The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
Around About Us

Il AROUND ABOUT US !
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Hotel Gibbs at st. James, has again
been transferred, this being the second
transfer in the past week. W. B.
Forsyth, Hotel Forsyth, is the new pro-
prietor, and II. W. Stone takes posses
sion of the Forsyth House.
81. B. Humphrey has declined his
position as principal of st. James high
school, and as yet the board OF educa-
ton has not elected successor
The lateness of the spring is causing
considerable anxiety among the far
mers around Winnebago City, as the
fields are in most unfa vorable condi-
ton. On many farms the wheat is less
than half sown, and the hard freezing
has kept the soil in such shape that it
is about as wet as it was ten days ago.
A car at the depot at jackson was
broken into by thieves and u pairs OF
shoes stolen Sheriff Dunn went single
handed and caught four men in num-
Der, about sixteen miles southeast.
One had a gun and showed fight.
Their names were given as John
Cooper, George McNotton, James
Murphy and George Ballard.
| A meeting of the county superinten-
dents of public schools and of the prin-
cipals of high schools of southwestern
Minnesota was held at Winnebago City
Saturd ay last.
@. w. Scram was found in bed in a
room at the Metropolitan at Albert Lea
yesterday morning suffering from a
large dose of laudanum from which
he soon died. He left letter to a
son at Alden saying he was tired of
life.
A farmer named Herman Steffen
was found dead beside the road, with
his neck broken, about three miles
from Wabasso, Redwood county. He
was driving, seated on a double wagon
box filled with corn and is supposed to
have tumbled off with above fatal re-
| suit.
Mrs. J. A. Sandberg was stuck in
the head by runaway horse at he'd
Wing. She had just snatched her baby
out of dangers way when struck. A
deep cash was cut in her head.
George PATTERSON, one of an alleged
gang of thieves that had for years ter
rorized the little town Of Lakota City,
Iowa, was caught at Albert Lea by
Sheriff Fossom of Freedom county and
turned over to the Iowa authorities
Patterson and his gang are said to
have committed burglary short
time ago, and all of them were cap
| place.
| The observations recently made at
Goodsell observatory, Mortified, show
that the new star, Nova Persel, var les
in its light up and down, instead of
gradually.
The Commercial club at Benson is
negotiating the establishment of cold
storage plant.
st. Peter Herald: 6. S. Ives re-
turned from Philadelphia on Friday
last, together with the other members
! Of the tax commission, which has been
on two weeks tour through the east,
visiting the capitals of several states
with view of gathering infor nation
that would be of value in codifying-
the tax laws of the state. The com
mission visited Chicago, Ill; Lancas-
ing, Mich; Indianapolis, Ind; Column
bus, Ohio; Albany, N. Y; Boston,
Mass; and Philadelphia. The COM
mission learned a great many things
of value and were especially impressed
with the systems in vogue in Illinois,
Michigan, and Indiana Mr.. Ives
stated that the commission would soon
open up headquarters at the capitol
building, ST. Paul, when the work of
the commission would begin in earn
est.
Joseph T. Dunn, county treasurer
of Waseca county died yesterday of
pneumonia.
| S. j. Coulter, special agent of the
United States general land Office, with
headquarters at Duluth, has been
spending several days in st. Cloud,
and it has leaked out that his mission
is one which may prove interesting to
persons alleged to have been defraud-
ing the government by fraudulent SOL
diers additional land entries at st.
Cloud and other land Offices. 1t is
claimed the abuse has grown to great
proportions within the past few years.
| An interstate warfare growing out
OF smallpox conditions at Sisseton, S.
D., is on at Browns Valley. More
than 100 cases of the disease exist at
Sisseton, and Browns Valley authori-
ties forbid persons from there who
] had been exposed from entering this