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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-07-12
(From Mondays Daily.)
HARDEGGER LODGED IN JAIL.
The Murderer Caught Hiding In a
Swamp.

Jacob Hardegger, the murderer OF
James Donahue, was arrested two miles
south of Cleveland, LeSueur county, at
about ten o'clock last night. He was
accidentally discovered by couple of
men living in that neighborhood, VIM.
Hearst and joe Ballman, as they were
passing by a swamp, Hardegger having
concealed himself in clump of bushes
in the center of the swamp. Constable
w. G. Davis, of Cleveland, was notified
and took Hardegger to st. Peter. This
morning he telephoned the officers in
this city, and sheriff Geddes and deputy
Phillips drove there, and the three
brought the prisoner to the city in car
riage, arriving at about one o'clock this
afternoon. They placed their captive
in the county Jail. Hardegger had little
to say about the murder. He claimed
that he did not know until he was ar
rested that he had killed Donahue. He
had been hiding in the swamp for a
couple of days. Sheriff Geddes and q
posse of four men spent an entire night
in the neighborhood, feeling certain that
Hardegger was concealed somewhere in
the vicinity.
Deputy A. III. Hanchett, and other
citizens of Madison Lake did good
service IN searching Tor the murderer.
Hardegger was arrested in German
community, and no. one was very anxious
to give any information concerning him
1t is thought that he was waiting good
opportunity to leave the state.
Jacob Oehler, of LeSueur county, who
was with Hardegger on the Fourth, and
also at the time of the killing, and who
was concealed with him the next day,
was arrested Saturday night, and is in
the county Jail. He will be held, as it is
thought that he knows considerable
about the murder.
The time for the preliminary exami-
nation has not yet been set, but the pris-
oner will probably waive it and be bound
over to the next term of district court.
He is arrested on the charge of murder
in the first degree. The penalty for this
is hanging or life imprisonment.
Hardegger was taken before Judge
Porter this afternoon and asked for an
examination, which was set for Thurs
day at 10 a. m. He was remanded to
Jail. l.. p. Shissler is his attorney
Oehler was held to the next term oil
court as a witness, being put under
bonds.
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What Ais Your

Do you have dull, heavy headache,
obstruction of the nasal passages, dis
charges falling from the head into the
throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and
acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mu-
cous, purulent, bloody and putrid; eyes
weak, watery, and inflamed; ringing in
the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing
to clear the throat, expectoration of Of
fensive matter, together with scabs from
ulcers; voice changed and nasal twang;
breath offensive; smell and taste inn
paired; is there a sensation of dizziness,
with mental depression, a hacking cough
and general debility? If you have all
or any considerable number of these
symptoms, you are suffering from Nasal
Catarrh. The more complicated your
disease has become, the greater the
number and diversity of symptoms.
Thousands of cases annually, without
manifesting half of the above symptoms,
result in consumption, and end in the
grave. No disease is so common, more
deceptive and dangerous, less under
stood, or more unsuccessfully treated by
physicians. The manufacturers of DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good
faith, a reward of $500 for case of this
disease which they cannot cure. The
Remedy is sold by druggists, at only so
cents.
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THE EAGLE LAKE TRAGEDY.

Deputy Coroner Shoemaker returned
last evening from Eagle Lake, where he
held an inquest during the day over the
remains of the late Mrs. August Bar
necke, whose tragic death was recorded
yesterday. After full investigation of
the circumstances and surroundings, the
jury returned a verdict as follows:
That the said Barbara z. Barnecke
came to her death by her own hands by
the use of double-barrel shotgun at
half past five o'clock a. M, July 10, 1889,
and we, the jurors, believe she commit
ted the act through temporary insanity,
and no blame is attached to any person
or persons.
The jurors were Horace Cummins, l..
W. Stearns, P. P. Melindy, Ezra A.
Stearns, James Metcalf and w. Paine.
The following witnesses were examin-
ed: August Barnecke, A. II. Pressnell,
Alonzo Cummins, James Pressnell.
Some of the relatives believe that the
death was accidental, as they know of
no cause which would lead to the deed.
They are upheld by other citizens of
Eagle Lake, who made thorough ex-
animation of the case last night, and
made the following report:
To the Editor:
1t is evident from the circumstances
surrounding the death of Mrs. Barnecke
of Eagle Lake, that 1t was accidental
She was young married woman, living
in perfect peace and happiness with her
husband and baby. Her friends know
of no cause for her to commit such
deed. She was up early in the morning
and out with her husband doing the
chores, and had just gone into the house
to set the table for breakfast. Her hus-
band heard the report of the gun and
went into the house and found her lay
ing on the floor with her head nearly all
blown of, the gun laying by her side.
The gun had hung on nail by the side
of the towel, the muzzle up, the breech
about three feet from the floor. In
wiping her hands on the towel or in
taking something down near the gun it
was probably pulled off the nail, being
discharged. The buokshot entered Just
back of the left ear. These facts are OBJ
tanned after careful examination of the
circumstances and premises. Her baby
was laying near her sweetly sleeping.
Can any one believe that young moth.
er, with loving husband, sweet baby
and good home with no known cause
would ever commit suicide? No, she
did not do it, We believe the above to
be true in every particular.
IRA b. REYNOLDS,
+. r. STEVENS,
II MIIJEp
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From Wednesdays Daily.)
MORE WORK FOR THE CORONER.
Eagle Lake and Amboy Each Furnish
Fatality for Official Investigation.
Murder or Suicide /?

An epidemic of fatalities seems to be
brooding over Blue Earth county and to.
day we are called upon to chronicle the
fourth and fifth cases of violent death
which have occurred the past week. The
death of Miss Burke in the unfortunate
runaway opened the list and was follow,
ed by the murder at Madison Lake. The
drowning at Lake Crystal was the third
while this morning within an hour o.
each other came summons for the coro
ner from Eagle Lake and Amboy. 1t il
to be hoped the chapter has closed.
TWO CALLS FOR THE CORONER.
1t was about $50 that Coroner Pad.
dock received dispatch from Eagle
Lake summoning him to that point. "a
murder or suicide" was the only clue
the message contained. Scarcely had
Mr.. Paddock, accompanied by Deputy
Shoemaker, set out for Eagle Lake than
County Attorney Smith was handed g
telegram from DIR. Kelsoe, of Amboy
advising him that young man had been
found with his throat cut, it being added
that another man had been an occupant
of the same bed as the victim last night
Mr.. Smith telegraphed to Eagle Lake
and Mr.. Paddock left for Amboy at once
leaving Deputy Shoemaker to attend to
the case at Eagle Lake.
AN EAGLE LAKE SUICIDE.
A representative of the FREE Press
was dispatched to Eagle Lake and upon
his return furnished the following par.
ticulars of the case at that point, which
was suicide, the victim being Mrs
August Bernicke, who lived with heI
husband three-fourths of mile from
Eagle Lake. She was discovered in the
kitchen of the house about seven clock
this morning with the top of her head
blown of, shot gun lying at her side
telling the fatal story. The cause OF
the awful deed is not definitely known,
though it Is surmised that the poor
health from which she had suffered was
the chief reason. The deceased was a
daughter of Jacob Born a prominent and
well-to-do citizen of Lime township.
She was married to August Bernicke
not quite two years ago, and leaves a
little daughter as the result of that union.
Deputy Coroner Shoemaker will doubt
less summon jury, and hold an inquest
over the remains.
The deceased was highly respected by
her neighbors, and had apparently
a happy home, and it is nearly incom-
prehensible what should have driven
her to put an end to her life in such a
horrible manner.
THE AMBoY TRAGEDY.
The first detailed information regard
ing the Amboy affair was received in
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the following d 'spatch to the FREE Press
from lts CORRESPONDENT at Amboy

the following d 'spatch to the FREE PREss
from its correspondent at Amboy.
AMBoY, July TO- John Schwartz
aged %, son of VIM. Schwartz, of Viii.
low Creek, came down stairs this morn.
ing with his throat cut from ear to ear.
He died without speaking. A warrant
is out for the arrest of his room mate,
Emil Lintz.
John Schwartz was well.known to a
number of our citizens, who speak OF
him as being clever and steady young
man. He was a cousin of E. L.
Schwartz, who kept store at Amboy
some time ago, but failed.
The nature of his wounds points
rather to suicide than to murder.
1t was reported this afternoon that the
man Lintz has not been found, and is
supposed to have skipped. The Omaha
train was searched at Lake Crystal this
afternoon by officers in pursuit of him.
but he was not found. Deputy Sheriff
Phillips and Constable Robel went over
to Amboy this afternoon to assist in the
case
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From Thursdays Dyily.l
HARDEGGER ON TRIAL.
Preliminary Examination Begun of the
Man Charged With James Donahue's
Murder.
The Testimony In Detail.

The preliminary examination of Jacob
Hardegger on the charge of murder in
the first degree was begun at 1890 this
morning, in the municipal court room,
before Judge Porter. The popular in
terest in the case was manifest by the
great crowd which assembled outside oil
the railing. The entire neighborhood
of Lake Madison and the homes of the
various parties interested were we'll rep
resented. That portion of the room
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Judge Mead Yesterday made q de-
cision sustaining the will of John Dreher,
ST., deceased. Some ofthe family made
a fight on the ground that the execution
of the will was defective. Considerable
interest attached to the case, though the
amount involved is not large.
81 have kept daily record of the
weather since 1864, and Sunday the Their
mometer held its own with any during
that time," says the Minneapolis signal
service observer, son July l6, 1886, the
thermometer reached 10lo at 2 p. m.
This was the hottest day during the past
25 years, with the exception of last Sun
day, when although the thermometer
only went up to 80, the mean tempera-
ture throughout the day was hotter"
The late "official organ" of the city
council has evidently soured on the
Democratic members of that body who
failed to Ie-elect it as city printer, and
to spite them has changed its name, so
that there shall be no trace left of the
wonderful "ofiicial paper" which the
city possessed during the eventful year
of 1883. Unless the aldermen have pre-
served back number, they certainly
will die of grief at the thought of thus
losing so great u curiosity.
One of the unique features of the
Cleveland-Hav Minstrels this season
will be the rendering of Japanese in
strumental and vocal music by four of
the twenty-five artist antlpodeans who
constitute a part Of the organization.
Denkichi Tackaragawa, a performer of
national reputation in Japan Oh the
"sko", or Japanese banjo, says that he
marvels much at the lack of real music
al culture" in country otherwise so far
advanced as America. and voices sub
the words of the Japanese |
Wagner to Miss Isabella Bird, the fam
GUS traveller: Children, coolies and wo-
men may find pleasure in European mu-
sic, but an educated Japanese can never
tolerate it," The MINISTRIES will be seen
in Mankato some time next month.
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lFrom Saturdays pAILr FREE pRrssl.

(From Saturdays DAILY FREE PREssl.
The fair association has received a
quantity of colored and illustrated bills
quite attractive.
Mr.. |. Longini will during the sum-
mer months close his store at 7:30 p. m,
except Saturdays, in order to give his
clerks needed rest. This is n good eX-
ample for the other stores to follow.
Mr.. +. P. Freeman expects to as
sumo charge of the Marshall land office
in two or three weeks. He does not
yet know whether the duties of the Of
fee will necessitate his removal there.
Aid. Jorgensen severed his cOnnec-
ton with Pond Bros tailoring estab-
lishment and will hereafter denote his
entire time to his clothing store. Mr..
Andrew Madison takes Mr.. Jorgenson's
place at Pond Bros.
Mrs. Peter Wenner, a widow lady
living at the corner of Fourth and Plum
streets, died Yesterday noon of intlama-
ton of the bowels. She was taken sick
on Tuesday. Her husband was killed
some years ago, but family of grown
up children who reside in the city and
county survive her. Her age was sixty
three.
-WilkIn post has on hand III the
monument fund over 800. 1t has been
decided to secure whatever else may be
n L.. a,I - -, hnpa1
that some substantial move will be made
before long toward securing the erection
of monument. Let the monument be
erected at the fair grounds.
DIR. F. II. Burnett hied himself away
to Kilbourue, Wis, the first of the week
and was married, on the 4th, to Miss
Minnie Daniels, of that place. The
couple arrived in this city Yesterday,
where they will take up their residence.
DIR. Burnett is the well-known dentist,
while the BRIDE is one of last years nor
NAL students. They have the best'wish-
es and congratulations of large circle Of
friends.
WIN. J. Dunn, who recently went to
to the Pacific coast, writes back that
there are ten mechanics there where
the work will support one. All trades
are overstocked, especially the carpen-
ter's trade, and there are 10000 mechan-
les out of work. He has been all over
the coast and finds the same state of af-
fairs prevailing everywhere. THIS should
cause any who may be thinking OF going
there TO hesitate.
AT the business Of the Baptist Y. p.
S. G. E., held last evening, the following
officers were elected:
President-J. p. Read.
Vice President-Miss Ada Cassidy.
Secretary-Miss Eta Durkee.
Treasurer-John Palmer.
Committees: LoOkout-W. y. Ford,
A. +. Palmer, Effie Mead, Frances Corp,
Emma Durkee. Prayer Meeting-Mrs.
J. P. Read, Ella Durkee, Nellie Cassidy,
Herbert Howe, John. Palmer. Social
Ida Chapman, w. p. Cook. CLAYTON
Kennedy, Maud Fowler, Ada Cassidy.
Our citizens will be very sorry to
hear that Mr.. Geo. III. Fox and family
will remove from the city next fall. Mr..
Fox has concluded 10 engage in the lum-
Der business, and Will form a partner
ship with a Wisconsin gentleman, and
with him will own and conduct a saw
mill in that state for hard wood. He
has resided in Mankato for the past
eight and half years, for the last seven
wears holding the position of agent OF
the Chicago & Northwestern road.
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MAPLE WOOD PARK.

Special. Correspondence 10 the Free Press
WAsEcA, July lG.
The rain laid the dust and made the
park more beautiful than ever. While
the storm ragged Prof. Case gave fine
concert.
The attendance is increasing daily, and
the people are enthusiastic in their
praises of the program.
The astronomical lectures bv DIR. Ea-
ton, of Lacrosse, are largely attended,
and are one of the attractions of the as
sembly.
The Mankato campers are happy, and
deriving all the benefit possible from the
exercises.
Rev. l. L. Cory preached on Sunday
evening, and made good impression.
The Andrews Opera Concert Co. of
Mankato will camp here for their sum-
mer vacation.
1t is expected that the. Knights Tenn
plar Will be here on recognition day and
add interest to the occasion.
] counted fourteen persons from Man
kato Yesterday.
Glasses in normal work, kindergarten
work, French, short hand, astronomy,
and microscopy are all at work.
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Parties of Artists.

Can always enjoy themselves when they
are out on their junkets, for artists, as
rule, are essentially Bohemian, and 9
general spirit of good fellowship holds
sway. And this same characteristic en-.
ables them to appreciate the natural
beauties they seek and find. Natural
beauties of the highest order are found
in Minnesota. especially along the line
of the Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad
where, at this season of the year the
prodigality of generous nature is 80 evi.
dent. The road through the scenic por.
ton of the state. Take the Duluth Short
Line to st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth,
West Superior. Close connections to
points beyond. A. B. Plough, General
Passenger Agent, st. Paul, Mimi.
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For Hay Fever.

"Give Eiy's Cream Balm trial. This
justly celebrated remedy for the cure of
catarrh, hay fever, cold in the head, etc.,
can be obtained of any reputable drug
gists, and may be relied upon as safe
and pleasant remedy for the above COM
plants and will give immediate relief.
1t is not liquid, snuff or powder, has
no offensive odor and can be used at any
time with good results, as. thousands can
testify, among them some of the attaches
of this Office. Spirit of The Times.
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Ifyou have lounges. sofas, parlor suits.
holstered, they will be returned to you
good as new, and cheaper for the quail.
ty of the work than elsewhere. Also a
large stock of pushes and other uphol-
stery goods on hand.
JOHN KLEIN & Co.
4l3 and Ais S. Front St., Mankato, MINI.
l0tf
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81 am little 1 know, but think can
throw weight of hundred ton." So
sang a proud banana peel. But DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are quite as
powerful in meeting with an overthrow
ing disease. If you have rush of blood
to the brain, dizziness, headache. consti-
patton, indigestion, or billiousness, buy
vial of these little pills at once. One
a dose
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The correct way is to buy goods from
the manufacturer when possible. The
Elkhart Carriage and Harness Manu-
featuring Co.; of Elkharts Indiana, have
ship anywhere, privilege to examine
See advertisement. 43 5t emo.
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Whether the above is the correct view
of the case is of course open to question,
but it must be said to be reasonable
conclusion If the facts are as stated.
The funeral will occur at the residence
tomorrow friday morning, at nine
o'clock.
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From Wednesday $ DAILY FREE PRESS.

-OHlel VII lnbpeCloI caui NiShoio 10
ports that 15S barrels of oil were inspect
ed in Blue Earth county during June.
Dairy Commissioner Howard-.'rhe South
ern part OF Blue Earth county is suffering
from the worst drouth IL has had for q years
past Minneapolis Star.
Oh, come off. The fine condition of
the crops don't bear out such a state
ment. Rain was needed, no doubt, but
is has now come and everythingis lovely.
Rev. 7. G. Hudson and family Will
leave tomorrow morning for months
absence. Mr.. Hudson is taking his va
cation and will spend the time at Sank
Center and Fargo securing some much
needed rest. No arrangements have
yet been made for services at st. Johns
during the Rectors absence. The Sun
day School however Will meet as usual.
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Program of S. S. Institute to be
Held at Kinney School House
Sunday July Ia, 1889.


Sunday July IA, 1889.
$3.50. Devotional exercises, led by w
c. Bacon.
1000. The preparation OF the lesson
Mrs. S. j. Minis.
1880. The teacher with his class-W.
r. Geddes.
Hoo. The superintendent work
j. A. Latimer.
11:30. The aim of the S. S. work-To
be supplied.
1900. Dinner.
1:30. Place and purpose of music in
the S. S.-W. A. Wanen.
200. Primary work-Nettie Z. Tolliff.
2:l5. How to hold our Young people
in S. S.-W. ID. Willard.
ESQ. Heart preparation-H. w. Thew.
800. The relation of the S. S. to tenn
perance reforms-Mrs. Helen Brush.
$3.50. The missionary spirit in the S.
S.-Thos. Dodd.
400. The influence of s. S. training
upon my life and Its blessings and bene-
fits to me-. H. Robinson.
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Chattel Mortgages, Warranty and
Quit Claim Deeds, and other legal
blanks for sale at this Office.
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ENCOURAGING CROP Reports.

County Commissioner Hannay reports
the crops as looking excellently IN his
district. Wheat is now IN the water
state, and in week will be in the milk.
He expects that harvesting will begin in
about two weeks. 1t is not until the
wheat gets in the milk that it is dam
aged by hot weather following q rain.
The heads are now apparently filling
out well. The hot winds of the past few
days have not affected the crops much,
except that the oats are looking q little
dry. Corn is springing ahead and is
nearly up to the average, despite the un-
favorable weather in MAY and June.
Mr.. Geo. 7. Barr drove over to Eureka
yesterday and found the crops looking
splendidly. They have not been affect
ed by the hot winds. Others make SIM
liar reports, and the crop in the timber
seems to be especially fine. There is no
county in the state where there is to-
day better promise of good crops than in
Blue Earth.
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