The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-17

publican county convention.
GEO. FL. CLARK.
The c. & N. W. excursion to New
Ulm Sunday took out only about
thirty people from Mankato, and the
crowd was not over seventy-fve when
it reached New Ulm. More would
have gone from this city if the train
would have run over the new track.
The effort to raise subscriptions to
take the g. A. R. band to the national
encampment at Chica go has not met
with much success, and the chances
are that the band cannot go. The
veterans and members of the Relief
Corps will get off on the Goth, how
ever.
Karl Born was a caller at Mayor
Curriers' Office again Monday and re-
newed his complaint against Officer
Bienaph Mr.. Currier has looked into
the matter and is satisfied that Officer
Bienapf did not exceed his authority
or use too much force in arresting
Born. He also finds that the claim
that Officer Bienapf was under the in
fiuence of liquor at the opening of the
new brewery is false
A woman whom the officials have
ordered to leave the city called on
Mayor Currier Monday afternoon and
wanted to know why her presence in
the city is no longer desired She ad-
mitted that she had not abided by all
of the ten commandments, excusing
herself on the ground that she has a
small baby and cannot obtain work.
Her father died last spring. She fin
ally made the request that transporta-
ton be furnished her to some other
place, and the mayor promised to con-
slider the matter.
VIM, Hubner was down from Am
boy Monday.
G. W. Constans and boy, of Blue
Earth, were in the city Monday
DR.. ..Madge- Zimmerman is enjoying
a two weeks vacation at Madison
Lake.
President G. III. Cooper and family
returned Saturday from a six week S
outing at Lake Sarah.
J. j. Thornton Jr, and A. W. Wey
mouth, of ST. James, were guests at
the Stahl House Sunday evening.
There is one thing settled about the
wheat crop of Minnesota and the Da-
kotas, and that is that they have
raised more than half a crop. All esti
mates that the crop will exceed one
hundred millions by at least several
millions.
A. S. Grant was over from Farib
today.
Carl Wilfred Berg. aged eleven
monthsand.. twenty-six days, died Tues
dav after a brief illness. He was
with his mother, Mrs. Emma Berg, of
Spokane, Wash, visiting his grand
mother, Mrs. Carl Swanson, in North
Mankato. They were expecting to
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Karl Born, who has made consider
able complaint over the force used by
Officer Bienapf in arresting him at
the time of the opening of the new
brewery, has consulted W. R. Geddes
with view to commencing an action
for damages against the officer, having
failed to secure his discharge or arrest.
The local board of civil service ex-
aminers held an examination in the U.
S. court room Wednesday for carrier
service in the postal department.
Only three applicants appeared
Messrs. Dan S. FELTON,, Frank R. Lob
dell and Peter J. Sontag.
The second Oldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Bierbauer came down
with scarlet fever Saturday, but is
now better. The family is quaran-
tined
Judd Powell, trustee of the Harri-
man Mfg. Co, bankrupt, will sell the
balance of the stock of the company at
auction at his Office at 10 a. m. Satur-
day.
Joseph Yaeger, of Mankato town
ship, lost heifer and steer early
Tuesday morning, from lightning.
They were struck in an open field,
away from any tree or building.
The Free Press is requested to an
nounce that the date for holding the
Blue Earth county Sunday school con-
vention has been changed from August
81 and % to October % and "a, on &C
count of Mrs. Hobart, state secretary,
and other prominent state workers,
being engaged during the month of
August and unable to attend. Promise
is made that good help will be on hand
the latter. date, .hence. TIN. Change -