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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

over to Minneapolis in an interurban
car. They went to Edith's home.
Rieff says that her mother had been
in the Rochester insane asylum twice,
and that he did not consider her to be
of fully sound mind, and did not care
to have much to do with her. He
says that she urged him to take her
home with him and threatened to
shoot herself if he did not. She
wanted to leave home as she said she
had had trouble with her parents. She
also asked him for his gold watch, but
he heroically denied her request. He
said that he told her that he was a
married man and could not marry her.
The upshot was that day or two
later Rieff returned to Belgrade and
brought Miss Warren with him to act
as housekeeper and companion for his
wife. He says that she offered to
work for her board and clothing.
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belief that they will vote for the In
dependent Electric Co. in preference
to the home company. Aid. Himmel-
man said that possibly the new COM
pany would put in an electric street
railway. Aid. Adams views coincide
with those of the Second and Third
ward aldermen.
The meeting of the board of trade
tomorrow morning promises to be well
attended. All business men are in
vited, and as there is general interest
in the matter, a large number will be
on hand.
The council will consider the bids
at an adjourned meeting tomorrow
night. It,would not be surprising if
the matter resolved itself into tie
and remained there for time.
South of Main street, the sentiment
is overwhelmingly in favor of the
home company, on general principles,
and many leading business men below
Main street feel the same way,
although they are not so outspoken.
If reduction IN commercial lighting
can be granted, the friends of the home
company will have much easier
time, as it is evident that it will be a
fight to hnish to secure the lighting
contract. ., a.
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SETTLED BY MARRIAGE.

The case of the state against JOS
eph w. Braun charged by Miss Louise
A. Duffy winh seduction, was to have
been heard before Judge Shissler this
afternoon, but was settled by the par.
ties getting together in the rear room
and agreeing to marriage. County
Attorney Hughes and Judge Shissler
were willing, and an adjournment of
the case was taken until tomorrow at
1000 a. M, and Braun was allowed to
60 on his own recognizance, Accom-.
panied by his attorney, Jean A. Fit
tie, he procured marriage licence,
and then went to hunt up some one
qualified to pronounce the words that
would make them one. When the
case comes up tomorrow it will be
dismissed.
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THE DANGEROUS THIRD RAIL.

A movement has commenced in the
east to adopt electricity on the rail-
roads as motive power. This is &C.
complished by laying third rail be-
tween the other two. The electric
current is transmitted along this rail,
and the power from it to the motor by
shoe that slides along on the rail. 1t
is said that where it has been put in
to operation in the east heavy trains
are run by it with ease, and the cost
is greatly reduced. On suburban
trains it has been most successfully
applied, and railroad men in the east
are said to be very enthusiastic over
it. But there is an element Of danger
in the use of this rail that has not
been commented upon, and to which
attention is called by the st. Paul
Globe. 1t says:
sit at once occurs to the ordinary
man that the use Of the third rail
must involve great danger unless the
roadbed is absolutely guarded against
human approach. The peril is pre-
cisely the same as that of running a
live wire along the surface Of the
ground where any casual passer might
touch it in such way as to make his
body part of the circuit. Accurately
speaking, it is much greater, because
side by side with the third rail run
the other two; and, if some portion of
the same body comes IN contact with
the two at the same time, the current
will pass through it. While devices
have been adopted for carrying the
tracks over road crossings without the
third rail, yet the whole roadbed can
not be thus guarded. That the danger
is not imaginary is proved by an acct
dent that occurred recently in Con-
necticut. A number of children were
crossing a line fitted with the third
rail, and a little girl stumbled and
fell She lay across the rail convey
ing the electric current and one of
the outer irons, and would have been
killed in a minute had not her COM
panions dragged her away instantly
Even then she was so frightfully
burned that she will bear the scars
all her life.
"It is evident that this is likely tc
occur at any time where the third rail
system is in use. A railroad track SC
fitted cannot be crossed without peril
except by one who understands the
risks he takes and carefully avoids
contact with the metal bearing the
death-dealing electrical energy. II
the third-rail system is to come into
any extensive use, it ought not to be
permitted by the laws of the commu
nifty unless the roadbed and right Of
way are to be shut off from public &C
cess as carefully as they are in Eng
land, Not until the railway runs
practically through tunnel Of it:
own, shut in by high walls and closed
by gates at every crossing, can the
third-rail system be admitted without
the prospect of indiscriminate
slaughter"
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Hell hath no fury like unto a
woman scorned." The saying runs
,omething like this, and Ambrose A.
2ieff, young Belgrade farmer, ap-
)lies it to his own case just now. He
vas arrested this forenoon at his
arm, six miles from the city, by
Detective Lawrence, of st. Paul, &C
;ompanied by Sheriff Bowen. The
harge is bigamy, and is preferred by a
'oung woman of St. Paul whose name
Edith Warren. Edith claims that
Ambrose took her for better or
worse and promised to cherish, honor
md protect her, one day last March,
n Minneapolis. She says that she
.fterwards learned that he was al
eady married.
Ref was brought to this city by
he officers, and lodged in the county
all until the afternoon train for st.
PAUL arrived, when he was taken to
he capital city to answer to the
barge. He was seen at the jail This
fternoon by a FREE PRESS reporter
nd freely told of his troubles and
Experiences in the world.
1t appears that Ambrose was born
md brought up in Belgrade, and his
arents still reside there. Several
ears ago he started out to see the
1orld and went to St. Paul as the
lost likely place. He worked at several
obs, including that of nursery agent,
nd finally obtained position as
-treet car conductor. His brass but.
ons and cap and suave manners won
i'm the regard of a Miss Presley, a
cry excellent young lady of the
aintlY City, and on their wedding
DUR years ago he returned with her
} the retirement and duller routine
II the farm.
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1t is the intention of the Mil
waukee road to move it's depot up
Hickory street and leave it in about
the same relative position in the street
as it is now, except that it will be
east of all the tracks. AS it is a frame
building and the fire limits ordinance
makes it unlawful to move frame
buildings within the fire limits, it is
not plain how the council has right
to proceed. 1t would be safer for the
travelling public to have the depot
east of all the tracks, but the adjoin-
ing property owners might protest
against having large frame building
so close to their business blocks.
We are informed that complaint
is to be made to the council at the
next meeting by members of Hook
and Ladder Co. No. that their fine
black team has been used several
times by private parties, who have
had them to picnics, drawing heavy
loads. 1t is said that the team was
sent to Lake Emily Sunday, attached
to big picnic wagon. The boys say
that they paid for the team and that
the city pays for boarding it, and that
it should be kept for fire purposes
alone. In case of fire, some inferior
team, not trained for the purpose,
would have to be attached to the hose
wagon.
The steamer Elder that sailed
from Portland, Oregon, for Klondyke
last week had among its passengers,
Will R. Maxfeld, brother of the
editor of the Mirror, In a letter
written the day he sailed he says:
1--WE start, my friend and /, well
supplied with everything needed, two
horses, boat and 5000 pounds of
provision, besides extra clothing,
tools, etc. 1 take with me a few
hundred dollars in money, but hope
to come back from the land of the
gold with money enough for all of
us."-Madison Lake Mirror.
We notice by theSiouxCity Tribune
that T. P. Gere has been elected
president of the Sioux City Chicago
& Baltimore railway company. Con.
siderable surveying has been done on
| this road, but no construction work.
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are most gratifying, aud beyond our
expectations. Our advice would be
for all water works to adopt the
general meter system. 1t is the
only true way to sell water, fair for
the consumer, and just to the owner.
Opposition may develop at the outset,
as in our case, but when the people
realize the benefits, and reap the re-
suits, the strongest opponents will be
the best advocates for the meter"
7th We find one or more Of the city
wells to be leaking so that no pres
sure is given on the wells, which If
restored would largely reduce coal
bills, hence we recomend the repair of
these wells as soon as possible, at such
time as one at time can be safely
spared.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. ANDREWS.
f. M. CURRIER.
Q. H. AUSTIN.
G. M. PALMER.
M. G.. WILLARD.
A. ]. BUSCH.
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Denies the Charge.

Ref strongly denies the charge
made by Miss Warren and says that
she will be unable to prove it. He
says that she cannot produce the
person who married them, and that
they were not married. He says that
it is a case of woman's hate and
revenge. His home is happy one,
he says, and he regrets being called
away during harvest, and at a time
when he has no money. He says
that he has no fears for the result
and expects to be cleared and home
in few days.
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INDEPENDENT ELECTRIC co
1t Is no Longer a Secret Who Com
poses 1t.
Would Enter the Field to do Com
merciaI Lighting.

A great deal of speculation has been
INDUCED in as to who compose the In
dependent Electric Co., which put in
four bids on city lighting at Saturday
nights meeting of the council.
Various rumors have been afloat re-
garding it, one being that it is a
mythical organization and used by
certain aldermen,as club to get the
present company to reduce it's figures,
and another equally amusing rumor
being that it is backed by the present
company in order to secure the con-
tract.
We learn that the company will
turn out to be bona fide one in case
it should secure the lighting contract.
The members are James Mahoney, of
Chicago, who is president of the STAN
dard Live Stock Commission Co., and
a wealthy man; Charles Buelow, of
Milwaukee, who is in the tanneIy and
mailing business, and who is reported
to be worth several hundred Thousand
dollars; Gilbert Donaldson, of St. Paul,
who is one of the members of the D.
and D. Electric Co; and Chas. J. Mac.
beth, of this city.
Mr.. Macbeth, In talking Of the com.
pany today, said that if it secures the
lighting contract it will enter the
field to do commercial lighting and
might possibly put in gas plant
later. Mr.. Macbeth was not in a
pleasant frame of mind over the at
titude of the board of trade in regard
to the lighting bids. He said: eli
the board does not want outside CAPT
tai to come in it had better let the
people know it. 1t was supposed
that the boards purpose was to en-
courage new enterprises and help bring
capital to the city, Its action shows
that it does not want capital brought
here and that it frowns on competi
tion in business
Mr.. Macbeth intimated that hi
would attend the special meeting O.
the board Of trade tomorrow mornin.
and have something to say.
A good many people in the lowe
wards of the city are stirred up owe
the stand taken by the board of trade
in seeming to favor the home com
pany. The fact is lost sight of tina
the board is endeavoring to secure
reduction in the rates on commercial
lighting from the home company, a
the same time with the awarding o
the contract.
Aids. Zimmerman and Petersen
were seen by FREE PRESS reporte
today in regard to the lighting bids
and both expressed themselve
as indignant at the action of tn,
board of trade, and accused i
of attempting to perpetuate a mo
nOpoly and endeavoring to keep on
new capital. They agreed that tw,
companies would probably bring dow
the price Of commercial lighting, ant
cited the reduction which competition
in other lines had brought about
Their conversation would lead to tn
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BIG SHOWING FOR MAPLETON.

During the year ending Aug. 1,
over s125, 900 was paid out at Mapleton
for stock, representing 244 cars, or an
average of nearly five week. The
money value would have been con-
siderably larger had the price of pork
ruled higher, as the number Of cars
shipped is a big increase over any
previous year. In January eighteen
cars of cattle were shipped and
twenty-five of hogs. Of the total
number of cars shipped three were OF
horses, 172 of hogs, and SO of cattle.
This is a splendid showing and in.
dicates to what extent Blue Earth
farmers have entered into stock
raising.
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Flet Miss Warren.

Among those who answered the
vertisement was Miss Warren, who
aims to be twenty-five years of age.
eff's neighbor could not write
1glish, so he had to do the cores
nding himself, signing his neigh
RS name. His success proved him
be correspondent such as the girls
,ed, although he says that he did not
{ in too much love. He continued
correspond with Miss Warren dur
the winter, and made an appoint
,nt to meet her at the union depot
= St. Paul one day in March, giving a
neral description of himself. She
s punctual, and together they rode
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Floating islands of wild rice have
been cut away from the east and
south bays of Lake Madison by the
high water. Saturday the lake
looked very picturesque, reminding
one Of the Thousand islands, on
Lake Huron. Some of the islands
were half acre in size. The south
wind blew them over to the north
shore. When there is strong wind
from the north our citizens should
give the islands shove the other
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MR.. DEBs objects to restraining
Injunction because he says it sup
presses free speech, and then he an
nounces his intention of paying no at
tention to the Injunction. That is
characteristic of Debs.
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TOO MANY WIVES
A YOUNG BELGRADE FARMER
UNDER ARREST.

edith Warren, of st. Paul, Says
Ambrose A. Rieff Is Her Husband
He Denies Any knowledge OF the
Marriage, and Says it Is Woman s
Revenge-He had Procured a wife
for a Bachelor Neighbor, Who Re-
fused to Pay the Agreed $Io-Had
Other Applications for Wives-Says
Edith Was Smitten With Him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-18
FUNERAL CUSTOMS OF HINDOOs.
Rites Observed in India by Relatives
and Friends of the Deceased.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
When a Hindoo dies the services Of an
undertaken are not needed, as word is
friends Of the deceased. who meet at the
house and attend to all the details of the
funeral. Some OF them buy at the bazaar
the articles necessary for the ceremony,
such as a piece Of linen, copper pots. pieces
Of sandalwood, one earthen pot, soma
"ghee," or certified butter, rice, few split
chips Of bamboo and two strong bamboo
poles for the bier. In rainy weather some
oil and resin TO revive the flames are add
ed to the stock OF necessaries. A sacred
grass. the "durbhas." and some "tulsi'
leaves are spread over the bier.
It Ia very necessary that the son of the
deceased should perform the ceremony
If ne is absent at the time OF the death
the father or brother Of the deceased or
some other male member of the family
MY take his place. When there is no son
in the family one Is adopted for the pur-
pose. The performer Of the ceremony must
first battle, then shave off the mustache
and battle again. The priest constantly
recites the "muntras," or sacred HYMNS
in the earthen pot. and the body, after Il
is washed and bound about the waist with
a piece Of cloth, is stretched upon the bier
and completely covered, save as to the
face, which is left exposed The friends
then carry away the bier. The son. who
lights the funeral pyre ana Is the chief
mourner. walks ahead with the earthen
pot in his hands. Every mourner Is bare
headed-it must be so. have frequently
seen such professions In Benares and Iis
tened TO the sad funeral drge, Ram. sri
ram, ram volo bhai ram"
When the body reaches the burning
CHATS the nourners erect a pile after
this fashion: -Four strong posts about 1--WE
feet high are firmly driven into the ground
and between them the piles are erecta9
so as 20 keen them from falling apart
while burning. The body is placed upon
the pile when half Of Il has been laid. Dur
ing this part OF the ceremony the mum
tras" are repeated. When the body has
been placed upon the pile some OF me
relatives and friends scatter pieces OF san.
dalwood over the body. "Muntras' ana
prayers are again repeated. and the re-
naming fuel Is placed on the body. Then
the chief mourner walks around the ollie
three times and hres Il. Very soon IL IL
huge fame and IN about three hours
the whole body Is reduced 10 ashes. The
ERE Is now put out. every molrner drops
some water on the spot. In the name Of
the deceased. and then all proceed TO the
river or sea or one OF the many tanks
that abound In India 70 battle. The poor
are not forgotten, a. aims are distribuI
"a. Before tho m5urners retire 10 their
RESPECTIVE homes they return 70 the resi-
donce OF the docea sed TO look a. the lamp
that was lighted on the spot where Tie
tojy was kept
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Put the wires Underground.

Editor Morning News: notice in to-
days paper the information that we are
to have another electric light company. !
agree that competition is the kfe of trade.
but will you please allow me to offer a sug-
gestion. Now that the new company is
about to build, why should not the city
insist on their putting their wsres UNDER
ground. It Is cheaper for thesn to do It
now ere they erect the poles then do it
later At the same time to be equally fair.
make the old company do the same thing.
giving them only such time as the au-
thOrities consider reasonable to do Il with
out interfering with their coptract OF light
ing the city. In all larger communities,
the overhead wires are being rapidly put
under ground. and / think Snvaunah should
be progressive enough to insist on the
same line Of Improvement IL lessons the
danger IN times OF fires and. as In the
case of last fall when the storm demol-
ished things, the city was without light
for several nights. / think the citizens
should insist on everything reasonable that
conduces 10 the safety of life and avoid-
ance OF Inconvenience. / trust the city
council viii take this matter into consid-
Grafton ere allowing another stTlng OF
ugly poles 70 obstruct the streets OF our
already dishgured Forest i-ity.
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THE HOME OF ooRTEz.
The Beautiful Valley which was the
ConunistadOr's Reward.

SonuniHthdOr'a Reward.
From New York Commercial Advertiser.
The good old times Of the stage coach
and the stage robber are on the wane IN
Mexico, but not entirely past Many city
Of 10000 and 1000 inhabitants has not
heard the whistle Of locomotive, and de-
Ponds for It's communication with the out
or world on horses, burros and the trottIur
Indian, who, perhaps. Is the most patient
and perscvering beast OF burden Of all.
and will carry loads Of 100 pounds and
more fifty and sixty miles a day Tor a pit
lance Of fifteen American centa One OF
these isolated. dreary and romantlc places
IN Cucrnavaoa, says writer. once the
home Of Cortez and now the capital Of the
state OF Morelos. However. within a few
months ~ viii be one OF the many sta
tons on the Mexico, Cuernavaca aud Pa
cinc railroad, which az present H. finished
70 Tres Mhrlas and is being pushed rapidly
forward by 10 builder. Col. Hampsou the
great railway king Of Mexico. II wiz then
put on modern airs, factories and perhaps
n brewery up 20 date will spring up. the
beautiful Jarein De Borda may be turned
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

MIKE MONEY on GRGIN. PRoVfS-
ions and stocks. There never was a more
favorable time, as prices have been too
low; there Is no speculative center known
that is better than Chicago for conserv-
alive. profitable trading Write us for our
daily and weekly market letter and book
let telling how to trade on board of trade.
all sent free. Write us at once. Duden-
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Bldg, Chicago.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Write for our Expose OF Bucket Shops"
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EDUCATIONAL.

MANDOLIN. BANJO, GUITAR. r. E.
L. Miller, teacher 109 Liberty street, east,
CONSULTATION AND INSTRUCTION,
architecture engineering, mechanical and
marine; theory and practice; private les
sons Aloha Vivarttas. 113 South Broad
street. Savannah, Ga.
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dolin, banjo and guitar; thorough instruc-
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SUMNER HoARDERS WANTED AT
White Bluff on Vernon river. Healthful
climate large rooms, good fare. Reason
able rates. Robert b. Habersham.
SUMMER BOARD IN WINCHESTER.
Va refined private family large yard;
terms, $50 a month; no children taken,
best ref srences given ana required. Ad-
dress 10 particulars, Christine. Morning
News offce
WANTED, SUMMER BOARDERS.
good fare healthful climate, moderate
terms, Reference given II desired.
George A. Anderson. Turnervilie, Ga.
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Thomas n. Rocker. who has tho unique
distinction OF having been connected with
the New York Tribune ever sinso Il was
founded, hfty-slx years ago. last, week, re-
tired from service on that ala ni versary 20
enjoy the leisure which he has well earned
az the age OF 81. and as wen Lalf his sal
airy 80 long as he lives. IIss began az a
c0mposltor. and was foreng an for thirty
three years. Since 1877 he, has been SUI
perviaor Of the composing room. lie holds
one share Of the original stock, issued In
lSig.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
Continued from Third Pags


sTR1YED INTO NY 0FIEI6.T I0GNG
bay mare. Owner can get same by paying
damages and expenses j. r. Fenneu,
Waldburg street, east of Waters avenue.
FOUND, ON MY PLACE, ~ MILES
on Ogeechee road, one yellow and white
plded COW, crumple hornst with tips
sawed off no ear mark, owher can have
by paying expenses. Fox 81 Koodcock,
City Market