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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-13
MORE LETTERS.
One of Which Sheds Some Light or
the Identity of Hall.

DR.. J. W. Andrews is in receipt OF
another letter from W. P. Stewart, OF
Fruitdale, Alabama, in relation tC
Jno. III. Hall, the man who has lost
his memory but it contains nothing
new in the matter. He also received
one from DR.. TomlinsGn, OF the St.
Peter hospital for the insane, giving
his views upon the condition of Mr..
Hall, and pronounces the trouble as a
species of epilepsy.
Rev. Geo. H. Davis also received a
letter from Rev. Edwin Wickens, of
Dallas, Texas, which is as follows:
DALLAS, TEXAS, Nov. 2, '96.
Rev. and Dear Br0ther:-I have Just
received your letter in the Cburchnan
and the Livang Church. Please ask the
unfortunate man if his name is John
Hall. If he remembers working uu-
der the Rev. Wickens, being S. s..
supt. of All Saints Mission, Dallas. If
he remembers the church of the In
carnation; that on Easter day, 1895,
he presented seven girls from his class.
Here names the girls If he remem-
bers Miss Hattie Tucker and Mrs.
Welsh. If he remembers addressing
the church club and taking the mem
bers to task for numbering the Queens
English. If he remembers having a
wife (now dead) in North Carolina,
also being the manager of the box
factory in Dallas. Of leaving here in
May, 1895, for St. Louis, and being on
Wards Island, n Y, being temper
arily insane and calling himself John
Harrison while there. Of leaving
there and going to Mississippi and
Alabama: of personally writing to me
from Chicago asking as to his
character, etc.
feel confident from your descrip-
tion that Mr.. Harrison is my unfortu-
nate friend John Hall. He was St
Andrews Brotherhood man. He is
about IS, rosy faced, with what the
vulgar boys call "tishy eyes," very de-
vout and regular communicate. A
little bofesome in conversation.
Should he be the same, give him my
kind regards. Tell him I am not we'll;
that the Incarnation is still moving
onward, and that All Saints chapel
is built and paid for.
Pardon my hasty writing. 1 am suf-
fering from nervous prostration and
ought to be in bed.
Wishing you all prosperity in your
work, / remain
Your faithfully,
EDWIN WICKENs.
z. 5. Ask him if he remembers Col.
S. W. Sunkins, the Rev. Hudson
Stuck and Bishop Garrett.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-13
GOING TO JAPAN.
Rev and hrs. r. III. Marshall appoint
ed Missionaries to that Country.

The Foreign Missionary Society of
the Christian church, with head
quarters at Cincinnati, has decided to
send missionaries to Japan. and among
Others has chosen Rev. and Mrs. f. H.
Marshall, Of this tcity. They were
first consulted in August about the
matter, and after thinking it over
decided to accept. They have re-
Gently passed the physical eXamina-
tion which the Society requires, and
will sail for Japan next August or
September. They have been assigned
to work in Toxic, the capital and
largest city, and Mr.. Marshall will
take charge of training a class of
native evangelists besides other gen.
eral missionary work, while Mrs. Mar
shall will work among the Japanese
women. They expect to devote the
remainder of their lives to this work.
Mr.. Marshall will continue as pas
tor of the Christian church in this
city until the time to leave comes.
He has made very successful pastor
in his field here, aud all will be sorry
to lose him and his eXcellentwife.
The climate of Toxic is said to be
about the same as that of Ohio or
Indiana. Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall ex-
pect to learn the Japanese language,
which Mrs. DR.. James, who knows
from experience, says is a difficult one
to master.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-13

Tense had been committed. A man
has right to take letter of his own
direction out of the mail, and it is a
question whether he has not the
right to take his wife's out, also. He
might be wrong in this, but his view
was founded on the law relating to
the power of a husband over a
wife. The outside OF the letter
was sufficient evidence of it's
contents and would go far to justify
an examination of it's contents by any
husband. If an offense had been COM
mitted it was entirely technicale, and
the lowest punishment would be suf-
ficient.
Judge Lochren then fined Mr.. Hum
BILE one dollar.
On motion of the district attorney
the second count in the Indictment
was nolled.s
The grand jury is still at work on
the Sorg and Leonard cases. Marshal
Shelby, of Missouri, arrived this after
noon with Geo. Richie, the most i'm
portant witness in the Sorg case, who
gave very important evidence in the
trial of the libel suit last winter 1t
is thought that Ritchie was purposely
staying away, and the u. S. officers
placed him in custody, and as he can
not furnish bail, he will be held until
after the dase has been disposed of.
He was found at Chillicothe, Mo. He
went before the grand jury late this
afternoon.
The court had no case to try this
afternoon and is waiting for the grand
jury to indict some one or get through
with it's work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-13
AUCTlONEER'S LICENSE.
1t May Be Contested In the Mankato
Courts.

The new auctioneer's license ordi.
nance places the license at SO a day
SIS week, and $500 year. One OF
two auctions are in progress in the
city and no license has been paid.
Chief Yates states that the ordinance
will be enforced, and will ask Attor-
ney Pau to prepare papers. 1t is
said that the ordinance will be con-
tested in the courts, on playground
that the license is so high as to be
prohibitory. The city has had good
deal of trouble with the auctioneer's
in the past, and the last one
is supposed to strengthen some of the
weak points in one previously in force.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-13
A PERIL IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

fEklL In lie fOOIIO SNIIOOLS.
1t is said that of the $4,000 children
in the Baltimore public schools. ex-
amined as to their eyesight, 9,051
were found to have eyes so badly in
jured that further school attendance
was pronounced absolutely unsafe.
This is certainly an alarming show
ing, aud if the cities and towns
throughout the country present as
great percent of children with i'm
paired eyesight, it brings a question
before the people which demands i'm
mediate attention. 1t was further
found that besides the 9O51 pupils
above referred to, there were several
thousand of others whose eyes need
prompt and intelligent medical treat
ment, and that the neglect of such
treatment means future trouble with
the eyes and in some cases actual
blindness.
The disclosure made in the Balti-
more schools shows the actual neces-
sity of having close examination
made. in schools everywhere. There
is no question but what close ex-
animation of the children in the Man
kato schools would reveal condition
of affairs in this respect which would
be startling in it's nature. There is
no reason to believe that matters are
any or much worse in Baltimore than
elsewhere throughout the country.
The percent may possibly run some
what higher than in some places, but
the fact remains that there is more
impairment of the eyes among
children and adults generally than
people dream of. Many people who
imagine their eyesight perfect are
surprised to find on examination that
it is considerably impaired. There is
much of it among children, though it
may be entirely unknown through
their childhood, when little atten-
tion would save them years of trouble
IN life. No one would have denied
that many cases of impairment of the
eyes would be found among Baltimore
school children on close examination,
but no one would have dreamed that
it would reach 20 per cent of the total
number. For this reason investiga-
tion should be made everywhere, and
some attention paid to remedying the
trouble.
There has not in the past been
proper attention paid to the arrang-
ing of school rooms in the best in
terests of the pupils eyesight. More
attention is devoted now than
formerly, but there is yet room for
improvement. A school room lily ar
ranged is crime against childhood
for which there is not the least posi-
BILE excuse. The greatest care should
be taken in the arrangement of every
school room so that in the seating the
light falls at proper angles for study,
otherwise there is danger that the
pupil will have impaired one of the
great blessings God has given him
his eyesight.
An examination of this kind will
throw no reflection upon school officers
nor teachers. The perils which ex-
ist have slumbered unknown; society
is just awakening to their existence,
and an effort to remove the cause of
the trouble is simply an onward step
of civilization.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-13
A NEW SECRETARY.
n. c. Akers Succeeds Gen. Baker in
the Commercial Club

Gen. j. "a. Baker having rendered
his resignation as secretary Of the
Mankato Commercial club owing to
his absence from the city during the
winter, the executive committee of
the club met last night and elected
Mr.. III. G. Akers to the vacant office.
Mr.. Akers is in every way qualified to
perform the duties of the position.
and the committee was fortunate to
secure his services.
Gen. Baker and family expect to
leave for Cincinnati in day or two.
He expects to return for short time
during the winter, but his family
will not return until May 1st.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-13
Contempt of Court.

Richie refused to answer any ques-
tions before the grand jury, saying he
feared that Sorg or some of his friends
would kill him. He was sentenced by
Judge Lochren to six months imprison-
ment in the Ramsey county jail for
contempt Of court.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-13

Why go without fur robe when
they are SO cheap at w. B. Walker &
Sons?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-13

An increase of pension has been
granted to Thos. Hodson, of Man.
kato.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15
BROOKLYN TOO SMALL.
So Workman and sis Friends Came
10 Paint Hoboken Red.

John Workman, a German, living at No.
2o6 West Fourteenth street Brooklyn, re-
ceives a remittance from his father in
Germany every three months. He got his
remittance a few days ago., and yester-
day he and some of his friends hired a
cab and came to Hoboken. The friends
were William Clarence, of No. 234 Hud-
son street, New York; Frank Fannell, of
st. Andrews place, Brooklyn; James But
Ter. OF No. 4S5 Columbia avenue, Brooklyn;
william Burke, Of No. "a Herkimer street,
Brooklyn. This crowd visited a good
many saloons in Hoboken. and all became
drunk. Detective Nelson watched the
crowd, and when he found out that one of
the men had a big roll of money and
seemed to be doing all the treating, he
thought he needed care Nelson, with De-
tective Fenton and Policemen Gerken,
Schneider, Differs and Messendorf,
swooped down on the gang while enter
ing the carriage in front OF a saloon on
Hudson street, and took the crowd to
Police Headquarters. They had an ac-
cordeon with which they had made merry
while riding through the streets. After
they had been put behind the bars they
started to sing and kept It up for a good
part of the night. Each vas fined So this
morning and they went back to BROOKLYN
Workman said they were all good friends
Of his and ridiculed the idea that they had
any Intentions of Heecing aim.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15
CATHOLIC CLUB LOST
The BoWleTs We're Beaten
BY Tourists in the
CycleTs League.
cONNELL BEAT WILSON
Plenty of Hard Fighting at Union
HiIl-Notes for Wheelmen-
Mead Beaten at Pool.

Last night the Catholic Club lost its
lead in the Metropolitan Cycling Associa-
lion record. The team rolled two games
and split even. They were opposed in
the opening game by the Tourist Cyclers
of Paterson. who were ever with the
Catholic Gu for the lead. and lots of
Interest was centered in the struggle
that undoubtedly will determine the
championship, as the Tourists who won
have a strong lead over the other teams.
The Catholic Club Cyclers were too anx-
ieus in the game with Tourist, and only
one Of the riders. Joe O'Connell, got
above the riders. He rolled 1870. The
other four fell below 140. For the Tourist
team Taylor was high. They failed to
put ap extra large scores, and failed TO
get to the 800 mark. In the games with
the Jersey City Club Wheelmen both tue
Catholic Club and Tourists made high
figures, he Paterson team making ss7.
The Jersey City Club Wheelmen fell be-
low the average in both games. The VIC
tory gives the Tourists a lead of one
over the Catholic Club Cyclers. who are in
second place. Scores we're
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15
INTERNATIONAL CURLING.
Forty Kinks Will Represent America
in Canada.

This win be a notable season for curl
ing. The event which interests them
most is the third quinquenaiai interna-
tional bonspe.l Which win be held at Tor
onto, Canada, on Thursday, January II.
The covered Kinks Of the curling clubs iii
Toronto are the finest Kinks in the world.
The curriers' in the vicinity are anxiously
awaiting for a cold snap that they may
begin to get in their practice for the
big event. The. brief spell of cold weather
two weeks ago afforded a little curling
at the covered rink of the Thistle Asso-
citation in Hoboken, but the ice at both
the Van Cortlandt and Central Park lakes
was too than to permit OF the coursing of
the granite ducks over its surface.
The Board of Officers of the Grand Ma
tional Curling Club of America has been
Instructed to look after the interests Of
the curriers' of this unit who attend
the international b~onspeii, and the officers
of the OntaEio Curing Association will
do like duty for the Canadians. It is
expected that at least forty Kinks will
cross the border, more than half the num-
Der representing the clubs of this locality.
There are eight curling clubs in Toronto,
and its suburbs. The three largest are in
Hamilton, where ats-the home of each of
the curriers' visitors are royalty enter
tanned.
All curriers' in this country. irrespective
of whatever club or association they are
affiliated with are invited by the National
Club officers to join in the trip. The
members of the Jersey Club will attend
and VIII compete in, the championship
Kinks Full particulars about the trip
ss = be had had By b T s9%mn 1sn9b ssnast With Naw p qoIa
City. Each club in this country has
been instructed to write to the Score
tarv before January l giving the number
of r.nks and the names Of the men it
mill Gnnd
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15
TO SURVEY BEACH HAVEN.
District Attorney Rice Institutes Com
domination Proceedings.


TRENTON, Dec. Is. lS96.-On motion of
District Attorney Rice, made in the U. S.
Circuit Court yesterday, Judge Kirkpat-
rick granted an application to have a
survey made of certain lots at Beach
Haven, which the Government is DESTROYS
of obtaining to use for the site of a life
saving station. Owing to a refusal on the
part Of the owners to sell the land, the
Secretary of the Treasury instructed the
Attorney General of the United States
to institute condemnation proceedings,
which was done by District Attorney Rice
under his authority.
The petition for the condemnation of the
land sets forth that the inroads Of the
ocean have compelled the abandonment of
the present life saving station at Beach
Haven, and that it is likely to be washed
away at any time. A lot owned by James
Holgate of Philadelphia. at the corner
of Garfield and Woodbine avenues, was
chosen as a new site. but Mr.. Holgate
positively refused to sell it to the Cow
ernmeht at any price, although frequently
asked by the Treasury Department to do
so. It has also been impossible for the
authorities to find out positively whether
Holgate's title is clear. the lot being part
Of a parcel of ground that was laid out
by a land association and afterwards sold
at sheriff's sale. The original maps were
not filed at the County Clerks Office in
Ocean county. nor can copies of them be
found. For his reason the land will be
first surveyed and the title searched. after
which commissions will be appointed to
assess its value.
According to an act of Congress, the law
in such Gases is that condemnation pro-
ceedings shall be carried on as to con-
form as nearly as possible to the laws
Of the State in which they are instituted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15
WILLIAM Il. UTZS LAWSUIT.
Uncle Sam Appeals from the Hoboken
Hans Judgment.
Snecfal to the Jerseu cdtu Ne,ca

TRENTON, Dec. Is, 1S96.-United States
District Attorney J.. Kearny Rice
yesterday took out writs Of error before
Judge kirkpatrick in the United States
Circuit Court in the two suits brought
against the Collector of the Port of New
York by William Utz, Thomas NJ. Garrett
and William H. Kirby of Hoboken. The
plaintiffs secured two Judgments agains.
the government for the sums of $4.53s.54
and s4.501,H respectively.
Utz< entered into a contract with the
Government on January 1, 1896, to cart
all the packages received at the Customs
House in New York to the Appraisers
Office for a term of two years. He was
to receive IS cents each for all dutiable
packages and one cent for sample pack
ages. At the expiration of the two years
q new contract was entered into by which
Utz was to receive IA cents each for
dutlable packages and one cent for sample
packages.
Some difficulty arose in the matter of
making a settlement, Utz claiming that in
making out the accounts, dutiable articles
lad been paid for at the same rate as
sample packages. The dispute over the
amount due led to negotiations between
LIZ aau tHe treasury department, bnt no
satisfactory result was reached. When
the case was tried Utz gave as a reason
for recovering a judgment, despite the
fact that the debt had been outlawed
that he had received assurances from the
Treasury Department tina his claims
would be settled.
The exceptions on which the writ of
error is based are hat Judgment should
not have been given for the plaintiff on
account of statutory limitations, and also
that Utz was not entitled to recover by
the terms of his contract.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15

q 49, ~ (ft8 &sCttE-
TRENTON, Dec IS, iss;-There was a
very a~istinsnished asscmblaee IN the
Trenton House last evening, the occasion
being, b dinner given BY Secretary OF
State Henry g. Kelsey in Honor Of Judge
Andrew kirkpatrick. the newly appoint
ed Judge OF the United states District
Court.
Ine dinner was given by Mr.. Kelsey for
the purpose Of having Judge kirkpatrick
meet With some Of the T~rentonians,
a'nong whom he will be thrown by rea-
sen Of his new appointment.
The dinner was served at half past
seven o'clock in the banquet hail of the
Trenton House. Plates were laid for
nineteen at an almost circular table. The
floral settings of the table were exquisite
and effective. In the centre was a large
glass bowl filed with water. in which
q number of sparkling goldfish swan
Around this was a circular mass Of red
carnations from which a riband of The
same flowers intertwined with smilax
extended to each. plate. AT each place
was a dainty favor in the form Of a box
made in exact representation as to form
the binding of a law book. Each box
was tied with silk ribbon and was filed
Win bonpOnS- Both ends of the banquet
nall We're banked with palms. A very
~eiaoerate menu WIS served, after which
the party adjourned to Mr.. Kelsey,s pri-
yate apartments in the hotel.
Those present we're Judge Kirkpatrick,
Governor Griggs, Col. s. Meredith Dick
lnson, Mr.. J. Evarts Clancy, Hon. FL. S.
Little, Mr. Clark Fisher. Gen. S. d. OH
pnant, Mr.: Ferdinand w. Roebling, Mr.
F.. o. Briggs, Mr.. G. d. w. Vroom,
Judge William L. Dayton. Judge Robert
S. Woodruff, Gen. Robert e. Stockton.
Vice Chancellor Alfred Reed, Mr.. Jo-
seph +. Mar, Adiutant General Stry-
ker, Clerk of the Supreme Court Benja-
min F. Lee, ~ex-Judge William M. Lam
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15

~ the -arkpaw}edpea nrirne factor II, eau-
Eating thn massSaf flaa f5ean3t rerar1iinz
the sdyantaaasssox such4roads. Sat road
thar Il GOOD Tor sWheeIfnel is good for
everybody. The first object Of d League
Div5sion is ia increase ifs rnera hersbin 10
such IN extent 1haf the state Legislafura
win recognize III as Al bower in fHe sinter-
ests AZ pooa ra4ds as Is now fhe rasa
with Tho New Y9rET Division New Jersey
i ranjdlv ratf:na there ana rho Assist
ance If cycIers Isl asked il behalf Of
fhe cause. Each new. member Of the
New Jersey Division receives one Of
fhe new road hooks worth q. the q. a.
" P,sIlatfn ana fsnod Roads q weekly
cycle paner official crgan of the League,
which otherwise costs ST.. 4 membership
ticket entising to reduced rates at any
League hotel, free legal counsel In case Of
he Il @qblasl ls1o NY nembegs If the I. & N.
Mortclajr Afhletsc Cllb members talk Of
forming a cycling division. They say
there will be no doubt about securing a
track there If they can obtai1 fifty new
cycling members. and that men IN the
club will gladly furnish the money to
build a third Of 4 nile track. grand
stand. bowling alley and
with a room above for smokers. Fifty OF
the Moatclair Wheelmen have already
posted their applications with the view
to carrying out the above suggestions.
The club will probably be i rival of the
Orange Athletic Club. Already "oId time
fn,5rna naenfs Al barsei,ack ara being talk
ed of by some Of the new members.
The New Jersey Division offcTals wish
to impress upon members that it is their
individual duty to obtain as many new
recruits as they can. 1t is to a great ex-
tent the work of members in this way
that has resulted in the increase in mems
bership during the past year. They think
there is scarcely any rider of a bicycle
who would refuse to ioin an ORGANIZATION
which has Home and Is doing SO much for
his interests, If the matter were properly
placed before him.
Regular meeting of the Associated Cy-
cling Clubs of New Jersey at the ATLANTA
Club House, No. 81 Rector street. Newark,