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VOLUME XXXV. NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, … · VOLUME XXXV. NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY,...
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& * VOLUME XXXV. NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22,1914. NUMBER « Little Progress In Investigation Nothing As Yet Proven of Charges Made Two Weeks Ago By "Expert.*' lleilbron Crawfishes and Side- steps Issue. Makes Bad Impression. tant. It is known that he installed a system of book-keeping in Liesch's news- paper plant last summer and that for some time before he got the job as expert accountant for the city, he was soliciting advertising tor Liesch's map of Brown County which was published some time ago. He was also known to Major Al- bert Pfaender who met him as an expert in the investigation of the oil inspector's office. It is also said of Mr. Heilbron that he is a heavy drinker. It is also known that he is drawing $15.00 per day out ot the city's treasurery and that he has been on the job for over ten weeks. What the public in general is interested to know is where we are at and it is up to the proper committee to get busy at once and furnish this information, Heilbron or no Heilbron. And it is up to Ernst Wicherski, if he does not want to lose the j good will of his friends who have btood Readers of the Review are, no doubt, | by him, believing him innocent until the anxious to learn the latest developments con trary be proven ,to at once start pro- Will Not Pave North of Third Property Owners Object To Expense. Immediate Ac- tion To Be Taken. Christopher Jr., Is Nearly Ready Important Gas and Meat Inspection Ordinances A clop ted.- '-< \ ""St ? jW',. m the city clerk's office investigation, but nothing tangible has so far developed which would clear up the situation and set the minds of the citizens at rest. It almost looks as tho the city's expert ac- countant W. H. Heilbron were trying to run away from a disagreeable job. Short- ly alter giving the preliminary report of his investigations to the publisher of the -Brown County Journal", Mr. Heilbron left the city and telegraphed to Mr. Retzlaff, the chairman of the finance committee, to be sure that the report was not made public. Since the charges of criminal activities on the part of the former city clerk have been made public, Mr. Wicherski has held himself in readi- ness at all times to go thru the accounts with Mr. Heilbron to explain away, if possible, all alleged discrepancies. He has, however, met with very little en- couragement from the other side. As a matter-of-fact Heilbron has so far prac- tically refused to meet Wicherski. On one occasion when the former city clerk called pursuant to an appointment he v\ as informed by the expert that he was not not ready for him and at another time he was asked a few questions by Mr. Heil- bron which were taken down by Miss Carson, the official stenographer of this investigation, and Mr. Wicherski was ^then dismissed. For the purpose of getting at the actual status of the affair, a meeting of the Finance Committee was held at City Attorney Somsen's office Wednesday morning last week which was attended by the expert and also by Mr. Wicherski. It will be remembered that m the pre- liminary report made public in the Brown County Journal it was claimed that the former city clerk was short over $2000 in the supplies account. At the meeting in Somsen's office Mr. Wicherski claimed credits for a trifle over $1991 which Heil- bron had failed to give him. When asked why Wicherski should not be given credit for the items he claimed credit tor the expert switched oft from the subject matter under consideration and blandly sisked the committee about "that certi- fied check." All attempts on the part of the committee and the city attorney to nail the expert down to the vital mat- ter in issue tailed and Mr. Somsen finally told Mr. Heilbron what he thought ol him. Because of Mr. Heilbron's inability to answer Wieherski's demands at this con- ference it was decided that the two of them should meet the next morning and go thru the disputed accounts and Mr. Heilbron promised faithfully to have his complete report ready by Thursday evening. He did not meet with Wichers- ki Thursday morning nor did he have his report ready for the Finance Committee in the evening. About this time Mr. Heilbron's attorney lrom Minneapolis appeared on the scene and tried to secure . a written statement from Mr. Somsen in the form of an apology for some of the things that Somsen had said to Heil- bron but he w as told very suddenly w here to get off at. The expert shows no desire to meet the Finance Committee. It would appear that he seeks rather to avoid them. It may be remarked in passing that Mr. Heilbron has never availed himself of the city attorney's services, but on the con- trary consulted with other attorneys in reference to the matters in dispute. When asked for an information about this investigation and the alleged em- bezzlement of the city's funds, he now uses the subterfuge that he must see his * attorney first before he gives out any- thing. When the correctness of his re- port was challenged, he threatened to bring an expert to verify every detail and and figure of his account. The latter part of the week Heilbron hied himself once more to the Cities, taking his voluminous report with him and, altho he was expected back Monday morning and not later than Monday noon for a conference with the finance committee he did not show up for business until Tues- day morning. "Who is this man Heilbron, anyway?" is the question that is being generally asked by the interested citizens. It is claimed that he is no chartered accoun- ceedings to bring matters to a locus in order to show 7 his good faith. JURY LIST CHOSEN. For the May term of District Court which eomenes at the Court House on the 19th of next month, the following grand and petit jurors were selected by Clerk of Court Carl P. Manderield, Sheriff W. J. Julius and Justice John Bushers last Tuesday afternoon: GRAND JURORS. Rudolph Jensen C. A. Remmele Ed. F. Alwin Frank Holm Joseph J. Dietz Jerry Reardon Roy Palmer J. A. Stewart Ole P. Olson August Glatigney Louis Bloemke F. W. Johnson Carl A. Stark Bernard Esser Albert A. Cutting Ernst Thor Adolph Arndt Mark Current F. G. Green . Earl La Gow—«, Wm. Hoffmann Wm^-Isaackson Olaf Brudeli Sleepy Eye Stark Leavenworth Sigel New Ulm New Ulm . Sleepy Eye Springfield Lake Hanska Sleepy Eye Burnstown New Ulm Stately New Ulm Home Bashaw Springfield Home Linden .. .Sleepy Eye, Milford North Star Albin Petit Jurors. Emil Rasmussen . Evan Emil Metzinger New Ulm Lorenz Renner Wm. Hammermeister Alfred B. Ouren Andrew Steinmetz Theo. Kroening Wm. Bentzin Max Burg . . H. D. Davis John Wiesner Henry F. Schrader Otto Boock Albert Radtke Richard Sydow Nels Paulson John Steinmetz J. Battes James Hansen Herbert Backer Jos. Schnobrich T. Ed. Heir Richard Reddemann James Upson E. P. Schmitz John Krai Martin Paulson Gus Bruess Albert Nuessle Edward Kunz Burnstown Eden Hanska Mulligan SpringfielP Ne»v Ulm New Ulm Stately Sleepy Eye New Ulm New Ulm North Star Stately Prairieville Sleepy Eye Home Prairieville Cottonw ood Cottonwood Springfield Leavenworth Mulligan Sleepy Eye Sigel Lake Hanska Home Springfield New Ulm DELICATE SURGERY FUL. SUCCESS- The St. Peter Herald says that John Mickie of Granby township, who has been m a very critical condition since March 20th from the effects of a self-in- flicted bullet wound in the head, was taken to Minneapolis last Tuesday morn- ing, and the following day was operated upon at the Swedish hospital. The bullet was found inbedded in the brain tissues, and was successfully removed. There is every reason to believe that Mr. Mickie will recover. The injury was received when Mr. Mickie attempted to take his own life by shooting himself in the head with a 22- calibre rifle. The bullet penetrated his forehead, and lodged in the brain. One side of the man's body was paralyzed, though it was feared that he would never regain his normal condition without re- sort to an operation. # Hence it was de- cided upon. Mr. Mickie attempted suicide when the young woman he thought he had married disappeared with his money and he could find no trace of her or of the the minister who had, Mickie supposed, performed the marriage ceremony. Dr. R. G. Olsen of Nicollet, was present when the operation, a most delicate one, was performed. When he left Minne- apolis yesterday morning the patient was doing remarkably well. * s » Seniors Practicing Daily For i> Their Class Play For I Friday, May 1st. Special i Charge Trainer -Will Take of Work Next Week. Last Tuesday^the old city council met for the last time, approved the minutes of the previous meeting and adjourned "sine die." The new council organized by electing Theo. Mueller, President of the Council and he re-appointed the same committees that served last year as tollows: Light and Water—Ruemke, Retzlaff and Behnke. Finance—Relzlaff, Piaender and Ha- mann. Streets and Sewers—Behnke, Ruemke and Pfaender. Fire Department—Pfaender and Behn- ke. Parks and Cemetery—Ruemke and Hamann. Buildings and Grounds—Hamann and Retzlaff. Mayor Fritsche who was present, sub- mitted the following list of appointments for the ensuing yeai :-- City Attorney Henry N. Somsen Chief of Police Adolph Klause Night Police John Herzog William Emmerich City Engineer F. D. Minium Street Commissioner Herman Shemann Poundmaster and Dog Catcher Werner Juenemann Inspector of Theaters and Halls Jos. F. Groebner Member of Park Board N. Henningsen all of which mejt.the_approval^of ^the city, council. No assessor was appointed at this meeting. The city council desig- nated the New Ulm Review as the official paper of the city, re-elected Jos. Koehler as city scaler and re-appointed John P. Bolstad as Superintendent of the Electric Light and Water Station temporarily. When the matter of allowing the liquor licenses came up, some opposition developed rather unexpectedly. Here- tofore it has been the custom to allow all the applications in a bunch and when the usual motion was made, the opposition was voiced thru Alderman Retzlaff who was opposed to granting a license to any saloon that has a public dance hall in connection with the saloon and also ob- jected to the manner in which some of the saloons are being conducted. He received very little support, however, from the other members of the council and when it came to a vote the following were granted licenses without opposition: August Beyer, Lorenz Girg, Otto F. Oswald, John Zischka, Math. Sieben- brunner & Son, Jerry Reardon, New Ulm Turnverein, Fred Williams, Henry Sei- fert, Emil Frenzel, Andreas Amann, Anton Bartl, Bernard Esser, Frank J. Nenno, Woratschka & Albrecht, Jos Martinka, Ernst Laue, Michael Ran- weiler, Chas. Kretsch, Alois Gulden, Christ Filzen and Matt. Pedersen. Retz laff and Ruemke voted agains -1 - granting a license to Jacob Fritz and Retzlaff voted against the applications of Anton S. Dorn, Jos. J. Dietz and Peter Hengel. A protest signed by 11 property owners residing on Minnesota Street between Third and Fourth North, objecting to the paving of that block was read and filed and after some discussion the matter was referred to the Board of Public Works. Ten bids were received in all for the different sprinkling contracts and were .submitted by the following: Ed. Mart-* derfeld, Otto Wiedenmann, Chas. Ries, J. P. Graff, Gust Fehlhaber, Herman Bentzin, Gust .Bauermeister, P. J. Jutz, Wm. Schreyer and William Gieseke. Ed. Manderfeld had the lowest bid on the sprinkling of State Street and he was awarded the comtract for $73.00 per month and $2.00 per day for sprinkling outside of the sprinkling season. Otto Wiedenmann and Charles Ries put in identical bids for the sprinkling of Wash- ington Street and on a vote this contract was awarded to Wiedenmann for $70.00 per month and $2.00 per day for extra sprinkling. J. P. Graff was awarded the contract for sprinkling Minnesota Street for $102.50 per month, $25.00 per month for hauling the hook and ladder truck and $95.00 for sprinkling Broadway with $2.50 a day for extra sprinkling. Only one bid was received for the con- crete work to be done by the city during the year and the contract was awarded to August Puhlmann. His bid covered (Continued on last page.) 0 J'Christopher, Jr.," which is to be staged by the Seniors of the High School on the evening of May 1st, promises to be one of the best local talent plays given m New Ulm for a long time. The play is a sprightly comedy of English life and the characters are playing up to their parts better at every rehearsal. Miss Georgia Paddock should be given the lion's share of the credit for the work the youngsters are doing as she has been directing the work during the entire season. She is to be assisted in putting on the finishing touches during the last three days practice by Miss Harriet Het- land. Miss Hetland will be remembered for her excellent work during "Univer- sity Week" last summer when she read "Polly of the Circus" to a large audience. The play is one that lends itself well to local talent. It is not too heavy for amateurs and still gives plenty of appor- tunity for real acting. The story, in brief, is as follows: ACT 1. Scene Jedbury Jr's. Apartments. Christopher Jedbury, Jr., has always desired to go into business but his father has insisted that he be a lawyer. Con- sequently misunderstandings have arisen between father and son. Chris- topher an receiving notice of a forth- coming visit from his father moves into an) attic room in order to give the ap- ,$karance-of extreme poverty. His sister N?lly visits him and is much disturbed by the room in which he is livimg. Be- fore leaving she extracts a promise from him that he will .come to Devonshire for her coming out ball and tells him he must meet her dearest friend, Dora Hedway. Mr. and Mrs. Glibb, Christopher's ac- quaintances, are shown in and Mrs. Glibb the talkative, nearly lays bare Christo- pher's little pretext of poverty. Christopher Jedbury, Sr., and his wife are announced. The father proposes for the sake of business advancement, that Christopher marry the niece of Major Hedway. This puts Christopher in a quandary and he seeks advice from his friend Bellaby, telling him that he is al- ready married under an assumed name to a woman, "Matilda Dwyer" whom he has never seen. Bellaby promises to in- vestigate the affair and see if he can prove the marriage void. Dora Hedway visits the room, look ing for Nelly, and meets a person she takes to be a friend of Christopher but she neglects to mention her name. ACT II. Scene- Hall opening from ball room home of Jedbury, Sr. Major Hedway has just completed his business alliance with Jedbury, Sr. and is to go to Bombay as his represen^ tative. Christopher, Jr., again meeting Dora, upon inquiry finds out from Whim- per that she is Miss Hedway. Jedbury, Sr., receives a letter which turns out to be a letter from Bellaby to Christopher, Jr., concerning his marriage. Christo- pher, Jr., tries to explain but his father orders him from the house. The elder Jedbury finally relents and sends t his son as a clerk to Bombay, telling him that his name is now a blank for him to fill up. Later, Christopher, Jr., meets Dora and tells her his name is A. Blank and that he is going to India. ACT III. Scene-Major Hedway's Bungalow in Bombay. Dora has accompanied her uncle to Bombay and has become very well ac- quainted with "A. Blank"" who has dis- covered that Mr. Simpson, his father's business manager is embezzling from the firm but he declines to notify his father so Dora takes matters into her own hands and writes Nelly. Mr. Simpson tries to force Dora to marry him but is frustrated in his plan by Christopher . Mr. and Mrs. Glibb turn up unexpectedly and Christopher narrowly escapes detection. He now charges'Simpson with theft but Simpson tries to smoothe matters over by offering him a private partnership. Finally, as a last resort, Christopher as- sumes his own name and dismisses the unfaithful Simpson. > , ACT IV. l T ' V* Scene - Same as Act III. ^< r "-&> - * Dora who has been secretly married for three years to a man, Bellaby by name whom she has never seen, is much dis- turbed by symptoms of her developing love for Christopher. Mr. and Mrs. Jedbury, Sr., and Nelly have all come to Bombay because of Do- ra's letter accusing Simpson of treachery. Nelly introduces as her fiance, Mjr. Tom Bellaby. Dora finds an opportunity to speak to him privately and accuses him of being married to a certain "Matilda Dora Dwyer Hedway". At first Bellaby is puzzled, but putting two and two to- gether, he informs Dora that it is Chris- topher, Jr., that she is married to. He then decides to punish Christopher for using his name, and tells him that his wife is dead. Christopher hastens to pro- pose to Dora but she tells him she is mar- ried to one, Bellaby. Christopher is in- dignant and threatens to drive Bellaby from the house. Bellaby turns the ta- bles by telling Christopher Matilda is in the house and finally relenting, tells him who Dora really is. Clever Boxing ' By Ryan Boys .*** &&:$. Substitutes Please New TJin Fight Fans With Their Quick Work. Local Talent Proves Inte** esting. Athletics Draw Good Crowd. RUNAWAY EXCITEMENT. A most exciting runaway took place Monday at noon when the streets were filled with people. A team belonging to Nick Metzen was standing at the Brown County Bank corner when a small dog which was trying to let passersby know how important he was by barking wa s to raise funds for the local ball teair furiously suddenly became frightened and the performance was a success in at his own racket or something equally every way. terrifying and ran headlong under the Besides the local talent that thfc feet of Mr. Metzen's team. The colts managemen t was able to unearth, some The scene at Turner Hall Theatre las? Friday was one to convince any spectator that Hudson, Wisconsin hasn't a single card on New Ulm when it comes to J. sporting proposition. A wrestling anu boxing tournament was staged under tht auspices of the New Ulm Athletic Asso- ciation and ring-side seats were in de- mand by some three hundred and fifty of the sporting fraternity of New Ulrt and the neighboring towns. The pur- pose of the slug-fest and neck-twisting were startled by this sudden assault and shied and one of them fell on the tongue of the wagon and broke it. Mr. Metzen was just in the act of getting into the wagon and he attempted to quiet the horses by means of the reins but they became more excited and started off across the street. The wagon swayed dangerously from side to side and Mr. Metzen sought safety by jumping. Freed from the control of the reins the colts dashed madly down Minnesota street as far as the tennis courts near the Washing- ton School building. Here they swerved and headed for German Street. In crossing the walk the harness gave way and the wagon was left by the wayside and tho excited animals-turned toward the brick yards. Meantime, Forest outside advocates of the manly act were called to demonstrate. "Ernie" Potte. the brother of the famous "Jimmy*" Potts and one of the cleverest bag punch- ing artists in the game, beat a merry tattoo on any number of punching bags at one and the same time while the clever Ryan boys of Minneapolis gave a ckss\ exhibition of foot-work and generalship in the squared circle. Some disappoint- ment was evinced when it was announeecf that Mike and Tommy Gibbons, whc were scheduled to appear, had failed to materialize but the substitutes, Leo and Bob Ryan, came across with as classy ai> article of sparring as the bigger boy> could have presented. The performance ofTbckr talent brot out the~fact that we have considerable material for Coshes right here English found the ever ready Larson auto and embryonic "White Hopes< with its owner in it just running out of m j^ e w Tjj m# the garage and they were joined by Doc. Graff. The auto succeeded in heading off the team which was caught without much further difficulty. They were found to be unhurt except where the bits had cut the mouths. The wagon was not further damaged and everything turned out better than it promised for a few minutes. ROAD IMPROVEMENTS NICOLLET. • IN At the last meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Nicollet Coun- ty the petition for the establishment of a state rural highway in Brighton was received and favorably recommended to the State Highway Commission. Owing to the large amount of road work to be done in Nicollet County during the year, County Surveyor H. W. Daniels was given an assistant in the person of H. L. Hopper of Minneapolis who is to assist in the work of preparing plans and speci- fications. The assistant's salary will be $85.00 per month. It was also voted to buy ten road drags. BINGHAM BROS* RECEIVE CON- SCIENCE MONEY. Bingham Bros, are the richer by $260 this week because some one who is ill found his conscience troubling him and sent a check for that amount to the firm. ^The check was enclosed in a letter from a Major of the Salvation Army in Los Angeles, Calif. The Binghams have not the slightest idea who the stricken man is but are quite willing to take his word for it and cancel the score. The letter received from the Major reads as follows: Gentlemen— A few years ago a party connected with your concern is said to have appro- priated some of the funds left in his care. This condition has ever since so haunted this man's life, that it has become un- endurable. Of late, for days and nights he has prayed to the kind merciful God for as- sistance and guidance, and the only solu- tion feasible seemed restitution of any, misappropriation. ' This party was not bad at heart, for in spite of obstacles and hardships, he has made good. This strenuous life, together* with worry, has told on his former rugged con- stitution and is now suffering from Bright's Disease and may not last long. His motto is: With malice towards none, but charity for all, and humbly begs par- don and forgiveness from anyone wronged and then wishes to be forgotten. In acknowledging this letter, kindly address your reply to me. , s Signed.. , The evening was opened by the Stick- ney Brothers who boxed two whnWinci rounds and went after each other TMtb the big, padded gloves with a cheerful abandon and a fraternal disregard for each other's physiognomy that won hearty applause from the crowd. Tht bout was considered a draw by the spec- tators. Two rather interseting wrestling matches followed in which Engel won g fall from Stickney and young Bercidi pinned Smasai's shoulders to the mat after a hard tussle. Amann and Peuser then went thref fast rounds with the padded mitts IT which Amann seemed to "have a slighi margin of points altho no decision -seas rendered by referee "Doc" Seifert. This was followed by a slam-bang sparrting match between Winklemann and Klein- schmidt in which the latter landed the oftener and more effectively akho*Win- kelmann's foot %ork was condiserablv superior. Two fast wrestling matches then followed. Brust and Berg went to the mat first amd gave the spectators an ex- citing five minutes. Brust finally suc- ceded in pinning his opponent's shoulders to the mat. The second bout between. Kleinsehmidt and Forstner went to Kleinschmidt after quite a period of • strenuous muscle grinding. Ahrens and Keckeisen closed the performance on the - part of the local talent by boxing atkret •• round draw which showed flashes of con- siderable speed at times. "Coach" Seifert then introduce© "Ernie" Potts who gave a wonderful exhibition of bag punching. The clever athlete is considered the fastest bag puncher in the country and made the bag fairly hum l>y his spirited assault " " He then gave an exhibition of trick _* punching using his head, hands, and j knees to keep five bags in rapid vibration <«* at the same time. His work was weTi^** received and heartily applauded. Jf,' ~ J| The Ryan boys closed the program & by boxing four fast rounds. The Gib-{^ bons boys were unable to appear .as ad-^ vertised as Mike had the misfortune to m hurt his hand in practice andaent a tele- 15 ' gram at the last moment that he would , be unable to appear. The management at once looked around lor talent of actual calibre to give the crowd and aelected the Ryan boys as the best obtainable. ,The substitutes certainly filled in well and the two heavier men could have given n© faster exhibition of the boxing gametban the fast little tight-weights. The flashes of lightning speed and the clever tfooi work of the youngsters marked them as comers in the pugilistic world. The enjoyment of the evening was con- - siderably enhanced, by the music of the' base ball band and the men's sextet. *
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VOLUME XXXV. NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22,1914. NUMBER «
Little Progress In Investigation
Nothing As Yet Proven of Charges Made Two Weeks
Ago By "Expert.*'
lleilbron Crawfishes and Sidesteps Issue. Makes Bad
Impression.
tant. It is known that he installed a system of book-keeping in Liesch's newspaper plant last summer and that for some time before he got the job as expert accountant for the city, he was soliciting advertising tor Liesch's map of Brown County which was published some time ago. He was also known to Major Albert Pfaender who met him as an expert in the investigation of the oil inspector's office. It is also said of Mr. Heilbron that he is a heavy drinker. It is also known that he is drawing $15.00 per day out ot the city's treasurery and that he has been on the job for over ten weeks. What the public in general is interested to know is where we are at and it is up to the proper committee to get busy at once and furnish this information, Heilbron or no Heilbron. And it is up to Ernst Wicherski, if he does not want to lose the j good will of his friends who have btood
Readers of the Review are, no doubt, | by him, believing him innocent until the anxious to learn the latest developments c o n t rary be proven ,to at once start pro-
Will Not Pave North of Third
Property Owners Object To Expense. Immediate Ac
tion To Be Taken.
Christopher Jr., Is Nearly Ready
Important Gas and Meat Inspection Ordinances
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m the city clerk's office investigation, but nothing tangible has so far developed which would clear up the situation and set the minds of the citizens at rest. It almost looks as tho the city's expert accountant W. H. Heilbron were trying to run away from a disagreeable job. Shortly alter giving the preliminary report of his investigations to the publisher of the -Brown County Journal", Mr. Heilbron left the city and telegraphed to Mr. Retzlaff, the chairman of the finance committee, to be sure that the report was not made public. Since the charges of criminal activities on the part of the former city clerk have been made public, Mr. Wicherski has held himself in readiness at all times to go thru the accounts with Mr. Heilbron to explain away, if possible, all alleged discrepancies. He has, however, met with very little encouragement from the other side. As a matter-of-fact Heilbron has so far practically refused to meet Wicherski. On one occasion when the former city clerk called pursuant to an appointment he v\ as informed by the expert that he was not not ready for him and at another time he was asked a few questions by Mr. Heilbron which were taken down by Miss Carson, the official stenographer of this investigation, and Mr. Wicherski was
^then dismissed.
For the purpose of getting at the actual status of the affair, a meeting of the Finance Committee was held at City Attorney Somsen's office Wednesday morning last week which was attended by the expert and also by Mr. Wicherski. It will be remembered that m the preliminary report made public in the Brown County Journal it was claimed that the former city clerk was short over $2000 in the supplies account. At the meeting in Somsen's office Mr. Wicherski claimed credits for a trifle over $1991 which Heilbron had failed to give him. When asked why Wicherski should not be given credit for the items he claimed credit tor the expert switched oft from the subject matter under consideration and blandly sisked the committee about "that certified check." All attempts on the part of the committee and the city attorney to nail the expert down to the vital matter in issue tailed and Mr. Somsen finally told Mr. Heilbron what he thought ol him.
Because of Mr. Heilbron's inability to answer Wieherski's demands at this conference it was decided that the two of them should meet the next morning and go thru the disputed accounts and Mr. Heilbron promised faithfully to have his complete report ready by Thursday evening. He did not meet with Wicherski Thursday morning nor did he have his report ready for the Finance Committee in the evening. About this time Mr. Heilbron's attorney lrom Minneapolis appeared on the scene and tried to secure
. a written statement from Mr. Somsen in the form of an apology for some of the things that Somsen had said to Heilbron but he w as told very suddenly w here to get off at.
The expert shows no desire to meet the Finance Committee. It would appear that he seeks rather to avoid them. It may be remarked in passing that Mr. Heilbron has never availed himself of the city attorney's services, but on the contrary consulted with other attorneys in reference to the matters in dispute. When asked for an information about this investigation and the alleged embezzlement of the city's funds, he now uses the subterfuge that he must see his
* attorney first before he gives out anything. When the correctness of his report was challenged, he threatened to bring an expert to verify every detail and and figure of his account. The latter part of the week Heilbron hied himself once more to the Cities, taking his voluminous report with him and, altho he was expected back Monday morning and not later than Monday noon for a conference with the finance committee he did not show up for business until Tuesday morning.
"Who is this man Heilbron, anyway?" is the question that is being generally asked by the interested citizens. It is claimed that he is no chartered accoun-
ceedings to bring matters to a locus in order to show7 his good faith.
JURY LIST CHOSEN.
For the May term of District Court which eomenes at the Court House on the 19th of next month, the following grand and petit jurors were selected by Clerk of Court Carl P. Manderield, Sheriff W. J. Julius and Justice John Bushers last Tuesday afternoon:
GRAND JURORS. Rudolph Jensen C. A. Remmele Ed. F. Alwin Frank Holm Joseph J. Dietz Jerry Reardon Roy Palmer J. A. Stewart Ole P. Olson August Glatigney Louis Bloemke F. W. Johnson Carl A. Stark Bernard Esser Albert A. Cutting Ernst Thor Adolph Arndt Mark Current F. G. Green . Earl La Gow—«, Wm. Hoffmann Wm^-Isaackson Olaf Brudeli
Sleepy Eye Stark
Leavenworth Sigel
New Ulm New Ulm
. Sleepy Eye Springfield
Lake Hanska Sleepy Eye Burnstown New Ulm
Stately New Ulm
Home Bashaw
Springfield Home
Linden . . .Sleepy Eye,
Milford North Star
Albin Petit Jurors .
Emil Rasmussen . Evan Emil Metzinger New Ulm Lorenz Renner Wm. Hammermeister Alfred B. Ouren Andrew Steinmetz Theo. Kroening Wm. Bentzin Max Burg . . H. D. Davis John Wiesner Henry F. Schrader Otto Boock Albert Radtke Richard Sydow Nels Paulson John Steinmetz J. Battes James Hansen Herbert Backer Jos. Schnobrich T. Ed. Heir Richard Reddemann James Upson E. P. Schmitz John Krai Martin Paulson Gus Bruess Albert Nuessle Edward Kunz
Burnstown Eden
Hanska Mulligan
SpringfielP Ne»v Ulm New Ulm
Stately Sleepy Eye
New Ulm New Ulm
North Star Stately
Prairieville Sleepy Eye
Home Prairieville
Cottonw ood Cottonwood
Springfield Leavenworth
Mulligan Sleepy Eye
Sigel Lake Hanska
Home Springfield New Ulm
DELICATE SURGERY FUL.
SUCCESS-
The St. Peter Herald says that John Mickie of Granby township, who has been m a very critical condition since March 20th from the effects of a self-inflicted bullet wound in the head, was taken to Minneapolis last Tuesday morning, and the following day was operated upon at the Swedish hospital. The bullet was found inbedded in the brain tissues, and was successfully removed. There is every reason to believe that Mr. Mickie will recover.
The injury was received when Mr. Mickie attempted to take his own life by shooting himself in the head with a 22-calibre rifle. The bullet penetrated his forehead, and lodged in the brain. One side of the man's body was paralyzed, though it was feared that he would never regain his normal condition without resort to an operation. # Hence it was decided upon.
Mr. Mickie attempted suicide when the young woman he thought he had married disappeared with his money and he could find no trace of her or of the the minister who had, Mickie supposed, performed the marriage ceremony.
Dr. R. G. Olsen of Nicollet, was present when the operation, a most delicate one, was performed. When he left Minneapolis yesterday morning the patient was doing remarkably well. * s »
Seniors Practicing Daily For i> Their Class Play For I Friday, May 1st.
Special i Charge
Trainer -Will Take of Work Next Week.
Last Tuesday^the old city council met for the last time, approved the minutes of the previous meeting and adjourned "sine die." The new council organized by electing Theo. Mueller, President of the Council and he re-appointed the same committees that served last year as tollows:
Light and Water—Ruemke, Retzlaff and Behnke.
Finance—Relzlaff, Piaender and Ha-mann.
Streets and Sewers—Behnke, Ruemke and Pfaender.
Fire Department—Pfaender and Behnke.
Parks and Cemetery—Ruemke and Hamann.
Buildings and Grounds—Hamann and Retzlaff.
Mayor Fritsche who was present, submitted the following list of appointments for the ensuing yeai :--City Attorney Henry N. Somsen Chief of Police Adolph Klause Night Police John Herzog
William Emmerich City Engineer F. D. Minium Street Commissioner Herman Shemann Poundmaster and Dog Catcher
Werner Juenemann Inspector of Theaters and Halls
Jos. F. Groebner Member of Park Board N. Henningsen all of which mejt.the_approval^of ^the city, council. No assessor was appointed at this meeting. The city council designated the New Ulm Review as the official paper of the city, re-elected Jos. Koehler as city scaler and re-appointed John P. Bolstad as Superintendent of the Electric Light and Water Station temporarily.
When the matter of allowing the liquor licenses came up, some opposition developed rather unexpectedly. Heretofore it has been the custom to allow all the applications in a bunch and when the usual motion was made, the opposition was voiced thru Alderman Retzlaff who was opposed to granting a license to any saloon that has a public dance hall in connection with the saloon and also objected to the manner in which some of the saloons are being conducted. He received very little support, however, from the other members of the council and when it came to a vote the following were granted licenses without opposition: August Beyer, Lorenz Girg, Otto F. Oswald, John Zischka, Math. Sieben-brunner & Son, Jerry Reardon, New Ulm Turnverein, Fred Williams, Henry Sei-fert, Emil Frenzel, Andreas Amann, Anton Bartl, Bernard Esser, Frank J. Nenno, Woratschka & Albrecht, Jos Martinka, Ernst Laue, Michael Ran-weiler, Chas. Kretsch, Alois Gulden, Christ Filzen and Matt. Pedersen. Retz laff and Ruemke voted agains-1- granting a license to Jacob Fritz and Retzlaff voted against the applications of Anton S. Dorn, Jos. J. Dietz and Peter Hengel.
A protest signed by 11 property owners residing on Minnesota Street between Third and Fourth North, objecting to the paving of that block was read and filed and after some discussion the matter was referred to the Board of Public Works.
Ten bids were received in all for the different sprinkling contracts and were .submitted by the following: Ed. Mart-* derfeld, Otto Wiedenmann, Chas. Ries, J. P. Graff, Gust Fehlhaber, Herman Bentzin, Gust .Bauermeister, P. J. Jutz, Wm. Schreyer and William Gieseke. Ed. Manderfeld had the lowest bid on the sprinkling of State Street and he was awarded the comtract for $73.00 per month and $2.00 per day for sprinkling outside of the sprinkling season. Otto Wiedenmann and Charles Ries put in identical bids for the sprinkling of Washington Street and on a vote this contract was awarded to Wiedenmann for $70.00 per month and $2.00 per day for extra sprinkling. J. P. Graff was awarded the contract for sprinkling Minnesota Street for $102.50 per month, $25.00 per month for hauling the hook and ladder truck and $95.00 for sprinkling Broadway with $2.50 a day for extra sprinkling.
Only one bid was received for the concrete work to be done by the city during the year and the contract was awarded to August Puhlmann. His bid covered
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0 J'Christopher, Jr.," which is to be
staged by the Seniors of the High School on the evening of May 1st, promises to be one of the best local talent plays given m New Ulm for a long time. The play is a sprightly comedy of English life and the characters are playing up to their parts better at every rehearsal. Miss Georgia Paddock should be given the lion's share of the credit for the work the youngsters are doing as she has been directing the work during the entire season. She is to be assisted in putting on the finishing touches during the last three days practice by Miss Harriet Het-land. Miss Hetland will be remembered for her excellent work during "University Week" last summer when she read "Polly of the Circus" to a large audience.
The play is one that lends itself well to local talent. It is not too heavy for amateurs and still gives plenty of appor-tunity for real acting. The story, in brief, is as follows:
ACT 1. Scene Jedbury Jr's. Apartments. Christopher Jedbury, Jr., has always
desired to go into business but his father has insisted that he be a lawyer. Consequently misunderstandings have arisen between father and son. Christopher an receiving notice of a forthcoming visit from his father moves into an) attic room in order to give the ap-,$karance-of extreme poverty. His sister N?lly visits him and is much disturbed by the room in which he is livimg. Before leaving she extracts a promise from him that he will .come to Devonshire for her coming out ball and tells him he must meet her dearest friend, Dora Hedway. Mr. and Mrs. Glibb, Christopher's acquaintances, are shown in and Mrs. Glibb the talkative, nearly lays bare Christopher's little pretext of poverty.
Christopher Jedbury, Sr., and his wife are announced. The father proposes for the sake of business advancement, that Christopher marry the niece of Major Hedway. This puts Christopher in a quandary and he seeks advice from his friend Bellaby, telling him that he is already married under an assumed name to a woman, "Matilda Dwyer" whom he has never seen. Bellaby promises to investigate the affair and see if he can prove the marriage void.
Dora Hedway visits the room, look ing for Nelly, and meets a person she takes to be a friend of Christopher but she neglects to mention her name.
ACT II. Scene- Hall opening from ball room home of Jedbury, Sr.
Major Hedway has just completed his business alliance with Jedbury, Sr. and is to go to Bombay as his represen^ tative. Christopher, Jr., again meeting Dora, upon inquiry finds out from Whimper that she is Miss Hedway. Jedbury, Sr., receives a letter which turns out to be a letter from Bellaby to Christopher, Jr., concerning his marriage. Christopher, Jr., tries to explain but his father orders him from the house. The elder Jedbury finally relents and sends t his son as a clerk to Bombay, telling him that his name is now a blank for him to fill up. Later, Christopher, Jr., meets Dora and tells her his name is A. Blank and that he is going to India.
ACT III . Scene-Major Hedway's Bungalow in Bombay.
Dora has accompanied her uncle to Bombay and has become very well acquainted with "A. Blank"" who has discovered that Mr. Simpson, his father's business manager is embezzling from the firm but he declines to notify his father so Dora takes matters into her own hands and writes Nelly. Mr. Simpson tries to force Dora to marry him but is frustrated in his plan by Christopher . Mr. and Mrs. Glibb turn up unexpectedly and Christopher narrowly escapes detection. He now charges'Simpson with theft but Simpson tries to smoothe matters over by offering him a private partnership. Finally, as a last resort, Christopher assumes his own name and dismisses the unfaithful Simpson. > ,
ACT IV. l T ' V * Scene - Same as Act III. ^<r"-&> - *
Dora who has been secretly married for three years to a man, Bellaby by name whom she has never seen, is much dis
turbed by symptoms of her developing love for Christopher.
Mr. and Mrs. Jedbury, Sr., and Nelly have all come to Bombay because of Dora's letter accusing Simpson of treachery. Nelly introduces as her fiance, Mjr. Tom Bellaby. Dora finds an opportunity to speak to him privately and accuses him of being married to a certain "Matilda Dora Dwyer Hedway". At first Bellaby is puzzled, but putting two and two together, he informs Dora that it is Christopher, Jr., that she is married to. He then decides to punish Christopher for using his name, and tells him that his wife is dead. Christopher hastens to propose to Dora but she tells him she is married to one, Bellaby. Christopher is indignant and threatens to drive Bellaby from the house. Bellaby turns the tables by telling Christopher Matilda is in the house and finally relenting, tells him who Dora really is.
Clever Boxing ' By Ryan Boys
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Substitutes Please New TJin Fight Fans With Their
Quick Work.
Local Talent Proves Inte** esting. Athletics Draw
Good Crowd.
RUNAWAY EXCITEMENT.
A most exciting runaway took place Monday at noon when the streets were filled with people. A team belonging to Nick Metzen was standing at the Brown County Bank corner when a small dog which was trying to let passersby know how important he was by barking w a s to raise funds for the local ball teair furiously suddenly became frightened and the performance was a success in at his own racket or something equally every way. terrifying and ran headlong under the B e s i d e s t h e l o c a l t a l e n t t h a t thfc
feet of Mr. Metzen's team. The colts m a n a g e m e n t was able to unearth, some
The scene at Turner Hall Theatre las? Friday was one to convince any spectator that Hudson, Wisconsin hasn't a single card on New Ulm when it comes to J. sporting proposition. A wrestling anu boxing tournament was staged under tht auspices of the New Ulm Athletic Association and ring-side seats were in demand by some three hundred and fifty of the sporting fraternity of New Ulrt and the neighboring towns. The purpose of the slug-fest and neck-twisting
were startled by this sudden assault and shied and one of them fell on the tongue of the wagon and broke it. Mr. Metzen was just in the act of getting into the wagon and he attempted to quiet the horses by means of the reins but they became more excited and started off across the street. The wagon swayed dangerously from side to side and Mr. Metzen sought safety by jumping. Freed from the control of the reins the colts dashed madly down Minnesota street as far as the tennis courts near the Washington School building. Here they swerved and headed for German Street. In crossing the walk the harness gave way and the wagon was left by the wayside and tho excited animals-turned toward the brick yards. Meantime, Forest
outside advocates of the manly act were called to demonstrate. "Ernie" Potte. the brother of the famous "Jimmy*" Potts and one of the cleverest bag punching artists in the game, beat a merry tattoo on any number of punching bags at one and the same time while the clever Ryan boys of Minneapolis gave a ckss\ exhibition of foot-work and generalship in the squared circle. Some disappointment was evinced when it was announeecf that Mike and Tommy Gibbons, whc were scheduled to appear, had failed to materialize but the substitutes, Leo and Bob Ryan, came across with as classy ai> article of sparring as the bigger boy> could have presented. The performance ofTbckr talent brot out the~fact that we have considerable material for Coshes
right here English found the ever ready Larson auto a n d embryonic "White Hopes< with its owner in it just running out of m j ^ e w Tjjm#
the garage and they were joined by Doc. Graff. The auto succeeded in heading off the team which was caught without much further difficulty. They were found to be unhurt except where the bits had cut the mouths. The wagon was not further damaged and everything turned out better than it promised for a few minutes.
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS NICOLLET. •
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At the last meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Nicollet County the petition for the establishment of a state rural highway in Brighton was received and favorably recommended to the State Highway Commission. Owing to the large amount of road work to be done in Nicollet County during the year, County Surveyor H. W. Daniels was given an assistant in the person of H. L. Hopper of Minneapolis who is to assist in the work of preparing plans and specifications. The assistant's salary will be $85.00 per month. It was also voted to buy ten road drags.
BINGHAM BROS* RECEIVE CONSCIENCE MONEY.
Bingham Bros, are the richer by $260 this week because some one who is ill found his conscience troubling him and sent a check for that amount to the firm. ^The check was enclosed in a letter from a Major of the Salvation Army in Los Angeles, Calif. The Binghams have not the slightest idea who the stricken man is but are quite willing to take his word for it and cancel the score. The letter received from the Major reads as follows: Gentlemen—
A few years ago a party connected with your concern is said to have appropriated some of the funds left in his care. This condition has ever since so haunted this man's life, that it has become unendurable.
Of late, for days and nights he has prayed to the kind merciful God for assistance and guidance, and the only solution feasible seemed restitution of any, misappropriation. '
This party was not bad at heart, for in spite of obstacles and hardships, he has made good.
This strenuous life, together* with worry, has told on his former rugged constitution and is now suffering from Bright's Disease and may not last long. His motto is: With malice towards none, but charity for all, and humbly begs pardon and forgiveness from anyone wronged and then wishes to be forgotten.
In acknowledging this letter, kindly address your reply to me. , s
Signed.. ,
The evening was opened by the Stick-ney Brothers who boxed two whnWinci rounds and went after each other TMtb the big, padded gloves with a cheerful abandon and a fraternal disregard for each other's physiognomy that won hearty applause from the crowd. Tht bout was considered a draw by the spectators. Two rather interseting wrestling matches followed in which Engel won g fall from Stickney and young Bercidi pinned Smasai's shoulders to the mat after a hard tussle.
Amann and Peuser then went thref fast rounds with the padded mitts IT which Amann seemed to "have a slighi margin of points altho no decision -seas rendered by referee "Doc" Seifert. This was followed by a slam-bang sparrting match between Winklemann and Klein-schmidt in which the latter landed the oftener and more effectively akho*Win-kelmann's foot %ork was condiserablv superior.
Two fast wrestling matches then followed. Brust and Berg went to the mat first amd gave the spectators an exciting five minutes. Brust finally suc-ceded in pinning his opponent's shoulders to the mat. The second bout between. Kleinsehmidt and Forstner went to Kleinschmidt after quite a period of • strenuous muscle grinding. Ahrens and Keckeisen closed the performance on the -part of the local talent by boxing atkret •• round draw which showed flashes of considerable speed at times.
"Coach" Seifert then introduce© "Ernie" Potts who gave a wonderful exhibition of bag punching. The clever athlete is considered the fastest bag puncher in the country and made the bag fairly hum l>y his spirited assault " " He then gave an exhibition of trick _* punching using his head, hands, and j knees to keep five bags in rapid vibration <«* at the same time. His work was weTi ** received and heartily applauded. Jf, ' ~ J |
The Ryan boys closed the program & by boxing four fast rounds. The Gib-{^ bons boys were unable to appear .as a d - ^ vertised as Mike had the misfortune to m hurt his hand in practice andaent a tele-15' gram at the last moment that he would , be unable to appear. The management at once looked around lor talent of actual calibre to give the crowd and aelected the Ryan boys as the best obtainable. ,The substitutes certainly filled in well and the two heavier men could have given n© faster exhibition of the boxing gametban the fast little tight-weights. The flashes of lightning speed and the clever tfooi work of the youngsters marked them as comers in the pugilistic world.
The enjoyment of the evening was con- -siderably enhanced, by the music of the ' base ball band and the men's sextet. *
