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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
BANK REFUSED PAYMENT.
S. r. Snow is Consequently Out 500
Through Cashing a Check

On March Goth one of the arrivals
at The Saulpaugh from the 400 a. m.
train registered as ''Chas. M. Ed
wards, New York He had every
appearance of travelling man, was
about thirty-tive years of age, and
was modest in his demeanor. About
ten o'clock he got his mail, including
letter which had been awaiting him
for a day or two, ana which he open
ed. 1t contained check for 800 pay
able to his order and drawn ON Bunk
er Hill National bank of Boston, and
purporting to be signed by the III. W.
Johns Manufacturing Co., which COM
pany Mr.. Edwards claimed to repre-
sent. Mr.. Edwards had exhausted
his funds, and the letter stated that
this check was sent him on his eX-
pense account, and it went on to COM
pliment him on securing so many
orders as he bad lately turned in. He
desired Mr.. Snow to cash the check,
as he wanted to leave the city on the
300 o. m. train, and assisted ON his
sample case, which was packed with
goods bearing the stamp of his COM
pany. There was the order book reg
ularly made out, also. In short,
verything was regular and nat ural,
and Mr.. Snow, who has cashed hun
dreds of checks during his hotel ex-
perience and never been taken in,
thought there was no reason to be
suspicious. However, he looked up
the company and found that it is
strong one, with connections at New
York, Boston and Chicago. He had
time to telegraph the bank, but did
not think it necessary, and procured
the money. The check was sent on
for collection in the usual way, but
today Mr.. Snow received telegram
from the bank, saying that the COM
pany had no money on deposit there,
and refusing payment.
Mr.. Snow states that it is COM
mon custom to cash checks for travel
ing men, who received their expense
money in this way, and he never had a
forged check passed upon him up to
the present time. He is hoping that
"Mr. Edwards" or his company will
make the check good, but it is hardly
reasonable to suppose that substan-
tial concern like the Johns company
would inadvertently check on bank
where it had no money on deposit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
SUIT FOR $4,000.
An Action to Settle a rlilling CO.
partnership.

An action has been started in the
district court at oNicollet county,
which involves a large amount of
money, and in which Mankato attor-
neys are interested. Chas. Larson, of
St. Peter, has brought an action
against Chas. Johnson, of Elysian, to
recover S26, 900, which he claims is due
him in the settlement of copartner-
ship which has existed between the
two parties to the suit. The copart-
nership has been dissolved. The firm
was engaged in the milling business
at Marshall and the parties are well
known. The plaintiff has garnisheed
the First National bank of ST. Peter,
but it is not known how much of the
defendants money is deposited there.
Attorneys A. A. Stone and c. r.
Davis, St. Peter, appear for the plain
tiff, A. R. Pau and Lorin Cray, of
this city, for the defendant, and G. s..
Ives, of St. Peter, for the bank. 1t
promises to be hardly contested
case, with such an array of legal tai
lent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
AN IMPORTANT REDUCTION.
The Omaha and Milwaukee Roads
Favor MankatO.

About two months ago the Omaha
and Great Northern roads made re-
duction in their freight rates from
st. Paul to Sioux Falls, and the new
rates were lower than from Mankato
to Sioux Falls. G. H. Higgs has since
been in correspondence with the diff
ferent roads, in an endeavor to secure
for ManKato a rate to the territory
adjacent to Sioux Falls and Pipestone
which should be proportionate to the
new rate fIom ST. Paul. The result
of his representations has been that
the Omaha and Milwaukee roads
have ordered new tariffs put into
effect which shall give Mankato pro-
portionate rates on all classes OF COM
modities. The reduction, which is a
very material one, will take
effect at once.
Mr.. Higgs is deserving the thanks
of the business Interests of the city
for his successful efforts, and the two
roads mentioned are to be commended
on their promptness in remedying an
unjust discrimination against this
city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
JUST nISSED.
The Mankato Delegates Almost Got
the A. O. u. w. Convention.

Messrs. e. l. p Staede, j. G. Fowler,
J. E. Porter, Chas. f. Mailman and T..
II. Jordan returned Thursday from
St. Paul, where they attended the
meeting of the grand lodge, A. 0. o..
w. They were unable to secure the
next meeting for Mankato, for when
vote was taken on changing the con-
stitution, some of the delegates didn't
know what they were voting on. After
wards the committee on laws reported
in favor of the change, with but one
dissenting voice, that being a New
Ulm delegate,iand as the report had
to be unanimous it could not be voted
on again. Had second vote been
taken, the proposition would have
carried. The Degree of Honor grand
lodge voted to meet in this city, ex-
pecting the A. o. U. W. to do the
same, but probably reconsidered the
vote afterwards. The Mankato dele
gation.were much disappointed.
The grand lodge meeting was a sue
cess
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
WANTS HEAVY DAMAGES.
Hrs. Evans Says She'Was Attacked
by a FerociOus Dog.

Papers were sserved Friday in an
action for damages commenced by
Margaret J. Evans, of Cambria,
against Adallne L. Chaffee and S. A.
Chaffee, of Lake Crystal. The COM
plant states that the defendants
owned and kept a-ferocious dog, 'well
knowing him to be of ferocious and
mischievious disposition and accus-
toned to attack mankind" and suf-
fered him to go at large; that on or
about Oct. 9Th last the dog attacked
the plaintiff and bit, tore and man
gled the flesh of her side, causing a
permanent injury and suffering; that
the plaintiff was injured to the
amount of $4,000 and spent 5000 on
doctors bills, etc. Therefore the
plaintiff asks to be adjudged 200.
Hughes, Rice & Hughes are attorneys
for the plaintiff. They state that
Mrs. Evans had her horse in Mr..
Chaffee's livery stable, and when she
went to get it, there was nobody in
the barn She then went to the
house, and the big dog attacked her
in front of the house, biting through
her dress.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
LETTER FROn MR.. SELLECK.
We have received the following
letter from d. w. Selleck, which will
interest his many friends:

We have received the following
letter from d. w. Selleck, which will
interest his many friends:
CUTHBERT, Ca, Mar. II, 1896.
| thought perhaps you would like to
hear from your friend away OF in the
beautiful Georgia. Well, L must say
that this is a beautiful climate and
the people here are as good as you
would care to meet. The farms
farms are beautiful, and any one can
do well here if they have the northern
push. The land is not as productive
here as it is in Minnesota, but with
the work put out here which the far
mers do there as much money can be
made, as you can raise two crops of
many things in one season. and this
county is the banner county for
peaches in all Georgia. The trees are
all in bloom now and bid fair for an
enormous crop.
Also pears and grapes in abundance
and blackberries in their season at
l5c a peck. Peaches in their season
are worth about 81 so per bushel, and
let me tell you many of them Will
weigh 16 to Is ounces each, the hnest
you ever saw. Well, the coolest IL
is %. degrees above zero, and that on
ly 6ne morning. The next coolest
was "A above, and nearly all the time
from Minnesota, and this city is as
healthy as any place in Minnesota.
Well, as you know, l am in charge of
this hotel, and it is the second best
hotel in Southwest Ca, built Of stone
ctn in
beside the parlor and dining rooms
and 3 rooms for the servants. All the
rooms are large and airy, with CRATE
in each room.
This is quite business town, with
two weekly papers. The Board or
Trade is now organized with mem
bership of 30. We expect to accom-
plished great things within the next
II months as you are aware the i'm
migration is headed south and the
next three years will see the south
well represented with northern pluck
and energy. L have the promise OF
many people from Duluth and ST.
Paul next winter: have some now
from there; also from Iowa. l think
this is one Of the best places in the
south for anybody to come to who is
seeking health. This city is twenty
five hundred feet above the sea level,
and only one hundred miles from the
coast. No such thing as levers or
lung difficulties known in this section
and good land can be bought for 81 to
SIS an acre, improved and it can be
planted in peach trees at cost OF
about Sc more per acre, and in three
years they will bear. So you see it
does not cost very much to get a
peach farm. My wife and children
like it here very much. She was sick
when we came but has not felt better
for years than now. | think l shall
do well here after get started.
d. w. SELLECK.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

j. G.. Roller sells all kinds of grass
seeds at bottom prices. 4Ot3
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
TAKES NO DENIAL.
Arnold Batter Entered a POstOffice,
and Fired the Prairie.

United States Marshall w. M.
Campbell and United States Postoffice
Inspector James D. Wood, of ST. Paul,
arrived in the city Friday with a
United States prisoner, to be given a
hearing before U. s. Court Commits
sioner ]. B. Ogle. The prisoner is
Arnold Batter, who was lodged in a
cell at the city hall. The warrant up
on which he is held is sworn out by
Inspector Wood, and charges that on
July 18th, 1895, Batter forcibly broke
into the postoffice at Lintonville,
Kandiyohi county, with intent to
commit larceny.
Batter was arrested while working
on farm in Renville county, fifteen
miles from Redwood Falls. Otto Pol
lnow, of Springfield, who states that he
is employed by Chicago detective
agency, went to work on the farm and
looked at Blatter's letters to his par
ents, and gave the information lead
ing to the arrest. He is in the city as
a witness.
When seen at the city hall this
forenoon by FREE PRESS reporter,
Batter said: 81 am eighteen years
of age, and my parents are farmers
not far from Lintonville. A man
named Richards. who looked like a
Jew and was about twenty-five years
of age, came to me one day in the
woods and proposed that l help him
rob the postoffice, saying that we
would get about 800, and that [
should have half. l accepted and we
went to the store where the postoffice
was, in the night, and he broke open
the outer doors and removed pane
of glass. 1 crawled through and Sc
cured about fifty stamps and about
1.50 in change, and some candy and
other things, all of the value of Sc.
Richards skipped out that night, and
has not been heard from since. l
skipped out, but not on account of
this. / was accused of firing the
prairie, but l did not do it on pur-
pose. l was playing with matches
and fire crackers, and thought the
grass too green to burn, but the fire
spread and swept over thirty or
forty acres and burned thirty or forty
tons of hay. They could have put out
the fire if they had wanted to. They
were going to arrest me, and l left,
and went to work on farm in Rem
vile county,"
Batter does not seem to be very
sharp, although he claims to be able
to talk German, and Holland and
French to some extent.
Batter was taken before Court
Commissioner Ogle, and Messrs.
Wood and Pollnow gave their testi-
mony Mr.. Ogle bound the prisoner
over to the U. S. grand jury, and
placed his bond at $1,000, which he
could not furnish. The prisoner was
committed to the Hennepin county
Jail, and was taken up this after
noon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
GOOD ROADS INFORMATION.
The Government will Furnish Valua-
BILE Pamphlets on Request.


Engineer Haynes recently wrote to
the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, in regard to some
pamphlets on good road making, and
has received the following reply:
March %, 1896.
M. B. HAYNES, ESQ.,,
Mankato, MINI.
DEAR SIR:
Your favor of March 18th has been
received and in reply | will say that
copies of the enclosed list will be at
your disposal to send to such of your
friends as you may deem to be speci-
ally interested in the subject and
likely to ask for the literature, and
to circulate it among their neighbors.
1t will not be possible, on account of
our limited supply of funds for print
ing, to send these publications in
bulk for distribution and only single
copies of such as may be applied for
will be sent to the individual apply
ing-each applicant may, however,
select from the list as many as are
locally applicable and valuable.
Very truly yours,
M. o. ELDRIDGE,
Asst SPIEL Agt.
The following. bulletins are among
the publications of the office on road
inquiry, which can be had on appii-
cation:
No. l. State Laws Relating to the
Management of Roads.
No. 2. Proceedings of the Minneso-
ia Good Roads Convention, held at
st. Paul, Jan. 25-6, 1894,
No. 5. Information Regarding Road
Materials and Transportation rates in
Certain States West of the Mississippi
River.
No. s. Earth Roads: Hints on their
Construction and Repair.
No. IL. Wide Tires.
No. IT, Historical and Technical
Papers on Road Construction.
No Is. State Laws Relating to the
of Roads.
Circular No. Is. A Bill for State
Aid in New York.
Circular No. 16. Highway Taxation:
Results of Labor and
Money Systems.
Circular No. 10. Total Traffic of
Country Roads and it's Cost.
Supplement to Bulletin No. Is.
State Laws Relating to the Manage
ment of Roads.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
DEATH OF IRIS. BURGESS.

Mrs. Sarah A, wife of Joshua Bur-
CESS, died at her home at the corner
of Sixth and Hickory streets at $50
O'Clock Saturday, of consumption,
aged GA years. The deceased was one
of the first teachers in the Union
school, and was highly respected
lady, whose dea h will cause many re-
grets. One son and two daughters
survive her. The funeral occurred
at 800 O'Clock Sunday afternoon from
the house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
MAY TERM JURORS.
Preliminary Arrangements Made for
the District Court.

Clerk of Court Thorne, Sheriff
Bowen and Justice Reinsberg, of
Madison Lake, met Saturday and
drew those who will serve as grand
and petit jurors at the May term of
district court. The grand jurors are
summoned to appear Tuesday morn
ing, May 10th, and the petit jurors the
next morning. The following are the
jurors:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
OLD SETTLER, GONE.

Casper Potz died Sunday at his
home in East Mankato, aged IS years,
of cancer of the stomach. He was
born in Onsabrick, Hanover, Ger
many, and temigrated to America in
1866, locating for one year at st.
Louis, and then coming to this city,
where he has since resided. He was
highly respected by all who knew
him. The funeral occurred Wednes-
day at 900 a. M, from the German
Catholic church.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

Auditor Gunders has received notice
of the semi-annual apportiOnment of
the state school fund. Each of the
6,O2S scholars in Blue Earth county
is allowed one dollar. There is also
1901. 40 apportioned from fines received
in the county, on the basis OF five
cents to each pupil. This money is
now being paid out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

No word has been heard from
Watkins to explain why he was not at
the meeting of the council last Sat-
urday night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
A BIG CONTRACT.
A Hundred Men and Fifty Teams to
be Employed.

Information was received Friday
says the st. Peter Herald, that Sena-
tor John Peterson and L. M. Erickson
of this city, with Winston Bros. of
Minneapolis, had been awarded the
contract of the grading for the change
of the Omaha tracks at Mankato in
accordance with the union depot plan.
Mr. Peterson was seen last evening
and stated that work would be COM
menced very soon, and with two steam
shovels and three trains and force o
Is to 100 men, it would take from six
to eight months to complete the con-
tract. The job is big one for it takes
in about five miles of track and for
large distance ON either side of the
depot grounds, the ground must be
prepared for a net work of side track.
The contract embraces about 100000
yards of earth work and over 10000
yards of rip rap. One stone cut alone
contains over $4,000 cubic yards so
that some idea of the size of consract
can be gained. None of the work is
to be sublet but will be under the
direct control of the contractors EN-
ployment will also be furnished for
some fifty or sixty teams.
THE SCHOOL APPORTIONrlEHT
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

Seeding began in several sections
in this part of the state this week,
The ground will now be in good con-
ditiOn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

There are 493 old soldiers in Blue
Earth county, and 2S0 of these belong
DO the G.. A. r.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

The state high school board has
granted thirty-two certificates in this
county, out of forty-three applicants
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04
w. w. DIMOND.

Here is a partial list of
goods we received from Eng
land by the bark Doom:
Rockingham tea pots and
stands, fish globes, tea trays
all sizes, engraved decan-
tiers, glass jugs = assorted
oolors, glass water bottles
and tops = assorted colors,
moulded tumblers, sugar
bowls and butter dishes,
assorted oorks, cork bath
mats, garden shears, hedge
shears, sand paper, emery
cloth, knife polish, knife
boards, dog chains, dog COL
lars, blow bellows, spurs,
curry combs, horse brushes,
riding and driving bits, win
dow glass, glass fruit jars,
Hubbuck's genuine white
lead and white zinc, HUB
bucks boiled linseed oil,
galvanized wire netting, plain
Sheet iron, timed iron fry
pans, sheet zinc, sheet lead,
lead pipe,whale spades( o-os),
galvanized iron buckets, gal
Vanized iron tubs, washing
soda, red ochre, yellow ochre,
lamp black, red oxide, large
assortment of white enamel
ware, Day & Martins shoe
Ipolish Gin bottles), scrub
brushes, hair brooms, stove
brushes, hair brushes, hair
selves, cocoa mats, flower
pots, fern pots, galvanized
chamber pals, bright iron
wire, brass mosquito screen
wire, galvanized iron ditto,
plumbers solder, pig tin, pig
lead, galvanized iron wash
basins, iron screws, brass
screws, terra Gotta, porous
water bottles, sauCepans,
(iron) tea kettles, Gron) wire
| flower baskets, bath bricks,
lead S & P traps, baskets,
cheap spoons.
A complete and elegant
assortment of croCkery, in
Guiding " stock " pattern
Limoge decorated ware, white
china, semi-porCelain, white
granite common G. G. ware
and toilet sets.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04

). Eugene Homer vs.. Harold Dill
bingham.
6. C. H. Atherton VS.. DR.. a. E.
Nichols.
7.B.F. Beardmore VS.. ". F. Dnling-
ham.
8. w II. Mist VS.. E. a. Jones
8. DR.. Smith VS.. G. w Dickey.
10. S. G. Wilder rs. G. P Wilder.
IL George r. Carter vs.. Wilder
Wight.
y. w. B. Godfrey. Jr. VS.. c. H. w
Norton.
13. d. H. Hitchcock VS.. Or. Howard
LADIES' SINGLES.
l. Miss Juliette King VS.. Miss Daisy
Lishman.
2. Miss NJ. L. Willard VS.. Miss Grace
King.
8. Mrs. E r. Adams VS. Mrs. Gum.
f. Miss May Hart VS.. Miss Alice Lish-
man.
3. Miss May Atkinson VS.. Miss Molly
Atkinson.
A protest was entered Friday
by the Beretania Tennis Club
against certain combinations
playing in the tournament. In
accordance with this, a meeting
of the association was held Satur
day morning and resulted in de
cisiOn in favor of the protest. In
consequence of this action the en-
tries for mems doubles have been
reopened at the office of the Ha
waiian Safe Deposit and Invest
ment Company and will remain
open until 4 p. IN. today.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04
HOW THEY WILL PLAY.

Arrangements for Tournament as
Made by the Committee.
There was no little excitement
on Friday night when it became
known that the Tournament Com
mittee of the Hawaiian Tennis AS
sOciation had announced the
drawings for the tournament.
which will be the principal event
in sporting circles this week. OF
course each and every one was
anxious to know his opponent and
TO have as much time as possible
TO study out the various peculiar
tiles of the games played by each.
The drawings were made as fol
lows:
MEMS SINGLES.
l. ]. O. Wood VS.. E H. Wodehouse.
2. w. H. Coney VS.. A. st. NJ. Mackin-
tosh.
8. S. P. French VS.. G. K Hyde.
4. w. G. Singlehurst VS.. E R. Adams.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04
Success
is THE
PERFECT FILTER
BECAUSE:

First-The filtering medium is Tri-
poll Stone which does not receive into
it's pores the filth and germs it extracts
and which is always the same, no
matter how long in use.
Second-The action of the filter
downward, from an upper to lower
jar, passes the water, drop by drop.
through the air, restoring the oxygen
thereby which the water may have lost
from stagnation, confinement, or other
wise, and imparting to it freshness OF
taste, sparkle and vitality.
Third-Its action is as rapid as is
consistent with efficacy. A too rapid
filtering does not wholly remove i'm
purities.
Fourth-Every part is accessible for
cleaning, and without laborious effort.
Thorough cleanliness is the chief requ-
isite of any good filter.
Fifth-The jars being made either of
stoneware or porcelain insures water
being kept pure and uncontaminated
after being filtered
Sixth-Stoneware for those who de-
sire an efficient yet low-priced filter,
and the finest porcelain, decorated to
suit, enables the SUCCESS to accom-
modate itself to the wants of all in
the matter of price.
Seventh-Its construction admits
also of its capacity being adapted to
suit the wants of all, from the indi-
vidual tourist to the largest hotel or
laundry.
Since introducing the Success Fill
ter, we have sold a large number of
them, and they give perfect satisfac-
ton.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04
A Cure for Muscular Rheumatism

A Cure for Muscular Rheumatism.
Mrs r. L. Lamson of Fairmount, ILL.,,
says: MY sister used Chamberlain S
Pain Balm for muscular rheumatism
and it effected complete cure. keep
it in the house at all times and have al
ways found it beneficial for aches and
pains. 1t is the Quickest cure for rheu-
matism, muscular pains and lameness
I have ever SEEN" For sale by all drug
gists and dealers Benson, Smith & Co.,
agents for Hawaiian Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-04
STYLE 1.
Best Dark-GlaZed SfOneWare

Family size, as shown with an upper and
lower jar, each of four gallons capacity.
Hotel or restaurant size, 10-gallon top and
bottom crooks, with four blocks (quadruple
capacity.)