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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

the senate it will be case of vested
rights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

If Foraker would quit replying
and let the public forget him he would
be better off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

Much of the charity that begins at
home is too feeble to get across the
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

What did the president mean in his
reference to mo single individual"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

Tafts name is secure A new
chrysanthemum has been named after
him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

A boy who isn't just too mean to live
has something the matter with him
and isn't likely to live long.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

What has become of one Nicholas
Longworth?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

There must be some to pack around
cold, dripping wet blankets or the
hot headed one would become extinct
from spontaneous combustion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

People who want the earth would no
doubt have narrowing time of it If
their desire were fulfilled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18
That Was Different.

'rWhy do you look so happy"
II am expecting my mother-in-law"-o
That's strange"
.-''to go home"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18
Chesterfelds.

Chesterfields.
HE met couple of highwaymen on
2 lonely road"
what did they do to himT'
"Only took his watch"
Just passed the time Of day. as It;
were"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

The best way to
dscredit a story
that you want to
down is to send
a known liar out
to refute it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

Thanksgiving day is but week
away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18
Coed Enough

Coed Enough.
How is your mine comingT
Every fine
"Struck pay dirt yet?"
only In the stock buying suckers"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

Of Course.
what are ras-
calls, pa 2"
Gall the fell
lows on the 9th
er side"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

A short answer
too often has a
long range and a
wide scope.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

A game man
never starts any
thing t h a t h e
isn't willing to
see the finish Of
or, a II Y W a y,
nearly willing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18
THE ARGUS.

BY THE ). w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-18

Continued on Page Nine.)
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
CHANGE IN LAW HELPS VILLAGERS
Attorney General Rules that Poll
Tax Levied Against Them is
not Enforceable.

Recently the matter came up in
Springfield of collecting a poll tax
levied by the village councillors. Some
Of the citizens had refused to pay the
tax and County Attorney Erickson
was appealed to in an effort to enforce
the collection. The county attorney
refused to act in the premises on the
ground that the law providing for such
a tax was not enforceable in villages.
And from an opinion rendered by
the attorney general in a Blue Earth
county case it would appear that the
county attorney was right.
The village of Eagle Lake had levied
such a tax and threats of arrest we're
made by the village authorities for
those who failed to comply with the
edict OF the council. Thereupon Coun-
ty Attorney Plymat was appealed to
and he. informed the village that the
tax could not be collected. The viii
lage authorities were not satisfied with
his opinion and Mr.. Plymat wrote to
the attorney general. The reply of
the attorney general is as follows:
sit is the opinion of this Office that
Sections 1925, 1926, 1928, 1886, 1887 and
1898 of the Revised Laws of 1905 and
Chapter 1924 of the General Laws of
1905 do not apply to villages incor-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

While John Nagel was coming in
from Clear Lake with his automobile
Sunday morning the machine baked
as it mounted the hill west of the col
lege and Mr.. Nage1 in attempting to
crank it with the sparker advanced
received a jolt that cut bad cash in
his arm and landed him in ditch
several feet away. The arm wound
was between five and six inches long
and will lncapacitate him for his usual
work for number of days.
According to observa tions made by
Weather Observer Eckstein the coolest
day in New Ulm during the month of
July was the It'll. On that day the
thermometer registered as low as 49,.
The Warmest day was the 18th when
the mercury mounted to SO. There
were twenty two days that were clear,
five that were cloudy and four that
we're partly so. The total amount OF
rainfall during the month was 1855
inches
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
s u M NJ O N s.

State Of Minnesota, as
County of Brown
District Court
Nintl, Judicial District.
Franziska Bosch, formerly
Mayer, formerly Olga MueI
Ter anu Fred Mueller....
Lima Mueller and also to all
other persons unknown
having or claiming an in
terest in the property de-
scribed in the complaint
herein......... Defendants
4 The State of Minnesota to the above
named Defendants:
You and each of you are hereby sum-
moned and required to answer the COM
plant of the plaintiffs in the above enti-
deduction, which is filed in the Office of
the Clerk of the District Court of the Ninth
Judicial District i'll aud for the County of
Brown and State of Minnesota, and to
serve a copy of your answer to the said
complaint on the subscriber, at his office
in the city of New U1m in said County,
within 20 days after the service of this
summons upon you, exclusive of the day
of such service; and if you fail to answer
the said com plaint within the time afore-
said, the plaintiffs in this action will ap
ply to the Court for the relief demanded
in the complaint
Dated July 81. 1908.
ALBKRT STEINHAUSER.
Plaintiffs Attorney,
New Ulm, Minnesota.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Globe.

porated under the provisions of Chap
ter OF the Revised Laws of 1905.
Under the provisions of Section 1872 a
village constitutes a separate road
district over which the officers of the
town have no control. While Section
~ provides for the levy and collec-
ton OF poll tax by village. the
code seems to be defective in not af-
fording any machinery by which the
collection of the tax can be enforced.
In the absence of the statutory
provisions applicable to villages pro-
viding for the giving of notices to
work the poll tax, do not see how
you could maintain prosecution
against enc who has refused to work
or commute his polltax in the village.n
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Democratic County Convention.

A Democratic delegate convention
for the county of Brown. State of
Minnesota, will be held on Friday,
August 14th, 1908, at the Turner Hall
in the City of New Ulm at o'clock ia
the afternoon of said day, for the pur-
pose of selecting twelve delegates to
the Democratic State Convention, to
be held in the City of Minneapolis, on
Wednesday, August 10, 1908, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State, State Treasurer,
Attorney General and two Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioners, to be
voted for at the next general election,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before
the said convention.
The basis of representation to the
county convention shall be one dele
gate for each twenty-five votes cast
for Governor John A. johnson at the
last general election, and also one
delegate at large for each precinct.
In accordance with the above APP
portionment the several precincts will
be entitled to the following number of
delegates:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
BIG DITCH CONTRACT IS AWARDED
Brown.Redwood Judicial Drain 10
be Constructed by a St.
Paul Firm.

Early in the week Auditors Vogel of
this county and Larson of Redwood
county met at the court house in this
city and awarded the contract for
constructing the first'of the Brown
Redwood judicial bitches to Forestal
& Foyer of st. Paul for,5. 68 cents per
cubic yard, work to begin with two
large dredges on Sept 10Th.
The ditch, which is one of the most
extensive ever contracted for in this
section of the state will hayeit origin
in Shutdown township in Redwood
county and will extend thence with
about forty miles Of branches through
Eportions Of ;Prairieville, Home and
Stark townships in Brown county
until it strikes the Sleepy Eye creek
southwest of thescity. It will be thirty
miles in length and with its branches
will cost in the neighborhood 81
$1,000
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

The regimental team shoot at Camp
Lakeview was completed Thursday,
the Third regiment winning over the
Second with lead of 81 points. The
First regiment team fell far behind
from the very start, while the Second
regiment team led throughout the
match until the S0O-yard range was
reached. Here number of the boys
fell down badly and the 1nuch-coveted
trophy slipped out of their grasp.
The Individual scores of men compos-
ing the various teams were as follows:
Third Regiment team-Col. Resche,
1863; Sergeant Simpson, 1868; Private
Olson, 352; Private Britton, 1856; Arti-
dcer Larson, 334; Sergeant Rabidean,
2e8; Lieut.. Sellhorn, 3l1; Sergeant
Marshall, 800; Sergeant Bird, 29S;
Sergeant Swan, 305; Corporal Jack
son, 295; Private Bemis, 3l8. Total,
8, 919.
Second Regiment team Sergeant
Mohn, 800: Sergeant Juni, 1888; Cor
poral Grussendorf, 318; Capt. Smith,
326; Lieut.. Lang, 3O8; Sergeant Dodge,
286; Capt. Chute, 1888; Artifcer Ever
EFT, $50, Private Schmidt, 300; Sergeant
Smith, 305; Sergeant Climinski, 322;
Corporal Canright, 331. Total, 1858.
First Regiment eam-Private Bar
4
mum, 237; Private Tucker, 26O: Lieut..
Peterson, 1872; Lieut.. McClay. 3O7;
Private Hall, 289: Sergeant Hide
man, 296; Capt. Falk, 273; Major
Rowley, BOB: Sergeant Sinclair, 292;
Sergeant Price, 297; Sergeant Ramu,
299; Sergeant Ludeen, 3O3. Total,
3,488.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
HONOR WHERE HONOR IS DUE
ST. Paul Dispatch Starts Interest.
ing Controversy Regarding
Fl. RIdgely Siege.
Contends that Col. Sheehan, then
Lieutenant, was Actually
in Command.
Mr.. Bishop, Surviving Defender,
Would Have the Honor go
to Capt. Culver.

The commission of Col. Timothy j..
Sheehan's name from some of the cur
rent write-ups Of the Fort Ridgely af-
fair of 1862 has drawn from the ST.
Paul Dispatch spirited and eloquent
protest The Dispatch chooses to re-
gard Col Sheehan as thecentral figure
in that memorable defense and it pro-
ceeds to set right the injustice done to
his heroism in the following:
'iColonel Sheehan was then lieute-
nant in a Minnesota regiment and on
ly twenty-five years of age. He had
been sent with his company on an ex-
petition which took him thirty miles
or so from the fort. No sooner had
he reached his destination than he
was recalled to Fort Ridgely, which
the Indians had already begun to in
fest. Lieutenant Sheehan, not able to
give his command rest after its forced
march over broken country and un-
der the broiling August sun, got back
to the fort in record time -unex-
celled, we believe, in American mill
tary movements-With not man mis-
sing. The lieutenant then took COM
mand of the hundred armed men with
in the enclosure of Ridgely's ram
shackIe old buildings, and for three
days repulsed the furious attacks of
1920 encircling Sioux until relieved
by the arrival of reinforcements
sit might be unfair to pronounce
Colonel Sheehan the hero of Fort
Ridgely, where every man was hero,
but the fiery, yet discreet and steady,
young Irishman was the responsible
commander in an action that broke
the backbone of the Sioux uprising,
and saved st. Paul and other cities
from attack if not destruction. His
tory will do him justice done SO
already-and when some stray writer
of newspaper "reminiscences forgets to
name him it matters little. AS we'll,
however, attempt to write of the siege
Of Vicksburg without mentioning
Grant as to describe the defense of
Fort Ridgely with Sheehan left out. y
But if the Dispatch has its opinions
regarding an affair that happened
nearly half a century ago, so have
others, and some of these seem to have
been on the ground when the historic
events were actually happening. J..
+. Bishop, for instance, comes for
ward with the following contribution:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

! I herewith announce myself a candi-
date for renominasion as the republic
can candidate for county auditor in,
the coming campaign. During my
past service as auditor it has always.
been my ambition to faithfully and
conscientiously perform the duties of
this responsible position without fear
or favor. My record is an open book
Well-known to all of you and I can.
only say that the past will be a guar
antee OF the future. The primaries
will be held Sept. 10Th and | sincerely
solicit your vote and support.
LOUIS CT. VOGEL.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

Three prominent citizens Of Mankato
snccumbed to typhoid fever day be-
fore yesterday. They were D. y.
Williams, republican candidate for
clerk Of court, Frank r. Flanagan, a
popular travelling man, and John
Franklin Ash, a well-known engineer
and machinist.
Alfred Marti is home from a pro-
longed stay in St. Paul.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

County OF Brown
District Court
Ninth Judicial District
Franziska Bosch, forn1erlyl
Franziska Mueller Olga
Mayer, former1y1Olga MueI-
Ter and Fred Mueller..
Plaintiffs
vs..
Lima Mueller and also to all
other persons unknown
having or claiming an in
terest IN the property de-
scTIbed IN the complaint
herein defendants
Notice is hereby given that an action
has been commenced in this court by the.
abeve named plaintiffs against the above
named defendants. : = : :
That said plaintiffs and said defendants
are the owners as tenants in Common and
described. s ! : -
That said action is brought for the pur.
pose OF having partition of said real prop
erty made according to the respective
rights and interests of the pa rites interes.
ted therein. :
The premises affected by said action are
situated In the Countyof Brown and State
OF Minnesota and are described as follows
Lot Number Eight tSl of Block sN11nIber
One Hundred and five t105, North of Cen
ter Street in the city of New Ulnl accord
ing to the plat of said city on file in The
Office of the Register of Deeds4in and for
said County.
Dated July %, 1905
ALBERT STEINHAUSER
Plaintiffs Attorney.
5i-3o New U1n, Minnesota
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
For Judge of Probate.

| herewith announce myself candi-
date for denomination as the demo-
cratic candidate for the Office of Judge
OF probate. During the two years in
which the people have trusted me with
this responsible position I have
labored with fidelity to merit their.
confidence and approval, and should
again be elected it will be my aim to
continue to serve them to the best of
my ability. GEO. Ross.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

The primaries for the election of
delegates to the county convention
will be held in the usual voting places
in the several precincts on Wednes-
dav, August 18th, 1908, from 7:3O to
$50 o'cleck p. m.
F. W. JOHNSON, Chairman.
FRED PFAENoER, Secretary.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
For County Treasurer.

| hereby solicit the support of all
my democratic friends IN my decision
to again become candidate of the
party for the Office of county treasurer.
Il nominated and elected. | promise
them and the people, irrespective of
party, the best that is in me.
Respectfully,
HENRY BERG.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
ON THE RIFLE RANGES.

The following are the scores made
at Hunters Rest Sunday morn
ing the figures in the first column be-
ing, the scores made on the King
target and those in the second column
the scores made on the Man target:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
CAS- to the commander Of 1t. Ridge

AS to the commander Of TT. Ridge
", I have only this to say: Capt. Gull
ver's commission dates Aug. Is, 1862,
and Capt. Sheehan' IS commission Sept.
4, 1862. Capt. Culver ont-ranked Shee-
han by two weeks, or during the entire
siege of Ft. Ridgely.
aYou may say Capt. Culver was not
mustered in until three weeks later.
is also true that Gen. Sibley and
his officers we're not mustered in until
after the battle of Birch Coolie and
following engagements. You will also
find on file at the adjutant generals
office an order purporting to be signed
by civilian on Gen. Sibley's staff
giving the commandership to Col.
Sheehan. The above civilian, I'M
derstand, was never mustered In and
his name does not appear in the Min
nesota roster of volunteers, and con-
sequentiy was discovered by the his
tory commission as not being worthy
of credit.
The writer was in command of one
of the guns in the second days en-
gagement at Fort Ridgely, and the or
der came from Capt Culver to take
this gun out of the rank and place it
in position and hold fire until an emer-
gency should arise. Thirty-fve years
later Col. Sheehan writes me to ascer-
tain If gun under my command went
into position as recorded in history.
If he was really in command, why did
he not know of this matter?
sIn a letter written by Capt. Culver,
now in my possession, few years be-
fore his death, he regrets that the state
did him an injustice IN the making OF
its history, depriving him Of this
honor, and he died broken-hearted
over the matter. At the time it was all
confusion at the fort, no records were
kept, and the records do not show a
single order recorded, I believe, as
Capt. Culver says, it was mutually
agreed between the different company
commanders that they should all do
the best they could under the circum-
stances, and leave the commandership
to the ranking officer, as the mill
tary regulations required.
Captains Jones, Culver, McGrew
and Whipple are now dead, and let
their bodies rest in peace. The old
defenders have their views of the mat
ter, and history and monuments cree
ted by future generations cannot
change them
| Hans Sigurdson, Anton Hillesheim
and Herman Zellmer, the viewers ap-
pointed by the county board to report
on the damage done to certain lands
in Burnstown and North Star through
the construction of County Ditch No.
s, Investigated the claims of the petit
TONERS on Wednesday,. To the town
of Burnstown they awarded $3.50, to
the town of North Star nothing, to
Alfred Bigot s75 and to Nels Ander-
son Sl75.
VIM. Huevelmann made business
trim fo tho T,yui, =, 0itioe +L;e ~ <>,,r;-o
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
For Register of Deeds.

I herewith announce myself a candi-
date for the democratic nomination,
for Register of Deeds at the primaries
in September. The support of the
voters will be sincerely appreciated.
ALBERT j. SCHRAMM.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Wouldn't Suit Her.

Mrs: SpendersI wonder how you'd
Ike It II ever got new womanish'.
ana insisted upon wearing mems
clothes?
Mr.. spenders Oh haven't any fear
OF you ever doing that Mems clothes
are never very expensive.-The Cath
Ollie Standard and Times. s.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

For County Attorney.
I hereby announce myself a candi-
date for reelection to the Office of.
County Attorney and respectfully
solicit your support and vote.
AUG. G.. ERICKSON.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
NOTICEOF LIS PENDENS.

State of Minnesota,
County of Brown.
District Court
! Ninth Judicial District
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Her Chance.

Her Chance.
II presume these outlandish Easter
styles will get more extreme every
day
Yes, hubby. Better let me buy
now z
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
And Here's Another

Maud Muller in the public press
In hating rhymes,
Parodied his been. I guess,
10000 times.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-10-17
p PEACHES.

Are YOU going to put up peaches FOR
the winter If so, We have a few boxes
Of late Crawfords and liberia peaches
the right kind for preserving.
ALASKA FRUIT co.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-10-17
JEROME
QUITS THAW
CASE
SAYS HE is NOT WARRANTED IN
MAKING ANY MORE EXPENSE
FOR HIS OFFICE.

WHITE PLAINS. y. Y. oct. L.
Harry X Thaw's plea for a jury trial
To determine his present mental con-
dition was denied today by Justice
Mills in the supreme court. At the
same time Justice Mills said that on
October > ne would give ThaW sum
mary hearing under the application
aud IN the meantime the prisoner viii
be held in the county jail here.
one Of the interesting developments
Of the day was the formal withdrawal
from the Thaw case Of District Attor-
ney Jerome Of New York. Jerome
said he did not feel justified IN incur
ring any more expense to his own
Office in connection with the case out
side Of the county. However. ne Of
fered 10 assist District Attorney
Winslow Of Westchester county. who
nov VIII assume the conduct II the
case against Thaw Justice Mills. in
his decision today. held that the orig
NAL commitment Of Thaw TO Matte
nan was lawful and authorized.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-10-17
PHILIPPINE
SERVICE CHARMS
SOLDIERS
DISCHARGED MEN BUY TICKETS
BACK To MANILA IN ORDER
TO RE ENLIST.

sAN FRANCISCO. oct. lo.-Ftftccn
enlisted men VIM received their dts
charg. last week from the Eighth in
faUuy United states army. immcdi-
atriy bought tickets by one If the
regular lines Tor a trip back To- the
Philippines They paid SIS each for
tHjz passage
When captain e. r smart. the re-
efaItus officer n mis- rost. learned Of
this hv sent for the men. ana asked
thsu why they wanted To go back to
thu islands after having served three
zsHls at th"~e POSTS. They sud that
rbsy had changed their minds since
thes We're paid Of" and had decided
that they would GO back to the islands
and my and enlist there
Il has bed The rule Of the var de
rIrfW.nt that after "a man has seen
thru Years. service in TIE islands he
cannot re-enlist, except for duty tp
this country. These men were. how
OYER. so determined 10 60 hack that
smart wired To Washington the situa-
u9H, and they were yesterday allowed
To- rc-cnlist. and now once more he-
long Co Uncle Sans forces.
They weut ta the steamship office
Yesterday AMI get their sNI refunded.
Fhry Will 90 tn Manila in the trans
port Thomas
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-10-17
DISTRICT COURT
DAILY MINUTES

FRIDAY oct Is. 1905. 10 "a. m.
Reed ct al SIS. Goetz ON motion If
To- - Cochran thhfs cas- was ordered
dismissed. counsel stating that The
case has been settled
United States vs. Anna NJ Kellogg
Tn defendant appeared "a open court
,..r-a" and by Ter attorney. %. u
Cochran. The defendant Withdrew
the plea of not guilty heretofore en-
tered and plead guriy aud asked uat
sentence De- passed a. this time.
whereupon The court pa, scd sentence
as follows
The judgment Of the court is that
YOU pay te the clerk Of the district
court for the use Of the Emitted States
inc sum of 800 as "a fine. and You ar,
remanded "a the custody If tile mar
shall who is directed To see that the
sentence Of the court is executed. In
lieu Of the fine YOU will be imprisoned
in ~ federal iail for fifty days
The defendant paid the fine of 800
20 the clerk Of the court and tho
court Erected that the defendant br
discharged.
At 11:1O a. m. court adjourned untu
saturday. oct. l.. at 10 "A m.