The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-04-24


MIR. Pearl A. Drake, of Good Thun-
der, died at his residence on Friday
night last, and was buried on Sunday by
the Odd Fellows, of which fraternity he
was an honored member. Some twen-
ty-eight members of the order from
Mankato were present, six from Maple
ton and five from Good Thunder. The
church was crowded to its extreme limit
with mourning friends of deceased, and
the remains were followed to their last
resting place by large number of peo-
pie. Mr.. Drake came to Good Thunder
about year ago for his health, he being
afflicted with consumption, but was
beyond the power of mortal aid. He
was thirty-five years old, and leaves q
wife, two children, a sister and an aged
father to mourn his demise.
The Review labors hard this week to
sustain the action of a few Democrats,
selected as State central committee,
and for specific duty, in designating
themselves as applicants for Office and
selecting political boss of their own
through whom their petitions shall be
endorsed and forwarded to the "powers
that be-" Finding, however, that the
best Democrats in Mankato, as we'll as
the State at large, condemn the assump-
ton of power, under the guise Of repre-
sentative leaders, Mr.. Wise character
istically craw-fshes at the conclusion of
his effort to carry water on both shout
ders by admitting that the committee
exceeded its authority in asking that
no other persons but those named in
the resolution should be recognized as
speaking for the Democrats of Mime
sota." And yet Mr.. Wise, as a member
of the late Democratic National Conven-
ton, voted to invest Messrs. Kelly and
Doran with this same arbitrary power.
Mr.. Wise's desire to court the good
graces of all factions of the Democratic
party is not hard to understand, but he
is making farcial exhibition of himself
in his straddle. The people of this COM
munity don't swallow the recent IDEAL"
with any sort Of relish, and the stale
seasoning that the RerieU is adding to
the dish does not improve its flavor.
-Eddinger, the tramp who assailed
officer Blake last summer and later es-
capped Jail with Mccarthy, made his APP
pearance at the poor farm on Saturday
last IN company with another of
his own stripe, and succeeded
on Monday in kidnapping the lit
tie boy who accompanied him on
his visit here last summer, and who was
placed in the poor house by the county
authorities. Eddinger is a hardened
character and it is too bad to have a
child reared under his terrible influence.
Just why Superintendent of the poor
farm McGarry did not notify Sheriff
Monks, or any other authority entitled
to the information, that Eddinger, the
tramp, was holding forth at the poor
farm last Saturday and Sunday, enjoy
ing his hospitality, is a mystery to al,
and source of chagrin and indignation
to those who have been waiting these
many months, to secure this hardened
individual. 1t appears that he took
dinner at the place on Saturday and the
kidnapping was not done until Monday
afternoon, he remaining thereabout in
the meantime. Mr.. McGarry was in the
city OH Saturday afternoon, and again on
Sunday morning, but failed to even men,
ton the fact to any one that Eddinger
had been there. 1t is certainly
negligence, for which there is no excuse
to say the least. The statement in the
Rsr.e,V intimating that an attempt was
made to notify the officers, is erroneous.
Mr.. McGarry requested 7. IL. Williams
of this city, who was at the place about
an hour after, to inform county Commits
sioner Klein of the kidnapping, which
Mr.. w. did. Deputy Sheriff Pay was at
home, and chief of police Welch would
have gladly put an officer in pursuit.
Had the superintendent come or sent
messenger directly to the proper officer,
it is altogether probable that Eddingsr
would have been caught.