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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
SPEED MEASURE.
D. L. Rose Invents a Useful Ma
chine.
1t Will Measure and Regulate the Speed
of Anything that Moves on
Land or Water.

D. L. Rose, Of this city, has secured
a patent on little machine called a
speed measure. 1t is an invention up
on which he has been at work more
or less for a year past, and which he
has lately perfected and applied sue
cessfully. 1t will measure the speed
of anything that moves on wheels
and also of steamboats,. 1t will I'm.
doubtedly soon commend itself to
public favor if all that is claimed
for it proves to be true after practi-
cal experience.
The speed measurer will show how
fast a bicycle, wagon or train of cars
is going, how far it has gone, and will
ring bell when certain speed has
been attained. On wheel it is much
like cyclometer. The bell can be
attached and made to work automat.
ically or by pressing button. When
it is placed to work automat-
ically, it will be of great SER
vice to regulate the speed
of bicycles. If the city ordi-
nance limits bicycle riding to eight
miles an hour, the bell can be set to
ring whenever the indicator in the
measures goes as far around as to in
dictate speed of eight miles.
The measurer is placed in front of
the handle bar, and has an attach
ment running to the wheel. In this
way, the wheelman can see at glance
how far he has gone and how fast he
is going. He also has bell that he
can ring, at any time. The contri-
vance is small and simple and has no
springs to get out of order.
Mr.. Rose believes that the measur-
ers can be manufactured so as to be
placed on the market at $3.50 each or
some such figure. He is thinking Of
purchasing the necessary machinery
to manufacture them. He has used
his home made one on his bicycle and
states that he would not be without
it for several times it's price.
Mr.. Rose believes that he has good
thing, and an article that will be in
demand, and says that he would not
take several thousand dollars for his
patent at the present time. His
friends will hope that his anticipa-
tions may be realized.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
WANTS $1,000 DAMAGES.
Mrs. Cassie Meyers Claims to Have
Been Slandered,

Mrs. Cassie Meyers has commenced
an action for damages for alleged
SANDER against Gus. Strom. Both
parties reside in West Mankato, where
Mrs. Meyers lives with her husband
and family. The complaint alleges
three charges. The first is that on
July 18th last Strom, in the presence
of Annie While and others, accused
the plaintiff of stealing wood and of
being an unchaste character. The
second alleges that on the same date
Strom, in the presence of Christia n
Meyer and others, accused her of
stealing potatoes and wood. The
third is that'on the same date Strom
charged her with being an unchaste
character, all of which is untrue.
Mrs. Meyers demands 81 900 dam.
ages on each of the counts alleged. or
$4,000 IN all. Her attorney is W. E..
Young.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
ROE is VIOLENT.
lie Again Attempts to Kill Him
self.
Tries to Strange Himself, and Force
Has to be Used
on Him.

Rasmus 81. Roe is creating al | kinds
OF trouble for the Jail officials, who
long ardently for the arrival of State
Agent Gates to take him away. He
became violent Friday night and has
since repeatedly tried to end his life
or do himself great bodily harm.
Hitherto he has been quiet as long as
he was watched. but now this does
not act as a check upon him, He
tries to bump his head against any
thing that is hard, and his scalp is a
mass OF bruises and cuts. The attend
ants cannot prevent him from doing
this, as there is no padded cell at the
Jail. Jailor Brunson hold him for
some time, but on being released, Roe
dropped to the floor and began to
pound his head on the stone tagging.
Roe sliced slop bucket cover and
began to bring it down on the top of
his head with both hands, and when
Mr.. Brunson interfered, he struck at
the jailor with it. but Mr.. Brunson
managed to ward off the blow with
his arm.
Roe picked up one of his shoes and
threw it at his guard, Frank Jones,
striking the latter sQuarely on the
side of the face.
Mr.. Brunson found Roe strangling,
but could not see what was the mat
until he forced from Roe's throat a
large Russia leather note book doubled
up, At another time Roe took his
false teeth out and broke them, and
then tried to swallow these. He also
tried to strangle himself by tying his
suspenders around his neck.
1t would be mercy to Roe if he
could be taken to some place where
he can have padded cell. The ex-
pertinent of tying him on a bed has
failed. as he manages to get his head
where he can pound it on something
hard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
BETS LOOKING FINE.
Expert Huxman Greatly Pleased With
Our Sugar Beets

Mr.. Human, agriculturist of the
St. Louis park beet sugar factory, is
spending the day in the county look
ing over the sugar beet crop planted
by many of farmers. He spent the
forenoon in South Bend and Rapidan,
and expressed himself on his return
as greatly pleased with what he had
seen. The beets look much better
than he had expected.
This afternoon, Mr.. Human is
driving on the Eagle Lake road. He
will doubtless take back with him a
report that will help the beet sugar
factory project.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
AUSTIN LOSES.
lie Was too Accommodating to
a Stranger.
Endorses q Draft For S42 on a Mime.
ap0lis Firm, And Now Has
to Pay it.

Station Agent Austin, of Good
Thunder, will not endorse drafts for
strangers hereafter. He learned a
lesson last week that he will not soon
forget. He was in the city Thursday
for warrant for one Fred Reid,
whom he accuses of having obtain ed
money from him by means of a fraudu-
lent draft, constituting grand larceny
in the second degree, but in order
that he might have fair chance of
landing his man the Free Press con-
sented to make no mention of the
case until today. 1t is now evident
that Reid has reached pastures new.
M. Austin's account of the matter
is that he was approached Tuesday
by Mr.. Reid, who claimed to repre-
sent an accident insurance company of
Minneapolis. After some talk, Mr. A u.s.
tin consented to take a policy in the
company. After awhile Reid said that
he was out Of money, but that he had
draft on his company for S42. He
said that he was not acquainted in
Good Thunder and could not have the
draft cashed unless he could get some
one to endC rse it. He asked Mr..
Austin to be so kind as to do him that
favor, Mr.. Austin was willing to &C.
commodate so polite spoken and sin
cere young man as Reid, and readily
wrote his name across the back. The
State Bank of Good Thunder recog-
nized Mr.. Austin's signature and paid
the draft. Then Mr. Reid took the
train for ManKato.
Before very long, Mr.. Austin began
to think over what he had done, and
he became suspicious of Reid. He
then telegraphed to the company for
which Reid was doing business, and
asked whether it would honor the
draft. Mr.. Austin now realized tn at
this inspiration should have come to
him before he endorsed the draft.
The company wired back that it would
not honor the draft, and that if Reid
had obtained any money from Austin
the latter should have him arrested
The company thought that Reid was
stopping at the City Hotel in Mankato.
Mr.. Austin took the train for Man
kato, hoping to find Reid. He learn.
ed that Reed had been at the City
Hotel but either had not registered
there or had registered under an as
sumed name. Reid was not to be
found, and Mr.. Austin then consulted
the county attorney.
1t has been learned that Reid had
only worked for the insurance com.
pany for few days. He had applied
to it for work, and employment as an
agent was given him. He is thought
to have gone to Kentucky fromshere.
1t is suspected by the officials that
Reid is crook and solicited work
from the insurance companies to aid
him in carrying out his scheme.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19

Judge Wilson made an order today
setting apart the homestead and per-
sonal property in the estate of
Augustus f. Hilton; an order setting
apart the homestead and personal
property in the estate of John Good.
win; and an order of maintenance in
the estate of John Goodwin.
Henry Heinzeman has threshed out
sixty acres of wheat and secured a
yield of 1000 bushels, or nearly q
bushels to the acre. The most of it
graded No. l, and the balance No. 2.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19

The firm of Jordan & Hayes has dis
solved partnership.
Mich Bruels has completed the
threshing of wheat from 12O acres and
occurred yield of $3.50 bushels, mostly
grading No. l.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
SIGNED TODAY.
Spain Gives NJ. CambOn Full
Authority.
He Will Attach His Signature to the
Protocol Today and Hostilities
Will Cease.

Special to Daily Free Press.
Washington, Aug. 12.-The French
ambassador has received from Spain
authority to sign the protocol. He
will attach his signature to the docu-
ment some time this afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19

1t is believed that Walter Curran,
the boy who esbaped from Agent
Wiser, of the state training school,
has been located at Minneapolis. Mr..
Wiser has gone after him and expects
to return with him to Red Wing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19

The board of trade committee on
street fair is getting posted as to the
management of such fairs in other
cities, and will probably soon be able
to make a report.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
WEARS EUSTlS BUTTON.
D. P. Hays Gets Into the Republican
Band Wagon.

Dennis P. Hays, Of the former firm
of Jordan & Hays, is wearing Eustis
button on the lapel of his vest. The
significance of this is shown by the
fact that Mr.. Hayes has been an &C
tive and influential member Of the
Democratic party in the past When
asked today for an expression Of his
views, Mr.. Hayes modestly declined
to say much about his conversion.
there never was time when so many
leading democrats have enlisted in
the Republican ranks.
Mrs. B. D. Smith desires it to be
understood that she is not candi-
date for county superintendent. A
rumor to the effect that she is a can
didate has been in circulation for a
day or two, and it is this that she de-
sires to correct.
The rumors of dark horse for sher.
iff were revived today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19

The dates for the Minnesota state
fair this year cover Sept. to ten in.
elusive.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
NOW THE DELEGATES.
Candidates are Trying to Fix up their
States.

The political campaign has advanc-
ed to such point that the principal
thing remaining is to agree on dele.
gates to 60 on the tickets. The prin-
cipal fight will be IN the Fourth and
Fifth wards, where the contest will
be on senator. The result in those
wards Is expected to largely determine
the struggle for the senatorship.
Candidates today were as thick
as bees around a clover patch. and
they were all talking delegates. Two
or three could be found with their
heads together in almost any obscure
place.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19

Candidates wearing a vermillion
hue on their faces have not necessari.
ly been extending the glad hand to
friends in the city, but have more
likely been out in the country help
ing to stack. There is no shorter
path into farmers heart these days
than by offering to take hand with
the stacking. Farmers have little
time now to talk politics.
Fred Gerlach was in from McPher-
son Friday. He is an active candidate
for the Republican nomination for
sheriff, and is developing much
strength In the county. He does not
expect to devote much time to the
city, as he believed that his friends
here will stand by him. Mr.. Gerlach
proved to be very formidable candi-
date four years ago, and only missed
the nomination by very few votes.
w. L. Bradshaw states that he is
not candidate for coroner. e. R.
Kennedy is the only candidate in the
field for Office thus far, and will prob
ably have no opposition in the con-
Yentlon. He will make a No 1otficer
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19

The rumors of dark horse for sher
if were revived today.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07
Sporting Notcs.

Tom O'Rourke offers to bet 3 1000 to
$4,000 that Joe Walcott can beat Jack
DAILY.
The business of drawing with cham
pions pays. Jack DAILY will show at
Roster 4 Bial's, New York.
IL is hardly expected that Fred Long
head, the Canadian, will leave his busi-
ness at Sarnia for the track this year.
DR.. Mcdowell, the Chicago sculler,
has forwarded his entry for the dia-
mond SOULS TO the Henley regatta COM
mittee.
George Dixon's work at Syracuse, in
preparation for the bout with Tommy
White, on March 81, has impressed the
Salt City public with the consistency
Of the little blacks training.
George Kerwin of Chicago and Ed
Lally fought eight rounds at 127
pounds before a large crowd at East
st. Louis. Referee Tim Hurst gave
the decision TO Kerwin.
George Green says that he will act
as referee of boxing bouts no more.
He claims to have lost too many
friends the other night, and is also
afraid of q shooting iron.
Matt Matthews and Charles Mckee
yer are training for their twenty
round bout at 40 rounds before a
Cleveland club on April II. They have
posted forfeits, and will fight for a
$1,000 purse.
j. *. McCulloch of Winnipeg, Ameri-
cas- amateur champion speed skater.
and the holder of the worlds amateur
speed championship for 1897, has de-
cided to retire from all competition
races.
Layigne is anxious 10 make a match
with DAILY to a finish for 5000 q side.
DAILY is well pleased 10 have Lavigne
looking for such a match, and will
keep him waiting for some months at
least. Fitzpatrick, Days manager,
expects to take his man TO England
before another meeting with Lavigne
is arranged, unless boxing should ex-
perience a sudden boom.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07
Crime. and Criminal.

Sensational arrests on charges of
perjury are made at Butte, Mont.
Louis j. Koehler of the Koehler Sand
company, and Noah Leroe, a laborer,
We're buried in a sand pit at st. Louis
by a caye-in and both We're instantly
killed.
The nine persons indicted ON charges
OF defrauding the city of Brooklyn
were arraigned before Judge Aspin-
wall in the Kings county court today.
All pleaded not guilty and bail was
continued in each case.
K~arazewaki, who shot and killed
Marta Wysocka and Clement Kuer-
mierowich In Whitechapel, London, on
February 5, was sentenced at the Old
Bailey to-day to ten years penal servi-
tude. The condemned man was the
paramour of Martha Wysocka, whose
husband Is said to be in Chicago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07
Accidental Happenings.

A sealing steamer encounters q
storm in which forty-eight members of
her crew perish and fifty or sixty 9TH
ers are terribly frost bitten.
James w. Buchanan, a grand neph-
ew of ex-President Buchanan, was
run down by a train and killed at Al
toona, Iowa.
Water caused a fire at Dayton, o.
The Craig-Reynolds shops in North
Dayton were flooded with ten feet of
water which reached some packages
of carbide of calcium. This formed
acetylene gas.
Several citizens of Ithaca, n. Y, are
preparing to fight the collection of
notes of sums ranging from 50 to $500
held against them by the defunct
Bankers Alliance Life and Accident
Assurance Company of Los Angeles.
CAL, on the ground that no value was
received.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07
AN AWFUL
Avalanche of Water Sweeps Throud|
ShawnectoNvn III.

Avalanche of Water Sweeps ThrosdI
ShawnectoNn III.
Louisville, KY, April 5. A speed
to the Courier-Journal from Evsa|
vile, Ind, says: The levee at Shaw
neetown, Ill, broke a mile above M
town, and from all the informataI
that can be secured here it is learDsl
that a great part of the place hAl
been destroyed, and that perhaps j
large number of citizens have bed
drowned.
Shawneetown is se~venty-five MID
below Evansville, on the Ohio river q
is situated in a valley of extremely hs|
land. with hills skirting IL In the real
and with a twenty-five-foot levee fnr|
running from hill to hill. The ton|
is very much in the position OF a f9t|
fed city, and when the
Levee Gave Way
q mile above town under the preSua1
OF the very high river the water s7
through a twenty-foot opening M
struck the place like a hurricir|
sweeping everything before It. Hous|
were turned and tossed about lp
boxes. The people were not warnedd
the break, and for that reason so NAV
were caught. Those at home sous'1
refuge in second stories and on hous'
tops. Those in the streets were ~
ried in the avalanche Of water aA
probably a majority were drowned
Citizens came from the place Y
skiffs to a telephone several miles 81
asked for aid from Evansville. lug
said that more than 200 people vs'
drowned, and they had eason 70 Y
lieve IL would
Reach 500, or Even LOO"
The water stands from twenty 70 W /
ty feet over the town. There ars J
course no fire or lights in the pia.
The men quickly left the teiepa's
and no communication has since ~
had with the place. All telephone =
telegraph wires are down. Two " \
and two steamboats, started 10, Z
scene under full head OF steam: ~,
carry large supplies of food anu p''''
cts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07
TWO warnings are wrapped up In the

Two warnings are wrapped up In the
sad case OF an Illinois farmer. who re-
Gently sold some land for $4,000. says
Youths Companion. Distrustful OF
banks and safety vaults. he wrapped
his treasure in an old carriage curtain
and deposited it in an unused fiue. An
other member OF the family made a
fire In the stove. and the treasure was
reduced to ashes which. in despair,
were dumped upon the ash-heap and
soon scattered TO the winds. A proper
appreciation Of the superiority OF
banks oyer the best OF chimneys, as a
depository of money. would have pre-
vented the farmers loss: while, after
the catastrophe. the careful gathering
OF the charred remains and their trans
mission TO the treasury department
might have resulted in their partial,
IL not entire. redemption.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07

There are fashions in words as well
as In frocks and flowers. as the col.
umns OF a recent newspaper go &c
prove. Among the book advertise
ments were the Passing of Thomas
and the Passing OF the Reds; an
editorial considered the passing of a
famous baseball captain; an extract
from another newspaper noted the
Passing of Spain. while a religious COM
munication bemoaned the Passing of
Calvinism. ~Stevenson's ADVICE to avoid
the use Of hackneyed phrases. however
clever, is in order: Find your own
expression for your own thought. Use
words; do not let them use you"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07

The fact that a hereditary patriotic
society has just expended fifteen thou
sand dollars in the pageantry Of
browning It's queen marks the folly but
adds to the mirth Of society. "What
are you doing there?" the old play
wright asked Harlequin. sitting on his
paper throne. "Oh. / am r~eigning.'
Yet even Harlequin knew that visible
insignia are but spectral; that true
kingship and ~queenship are shown by
daily deeds and character.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07

nounced the political charou
the question was assnm,naef WIN
patriotic and unwice. Mass, as
Griggs, Norton and Skinnar e, Gh1
Little progress was mado aisO set1
naval bill. The only importa0s WIN 4
ment adopted was one anu. ane]
100000 for the erection Of pn,aopriats
ings at the naval academy -" ori
o
An apparently simple racr...
of the senate by Mr.. Frye Of h.. Aai
behalf of the foreign relat,onaaiue
mittee, unexpectedly precin;,ns ep
discussion on the Cuban oues.aaled
finally led to a passage az suOn
tween MI. Chandler of Man arms \
shire and Mr.. Frye, in wh,o has,
former made some sarcastic ras ua Y
to the conduct of the foreign sseas
committee and TO the attitra.ae alda
president. Concerning the lasu 2
Chandler said: II have cosl Y
that the president intends 10 nns sa
patriotic and righteous coursps utsl
present emergency, and / shan y Y
God when he reaches a concln.,. asz
some sort or another. Therefoss
not in rebellion, as vet. aoo,e, Y
powers that be-" Mr.. Allen = .
braska made the request OF NJ, y
In a speech upon the genera c,1 2
question In the course of u,h,.us
reviewed his own record on W. !
ject, and declared that he stood y
just where he had always 60 y
favor Of the absolute independora
the Cuban people from that sh,Ss.
monster among nations" Spain ny
the conclusion of the Cuban dIscr ~
the sundry civil appropriation hin y
taken up and thirty-five pages ~
were disposed of before adiournms..
Washington. April 2. After nm .
ceedingly turbulent session Of sir Aoa
the house passed the naval annro,,s
ton bill and then adjourned ~
Monday. The war spirit was Wa,
tested in all the speeches and -.
rode the naval committee itself hr !
creasing the number of torpedo bs,s
and torpedo boat destroyers TO tws5n
four, the bill as reported providing /
but twelve. The amendment Of u
Cannon, chairman of the appronT.
tons committee, to reduce the punhs
of battleships 10 one was buried uDa
an overwhelming majority. The NJ
vision relating to armor plate. vhjd
in ordinary times, would have n
cipitated a debate of several DAYS V,
disposed of in ten minutes, a props
ton to decrease the price agreed
in the bill from S4G0 to $500 per d
being drowned in a perfect chorus
noes. Mr.. Cannon, during the couu
Of the day. announced the belief 81
majority of the members that VI
would be upon us within a week, a
Mr.. Dearmond OF Missouri made
notable speech, declaring that II Ia
tilities were TO come ii was our du
to strike the first blow.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07

That pride which induced a mob IN
Lake City, South Carolina. to murder
a black man for the crime of being a
postmaster. to kill his baby and 10
wound his wife and other children, is
dificuIt to analyze. 1t is the offspring
of ignorance, malice and jealousy, ami
1t proclaims to the black man that he
may be ambitious only at the peril OF
his life,