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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07
ON A SPECIAL TRAIN.
Secretary OF War Root Fastening
from New York 40 Buffalo.

from New York 10 Buffalo.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-When Secretary os
War Elihu Root. who was at Southamp-
ton. L. l., heard that the President had
been shot he Immediately began arranging
to start for New York. n thence TO Buff
falo. When seen tonight. he said: II
cannot talk. What is there to say? II 10
terrible! terrible.'
Secretary OF War Root left the Grand
Central Depot at n:l0 tonight for Buffalo
in a special train. He was accompanied
by DR.. Dixon. a specialist. with whom he IL
Fastening to the bedside OF the President.
All possible speed will be made 10 reach
Buffalo in reeord-breaking time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07
VICE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

Soon After Hearing the News He Left
for Buffalo on "A Special Train.
BURLINGTON. VI, Sept. 6.-The first
news OF the m assassination OF
President Mckinley reached Vice President
RoOsevelt>at Isle La Motto at $50 o'clock
this afternoon. when the President
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07
CHoKED TO iNsENsIBILITY.
Ex-Mayor of Marietta, Who ReJoiced
That Mckinley Was shot.

MARIETTA. o.. Sept. s-Ex~Mayor
Charles Richardson was choked into IN
sensibility in the saloon or George Van
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07
O THE FUTURE.

future OF the executive branch of the gov
eminent. 1t was realized that even under
the most favorable condition the Presi-
dents injuries are OF such a character as
TO make 1t almost certain that he cannot
undertake for a long time to discharge the
duties Of chief executive, even in the most
formal way. Every member OF the Cabi-
net able To travel is expected TO speed. at
once 70 Buffalo. and there a Cabinent coun-
ell viii be held TO decide upon the course
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07
Local observations ON Friday.
Sestsrday's Temperatures.

W. Il.
Section Director.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The Opera House Will no Longer be
Lighted With Gas.

The opera house is to be supplied
with electric lights at once. In fact,
the work of wiring the house began
this afternoon, and it is hoped DO have
it completed in time for use at the
next attraction, Thursday night. L.
Starbird, the expert electrician of the
Bijou opera house in Minneapolis, is
doing the work, having been engaged
by A. g. Bierbauer, the owner of the
house.
Mr.. Starbird wired the Metropolitan
opera house in st. Paul for its lights,
and his plans not only afford excellent
light in the theatre and back of the
curtain but are accepted by the under
writer's association as being safe.
The opera house will be more popu-
lar than ever with its new and i'm
proved system of lighting. This has
been the only feature lacking to make
it a thoroughly metropolitan play
house, and with the new scenery
which it has recently secured it will
stand on par with the best houses
anywhere Mr.. Bierbauer is to be
commended for his enterprise in put
ting in electric lights.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
EASILY DECIDED.
This Question Should be Anwered Easily
by MankatO People.

Which is wiser-To have confidence
in the opinions of your fellow citizens
or depend on statements made by utter
strangers? Read this:
Mrs. Herman Fenske of 1904 First
Ave, says: 81 was troubled with at
tacks of backache and headache ever
since a little girl. Sometimes my back
was so weak and lame that it hurt me
very much TO lift light object. A
cold nearly always brought on an at
tack and it was accompaniment by a
tired feeling mornings When lying
down it was painful to turn and did
not feel equal to the ordinary house,
work. After my husband procured
Doan's Kidney Pills for me at J. c.
Thro's and took them l was better
in every way. Doan's kidney pills art
good remedy for backache and Ian
guor. l am recommending them to
my acquaintance. !"
For sale by all dealers, price 90 cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
sole agents for the United Staets.
Remember the name-Doan Sane
take no other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
SIGN THIS WEEK.
Arrangements for Floating Street
Railway Bonds.
Latest Information From New York is to
the Effect Thst the Line Will
Speedily Be Built

S. Wilhartz Sunday received the
following telegram from Edward Barr,
president of the Barr Contracting and
Construction Co. of New York:
"New York, Oct. 10, 1901.-S Will
hartz: Meyer promises signature
written contract agreed upon early
next week. BARR, President.
Mr.. Meyer is secretary and treasurer
Of the Dominion Securities Co. sand
the le'' telegram means that the latter
company will early this week enter
into a contract with the Barr Con-
tracing and Construction Co. to take
the bonds to be issued for the purpose
of constructing street railway line
in Mankato.
Mr.. Wilhartz is feeling much elated
over the success of the negotiations in
New York, and believes that work on
the street car line will commence very
soon. He states that rails can be Sc
cured on short notice and that force
of men could lay the entire nine miles
before Jan. list. 1t might be that the
operation of the line would be delayed
until after Jan. 1st, but he does not
think that the council would make any
trouble if the track was all down.
Mr.. Wilhartz has just returned from
business trip to Minneapolis, and
while there had conversation with
Col A. E. johnson, who has been pro-
noting the enterprise. Nothing new
developed from this visit.
The people of Mankato hope that
the New York people will take hold of
the read and build it. If the hot
water system should not prove salts
factory, it is felt that the company
would install an electric plant to sup
ply motive power, using the same rails
and rolling stock.
Further information from New
York will be anxiously awaited.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
DEATH OF DR.. HlRSCH.

New Ulm Journal:
Word was received here Wednesday
of the death of DR.. q. j. B. Hirsch,
which occurred at an early hour that
morning at his home in Audubon,
Becker county. MINI. Death came
suddenly and was caused by heart
trouble with which he had suffered for
some years Tuesday evening he had
been reading and retired, to all APP
pearances, in the best of health.
About clock the next morning
mem bers of his family heard or loans
in his chamber and upon investigation
found him in an Unconscious condi'
ton. A physician was Immediately
summoned but before he could reach
| the bedside of the sufferer DR.. Hirsct
had passed away.
The family was we'll known here by
many of our citizens having resided
on South Front street for about yea,
several years ago, though the docto
never practiced here, being located a
New Ulm. The funeral took place a
| New Ulm Saturday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
FATAL SHOOTING.
st. Peter Has a Sensational
Case on Its Hands.
Fred Davis, an Electrician, Shoots VIM
YOungreH at the House of
Woman.

st. Peter has a shooting sensation
on its hands. Sunday evening. William
Youngren, laboring man of about
twenty eight years, called at the home
of Mrs. Elizabeth Fleishauer in South
st. Peter and asked her or her daugh-
ter Susan to go riding or walking with
him. Fred Davis, an electrician,
who was at the Fleishauer house, be-
came involved in a quarrel with
Youngren. The latter made a hostile
demonstration, when Davis drew a
revolver and fred twice. One bullet
took effect in Youngren's abdomen.
The injured man was taken to the ST..
Peter house. where an operation was
performed by Doctors Daniels, Strath-
ern and Mcintyre. Youngrens in
juries are said to be fatal. Davis was
arrested. He claims the shooting was
done in elf-defense.
A consultation of physicians was
held last night and the conclusion was
that Youngren cannot survive. He may
live several days.
The preliminary hearing of Davis
has been postponed for week, to
await the outcome of Youngren' S
wound.
Davis came to st. Peter from St.
Paul and has been there for year or
two. He has no relatives in this city,
and is unacquainted here, SO far as is
known
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
HAS A WiNDFALL.
Mrs. Chris. McGOvern of ST
Clair Inherits $4,000.
Lef. Her BY the Death of g Relative
at Fresport, Hts One of
Three Heirs.

Mrs. Chris McGovern of St. Clair,
by the recent death of relative al
Freeport, ILL.,, has been left the modest
fortune of SIT, 600. She is one of three
heirs. The property consists of real
estate in Freeport which is returning
rentals.
Mrs. McGovern has accepted the
offer of SIT, 600 cash for her interest,
made her by a relative, and has been
paid portion of this sum and will re-
ceive the remainder at once.
Each of Mrs. McGovern's children
also receives valuable lots in Freeport.
Mr.. McGovern is a well known
resident of the county, and has been
engaged in considerable litigation in
the courts over property that was left
on the death of relative of his.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
The Trouble Is With the Law.

Window Reporter:
The Reporter hardly agrees with the
Alexandria Post-News that the board
of control is a narrow Drained body,
but realizes that it's duties are so di-
vergent that they are hard of perform
ance. The trouble is in the law more
than in the board, and if the attacks
were made upon the law instead of the
personnel of the board it would be bet
ter. We believe the two boards are
generally trying to do that which the
law directs, and the law puts them in
conflict Instead of personal hostility
between the normal and the control
boards a friendly submission of the
question of jurisdiction to the courts
would result in a better feeling among
the friends of the boards and tend to
greater party harmony Gov. Van
SAINT may have made mistake in the
personnel of the board, but it is hard
to believe that if all the board are as
strong men as Judge Gould it will act
in bigoted manner. A carefully
drawn law would obviate all the
trouble.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
NEW BANK.
Madison Lake to Have a New Banking
House.


The village of Madison Lake. which
has been Obliged to get along as best it
could for the past two or three years
without banking house, is soon to
have this want supplied. Mr.. Geo. T.
Swearingen of Mitchelville, Iowa, ar
rived at the Lake last week with his
wife, and as soon as he can get new
safe in place will open for business.
This he expects to do within the next
ten days. Owing to dearth of va
can't buildings, Mr.. Swearingen will
be obliged to secure quarters in some
store building until spring, when he
expects to erect new and substantial
building especially adapted to banking
purposes
Mr.. S. has rented the Owen cottage
on Point Pleasant for the winter and
has already taken possession thereof
He comes to his new location highly
recommended as a straightforward
business man, and as he is young
man, full of energy and push, Madison
Lake may be counted as very FORUM
ate in having him locate there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25

There has been a great deal of abuse
showered upon Secretary Gage, be-
cause of his ruling in relation to the
importation of Russian sugar upon
which an export bounty was received.
Now United States circuit court
has rendered a decision which declares
that the Russian government in effec
pays bounty, and fully sustains the
action of Secretary Gage in his ruling.
The law provides that where an export
bounty is paid, that extra duty to the
amount of bounty shall be collected.
Under the circumstances Secretary
Gage could not do otherwise than en-
force the law, it was his only recourse.
If there is any fault.at all, it is in the
law, and not the action of the secre
tary. He but did his duty as congress
laid it upon him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
90 S@%S &ee$N<AO e&e%@%&S S@S
|: Around About Us ;

Luverne has let the contract for a
large amount of cement sidewalk.
Andrew Carnegie has given $12, 900
to Austin for library building.
The state has sold nearly 100, 900
acres. of land during the past few
weeks, at prices ranging from Sc to
$40 per acre.
At Chaska the jury in the case of
county commissioners against Gerhard
Congard, alleged defaulting county
treasurer, rendered verdict for the
county for 81, 395. 90.
Miss Annie Christensen was found
dead by the roadside near Fergus
Falls. She had started to walk home
and died from heart failure.
Al Norton OF Saltwater, who was
accidentally shot while hunting near
Brainerd short time ago, died from
effects of the wound.
Arrangements are being made for
the erection of large mailing house
at Winona.
The New Ulm Journal celebrated its
fourth birthday by charging to a seven
column quarto.
The residence of Mrs. Minnie Fair
banks at Lanesboro was destroyed by
fire. The loss was about $1,000.
1t is said that an Indian uprising is
feared at the Red Lake agency. The
Indians are somewhat ugly and refuse
to accept their annuity payment unless
the money due on last winters log
ging operations is paid at the same
time.
The sale of state lands at Fergus
Falls last week reached 81, O97. 46 acres
and the average price received for
them was 81 per acre.
The village of Gilmore will lay 10 ad-
ditional blocks of water mains.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
COMPANY FORMED.
MankatO and Alaska Parties
Put in Money.
Fishing aGd LAUNDERING Pursued.-'-Au
Entire TOwnsite Secured, With About
Everything in II.

A move has been on foot for some
time to organize company to carry
on fishing and lumber business in
Alaska, and several Mankato parties
have become interested, in connection
with parties now in Uncle Sans
northernmOst possession. In fact, the
company has already been formed and
will be known as the Alaska Fish
and Lumber Co. 1t is capitalized at
$500, 600, and Mankato is to be the
principal place of business. The board
of directors will hold meeting in this
city next Tuesday, after which more
complete details will be given to the
public. At present even the names of
the parties connected with the new
enterprise are withheld.
1t is known that the company has
purchased the townsite of Shakan,
which is situated at the northwestern
point of Prince of Wales is
land in the southeastern part of
Alaska. With the TOWNSHIP, the COM
pany has acquired all of the wharfage
and. fishing rights in the place, to-
gether with large and complete saw
mill plant, a machine shop, dry kiln,
planning mill, electric plant and mer-
camille business. The power for the
sa W mill is obtained from lake stu
ated i'll the mountains 275 feet higher
than the plant, water being carried
through steel pipes to the wheel that
revolves the machinery.
The object of the company is to
carry on lumber business to erect
large plant for the purpose of cam
ming salmon, which are obtained in
unlimited quantities in that vicinity;
and to catch and salt down herring,
the quality of the Alaska fish being
considered equal to the kind caught on
the coast of Norway.
There are undoubtedly many oppor-
tunities in Alaska for making money
if the necessary capital could be Sc
cured and intelligently applied, and
this is one of the opportunities which
it is sought to take advantage of.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
AN ELOPEMENT.
A Belgrade Girl Leaves Her
Happy Home.
Buttermaker RuuusIs of Kerns Flies With
& Daughter of H. c. Randali..--In
Sioux City Today.

r. The residents of Belgrade as a rule
are. very conservative and steady go,
ing, but that township has furnished
a gensationssssof the first class Mon,
day.
J. ". Runnells has for several
months been buttermaker at Kerns,
nine miles northwest of this city in
Nicollet county. He is young and
gay, and had not been there long be-
fore he won the heart of Miss Villa
Randall oldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Il. G. Randall, who reside some
distance from the creamery and are
among the best known and most highly
respected residents of Belgrade.
The two young people arranged
an elopement, as a way around parental
objections, and the project was car
ried out Sunday afternoon. At 2 sc
p N. Runnells went to the farm OF
Burt BurrelI and asked for the loan of
his horse and buggy, saying that he
wished to drive to Mankato and would
return in the evening. He secured the
rig, and that was the last heard of
him until this afternoon. 1t is pre-
sumed that he met Miss Randall by
appointment at point east of the
house and drove to Madelia, catching
the midnight train for Sioux City.
This afternoon, Runnells called up
a friend in this city by phone from
Sioux City and said that he had left
the horse and buggy at Madelia, with
instructions to the liveryman to return
it tomorrow to Mr.. Burrell. He said
that he and the young lady were all
right and would leave for the south
tonight. He requested that Frank
Grifiths, the helper at the Kerns
creamery, be notified that he had ar
ranged for another buttermaker to be
there tomorrow.
Miss Randall is niece of DR.. E. d.
Steel of this city and is very highly
spoken of by her friends. Her act is
a surprise to all, and is laid to youth
full infatuation She is about eighteen
years of age. Her parents are wealthy
farmers and have afforded her every
comfort and advantage that lay in
their power.
1t is said that Mr.. Randall is con-
siderably wrought up over the actions
of the young couple. The elopment is
a complete surprise to everybody.
Runnells has been somewhat wild at
times, but while driving to Mankato
with Mail Carrier Purrier Saturday
announced that he had sown the last
of his wild oats and would straighten
up at once.
Much sympathy is felt for Mr..
Randall and family.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
DEATH OF MRS. RUEGG.

Mrs. Fidelia Ruegg of Eagle Lake
died at her home in that village
Monday, aged 70 years. The cause of
her death was due to heart failure.
The deceased has resided at Eagle
Lake and Tivola for forty-fve years
and was we'll known throughout that
section. husband, two married daugh-
ters, Mrs. J. B. Hummiston and Mrs.
Parmalee Haggard, both of Eagle
Lake survive.
The deceased was sister Of Chas.
Bennett of Mankato, Nathan Bennett
of Tivoli, Lewis Bennett of Eagle
Lake, Mrs. Caroline Harvey, Eagle
Lake, Lewis Bennett, Duke
Nebraska, and Josiah Bennett of Cali
fOrnia
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
A PAINFUL INJURY.

Lawrence Hirmer, who lives several
miles southeast of the city, met with
a bad accident Saturday evening as
he was returning home from the city.
He was driving along. when he slip
ped off of the wagon seat. In his fall,
one leg got wedged in the spokes OF
the wheel and was so twisted that the
hip was disjointed. Drs. Hielschel
and Andrews were summoned and put
the hip back into joint.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25

Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. thinner, who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Wiltgen for a couple of weeks, left for
their home at Lincoln, Neb., Saturday
evening.
c. Lepper, contractor of Blue
Earth, was in the city today looking
after building material. He tried to
get some brick layers, but was unable
to do SO, as they are all busy. He tried
to get some men to lay cement side,
walks but the promise of one was the
| best that he could get.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
COST OF SPRINKLING.

The board of public works met
Monday afternoon.and made the assess
ment for street sprinkling during the
past season. The cost of sprinkling
the streets was So, 1863, of which
$575. 4S was Front street, and 81, $40. ga
the balance of the city. The assess
man is 40 cents per front foot on
Front street, and 3.5 cents on the
other streets. Last year the assess
ment was 5 cents on Front street and
81 cents on the other streets.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
AN APPOINTMENT FOR NEW ULM
New Ulm Journal:

New Ulm Journal:
Congressman McCleary last week
made public an appointment which
will be of interest to New Ulm people.
1t is none other than the naming of
Gust Book for place upon the police
force at the national capitol, and the
concensus of opinion is that the selec-
ton is worthy .one. Mr.. Book is
an intelligent and enterprising young
man and will discharge his duties in
a manner which cannot fail in being
anything but satisfactory to his
superiors. He made an enviable re-
cord last fall when in charge of the
Republican central headquarters.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
TOOK THE STAMPS
Burglars Enter Chicago Post
office Last Night.
They Took $74, 200 Worth of Stamps
and There is no Clue to Their
Identity.

Chicago, Oct. 21.-Burglars last
night entered and stole seventy-four
thousand dollars worth of stamps from
the Chicago postoffice and escaped
without leaving the slightest clue. A
tunnel was run from the rear of the
building, a hole was then drilled
through the steel bottom to the whole
sale stamp vault. The stamp vault is
only six feet from the cashiers vault,
which contained over three hundred
thousand dollars.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
REELECTED PRESIDENT.

Rev. F. E. R. Miller of this city
was elected president of the Mime
sofa Baptist Young Peoples union at
st. Paul last Friday. The honor is one
which his many friends are glad to
see bestowed 80 worthily.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25

The Chicago Chronicle is still
greatly alarmed over the possibility of
a rupture between the president and
Senator Hanna regarding southern pat
ronage. Meanwhile both the president
and the senator are each quietly pre-
suing their own affairs, with never
a word to the public. :. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25

Rosing predicts what fusion is going
to do in 1902. 1t will be remembered
that he made some of the same kind
of predictions in 1900, but the people
inter vened and they failed to materi-
alize. There is every indication that
the people will intervene in the same
way next year. Fusion has been tried
and found wanting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25

1t looks as though subsidy bills
might be plenty in the next congress.
1t is reported that Congressman
Miner of Wisconsin has framed one
which he will introduce at the opening
in December. Would it not be just as
we'll if congress, before it takes action
upon subsidy bill, or the river and
harbor bill, which generally has more
or less steal connected with it, passed
a bill which would effectually reduce
the surplus by a readjustment of the
duties levied by the government In
the meantime it is said that President
Roosevelt is informing himself upon
the subject both pro and con and it is
reasonably certain that it will have to
be most meritorious measure which
will appeal to his favor
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
DEATH S ROLL CALL.

John Swanson died Friday night at his
home, 529 Charles street, in North
Mankato, of consumption. He leaves
wife and several children. The
funeral occurred Monday afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
PETITION in BANKRUPTCY.

Will A. Funk Monday filed petition
in bankruptcy with Referee Flittie.
The unexempt assets are $182 80, and
the liabilities are 1906. Mr.. Funk is
carpenter, but is now employed at
the central fire station.