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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
LAKE CRYSTAL.
From the Union /:

l. lOlu Uu0 OulOu
Carl Strom, a graduate from the law
department of the State q, has an
offer to go into partnership with At
torney Benblw of Window. Mr.. B.
is one OF the prominent and successful
lawyers of Minnesota, and Carl will
some day rank among the best of them.
While John Conger was hunting on
the bluffs of the Blue Earth river this
week, he saw man, who Judging
from his conversation was the indi-
vidual who escaped from Sheriff Ger
Itch and had been accused of passing
counterfeit money. The matter was
reported to the sheriff.
Nothing further has Eeen heard
from the disease breakin g out among
the horses in Cambria with such fatal
results as reported last week There
is nothing positively known what
caused the two animals to die 80 sud
denly on the way to CORTLAND. AS it
has been suggested death might have
been the result of the feed they had
that day.
Our neighbor across the prairie, east
from here, Bro. H. G. H1taling, has
been elected resident director of the
telephone system at his home in the
village of Mapleton. Hotaling is a
prudent business fellow; you don t
catch him loafng around. OF course
the other fellows kick and cuss at their
i'll luck, but if they would do as Hotal-
ing has done, they too might be resi-
dent directors or something else as
good
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
PHYSICAL WORK BEGINS.
Boys and Men Will Develop Muscle and
Health at Y. M. c. A. Rooms.

Yesterday afternoon the Y. M. @.
A. Junior department gymnasium class
met for the first time for work. They
were put through free hand and a
dumbbell drill and then after tumbling
a while they played games The boys
class will meet at A 10 instead OF
o'clock as before advertised. The
junior department has fourteen mem
bers to begin with. The membership
is to be limited in number and Secre-
tary Gran expects it to fill up rapidly
now. They meet again on Saturday
morning at ten o'clock.
The business mems class will meet
for the first time on Friday afternoon
at 5 O'Clock for instruction in exercise
They will have class work for twenty
minutes, after which they will be
given special exercises according to
individual needs. They will meet
Tuesdays and Fridays at five o'clock.
The young mems class will also begin
work on Friday evening at eight
O. clock. The work to be taken up by
this class is all around body building
work for development of strength and
form. They will meet regularly on
Tuesday and Friday nights.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
Grain Quotations.
Grain Gossip.

Liverpool closed I'D lower. North
west receipts today were 7O2 cars
against 500 a year ago. Primary re-
ceipts today were 1,136, 900 bushels
against 1,036, 900 for last year. The
total clearances of wheat and -four
equals 1923, S7S bushels. Duluth re-
ceipts were 1914 cars with No. hard
80 No. 1 northern, 81 No 3 north
ern, 70 No. northern and lower. No
change in the cash situation and limit
is unchanged. Flax 1877 cars, with 80
rejected. The market opened weak
and lower, and sold off 5 cents under
fairly large offerings and better
weather in the northwest. Mime
apolis receipts 500 cars against 439 last
year, of these graded 1 hard, AZ No.
1 northern, 14S No 2 northern, al No.
3 northern, 70 rejected and 131 no
grade The highest grades were in
better demand today than for some
time. l northern sold from 67a to
Csc, 2 northern from 6516 to 6524c,
northern from 81 TO 64c, rejected 50 to
&C and no grade 81 to Gle. The mil
lers and elevators were in the market.
Coarse grains are a trife weaker.
Corn No. 3 sold at sac and No. 8 yell
low at 5419c. Oats sold from 342 to
Soc for 3 white. Rye still holds steady
unchanged at 544c. Barley is little
better, feeding grades sold from 4S to
53c, and mailing up to 571sc. On a
promise of dry weather up north, flax
turned weak, No 1. seed selling down
to 81. 40 and rejected from $134 to
$1.37. Futures have ruled exceedingly
dull and uninteresting again today.
There are plenty of good buying orders
in the market around the present
level. Prices are indeed low enough
for the present and wessbelieve the ten
dency will be mainly towards higher
level.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11

| l.. S. Foster and family expect to
leave for Oregon the latter part of next
week.
No further trace of W. 81. Lowry,
the escaped U. S. prisoner, has been
obtained.
The food gates of the heavens were
opened again this afternoon and rain
fell for hours.
J. G. Limpert's bicycle was stolen
from in front of the Union Steam
laundry last night. 1t was a Stearns
model 1901, No. s.S2, S64.
= Heaths full orchestra will furnish
music for the dance at Schiller hall
riday.night. Come and enjoy your
self at these popular, we'll attended
dances.
If you want some "just as good 81
make it myself, - remedy, try an imi-
tation Rocky Mountain Tea. Twill
make you sick and keep you sick. ].
G. Thro.
Rain did not interfere with the
daily sales of standard makes of pianos
at the great closing out sale, as Mrs.
Pat Riley of Lake Crystal today pur-
chased a silver toned Hackley of Peter
Helm.
R. D. Hubbard left today. for Miles
City, Billings, Great Falls and other
points in Montana to buy sheep to
winter in the sheds north of the city.
He will be gone two or three weeks.
Cal Diamond, wife and boy will ar
rive from Lincoln, Neb, tomorrow
morning to attend reunion of John
Diamond g. family tomorrow. Four
teen members of the family will be
present.
G. b. Saulpaugh, F. q. Snyder,
Oscar Bierbauer, Walter R. Wilmot of
Minneapolis, the we'll known base
ball manager, and F. P..Hoy of Min
neapolis went to Swan Lake this
morning to hunt ducks for the rest of
the week.
Judge Severance has returned after
a FIVE days absence at Jackson, where
he defended Ralph Van Duze, who
was charged with assault in the. Sec
ond degree upon Louis .Kiesel. The
jury was out when he came away.
Next week he will defend Grant
Duze, who will be tried on a similar
charge.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
GOES TO PRISON.
Mrs. Plummer Is Behind the Bars for
Aiding Escape of Her Husband

Mrs, William Plummer, the young
and devoted wife who aided her con-
vict husband to escape from the Sioux
City Jail after he had been sentenced
to the Iowa penitentiary for robbery
and who fed with him in male attire
, coming to this city and securing a
! team at J. a. Michel's livery to con-
tinue their journey to Minneapolis
where they were captured on suspicion
of connection with another crime,
Joined her husband in the Anamosa
| prison yesterday according to the
Sioux City papers. Until the iron
, gates shut her from the world with
out the woman retained the same i'm
perturbability that she showed when
the Minneapolis detectives arrested
her at the Milwaukee depot, where
: she was lounging about in men S
=, clothing and smoking a cigarette.
Says the Sioux City Journal:
Off to Anamosa penitentiary, not
with tears in her eyes but with smiles
! on her youngish face-that's the way
Mrs William Plummer left Sioux City
early this morning in the custody of
Sheriff c. w. Jackson and Police
Matron Thurston to serve a sentence
of two and half years for assisting
her husband to escape from the county
| Jail last spring.
"I'm going where may get a
7, chance to see my husband" she de-
: clared in explanation of her apparent
pleasure. He preceded her by several
weeks to serve sentence for robbery,
, and since then she has had but one
chief desire-to be near him. Her OPP
portunity for seeing her husband may
! not be frequent under the rules of the
, prison, but she declares that even a
glimpse of him and word OF two now
, and then will mean a lot of happiness
, to her
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11

Notwithstanding this is said to be
an age of commercialism and there
are those who claim that the young
man who secures a good common or
public school education may go just as
far on the road to success as his COL
lege educated brother, and in many
instances better, the desire for college
education seems to be just as strong,
among those who have to depend to a
large extent upon their own efforts, as
ever. Facts compiled at Columbia
college are said to show that many
young men are making sacrifices to
support themselves at that institution
while completing their college
course. Fully forty per cent of the
students at Columbia are said to earn
a part of the money which is neces-
sary to keep them there ten per cent
earn at least half of their college
funds, and FIVE per cent earn the entire
amount, including their living ex-
penses. The work is not such as idlers
would prefer or such as would COM
mend itself to young men who go to
college merely for the name of the
thing. There are young men at the
school who take care of horses in the
morning others do.the forbidden work
of the book canvasser or other SUBJ
scription agent, or accept anything
which offers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST

List of letters remaining uncalled TO,
at the postoffice at Mankato, MINI
for the week ending Oct. 10, 1901.
Allison, Anday Alley, Frank.
Bank, DR.. j; Blemel, Miss Anna.
Chard, Mrs d. P; Churchel, Carl
Cooper, S. G.
Ellsbury, Mr.. john; Evans, Collie
Foster, Andy. -
Grout, Miss Clara.
Henby, W. 81.
Johnson, Anna johnson, Mrs Mary
Leonard, Sophia.
Merickle, Ben.
Peterson, Miss Irine; Peterson
Peter; Peterson, Mrs. Peter.
Robinson, J. W; Ronold, Miss h
Regina.
Plthotf, Fay.
:. SCHNEIDER, George; Sheppard, J. A
Spoons, Arthur B.
Thorsen, Miss Lizzie; True, VIM. D.
Williams, Miss Pearl.
In calling for the above letters pleas,
say advertised and name the datt
of this list. One cent extra will bt
charged for each advertised letter
Letters remaining unclaimed at the
expiration of Is days from date will b.
sent to the dead letter Office
L. P. HUNT. Postmaster.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
NICOLLET.

The parsonage at the Hebron Meth
odist church in Nicollet in underqoins
some rpeairs preparatory to it's occu
pancy by new pastor. Repairs are
also being made on the church. Tn,
work has been done by members of th,
church who live in the vicinity of thi
house of worship, and who hay,
proffered their services. Hereafter ,
pastor will be permanently located
there who will occupy the pulpit every
Sabbath.
| The quarterly meeting will be heli
at Nicollet M. E. church commencing
one week from Sunday next and viii
be presided over by Presiding Elder
| Peter Clare.
A. W. Rood threshed his wheat and
1 other grain yesterday, all yielding
more than an average crop. The
threshing was done by Red River
special machine one of the largest
outfits in Nicollet county. -.z-.
Considerable grain is still in the
stack waiting for the thresher. Grain
has kept we'll where properly stacked.
Flowing and corn husking is occupy
Ing the farmers time at present.
Potatoes are light crop throughout
Nicollet and the Murphies are small.
Farmers who are fortunate enough to
nave any to market are asking rs
cents bushel for them.
Len Burrill is improving the interior
OF his residence in various ways and
In now installing furnace therein.
BY the way, Len has a pretty home
and fine farm, which is located on
the proposed free rural mail deiIverv
route from Mankato in the direction
of Nicollet.
Theodore Hanley is making an
excellent quality of sorghum syrup
this season. Mr.. 81. has sorghum
mill on his farm and has a reputation
for making the best sorghum produced.
The sugar cane crop this year is light.
Frank Flanagan of Mankato was
out in Nicollet yesterday
The farmers along the proposed free
rural mail delivery route are enthusi-
astlc. over the prospect. of the estab-
lishment of the route in the spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
MAY BID ON 1T.
Grsdlgg Contractor Flick Looks Over
Milwaukee Right of Wsy,

Mr. Flick of Flick & Johnson, the
contractors who have the contract for
doing the grading for the Milwaukee
extension between Pennington and LIE
Sueur Center, was in Mankato yester-
day, looking over the route of the ex-
tension. The contract for grading the
section from this city to LIE Sueur
Center has not yet been awarded, and
Mr.. Flick was presumably looking
over the ground preparatory to sub
mitting bid on the work
twill be necessary to condemn some
of the land needed for the right of
way between this city and Kasota
This was not necessary between LIE
Sueur Center and Pennington, where
all were satisfied with the prices paid
by the railroad.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
GARDEN CITY,

Garden City, Oct. 10. Mr.. Gran
Ward returned from Idaho the first O
the week, He was accompanied by hi
father, who is in very poor health.
Mrs. G. 0. Rector has gone east tC
visit her mother, who she has not seer
for thirty years.
Writ Weld of ST. Paul is spending
the week with relatives in town.
Frank Fairchild is in Beaver Dam
Wis, attending the Dodge county fail
at that place.
Mrs. Emily Loring left Monday fol-
an extended visit in Vermont.
Mrs. Roberts and Willie Seward
were Mankato visitors last Saturday.
W. 81. Over will leave for Idaho mex
Tuesday.
Mrs. George Doud is visiting il
Westfeld, Wis.
No preaching services in any of the
churches at present. Rev. Gibson oil
the M. E. church is away on a visi,
and the Christian and Baptist
churches have no pastors now.
Mr.. E. Gates returned from Idaho
Wednesday. He had pleasant trip,
but still thinks Minnesota is all right.
A number of our Royal Neighbo,
ladies went to Mankato Tuesday to at.
tend the R. N. banquet at that place.
They report a very pleasant time.
Miss Stella Terry is visiting hel
brothers at Triumph.
Editor Shaver left for the north
Tuesday night. We understand he is
looking for a place to locate. Fol
some reason he seems to want to leave
Garden City.
l.. G. Rev visited in Vernon over
Sunday.
@. B. Thurston of ST. Paul is in
town looking after his farming in.
terests.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
RETURNS FROM SAD ERRAND.

Rev. F. E. R. Miller returned to
this city yesterday afternoon after a
two weeks absence. This time he
spent at his fathers home in Mime
apolis where on the morning of Oct
ober Sd his mother died. Last Friday
he accompanied his father with the
body to Indianapolis, Ind, where the
family burying ground is situated, re-
turning to the twin cities Monday
night. Mr.. Miller's mother had been
an invalid for nine years, but a midst
her illness she had contrived to be &C
tive in church work. At the funeral
held in the home in Minneapolis a
great throng of her admirers assembled
and their floral gifts were many and
beautiful. Among these gifts was one
from the First Baptist church of this
city. Mrs. Miller was in her forty
eighth year, at the very heighth of her
usefulness. Her husband and four
children survive her.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
!, Around About Us :

A couple over in Freeborn county
eloped but failed to secure marriage
license either in this state, Iowa or
Wisconsin, and had to return home.
The girl is only Is.
Albert Pavlecha, forman of the con-
struction work of the new German
Lutheran church at Faribault, fell
down stairs at his boarding house and
sustained injuries which may prove
fatal.
The deputy game warden at Duluth
is having all sorts of trouble. He has
almost positive proof that some of the
butchers are selling ducks and prairie
chickens in violation of the law, but
he cannot get sufficient evidence to
warrant proceeding against them.
The superintendent of the Rochester
schools has asked the board of educa-
ton to appoint truant officer
The M. & ST. L. railway bridge at
Redwood Falls was considerably dam
aged by several cars of a freight train
jumping the track upon it.
In the case of the defaulting treas
urer of Carver county, it is probable
that Bongaard's bondsmen will have
to refund the county.
Harry Poses, an attendant of the
seventh grade in the Minneapolis
schools, attempted suicide yesterday
afternoon by shooting himself in the
school room, He did not succeed, but
caused panic among the pupils,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
LOSS OF TWO DUCKS.
Causes Trouble Between NeigbbOrs, Who
Seek Legal Advice.

A man living near the hopsital yes
terday lost his two ducks. His neigh
Dor has number of the paddle foots
and he thought that he saw his two
ducks among them. The neighbor OBJ
jected to his going after them, and he
sought the advice ofsthe city attorney.
who told him to go and get his pro-
perty if he was sure that he could
identity his ducks. He went back and
tried to get them, but the neighbor' 6
wife objected and he failed of his
purpose, although he succeeded in
frightening her away along with the
ducks.
This morning the neighbor appeared
and wanted a warrant for the first
man for frightening his wife. The
city attorney sent him to the county
attorney. and the latter sent him back
to the city attorney. Each claimed
that the case belonged to the other,
and between them no warrant was is
sued.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11

The merchants report that trade is
suffering on account of the bad weather
and bad roads.
Evan Thostad's condition remains
aboutsthe same. While it is critical,
there.are some favorable symptoms
Health Officer Hielscher has not yet
been able to communicate with Secre-
tary Bracken of the state board of
health, to ask him to come to Man
kato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
w. B. MITCHELL RESIGNS.
Tired of the Controversy With Board
of Control.

W. B. Mitchell, the st Cloud mem
Der of the state normal school board
as sent his resignation to Governor
Van SAINT. The document is post
marked early in the week. While the
state officials who know of it are in
clined to reticence it is understood
that Mr. Mitchell resigned rather than
submit to board of control domination.
Now that the normal board will prob
ably carry its case into the courts
there is still hope of independence,
but even that may not alter Mr..
Mitchell's determination to quit as he
is understood to be thoroughly dis
gusted
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
500 Reward 500.

The reader of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in ali its
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitn.
tional disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. HAIRS Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces, of the systeml thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease and giving the
patient strength by building up the coDstitu-
ton ana assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred Dol.
lars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials
Address, f. J. CHENEY CO..
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best. Toledo, o.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Steps Taken Today to Organize
One
1t Will be County Organization, and
the Membership Will Not be Limit
ed to Old Settlers.

Steps were taken this afternoon
looking to the organization of
county historical society, such as exist
in many counties in eastern states.
The meeting was held in the board of
trade room at two o'clock, pursuant
to call issued by Judge Daniel Buck,
and was attended by dozen or more
people Notwithstanding the rain
This display of interest is considered a
favorable omen, especially as large
number of people who did not care to
risk their health by Drawing the ele-
ments have signifed their interest in
the movement and their Willingness
to assist
The meeting was called to order by
Judge Buck, who was elected temper
airy chairman. He explained the
purpose of the meeting, saying that
it was intended to organize a Blue
Earth county historical society. The
object of the society would be to gather
data from all parts of the county re-
lating to the most important events
since the county was organized March
9th, 1858.
Thos. Hughes was elected temporary
secretary.
Judge Buck further explained his
ideas by suggesting that the member
ship be not confined to one sex or any
class of persons, but that everybody
( who cared to do so be invited to join.
He thought that there should be no
limit placed which would exclude
others than the early settlers. 1t
would not be an old settlers society
and would not conflict with those
societies. He would like to have mem
beers in all the towns, who would pre-
pare data.
J.E. Reynolds moved that the chair
man appoint committee of five to
prepare constitution and bylaws.
This was carried, as was also a motion
to make Judge Buck chairman of this
committee.
Jno N. Hall said that in time to
come the young people of today would
take great interest in such society,
for as people grow older they like to
recall the past.
Judge Buck suggested that the So
ciety could procure portraits of differ
ent people. He called upon Thomas
Hughes as the only historian of the
county.
| Mr.. Hughes responded but disclaim-
ed the title, He said that it took work
to prepare correct data, and the mem
DRY of one man could not be depended
upon. Different people must be con-
suited when it comes to getting facts
bearing on events that transpired
thirty or forty years ago. The old
settlers dislike to write papers, and the
younger ones will have to take lead
ing part in this.
W. W. Paddock and John Diamond
were called upon and spoke in favor of
organizing historical society.
Judge Buck thought that the records
of the society could be filed in the new
public library building after it had
been constructed.
An adjournment was taken until
Oct. Gath at 2 p. m. at the board of
trade room.
The committee appointed to pre-
pare constitution and bylaws consists
of Judge Buck, chairman, E. T.
Champlin of Vernon, 81. G. Hotaling
of Mapleton, Thos. Hughes and J. E.
Reynolds of this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
GOVT REPORT.
Shows Condition of Corn Only
81 |, Being a Slight Improve
ment Over Sept. Report.

Washington, Oct. 10.-The govern
ment crop report for October was made
public this afternoon, and is as fol-
lows:
Corn 52 1, oats 25.1, barley AT.
Corn yield and condition: Condi-
tion Sept. LIST, 1901 was 51.7, yield
was 1900, 900, 900. Oct. list last year
1872, yield 1900 600, OOO Oct. 1st,
1899, s2.7, yield 2,O78, 600, 900. Oct.
list, 1898, 80, yield 1, 9Os, 900, 900. Oct.
1st, 1896, 80. 8, yield 2, 1888, 900, 900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
PROFITABLE CORN CROP.

A Belgrade farmer marketed some
new corn yesterday and received forty
five cents bushel for it. He has four
teen acres of corn and it is an excel
lent crop, yielding eighty bushels to
the acre. AS he did all the work him
self, the crop is clear profit to him. If
he sells the balance of the crop at the
same price, he will receive 1904 for it,
or $50 an acre, which will nearly pay
for the land.