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I USEFUL, ELEGANT AND APPROPRIATE WeddirjGj |greser)t Well done is better than well said. S just these lew 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 day OB count on satisfac tion in the broadest sense of the term in Corset Department. FLEXiBONE MOULDED. •Our- Thompson Glove Fitting* Corset is the best you can get and ouly at our store. Kabo §1.25 to $2.Q0 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 P. 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. Other Corsets develop weakness at Hue hips particularly if the waist is ('small and the hips large and give out with uniform and vexing regularity. This Corset defect which has been the source of universal and constant com plaint, the Cresco unfailingly corrects. Price $1.00. Tw Spools Thread, either Kings or Clarks, for •v- "i*"-,' '"T'fi 5C HOMICIDE. Billy Eich Kills "Wallace Greene at Sleepy Eye. The Homicide Occurred After a Drunken Quarrel. Eich. Stabbed in the Arm by His Victim- Three Bullets Fired, the Last One Taking Effect. Eich Immediately Gives Himself Up and Is Now in Jail. Somerville & Olsen Braine as the Pris" oner's Attorneys. The Coroner's Jury Pails to Excuse the Act. Eich Pleads Self Defense and the Evidence Points in that Direction- Last Tuesday evening, between eleven o'clock and midnight, the usual quiet of our neighboring village of Sleepy Eye was disturbed by a sensational shooting affray that has resulted in the death of one man and the imprisonment of another. The man killed was Wallace M.Greene, son of F, D. Greene, the former marshal. The slayer was Wm Eich, a printer in the office of the Sleepy Eye Dispatch. Greene was shot through the heart and died almost instantly. Eich at once accosted the marshal, gave himself up, confessed to the shoot ing and was brought to Ne Ulm early Wednesday morning. Eich's plea, as stated to the marshal and his most intimate friends, is that of self delense. The evidence, adduced at the iuquesf, would tend to substantiate this claim, but for some reason the cor oner's jury declined to exonerate him. They simply found: "That Wallace Greene came to his death by a bullet from a revolver fired by William Eich." That's all, and that means that Eich will have to stay in jail until the grand jury and courts have disposed of him. The prisoner is unusually cool. He plays cauls, refuses to say anything about the case further than that he re grets his action, while justifying it on the ground ofself defense, and this much he gives out only to his most intimate friends. His brother visited him Thuisday morning and made arrangements for counsel. Somerville & Olseii will prob ably defend him. Coroner Kotheiiburg conducted an in quest over the body ot Wallace Greene Friday morning. His jury was made up of R. H. Bingham, W. It. Hodges, A. A. Larrabee, Mike Fohl, F. H. Buelow and T. G. Webber. The facts developed at the inquest were substantially as follows: The killing occurred in front of Mark Cane's barbershop on the street. I grew out of a quarrel between Greene and Eich in front of Henry Berg's saloon. Early in the evening Green and Eich frequented the saloon and played pool. While there they had no trouble. Eich left first and later Greene was ordered out. Soon after, Greene and Eich got into an altercation on the sidewalk in front of the saloon. Greene said to Eich: "How would it be if I took a smash at you?" The next moment Greene was lying in the gutter and Eich was pound ing him. When Greene got on his feet again he turned to Eich and said: "Yoa made my nose bleed. I don't want to hurt you Billy, but I have about four inches of steel for you." Greene was seen to have a knife in his hand at the time. Eich told him to keep away and start ed to run toward Charlie Berg's place. Greene ran after him, but when Eich turned back and ran towards Henry Berg's again, Greene walked. Eich rushed into Berg's saloon took a beer and asked for a gun. On the outside Greene said: "I'll follow him to his bed. I'll get him out of bed to take a puncli at him." Eich left the saloon by the rear door. From there he went through the alley to the Dispatch office and got his overcoat and revolver. He saw two men standing on the opposite side of the street and went over to see who they ^vere. After speaking to them for a few minutes he started home in the di rection of the main street on which the row had occurred. Just then Greene came around the corner. They met and the shooting occurred. ,^- Eich's claim is that Greene came to- ^/f^iftmm wards him with hostile intent that he had a knife in his hand that he assault ed him near Cane's barbershop and that to defend himself Eich drew a revolver that Greene continued to approach him and made a stab at him cutting his coat that, after warning him Eich shot twice at Greene's legs, but missed him that Greene then stabbed Eich in the arm that in self defense Eich pointed the re volver at Greene's breast and ended the quarrel by shooting him through the heart. Cy Conrad and Henry Gordon were the only men who saw any of the shoot ing. They had not heard any talking and could not be certain how far apart the men were when they saw the flash of the last shot. Did not see them take hold of each other. Heard Greene call for help and saw him stagger to the sidewalk and fall. Dr. Wellcome arrived on the scene just as Greene expired. He found a knife lying about four inches from Greene's hand and upon opening it found blood on the blade. Immediately after the shooting Eich walked into the street and accosted Marshal Hicks. He handed Hicks the revolver and said "I have plugged him." None of the witnesses could swear whether Eich had been stabbed during the fight in front of Berg's saloon or not. N one saw the actions of the two men prior to the last shot. All witnesses agreed that Greene was intoxicated and that Eich was apparent ly sober. Eich is a son of Mrs. Eich, who con dacts a grocery store in Mankato. He is about 25 years of age, a printer by trade, and for several yeais has been the foreman of the Sleepy Eye Dispatch. He married Annie Scheiderich of this city a couple of years ago, but has not lived with her for months. He was considerably addicted to drink, and, as a result, has on several occasions found himself in the toils of the law, once we understand at the instigation of his own mother. That woman, according to the Mankato Review, 'eels badly over the recent act of her son, but finds consola tion in the fact that he did not provoke the attack. Greene was a man of twenty-six years. He was married and had four small children, the oldest seven years and- the youngest only three months. The af fair which resulted in his death was by no means his first vicious escapade. While living near Lamberton be was ar rested for attempting to kill a constable, and it was seldom that he did not carry a revolver or a large knife. His fight ing scrapes while working with thresh ing criws were frequent and decidedly indicative of his general character. The Sleepy Eye Herald in speaking of the prevailing sentiment in Sleepy Eye says that Eich is severely criticised on all sides. The fact, that after pounding his victim, who was intoxicated, he went and procured a revolver and delib erately walked in the direction of the place where he had left Greene only a few moments before, leads the Herald to remark that the public has been out raged. Eich had proven himself superi or to Greene in strength and likewise in swiftness as a runner. Besides he was sober, and the Herald cannot understand that he was justified in deliberately go ing in the direction of trouble and kill ing a man when it wasn't absolutely nec essary to save his own life. The Her ald adds: William Eich will have to a tone for his crime. Public symphthy is just. Great sympathy is expressed for the family of the deceased, but abso. lutely none for the perpetrator of the crime. EXAIIINATION WAIVED. At a Preliminary Hearing Eich Waives Examination and Is Bound. Over Without Bail. William Eich, accused of feloniously and with premediated design effecting the murder of Wallace M. Greene, was given a preliminary hearing before Jus tices Brandt and Gallagher at the old court house Monday afternoon. County Attorney Steinhauser con ducted the prosecution and Attorney Olsen of Sleepy Eye appeared for the prisoner. The State merely introduced enough' evidence to show that the killing had been committed by Eich. The defend ant waived examination and the prisoner was at once bound over without bail to appear before the next grand jury. The witnesses on Monday were Greene, Dr. Wellcome, Cy Conrad and E. B. Hicks. TM§i^' ,-„a^ rO/LED0 VOLUME XX. NO. 3. KEW ULM,BEOWK COUNTY.MINN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19,1898. WHOLE NUMBER 1,043. Bobleter President. The Commercial Union Holds Its Annual Meeting and Elects Officers. The Commercial Union held its annu al meeting at Gebser's Hall last Friday evening. Peter Scherer presided and G. A. Ottomeyer did the duties as scribe. The report of F. H. Behnke as treas urer was read, showing a balance of something like $4 0 in the treasury, after paying all the expenses of the recent dairymen's meeting. The advantage of having such a fund always on hand was apparent to every man present who has been annoyed from time to time with subscription lists. The principal business of the evening was the election of officers, This result ed as follows: President, Col. Jos. Bobleter vice president, Richard Pfefferle secretary, F. W. Johnson treasurer, H.Behnke directors, Peter Scherer, Andrew J. Eck stein and Jacob Klossner Jr. The directors will have a meeting sometime this week for the purpose of selecting the standing committees and outlining the work for the year. At the February meeting of the Un ion, the question of sewerage will be discussed and it is important that every member, in fact every business man, should be present. Tribute to Stocker. In 1862, a Germaa by the name of Stocker, living at Ne Ulm, was killed by Indians. He left a widow and an in fant son, named Robert. The mother w&s poor, and afterwards married a man who was too poor to give the lad, Ro bert, an education. But the boy could not be chained down by poverty. That which his parents could not give him, he decided to help himself to. After ob taining, as best he could, a common school education he went to Mankato, in his early teens, and applied for admis sion to the normal school. He wtis ad mitted. It was then that his trials be gan. He was but a mere lad but lie must earn money for bread, for lodging, for books and for clothing. It was one continual struggle, but he knew but one word—success. He did chores, such as sawing wood, carrying coal into offices, and even got up before daylight and helped scrub out saloons—anything that would help him to turn an honest pen ny. Such a boy with such a determina tion always stands well in his studies and with his teachers. When Robert was between 17 and 18, J. B. Wakefield of this city, who was then congressman for the second district, gave notice that on a certain day there would be a com petitive examination at. Mankato for the admission of the successful candidate to the United States naval school at Annap olis. Robert decHed to enter the con test. Mr. Wakefield, who was in the city at the time, became interested in the green, awkward German boy, and, taking him to his room at the hotel, had a long talk with him. As a result of the exam ination, Robert Stocker stood first. went to Annapolis and withstood the more critical examination as to both mental and physical requirements. He entered upon his studies. While the .youths of more favorable surroundings were spending their leisure hours ia soci al circles, Robert was ever at his studies. After four years of study, came the ex amination. Robert Stocker stood at the head of his class, made up from lads from every state in the union. He was then given two years' experience in our battleship, Trenton, to learn practical navigation. was at Samoa during that awful cyclone. came back. reason of his ability, he was one of three sent to the school of technology at Paris, France. A this great school,' made up of scholars from every civilized country, Robert Stocker stood N 1 of all for eign students he came home and was put to work in the bureau of naval con struction, which calls for the best schol ars of our navy. During the past sum mer, the superintending constructor's health failed and be was given a four months' leave of absence. Lieutenant Robert Stocker was put in charge of the construction of one gun-boat and three battleships. The responsibility of such a task may be imagined when we say that one of those huge ''battleships cost about three million, five hundred thous and dollars. Shortly, after the return of his chief, he was ordered to Philadelphia to undergo examination for promotion. After a most trying examination—he writes to Mr. Wakefield that the ordeal lasted fifteen days—he was promoted and is now naval constructor. What an object lesson the trials and triumphs of Robert Stocker furnishes for our boys." There is not a youth in our little city whose lot is» harder than was the lot of the hero of this sketch. W nse the word hero, for no other word in the English language ia so appropriate. And such a hero! Think of the hard ships that beset him on every hand and the temptations that surrounded him among strangers, without the influences of home, and he put them all behind him. Think of his sore trials with po verty pinching him at every turn, and Chen think of his grand victory. Though ot hum ble birth and an empty purse, this noble Minnesota boy lifted his head and started up the ladder of success, use fulness and honor. He sits upon the topmost ring, waving his hat to the lads of the grand old Second district, and shouts: "Come up, boys! There's room up here for all! This place is never crowded."—Blue Earth City Post. Col. Taylor, the fiddler-governor of Tennessee, is a candidate for the United States senate. Hanna continues to be a United States senator, but it is very doubtful if Ohio will continue loug to be a Republican state. Mark Hanna was re-elected to the Uni ted States senate last week majori ty in the Ohio legislature of one. Great is the influence of coin. The Gay lord Hub strikes it about right when it says that Jos. Leiter owns more wheat thau any man ever owned before, and more than it ought to be possible for any man to own at one time Nearly ten thousand peop le listened to Bryan's masterly address at the Ex. position building in Minneapolis Tues day evening. Is there any other man in America who could command equal at tention? Ed. Weavei has addressed an open letter to several southern Minnesota pa pers in which he says he is not a candi date for gubernatorial honors and that his name will not be urged upon the coming Republican convention. Ed knows why. Chairman Jones of the Democratic na tional committee, Butler of the Populist committee and Towne, representing the silver Republicans, will this week issue an address urging united action by the three political parties in the political contest of 1898. Senator Allen of Nebraska has under taken to prevent the confirmation of Hon. Joseph McKenna as a member of the supreme court on the ground that his nomination is due to corporation in fluences and further on the ground that he is incompetent. Ignatius Donnelly is about to issue another book in which he expects to prove, not only that Bacon was the auth or of the Shakspere plays, but that he also gave to the world the plays of Marlowe and that wonderful work of satire, the Do Quixote of Cervantes. In a discussion in the House on Mon day Representative McCleary made the statement that every republican on the finance committee favored the gold standard proposition of the monetary commission bill. Representative Hill of Connecticut protested that this state ment was not correct. Wm J. Bryan believes in fusion. In a speech before a democratic organiza tion in Chicago Saturday night he said: I may be that we will be strong enough to win without any outside help. But nevertheless I prefer to win with the Populists on one side and the free silver Republicans on the other. An we must not forget when the victory is wo that in the campaign of last year it took more courage on the part of the free silver Republicans to desert their old party and more self-sacrifice the part of the Populists to go outside of their organization for a presidential candidate, because he agreed with them on the par amount issue, than it did for-the Demo* crate to support the ticket which waa nominated by their own national conven tion. 7 *?,», HOLIDAY GIFt I HAUENSTEIN'S-- Grand Masquerade, Such as W Used to have in the "Old Time." TURNER HALL Saturday, Jan. 22nd. Only the maskers have a right to the dancing floor prior to uamasking. Admission, 50cts a person. Reserved seats, 10 cts extra. Admission cards can be procured at the following places: W. Hanenstein, Frank Burg, Jr., A. Hartmuth, Wm Hummel, Chas. Steng el, John F. Neumann, Peter Herian and W. G. Alwin. Reserved seats at the City Drug store. Children must pay full admission. Membership cards must be procured of Frank Burg Sr. Qroc?n?s Yo must eat—you must buy your groceries somewhere.. If you are a bit particular about your food, and the prices you pay lor it—come here. What To Eat. Canned Vegetables were never so cheap as now and never better. W always have the best and right in season. Canned Goods Our stock of Canned Fruits is un excelled and what is better still, they are not high-priced. F. H. BEKMKE LEADING GROCER. State of Minnesota, County of Brown, ss. In Probate Court, Special Term. Januarv 13th, 1898. In the Matter of the estate cf Friedrich Wilbrecht, deceased. On Reading and filing the petition of Louise Wilbrecht, asAdministratrix with the will annexed, of ths estate of Fridrich Wilbrecht, deceased, representing among other things, that she has fully adminis tered said estate^and praying that a time and place be fixed for examining and al lowing the final account of her admini stration and for the assignment of the res idue of said estate to the parties entitled thereto by law It is ordered that said account be exam ined and petition heard, by the Judge of this Court, on the 10th day of February A. D. 1898. at 10 o'clock A. I., at the Probate Office in the Court House in the city of Ne Ulnr, said county. And It Is Further Ordered, That notice thereof be given to all persons interested, by publishing a copy of this order once in each week for three successive weeks. pri or to said day ot hearing, in the New Ul Review, a weekly newspaper printed and published at the city of New ulm in said county. PatedNew Ulm, Minn., January 13th. A. D. 1898. the Court, 3-o Jonas La 5 den Schlatter, CSeal.J Judge of Probate, Notice to Taxpayers. Notice is hereby given that the Conn ty Treasurer of Brown county will be in Sleepy Ey on Wednesday and Thursday'^ the 9th and 10th day of February, 1 8 9 8 at the State Bank of Sleepy E and inf :t Springfield on Friday and Saturday the*, v, 11th and 12th day of February, 1 8 9 8 at the Citizens Bank, to collect personal'/ property taxes., .• (j-.T* A Schwerdtfeger, *^.'£.. County Treasurer. Dated at N Minn January h, 8 9 8 :&if~~ Wfi. I S "3 AT V"*' Will be given by the iety of the Turnverein—a guarantee of its success. Prizes will be given for groups and individual masks. PROGRAM 1 Doors open at 7 o'clock. Arrival of maskers between 8 and 9 p. m. Grand promenade. 2 Dancing continues until the an nouncement of N 3 by the Herald. 3 A scene in Fairy Land. a. Fairy King and Queen and their Court. b. Music by his Highness' world famed musicians. c. First appearance of Signora "Mar aquita", in selections from the latest fashionable operas. d. Picturesque Dance. Latest Nov elty, performed by the lady danc ers of the Court. 4 His Highness, the Fairy King conde scends to lead the grand march. 5 Grand Mask Polonuaise and Waltz. 6 Various groups will, during the course of the evening, give perform ances in the hall, both pleasing and instructive. The following cash prizes will be awarded for groups: For the best group (not less than six persons in group), $6.00. For the second best group (not less than six persons in group), $4. Valuable prizes will be awarded for the best gentleman and best lady mask, and for the most comical lady and gent leman mask. «u I* $fi*A