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SAW JAPS LEAVE FOR WAR
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E a a on of Mikado's Minions
at Nagasaki.
Great Demonstration W Sol
.$?% diers Wen to War
Impressions Gathered in Six Cit
ies of Japan
In the second series of letters from
the Orient, one incident of the mobiliza
tion of the Mikado's armies is described.
After taking the reader through that in
teresting country the letters give a stir
ring account of the departure of a Jap
anese regiment for the front and are as
follows:
KOBE, JAPAN, JUNE 10, 1904.
Beached Yokohama on Monday, June
6tb, went immediately to Tokio. Left
Yokohoma the 7th and reached Kobe on
Wednesday, the 8tb. That afternoon
we gazed through the streets of Kobe
the next day we went up to Osaka, the
historical center of Japan, and to Kioto,
the home of the Mikado, previous to the
deposition of the tthogun in 1868.
I have now seen a wonderful country.
Japan, the home of a very reserved, po
lite, neat and clean people, has made a
very favorable impression upon me. The
war spirit is heroically shown, and my
sympathies are with them.
We are not the only people on
face of the earth as I used to think. The
Japanese show intelligence and a great
deal of enlightenment, and they show so
much better manners to foreigners than
do we Americans that point has im
pressed itself upon me more than any
other.
SHANGHAI, CHINA, TUNE 13,1904.
Yesterday morning we reached Naga
saki and remained in port until 4 p. m*
Starting down the street we saw a sign
"Seamen's Home.". We bustled and
found an American lady light on hand
to entertain us. She first conducted us
to a Japanese church. Children's Day
exercises were being held and there weie
recitations and songs by the little Japan
ese tots in both English and Japanese.
The songs "The King's Legions," "Glor
ia Patria" and the air, "John Brown's
Body" inspired us very much and made
us think of home again. The exercises
were very spirited and show great apt
ness on the part of the children.
We were then conducted to Osuwa
Park where we saw the bronze horse,
one of the idols of worship, and extens
ive camphor trees. To Americans, the
fact that Pres. Orant planted a tree here,
it is very interesting. Here is the in
scription left on aboard near by:
JAN. 22, 1879.
At the request of Gov. Utansin
Tamapolem, Mrs. Grant and I each
plant a tree in Nagasaki Park. I
hope the tree will grow, prosper
and live long, and this growth be
emblematic of Japan.
U. S. GRANT.
The tree Mrs. Grant planted died.
After this we went to the Sailor's Home
where we dined. After dinner, services
were held especially for our benefit.
This home was established by Methodist
missionaries from our states and is doing
a wonderful work in saving young men
from the various snares set by Satan.
After services we returned to the "Chi
na" and were soon at sea again.
Almost a week spent in Japan and
Japanese waters—one of the moit inter
esting weeks I ever lived. To sum up
I visited six cities, Yokohoma, Tokio,
Kobe, Osako, Kioto and Nagasaki. Each
of them typical of Japanese life, very
suggestive to the traveler, and in every
way interesting.
The Japanese surely area wonderful
people. Japan, about the size of Mon
tana (area 148,000 square miles), sup
ports a population of 45,000,000—more
than half the population of the United
States. Le9s than 1? per cent of the
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WHEAT HIT DOLLAR MARK
That Price Quoted on Local Market
Yesterday,
New Ulm had dollar wheat yester
day, or rather that was the price
quoted on the local market for No. 1.
In reality there is very little grain of
the best grade in this vicinity and
farmers generally are more interested
in th price of No. 2, which was 98
cen
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Not since the Leiter boom of 1898
has wheat brought as high as onethe
hundred cents in this city but the rust
reports have sent the price soaring.
On Friday 97 cents was paid for No.
2 but the day following it dropped to
92. Monday morning there was an
advance of 2 cents per bushel and yes
terday it touched the highest mark in
years. iSS^-tg^^-^.
Gram dealers will venture no opin
ion as to whether tke price will hold,
but the general belief appears to be
that that it has not reached its best.
J. S. Shrader of Springfield, was a
New Ulm caller Saturday. *.
Attorney Einar Hoidale sojourned
over Sunday at Lake Minnetonka.
Wm. E. Koch leaves today for
Louis, Mo., to spend two weeks at the
world's fair. _~
M. Mullen went to Lake Minnetonka
Saturday and spent Sunday with his
wife and daughter.
Miss Marie Burmeister arrived Sat
from Mankato for a visit with
Mrs. Herman Held.
theurday
Attorney I. M, Olsen was down from
Sleepy Eye last Wednesday on busi
ness before the probate court.
Mrs^ H. Heimerdinger, who is here
from New Paynesville for a visit,
spent several days in Sleepy Eye last
week.
Mrs. K. E. Mo and children of
Springfield, are being entertained at
the home of Capt. and Mrs. S. A.
George.
J. H. Sattler goes to Ivanhoe next
Sunday to open his new photograph
gallery. His family will remain in
New Ulm for the present.
Miss Florence Hirsch returned Sun
day to Minneapolis, after an enjoy
able visit with Mrs. G. B. Weiser and
other friends and relatives.
Dr. G. B. Weiser was at Bird Island
Friday to look after the harvest on
his farm. Crop conditions in that
county suit him exactly, he says.
Sunday morning at the Congrega
tional church Rev. Bean's subject
will be: "God's Manifestations of
Himself to Us In American History.'
Electrically heated flatirons are be
coming very popular in New Ulm
Within the past few weeks Supt.
Wagner, of the city plant, has received
orders for a couple of dozen.
Contractor H. Schapekahm hopes to
be able to get the roof on the Catholic
parochial school building before cold
weather sets in. It will require about
ten days, he says, to complete the
foundation.
St.the
Wm. Silverson was taken ill Sunday
afternoon and is now confined to hiswidow
home. He is suffering from a malarial
condition.
Walter Case of New Prague, has
been engaged to take charge of theThe
Eagle mill elevator. He will succeed
Elias Kellerman.
N. Henningsen and wife departed
Monday for Brownton, where they will
spend a week with the former's sister,
Mrs. Fred Peterson.
The football team of the University
of Minnesota has been ordered to re-as
port for practice at Waconia on
August 24th. Earl Current of this city,
will be one of the young men to go
into training.
It will not be necessary for the Eagle
Roller Mill company to build an
elevator at Fairfax this summer.
Last week they purchased the inde
pendent elevator at Fairfax and areridiculous.
now in possession of the property.
A team hitched to a lumber wagon
ran away on Minnesota street Friday
afternoon and at Eighth North col
lided with an electric light pole. The
guy wire supporting the arc light was
broken and the lamp demolished.
Hummel Bros, now have the most
brilliant illumination for theirclothing
store. Rows of electric lights have
been placed up both sides and across
the top of the building and, as theEmil
structure has been painted white, the
effect is fairly dazzling
Puhlmann & Gronan have finished
the outside work of the new county
jail and are now plastering the
building. The Pauly Jail company of
St. Louis, Mo., has a force of men
putting in the cells and the prison will
be completed^well within contract time,
October 1st.
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We are showing more styles
shapes and mountings than
was ever,seen in town be
fore.
MAX BURG'S
Corner Store.
SPRINGS THE PRIZE "PIPE"
Pioneer Press Prints Wonderful
Tank Yarn.
Credits Murderer With Deserted
I E Wife in Austria.
Gives Pathetic Tale of He Pe -wood
_tition Fo a Pargp||«,
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About the limit in the liae of "pipe"
stories was perpetrated yesterday by
St. Paul Pioneer Press. The
canard treats of theconvictedmurderer
of John Wellner, and credits him with
having a "deserted wife" and "aged
and destitute" parents living in Or-will
tenegg, Austria. The wonderful yarn
is as follows:
"Mrs. Maria Tanke of Ortenegg,
Austria, has appealed to President
Roosevelt to secure the pardon of her
husband, John Tanke, who is serving
a life sentence in the Minnesota state
penitentiary at Stillwater for the mur
der of John Wellner of Le Sueur
county.
"Mrs. John Tanke, once the wife of
Tanke's victim, and married to Tanke
after her husband had been put out of
way, is serving a life sentence in
the same prison because, to save Tan
ke from the hangman's noose, she con
fessed that she alone had killed her
husband.
"One woman, an unlawful wife*,' to
save the man from death, condemns
herself to a living death another wo
man, a deserted wife, pleads for mercy
for the same man that he may come
back and care for his parents, who,
aged and destitute, need their son.
"The Tanke murder was one of
theemployes
famous crimes of Minnesota, and
though John Wellner was murdered
years ago, it was not until May, 1902,
that John Tanke began to serve his
life sentence. Wellner was a wealthy
farmer in Le Sueur county, and John
Tanke was his hired man. Wellner
was found murdered, and his death
was followed by the marriage of his
and his hired man. Meanwhile
the authorities were working, and after
a time Tanke and his new wife were
arrested, charged with the murder.
case dragged through the courts
for years. Mrs. Tanke was released
and Tanke was found guilty and sen
tenced to be hanged.
"Then came Mrs. Tanke's confession
that she alone had killed Wellner and
that Tanke was innocent of all con
nection with the crime. Her confession
sent her to Stillwater for life and
brought anew trial for Tanke, which
resulted in his joining the woman in
prison.
"And all the time Tanke's legal wife
was in Austria.
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"The deserted wife's appeal for her
husband comes to the Minnesota state
board of pardons through President
Roosevelt, to whom it was sent by the
Austrian authorities.
"The petition, dated at Ortenegg, is
written in German and was translated
on a separate sheet of paper by the
officials of the department of justice at
Washington. It is signed by Maria,
who says she is the wife of the prison
er, and by Johann and Marija, who
say they are his parents.
"The petitioners say that Tanke was
in a state of mental hallucination when
he committed the crime, that he hasmemberships
bitterly repented, and that tke pris
oner's parents, being in a destitute
condition, need their son. Letters ex
plaining the destitute condition of the
parents and a certificate from the local
authorities at Ortenegg stating that
Tanke had always conducted himself
a law-abiding citizen, are enclosed
in the letter to President Roosevelt."
A more distorted version of the
Tanke trials could hardly be con
ceived. The scene of the crime is
placed thirty miles or more from where
it was committed and Frank Tanke is
called "John" throughout. The story
of relatives in Austria is even more
Frank Tanke is not anday
Austrian and never was in the country
in his life. He came to America when
a small child and was reared in New
Ulm, where his parents now live.
Naturally he has no "deserted wife"
and the entire story of the appeal
sounds as though manufactured from
whole cloth although it may be a case
of mistaken identity and the petitioners
have acted in good faith.
Marriage Licenses.
F. Buenger
Louisa Vogelpohl
Joseph Rickerl
Terese Reiter
Anton Zischka
Clara Baar
New Ulm
New Ulm
Springfield
Springfield
New Ulm
New Ulm
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HALF RATES TO ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS.
For the Minnesota State Fair, August
29th to September 3d, the Minneapolis
& St. Louis Railway wiil sell excursion
tickets to St. Paul and Minneapolis at
ONE FARE for the round trip, good to
return until September 5th. Call on
agents for particulars as to rates and
time of trains. 35
TWO GAMES FOR SUNDAY
New Ulm Will Cross Bats With
Redwood Team.
Fast
Two of the best ball games to be
seen here this season will be played
on the local grounds next Sunday. On
that day New Ulm will meet the Red-
Falls team and sharp contests
may be looked for. The Redwood
boys are as speedy a lot as can be
found in this part of the state and the
locals are playing good ball them
selves, having shown great improve
ment lately.
Emmerich and Spaeth will dcPthe
pitching for the Brewers and they
be opposed by Mead and Fran
cois. The morning game has been set
for 10:30 o'clock and in the after
noon the teams will play at 3. An ad
mission fee of 25 cents is to be charged
to each game and as there is expense
connected with getting the visitors
here good crowds should turn out.
Redwood is now endeavoring to ar
range for a special train and may
bring down a crowd of rooters.
spen
Dr. L. Schoch and family
Sunday at Lake Minnetonka.
G. A. Blomberg, clerk of court of
Nicollet county, was a New Ulm visit
or Monday.
Would you like to take a trip up the
Nile? Then come to the Congrega
tional church next Sunday evening,
August 14th, at 8 o'clock.
Three plain drunks were brought
down from Sleepy Eye Monday by
Marshal Paul Jacobson, to serve sen
tences in the county jail.
Paul Lehmann, one of the veteran
of the Eagle Roller Mill
company, was recently given a de
served promotion. He is now auditor
of the elevator line.
Jacob Bender has improved the
equipment of his brewery by purchasing
a new bottling machine. It will be
operated by electricity, he having
ordered a motor through Supt. Adolf
Wagner.
John Bolstad, chief engineer at the
Eagle mill, suffered a painful injury
Saturday. In stopping the new en
gine he caught his right thumb in the
machinery and the digit was badly
lacerated.
A meeting of the Agricultural soci
ety directors was held Monday even
ing and Secretary Wm. Pfaender, Jr.'
reported that the New Ulm Turnver
ein had consented to give an exhibi
tion during the county fair.
Articles of incorporation of the
State Bank of Cobden were filed
Monday with Register Miller. The
capital stock is $10,000 and the board
of directors is made up of O. W.
Hagen, A. C. Von Hagen, L. C. Fred
erickson, Axel Newdall and Hans Mo.
Mankato is entertaining another
electric light proposition and its
council has granted a franchise to a
company in which a number of its
citizens are interested. Their plans
provide for the construction of a road
to run to St. Clair and the cost will be
$400,000.
A number of new books have been
received at the Tabard Inn library, lo
cated in Held Bros, book store, and
during the next two weeks library
will be sold for the sum
of one dollar. This gives the purch
aser the ownership of one book, which
he may exchange by the payment of
a 5-cent fee.
GOLDEN GATE.
Mesdames Henry and Fred Heimer
dinger of New Ulm, arrived here last
Wednesday for«a short visit with rela
tives and friends.
Mrs. C. S. Robertson is visiting with
relatives at Tracy this week.
Mrs. Edward Grimes is enjoying a
visit from her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Rav
erty of St. Paul.
The Misses Craig of Evan, spent Thurs
with their sister, Miss May Craig.
E, A. Pickle and family visited at the
home of John Kuebler in Eden, Monday.
John Wooldrik called on Golden Gate
friends Wednesday.
Misses Lucy Sherman, Grace and Mae
Pickle returned on Sunday from Man
kato, where J&ey attended summer
school.
Mrs. Wm. Burghardt and daughtpr,
Mrs. A. Cummings, were guests at the
home of Alex McRae Thursday.
Fred Meier of Sleepy Eye, is spend
ing the week at his farm north of here.
Mi&8 Clara Tosch is entertaining her
friend, Miss Sadie Gannon of Minne
apolis, „_-..,, 7
Aug. Schultz of Sleepy Eye, drove
out to his farm Saturday. W
Miss Casde Campbell of Superior,
Wis., is visiting at the home of C. S.
Robertson.
Harvest in this vicinity is progressing
rapidly, nearly all having finished. Some
have already begun stacking.
The Misses Bessie and Eva Cummings
returned Sunday from Mankato.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Glatigny, Mrs.
John Hanson and Mr. Bangs of Sleepy
Eye, were here Sunday and spent the
day with friends.
Mrs. Wm. Dey was at Morgan Sun
day, the guest of her sister, Mrs. C.
Larson.
Harry Palmer of Sleepy Eye, greeted
friends here Sunday.
DAMAGE DONE BY LIGHTNING
Monday's Electric Storm Unusual
ly Severe.
Bolts Strike Four Different Dwel
ling Houses.
Electric Light Wires Cut and Ser
vice Interrupted.^
Lightning struck in eleven different
places in New Ulm during the elec
trical storm of Monday night, the
most severe disturbance of its kind
that has been visited upon this section
in many years. The play of the light
ning was incessant and the storm was
at its worst between 9 and 10 o'clock,
when practically all of the damage
was done. Four dwelling houses were'
struck, the street lighting service was
interrupted and the telephone com
pany suffered. Fortunately there were
no casualtifis-«nd fires did not start.
At the residence of Anton Schmitz
on State street a bolt hurled the chim
ney from the roof and then jumped to
the front gate, where it splintered both
posts, allowing the gate to fall to the
ground.
In Carl Tastel's house on German
street the lightning played havoc. It
struck the chimney, cutting the bricks
neatly and taking off one side, tore a
patch of shingles off the roof and then
proceeded to strip the plaster off two
of the living rooms. In its descent of
the chimney it brought down a cloud
of soot and this was scattered through
the house.
Farther out the same street a bolt
passed down the chimney of Paul Bor
chert's house into the cellar, but the
greatest damage was probably done to
a building on State street occupied by
Ben Bogatke. There the lightning
entered the walls, tore off plaster and
splintered the floors, and all but
wrecked the building.
Down town the Dakota house came
in for attention. The runaway cur
rent entered along the electric light
wires, burned out the fuses in the
lamps and threw the big hostelry into
darkness. Near L. J. Buenger's store
a limb was torn from a tree and the
telephone company had about twenty
instruments burned out.
Where the lightning really exerted
itself was in using the electric light
wires roughly. At Sixth South and
German an arc lamp was wrenched
from its fastenings and at Eleventh
South and Minnesota the wires were
cut. They were cut again in the alley
at First North street and, on the same
line, at Third North street a similar
break occurring at Seventh North and
Washington. Supt. Wagner did not
find it necessary to stop the plant but
the street lighting service was put out
of commission for several hours.
Wind accompanied the storm but
did little damage here, although it
levelled several wheat stacks on Wm.
Borchert's farm in Lafayette. The
rainfall was not excessive, amounting
to 1.62 inches, and, although hail des
cended, it did not injure the crops
particularly.
Artillery Officer Here.
While in St. Paul Monday Major
L. G. Vogel went out to Fort Snelling
and had a talk with Capt. Thos.
Ridgway relative to bringing the
Tenth and Thirteth batteries to New
Ulm for big gun practice. Capt.
Ridgway arrived in the city last night
and today will inspect the ranges
selected by General Bobleter and
Major Vogel.
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Butter, per pound .15 to .20
Hogs, live, per hundred. _$4 00 to 4 50
Cows, 2 00 to 3.00
Steers, 2 50 to 2.75
Sheep, 3 00 to 3.50
Veal Calves, 3 50 to 4.00
Beef Hides, 5£
Hard Coil, per ton 10.00
Soft 14 $
Glassware
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