Malt
by's yindicatedr' he said acldIy IAN
things considered, he's more than vim
dieated in his theories And 1 wish.
he aided bitterly. that the wretcned
hound had landed in Jail before be ever
gave utterance to them
Reeves was buttOning his coat with
an air OF fnality. Hell be there soon
enough. / think. Mr. Penrose. In the
morning. when I retdrn, or before.
morning very likely. I'll start measures
to find MIN. Unless he is al the other
end OF the earth. We shall have him
housed In the course a week"
And II YOU should not returnT'
Penrose inquired
I'm going To return Reeves
laughed shortly. Never fear about
that part Is there anything more that
yon can tell me-"
Nothing. except that were going TO
ride ~ NTH you" r 80. rose.
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Philip Darling"
The chap who runs the detective
agency In the Cross Building Give tim
the case II you have &C.. Put you won't
have to-" he said.
He took step away from them. Evil
IDENTIFY there was TO be no ceremony to
their leave-taking.
And now. good-bv- Be on hand at
S tomorrow morning and your tele-
phone viii reveal the whole secret, I
think"
He walked of brislziy down the dark
way. and the pair behind watched him
with minglIng emotions. Penrose was
frankly inclined TO call him back and
stand firmly on what certainly seemed
the only sane course. a complete aban-
donment OF the crazy experiment. Men
enough had vanished through that
same gate.
Fayles, on the other hand breathed
rapidly. and his eyes never left the
dim figure ahead. Not wholly admit
ting the fact. even to himself. the sec
ond Of the two survivors came very
near To wishing that he was in Reeves
place. The detective stopped: he looked
back and waved hand to them A
momentary wait. and ne vanished
Gone" breathed Fayles-
His words We're echoed by the slam
OF the gate.
Yes. gone" Penrose agreed. And
gone for good. too"
Il don't believe that"
Probably none OF the otner four
believed II when they entered. any
more than Reeves does now. or. rather.
did two minutes ago. BY this time. in
all likelihood. he knows
Rats" raspea Fayles. drop your
croaknG. Penrose. Admitting what
ever you like about the other four.
they were none OF them Reeves
II fail to see the difference"
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earnestly. Just out in the suburbs
there's a supposedly empty house.
walled in with granite. In the past
four days four members Of this club
have entered there; not one word has
since been heard from any Of themr'
MY dear Mr.. Faylesw
In the fewest possible words Fayles
sketched the extraordinary story.
Reeves listened in silence. At the end
he settled back with low whistle.
First. who's the man Maltby?"
I'VE don't know he was introduced
here by a member"
Where does he live2"
I'VE haven't any idea of that
either"
who introduced him. them"
'Griggsby." said Penrose.
Get Griggsby. them"
But he sailed for Europe day be-
fore yesterday"
"Pshaw"' Reeves scowled. TOO
bad. Any one else know this Maltby?"
Il think not The one or two eve
nings he was here he spent with the six
OF US"
And four are gone nowr" Reeves
muttered. You two had better have
care"
1t was a grisly witticism. and his
smile was reflected on neither face
Maitby's absence Is unfortunate.
Still. II proper steps are taken TO find
him he will be found. No man can
hide forever
You think he is at the bottom OF
this business %
His connection with your house may
be mere coincidence Reeves said
slowly. I'm very much inclined to be-
lieve however, that ne could be forced
to give very full explanation Of the
whole natter
And you think; DO you not Pen
rose put in. "that~it is simply a hendsh
scheme 20 lure In men who are likely tc
be carrying valuables. knock them on
the head. and dispose OF their bodies p"
THAT is what I am trying to de-
termine. Mr.. Penrose. 1t may be that.
IL may be something else"
But If il is anything else. why on
earth haven't We heard from the four
who entered? They're all men OF &C
tive affairs. YOU know RI they We're
free agents they certainly would have
put in a prompt appearance"
''Frankly I don't understand that
part At the same time. n we admit
the thing to be a murder plot can say
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS Chapters

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
John Denham. an aged millionaire.
wishes 70 make posthumOus test OF his
theory that mystery. backed BY the hope
OF gain. is the strongest influence IN me
world. Accordingly year after has death
his lawyer. Maltby. appears In the Wan
derers' Club and tells the story OF the
House OF Suspicion, which stands on the
A pscuuarIty OF the house is that n a
man stands alone before the gate In rhe
high wall around the grounds IN the mid
die of the night II viii open apparently OF
eral men who have entered the house have
never reappeared. Weldon. one OF the
Wanderers. Is so impressed by the story
that he tests its accuracy
The gate opens. he enters the house. ana
finds an envelope on ghs library table in
structlnE him To look in the Satsuma jar
In tho drawing room. He looks there ano
finds hundred dollar bill and another let
ter. He reads this letter. ponders while
and then turns down the corridor and
passes through a small door and disap-
pears. Meanwhile his friend Carr. who
was waiting for him down the block. goes
home in wonderment and disgust.
When Weldon fails 90 reappear the next
day. Carr determines 10 60 in search OF
him. First however. he tells Dunfrey
his intention. and asks him TO follow in
case he. Carr. also disappears
Cars experience Is Identical with that
Of Weldon. TIE little door swallows him
as Il had swallowed his friend.
The next night Dunfrey passes through
the gate. leaving word with Sellers 20
take up tho trail The third night Sellers
goes 10 keep his word. taking with him
Fayles and Penrose 20 follow him IN If
teen minutes II he does not reappear.
After waiting the specified period, Fayles
and Penrose. each in turn. attempt 70
gain admission 70 the House OF Suspicion,
but the gates remain tightly closed. They
finally decide 70 wait another day for de-
velopraents before notifying the police.
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he added, and. in taking it I'm not
sure that / am not justifying this.
Maltbys theory of the attraction OF
mystery"
But you don't mean Fayles be-
gan. rather startled.
Il mean. sir. that right now. just as
soon as I can get there. I'm going TO
pass that gate quite alone and find out
what's doing!" Reeves announced.
And before O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing III gamble every cent | have on
earth or ever expect to have 1 shall
be alive and out OF the place. and in
possession OF the fun secret OF the
House OF Suspicion