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f\ A VOLUME XXXVII. PLAN FOR PICNIC GOES GLIMMERING COMMERCIAL CLUB MEMBERS DROP PLAN OF HOLDING FARMERS DAY DISCUSS ENLARGING CEMETERY OR A CHANGE IN ITS LOCATION Monday evening's regular meeting of the Commercial Club was given almost exclusively to listening to reports from various committees. This kept the members present busy and in a happy frame of mind for over an hour. Some committees failed to report, notably among which was the committee on a municipal heating plant. There was a good excuse for this committee not being present however as they were having a joint meeting with a sub-committee from the council that same evening for the purpose of arriving at some definite plan of action. Prof. Ackermann for the censorship committee reported that Mayor Fritsche had appointed Fred W. Johnson, Adolph G. Meile and William Mather as a board of censors. Later in the evening Mr. Mather supplemented this report with a statement from the board of censors to the effect that it was the intention of the board to have cards printed which are to be placed in every business man's office and which can be referred to when ever any one comes along with a scheme to get away with some of the merchant's money. He asked for the hearty co operation of every one interested in im proving conditions in New Ulm. When asked whether this applied to local people also, he thought it would, but that the board had not taken any definite stand on that phase of the work. For the White Way committee it was reported that subscriptions are 3ing secured quite rapidly and that the work of getting enough money subscribed to build the White Way on First North and First South Streets is being pushed with all possible dispatch. There will be no community picnic nor farmer's picnic as had been contemplated because the committee appointed for that purpose reported thru its Chairman Chas. Stolz that the committee had looked at the proposition from every angle and saw no way of pulling off the stunt in a manner which would prove satisfactory to the farmers or business men. The committee invited suggestions from those present as to how such an affair could be made a success, but no one ventured an opinion and the project was quietly put to sleep forever, unless at some future meeting it be resurrected by some one who has a plan that he is convinced will be a winner and will commend itself to the members of the Club. At the request of Dr. Reineke, Pres. Ottomeyer brought up the question of enlarging the city cemetery. It was stated that but very few desirable ceme tery lots are to be had and that the council should be importuned to buy additional land at once. The subject was opened for discussion, but only two availed themselves of the opportunity to speak. Capt. Steinhauser stated that in his opinion the present city cemetery is far from being a beauty spot and that its location is such that it never can be made to look like anything. He advocated abandoning the present site and finding a place that has natural beauty. Otto Wichtel the tombstone man, when asked his opinion, stated that the present site on account of its flatness could never be made beautiful. No action was taken in this matter. The matter of guide posts for the County was brought up and was disposed of by referring it to the Good Roads com mittee. Every one present seemed to favor better and more guide posts than the County can boast at the present time. By a resolution unanimously adopted the by-laws of the Club were amended to reduce the kind of members to two, active members and honorary members. Heretofore there were three classes, the proprietary class which owned the property of the club, associate members and honorary members. The proprie tary class by a document drawn up in legal form surrendered their rights in the property to the entire membership and thereby eliminated themselves as a special class. Yes, there will be a banquet of the Club this year, also. The entertainment committee reported to that effect and tentatively suggested Wednesday, April 26th, as the proper date to have the banquet. There were no objections (Continued on Page 4.) PRIZES FOR SKAT FIENDS. At the tournament of the New Ulm Skat Club last Monday evening prizes were won as follows: First prize, Max Burg, 17 net games second prize, Ernst Wicherski, 456 net points third prize, T. Manderfeld, diamond solo against six matadors fourth prize, J. Backer, grand ouvert with four and Schneider booby prize, Jos. Altenburg, 49 net points. The fourth and booby prizes were special, the former an umbrella donated by the Bee Hive and the latter a box of cigars donated by Max Burg. FARMER'S TEAMS IN SMASH-UP. A smashup occurred Monday noon shortly before 1 o'clock on the corner of Minnesota and Fifth South street, when a team driven by Alois Brey of Cotton wood was scared by the approach of an For Treasurer— automobile, became unmanageable and swerved to one side so that the side of the wagon smashed into the rig driven by George Polta, an employe of Schell's brewery. One of the buggy wheels was torn off and Polta was thrown to the ground. He sustained a severe cut over the left eye and was bleeding profusely when taken to a local doctor's office. It proved to be nothing serious, however, and Polta will not be laid up. SHREWDFARMHAND OFF ON YACAWON SOLD EMPLOYERS' PORKERS TO REPLENISH SHORTAGE OF LONG GREEN. BOARDS TRAIN AND AUTHORI- TIES FAIL TO FIND TRACE OF HIM. It is*not always coirect to say that a farm hand is slow-witted or dense just because he happens to be working out in the country, as was conclusively proven by one John Mills who has been working on one of Ed. Berkner's farms the vicinity of Cobden. Last week he came to the conclusion that a vacation trip would be just the thing for his health, but as he was short of the necessary long green he had about given up the idea, when one of the porkers in the yard gave a friendly grunt and solved the problem for him. Sure thing, a few of these hogs would be just the right size to give him pocket money for the trip. Last Saturday he put his plans into execution. He took one of the teams, hitched it to the wagon with the hog rack and then helped himself to five of the choicest porkers on the place. He took them to Cobden and sold them to Tom Peterson, a stock buyer. The pro position looked better than ever to John after that and after leaving the team in one of the village barns he boarded the afternoon passenger train for the east. The residents of the peaceful village of Cobden thought nothing of John's visit or sale, because, according to Julius Krause, there are more hogs in that vicinity than in any other part of the county, but towards evening Ed. Berk ner got wind of the affair and he started an investigation of the sale and inquiry into what had become of his farm hand. He found both rumors to be facts. The hogs had been sold and the farm hand had disappeared. Sheriff Julius was at once notified and he in turn sent out a description to the surrounding towns, asking the police authorities to arrest the* man and hold him until an officer could be sent to bring him back to New Ulm for a hearing. The description of the man wanted also is interesting. It reads something like this: Red-faced Irishman, answers to name of John Mills, stoop-shouldered, no whiskers, three or four front teeth missing, weighs 160 to 170 pounds, wore cra\enette coat and gray suit, quite a tobacco chewer and talkative when in his cups. According to the officers the hogs were worth from $150 to $200, but it is not believed that the stockbuyer paid Mills anywhere near that amount. Acquaintances of Mills say that he has had the plan of getting out of the country under consideration for some time, as he has said on several occasions that he intended to go to Canada and there enlist in the British army. He was short of money, however, and never could carry out his plans until he struck the hog lifting idea! Prizetaker onions" may be sown now to be transplanted to hotbeds or to the open ground. For Mayor— L. A. FRITSCHE GOTTLIEB OSWALD For City Clerk— WILLIAM BACKER Justices of the Peace— JOHN BUSCHERS N. HENNINGSEN For Constable— ALFRED BALTRUSCH HENRY AHRENS ALVIN HARMENING WM. PFEIFFER For Alderman— FRED H. BEHNKE HERMAN NAGEL EMIL MUELLER CHRIST FILZEN HERMAN VOGTEL NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL I.,HJQTOmOAL MfociFTV Behnke and Fiben Win ContestsForAldermensuccessfultbcloseresidencers Alfred Baltrusch and Alwin Harmening Lead Field of Four Candidates In Spirited Contest For Constables RETUENS OFTHE ELECTION AT A GLANCE Ward 292 Ward 204 278 187 134 The vote in the First was not as large as had been anticipated. The total registration in the First is close to 600. Christ Filzen showed himself a vote getter in the Third Ward, although his opponent, Herman Vogtel, gave him a run for his money. A good average vote was potledf In thnf^rard -a total of 487 not have any opposition and as a con sequence the vote was very light. The election of Dr. L. A. Fritsche as mayor, Wm. Backer as city clerk, Gott lieb Oswald as treasurer and the two justices of the peace was of course a fore gone conclusion, as they had no opposi tion on the ballot. The complete vote for the various candidates and their majorities or plu ralities is shown in above table. The contest for constable had sim mered down to four candidates on election .Ward 428 188 293 238 251 403 197 176 174 110 52 112 131 193 Fred Behnke has been returned to the morning, several having withdrawn from council as alderman from the First ward having defeated Herman Nagel at yester days election by a vote of 187 to 134. OUR MEN OF AFFAIRS JOS. TASTEL, Builder and Contractor. %3^„ 869 455 338 362 869 945 945 748 787 95 25 90 76 784 787 Plurality 111 229 64 155 116 434 142 357 323 34 Majority 53 187 134 193 256 231 256 231 193 25 the field the day previous Alf. Baltrusch, the present constable was re-elected and AlwinHarmening was the other successful candidate. The vote came in very slow during the day. Up to noon the Third ward was the only one to muster more than a hun dred voters. From that time on the vote dribbled along until shortly after 6 o'clock when the worldngmen began 8i%f«m|j ini before going to supper oetorg^prngiOLSupper.. At A. o' _. i.'^N^tw*,.* -,-s -a A me xixsi warn hao^cast Dr Eml Mueller the second di „«. onncioeau u« *. *.\ a -.V^ clock the Firs ward oUrt ... about 200 ballots the Second ward less than 150 and the Third ward over 300, so that at that hour only about one-half of the total registration of the city had been recorded as voting. The saloon men enjoyed the second enforced holiday within thirty days, the last one having been at the time of the presidential preference primary on March 14th. It had been the custom in former years to open the saloons as soon as the polls were closed, but of late the lid has been put on this practice, and yesterday was no exception in this re- VACATION WAS ft MASON* ASSISTANT preciated by the winners who in mostt instances responded with short speeches and passed out the cigars to the boys. O I account of the room at the Opera House usually used for polling purposes now being occupied, the booths for the -w «x 6 Total Majority 934 934 The court house is situated in the extreme northwest corner of the ward and it is thought that a more centrally located place should be secured either on Broad way or Minnesota street. One of the suggestions was to locate the booths in one of the saloons, as the latter are closed on election days. CALENDAR DRIVES MAN TO INSANITY PROBLEM OF LEAP YEAR BIRTH- DAY ANNIVERSARY DERANG ES MIND. CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHEN THE DAY SHOULD PROPERLY BE OBSERVED. hf^»asfe.^attenti61*- One of the queerest as well as one of sadd MINNESOTA •rwi law were spect. No violations reported by the police. The Second Regiment band was right on the jo early in the evening, shortly after the of the polls and began calling a the of the several candidates fo the purpose of serenading them. Their music was ap- est^ cases ever brought to the A4.he^iuthQri^es in, this part of the state if not irith I 1 miners, who in O N wcupiea me Dootn lo the MITW.,-,,,*.. „.„ Second ward had to be erected at the police station, but as there was no con cest in that ward for aldermanic honors there was no crowding. Several complaints were made about che location of the polling place in the First ward at the court house, especially by the older people who were forced to to walk up the hill and then go up several f8*™8**^ between $300 and $500 more flights of stairs before they could vote. in*° iv ie country is that of a young man recently committed to the hospital for the insane at St. Peter from the Nicollet county probate court. He went insane over the problem of figuring out the date of his mother's birthday. The mother was born on Feb. 29,1836, consequently would be eighty years old this year, but the son claimed that her birthday anniversary could not recur on the 29th of February this year because her second birthday anniversary had fallen on March 1, her third on March 2 and so on, until this year there would be a discrepancy of about two months between the calendar and the way he figured it out. It is said that the young man was so wrought up over the problem that he sat up for several nights in succession trying to bring a calendar of his own up to date and he had almost succeeded in making the figures look tangible, when suddenly he was confronted by another problem, which knocked all his figures and calculations galley-west. He found that the calendar did not add the extra day to February in 1900, because ac cording to the Gregorian calendar only such centesimal years as are divisible by 400 can be regarded as leap years, and have the extra day added to the second month of the year. When he struck this his mind apparent ly snapped and he became irrational in his actions towards his relatives and at times so violent that he had to be forcibly restrained from doing himself and others bodily harm. When it was seen that his condition was fast be coming dangerous he was brought to one of the local hospitals for treatment and observation. He was kept in the hospital several days and when it was found that he did not respond to the treatment and his condition did not change for the better, it was decided to take the unfortunate young man to St. Peter before the judge .,, r.t i. juuge judge that the hospital for the. insane wouldTb.e' thel placeo for hid order to effect a cure. He was according ly committed. LADIES CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS Secretary, Mrs. Beussmann, Treasurer, Mrs. Zelle, Critic, Miss O'Brien.' of probate for examination. He went *. *-. oi«vT -i tention of the Commercial Club members S S yproper tion The Current News Club met yester day afternoon with Mrs. Emil Metzinger. It was the annual meeting for the election of officers and Mrs. Metzinger was chosen is a term to them and nothing else president for the coming year. other officers will be as follows: Vice presidents, Mrs. Reineke and Mrs. Stone, Secretary, Mrs. Dougher, Federation] for grain. Kilo is a Greek word meaning NUMBER I ORRATES REPLACED BY NEW I FIXES MINIMUM CHAR- GES FOR CURRENT AND MOTORS. N I I A HEATING PLANT PRO- POSITION IS GIVEN FRESH IMPETUS. Readjustment of the rates for electric used in the city will bring, it is it treasury than has been re- fro.m is source in the past, such is the belief of the members of the city councu who last Friday evening adopted a new schedule of rates for motor users, 0 0 in 0 immediately. The rates established by the council several years ago were regarded as not only obsolete, but also as inequitable, both to the city and to the users of electric current and the electric light committee has had the problem under consideration for several months. The old rates fixed only a schedule of mini mum charges for three sizes of motors, 75 cents for motors of from 1 to 5 horse power $1.00 from 5 to 10, and $L50 minimum per month for all motors above ten horsepower. In most cases the users of the smaller motors were paying more than the highest minimum rate and in order to equalize these charges' the following schedule of rates according to the amount of current used as well as a minimum charge for each horse power was adopted by the council: First 300 Kilowatts 5c per K. W. Next 200 Kilowatts 4%c per K. W. Next 200 Kilowatts 4c per K. W. Next 500 Kilowatts 3%c per K. W. Greater amounts 3c per K. "w. Accordiuj^to the above schedule 4 user of '300 kilowatts per month would be charged at the rate of 4 l-2c per kilowatt and would have to pay at that rate until the current he uses amounts to 500 kilowatts or more, when he will come under the 4 cent rate and so on until a customer uses 1200 kilowatts when he will pay at the lowest rate of 3 cents. The council adopted another schedule in reference to motor rates which prob ably will increase the electric current bills in a number of cases. A minimum charge of 35 cents for each horsepower per month was established and also a rule adopted that no bill will be made out for less than 75 cents, plus a charge of 10 cents per monht for meter rent. This change in the schedule will affect such motor users as run their machines only a part of the year. There are said to be several cases in the city where the motor is only used during the summer season and several who only use the current during the winter. These will have to pay at the rate of 35 cents for each horsepower and those operating motors of two horsepower or under will eome under the minimum schedule of 85 cents. It had been the intention of the council also to readjust the schedule of water rates, but the work of coming to a decision on the motor rates had taken up the better part of the evening and the new rates probably will have to be taken up by the incoming administration for adjustment. As two of the members of the water and lighting committee will hold over at least another year it is be lieved that these councillors will be re tained on the committee and complete their work soon after the organization of the new council. A committee from the Commercial Club, consisting of Messrs. Somsen, Crone and Vogel, appeared before the council and requested that a committee of the council be appointed to work in conjunction with the Commercial Club committee on the city heating plant project. President Retzlaff appointed Councillors Eibner, Krook and Hamann to a sue Yi committee. It is the in- to work out a feas,b.e p.a„ to the estab- lishment of the heating plant and as all the facts have been gathered by them it is believed that this can be presented to the council in the immediate future,, probably in the course of the present month. To persons knowing nothing about the technicalities of electricity the kilo watt hour basis for measuring electrical current remains a profound mystery. It The watt is a unit of measure for electricity, as the quart is the unit of measure for milk, and the bushel is a unit of measure 1,000, and a kilowatt is 1,000 watts (Continued on page 2) ^?te^&g^'&^&Wj&a&l& 3 •A 1 4 TjSj A The