Four Score Years And Ten Man Dies In New Ulm
August Kiesling born June 6 1817 in Gallwetz Saxony died at home on Washington Street New Ulm after years of ill health He emigrated to America at thirty helped organize a Chicago colony that founded New Ulm later farmed near the city and married three times father of seven with five living Survivors include Mrs Julius Berndt Mrs Henry Keller Rudolph Kiesling William Kiesling and Selma Kiesling Funeral from the family residence on Saturday.
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August Kiesling
Washington Street
Mr. Kiesling
Gallwetz
Saxony
America
Chicago
New Ulm
Minnesota
Kiesling
Julius Berndt
Henry Keller
St. Louis Park
Rudolph Kiesling
Spokane
William Kiesling
Selma Kiesling
Sleepy Eye Merchant Is Acquitted In Assault Trial
Edward I. Berkner, Sleepy Eye merchant, was acquitted after a trial stemming from a dispute with Henry F. Doyle of Mankato over a grape bill. Doyle testified to an assault during the incident, while Berkner, represented by Senator George W. Somerville, denied wrongdoing. County Attorney Erickson spoke for the complainant. the case drew considerable local attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleepy Eye
Edward I. Berkner
Henry F. Doyle
Mankato
Berkner
Erickson
Geo. W. Somerville
Doyle
Brighton man goes insane barricades room and threatens road
William Mathemas of Brighton township armed with a rifle and two shotguns barricaded himself in a room with a view of the highway. Relatives patrolled the road to prevent violence as he warned to shoot any passerby. He calmed, surrendered to authorities, and was committed to an asylum after a visit to St Peter. He is 28 and had shown two weeks of strange behavior likely linked to poor health from overwork.
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William Mathemas
Brighton
St. Peter
Matehemas
Loftus Seeks Return of Shippers Papers
Minnesota Shippers and Receivers association official George V. Loftus demands the return of records and correspondence from the S D Peterson investigation. Secretary Schmahl has not found the papers in house custody, and Peterson denies having them, saying copies were the only material given to the committee. Meanwhile John Philip Sousa remains confined to his Auditory hotel room with no immediate recovery date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Shippers and Receivers’ Association
S. D. Peterson
George 8. Loftus
Julius A. Schmahl
Schmahl
Sehmahi
Loftus
Adolph E. L. Johnson
Peterson
Minneapolis Journal
Receivers and Shippers’ Association
Fall Term Brown County Court Calendar Sets Many Cases
The December Brown County district court opens with Judge Olsen presiding. Cases include Minnesota & Dakota Cattle Co. vs Chicago & Northwestern Railway and numerous guardianship, probate, and civil actions. Notable plaintiffs include Anna Christensen and Victoria Nagel. defendants range from Wm Henderson to the City of New Ulm. A long docket features appeals from probate and justice court, with multiple attorneys listed. In a lighter note, Congressman Maddox’s son reports a long-running case settled, quittance of a ten-year effort.
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District Court
County of
Brown
Olsen
Penn Ol and Supply Company
Anna Christensen
W. B. Henderson
J. G. Henderson
Somerville & Hauser
L. G. Davis
Joseph Boettger
Albert Steinhauser
Charlotte Boettger
Wm, Boettger
Lizzie Petrie
Henry Boettger
John Boettger
Anna Tauer
Mary Boettger
Emma Gruber
Anton Hillesheim
Hoidale & Samson
Albert Pfaender
Victoria Nagel
City of New Ulm
Pauline Seifert
Henry Seifert
W. H. Spaeth
Fred Pfaender
Charles Brandt
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company
John Dille
Wm. Fox
Allen Potter
A. Frederickson
Walter B. Jordan
Copartners
W. B
W. G. Jordan
Axel Newdall
Wm. B. Henderson
L. H. Joss
Margaretha Bertrand
Jacob Battes
Eckstein & Flor
New Ulm Lodge No 21
Orden der Hermanns-Soehne
John Luetjen
Fred Schulze
A. V. Rieke
Minnesota & Dakota Cattle Company
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
H. L
J. W. Schmidt
Brown, Abbott & Samson
M. A. Endres
Herman Nagel
N. Henningsen
Eckstein & Plor
Carl Engel
Chicago & Northwestern Railway, Corporation
Brown, Abbott & Samsen
R. i. Hubbard
G. G. Strickland
Hubbard & Strickland
Ben Rising
Justice Court
Rising
Pred W. Sasse
Hekstein & Mor
Anna Krauss
George Kraus
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Lord Wolseley
Detroit News-Tribune
Sleepy Eye Merchant
Harper’s Weekly
Itz
Wilhelm
Uncle Ed
McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Sam Peterson
Twin City
John Philip ‘Sousa
Auditorium Hotel
Mr. Sousa
St. Louis
New York American
Brown County
The
Norwestern
Annie Schwantes
Herman Thiel
John Rath Cooperage Co
Jos. Schmaucker Brewing Co
Henry N. Samson
Wilhelmina Venske
Michael Frantz
George Kraus, Sr
Joseph Kraus
Maddox
Georgia
Pap
Ottomeyer
G. A. Ottomeyer
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