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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
Aug. 3-1C- IT
ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATOR

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y Earth, SIS. In Probate Court, Special
Term, July 9th 1900.
In the matter OF the estate of Henry
Mohr, deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of Gertrude
Mohr, of Mankato, Minnesota, representing
among other things that Henry Mohr, late
of BlueEarth county Minnesota, on the Z 9th day
OF June A. d. 1900, at the County of Blue
Earth, died intestate, and being an inhabitant
Of this county at the time of his death, leaving
goods, chattels and estate within this county,
and that the said petitioner is the surviving
wife of said deceased, and praying that ad-
mipistration of said estate be to her said
Gertrude Mohr, granted.
1t is ordered, That said petition be heard be-
fore said court on Wednesday, the goth day of
August. A. d. 1900, at 10 O'Clock a. m, at
the probate Office in Mankato, in said county.
Ordered further. That notice thereof be given
to the heirs OF said deceased and to all persons
interested, by publishing this order once in
each week for three successive weeks prior to-
said day of hearing in the Mankato Free Press,
weekly newspaper printed and published
at Mankato, in said county.
Dated at Mankato the 9th day OF July, A. D.
1900.
By the Court,
WIN. F. HUGHES,
[PRoBATE SEAL Judge OF Probate.
Pau & Pau, Attorneys for Petitioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
ARCANIANS VS.. KNIGHTS.

There will be general closing OF
stores from four to six o'clock tomor-
row afternoon, for the ball game, be-
tween the picked teams of the Knights
of Pythias and Royal Arcanum. The
game will probably extend through
five innings, and no doubt large
crowd will be on hand to witness it.
The players have practiced for cou
pie of weeks and will put up meri
torious game that will throw the
league games in the shade The two
lodges will have a picnic supper after
wards.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03

T. J. Knox, of jackson, and John L.
Gissell, of Heron Lake, were in the
city Monday evening.
S. H. Baker, the Red Wing miller,
was in the city over night.
Mrs. DR.. Force, of Window, arrived
Monday to be the guest of Mrs. T.
w. Hart for week.
Miss Sylvia Dow, of Alma City,
spent the day in the city as the guest
of Miss Mareclla Dow.
Miss A. S. Wordsworth, of Lake
Crystal is visiting Miss Florence
Zimmerman for couple of days.
Ole Haug went to Marshall today tC
take charge of the shoe department in
Baldwin's department store. His
friends wish him success.
Harvey D. Williams and family left
this morning for Seattle, Wash, where
they will reside in the future Mr..
Williams will join with his brother
and carry on the same line of business
that he did in this city.
w. S. McGinnis, of Washington, D.
c., assistant general superintendent of
the postal service, was in the city
Sunday. He has a pass that is good
for every railroad, steamboat and
street Car lines in the United States.
Louis Heleniak, late of Worthington,
arrived yesterday to accept the position
of night yard clerk and baggage man
at the union depot. He is brother
of FL. NJ. Heleniak. An assistant
day man is also needed.
Henry Zimmerman Jr. and Geo..
Hoerr have returned from Mime
apolis, where they purchased team
of bays for the beer wagon of the
Standard Brewing Co. The team was
bought of Barrett & Zimmerman.
weighs 3, $50 pounds and is fine one.
1t will be shipped today. A team for
the bottling wagon is yet to be pur-
chased
Mrs. Geo. Eich's year old baby died
Tuesday of cholera infantum, in
West Mankato. She lost her husband
last winter. Ole Lindberg's eight
months old baby, also of West Man
kato, is also very low of cholera in
fantum
A. Schippel's little girl was bitten
in the leg by dog Monday evening in
East Mankato Mr.. Schippel inform
ed the police of the matter next morn
ing and requested that the dog be kill
ed. They agreed to look into the
matter.
j. B. Richards was in Lake Crystal
acting as an adjuster of the fire
loss of Wagner & Weymouth. He was
selected by the referee, P. A. Larson,
of Lake Crystal, by the firm and Mr..
Thomas, of Minneapolis. by the insur-
ance companies.
Mrs. Sophia Miller received letter
from New Orleans yesterday informing
her that Harry Swayne, formerly of
this city, is father of ten pound boy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03

Mr.. Fred Westhoff advertised farm
for rent recently in the columns of the
Free Press. He succeeded in renting
it and now asks us to advertise the
fact that it is rented as the letters of
inquiry Estill come and he is getting
tired of answering them. You see it
pays to advertise in the Free Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
PERSONAL.


ing in the city this week, goes to
Minneapolis to take law lectures for
year before practicing law. He was
admitted to the bar last May.
A. S. Willoughby and F. E. Clark,
of the Milwaukee road, were in the
city today.
w. H. Little, of Mapleton, was a
guest at The Saulpaugh lsat night.
Miss Margaret Weir and Mable Lar
son, of Calumet, Mich, are the guests
of Miss Lydia Scherer.
Mrs. E. R. Kennedy is spending the
day at st. Peter.
Mrs. Albert Siebert and family went
to Blue Earth today to visit friends
for week or so.
County Attorney Thos. Hughes took
a trip to Amboy this afternoon on
legal business.
Mrs. DR.. L. G. Beebe, Mrs. H. M.
Welsh and Mrs Mamie Williams, of
Winnebago City, were guests of Mrs.
il. B. Ogle today.
/ Henry Anderegg, of Victoria, Texas,
is spending a month in the city and
vicinity visiting relatives.
! Judge J. o. Andrews and J. E.
Diamond and families left this after
noon for Tetonka Park to spend ten
days.
Miss Bessie Waters, of Madison, S.
D., has arrived to be the guest of Miss
B onnie Andrews for ten days at Te-
tonka Park
Major Bracket, of Minneapolis is
in the city this week looking after
matters connected with the revenue
department of the government.
J. G. Rice, GENERAL agent for the Nc
Cormick Harvester Co., took trip to
Chicago yesterday afternoon.
Miss Yale, of st. Charles, Mimi
was the guest of Miss Victoria Glotz-
bach yesterday.
DR.. F. E. O'Donnell, of Saltwater,
returned home yesterday afternoon
after few days visit with his friend,
DR.. VIM. Stanndish.
Jno. G. Thro went to st. Paul this
morning to attend the meeting of the
| Democratic state central committee.
E. L. Patterson leaves next Tuesday
for Odell, ILL.,, to join his family
He will visit there for couple of
weeks and his family will accompany
him home.
Miss Charlotte Davis who has been
visiting Mrs. G. NJ Hobart for the
past week, left this morning for New
Richland, to visit relatives near there
Mrs Charles Austin Burridge, of
Rochester, n. Y, is visiting her sis
tiers, the Misses Gale, for week or
| more.
Rev. W. J. Kane and Rev. Corri-
gan, of Baltimore, Md, are visiting
Mr.. John Dou gherty
G. F. Weebezahn and wife were
guests at The Saulpaugh today. They
were married at st. Peter Tuesday, the
bride being Miss Bertha Ludcke, a
graduate of the Mankato normal and a
very attractive as well as talented
young lady. Mr.. Weebezahn travels
for a jewelry house and his wife will
accompany him on his present trip.
Henry Thorngton, who is charged
with having stolen a team of horses
at st. James, has engaged S. B. Wilson
as his attorney.
The school board did not have a
quorum last evening, only four mem
bers putting in an appearance A
special meeting will be called SOON
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
A VOTE OF THANKS.

At special meeting of the Ladies
Aid society of the Methodist church
held Monday evening, a resolution was
enthusiastically passed thanking Mes
danes Wheeler and Bennett for their
courtesy and liberal hospitality in
giving the lawn social Friday evening
July 81, for the benefit of the church.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
AMBOY HERALD SOLD.

J. A. Krohn has disposed of the Am
boy Herald to Brown & Hotaling, of
Mapleton. J. E. Brown, who was
formerly in the newspaper and bank
ing business at Malpeton, will have
personal charge of the paper. He is
well known and well liked and will
continue the Herald as "rattling
good" paper. Mr.. Krohn retires on
account of ill health.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
DR.. Humphreys

Specifics cure by acting directly upon
the disease, without exciting disorder in
any other part of the system.
NO. CURES. PRICES.
1-Fevers. COMPOSITIONS, determinations. .25
2-Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic... rs
3-Teething. Collie, Crying, wakefulness .25
4-Diarrhea, Of Children or Adults. rs
7-Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis. ............ .25
S-Neuralgia. Toothache, Faceache..... .25
9--.oadache. Sick Headache, Vertigo. rs
1O-Dyspepsia. Indigestit q, Weak Stomach. rs
Unsurpassed or Painful Periods. rs
12-Whites. Too Profuse Periods ....... rs
13-CrOup, Laryngitis, Hoarseness...... rs
14-salt Rheum. Erysipelas, Eruptions.. rs
15-Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains. rs
16-Malaria, Cbills, Fever and Ague..... rs
19-Catarrh, Influenza, Cold in the Head rs
O-WhOoping- Cough. rs
27-Kidney Diseases ...................... .25
2S-Nerv0us Debility. 90
3O-Urinary Weakness, Wetting Bed. .25
77-Grip. Hay Fever. ......."............... rs
DR.. Humphreys Manual Of all Diseases at your
Druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by druggists, or sent on receipt Of price.
Humphreys Med. Co. Cor. William John Sta
New York.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
MRS. GRAF WORSE.

Mrs Chas. Graf, who was stricken
with paralysis last week, has not been
doing so well since Sunday, when she
developed implications of the brain
She is unable to speak, but mods
when spoken to. Her chances of I E.
covery are considered much less
bright, which will be source Of re-
greet to her many friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
Buchanan. Mich. May 20.

Genesee Pure Food Co LIE Roy, N. ":
Gentlemen My mama has been great coffee
drinker and has found it very injurious. Hav-
ing used several packages of your GRAIN-O,
the drink that takes the place of coffee, she
finds it much better for herself and for us
children to drink. She has given up coffee
drinking entirely. We use package of Grain-O
every week. | am ten years old.
Yonrs respectfully, FANNIE WILLIAMS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
ORDER AFFIRMED.
The Tax Experts Lose Their Case in the
Supreme Court.

The supreme court yesterday sustain
ed Judgr Cray, Brown and Buckham
in the tax case brought by S. III.
Grannis against Messrs. Wellman,
Fleener and Taylor, the board of county
commissioners of Blue~Earth county,
and the county auditor and treasurer.
The opinion was written by Justice
Brown, and the Free Press expects tc
publish the syllabus tomorrow.
This decision will be of great i'm
portancea all over the state, and why
the twin city papers do not give II
more than casual mention is mys,
terry. A large number of counties,
including Hennepin, have contracted
with the tax experts to ferret out per,
sonal property that has escaped taxa.
ton, and the decision affects all Of
these con tracts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
It's easy enough to bake cake.
The same as mother used to make.
If only you use good sense and take
Hunts Perfect" baking powder.

DR.. E. J. Davis has written friends
in the city that he is nicely located at
Weiser, Idaho. The drug store has
been started, and new house is being
built which he hopes to have.
The damage to the Gibbs House at
st. James by fire was So, 500. The fire
was started by the explosion of gaso-
line stove in the kitchen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
Society,".

The sewing society of the Royal
Neighbors met with Mrs. Geo. Pass
yesterday afternoon at 11S Jackson
street. In the evening the Royal
Neighbors and the Modern Woodmen
had a surprise party on Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank S. Wells, at 52S East Walnut
street. All had very enjoyable time.
Mrs. F. L. Hansing and Mrs. Matte
Paddock royalty entertained number
of their friends at the home of Mrs. J.
Bierbauer, North Front street, in
honor of their birthdays. Delightful
refreshments were served, toasts and
responses were given by the different
guests and all agreed that these two
estimable ladies know how to enter
tain.
j. A. Cedar will this week move his
shoe shop to the rear of T. W. Hart S
new store, where a spacious room has
been partitioned off for him.
The friends of Mrs. Sarah Critchley
will be sorry to learn that she is seri-
ously i'll at her home on Poplar street.
The doctors report that the present
spell OF heated weather is productive
OF intestinal troubles, occurring as it
does with the market stocked with
fruit of various kinds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03

Henry Thorngton, who is charged
with having stolen a team of horses
at st. James, has engaged S. B. Wilson
as his attorney.
The school board did not have a
quorum last evening, only four mem
bers putting in an appearance. A
special meeting will be called soon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03

The lower court held against tt
contracts entered into between the
county and the tax experts, and the
supreme court sustains this. The
work of the experts in this county wa:
inter- upted when it was about hal
finished
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03
RISING
BREAST

woman who uses "MoTHRR's FRIEND" need fe
childbirth for it robs this ordeal of its
horror and insures safety to mother and child. "a
Our book, Before Baby is Born" is worth IN
Ito weight in gold to every woman, and will
be sent free in plain envelope by Bradfeld
Regulator Company Atlanta Ga.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03

And other painful and serious ailments which
20 many mothers suffer- can be avoided by
the use of "MoTHRR's FRIEND" This
remedy is God-send to women, because it
carries them through their most critical
ordeal with perfect safety and no pain. No
Arizona republican., 1900-07-20
S1OO REWARD $100.

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 its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls CaJarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con- stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, 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 constitution and assisting nature in do- ing it's work. The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address
 F. J. CHENEY 6; CO, Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75 cents.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-20
FROM MANY SOURCES.

Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway V and Italy are now training dogs for use in war.
 lnoculations for the plague are made in Bombay at the rate of about 5000 a week
 wood pulp paper as military clothing IS used by the Japanese troops. It is marvelously tough and has a neat ap- pearance.
 The coral roads of Bermuda are the finest in the world for cycling They are as smooth as a dancing floor and are never dirty.
 Since 1S42 the population of England. Scotland and Wales has increased D per cent while Ireland shows a de- crease of nearly 45 per cent.
 Ten years ago New South Wales and Victoria were about equal in popula- tiOn, but the former is now consider ably ahead of its sister colony.
 A prize has been offered by a German society for the best design for an cleo tric railway upon which trains can travel at the rate of 125 miles an hour.
 The telephone was first practically used in England in 1876. when over 1l5 miles of wire existed between London and Norwich, but no telephone ex- chance was established until 1879.
 The practice of taking arsenic in minute doses is very prevalent among
Arizona republican., 1900-07-20

Special exhibits of quicksilver ores, bi- luminous rock, asphaltum, mineral oils, borax and copper attract great atteu- tion and do credit to the senders.
 "A fine model of a stamp mill in full operation, built by the Union Iron works. attracts attention at all times. MT. Adolph Ekerman of Oroville. is in his glory here, explaining the opera tion of the mill and concentrator, in fact the entire process of gold extrac- ton. He is all around the United States exhibit explaining everything and receiving thanks for the gracious manner in which he responds to all questions
 Tn the metallurigical department the exhibit marked: from quartz to bull lion,' attracts attention. his very in teresting exhibit. donated by Mr. A P. Stow of the Gold Bank mine of Butte county. Cal, and hundreds of ether minerals. are viewed by interested tourists. Suffice to say that the Unit ed States have the most beautiful and interesting exhibit of ores and metals in this great exhibition
Arizona republican., 1900-07-20
HER TIP WAS TOO SMALL.

A determined lady from the west wis ited Washington, D. C., not long ago for the purpose of interviewing a mem Der of the cabinet on a subject of inter- est to her. She called. as it happened, just at the time when the frauds in the Cuban postal department were made public, and the majority of the presi- dents advisers, absorbed in considering the matter. had given instructions that they were not to be disturbed 50 you refuse to take my card to the secre- tary?" asked the determined lady of the messenger. Tt would be against my orders. and don't care to- replied the messenger, politely. The visitor turned away in high dudgeon, but a happy thought occurred to her, and she retraced her steps. Here. my son. she said, insinuatingly, There is 50 cents: now will you take my card in? o. I'm paid a bigger salary than that to keep your card out. madam" respond ed the darkey. shaking his head.-Ar- gOnaut.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-20

things, from politics to religion, whom children love and day laborers greet by reverently lifting the hat, and who, if she were graduated from a home seminary or college, would receive a bouquet from every boy in town. If you think of such a young woman, and nearly every community has one (and 99 times out of 100 she is poor), you have fair idea of the impression made on a plain man from a country town in Indiana by Miss Gould.
 Helen Miller Gould is just at the threshold of her beautiful career. What a promise is there in her life and work for the coming century,
 She has pledged her fortune for a Hall of Fame on the campus of the New York university, overlooking the Harlem river. It will have tablets for the names of fifty distinguished Ameri- cans, and proud will be the descendants of those whose names are inscribed thereon.
 The human heart is the tablet upon which Miss Gould has inscribed her name, and her Hall of Fame is as broad and high as the republic itself.- Congressman Landis in Success.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-20
AUGUST FLOWER.

Tt is a surprising fact" says Prof. Houton, that in my travels in all parts of the world. for the last ten years, l have met more people having used Greens August Flower than any other remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged liver and stomach, and for constipa- tion. I find for tourists and saIesmen, or for persons filling office positions, where headaches and general bad feel ings from irregular habits exist, that Greens August Flower is a grand rem edy. It does not injure the system by frequent use, and is excellent for sour stomachs and indigestion" Sample bottles free at WaFelin's Pharmacy, or T. F. Hudson's.
 Sold by dealers i'll all civilized coun- tries.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-20

acquire, own and operate the follow ing named mining claims, viz: Look out, Midnight Owl, Crystal Spring, Iron Summit, Contact, Cal Brice, Mountain Side, Queen Victoria and Cora E.. All said mining claims being located in Tanquitz mining district in Riverside State of California, as well as such other further mining claims in said State of California, or in any other states and territories of the United States as said corporation may here after elect, and to provide, erect, main tain and operate thereon, or in the vii cinity thereof, such mining and gen. eral milling buildings and machinery as may be necessary to operate said mining claims for gold, silver or iron or othe. metal, and to refine, manufac- ture and market any or all of said min erals, and to do all mining, manufac- turing and merchandising necessary or convenient in the owning and op- eTating of said mining claims, and the refining manufacturing and marketing of the product thereof.
 B. The amount of capital stock of said corporation authorized to be issued shall be three million, five hundred thousand dollars divided into three million five hundred thousand shares of the par value of one dollar per share, and of said stock it is authorized that in the discretion of the hoard of directors of said corporation not exceeding three million dollars of said stock may be given as and for the full purchase price of said nine mining claims above mentioned together with the mining developments and machin- cry now thereon, and the remaining five hundred thousand dollars of said stock shall be subject to sale, if nec- essary, under such regulations as the board of directors may hereafter de- termine.
 l. 4. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be May 9, A. D.. 1900, and shall endure from that date for the period of twenty-five years.
 ,. The affairs of said corporation are ito be conducted by its board of direct CTS, composed of nine members, and such officers as its board of directors may from time to time designate, the duties of said officers to be prescribed by bylaws approved by the stock holders and directors of this company.
 6. The limit of indebtedness and lia-