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I Died «-%-&wf f-Sfe!~ -i& lllii ill J.'in a HER EARTHLY LABORS CEASE Mrs. Pauline E. Beecher Passes Quietly Away. *C* Yesterday Morning at the Home of He Son. a Will be Held Tomorro at Fort Dodge, Iowa. Early yesterday morning death ter minated the sufferings of Mrs. Pauline E. Beecher and her spirit took its de parture into the realms that know no pain. Although the end was not unex pected, it came, nevertheless, as a great shock to the community and cast a shadow of gloom over the wide cir cle of her acquaintances. Mrs. Beecher was 68 years of age and her last illness was of six week's duration. Although the immediate cause of her death was heart trouble and a complication of other diseases, her infirmity was really of long stand ing. In fact she has never been well since the tragic death of her eldest son, Lieut. A. M. Beecher, of the Uni ted States navy, who was accidently killed on the battleship Maine about a year ago. Mrs. Beecher was not a strong woman and the shock and grief of the tragedy really hastened her own deatih, for it so deeply affected her that she never fully recovered. When the accident occurred she was completely prostrated and after her son's funeral her brother nrevailed upon her to accompany him to his home at Odin, 111. There Mrs. Beech er spent the winter and last spring went to Atlanta, Ga., to visit a sister. About two months ago she came north by easy stages but upon reaching New Ulrri on June 4th her sons, H. L. and James S. Beecher, noticed instantly that she was in very feeble health. A doctor was summoned on the day of her arrival and she was afterward un der the constant care of a physician. Six weeks ago, when she was com pelled to take to her room, a trained nurse was engaged and every means known to the medical profession was employed to ward off the impending danger. Mrs. Beecher bore her trial with the utmost fortitude and resigna tion but her constitution seemed un equal to the task of stemming the ad vancing tide and she grew gradually weaker. Monday the sufferer relapsed into a comatose state and at 6:40 yes terday morning she passed away. Her grief-stricken son and daughter, H. L. Beecher and Mrs. C. T. Howard, min istered to her every want during her illness and were with her at the end. Pauline E. Morrison was the daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. Moses F. Morri son and was bora at Bath, New Hamp shire, May 31, 1836. She received her early education in the academy in her native city, finishing her course at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio. The early years of her life were spent in the east but in 1856, after the death of her parents, she went to Fort Dodge, la., to live with a brother. There she made the acquaintance of Hezekiah Beecher, who had located in Fort Dodge a year earlier for the practice of law, and on Dec. 13, 1858, they were united in marriage. Her husband was a graduate of Yale and for thirty-one years was a successful practitioner at Fort Dodge. Then, in 1886, he received an appointment as clerk of the South Dakota district court at the hands of Gov. Church of that state, and re moved with his family to the city of Redfield. His death occurred there in 1887 but the family did not leave South Dakota until 1892, when they removed to Redwood Falls. Since that time Mrs. Beecher has made her home in this city with H. L. Beecher, at Red wood Falls with Mrs. Howard, and when Lieut. Beecher was enjoying shore duty she was wont to reside with him in Philadelphia and Wash ington. Of the six children born to her five attained manhood and womanhood but only three survive. Eugenia J. is the wife of County Attorney C. T. Howard of Redwood Falls. Albert M. Beecher was appointed to the Annapo lis naval academy in 1880 and after his graduation rose to the rank of lieutenant. In various ways he gained prominence and distinction in the ser vice but last fall, while acting as ord nance officer of the battleship Maine, he was cut down at the very zenith of his career. Harriet W., wife of A. E. Dickinson of Redwood Falls, died in 1898, and Henry L. Beecher is station agent for the Chicago & Northwestern railway at this place. James S. Beech er, the youngest son, is a paymaster in the United States navy. His ship, the Denver, sailed only last week from Galveston and on Monday arrived at Guantanamo Bay. His first act upon landing was to send an inquiry as to the condition of his mother's health but yesterday morning a cablegram ^apprised him of her death. For long years Mrs. Beecher was a devout member of the Episcopalian church. While a resident of Fort Dodge she took an active interest in the church and its work but at the time of her death she was a member of the parish at Redwood Falls. Mrs. Beecher was a God-fearing, Christian CVS"? r# f.5 z£ jar-J.J woman and possessed a character of infinite beauty. She lived quietly, devoting her life to others, and was idolized by her children. This morning at 10:30 services will be held in the Beecher home on German street. They will be conducted by the Rev. W. H. Knolton of St. James, formerly rector of the Episcopal church at Redwood Falls, and after ward the remains will be taken to Fort Dodge. At 2 o'clock tomorrow after noon the funeral will be held from St. Mark's Episcopal church and the interment will be made in the family lot at Oakland cemetery. -g^^r,^ CARNIVAL IS NOT WANTED Dancing Girls and Barkers Turn-Down... Given Fair Directors Will Not Entertain Proposition. Intend to Encourage More cultural Exhibits. Agri Directors of the Brown County Agricultural society, at a meeting held Friday evening, frowned upon the proposition to hire a carnival company to exhibit here during the county fair Instead, it was voted to use every means of encouraging farmers to enter live stock and grain exhibits and to provide amusement features of an entirely different character. In this instance it would seem that the officials of the association have displayed great good judgment and their decision probably assures a better fair than could otherwise be given. Friday night's meeting was held in the office of Secretary Wm. Pfaender, Jr., and the directors first listened to the report of the committee appointed to look into the carnival plan. It had previously been suggested that the society secure a carnival company to pitch its tents inside the grounds, the idea being to charge an admission fee during the daylight hours but to throw the gates open in the evenings, but the committee declared that it could not recommend the scheme. The principal objection lay in the fact that it would be somewhat expensive to get a carnival company to travel as far north as this in the fall and doubts were expressed as to its desirability as a drawing card. The people have had one street fair this season and a repetition might develop into a failure. In lieu of this feature it was thought best to put on attractions in which local pride could be taken. The committee approved of a running race for horses, a free-for-all for teams drawing lumber wagons and a tug-of war between residents of rival town ships. Secretary Pfaender was in structed to issue a permit to the owner of a merry-go-round and it was re ported that negotiations were pending for a man to make a baloon ascension. Pres. Ferdinand Crone was ordered to close these arrangements and also to secure other suitable attractions. Secretary Pfaender sprung a surprise by handing in his resignation but the directors refused to listen to his request. They finally prevailed upon him to retain his office and after this had been accomplished Ferdinand Crone and A. J. Vogel were appointed as a committee to prepare the premium list and have it printed. Without exception those present favored putting forth greater efforts to secure exhibits of farm products, that the county fair might become such in fact as well as in name. It was decided to use every means to interest farmers and encourage the entrance of stock and poultry, to gether with displays of grain, fruits and vegetables. Chas. Forster is here from Minne apolis looking after matters in con nection with the estate of his father, the late Frederick Forster. Paul Friederieh has returned to this country from the Philippines and is visiting with New Ulm relatives and friends. After serving an enlistment in the army he entered the postal department. Another New Ulm druggistjias been named as a state delegate to a national pharmacy meeting. This time Pres. A. C. LeRicheux, of the Minnesota State Pharmaceutical association, has appointed Eugene A. Pfefferle as a delegate to the^ convention of the Northwestern Druggists' association, which meets New Orleans, La., from November 14th to 19th. Martin Frey, an old resident of St. Peter, died Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Meier, in this city. The deceased was born in Hessedarmstadt, Germany, and was 69 years of age. His demise was due to dropsy. He is survived by three sons, Frank Brey of St. Peter, Martin and John Brey of Nicollet, and one daughter, Mrs. Fred*£ Meier. The remains were taken Co St. Peter Monday and the funeral was held at that place. Ask for Allen's Foot-Base, A Powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet. Makes walking easy. Cures Corns, Bun ions, Ingrowing Nails, Swollen and Sweat ing feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don't accept a substitute. Sample free. Address. Allen S. Olmsted, .LeRoy, I N.Y. 5-^^S S 38 ECKSTEIN FOR THE HOUSE Democrats Would Ru Local Druggist. Popular Regard Him as Promising Legis HI lative Material. Approach of Primaries Arouses W re in Politics. Although the primary election is only six weeks away, the political sit uation in Brown county is by no means acute. Of late, however, some little ante-campaign talk has been heard and probably the most import ant of recent developments is the an nouncement that the democrats will urge Andrew J. Eckstein of this city, to become a candidate for the legis lature. Members of his party have long had this billet in view for their favorite and they are now said to be growing insistent in their demands. They want to see his name on the ticket and rumor says they will listen to no refusal. What course Mr. Eckstein will pur sue is known only to that gentleman, and possibly not to him. It is not be lieved that he has a violent craving for the office but he is not a man to shirk what he regards as a duty and for that reason might consent to come out. Should he do so there is no denying that he would prove a very strong candidate and S. D. Peterson would be compelled to look well to his laurels. The veteran campaigner declares that he will be in the race and will stand squarely on his record. Wesley C. Miller will again be a candidate for register of deeds and opposition in the ranks of his own party will hardly appear. His ad ministration of the affairs of his of fice has been beyond criticism and he may be said to be as nearly immune from defeat as is possible in politics. It is understood that Albert Schramm of Burnstown, will oppose him on the democratic ticket but the latter will have difficulty In convincing the voters of the necessity for a change. Another efficient official who will go before the people in November is Auditor Louis G. Vogel. His strength is undimin ished and the democrats will have" trouble in overcoming it with E. P. Schmitz of Home. Candidates for the office of treas urer, who were appearing in twos and threes a short time ago, are beginning to fade from view. John Schneider, the present incumbent, will be out again and his party has only one other aspirant, Andreas Amann. In the republican ranks Henry Schwartz of Springfield, is a declared candidate, P. J. Miller of Comfrey, has designs on the place and Capt. Frank Burg may take a hand at the primaries. The latter is also being mentioned in connection with judge of probate and may run against Capt. S. A. George, who will undoubtedly be the demo cratic nominee. Republican office-holders who wiU not have opposition at the polls are Sheriff Wm. J. Julius and Surveyor George Boock the democrats in the same category being County Attorney Einar Hoidale, County Superintendent of Schools John Cutting and Coroner L. A. Fritsche. Prof. B. G. Eaton, principal of the Hendricks school in St. Paul, was en tertained by Prof. E. T. Critchett from Saturday until Monday. He was as sociated with Prof. Critchett in the summer school work at Marshall. Members of the Episcopal vestry are negotiating with N. Henningsen for the purchase of his lot at the corner of Broadway and First North streets. If the deal is closed they will erect a fine church of brick and stone, plans for which have been adopted by the board. ~M VIOLATED HIS CONTRACT John Schneider so Charges a Citizen of St. James. Papers have been served in an ac tion brought by John Schneider of this city, against James N. Miller of St. James, for alleged violation of contract. The plaintiff wants damages in the sum of $2,000, which he claims was lost to him through the failure of the other party to live up to an agree ment, and the facts in the case are in teresting. On Sept. 15, 1903, Messrs. Schneider and Miller made a deal whereby the latter was to become the owner of the Grand hotel property and the New Ulm man receive in exchange certain farming laads near the city of Crooks ton. The plaintiff says that he stood ready to deliver the warranty deed to the hotel and that he so far considered the trade closed that he went onto the II I PES. We are showing more styles shapes and mountings than was ever seen in town be fore. MAX BURG'S Corner Store. land and spent a large sum of money having it ploughed and otherwise pre paired to grow a crop. Defendant, however, appeared re luctant to transfer the land and finally preluded all possibility of this by mortgaging it heavily. He remained in nominal possession of the „hotel until last May and the plaintiff seeks to recover for the loss of rental and also for depreciation in the value of the property. Albert Pfaender of this city, and Cannon & Cannon of Minne apolis, are Mr. Schneider's lawyers and the case will be tried in Waton wan countv in NoVember. -.--«*• CHECK BELONGED TO FIRM Representative Got Money of St. Paul House. J|mpl©yers Now Seek to «. Face of Check. Recover R. Beggs & Compan Sue the ^«s~~ Citizens Bank. *A check which was cashed in good faith by a local commission firm has led to endless complications and is finally in the courts. Last March one A. V. Plunkett came to New Ulm to represent J. R. Beggs & Co., com mission dealer of St. Paul, and while here disposed of a carload of potatoes. A portion of these were purchased by Crone Bros, and in payment they issued a check for $201 on the Citizens Bank, payable to J. R. Beggs & Co., and handed it to Plunkett. That party carried the check down to Stork Bros, and, after indorsing it, requested payment. As the local men had bought potatoes of Plunkett and paid him in cash they had no suspicions and readily granted him the favor. Subsequently they deposited the check in the State bank and it went from there to the Citizens, where it was honored, but a few weeks after the transaction one of Plunkett's employers came to the city to ascertain what the man had been doing here. He claimed that his company had received no pay for their potatoes and intimated that Plunkett had embezzled the money. Recently J. R. Beggs & Co., brought suit in the district court of Ramsay county against the Citizens bank to recover the face of the check. In their complaint they contend that the bank had no authority to accept the paper when it was not indorsed by the con cern to which it was issued but the defense will doubtless claim that Plunkett was clothed with power to handle the money of the firm. A change of venue to this county has been secured and the case will be tried at the December term. Gilbert & Greenman of St. Paul, are attorneys for the plaintiff, while Albert Pfaender appears for Stork Bros., and Hoidale & Somsen for the Citizens bank. This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Child ren, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Summer Bowel Troubles, Teething Dis orders, cleanse and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. They never fail. Over 80,000 testimonials. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample Free. Address, Allen S. Olm sted, LeRoy, N. Y. 33 Making Little Couches. Louis J. Buenger on Monday morn ing began making the toy couches and divans which he will manufacture for the holiday trade this year. Orders for the little sofas are constantly com ing in and this week the first shipment will be made. It will be a consign ment of forty couches and will be sent to points in South Dakota. The pres ent indications are that Mr. Buenger and his men will be kept busy from now on until after Christmas. Successful Mission Festival.. A crowd of very large proportions congregated on College Heights Sun day morning and afternoon to be pres ent at the exercises in connection with the annual mission festival of the Lutheran church. About sixty mem bers of the St. James congregation came up for the meetings and the Courtland church did not hold servi ces, that its people might attend. Rev. R. Heidmann of Arlington, preached in the morning and Rev. J. Plocher of St. Peter, delivered the sermon in the afternoon. y-JT"* Will Discuss Reunion. ~j Plans for the proposed reunion of the Twelfth Minnesota volunteers are gradually taking shape and the idea now is to have the Spanish-American war veterans come here some time during the month of September. When General Bobleter was at camp this summer he suggested a reunion to the former officers of the regiment and they received it very cordially. All of them heartily favored New Ulm as the meeting point and the spirit they displayed was most encouraging. This evening a meeting of those interested in the project will be held in the Brown County bank to appoint co mmittees and make the preliminary arrangements. 5*^e risking Friends Every Day. 83*"M-** This can truthfully be said of Jell-o Ice Cream Powder, the new product for mak ing the most delicious ice cream you ever ate everything in the package. Nothing tastes so good in hot weather. All grocers are placing it in stock. If your grocer can't supply you send 25c. for 2 packages by mail. Four kinds: Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry and Unflavored. Address, The Genesee Pure Food Co., Box 295, :LeRoy, N. Y*. 83 THEY COULD USETHE MONEY Aldermen, Grapple With Money Question, They May Add a Little to the ax fife Budget. pmgsM^ Electric Light Rates Likely to Be Raised. Tf- It was the city's moneyless exchequer that bothered the aldermen last night. They discussed finance but they dis cussed it to some purpose. As a re sult of their deliberations a few thou sand dollars will probably be added to the tax budget and the light rates are likely to be raised. Late in the session City Attorney Somsen delicately mentioned the strin gency and suggested that it would be well to give the tax levy some con sideration. Last year the collection amounted to $15,000 but the aldermen, after some calculation, figured that this time they would want $23,000, and then they talked electric light. Aid. Richartz thought that the rate should be increased from 8 to 10 cents per thousand watts and Aid. Nagel re marked that a charge of 10 cents per month for meters would help. All but one of the others concurred in the opinion and the light committee was told to investigate. Rearranging the voting districts came in for attention. Last spring the vote was: First ward, 340 second ward, 310 third ward, 410 and, as the charter declares against more than 400 votes in any one precinct, some thing must be done before the pri maries. It was suggested that the boundary between the second and third wards be moved back from Broadway to State, a census taken of the intervening blocks and as many added to the second as would be neces sary to equalize the voting population. The matter was given to Aldermen Gieseke, Wicherski and Flor. South Minnesota street residents do not relish the idea of being charged with the entire cost of the recent grad improvements. Heretofore the city has paid a third but this time each lot was assessed $26.45. Jacob Brust and John Dobranz appeared to protest and there was also a remonstrance with 24 signers. The council deducted all the costs except the actual grading con tract and left the assessments at $23.21. It was reported that the repairs on the main sewer in German park had already cost more than $600 and the council will examine the break this morning to determine how much more of an outlay is needed. Mayor Silverson came in late and read a communication from Chief Klause in which the latter asked that the force be provided with Luger au tomatic revolvers, to replace their obsolete guns. The weapons are 30 calibre, have a range of 2,1)00 yards and shoot eight times. The mayor recommended their purchase and the council voted in favor of the arms. The revolvers cost $25 apiece and Chief Klause was also instructed to buy three Mauser rifles at $12.40 each. Bills amounting to $3,295.77 were al lowed and before adjourning the council ordered the Northwestern road to tear out the gong at Third North street and station a flagman at the crossing. .. Commence Grain Inspection. State Grain Inspector F. W. Eva was in Sleepy Eye Mondaya^and es tablished the inspection bureau at that place. F. R. Curtis has been named as the local inspector and all grain from the west will now be stopped at Sleepy Eye and weighed. To accom modate the great number of additional cars the Northwestern is laying about four miles of sidetrack. Carl Loose of Tyron, Yellow Medi cine county, and Miss Bertha Krueger of Leavenworth, have been granted a license to wed. Henry Goede and J. H. Sattlergoto St. Paul this week to attend the con vention of the Northwestern Photo graphers' association. The former will compete for one of the prizes. A. F. Redmann, representing the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, returned Saturday from Redwood Falls and vicinity, where he delivered -policies amountingto $15,000. He also wrote applications for several thousand more. W. H. Benton and A. C. Smith of Minneapolis, came to New Ulm Sat urday and left the following morning for a canoe trip down the Minnesota river. They carry a shelter tent and will camp at night, and estimate that the trip to Minneapolis will require eight a There is a decided improvement in the general appearance of the princi pal streets of New Ulm, and in fact it could be made in Springfield with equal improvement to the general appearance of main street. All tele phone and electric light poles have been removed to the alleys, leaving the streets in a decidely neat and clean condition. The improvement is well worthy of consideration and would be sanctioned by nearly* every citizen of this city.—Springfield Advance. Editor C. S. Whitmore of the Sleepy Eye Dispatch, was inthecity yesterday^ Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hummel became the parents of a daughter yesterday morning. Springfield will get the democratic county convention, which will be held on August 22d. Miss Martha Eichmann departed Monday for Sparta, Wis., where she. will visit friends. I Cleveland Frederick went to Excel sior Sunday and spent the day Lake Minnetonka. 1.1 Farmers near here have commenced cutting wheat and should complete the work by next week. Mrs. M. Mullen and daughter, Miss Birdie, went to Lake Minnetonka yesterday to spend a couple of weeks. Louis Entrap and wife returned Sunday to their home in St. Paul, after spending a week with friends here. Harriet Schmidt left for St. Paul yesterday to attend the meeting cf the Northwestern Photographers' asso ciation. W. E. Reim has returned to his home in Tomah, Wis. He visited here with his mother, Mrs. A. Reim, and other relatives. W. R. Hodges and G. M. Gress were in the city yesterday and invited the local gun club to take part in a match with the Sleepy Eye club. New Ulm and Nicollet will play ball here next Sunday. The game will be called at 2:30 in order to give the spectators time to attend the picnic. Owing to illness in the church, the ice cream social which was to have been given by the Christian Endeavor society last night, has been given up. Next Saturday evening, August 6th, St. Anne Court, W. C. O. F., will give a lawn social at the home of Dr. J. P. Graff. Ice cream and cake will be served. Trainmen of the St. Louis and Rock Island roads are to hold a meeting in Estherville next Sunday to decide up on a date for the picnic to be held in this city. Col. Wm. Pfaender and the mem bers of his immediate family, with Dr. L. G. Bell and Herman Hem and fam ilies, spent Sunday at the farm home of Herman Pfaender. Hanska and New Ulm are to cross bats for their third game of the season on Sunday, August 21st. It has not been decided whether the game will be played here or at Hanska. John Kopetzki resigned his position in the Journal office Saturday and about August 15th he and his wife will leave for Great Falls, Mont., where they will make th eir future home. MINNEAPOLIS MAIN orricc Fifth and Robert SU„ ST. PAUL. MINN. mm* on Mrs. Caroline Uhlhorn of St. James, visited with Mrs. A. Reim from Satur day until Monday. -^81 OMAHA Edwards Wood Go. (INCORPORATED) DEALERS IN Stocks, Grain, Provisions Bought and sold for cash orcarried on reasonable margins,uponwhichtherewill be a charge of 54 on grain, on stocks and J4 on flax. Writefor our marketletter. COMMISSION MERCHANTS IN CAR LOTS Ship Your Grain To Us Bssr FACILITIES. PROMPT RETURNS. LIBERAL ADVANCES. DULUTH WINNIPEG Branch Office: BOESCH BLOCK, Phone 197. New Ulm. CLOSING OU SALE! Glassware Crockery. The undersigned here with offers his entire stock of Glass and China waie at and below cost. 1 I I I I I I i«*«(»0«l»«5?W»))RS«R«!*«IW^^t _?.-: