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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27
SUDDEN DEATH.
Mrs. II. Abers Found Dead i'm Her
Bed Wednesday Morning.


A sad case was reported from 31S
Van Brunt sstreet Wedne sday. H.
Abers, night engineer at the Creamery
Package Co., went home that morning
as usual and knocked at the door for
his wife to let him in. Instead, his
little boy, about nine years old, came
to the door and unlocked it for him,
and said that he could not wake
mama and the baby was crying" Mr..
Abers went at once to the bed and
found his wife dead. Mrs. Abers was
as well as usual Tuesday and last
evening was down town. 1t is suppos-
ed the trouble was heart disease. She
was 80 years of age, leaves two Chill
dren, the little boy above referred to
and baby five months old. The fu-
neral services will be held at the
house Friday forenoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

IN introducing VIM. ]. Bryan to the
women of Denver, the president of a
woman's club there remarked:
Through him we hope to see the
national fabric of the future founded
upon the Christ-given principle of
the golden rule" The lady wants to
look out or she will be ostracised for
advocating things golden. The silver
kings won't have it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

The correspondents have fixed up
new deal for Mark Hanna. They say
he does not want to 60 into the
cabinet, but into the senate, so they
have offered Senator Sherman the
place of secretary of state. Ii the
senator does not accept this place,
then they will make Mr.. Hanna secre-
tary of the treasury. In The mean
time Mr.. Mckinley says not a word.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

SO. John Murphy and Henry Theil-
man, co-partners, VS.. John Mahoney.
"a. John e Morse VS.. Nicholas
Peterson.
55. Herman G Fritz VS.. John
Schultz.
Sc. Michael Russell VS.. Frederick
Foster.
81. Peter o Westin vs. George
Ballard.
IS. John Mcneil VS.. Peter G Peter
son and Peter Lien.
50. Amelia Seefeld, executor OF the
estate of Welhelmina Hubner, de-
ceased. VS.. Herman A Hubner. For
retrial.
60. Azella f Smith ct al, VS.. George
II Barr, r D Hubbard and George M
Palmer.
81. Carey Lombard Lumber Co VS..
L P Hunt ct al.
81. John Schweitzer VS.. B H Ger
Itch.
So. Buckstaff, Edwards Co VS.. o II
Hanson.
ga. TR Flanagan VS.. Geo WThoms.
IS. VIM Lindsey ct al VS.. William
Wencke.
&c. Frederick Minke VS.. Charles
Fischer Knut Knutson, Michel Fenert,
Ole Oien, co-partners.
81. White Sewing Machine Co VS..
A w and A L Bean.
6s. Casper f Scheerschmidt VS.. 0
P Smith.
SO. Hans Nelson VS.. Ezra Cooper.
70. Ernest Clasius VS.. Charles N
Fiero and Orpha Fiero.
II. Christian S Christensen VS..
Oliver Peterson ct al.
70. In the matter of the appeal OF
Gottfried Strobel from order OF board
of supervisors of Mankato, laying out
public ditch upon the land of said
Gottfried Strobel.
70. Chas A Lindsey VS.. Mary, VIM
and M Elkel Webster and Jessie and
John f Hubert.
IA. Same.
Is. In the matter of the appeal OF
Katie A Fowler from the award OF
the commissioners in the matter OF
| the condemnation of certain lands by
the G, ST P, M & o railway.
t. Same, Grace Schisler and Frank
j Schisler.
II. Same, L G M Fletcher.
IS. Same, VIM w Davis Jr.
70. Same, Ellen o. Bird.
| 80. Same.
81. Same, Belle r Davidson.
80. Same, First National bank.
SO. Same. S G Pond.
"a. Same, Mankato Building ant
Loan Association.
So. Same, Esther Griffith, executor
of the estate of Robt Griffith.
| sc. julius Dalluge VS.. Julius Iker
| 81. August Lehman VS.. Albert anc
Minnie Dalluge.
| SS. In the matter of the appea
from the order OF the probate court
appointing guardian for the person
and estate of Anna G Frescholtz, ar
incompetent person.
80. VIM Holinger VS.. Oscar Hines
80. Ferdinand Fritz VS.. Patrick
Riley and Lena Riley.
81. Nicholas Heinzman VS.. The
Winona & ST Peter railroad.
92 State of Minnesota VS.. Evan A
Evans. personal property taxes.
SO. Same,vs. A M Morrison. Same.
o. Same, VS. John Macbeth. Same.
95. Maria A Burrows VS.. Bruce and
Mary Loop and Andrew and Lucinda
Hamlin.
90. August Ramspot VS. Julia Ram.
spot.
81. Geo A Wheaton ct al, VS.. John
Adams ct al.
SO. VIM N Plymat VS.. Ellen Mac
beth.
80. Catharine Arnold VS. George
Arnold.
100. August Burlow VS.. Louis Miller.
1O1. John CBixby, Maud Bixby and
Frank Finch VS.. G M Cole and the
Minnesota Thresher Mfg Co.
102. Western Supply Co VS.. ] H Ray,
Geneviye Ray, and E G Burdick Co,
and Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance Co.
103. L G NJ Fletcher VS.. The City of
Mankato, Edgar Weaver, Calvin
Smith and each of the aldermen.
1O4 S E Higgins VS.. Martin Wiltgen.
SUDDEN DEATH.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

Judge Mead Tuesday made an order
for hearing for the administration of
the estate of Chas. Bradley, deceased;
an order TO hear petition for license
to mortgage in the matter of the es-
tate of Patrick Duffy; and an order to
hear petition for settlement OF the
estate Of John Murray.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

Mr. j. G. Noe has received letter
from Rev. L. w. Beattie, in which
the latter states that he has gained
twelve pounds and that both he and
Mrs. Beattie are much improved
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

GEN. WEYLER seems TO have been
discouraged in not finding Maceo and
has returned to Havana. Besides it
is safer in his palace than in the field.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

"A marriage license was granted
today to John A. Nalan, of Adrian,
and Mary A. Smith, of this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

WITH two or three inches of snow
On top of this ice, we would have
royal sleighing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-27

WHILE our people will have many
things to be thankful for, but the icy
streets will not be one of them.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
ROBBED THE FIRM.
Failure in Ohio Caused by an EN-
beZZIement

Failure in Ohio Caused by an EN-
bezzIement
Cleveland Ohio, March 14--The big
wholesale boot and shoe house of
Childs, Croft 4 Co., at 81 and 81 Bank
street. was forced to the wall to-day
by embczzlement of a large sum of
money by William Nj. Huntington, the
junior member and financial man of
the firm. The furniture was pre-
ciDitated when chattel mortgages COW
ering the entire stock and book ac-
counts were executed by the firm and
individual mortgages was given by the
senior member of the firm on all his
property. The first mortgage filed was
one for $125,000 on the Suburban farm
of Henry B. Childs, in favor of the
Converse Rubber Company of Boston.
I'M. Childs also gave mortgage on
his house ON Prospect street, to the
National Bank of Commerce. The
firms mortgages aggregate $93, 97715,
covering everything it possessed and
are as follows: To the National Bank
of Commerce, S61, 1850; e. d. Childs,
executor, $19,S35.41; Mary r. Childs,
guardian, 81 ,623 .O3; Mrs. Lena Simon,
$1,000; Edward D. Childs, $2,333.3 50;
and ate e. Henderson, $3.50. The total
assets of the firm are estimated at
$4,000, of which $4,000 consists of
stock, and the remainder of book ac-
counts and both are subject to shrink
age. The liabilities are unknown, but
are believed to be very heavy.
Childs, Croft & Co., is one of the old
est firms in the city and has always
been considered solid as rock The
members of the firm are: Henry 3.
Childs, Henry r. G. Croft and William
r. Huntington. The embezzlement
was first discovered Day OF two since,
and Huntington confessed to $4,000
embezzled. It is believed that the
amount will 100000. Huntington,
who is at home, i'll from the effects of
the exposure, was seen and admitted
that the charge was true. He said he
had been taking money FOR twenty-five
years and that most Of it had been
used in the payment Of his household
expenses. He said he could not live
OF what he got from the business. He
said he had given up his house and
lot and did not know what else he
could do. Mr. Childs is completely
Frustrated and for time last night his
life was despaired of. He and Mr..
Croft are utterly ruined. II will be
impossible to give even an estimate OF
the liabilities until the affairs of the
firm are put into shape.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
People Talked About.

Gen. William Moffat Kelley, prorni-
nent in the war of the REBELLION is
dead at Philadelphia, aged a years.
Ex-Congressman, William Whitney
Rice died of heart disease at Worces-
ter, Mass.
Rev. Amos Hill, aged 20, preacher
of prominence in the Quaker ministry,
died suddenly at his home in Carthage,
o.
The Brices are going to Newport to
live, and have leased the $500,O0O villa
that belongs to William Waldorf AS
tor.
Charles Carlton Coffin, who became
famous as a newspaper correspond
ent in the war Of secession, is dead IN
Boston.
George M. Sheidley, one of the pio-
neers of Kansas City, Mo-, and very
wealthy retired capitalist, died at an
advanced age.
Miss Marion Crawford, the artist,
cripple and protege of Fanny Daven-
port, Patti, DR.. Sayre the Astor family
and other people of prominence, died
in New York and was buried in Miner
va, o.
L
New York from ST. Petersburg, has no
excuse to offer for his failure to carry
off first prize at the Russian chess
tournament, but says he expects to do
better if given another chance.
Miss Elizabeth, the 4-year-Old daugh-
ter of United States Revenue Collector
Stackhouse of Burlington, Ia, cele-
brated her first birthday. She was
~,
have another birthday until she is II
years of age.
'It would begin to appear as though
there was some truth in the state
ment," says London correspondent
of the Philadelphia Ledger, (which l
have hear from more than one quarter,
tc the effect that Lord Dunraven has
been for the past six months barely
responsible for his own actions"
Herr Liebkneckt, the veteran social
list of the reichStag, will have to serve
four months Imprisonment for inSult-
in the emperor, after the reichstag
adiourns. He cannot be imprisoned
while the session lasts, and as he eX-
poets to leave for a visit to England
before the body adjourns, he will not
be placed behind the bars for some
time.
Mahmoud Bey, who has been arrest
ed for his aff1iation with the young
Turkish party, is about thirty years
old. AS a boy he was extraordinarily
nimble. He used then to chase half
trained pony about the paddock of
his fathers house, mount it with q
leap and gallop about without a sem
biance of fear.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
THE LOST Is FOUNDj
ROMANTIC STORY OF THE KIDNAF-
ING OF A WISCONSIN BOY.
Seventeen Years Ago Asa Sires of
Eau Claire Was stolen by a Fam
lily Who Had Taken Fancy to
Him After Many Years the
Rewarded in Montana

Helena, Mont. March 14.-YeSterday
was eventful in the life of Asa e.
Sires, Of this city, for it was then that
he discovered who he really was, and
was restored to the relatives who had
been looking FOR him for seventeen
years. For that length of time he has
been known as Asa e. Mcclure, and
he himself supposed that was his true
name.
Seventeen years ago, Sires who was
then only four years old, was kid
mapped by a family named Mcguire,
who had taken a fancy to him. The
McGuires and the Sires lived in Eau
Claire, Wis, and were friends. Mr..
and Mrs. MCGUIRE became greatly at
tached to little Asa SireS, and often
took him to their home. They wished
to keep the boy, but his parents would
not listen to such an arrangement.
The McGnires finally concluded if they
could not get the boy legitimately they
would have him by foul means, and
one dark night they left with him.
The parents of the boy made search
for years, but the McGuires made their
escape. They finally reached Miles
City, where they remained several
years. Mrs Sires scarcely recovered
from the shock OF the kidnapping, be-
ing ill for eighteen months after the
boy was stolen.
Asa Sires grew up in the belief that
the McGuires were his parents. He
remained with them until he was
seventeen years old, and then, seven
years ago. came to Helena. Here an
uncle lived, who was, of course, I'M
known to the young man. He was a
conductor on the Northern Pacific, and
frequently had as passenger his
nephew, who, of course, went by the
name Of Mcclure.
Some months ago young Sires be-
came involved in a lawsuit over a
horse. 1t proved to be fortunate
suit for him, for it was the means of
disclosing him to his relatives, and his
true name. Inquiries set on foot as a
result of the suit brought to light his
name and relatives.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
The Nations Capital.

The treasury department has sent
Instructions to the commanders Of rev.
enue cutters in Florida waters direct
ing them to use every effort to inter
cept alleged filibustering expeditions
bound for Cuba.
The government Of the United states
and all other countries comprised IN
the Universal Postal union Will Degm
weighing all incoming and outgoing
mails on MAY /. The weighing will
continue for twenty weight days.
There has been received at the navy
department from Lafayette, lnd., a
beautiful solid silver loving cup for the
United States battle-ship Indiana, the
gift of Gen. de Lafayette chapter,
daughters of the American neyoluuon,
Lafayette, Ind.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
IN DIAN AGENTS.
Vacancies Soon to Be Filled by the.
President

vacancies soon TO he FIIIeO Dy the
President
Washington, March Sit is under
stood that the president will transmit
to the senate next Monday the follow
ing nominations to fill important va
cancies in the Indian service:
10 be inspectors: j. George Wright
of South Dakota and John Lane Of
C"eson. To be agent at the Rosebud
Indian agency, South Dakota, Charles
Z. McCheSney Of South Dakota. The
salary of Inspectors, of whom there
are five. is $4,000 per annum.
Maj. Wright has been agent of the
Rosebud agency since August 1891,
and entered the service in 1892. John
Lane, nominated to be inspector, was
appointed as special agent in the In
dian service at $4,000 a year, June .,
1893, and has since served in that ca
pacity.
These two succeed Province McCor-
mick of Virginia and Paul f. Falson
of North Carolina, both deceased
Mr.. McChesney has been in on the
Indian rolls for some time, and lately
has been clerk at the Cheyenne River
agency, SoLsth Dakota.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
Accidental HappenIngs.

Richard Little, who was injured in
the mines at Houghton, Mich, has
died at a hospital.
Allen Clough, aged nineteen years,
was accidentally killed while hunting
ducks near Canton, Ill.
The five-story brick building occupied
by Stuttz & Boyer, piano makers at
New York, was burned out The loss
will exceed $125,O00; partially insured.
Dr. Cary's two-year-old daughter
died at Monte Vista, Cal, from the
effects of dose of morphine admins
tered by her little brother, who was
playing doctor.
Throughout eastern Burke county,
Pa, for a distance of ten miles, a dis
tinct shock Of earthquake was felt.
Houses were shaken, windows ratified,
and at some places glass was broken.
Advices from Montana state that
there is fire in the Bozeman tunnel
and the property will probably be to-
tally destroyed. The passengers and
freight are being transferred over the
mountain.
George Weld. alias Prof Smith, while
in custody of Pennsylvania authorities,
threw himself from passenger coach
at the Summit street crossing OF the
Panhandle road at Indianapolis while
nanacled and was crushed to death.
he was music teacher of Clearfield
ounty and was wanted at Glen Hope.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
E1ectrical Combination.

New York, March 14.--The directors
of the General Electric and the West
ingIouse Electric companies, it is
claimed, have reached an agreement
in the matter of the joint use of some
of the valuable electrical patents.
Several conferences were held to-day
between committees of the two COM
panies. 1t was even reported that an
effort was being made, not only to
pool patent rights but also to control
prices, exchange licenses and divide
territory.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

New York March S.-Fully $500, 900
loss was ca used by fire which broke
out early to- day in the Garvin build
ing, Laight street, York street and ST.,
Johns Place. The fire was confined
to the structure in which it originated,
and upon which the loss is $4,000.
The Garvin Machine company, which
manufactured bicycles, typewriters
and other machines, loses $175, 900.
and Bernard Ullman. manufacturer of
embroidery. suffers to the extent of
$4,000. The Calvin company is fully
insured
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
No woman Suffrage

Des Moin es, March 1.-The senate
effectually ended the movement for
female suffra age in this state Senator
Kilbourn cd lied up the senate joint
resolution t0 amend the constitution,
and tried to have it made a special
order for ne Nt Tuesday Senator Car
penter moved to table the resolution
and it was carried by a vote of % to
a. Senator KilbOurn then moved to
reconsider a nd that motion was also
tabled on motion of Senator Carpenter.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

Frank Peltz, a cigarmaker of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, has been held to the grand
jury for attempting to shoot George
Murphy, who had charged him with
habitual drunkenness.
At Braggs, T. r., Jack Chewil, a
desperate wanted for the murder of
Michael Cushing a peddler, slew Gano
Adair and Hiram Stevens, Cherokee
deputies who were attempting to ar
rest him, and escaped.
Charles Daniels, a Cambridge Mich;
farmer of IS years, allowed eighty
sheep to starve to DEATH because the
price of hay was so high and that Of
sheep so low he couldn't afford to keen
them. He was arrested and fined
$3.50
The grand jury of Kay county, Ok,
besides returning indictments against
county commissioners, have now in
dicted Dan B. Lawhead, register of
deeds, and Virgil IL. Brown, probate
Judge, charging them with malfeaSance
in office and drunkenness.
John r. Jones, PRESIDENT of the Mem
phis CTenn) National bank, was killed
shooting ARRAY in the street The
shooting was done by w. M. Pardue,
an attorney. There had been a feud
Of long standing between the Jones
family and Pardue.
Col Merritt II. Day of South Da-
kota was arrested at mis- Office in Bos-
ton charged with obtaining $4,000 by
false pretenses from Joseph Megru and
Joseph Rhodes of Cincinnati, July 1,
1892. The case grew out of a matter
between a ranch company and a bank
ir Cincinnati and has been in litigation
for three years.
The three ex-officers of hester town
ship, Mich, Alexander Robinson, N. T.
Mcdonald and r. G. Huntley, have
been found guilty of conspiracy in
issuing fraudulent township orders
Huntley and Robinson got two years
at Iona and Mcdonald fifteen months
at the same institution.
Paul Frances and Gilbert Frances
were taken from Jail and lynched by
Il mob in front of the courthouse in
Convent st. James parish at New
Orleans. They attempted few nights
ago to burglarize the store and resi-
dence of M. G. Gourge, and assaulted
his wife.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

Chicago. March ga special to the
Journal from Washington says: Sen
ator Cullom to-day for the first time
openly avoWed his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for the presi-
dency of the United States, and de.
clared he was in the race to stay until
he or some other man shall have been
nominated i'm the national convention
at ST Louis He emphatically denied
that his action was IN the interest of
any other candidate, saying: Il am
no stool pigeon for any one"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
DESERVING BLACKBURN
The Gold Men Show That They Made
No Idle Threat

Frankfort, KY, March S.-The roll
call for the forty-first ballot showed
12S members present-necessar to a
choice 60. The three dissatisfied Re
publicans, Nance, Neil and Liebeth
were paired 1t did not take long for
the break in Blackburn's forces to
commence. Short speeches of eXplana-
ton We're the order, and it soon be-
came evident that the gold standard
men had made no idle statement when
they said that if Blackburn did not
withdraw they would leave him. There
was no selection, however. The bal
lot resulted; Boyle SO; Blackburn
4S; Carlisle, Is; Petit, %. The Re
publican nominee came within two
votes of an election. At the conclusion
of the ballot the assembly adjourned.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
7 che SKY Line.

Helena, Mont. March S.-Traffic will
be resumed tonight over the Sky line
route to BoZeman on the Northern Pa
cific. The track around the great cave
in will be finished then. All attempts
to bridge the hole caused by the cave
in have proved fruitless The weight
of the light engine which attempted
to cross the fill caused it's sides to
crumble and fall and the project was
then abandoned. The fire is burning
fiercely in the tunnel and is spreading.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

me lTople who attend Salvation
Army meetings certainly ought not
~ hiss a lady. but the feeling in New
York against the new English manage
ment of the organization is so stroni
that they did violently hiss Eva Booth
zvben she arose to speak on Sunday
# is evident that Gen. Booth has
shown a lack of diplomacy in dismiss
ing Darlington Booth and his wife
from the command of the army Id
America.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
Admiral Walker MI

New York, March S.-Rear Admiral
Henry Walker. U. S. N, retired. is
very low with la grippe at his home
in Brooklyn, and owing to his adj
vanced age, eighty-eight years, his
death is believed to be but matter Of
a short time.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

Omaha is greatly worked over an
unknown man who is hanging around
the town and who betrays a weakness
for chewing paper, rags, old shoes and
things when he can't get anything to
eat. There is no occasion for alarm.
It is simply the coming champion
training for prize fight.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

: Perhaps the $4,000 soldiers Gen.
Weyler misses from the army in Cuba
are partly accounted for by the num-
Der of Spanish spies distributed
through the seaports of America. The
suppression of sympathy for men who
are shot if captured fighting for liber-
ty could not be ef' ected by a million
spies.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

When the thirty-five new steamers
for the government revenue service
are completed the United States navy
will have a useful reinforcement III
SIGHT. The vessels can be converted
into small armed cruisers at short no.
tice. and will give good account OF
themselves.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

New York. March 14.-CoInmiseioneF
Eva C. Booth. who had temporarily
supplanted her deposed brother, Ball
ington Booth. III the command of the
Salvation Army i'll America, has in
turn been surcrceded throgh theu ap-
pointment of Mr. and Mrs. Booth
Tucker to The command of the army in
America.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

London, March ia dispatch to
the Chronicle from Constantinonla
says that the sultan is determined ia
get rid of the Armenian patriarch
Matteo lZmirlian, and has invited him
to resign, limiting that if he refuses
a worse fat will befal him.