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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-07


spent Sunday here with relatives.
A party of congenial fellows. in
GLIDING Capt. Steinhauser, Herman
Helm, Ben Stockman, VIM. E. Koch
and Chris. Heller, have selected a
beautiful but secluded spot along
Kalb's creek in Cottonwood and are
camping there for the week.
A. P. Cloudy resigned Monday as
travelling auditor for Bingham Bros.
and the Western Elevator Co. During
the many years that Mr.. Goudy has
worked for Bingham Bros, first as
local buyer at Redwood Falls and
later as travelling auditor, he has
proved a most valuable employee and
the firm naturally regrets to see their
cordial relations severed. Mr.. Cloudy
feels, however, that he has earned a
rest, and it may be a year or more be-
fore he again settles down to active
work.
The Ladies Missionary Society will
give a musical entertainment at the
Congregational church on the evening
of August 18th. The following is the
program:
Quartette: tSpring" i. McFarren
Sweet-Ping-E-W ang. Steele
Mrs. r. A. Hanold, Mrs. w. B. Mather,
F. H. Krook and DR.. Mihleis
Solo: Rosary" -. Rogers
Mrs. W. B. Mather
| Violin and Piano: Spring Song
S. ~. ...............Me ndelsohn
Herbert Huevelman and Miss Alice
Mueller
Solo: I'll Sing Thee Songs 81, OF
Araby" Clay
f. FL. Krook
Solo: ~ Heard The Voice Of Jesus
| Say" ................... .Rathbun
Mrs. G.. G. REIN
Piano Duet: Geburstag Musk OPP. 25o
...t........s.. BONN
Miss Loida Buessmann and Mrs. G.
W. Miller
Solo: Whisper and I Shall Hear
Mrs. E. T. Critchett
Solo: ''Myrra" .........s.5...... Clutsan
| ssWhen Jack and I Were Chill
dren'' ........ Loehr
Mrs. r. A. Hanold
/ Violin and Piano Selected
Herbert Huevelmann and Miss Alice
Mueller
Piano Solo: Etude Melodique OPP. $50,
| NO. L ....s.... ............. .ESap1
Miss Charlotte NJ. Silverson
| Quartette: moonlight and Music
Observation-Disclosures. Pinsuti
Laughing Gas Giebel
Mrs. r. A. Hahold, Mrs. w. B. Mather,
f. FL. Krook and Dr. Mihleis
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-07
JUDGE HANFT UPHOLDS LID LAW
Former New Ulmite Contends for
Constitutionality Of Sunday
Closing Act.

An attempt on the part of an attor-
ney for Edward Harbeck, St. Paul
saloonkeeper charged with having his
saloon open on Sunday, to show that
the state law prohibiting the opening
of saloons on Sunday is unconstitu-
Hugo Hanft of the municipal court of
st. Paul.
Harbeck's attorney cOntended that
the section of the code prescribing the
penalty for the violation of the Sun
day closing law was unconstitutional
in that it prescribed simply a minimum
fine of $40 and named no maximum
penalty. The attorneys argument was
that this left no restriction on the size
of the fine which the judge could i'm
pose in default of which the defendant
might be committed to prison for any
length of time. He contended that this
was unconstitutional as the constit'l-
ton expressly provides that excessive
fines shall not be imposed.
Inc SoCGlOu WdS uc1u COASUlVutlO1d1
by Judge Hanft, who held that the mere
failure OF the code to fix the maximum
of the fine was not the same as the i'm
position of an excessive fine. He said
that the provision of the constitution
quoted by the defendants attorney to
the effect that excessive fines could not
be imposed put it in the power of any
person excessively fined to appeal the
case.
On the question of the jurisdiction
of the municipal court in the Sunday
closing cases Judge Hanft held that
the court has no further jurisdiction
than to hear evidence in such cases
and, if in the courts estimation suffici-
ent evidence is produced, to hold the
defend ant 10 the grand jury.
William Stork has purchased Of the
New Ulm Roller Mill Co. the build
which is now being used by Stork
\ Bros. as a produce warehouse. The
deal was consummated Friday
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.ECKSTEIN HOLDS The LAND
FIRST Round in Klossner-Eckstein
Suit Goes to Attorney.
Court Holds That Guardian Has
No Cause of Action.
Appeal Will be Taken to Supreme
Court on This and Other
Points.

Ihe first round in the contest insti-
tuted by Jacob Klossner, as guardian
OF the Wellner children, against Joseph
a. Eckstein, successor to Mrs. Tanke
in the ownership of an interest in the
Wellner farm, was won by Mr.. Eek
stein.
1t will be remembered that when the
Wellner estate was probated the wi
dow, who soon after became Mrs.
Tanke, was given a life interest in the
homestead and an undivided one third
interest in the remaining 165 acres, the
whole farm being valued in round
numbers at $4,000.
When MIR. and Mrs. Tanke were ar
rested in 1901, charged with the muir
der OF Wellner, Jos. A. Eckstein be-
came their attorney, and it was as a
fee for his services in the case that
Mrs. Tanke decided to him her entire
interest in the estate of her murdered
husband.
Two children survived Mr.. Wellner
and over these Jacob Klossner was
appointed as guardian.
Eckstein as part owner and Kloss-
ner as guardian at once made arrange
ments for the rental of the farm and
for five years things went along with
out hitch.
In April of this year, however, Mr..
Klossner decided to bring action
against Mr.. Eckstein for the recovery
of the land that had been decided to
him. His plea was based on the old
common law contention that no person
should be allowed to profit from his
own evil, and inasmuch as Mrs. Tanke
had muir dered Wellner in order to Sc
cure his property, the crime, it was
claimed, debarred her from the right of
succession.
Klossner retained Hoidale & Som
sen as his attorneys and Eckstein en-
ployed Somerville & Hauser. The
latter demurred to the complaint on
the ground that the court in which the
action was brought had no jurisdic-
ton, that the plaintiff had no legal
capacity to sue and that the facts
stated in the complaint did not consti-
tute cause Of action.
Last week Judge Olsen rendered a
decision sustaining the demurrer and
it is now up to the plaintiff to appeal
to the supreme court.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-07
new BROWN COUNTY, MINI. WEDNESDAY. A Ue 1907

The result of the Haywood trial.
proves the futility of attempting to
convict men on evidence supplied by
the confessions of characters like
Harry Orchard. There is such thing
as repentance for crime which forces
public confession of guilt, and such
confessions have been utilized many
times IN bringing criminals to justice.
But a confession which bears the
brand OF boastful pride in a degen-
crate life and glories in it's bloody
deeds will not be accepted as sufficient
evidence to Justify legal sacrifice OF
another life. Kansas City Star.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-07
SERGT. MAJOR JlNI WINS MEDAL
New UIm Boy Succeeds in Making
High Score in RegimentaI
Team Shoot.

The regimental team shoot, which
occurs annually at Camp Lakeview,
Immediately following tie regimental
encampments, came to close Friday
Throughout the entire match the
shooting was very close and up to the
finish the regiments were only a few
points apart, the Second being in the
lead until it came to the skirmish fire.
When the records were all in it was
found that the Third had taken first
place with score of 1928, the First
regiment second place with score of
B, la and the Second regiment third
place with score of 3,162.
Each team consisted of ten men and
Of the thirty competing all but two
qualified as sharpshooters. Only one
qualified as expert, however, and this
one was Sergeant Major Juni of New
Ulm who made an aggregate score OF
1856.
For this work he receives the regi-
mental team medal offered by the adj
jutant general and will also be picked
as one of MINNESOTA representatives
to the national contest usually held at
Seagirt, but this year to be held some
place in the middle west.
August Gross of Milford was arres-
ted yesterday on the strength of a
complaint made by William Metzen
who charges him with assault. He will
have his hearing before Justice Hen
ningsen today.
Two bids were received by the coun-
Gil last evening for repairing twenty
seven hydrants, but both we're rejected
as being too high. The Cuddy-Cava-
naugh Company's bid was 5000 and
Grebe and Emmerich's 1910.
w. G.. Dodd, son of Capt. Dodd OF
Indian war fame, was in the city Sun
day. Mr.. Dodd has been an engine
manufacturer in California for NUM-
Der Of years, but just at present it is
his intention to abandon California
and establisha plant in Southern Min
nesota.
Mayor Andrews of Mankato has an.
nounced that he will veto the $500 fair
appropri alton made by the city coun.
Gil. He says that asa private citizen
he would contribute literally to aid
the association in it's efforts to give
the people of the city and county re.
spectacle and creditable exposition,
but he could not consent to an illegal
appropriation out of the city treasury
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-07
NO. 81:

A country boy sat on fence enclos--
ing cornfeld. A city chap, passing
by, remarked. "Yonr corn looks kind
OF yellow. Eyes sir, that's the kind
we planted" answered the lad. cit
don't look like you'd get more than
half CROP said the city chap.
Nope, we don't expect to; the land
lord gets the other half" The stran--
ger hesitated a moment and then he.
quickly ventured: There isn't much
difference between you and fool. -
Nope, only a strip of weeds,'' said
the farmer boy; and the city man
drove on.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-07
MAY EXTEND TO The COAST
Owners of the ST. Louis Said to be
Planning a Transcontinental.
Extension Westward to be Linked
With the Corvallis & Eastern.
Stretch from Watertown to the
Missouri River Now in Course
of Construction.

The owners of the Minneapolis & ST.
Louis road aspire to make it a trans
continental line.
Edwin Hawley, the president, is al.
so president of the Iowa Central.
More than that, he is a shrewd rail
road man and realizes the vests need
for more transportation lines as the
country expands.
It was because of this intimate
knowledge Of the railroad situation
that he ordered an extension of the
st. Louis from Watertown to the Mis-
souri, river and thus tapped a remark
ably rich and profitable territory.
Now he proposes to go further and
connect with the Corvallis & Eastern,
an Oregon road in which he is heavily
interested. When these two lines meet
the st. Louis will be transcontinental
in fact
The attitude Of investors toward
railroad securities may delay the
project for a time, but as Mr.. Hawley
is a man who owns the roads which he
directs and therefore is out of the
reach of stock jobbers and the. usual
contingencies which tend to bankrupt
systems it is not thought likely that he
will encounter great difficulties in
carrying out his plans.
When they are completed, it is
prophesied that the ST. Louis will
jump suddenly into prominence as a
leading factor in transportation cir
cles. Now, it does not figure in Wall
street to any great extent. With the
South Dakota extension completed it
will move up a peg and with each sue
cessive advance westward it is said
that the revenues of the line will in
crease and that the system will soon
be on a surplus basis.
n0RICINAI JOHNSON MAN. JONES
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"ORIGlNAL JOHNSON MAN." JONES
''Jones Of Rock" Claims to be the
First to Link Governors Name
With Presidency.

Geo. P. Jones, or ''Jones of Rock
as he has been called ever since he
seconded the nomin alton of John Lind
in 1898, contends that he is the ''ori-
ginal Johnson man.
Jones was at democratic headquar-
tiers in St. Paul just after the election
in 1904 and happened to overhear the
arrangements that were being made to
go to ST. Peter to congratulate the
goyernor-elect. He suggested that
badges be printed bearing the inscrip-
ton "Johnson for President in 1908,
and the enthusiastic delegates were
just about to carry the suggestion into
execution when Frank Day appeared
and put quietus on the proceedings
by remarking that the crowd was get
ting over-enthusiastic.
interviewed as to Governor John
sons chances for the presidency, Mr..
Jones expressed himself as follows:
"Politically I am still d Bryan
democrat, though I believe that John
A. johnson, as vote-getter, is the
best nah the democrats can nominate
for president. Johnson can get more
votes than any other democrat in the
United States, for he can carry Mime
sofa, North Dakota and possibly Wis
.consin, and he is the only democrat
that camp ut these states in the democra-
tic column, and, besides, he can carry
every other state that any other demo-
crat can carry
The passing Of a prohibition law in
Georgia adds Southern state to the
stronghold OF the "drys."
At the beginning of the year the
number of people living under statu-
tory prohibition in Maine, North
Dakota and Kansas was only 2, 500, 900.
By the end of the year Tennessee and
Georgia will nearly have trebled the
number.
Georgia is the largest state that ever
passed prohibitory law, if we except
New York's abortive attempt many
years ago. Massachusetts, Vermont,
Rhode Island and Iowa have all tried
and abandoned prohibition, yet the
number living under it will soon be
larger than ever before. Adding those
in the territories under congressional
prohibition the total number will be
about 5, 100000.
One-third of the remaining citizens
live in dry communities under the
operation of local option laws, or, in
the South, in counties where high
license fees are practically prohibi-
tive.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-07
TARGET PRACTICE.

VIM. E. Koch made 1873 on the King
target at Hunters Rest Sunday morn
ing just to show his rivals that he
could keep in a class by himself if he
wanted to. And then, to emphasize
the fact, he went ahead and made high
score on the Standard. The following
are the scores made on both targets,
the figures in the first column being
the record made on the King target
and those in the second column the
scores on the Standard.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-07
BASE BALL NOTES.

With Peterson in the box and Seifert
behind the bat, New Ulm made an eff
fort to do up Sleepy Eye yesterday
morning but the effort was unsuccess-
full. A score of to 3 in favor of
Sleepy Eye tells the story of their de-
feat, and that too on our neighbours
new ball ground and in the presence
of hundreds of people.
The Fairfax-New Ulm game which
was to have been played Sunday had
to be postponed on account of rain.
The Springfield team has suffered
another defeat at the hands of Lam
berton. At Sanborn on Saturd ay,
where the two clubs contested for a
purse of S75, Lamberton won out with
a score of 4 to 0.
Heron Lake defeated Lamberton on
Wednesday with score of to 3 and
on the day following a combination of
jackson, Springfield and Heron Lake
players succeeded in snatching a VIC
tory from the ST. James Millers. The
score in the latter game was to 2.
Next Sunday the New Ulm and Fair
fax clubs will play ball at Fairfax.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-05

BOISE, July +-There We're no de-
velopments in the Haywood trial today
the entire city giving itself over 10
celebrating the Fourth, The trial will
proceed tomorrow at 10 o'clock when the
defense is expected to clear up most OF
its remaining minor witnesses. Meyer
and Haywood viii take the stand on
Saturday ii time permits. 1t is prob
able that Haywood will be on the stand
until the middle or latter part OF next
week. Following this the prosecution
will undertake TO have such testimony
as was introduced to prove a conspiracy
between the mine owners and Pinker-
tons stricken from the record on the
ground that il has not been connected
with any general mine owners associa-
tion, Defense will resist this with a
move to strike out such testimony OF the
state as not directly connected with
Haywood or having any bearing on the
Steunenberg murder,
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STRUCK A MATCH.
While Celebrating the Fourth Children
Explode Powder with Fatal Results.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. July 4--one child
killed, one probably fatally injured and
two others were hurt in celebration OF
the Fourth of July at Chatham last
night. Frank Horrean, engineer of a
coal mine at Chatham, took seven "A
gallon cans of powder with which to
celebrate the Fourth and told the child.
rem not to touch the powder, which he
left in the back yard. The children
finished supper before he did and went
into the back yard and Mary, five years
old, struck match. John, s years old,
attempted to tear her hands away
before the powder exploded, but was too
late Mary was SO severely burned that
she died on the way to hospital in
Springfield, and John is terribly burned
and may die, Maggie, aged II years and
Ernest, aged 3 months, were also burned
and are in hospital here.
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DIED FROM NERVOUS SHOCK.
An Effort to Enforce "Sane Fourth
Futile at Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 4.-The advance cele-
bration of the Fourth in Chicago last
night caused the death of one person,
the serious injury of several and much
damage to property through fires and
explosions.
The fatality was caused by nervous
shock, woman falling dead when a
giant firecracker was exploded close to
her.
Though the police made numerous ar
rests in the effort to enforce the "sane
Fourth" regulations, the din and damage
to life and property were as great as
ever.
Statistics gathered IRON various parts
of the United States by the Tribune
shows six deaths and forty-two people
injured through fireworks.
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FLOOD AND FIRE.
Breaking Levees and Fires in Miller s.
Lux Grain Fields Cause Damage.

BAKERSFIELD Cal, July 4,-This
morning the flood waters in the rich re.
claimed wheat lands in the lower part
OF Kern County, caused yesterday by
the breaking OF the Buena Vista Lake
Leyee, continued TO spread and rise un-
abated, and all resistance against their
progress is impossible until the auxil-
iary levee being constructed at the San
Emedio road is complete and the waters
reach that point The break in the leyee
has widened continually, and 1t is re-
ported that the entire levee is doomed.
Coincidental with the break in the levee
yesterday was the breaking out OF two
large fires in the grain fields OF Miller
& Lux, nearly 20 miles distant from
the lake.
After burning all day the fires were
finally extinguished last night shortly
before midnight. About two whole Sec
tions OF grain were destroyed aggregat-
ing between $4,000 and 10000 sacks, In
telligence OF these two fires and the re-
markable coincidence was suppressed by
the officers Of both corporations because
OF the suspicion naturally aroused by
the two catastrophes occurring at pre-
cisely the same time. The officials OF
neither corporation will commit them
selves.
The fire broke out at Button Willow,
II miles from the lake, and at head.
quarters, four miles from Button VIII
low. Flood waters from the lake are
rising at the rate OF about two inches
an hour The advance this morning is
about two and one-hali miles from the
San Emedio road, where the fight will
be made by the construction OF an auxil-
iary levee to stop the advance. Accord
ing to Superintendent James Ogden, OF
the Miller & Lux Company, he does not
expect the waters to reach that point
for three days.
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Did Not Request Permission to
Make Deposition.
Be IN CHICAGO ON SATURDAY
Judge Lands Of the U. S. District Court
of Chicago Denies That He Received a
Request From Rockefeller for Permis-
sion to Make Deposition.

GREENBUSH, Wis, July 4.-Judge
Landis of the United States District
Court of Chicago, who is spending few
days here with his friend, DR.. Carey.
said today that he had received numer-
Gus requests for information relative to
the report that John D. Rockefeller had
requested permission to make deposit
ton in Massachusetts instead of coming
to Chicago to give personal evidence in
the Standard Oil inquiry which is un-
der way before Judge Landis. The
Judge said that he had received no such
request from Rockefeller and on the
contrary had received word from Rocke-
feller that he will be at Chicago on
Saturday.
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MANY FATALITIES.
Thirty-six Persons Killed Yesterday
While Celebrating.

CHICAGO, July 4.-Thirty-six persons
killed and l47l injured while celebrating
Independence day, according to the
Record Herald which made a canvas Of
accidents in the United States during
the past "a hours. In Chicago six per-
sons were killed by reyolvers which were
supposed to be unloaded and with
deadly giant grecrackers. New YorI;
furnished seven deaths, while the re-
tered over the country. In the list Of
injured many we're seriously hurt and a
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day. They had forgotten the infant
and had left II at the hotel where they
had stopped over night. Tho baby was
not missed until just as the gangplank
was about TO be hauled In. Luckily the
hotel was close by and the officers OF
the ship agreed TO delay the sailing Of
the ship for the ten minutes Il took TO
fetch the infant which had been asleep.
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SENT TO INSANE ASYLUM.
Escaped Four Times From Insane
Asylums.

NEW YORK. July A commission
in lunacy has decided that William Lee
who has been declared insane in New
Jersey and lived in New York and who
wrote many threatening letters to Gov
ernor Stokes OF New Jersey, is insane
in New York, too Acting on the re-
port of the commission Judge 0'Sulivan
sent Lee to the asylum for the criminal
insane at Matteawan.
W. ]. Lee escaped three times from
the New Jersey insane asylum at Tren-
ton and once from the Manhattan state
hospital on Warde Island. He was un-
der Indictment here for writing one of
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number undoubtedly viii die Of injuries.
The greater number OF injuries we're
caused by canon iirecracker".
TAKE the pOstmaster's Word For It.

Mr.. +. NJ. Hamilton, postmaster at
Cherryyale, Ind, keeps also stock o.
general merchandise and patent medi-
eines. He says; "Chamberlain's Col'e'
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy IL stand
ard here in its line 1t never fails to give
satisfaction and we could hardly afford
To be without it, For sale by Frank
Hart and leading druggists.
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MULTNoMAH DEFEATS SEATTLE.

Two Interesting Games at Portland Won
By Multnomah.
PORTLAND, July 4,-The Multmonah
Athletic Club defeated the Seattle
Athletic Club in two gilt-edged ball
games today. The morning game was
won by score OF to |, ard the alter
noon game by 9 to 2.
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FORGOT THE BABY.
Start For Europe and Left II AT the
Hotel.

NEW YORK. July i.-Aiearich Van
Sleek OF paoli, Iowa and his wife almost
left for Europe on the steamship Nieuw
Amsterdam without their baby yester-
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" Morning Astorian. go cents per
month, delivered by carrier.
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his letters threatening to kill Governor

his letters threatening to Kin Governor
Stokes.
Lee is about 40 years of age and a
civil engineer, While engaged in busi-
ness in Trenton, N. j., he failed and this
upset him mentally. He attracted much
public attention at the time by state-
ments that trusts had ruined him and by
threatening the public officials of New
Jersey for not prosecuting the trusts.
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NOTHING IS DOING
No New Developments In the
Haywood Case.
BOISE CELEBRATES FOURTH

Today's Trial Win Be Resumed and
Defense Expects To Clear Up Most
OF Its Minor witnesses--Haywood To
Be On Stand the Middle Of Next Week