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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-07

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-07
THE START.

This times Of tho yaohts in cross.
Ing the liuo (unotiicnO; Dc'suler
l2l0lO; NsiHyrls l2lOl6. Tue
yBohts, however, npd hardly
gotten away wnen they were
recalled, tha start having bssn false.
Tho judgos' bat thsn hOistei "Buo
Peter" aud Tho Sacnts were prepared
Tor the ;gurh start, rne yachts crosse
the line, uuC flic.ally timed, as follows:
NaIkyTle,ls:.O,O6; Def, nuet, l2.2O.lO.
The vInu al tuegiatt was about east,
blowing at the rate VI about tour miles
an hOur. The sky was CLOUDY and
there was u moderate sea running.
Just previous ~ the start Defender
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-07

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III paper Of To-Day tb2'
4 mopip9 paper is ts2
W paper Of Yesterday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
WATTERSON AT ST. PETER. Rs

Henry Watterson VIII de1frerhfs
lecture on "A braham Lincoln, rat ST.
Peter, on Monday evening, June 18th.
Mr.. Watterson is one of the best plat
form. speakers as well as one of the
greatest editors in the country today;
and his lecture on Lineolnl is. said by
those who have heard it. to be mas
terpiece., He enjoyed the. acquain-
lance of the martyred president dur
ing the last years Of his life, and
while he cast his5Iet withot the south,
the sterling cnaracterzof Lincoln to-
gether with his boundless sympathy
for humanity won the admiration of
Watterson, which has grown with
passing years as increased study fur
ther revealed his greatness. Pro-
badly Mankato people will never have
a better chance to hear the great
editor than on this occasion, and they
should take advantage of it. Address
j. A. johnson, ST. Peter Herald, who
will take pleasure in securing you
seats s-r.eA-- -a u t-iL
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24

The Minneapolis Times this morning
has the following account regarding
the Wilson matter:
Last evening two university stu
dents, one of whom is resident Of
eAnamosa, Iowa, but who is attending
the state university here, and who re-
turned from Anamosa few days ago,
called at police headquarters and,
with Inspector Lawrence, called upon
Wilson, or Curtis, whichever his name
may be. #E Ez
The student declined to give his
name for publication, but stated that
he knew Curtis well, and that he is a
much-wanteda man. To the imme-
date knowledge of the student, Cur
tbs has four wives living, one of whom
is the daughter of deputy sheriff at
Anamosa. Previous to going to Des
Moines, it is said that Curtis wrote to
this wife, known to the authorities as
mo. 2" from St. Louis, stating that
he was going to drown himself in the
river, and that she would never hear
from him again. Curtis would but
simply recognize the student last
night, and declined to talk with him.
"Your wife got that letter you
wrote from ST. Louis all right about
your drowning yourself said the
student.
SIS that so, sarcastically said Cur
tbs. and he declined to say another
word.
The student claims Curtis is wanted
in Illinois and Indiana, as well as
Des Moines, and thinks he has some
eight wives. InaIowa Curtis cuta big
dash in newspaper and religious Cir
cles, speaking seven languages, and
Knowing the Bible almost by heart.
In the opinion of the local police,
Curtis game has been to marry rich
widows, ETC., through the instrumen-
tality of matrimonial papers, and
then, securing what money he could,
desert them. He is a very shrewd
character, and declines to talk at all,
other than TO say that he is innocent,
and if the officers know so much they
had better go ahead.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
ANDREWS AND BAKER.


1t is rumored that Attorney G. N
Andrews, of Wells, and Gen. J. H
Baker will give addresses on Me.
mortal Day in this city. If this is So
our citizens will be fortunate in hear
ing two polished orators. aA need
The committees will meet tomor.
row morning to make final arrange.
ments. aa4 G-l1
M. Hanna has been made chairman
Of the flower committee. 5L--tsE
The memorial sermon, to be
preached by Rev. f. NJ. Washburn,
will be given Sunday evening at Nor.
NAL hall The Congregational choir
will furnish the music. #71
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
HAVE ORGANIZED.
The Stone and Brick Masons Have
Held feelings. 4

Some of the local brick masOns have
formed an organization, with John
Bischman as president, and have con-
solidated it with the international
Union of bricklayers. Some of the
stone masons also organized this week,
with Frank Witmas as president. but
they have not as yet Joined any
union, having merely a local forma-
tion, with their own rules and by
laws. Several Of the men have been
quite active for some time in forming
these organizations, and much secrecy
has been observed. a-lsilLL W
When approached on the subject,
several of those who ought to know
most about it have denied all knowl-
edge of any organization among
either the brick or stone masons.
What is to be gained by extreme
secrecy is hard to guess. z1t h 4 %
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24

cent. interest, and the last payment
OF 81, 100 be made two years from date
of first payment, at per cent. inter-
est. Carried, five voting aye. Aid.
Peterson not voting.
The time of delivery of the roller
was changed from June Ist to June
10th, and a resolution adopted author
izing the proper=offfcers to execute
the contract with the 0. S. Kelly COM
pany.
The amendment to the dog ordi-
nance being ready for consideration,
the rules were suspended and the or
dinance referred to the committee on
ordinances, and was reported back IA
vorably and read and passed.
Aid. Andrews moved that at the
next regular meeting the Pearl and
Clark street matters be made the or
der for special consideration, which
was agreed too.
Aid. Zimmerman gave notice that
at the next meeting he would present
an ordinance granting a franchise to
the Mankato Telephone and Telegraph
company, for the consideration of the
council.
Mr.. A. B. Smith addressed the coun
Gil regarding the matter of the new
telephone company.
The committee on ways and means
was authorized to borrow $1,000, and
the council adjourned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
IRIS. STOKES REMEMBERED.

Congressman McCleary has secured
a pension for Mrs. Amelia L. Stokes,
of Smiths Mills. 1t is an original
widows pension of 81 a month, with
81 month additional for each of bel
four children, and four years of back
pension, amounting in all to nearly
$1,000. This claim would have beer
rejected had it not been for Congress
man McCleary 5 recent visit to Wash
ington. L
A pension has also been reissued Il
Andrew Landgraf, of this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
r1r. Halls Statement.

Y Mr.. j. E. Hall, with whom Mr.. Will
son has been associated in business
for the past three months, stated to a
FREE PRESS reporter this afternoon
that Wilson,came to him a stranger,
without previous correspondence,
and applied for position on the
new paper which he heard was to be
started. Wilson had brought some
written recommendations, but these
Mr.. Hall did not look at. He also
claimed to have been employed as a
reporter on the ST. Louis P0St-DiS-
patch, and said that he had represent
ed that paper on Mexican tour of
the St. Louis Commercial Club
through Mexico. He also claimed to
have worked for the Central Type
Foundry, of St. Louis. He showed by
his work after securing employment
that he was an experienced news
paper writer and a practical printer.
"There was not a thing in all Will
sons conduct here" said Mr.. Hall,
''but what was perfectly straight and
honorable. Nobody has yet claimed
that he owed him anything. When
he came here he said that he had
been working for the Mapleton Enter
gfSSe for a week or two, and he had a
little money, but not enough to
amount to anything. He did not put
any money into the business, and dill
not own two-thirdS interest in the
paper, but had working interest. If
the paper succe eded, he was to re-
.ceiye such an interest, as his time re-
presented. Ef9gE bra sqgsIge
she never spoke of having any
family, and was considered to be a
batch, and we often 'joshed' him on
it," r-,, -r7~~r,y, r-.-r-
4" Wilson talked last week of going
up to St. Paul on business matters,
but he didn't say anything about go.
ing up Monday morning, and l didn't
know he was going then. 1 received
two kilograms from him yesterday
saying that he had been arrested, that
he was innocent, and asking for money
This morning received letter from
him written last night, claiming his
innocence
1.-THE fact that Wilson made certain
Misrepresentation about his interest
in the paper, and that he used an as,
summed name at ST. Paul would seem
to Indicate that there is something to
the charges. It is my intention to
stand by him as long as there is any
show Of his being able to prove his In
nocence, and l shall furnish him
money to get fair trial. OF course,
l would not allow him to go back on
the paper unless he cleared up the
charges completely. L have written
to Anamosa, Iowa, for information as
to his standing there.
SAT first he was very careful in what
he wrote for the paper, but of late he
has not had much discretion, and
many thingshave gone in which would
not have been permitted had L seen
them. The best of feeling existed
between US, and l never suspected
that there was anything wrong with
him."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
MUCH MARRIED.
That Seems to be the Con-
ditiOn of Mr.. Curtis
Wilson Adam
son, Etc. ~ = ~
Detectives Altese He Adj
mitteda He WaSAthe-
Man SO Much Il
Wanted.
TT a = = ES
Special to the FREE PRESS. - - "a.


Special to the FREE PRESS. - 4 q.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 21.-W. G. Will
son, of Mankato, left in custody of
Sheriff Babcock, of Jones county,
Iowa, this afternoon, for Anamosa.
As soon as Sheriff Babcock saw the
prisoner he identified him. as the man
wanted. And Wilson,, when his
luminous optics fell upon the smiling
countenance of the sheriff, smiled, and
! then remembering his innocence,
turned his back to the sheriff. The
sheriff told the prisoner that he had
come after him, and would like him
to get ready to be transported to the
scene of his latest matrimonial ven
ture. So he washed himself, and
brushed his clothesas neatlyaS though
contemplating making another ven
ture in the matrimonial market and
announced himself as ready to GO. M
Sheriff Babcock stated TO the FREE
PRESS correspondent that he was
positive Wilson was the man known
in Anamosa as r. G.. Curtis, and said
that he would meet with warm re-
ception, as the populace is consider
ably worked up over his last marriage.
The young lady whom he deceived in
to marrying him Aug. 10, 1894, was
Lottie Arnold, of Wyoming, Iowa. a
daughter of well-to-do and highly
respected parents. Her father was
deputy sheriff of Jones county, and a
man who could never forget wrong.
He said it would 60 hard with Wilson
if the girls father happened to get
his hands on him.
Wilson's business habits, continued
Sheriff Babcock, were such during his
stay at Anamosa that nearly every
sterekeeper in town has an accountto
settle with him. ''The feeling on his
arrival there will be intense, said the
sheriff, ''but 1 don't fear mob.
The sheriff stated that Wilson had
a wife at Lacon, ILL.,, one in Chicago,
and thought there might be several
more scattered throughout the coun-
try. He will be tried for bigamy, and
also for the charge of obtaining money
and goods under false pretenses.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24

I am innocent, I will tell you that. if
the young lady is good-looking | am
not averse to living with her. But
the detectives have made a clever
mistake, which they will find later.
''To tell you the truth, was never
in that part of the state Of Iowa
where Lam said to be wanted, though
[ have passed through the other cor
ner of the state. ( No, sir, 1 am not
the man they want. have done
newspaper work rlyears, and if do
say it myself, am as smooth as any Of
them. 2 Do you know [ have. been
thinking of writing up my expert
ence and sending it out to the papers.
Yes, will go back to Iowa without a
fight. They will take me, anyway, if
the sheriff says 1 am the man, so
what's the use of fghting?"
The police have wired Sheriff Bah
cock Of the capture, and he will
doubtless reach the city today, re-
turning with his prisoner this eve
ming, if he finds that the authorities
there have the man he is after.as
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
Saws He Is Innocent.

The Minneapolis Tribune contains
the following interview with Wilson:
Speaking to the Tribune yesterday,
he said: ST confess this arrest is a
total surprise to me. / did have a
pretty good opinion of Minneapolis,
but now [ am bound to say that it has
been lowered considerably by the
events of the past "a hours I really
know nothing of the offense Of which
I am accused. They tell. me it is for
bigamy. If that is the case, although
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
PROBATE NOTES.

Judge Mead has made a final decree
and distribution Of the estate of VIM
H. Nichol. @-La@
In re guardianship Of James Muir
taueh, minor, he has issued letters
of guardianship to John Brown.
An order has been made to examine
accounts of executrix, of the. estate OF
August Wojehn, deceased.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
Claim he Admitted.

/, The Tribune further says The de-
tectiyes allege that the accused has
admitted that he is the man who is
wanted. After his arrest. he is said to
have. inquired if bigamy was the only
charge hanging over him, and when
told that it was, seemed much re-
lieyed. He was anxious that no news
of his arrest be sent to Mankato, as
he said it would injure his business
prospects.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
MEMORIAL DAY.

County superintendent Scherer re-
ceived the following letter from w.
W. Pendergrast, superintendent of
public Instruction.: SIT is strongly
urged that the schools of each county
hold special services on the Friday
preceding Memorial Day, and that,
when practicable, they cooperate
with grand army posts in the obser-
vance of the day." -sl eA5 III GolJ
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24

The McGregor boys, near Maple
ton, have purchased Jenkin Williams
half section of land for $4,000. gssT
Lumber wagons Come and see
me,and get good one. H.C.Akers. 1913
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24

Miss Anna Samson, of this city,
is teaching in school district No. II,
the Gilbert Gutterson district of But
ternut Valley. She reports having
planted twenty trees on Arbor Day.
As there are but fifteen scholars, this
is a creditable record.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
Identified by a Student.

The Minneapolis Times this morning
has the following account regarding
the Wilson matter:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24

Aid. Bradley moved that the second
payment of $1,000 be paid one year
from date of first payment, at 4 per
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-09

In a recent government report by Oh.
IL W. Wiley IL is stated that in Ger
many the law requires that the tins en-
ployed for holding canned goods shall
not contain more than 1 per cent Of lead,
while in this country there is no restric-
ton whatever in regard to the character
Of the tin used, the result of this latter
fact being the employment Of cans in
some cases containing as high as 10 per
cent Of lead. This practice prevails, not
withstanding the unanimity among
Psychologists as to the effect of lead salts
upon the human system, the continual
ingestion Of even minute quantities Of
lead into the system being followed
eventually by the most serious conse-
quences-painter's collie, lead palsy and
other trying diseases we'll known to
physicians being the direct effects Of
continual exposure Of the system to any
such minute portions of lead salts. It is
said to DO possible to exclude the latter
by requiring that the tin shall not con-
tain more than, say, ~ per cent OF
lead; also that the solder be as free
from lead as possible.
In Germany the solder made use Of in
sealing the cam is not allowed to con-
tain oven 10 per cent Of lead, while in
this country the analysis of numerous
samples Of the solder applied shows that
it contains fully 30 per cent Of lead, in
addition to this being tine lack of care to
prevent such solder from coming into
contact with the contents Of the can,
and large surfaces of solder on the seams
are often found exposed to the action Of
the acid contents of the can.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-09

M zunis Thlnk the Heavenly Phonome-
Emhodieu the rorm a q Demon
Captain Trevitt W. Okey Of Los An
eelcs, Cal, for many years stationed in
Arizona and New Mexico with the reg
ular army, told about the myths and
suporHtitions Of tho zuni indians b q
group OF frionI4s at q Broadway hotel
one evening.
I'm the zuni mind. " said he, "tho
rainbow has ever been a deined animal,
having tho attributes Of q human being
and also the body and SOME Of the func-
tiUns Of q measuring worm Obviously
tho striped back and arched attitude Of
the measuring worm, its sudden appear
ance and Disappearance among the leaves
Of the plants which IL inhabits, arc the
analogies upon which this p~ersonihca-
ton is based As the measuring worm
consumes the heritage Of the plants and
causes them to dry up. 20 tho rainbow,
which appears only after the rain, is
supposed by the simple minded Indian
to cause cessation Of rain, and conse.
quently tobe the originator Of ~droughts,
under tho influence Of which plants
wither away, as they do under the raw
ages Of the measuring worms
ut viii be seen that the visible pho
nomenon called tho rainbow gets by anal.
ogy the personality Of the measuring
worm, while from the worm in turn the
rainbow gets its function es q god. OF
this the cessation Of the rain On the ap-
pearance Of the rainbow is adduced "a
proof. The fading Of the flowers is at
tributed to the rainbow, which, consum-
ing their imperceptiblo existenoes, thus
derives his brilliant coloring, just as il
is believed that the measuring worm
gets his green, yellow and red stripe,
from the leaves and flowers which il
devours.
1.-THE influence Of this union upon the
Zuni mind is to place the rainbow
among the malignant gods Il is fire.
quently painted on war shields and made
a demon to be propitiated, yet Stunned
When a rainbow appears in the sky, th'
Zuni Indians and those Of many othel
tribes turn their backs upon the beauti
full sight and covertly imprecate th'
unfriendly spirit. New York World
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-09

James Payn. the English writer, tells
this story Of the American plan" Of
dueling, wherein the two duelists, with
one second, meet within doors and
draw lots for who shall shoot himself
On a recent occasion, A and B, having
had a difficulty" A was tho unlucky
man, and retired for the purpose Of sel
destruction into the next apartment B
and the second, both very much moved
by the tragedy Of the situation, remained
in listening attitudes. At last the pistol
was heard; they ~shuddered with emo
ton and remorse, when suddenly in
rushed the supposed dead man, trium-
phantly exclaiming, "Missedr'
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-09

me Ar . Lost one % ere Present neg
6crihbiers ~ unslv Notes.
Every one knows, Of course. that the
actual number Of letters passing through
tho mails Of every civilized country -
greater, rather than less, year BY year.
But every ono also feels that these let
tiers are no longer letters, ia tho true
sense, AZ all They are amplifed tele-
grams, bald and bare statements Of fact,
and they have the loose and disiointed
and careless phrascology Of tho telo-
graphic message. That sense Of tho &c
expression, tho graceful concept; that
feeling for the lucid and connected cx-
position Of the ideas, for the balance Of
the ports, Of n letter, for its compost
ton, In short-the very term ia pre-
Adamite TO the end Of tho century car
that used to preoccupy the best letter
writers Of another generation have gone
from our present day scribblers Of hasty
notes, as though such musty things had
never been.
The only people who Compose their
letters now arc cultivated old ladies.
Their college bred granddaughter, in
t~ellectually armed and professionally
equipped, exhibit productions in that
line, Of which, for the most part, it
might DO said, as Horny James re-
marked Of the notes Of invitation Of the
London society woman, that they have
nothing in common with the epistolary
art but the postage stamp.
Il may DO held that such an accom-
plishment is not, after all, Of tho great
est value But behind it there is an In
stinct, deep seated in the race, that a
widespread habit Of careless writing AZ
fects very directly tho thinkingo Of a peo-
pie. And this "A cannot but believe 70
be the case. Il takes no intellect to put
plain facts into honest, self respecting
phrases. But it takes self restraint and
Rtt~entivcness, and these lead in time ia
q disciplined and coherent way Of look
ing at life.-''The Point Of View" in
S~cribner's.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-09

At the British embassy to the king Of
Italy a calculation was made some time
ago Of the amount Of gold brought by
travellers into Italy every year. By far
the largest number of these travellers
come from England and the United
States The calculations made it evident
that no less than eco, 900, 900, or $780,
00O, 900, are brought into this country
and left here by these travellers. In the
scantiest years that sum has not been
less than el4, 900, 900, while on other
occasions IL has risen to e22, 600, 600.
Mr.. Stamer, a writer on Italy, relates
that an old woman in Sorrento once told
him that the people in England had no
sun, because the English had told her
time and again that it was not for So
ciety they had come to Italy, but to see
tho sun. Besides all the English were
fair and ruddy. If they had had a sun,
why were they not n sunburnt? II they
do get sunshine in Italy, as they do,
they pay very sweetly for it-Rome
Letter in Baltimore Sun.