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.*_ VOLUME XX. NO. 2. "Well done is better than well said. So just these few woids to inform you of the new management, from stem to stern that takes place with the advent of the new year in our corset depart ment. Today is yesterday's pupil and as a good example is the best sermon in the world, we need add no more to prove it to you. Services tendered will preclude the necessity of verbal assurances that you can from this Jiay on count on satisfac tion in the broadest sense of the term in Corset Department. E O N E MOULOEDU •Our- Thompson Glove Fitting Corset is the best you can get and ouly at our store. Kubo .$1.25 to $2.00 Dr. Warner $1.25. G. D. Chicago Waist $1.00 Aurora Corsets 50 cts. Flexibone moulded $1.50 to $2.00. This Corset is equal to the celebrated 1\ D. that sells for $3,50 to $5.00 a piece. Our Cresco Corset cannot break at the waist. With this corset the perfection of shape of bust, waist and hips is at tained, and disconnection at the waist causing the garment to naturally and gracefully adapt itself to the form and Obviating A Possibility of a Break at the WAIST. weakness at the waist is Other Corsets develop the hips particularly if small and the hips large and give out w\th uniform and vexing regularity. Thi? Corset defect which has been the sou.-ce of universal and constant com plaint, the Cresco unfailingly corrects. Price $1.00. (l Two Spools Thread, either Kings or Glares, for Indicted For Arson. The Grand Jury Eeturns True Bills Against Jacej Irvine:, Awry Oorey and the Davis Boys. The Offense Charged Is Arson in the Third Degree. One to Seven Years the Penalty. The only business done by the grand jury at this term of,court, besides report ing on the condition of the jail and the other county buildings, was the return ing of an indictment against Jack Irving, Awry Oorey, Roger Davis and William Davis, the young men who are accused of having set fire to the Hanft shanty a few weeks ago. The indictment places the crime in the third degree, and arson in the thiid de gree is punishable by a sentence of from one to seven years in the state's peniten tiary. Irving and the other defendants were arraigned Saturday morning and pleaded not guilty. Their trial will probably begin this morning with John Lind as their attorney. A. Hagberg, the attorney, has not been able to leave his house for several days on account of sickness. C. W. Quandt is home from Illinois on account of his mother's illness. He has been attending college at Dixon. Judge Webber has conferred the rights of full citizenship upon at least 120 peo ple during the present term of court. Grant Brambel, the erstwhile reported millionaire and late defeated candidate for mayor, was in the/city yesterday. He acted as a witness in the Honetschla ger case. A Georgia pastor, who resigned be cause he couldn't collect his salary, said in his farewell, sermon "I have little else to add, dear brethern, save this you were all in favor of free salvation, and the manner in which you have treated me is proof that you got it!"—New York Tribune. The people of Klossner Station got together the other evening and conclud ed that thc-y wanted a lew loral officers. Accordingly they elected John Koepl as mayor, Ernst Grusendorf as recorder, J. A. Clobes as treasurer, Geo. Martinka as marshal, Jos. Huelskamp as justice and Aug. Schiffman, Anton Prcisihger Jr. and John Roth as trustees. A policeman was arrested and tried in St. Paul last week for stealing a copy of the St. Paul Globe from the doorstep of a neighbor. Ought to have been con victed. A man who would allow him self to be misled into the commission of a crime by so slight a temptation as the St. Paul Globe is hardly safe to have around. He'd be inclined, it sterns to us, to take most anything. The case of the state vs. Ernst Honet sch.lager lias occupied the attention of the district court since Monday after noon, llonetschlager was indicted at the last term of court on the charge of assault in the second degree, his offense having consisted in driving his team over little Walter Jacobson of Sleepy Eye, thereby injuring him permanently. Coun ty Attorney Steiuhauser represented the state/eud John Lind the defendant. ,P0ST0FFICE BUSINESS. Thj Eeceipts the Largest in the History of the Office. Postmaster Brust filed his annual re port this week, fallowing: ^rom it we glean the Receipts from stamps, envelopes, post :|l cards and the like amounted to $5, 13.73 or about $500 more than last year. Add to this $582.05 for box rent •land the total income of the office was j$0,505.78. The total expenses of running the of fice amounted to $2,198.70, leaving a net income to the government of $4, S07.0S. The money order business exceeds that of the Mankato office. Of domes tic orders, 5,915-were issued amounting to $&3,o08.05. The fees on these orders foot up $290.27. Two hundred interna tional orders were also issued, aggregat ing $1,661.75 and with fees $1,688.47. The total receipts, therefore, in the money order department were $35,439.09 The office cashed 1494 domestic orders, aggregating $15,105.13, and 37 interoa tional orders amounting to $1,713.55. BRYAN. VVm. Jennings BryaD, the great advo cate of bimetallism, arrived in Minneap olis Monday afternoon. Monday eve ning he talked to the Loyal Legion and last night addressed an immense throng at the exposition building. Tonight he will lecture at the People's Church in St. Paul. Hundreds of people came in from all parts of the state to hear and see him. CANTY NO A CANDIDATE. The Supreme Court Judge Denies a Fake Report of the Minneapolis Journal. In the Journal of Saturday there ap peared a long effusion from the fertile brain Of Jerry J. This article outlined a plan that had been agreed upon by the leading democrats of the state and cord ially endorsed by James K. Jones. The plan was to have a state ticket nomi nated in a straight democratic conven tion and then to prosecute the campaign along democratic lines, as wTas done last fall in Ohio and Iowa. The populists were to be ignored except as to a place or two of minorimportance on the ticket. Joha Lind was to be sidetracked, Judge Canty was to be made the standard bear er and his battle cry was to be the "Steenerson freight rate decision." The populists were advised to counteract this movement by nominating Senator Ringdahl of Crookston. But the fake wasn't enduring enough. The Times of Sunday exploded it in the following: The democrats of Minnesota are not 'in the saddle" and do not "propose to ride rough-shod over their populist and silver republican allies." The "plan in brief" is riot "to nomi nate a" state ticket next summer in a straight democratic convention and then prosecute the campaign, ignoring both populists and free silver republicans. "Judge Canty is" not "to be-the nom inee for governor," and his battle cry will not be "the Steenerson freight rate decision" or anything else. Lastly, John Lind is not "to be side tracked." Jerry J.'s story will not deceive any. body. Here is how Judge Canty dispo ses of the wooly yarn: "I am not a party to any such scheme and would not be under any circum stances. I never heard of such a thing till I read of it in the Journal. I am not a candidate for governor. I would not accept a nomination if it were tendered me on a silver salvor. I do not aspire to be governor. Now, is that sufficient strong? If not, make it as strong as you like. "Again, if I was ambitious for the hon or I would not lay astraw in John Lind's way. He is worthy and is heartily de serving oi the nomination. He is clear ly entitled to it." Continuing, Judge Canty said there was absolutely no foundation for the Journal's story, and that it was a ro mance pure and simple.. It is said to have been the rector of a parish in Texas who was revising his ser mon one Sunday morning when the or ganist called at his study and asked, "What shall I play?" "I don't know," said the lector absent mindedly "what kind of a hand have you got?"—Buffalo Commercial. Capt. Gen. Blanco is preparing to take the field in. person. According to all reports he will endeavor to locate Gee. Gomez, but whether he's going in arms or on a mission of peace in behalf of autonomy is not known. GRIFFITH INDICTED. The Sleepy.Eye anker Charged With Vi olating the Game Laws. Grand Jury Thinks He Shot Chickens Be fore They Were Ripe. Late Monday afternoon C. D. Griffith, the well-known Sleepy Eye banker was arraigned before Judge Webber on an indictment returned by the grand" jury, charging him .with the crime, of violat ing the game laws. \0ff?jfyj$^P§ The indictment specifically charges that on the 20th of last August, in the town of Albin, Griffith then and there "wrongfully and unlawfully had in his control and in his posession certain wild fowl—three prairie chickens—then, re cently killed, against the statutes in such case made and provided." County Comm issioners. At the Annual Session P. D. Baverty IR Elected Chairman. The New TJlm Eeview Is Declared to Be the Official Paper. The county commissioners held their annual session last week with all mem bers present. P. D. Raverty, of the". Home district, was elected chairman. He was also elected as a member of the Poor Farm committee. The salary of the county attorney was fixed at $800 and that of the county superintendent a for each district. All of the old bridge committees were reappointed. Auctioneer's license was granted to Frank Wohlford of Morgan and G. E. Gilbertson of Albin. The petition of Olaf Wallin to be set off with his lands from School District 42 and attached to District 70 was grant ed. The applications of Otto Schell, Wm. Pfaender, Harvey Catlin, Wenzel Richt er and Jos. T\ Vogel to purchase certain tax lots for the amount of taxes due re ceived the approval of the board. Upon request of Supt. Runck the use of the court room for summer training school purposes was granted. The appointment by Coroner Rothen burg of Dr. Jac. Wellcome of Sleepy Eye as deputy was approved. The board recommended the appoint ment by the Judge of Probate ot Com missioner Augustine as guardian for Jos. Kremer. A resolution was passed designating the New TJlm Review as the official pa per for the publication of all county publications required by law and requir ing the Review to furnish supplements of such publications to the Dispatch and Herald of Sleepy Eye, the News of New Ulm and the Advance of Springfield. Rev. Johnson appeared before the board and requested the use of court room for the Christian Endeavor Con vention in October. The request was granted, the convention to pay all ex penses. LACKING IN INTEREST. Such is the Character of the January Ses sion of the District Court. Outside of the arson cases which are to come *up this week, there has been little if anything in connection with the present term of court that called forth un usual interest. The cases were, dry, many of them old, and in most instances tedi ous. Only a few were tried. The following were dismissed The resa Schwengel vs. Chas. Peck. .These were settled: Wilhelmina Bau mann's appeal from order of Probate Court Andreas Seifert vs. Board of County Commissioners Hans Mo vs. Wolfgang Schmidt, as administrator Chicago Cottage Organ Co. vs. Geo. H. Dayton et al. Boock Bros. vs. Christian Filzen. The following have either oeeri sub mitted to the court on briefs or will be tried during vacation Priscilla Switzer vs. Charles W. Swi tzer all of the cases of the Stoeckerts vs. The Minneapolis, New Ulm & Southwestern Railway Co. Seymour Van Santvoord vs. H. Retz laff Fred Pfaender vs. Board of County Commissioners Griffith & Smith vs. Wm. f. Fenscke Griffith & Smith vs. E. B. Schoonmaker John .?..Krueger vs. Wm. Strass"burg Anton Adam "et al. vs. Hy. Fortwengler er'. al.' The case of John P. Bertrand, as ex ecutor, vs. Robert Schanger was tried and a verdict of no cause of action re turned'upon instruction from the court, Alfred Schlumpberger's case against Bernard and Jos. Reinhart occupied con siderable time and involved the question as tor whether the big ice cooler in the Reinhart building could be considered a permanent fixture. The jury disagreed. In the cape of the Nichols & Sbepard Co. vs. Edward Egan' and John Egan tte court ordered a^verdict for the plain tin*. These cases aie still to be given a jury trial: William Pfaender vs. Ed. Stoeck e'rt William Pfaender vs. ChasJE. Stoeck ert Thomas Fester vs.Edward M.Grimes Alwina Benbam vs. Hay Ingraham Werner Boesch vs. Carl Eogel Nathan Peach vs. Richard Peach. That of Benjamin I prthy A bill for the reform of the civil ser vice law has been prepared which makes sweeping changes in the present system, the most important being the establish ment of a five-year tenure of office for those government employes,—cletks, copyists, computers, counters and drafts men—whose salary is from $900 to $1, 800. The measure limits the applica tion of the civil service system to the departments in Washington and to such other localities where the total number of employes exceed twenty-five. All the appointees are commissioned for five years, with the power of removal clearly regulated and vested in the appoint ing power. It is piovided, however, that no removal shall be made for politi cal or religious causes, and in case of removal, the causes shall be specified and the papers made a record of the of fice. All persons now in the public service are to terminate their service five years from the time that the act takes effect. The measure recognizes the general eligi bility of these persons for re-appoint ment. It includes in the civil service postal clerks and letter carriers in offices having over ten employes, exclusive of subordinates. The most recent trusts and combina tions, those which have come into exist ance since the passage of the Dingley act, are thus enumerated by the Chicago •Dispatch: 1. Wire nail trust, capital $70.000,000. 2. Machinery trust, capital ij?ou,000,000. 3. Enameled ironware .trust, capital $10,000,000. 4. Beer trust, capital $60,000,000. 5. English thread tiust, capital $50, 000,000. 6. Cotton hose trust, capita], $25,000, 000. 7. Biscuit trust, capital $30,000,000. 8. Tinware stamping trust, capital $25,000,000. 9. Rubber goods trust, capital $50,000, 000. And J. Pierpont Morgan has just com pleted a deal by winch the coal roads arfe to pass into the hands of a syndicate whose annual earnings, to be obtained from an increase of the price of anthra cite, will amount to tens of millions. State Press Squibs. This country has more to fear from professional office seekers than from any foreign power.—Rush "City Post. Some claim that if Van Sant has the support of the state machine he will get there. The time is not far distant when a man will only have to have the back, ing cf the machine in order to get ielt. g—Lamberton Star. Capt. Van Saut's candidacy does not grow in popularity in this part of the state. His name arouses no enthusiasm and his support, if he gets any, will have to be manufactured.—Alexandria Post News. During the last campaign one of the leading arguments used inj favor of "sound money" was that if ?l"Kinley was elected foreign capital would come to us by the millions seeking investment. But the prediction has not come true. On the contrary foreigners have steadily unloaded American securities and the -eastern bankers are now actually loan ing large sums of money in London and other European cities bee ause there are no new enterprises at the home demand ing capital.—Fairmont Sentinel. Van Sant is only a bluff. Tarns Bix by is likely to hold the winning hand.— Anoka Union. In a speech on the civil service law in the house last week Congressman Grosvenor paid his respects to the Na tional Civil Service League and its pres ident^ Carl Schurz.' His excoriation of the latter was the most scathing that has been heard on the floor of the house in months. With vitriolic language he sketched the political career of\ Mr. Schurz, which he characterized as' the "checkered, spotted, leprous career of one who betrayed every*party and every duty to which lie was bound, and whose betrayals bad been his only stock in trade inp the arena of -politics." He traced Mr.* Schurz's political, history and defied any ane to point onfc a spot in the trail which was not/tainted with political corro. We have a large line of useful articles that are sure to make acceptable For Ladies. A fine muff half dozen nice hand- kerchiefs a good pair of mittens, silk, leather or woolen ice wool facinators fine purses good kid gloves silk muff lers: fine silk for waists good dress goods. For Gentlemen. Good over shirts a fine necktie a pair of cuffs and collars cuff or col lar buttons a good pair of gloves or mittens silk and woolen mufflers linen and silk handkerchiefs a pair of silk suspenders. For Children. 100 dozen handkerchiefs at 5 cts. each 50 dozen at 8 cts. each 25 dozen at 10 cts. each: all silk hair ribbon in bright colors, No 4, 5 and 7, only 5 cts. a yard purses at 5 and 10 cts. each gloves and mittens at 15 cts. a pair fine kid mittens with fur trimmings at 50 cts. hoods, shawls and veilings. CALL AND SEE OCR OUR GOODS. WE CAN AND DO SELL AS CHEAP AS ANY HOUSE IN THE CITY. Ottomeyer's. Qroc?ri?s You must eat—you must buy your groceries somewhere. If you are a bit particular about your food, and the prices you pay tor it—come here. What To Eat. Canned Vegetables were never so cheap as now and never better. Fine Fruits. We always have the best and in season. Canned Goods F. H. BErlKKE vm mm A risrht Our stock of Canned Fruits is un excelled and what is better still, they are not high-priced. LEADING GROCER. Grand Masquerade. Such as We Used to have in the "Old Time." TURNE& HALL Saturday, Jan. 22nd. Will be given by the of the Turnverein—a guarantee of its success. Prizes will be given for groups and individual masks. .', "4 Programme will appear in this paper "next week. Admission, 50-cJs. a person. A MERCIFUL MAN 3 fr'i4 -v" .t^M is--, is metciful to, bis beast, and we are glad to be able to help in the coming chilly., weather to protect tbe^.poor animate^. from the cold. The horse blanket is ih^V^ thing thaMoes it. We sell all kinds aV all prices^ Give your horse the comforj-^: be deserves. For sale