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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-10-15
LETTER FROM KLONDlkERS.

w. r. Maxfeld, formerly of this
city, who is on his way to the Klon-
dixie, writes his brother, Editor Max
field, of Madison Lake, as follows,
from Lake Bennett, Alaska, Sept. l:
"Can't get boat here for less than
$500, and we won't pay it. Sold our
boat in Skaguay for $500. 1t was
impossible to get it over the trail.
There will be 1000 people camped
here this winter waiting to get boats
and south wind, so that they can
pull with it over the lake. 1t is rain,
sleet and snow here every day from
the north, and if it sdoes not let up
soon but few can get away. They
charge you a dollar every time you
turn around. I bought 20 horseshoe
nails for so cents. Two days later
they were selling for 81 apiece.
Charge you S1.OO to take you across a
little neck of water to saw mill and
then tell you they can't saw out lum-
Der for you to build boat with.
Hay is cents a pound, oats 8 cents,
and every thing else in proportion.
Sept. 5. We have been here a
week waiting for the wind and sleet
storm to abate. We cannot pull a
boat against such a wind. We are
going to try and start for Dawson
City tomorrow, if it is possible. The
trip over the pass was the worst ]
ever took. 1t is 45 miles long, the
longest miles we ever tramped. About
1000 horses are on the road and they
are dying at the rate of from 20 to &c
day. We lost but one horse, he
fell over a cliff 1000 feet high. A
man takes his life in his hands when
he undertakes to cross the pass. The
countrysis just mountains, canyons
and lots of snow. There are lots Of
young bears, and we kill some every
day, and the meat is very good. Have
not had bread since we left the boat
as we have no stove to bake it. W.
are well and have good appetites, cal
more in one day than in week al
home. Will try to get to Dawson
City. 1t will take rs days to gel
there from here with passablt
weather"
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THE TAYLOR DIVORCE CASE.
The Defendant Makes Some Slight
Adm; ssiOns.

Jessie j. Taylor recently sued her
husband, Gilbert S. Taylor, for divorce,
on the ground Of cruel and inhuman
treatment, alleging among other
things that her husband has vio-
lent temper and would come home
drunk and throw dishes at her, call
her names, use violence upon her, and
few other things along the same
line. The parties are well known
residents of Vernon Center, and VIM.
F. Hughes is the attorney for the
plaintiff, and w. n. Plymat for the
defendant.
The defendant has served his
answer on the plaintiff, and will fight
the proceedings to the end. He ad-
mits that slight differences have
arisen between himself and wife at
rare intervals; that they have spoken
unkindly to each other, but states
that he does not believe that their
un pleas antnesses have been more ser
lOuS VI I1OlC OO"hOh Ulioh sASo"AiJ
occur between husband and wife; adj
mits that he has some temper, such
as men usually have, and only such,
but alleges that the plaintiff also has
little temper of her own, and that
she is as much at fault as he is; ad-
mits that on one occasion he did break
a few dishes, but alleges that it was
done under such peculiar circum'
stances that he was perfectly justified
in so doing, and in no manner inter
fered with, injured or endangered the
plaintiff; admits that at times he has
used intoxicating liquors to a moder
ate degree, but not to degree tC
cause drunkenness; and admits that
he has property to the value of $4,000
but says that his debts amount tC
$500, and his farm is mortgaged fol
100. He denies everything else in
the complaint in regard to cruel treat
ment
Attorney Hughes has given notice
to the defendant of motion for tenn
porary alimony of $50 month while
the suit is pending, and an allowance
for attorneys fees.
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THE HOOK RECOVERED.
A PickereI, That Carried 1t For SiA
Weeks, Finally Caught.

It is not often that a fisherman re-
covers hook that is snapped off by a
fish, although it sometimes occurs.
A case happened this week that is
well worthy of note. Six weeks ago
Attorney Harrison Schmitt and his
brother, George, then visiting in this
city, were at point on the Blue
Earth river, about ten miles from
this city, known as 'the cave" 1t is
a place reputed for its big fish, and
the two anglers were not without
luck. Finally, Geo. Schmitt's bait
was taken by big fish and a long
fight followed, with the fish winner,
for it snapped off the hook, sproat
of a peculiar shape.
One day this week Harrison
Schmitt and one or two others visit
ed the cave to stry their luck again.
Mr.. Schmitt's rod was soon bent
double, responding to very promis-
ing strike. He played the fish for a
time, but it finally broke loose, taking
with it the hook. Adjusting new
hook and carefully attaching an at
tractive frog, MI. Schmitt cast into the
pool again, and in few moments, was
rewarded with a strong strike. He
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TESTING THE BEETS.
Dire ctions for Sending Samples of
Sugar Beets for Analysis.

Last spring the board of trade gave
out sugar beet seed to about sixty
farmers of the county, in order to test
the capabiliUy of Blue Earth county
soil in the matter of raising beets
having sufficient percentage of sugar
to make it profitable to locate beet
sugar factory in Mankato. At the re-
quest of the committee having the
matter in charge, we publish the fol-
lowing instructions, which should be
closely followed by those who have
raised the beets, in order that the
beets may pass the best possible test:
Harvesting-If the plot is small
one, the soil around the beets can be
loosened with spade before the beets
are pulled. Care should be exercised
so as not to bruise the beets. Ii the
plot is large one, pillow can be run
along close to one side of the beets so
as to loosen the ground and render
the pulling easy. After pulling, the
beets. should be dressed; that is, cut
off the leaves together with about a
half or three-quarters of an inch of
the crown. Wherever possible the
beets should be weighed so that the
yield of the plot can be determined.
Sampling From five different parts
of the plot take one or two average
sized beets. Select beets which are
perfectly ripe, and those which have
grown under ground. Select beets
weighing from one to two pounds. Do
not send any beets which weigh over
three pounds. The large beets con-
tain less sugar than smaller sized
ones. Wrap the beets in paper and
pack them in box, not bag. Send
eight or ten beets for the analysis to
J. G. Noes Office, on or before Satur-
day, Oct. 10th.
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and said that eight or ten maps are
needed. The schools could manage
to get along for two years with an ap-
preparation of $3.50, including $50 for
the maps.
On motion of Mr.. Wilson, this mat
ter was referred to the committee on
schools and text books with power to
act.
Supt. Varney was granted the use
of a room in the high school building
for teachers meetings on Saturday
forenoons.
The bills were read and allowed.
Mr.. Fletcher said that it would be
better to get bids on some articles,
such as coal and chalk.
Pres. Williams said that for two
years the board had bought coal at
cost and 35 cents ton added for
delivery.
The matter of procuring new flag
to replace one stolen from the West
Mankato building was referred tt
the committee on property and ex
pense with power to act.
A new diploma was filled out fol
Roy Hudson, of the class of '97, hi
sheepskin having been destroyed b!
mice.
| The board adjourned,
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NEW LUNCH COUNTER.
A Place Where Business lien Can Get
Bite at Noon.

Landlord S. r. Snow, of The Saul
paugh, has fitted up buffet lunch
counter on the Main street side of the
hotel and opened it to the public to-
day. 1t is in charge of Sam Wright,
formerly chef of The Corner, and a
most excellent cook, as all patrons Of
the latter place know. Patrons of The
Saulpaugh buffet can get anything
that they want, and all kinds of game
will be served in it's season. The
lunch counter will be open from 11:3O
a. m. to 200 p. NJ, and from $50 p. m.
on through the evening as long as
there is patronage.
Business men who do not care to 60
into saloon to get slunch will find
this just the place to go, and can .call
for as much or as little as their appe-
titles and purses indicate. We COM
mend the new buffet to a fair share
of patronage,
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800 Reward 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's Stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, re-
uuires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
tion and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors haYe so much
faith in it's curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send foI
list of testimonials.
Address, f. j. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo, o.
EYTSold by druggists, 75c.
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THREE VIEWERS APPOINTED.

The county board adjourned Fri
day afternoon to meet Dec. 7th. Be.
fore doing so, it appointed John
Laurisch, of Danville, Jacob Born, OF
Lime, and E. j. Sheldon, of this city,
viewers of the proposed location of a
drain in Mcpherson and Medic. 1t
will be the duty of the viewers to as
sess the damages and benefits of the
drain, They will meet at the county
auditors Office Oct. 18th at 10 100 am,
preparatory to commencing their
duties, and are to file their report on
or before Nov. 8th.
The board adopted resolution ap-
proving the survey and plat of section
three, Decoria. E. r. Ady had pre-
sented remonstrance against it.
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THE BUTTER TAKERS ASSN
More About the Convention that
Wants to Meet Here.

Mayor Pau has received letter
from Fl. E. Schuknecht, Of Albert
Lea, secretary Of the Minnesota State
Butter and Cheesemakers' Associa-
tion, saying that the association will
bold its fourth annual meeting or
convention about Nov. 4th, and say
ing that it is now receiving offers
from the different cities to get the
convention. He says:
"This is state organization, incor-
porated under our state laws, and
the object of our convention is purely
educational, and scoring contest on
butter is held in connection, where
prizes both special and pro rata are
offered. This being the case, it is
our object to get out as large an at.
tendance as possible, and Mankato
being centrally located, having ample
hotel and railroad facilities, would
be good place for us to gather, and
large attendance would be sure to
be the result of our going there
hence 1 write you today to ascertain OF
you what your city will offer as an in.
ducement for our association to meet
there.
"We would expect an attendance of
from $50 to 300 people there, and an
exhibition of not less than 100 tubs OF
butter. As our time to settle or
some town in which to locate is very
short, a prompt reply would be great
ly appreciated"
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FIRED SOME SHOTS.
Josie Hope Protected Her House
Against Peace Break ers.
rlartiu Murray and sWm. Cook In
Trouble Again.

A warrant is in the hands of the
officers for the arrest of Martin Muir
ray and VIM. Cook. on the charge of
making disturbance Friday night.
The charge is preferred by Josie
Hope, who keeps place of uncertain
repute at 3l2 North Fifth street.
Murray and Cook visited the place
late last night and, according to the
story told by the Hope woman, threw
stones at her house, breaking the
door and window, and made loud
noise. She took her revolver and
fired five or six shots at her unwel-
come visitors, but failed to hit either
Of them. She states that she could
not get sure drop on Murray or she
would have given him souvenir of
the occasion. According to her story,
Murray has been to her house before
and has raised disturbance there,
and she will not stand his actions any
longer. She states that his excuse
for his deeds last night was that he
had heard that she was a woman of
temper, and he wanted to see whether
or not this was so. He doubtless
would have learned to his complete
satisfaction had the bullets which the
woman fired gone his way.
Murray and Cook are the parties
accused by Miss Busch with making
an assault upon her and her brother
as the latter were going home from
the store one evening last summer
These are not the only scrapes that
Murray has been mixed up in, and it is
getting to be a serious question
whether the city is not having case
of "too much Murray"
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exercised that patience which is
necessary in successful! angler, and
after carefully playing his,fish for a
while succeeded in landing it. The
fish proved to be four and half
pound pickerel. Mr.. Schmitt was as
tonished to find two hooks sticking
into its mouth, besides the one which
had caught it. Cne was the hook
which he had just lost, which was Sc
curely fastened, the point coming out
through the socket of one eye. The
other was the sproat hook which
Geo. Schmitt had lost there six weeks
before. There could be no mistake
in this, as the hook was not COM
mon one, and the piece of leader at
tached correspondent with the
broken leader.
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MARRIED AT SALTWATER.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will L. Drake arrived
in the city Friday night to visit the
formers father, Mr.. Geo. Drake, until
Monday. They are on their wedding
trip, having been joined in married
Thursday at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Alexan-
der. The bride was formerly Miss
Mabel E. Alexander, and is most
charming young lady. Mr.. and Mrs.
Drake will make their home for the
present at Kalispell, Mont. Mr.. d.
is express messenger on the Great
Northern road. He has numerous
friends in Mankato who will be
pleased to know of the happiness
which he has found, and who will
wish him and his bride a long and
happy life.
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THE HERMIT ATTACKED.
Robbers Torture the "ROpe Walker
For His Supposed Wealth.

Charles Fischer, the supplemented
hermit known as the "rope walker"
living near St. Peter, was cruelty
beaten and tortured few days ago
by three unknown men who thought
he had wealth concealed about his
place.
Fischer has lived for nine years in
cave in LeSueur county, a short dis
tance across the Minnesota river from
St. Peter. A few days aso some hun
tiers passing through the woods near
his cave found him lying on the
ground, helpless and almost uncOn-
scious, and his head and body bore
evidence of rough treatment. He
was cared for and soon revived suf-
ficiently to tell the cause of his sad
plight. He had been surprised in his
cave three nights before by three
masked men who came for the pur.
pose of robbery, believing that he had
considerable wealth hidden away.
After beating him until he was un-
conscious, they left him for dead. His
condition is so serious that his re-
covery is doubtful. Fischer lived a
hermit's life little ways northof this
city some years ago. and an expedi-
tion was organized against him on
the erroneous theory that he was q
horse thief.
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SEVERAL APPEALS TAKEN.
Creditors Who Want to Get Some
of Longini & Thoms' Assets.

Ellen H. Levi, Julia E. Longini.
Emanuel Longini, Morris Einstein
and Soloman Wedeles today, through
their attorney, w. L. Comstoc k, took
an appeal from the decision Of
Receiver Clark to disallow their
claims against the estate of Longini
& Thoms. These claims aggregate
$780, 900. Mr.. Comstock has already
taken an appeal on his own claims.
Burley, Stevens&Co. of Newberyport,
Mass. have applied for an order
from Judge Caldwell to allow them to
file their claim of S434.99 against
Longini & Thoms, for two notes, as
they were unable to do it within the
time allowed. Chas. I. Taylor, with
a claim for 1874. 10, has made similar
request, as he failed to get notice
from the receiver. Thos. and Evan
Hughes are the attorneys.
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Inc dlSclpllne In Gne nlgn ScnOOl
building at the first of the month was
not satisfactory, but such have been
the united efforts of principal and
teachers that there is now little to
criticise. The condition of pupils
about the halls is satisfactory. The
young men have given US no trouble
in enforcing our regulation against
use of tobacco about the building
Dancing, running and loud talking in
the halls is not allowed. Lunch
rooms have been furnished with
tables and chairs, and permits grant,
ed to over thirty pupils to bring
dinners and remain in building dur
ing noon hour. There is not the
high per cent Of attendance in the
high school hope to obtain. Both
pupils and parents need to under
stand the necessity of regular at
tendance if we are to have the high
est excellence in the Mankato high
school.
The general literary work, SO far as
l can learn from the several instruct
ors, is good though there are a few
students who are not making the
most of their opportunities and sew
eral in the d class will probably drop
to 9Th grade the last Of this month,
as they will be unable to pass the
first bi-monthlY examination.
The ward buildings are all in ex
cellent condition as to discipline.
The teachers are enthusiastic and
work in pleasant harmony.
"When a school has no hardness and the per
cent of attendance reaches SO and there be no
unexcused absences the teachers shall allow
such school the last half day of the month as
holiday"
This rule is in line with other
schools and any school reaching such
reQuirements deserves the honor and
privilege of a half holiday. Last
Friday afternoon 33 of the "a depart
ments were closed. / would like to
have our school board give the young
people two weeks more of school each
year and l can see no reason why our
teachers should take away week. l
can find no authority for the basis of
calculation that has been in use,
which gives half holiday if attend
ance reaches 95 per cent, counting
two cases of hardness equal to one alb
sence. This means that school of
80 pupils may have 100 half days alb
sence in a month and yet be granted
holiday for remarkable attendance.
All questions of disciplive that
have arisen have been satisfactorily
settled.
Supt. Varney again brought up the
question of supplementary reading
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BUSINESS is GOOD.

The tub factory started up Wednes-
day, after weeks shut down to
make necessary repairs. The orders
for butter tubs are three carloads
ahead of the supply, and the factory
is running full force. The outlook is
considered to be very encouraging.
The factory has sent out four
creamery outfits during the past few
days, to Fairmont, Brandon, New
Germany and Hamburg.
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NO SINKING FUND.
SCHOOL BOARD SITS DOWN
ON THE PROPOSITION.

The Tax Levy For the School
District Is $21 900, a Slight
Reduction From the Past Year
Steam Plant For the Union
Building Provided FOr-Supt.
Varney Recommends Less Half
Holidays and Two Weeks More
of SchOOl-Ohter Business Con
Sidered.
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The Jonnal-FREE PRESS COM
bination is pleasing proposition and
one that will at once be taken ad-
vantage of by large proportion of
our people
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or prosper that has to pay so heavily.
In all cities there is terrible cutting
down of expenses, as property inter-
ests feel the taxes. The board has
to pay the janitors of the high and
Pleasant Grove buildings more than
the other janitors, although there is
steam heat in those buildings. A
plant might cost $1,000.
Mr.. Wilson said that he had gotten
figures from the plumbers, and the
highest figure was ST. 800.
Mr. Wilson's motion was then car
ried, Mr.. Fletcher casting the only
negative vote. Mrs. Smith said that
under the precedent established at
St. Paul and Minneapolis she sup
posed that she would not be allowed
to vote. President Williams ruled
that she could vote.
The question of sinking fund was
again taken up, and Mr.. Parry said
that he was not sure but that Mr..
Fletcher was right in his opposition
to it.
President Williams said that the
charter does not provide for sinking
fund and he would be afraid to vote
for it.
Mr.. Wilson said that he had read
the charter and he believed that it
would be safe to establish the fund,
and he would be willing to vote for it.
This question did not come up in the
committee.
Secretary Brewster said that the
matter was brought up some years
ago and J. L. Washburn, who was a
member of the board then, had said
that the board would have to get an
act of the legislature to make sink
ing fund valid, as it now has nc
authority to raise money and loan it.
Messrs. Parry and Wilson, of the
finance committee, agreed to drop the
provision for sinking fund from the
committees report. For the heating
plant in the Union building, S1,50(
was added to the levy for special
fund. The committees report was
then adopted, Mr.. Fletcher refusing
to vote.
Mrs. Smith, for the school com
mittee, reported in favor of purchas.
ing sixteen dozen scissors at ST. SO
dozen for use in the lower grades
She also reported in favor Of purchas
ing the chemicals asked for, and re
commended that the list be submit
ted to the different druggists, the
lowest bidder to furnish the chemi
Gals. The report was adopted. ..
Superintendent Varney presented
his first written monthly report, the
following liberal extracts comprising
the main features.
The schools are we'll filled, but will
the exception Of the primary a
Franklin building under Miss Wood
who has 80, none have over so. TIL,
enrOllment is as follows:
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POTATOES! .POTAToESM

Before you sell your potatoes be
sure and see r. j. HOerr, corner
Front and Vine, near the stone
Quarries.
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To the Ladies' of rlankato and Vicinity

Should my representatives call on
YOU kindly give them hearing, as
they will have something of interest
to explain. GEO. E. KEENE,
o. 1906 S. Front st, Photographer.
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Money to Lend

on easy terms, without delay. Sci
our vault for your valuable papers
No danger from fire or thieves.
MANKATO SAVINGS BANK,
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MINNESOTA farmers are finding
quite Klondyke in their potato
fields.