The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-16
UNCLE SANS MILL.
II Begins to Grind Out Justice in
Mankat0.
Six Civil Cases for Trial and the Term
Promises TO be an Unusually
Long One.

The United States district and cir
cult court convened at ten o'clock this
morning, with court room full of
jurors, witnesses attorneys and others
having business there. There is a
good deal of business, six civil cases
being marked for trial and the grand
Jury having several cases to work on.
The court will probably be in session
all of this week and perhaps a portion
of next week The arrival of so many
strangers filled The Saulpaugh full to
OVERLOOKING last night, and people had
to be sent to other hotels for lodging.
The roll of the grand jury was
called and the following answered to
their names. making just quorum :
Frank " Cook, Minneapolis Fred
Ebert, Lakefeid; ]. W. Dougherty.
st. Paul; William E. Hatcher, Mime
apolis J. ". Peterson, Vass Christ
Best. Hinckley George F. Beck. st.
Paul Calvin r. Whitney, Clearwater ;
Enoch Scott, Winona Seymour Jones,
kellogg f G. Padden, Hutchinson !;
Ramsey Cross Minneapolis; G. A.
French. Monticello; Frank Salmon,
Cambridge August Lester, Montrose
Lewellyn Hayford, LIE Sueur.
Judge Loehren appointed Mr..
Crooks foreman and gave the jury the
usual instructions Other members
of the jury were expected TO arrive
before afternoon.
The civil calendar was called as
follows
Dowagic Manufacturing Co. VS..
Watson & Chase For trial
L. F Easton VS.. town of Alden,
Freedom county For trial.
c. F. Rossow. adm, estate of VIM.
Rossow. deceased, VS.. Omaha road.
For trial.
John Coulter. adm. est of Frederick
Hicks, deceased vs.. Omaha road. For
trial.o
Geo E Foss VS.. Omaha road. For
trial
Thos. Stachowiak VS.. C. & N. w
road For trial
Godfrey J. Kaplan VS.. Mccormick
HarvestingMachine Co. Order stricken
from the calendar on motion of Judge
Severance, for defendant, the plaintiff
having consented
J. E. Haycraft and E. H. Bither,
of Madelia. and F. s. Brown, of
Tracy, were admitted to practice in
the United States courts. Mr. Bither
was six years ago in w. n. Plymat's
Office in this city.
The following petit jurors answered
to their names
John Sanchfeld, Hinckley; George
j. Mitsch, st. Paul; D. McConachie,
Pilot Mound; T. X. Haugen, st.
James h G.. Alnes, Winona; Oscar
Daggett, Sank Rapids; Philip Fitz-
patrick. Perham; August Buth, Still
water Robert Ringwald, st. Paul; j.
C. Fallon, Hutchinson L. L. Sar-
gent, Moose Lake; Michael Farrell,
Rosemount Peter Freeberg, Willmar;
John Kelly, Luverne John 7 Mar
vim, st. Cloud Charles P. Holcombe,
Saltwater James Lawrence, Marshall !;
Charles J. Picha, ST. Paul Chris o.
Winger, Herman John D. Cady,
Buffalo D. F. King, Byron George
L. Cherdle, Cleveland Eugene Car
ter, ST. Paul II. L. McDougal, Fergus
Falls William Foreman, Dumfries !;
Charles Judkins, Princeton Charles
Mason, St Peter E. d. Corwin, Lake
City R. NJ Addison, Marshall Edwin
Dunn, Eyota Halver H, Olson,
Richard Blackjack, Renville Joshua
Wigley, Lake Crystal; John A.
Bachette, Easton; F. E hammers,
Withrow William ]. Hornung, Albert
Lea.
The court lost no time in proceeding
with the trial of the case of the
Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. VS.. Wat
son g. Chase, of Marshall 1t is an
action TO recover 50. 200, being the
value of twenty drills furnished by
the plaintiff to the defendant. The
defendants claim to have sold only two
of them and do not want to pay for
the others. Spooner g. Spooner are at
torneys for the plaintiff, and Seward
& Burchard for the defendants.
The next case for trial is that of L.
S. Eaton against the village of Alden.
TO recover on 80. 600 bonds issued by
the village in aid of the Southern