The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-16
ABOUT TIE STATE.

Secretary Tames Bixby, of the state
| railroad and warehouse commission, has
issued notice that on Aug. 20 the com
mission ers will hold a meeting at the
capitol for the purpose of establishing
Minnesota grades" of grain. This the
commissioners are required TO do each
year, and all parties interested are re-
quested to be present.
| 1t is now announced Gen. Mark ID.
| Flower has resigned the position of in
spector of steam vessels and will retain
his position as claims agent of the st. Paul
& Kansas City railroad. 1t is further
reported that his successor will be o. M
Nelson, of Saltwater, protege of ex-
| Senator Sabin's.
Col. J. III. Davidson, cousin of the late
| Commodore Davidson, and O well known
lawyer, capitalist and real estate deal
er, of st. Paul, has failed with liabilities
of about 500, 900. He has put a great
deal of money into the Prosser motor,
a locomotive invented by Wisconsin
man which, it was claimed, would run
without noise or smoke. After two years
of experiment it has proven to be an
entire failure, and Mr.. Davidson as
cribes his difficulties to the money he
has put into the machine. 1t is believ-
cd that he will be able to pay up in full
and have snug little forIuue of $50, 600
at least left.
| A dispatch from Red Wing says that
the report published some time ago, to
the effect that the Burlington company
was contemplating an extension through
this city, and which was 30 emphatically
denied by local railroad men, is now
substantiated by the Chicago Times.
General orders from Adjt. Gen. Null
| len have been sent to reglmental and
battalion commands asking them to re-
port the number of delinquents from
the late annual encampment, giving
their excuses, and where men were de-
tanned by employers, the names of those
OBTAINING them. This looks as though
the acknowledgement intended to follow
up his order issued prior to the encamp-
ment and number of discharges for the
| good of the service may possibly follow.
Thomas Brown, the Moorehead muir
| derer, Will hang before sunrise on the
morning of the Goth of September, and
thus expiate, in the eyes of the law, the
crime of having murdered the police
man, Peter Paul. The death warrant
was signed by Gov. Merriam yester-
day upon having received a certified
copy of the proceedings in the case since
the time the appeal was taken to the
supreme court, The murder was COM
mitted at night on the 18th of October,
1888. Brown was in Moorhead and was
being followed by policeman. Stopp-
ing on the street, he engaged in CONVEX
sation with one or two parties, and while
talking he heard the policeman Paul,
running towards HIM. On the instant
he drew his revolver and, turning upon
his pursuer. he fired with fatal effect.
At his trial he was found guilty and sem
fenced to be hanged. 1t was at this time
that Taylor Crum, Fargo attorney, be-
came Interested in his case. He at
tempted to secure new trial, and fail
ing made an application to the supreme
court for a stay of proceedings. This
| was granted, and later on an appeal was
errors made in the case. Attorney Crum
made lengthy and determined fight,
but his efforts were in vain, as the su-
preme court Endorsed all that had been
done in the lower court. All hope rests
now with the governor.
Secretary Hart is preparing his annual
report on state institutions. 1t is not
completed yet, but it will show marked
| decrease in the number of new insane
patients admitted to the asylums during
| 1SSS-S9 as compared with the previous
year, and also in the number of new
| prisoners admitted to Saltwater peni-
| Tertiary. The number of insane patients
admitted to st. Peter asylum during the
past year was 26, and to Rochester 10,
making total of SO, as compared with
$50 during the year 18S7-88. During the
| past year Is prisoners we're received at
Saltwater as compared with 25 in the
previous year.
st. Paul officials are making another
effort to down the hallelujah folks.
G. A. Nimrocks has secured the plant
now used by the Minneapolis Star (which
latter paper is soon to be issued from
the Tribune office) and will sometime
during September bring out a cheap
morning paper. He gets the franchise
of the Press News Association, and his
| object is said to be to head off a new
morning paper which the Journal folks
were alleged to have in contemplation.
Justice Dickinson of the Supreme
Court yesterday reversed the orders of
| the trial court refusing new trials in the
| case of William G. johnson, respondent,
vs. The American Fire Insurance COM
pany, appellant, and the same respond
ent vs.. Orient Insurance company.
| Johnson sued to recover insurance
money allowed him by arbitration, and
| was given judgment in the trial court.
The companies moved for a new trial on
the ground that the arbitrator are not
allowed to decide the liability of the
| company according to the policy. The
lower court refused new trials and their
order doing so is now reversed.