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V, Eves up to its name and has the best of everything in season. Give us your orders for fresh Granges, Grape Fruit, Tan gprines, Celery.Oysters, all kinds of the most delicate cheeses, Nippy, Roquefort, Brick, $£ream and others. Don't Forget We are sale agents for the Chase & Sanborn Coffees. H. B1ERBAUM, Prop, Telephone 72 IHt POLISHING AUTOMOBILES THERE IS NOTHING EQUAL TO Johnson's Prepared Wax FpareYEARS OR Johnson's Pre Wax has been recognized as thebest preparation for polishing labors* woodwork and furniture, but Sfchasjust recentlycome into promi •aenceas an automobile bodypolish. Johnson's Prepared Wax pre serves the varnish and forms a pro jection from the weather—it im parts a hard, dry, high gloss which i^olds the lustre irdefinitely, does aot collect dust and "Sheds water like a dock's back." After cars have been polished with Johnson's Prepared Wax it is easy to keep them good looking —dried mud rubs off like dust, leaving the sheen of the Wax un affected. Johnson's Prepared Wax is easv to use—simply apply a light coat and polish immediately with a?soft woolen or cheese cloth rag, iiaing long, sweeping strokes. FOR SAL E BY ALFRED HELLMANN Model Drug Store PIMBLEY'S IANO-NEWE KEEPS YOUR PIANO AND HIGH GRADE INTERIOR FURNITURE AND WOODWORK CLEAN AND NEW ALSO PRESERVES THE FINISH. MADE BY PIMBLEY PAINT a GLASS CO. «OCO av ST JOSEPH MO Wm. Wiiikelmann SHA HAIK BECOMES K, THICK, GLOSSY Soofc years younger! Try Grandma's recipe of Sage and Sulphur and nobody will know. Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded, Brings bade the natural color and lustre i*tikehair when faded, streaked or gray Ate* ends dandruff, itching scalp and stops falling nair. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which is mussy and trouble sunie. Nowadays we eimply ask at any drug (Awe for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur 3air Remedy." You will get a large efofctle for about 50 cents. Everybody ases this old, famous recipe, because no sane can possibly tell that you darkened jour hair, as it does it so naturally and wenlyif You dampen a sponge or soft Stash with it and draw this through jour hair, taking one small strand at a 4fane by morning the gray hair diaap l^ars, and after another application or ifcro, your hair becomes beautifully dark, »ick and glossy and you look years fwnger. Realty Transfers. Maty Ristau to Henry N. Somsen, Und. 1-2 North 22 ft. of 8 69 North New Ulm, $3500., QErl P. Manderfeld to Andrew A. Backer, 7 1 and 2 North New uim, $rooo. S.TJ- Campbell to Joseph W Stadick, 5 and 6 58 South New Ulm, $40(h T. J. Nenno to Martin L. P. Eyrich et al. 2 72 South New Ulm, $500 Joseph' Hillesheim to George Piehl, 3 and 4 1 Romberg's Add Sleepy Eye, $600. St.Paul to St.Louis and Return—$30 to$40 (including meals and berth—no extras to pay for) This is America'sfinestrivertrip. Fifteen hundred miles of wonder ful picturesque scenery and interesting river life—9 full days on the water. All steamers will stop at Keokuk sufficient length of time to permit inspection of the big Keokuk dam and hydro-electric power plant—largest in the world. At St. Louis passengers may stop over any length of time during season, or may return on same steamer in 36 hours. Fares inelude transportation, meals and berth, but vary in price, according to location of stateroom. ABOUT THE STATE News of Especial Interest to Minnesota Readers. BOBBERY PROBABLE MOTIVE Three Brotners Found Murdered on Their Farm Five Miles West of Lowry, Pope County. Sven, Louis and John Mitmoen, of ten called by the name of Jacobson, were murdered on their farm five miles west of Lowry, in Pope county. The three brothers had "bached" it on their farm for thirty five jears The tragedy was disco\ered by a neighbor who went to see the broth ers concerning the purchase of some hay He immediately summoned the county authorities One of the brothers was found In a bedroom on the ground floor with his head crushed and a rag tied tightfv around his neck The body of the sec ond victim was found in the kitchen, where evidences of a terrible struggle were seen His head was split open and blood was spattered on the walls and floor The body of the third brother was in the barn with his jaw broken and his head smashed in A rock spattered with blood lay beside him The cattle in the barn had tram pled him almost beyond recognition. All had been dead three or four days. Robbery Probable Motive. That robbery was the motive for the triple murder and that the crime was committed by two or three men is the conclusion of officials Finger bloodstains were found upon the furni ture and various articles in the house. Two pocketbooks covered with blood had been emptied of their contents Sheriff George Gilbertson found $2, 700 in gold and bills in a bureau drawer which the murderers had over looked The bachelor brothers were wealthy men, owned several hundred acres of land and saved their money carefully. They never used a bank and, accord ing to neighbors, kept from $5,000 to $10,000 in the house all the time They secluded themselves from all company and lived Aery miserly One of the brothers was believed to be insane Sheriff Gilbertson and a detective from the Twin Cities are working on the case and expect to make arrests shortly SWIFT COUNTY VOTES DRY Prohibitionists Oust Saloons in Op tion Election. Swith county, at a special election, voted to oust saloons by an esti mated majority of 3 to 1. Although all precincts have not reported, be cause of the storm affecting telephone wires, seventeen out of twenty-five re ported a vote of 1,029 dry to 414 wet. There were two wet precincts. The only saloons are one at Holo way and one at Clontarf The county option campaign was exceptionally quiet, the brewery in terests making no fight. BLIND, SAVES COMPANION Student at Faribault School Rescues Another From Drowning. I Charles Hoetel, seventeen years of age, a student at the state school for the blind at Faribault, was saved from drowning in the Straight nver npar See this fine Davenport and other O O Furniture at J. H. FORSTER'S New Ulm, Minnesota. that place by a companion, also blind Hoetel and four boys from the school slipped away during recess hour and went swimming Hoetel got be .yond his depth, but was saved by a companion and revived by artificial respiration FAMOUS JOCKEY IS DEAD Walter de Witt Formerly Wore Col ors of James Keene. Walter de Witt, forty years old, is dead at International Falls, on the Canadian border. He was once a fa mous jockey and wore the colors of thp late James Keene of New York when that horseman was at the height of his fame In late years De Witt had been en gaged in the cigar business at Vir ginia, this state. STORM WRECKS LARGE BARN PIONEERS ARE FOR PEACE Gathering at St. Paul Sends Message to President Wilson. Territorial Pioneers of Minnesota, who gathered at the old capitol at St. Paul to celebrate the fifty-seventh an niversary of the admission of the state to the Union, and many of whom fought through the Civil war, declared themselves to be delegates of peace and unanimously passed a resolution expressing their confidence in Presi dent Wilson and the action he will take in regard to the Lusitania trag edy The resolution follows "Be it resolved. That the Territorial Pioneers' association, at its annual meeting in St. Paul on the occasion of the fifty-seventh anniversary of the admission of Minnesota to the Union, sends its greetings to the president of the United States and expresses to him its confidence that he will act in the present crisis for the best inter ests of the. nation." Moses P. Hayes of Minneapolis was elected president of the association Other officers are: Frank Ford, Newport, vice president John A. Stees, St. Paul, treasurer, and George H. Hazzard, St. Paul, secretary. NINE PERSONS HURT BY GAS EXPLOSION ings in North Minneapolis and injured On the Mississippi aboard a Streckfus Steamerl The music and dancing in the cabin friendly chats with congenial people the cool rivet breezes the jaunts ashore at interesting places the wonderful picturesque scenery the interesting river life—all combine to make the trip, St. Paul to St. Louis, Amertea's finest river trip. Big, comfortable electric lighted staterooms and the finest of meals. Call, phb*..* or write for folder giving lull particular of trio* costing $4 to $40 and lasting to 10 days. .,• Streckfus Steamboat Line J. MANGAN. Genoral Aaaat. Siblor Wharf. ST. PAUL i. AJ Live Stock Perishes In Tornado Near Fergus Falls. A severe wind storm struck Fergus Falls and vicinity and the barn on the Herman Telcamp farm four miles from town was demolished The barn was the largest in Otter Tail county Five horses, ten head of cat tie and a number of pigs and sheep perished. Mr. Telcamp was struck by flying timbers and knocked down. Ban on Live Stock Lifted. The state of Nebraska's embargo on Minnesota live stock, put on at a time when the foot and mouth disease was so prevalent in Chicago and elsewhere as to alarm live stock interests, has been lifted. The news will bring joy to Minnesota shippers Governor W S. Hammond received a message from H. Bulla, Nebraska state health commissioner, advising him that Governor J. H. Morehead of that state has signed the order re moving the shipping restriction* A terrific explosion caused by a Thirty-one dairy cattle perished in leaking tank of gas wrecked two build- JUDGE ARTHUR H. SNOW. Pioneer Jurist of Southern Minnesota Dead at Winona. Judge Arthur Snow, whose resig nation as judge of the Third judicial district to become effective June 1, after eighteen years' service, was re cently accepted by Governor Ham mond, is dead at his home in Winona, succumbing to cancer from which he had suffered for years. He attended the duties of his office to within a few hours of his death. employe, he went to the rear of the place and tried to reach a small gaa flame which was burning near the tank. As he approached the rear of the building the explosion picked'him up bodily and flung him on a pile of debris The bicycle shop was com pletely wrecked and started to burn. In the restaurant of Charles Was senberg, next door, Lawrence Berg steen, James Coyle and Dr. C. C. Thorsness were seated at a lunch counter. Josie Wassenberg, Mrs. Em ma Franklin and Francis Bowish were in the kitchen These six persons were virtually blown out of the build ing, which immediately collapsed. Every window in a street car pass ing the place was blown out and a panic ensued in which several persons narrowly escaped injury ATTEMPTS LIFE ON TRAIN St. Paul Woman Cuts Throat With Razor Blade. Mrs. Grace Selb, thirty years of age, of St Paul, cut her throat with the blade of a safety razor while in a berth on a tram as it was leaving Cin cinnati. The woman's attempt at suicide was discovered by the conductor be fore the train had gone half a mile. He had the train backed to the sta tion and Mrs. Selb was removed to the citv hospital. Her condition is reported serious. Mrs. Selb, who is the wife of a well known St. Paul attorney, recent ly figured in a mysterious cutting af fray at her home in which one man was seriously cut by another. DAIRY HERD DIES IN FIRE Thirty-one Cows Perish When Barn Is Destroyed. flre Mr. Comfort heard the sound of the 'saved the horses and seven cattle be escaping gas and closed the door to destroyed the barn on he a E I 1 N nine persons, one seriously ^Manchester. The barn was struck by The tank was located in the rear of *ig*tning. A. Comfort's bicycle shop. Joseph Nelson, son of the owner, fore he of fel1 his shop With Leander Tallifer. an mated at more than $5,000. Kb °n, north of ,in- 8 Jg, e8ti On account of Mr. Rollofs ill ness I am forced to sell out my entire stock of Spring and Summer Millinery Every hat will sell below cost price. Be fore selecting your sum mer hat call and see our line. Mrs. Chas. Rolloff If you use the pure and wholesome pro duct of our Mills you cannot fail to se cure good results with the minimum of trouble. Detroit Jewel Cabinet Gas Range What woman whose heart does not pine for a convenient Cabinet Gas Range, but alas, kitchen space now-a-days is often so restricted! Now here's the opportunity you crave—a real Cabinet Gas Range that will fit and not overcrowd your kitchen, and at a popular price besides. The acme of convenience in a gas range—no stooping to bake or broil cooking top neither too high nor too low. Detroit Jewel Gas Ranges offer the most for the money because they are made from the best materials and by the most skilled workmen. We connect them FREE of charge. New Ulm Hardware Co. Put Aside Your Baking Day Worries Our flours are made from only the best of selected grain, milled with exceeding care. Call for "A I in a" and you'll not be worried by hard baking days. New Ulm Roller Mill Co. FINE FURNITURE Substantial, Well-Made Fit For Any Home Is The Only KIND WE KEEP IN STOCK }, ?l Prices Reasonable and Treat ^ment The Besti%i§\iWMn *1iC| *&M ,-l^U 3J \v