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The Irish standard., 1901-10-26
THE CONFEDERATE PICKET FOUND
A FEDERAL SOLDIER LYING DEAD
WITHIN THEIR LINES,

not yet risen for him, his blue uni
form busted and cleaned until every
button was as of gold.
"Good.by, MISS" he said; "I'll de-
Liver your message, an l know the
'cap'n III be a proud man to see me
back!" He offered nanny his last
greenback, but it was Indignantly re-
fused, witnesses being present.
''Dat green money amt no good
down here nohow."
"It will be-" said the soldier, sim
ply.
Holbin returned next day and gave
vivid account of his parting with
the happy prisoner; and then he i'm
mediately sought his own room; but
not before Frances, little ashamed
of herself, had thanked him warmly
for his kindness to her soldier.
Upon the same day the confederate
relief picket found a federal soldier
lying dead within their lines. He
had been shot from behind with q
pistol held so close to his coat that
it was burned by the powder. The
affair afforded but few minutes
discussion, for the explosion of fire.
arms was almost incessant at times,
and dead men in June, 1862, were
plentiful around Richmond. The only
part of the mystery worth consider
ing from the military standpoint was
how the man got through the lines at
that particular place. A watch taken
from his body contained the names OF
Capt. Richard Somers and the regi-
ment to which he was attached, and
also the likeness of an elderly WON.
(. an. 1t was surmised that the victim
of the pistol shot was deserter and
robber; that he had been captured
and killed while attempting violence
or an escape. The officer into whose
possession the watch drifted was il
charge of a burial party next day un
der nag of truce, and, learning thai
Capt. Somers was among the troop,
opposite, sent the watch to him will
a courteous explanation. The graft
fcation of Capt. Somers was only
equaled by his bewilderment. Man.
weeks before he had intrusted tn,
Jewel to his faithful artilleryman, an,
this soldier, he had been assured, wa
left dead upon the bloody battlefield
His conclusion was that some one ha,
robbed the body at that time an,
had been overtaken by fate while en-
gagged in some other nefarious enter
prise. But when Capt. Somers cas-
ually opened the locket and foun'
therein a long, slender curl of red
dish-golden hair and on the Mario,
ribbon with which it was tied tn
name Frances he was involved il
Q hopeless mystery. He was with
sound Of the Richmond church bell
The Irish standard., 1901-10-26
Take q Town Of Your Ow. si.e.

A small town mag poke fun at a
larger one, but if a large town pokes
fun at q smaller one there is trouble
Observation-Disclosures us.) Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
HELPS MINNEAPOLIS.
Does the Great Western Extensions in
Southwest.

Minneapolis, Nov. 29.-The Great
Western extensions in process of build
ing are expected to add to the infue-
ence of Minneapolis in the markets of
the southwest. The improvement in
train service recently inauurated by the
Stickney road is bringing new buyers
to this city.
The Great Western intends to make
a more thorough canvass for the traffic
in packing house products between
Minneapolis and the Missouri river
towns as soon as it's extensions to
Omaha and Sioux City are completed.
1t is expected that the volume of these
products distributed from Minneapolis
will show wonderful increase next
year. The Great Western has enjoyed
a nice portion of this traffic from Kan
sas City, and the new extensions will
carry its lines to the remaining two
important packing house towns on the
Missouri
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
MAPLETON.

From the Enterprise:
While several of our people have
departed for California, in search of
fine weather, we are positive that they
have not found anything better than
has been enjoyed here the past few
weeks
The dog poisoner got in his work
this week and several fine dogs have
gone to their last rest. One thing is
certain if the fellow is found out he
will receive rather warm reception,
as dog poisoning is not a popular pro-
fession in Mapleton just at present
There is still one vacancy in thee
rural route carriers. Generally there
is surplus of carriers, but this COM
munity seems sufficiently prosperous,
SO that there is no one laundering for
the job at $500 per year. Perhaps the
price of horse feed cuts some figure
in the matter.
Some substantial improvements are
in contemplation at the creamery,
among them being a new cement floor,
to take the place of the present wooden
one, which being double furnishes a
place for the formation of substances,
which do not add to the cleanliness of
the creamery.
F. B. Davis, who is touring the
south with the hopes of benef tting
his health and perhaps finding loca-
tion which would be more suitable to
his business interests, writes from
Huntsville, Alabama, that frosts are
of nightly occurrence and that all
vegetation has been killed. Flour that
sells here at 81 per sack, retails there
for 81. 30 per sack.
Bert Beals, a young man employed
on the DR.. Bishop farm, had his right
hand badly lacerated Tuesday morning
while working corn shredder. He
was cleaning out the fan when his
hand was caught and the thumb tor n
somewhat and bad cash cut across
the palm of the hand. DR.. Kreuger
dressed the injuries and it is expected
that the hand will be as good as ever
in short tirle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
WAS NONE TOO LARGE
FIRST ESTIMATE OF FATALITIES
IN WABASH WRECK
VERIFIED.
OVER A HUNDRED ITALIANS

Deputy Customs Collector at Detroit
Went Through the Entire West,
bound Train-Says He Saw Fully
40 mmigrants-Railway Officials
Still Maintain That but % We're
Killed in the Accident.
Detroit, Mich, Nov. 30.-An inter
view with Thomas z. Moran, deputy
customs collector at this port, prac-
tically verifes the estimate that at
least so lives were lost in Wednes-
days collision on the Wabash railroad
near Seneca. The two immigrant
cars, in which the greatest loss of life
occurred and in which so many of the
wreck victims were roasted to death,
was part Of train No. Is, which crossed
the Detroit river from Canada on the
ferryboat Great Western Wednesday
afternoon. and Deputy Moran inspect
ed the baggage of its passengers. He
says there were at the very least cal
culation 10 Italians in the two cars.
In addition to these there were 10
more in the smoking car, which was
ahead of the two immigrant cars.
Official advices to Superintendent
Burns of this division of the Wabash
say that of the Italians in the wreck
20 escaped unhurt and were taken to
st. Louis, Is are in the companys
hospital at Peru, Ind, there are 9TH
ers in Peru and are near Adrian in
jured. Subtracting these 43 from the
ITO immigrants Deputy Moran says
were aboard the train leaves a loss
among the Italians alone of 67. In
addition s other bodies were recov-
cred and identified, which makes a
total of rs dead.
When seen by the Associated Press,
Superintendent Burns of the Wabash
insisted that the death loss in the
wreck near Seneca Wednesday night
was being estimated very much too
high.
"Our attorney, Mr.. Winston" said
he, has telegraphed to New York for
a complete list of the immigrants that
were on train No. 13, and when it is
received an official statement will be
issued by the road. AS near as can
estimate now there are % dead. We
have identified bodies and we be-
lieve that the fragments found repre-
sent IA other bodies
Superintendent Burns was told of
the interview with Customs Collector
Moran, estimating the number of i'm
migrants on the train at 10. While
he declined to estimate the number
pending the arrival of the official list
he declared that this was too high.
There were not that many Italians
aboard the train" said he. Continuing
he said:
Another thing must be taken into
account in estimating the loss from
the number of passengers on the train,
and that is we have no list of the liv-
ing. Our first efforts were, of course,
directed to saving the injured and res
cuing the dead. Therefore it was i'm
possible for us to get anything like
list of those who were unhurt, in
sist that the estimates are too high"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
CONDUCTORS STATEMENT.
Train No. 10 in the Wabash Wreck
Carried 1870 PASSENGERS.

Adrian, Mich, Nov. 30.-Just before
the coroner's inquest on the Wabash
wreck adjourned Conductor Trowl Of
the Inflated No. IL train testified as to
the number of persons who were on
that train. According to his statement
there were 100 passengers on board.
Had you any record of the number
OF passengers you carried?" was asked.
~ had very near" was the reply.
"How many had your"
zone hundred and ninety. l don't
know how many immigrants. We had
181 passengers out of Detroit. 1 get
my figures from the collector on the
train. l made list of as many as I
could find who were saved. l got the
names of So. My collector and l were
together getting the list. A number
Of passengers got away whose names
] did not get. Aside from this record
] have no means of knowing how many
were killed."
"What is your judgment as to the
number killed." was asked.
81 would not say. l can't tell. /
could not make any estimate"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
A Profitable Investment.

We have-160 acres as fine farm as
can be settled, 8 miles from Herman,
Grant county, MINI. Good house and
we'll on it, also stable. 100 acres ready
for. seeding in the spring at $22. 90 an
acre. Some cash, balance easy terms.
Adjoining farm worth $50. 90 per acre.
Also 100 acres fine rolling prairie land
5.miles from town, in well settled
district in Wilkins county lat 49, 90
per acre.
If you desire to trade your farm for
prairie or brush land in Marshall and
Kittson counties, Mimi, where the
land and soil gives splendid satisfac-
tion, write or call on me for in
formation.
L. SCHANCKE, With NJ, o. sundt,
Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
Notice to Farmers.

The Free Press is prepared to fur
nish mail boxes with it's paper on the
rural free delivery routes and is pre-
pared to provide such patrons of rural
routes the mail boxes at cost price.
These boxes are of the most approved
pattern and are approved by the United
States postofice department at Wash
ington.
Certain representatives of other
papers are going through the country
making the statement that the Free
Press cannot furnish the approved
boxes. This statement is false and is
only made for the purpose of forcing
rural route patrons to subscribe for
their papers, when a local paper is of
much more value to them.
If Free Press representatives have
not called on you call at the Office and
see our box and leave your order to
be supplied when the various routes
in contemplation are established.
FREE PRESS PIG. CO.,
Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
December g., 1901.
Nov. 1, s, 10, %, 29, Dec 8, ID, 1901.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSuRE SAIE

Default having been made in the condition ~
certain mortgage, executed by Carl g. Ander.
son and Hanna O. Anderson his wife, mort
gagors, to Mary l.. Soaring, mortgages dated
December u. A. ID. 1895, and recorded in the az.
ice OF the Register OF Deeds in and for the
county of Blue Earth, in the State of Minnesota.
on the twenty seventh day of December A. u
1882: at two O'Clock in the afternoon, in Book 3e
OF mortgages on page 545, by which mortgage
there was conveyed and granted the following
uescrlDed real estate, situate IN the County Of
Blue Earth aforesaid, to-wit: Lot No Eiphf
~, IN Block No. Twelve (l2), in Waite & RoeIof.
son adoltion to the City OF Mankato, accord
ing TO the plat of said addition recorded in the
Office OF the Register of Deeds in and for ths
county aforesaid, to secure the payment of the
sun OF Two Hundred $4,000 Dollars with intar
est at the rate of ten Q0) per cent nor ann,Toa
according to the conditions of a nromisSnrJ,
note bearing same date as said mortgage. made
by SAID Carl u. Anderson and Hanna r 49,
son to said MARI l.. Soaring, and tbera 49,
claimed to be due and unpaid upon said 80
ana mortgage, at the date of this notice fhs
sum OF Two Hundred and ifty-Seven DollarS
and also the sum of Sixty-Fiye DollarS 81
Seven cents paid October 70 1901 by the mon
gagee, 1or the taxes against the mortgaged
premises Tor the years 1885, 1899 and 1900 and no
action or proceedings at law or Otheru,,se 49,
Ing been instituted to recover the amonnt ~
SAID mortgage debt or any part thereof: Nov
d o. notlce Is hereby given that by virtue
anu III pursuance OF power of sale in said
mortgage contained and Herewith recorded
and OF the statute in such case made and nTol
~ bt ZIG aooie Inscribed premises will be sold
al pupl1c auction, at the EasterIy front door on
Soutn fnth Street, of the Court HOuse in the
county OF Blue Earth and at the City of Man.
haC2 3 Inerein, on Saturday the Fourteenth day
81 december, ID. 1901, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, to satisfy the amount of said mort.
gage debt then due and unpaid, and the taxes
PAID as aforesaid, together with the costs and
expenses OF such foreclosure proceeding Includ-
ing Twenty-Five Dollars ATTORNEYS fees "a
stipulated IN said mortgage; and the said
mortgage Will be thereby foreclosed,
Dated Mankato, MIMI, October 30, 1901
1oo MARY l.. Soaring,
S4hN " noe Mortgage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
Nov. Is, %, go; ssDsc. 6, 10, 20, 1901.
MORTGAGE FORECI OSUPE SAL

Default having been made in the cOnd1rIons
OF certain mortgage executed by Joseph
Reichel and Julia Reichel, his wife, mortgagors
to Mary Burns, mortgage, dated September
18th 1898, and recorded In the office of Register
of Deeds III and for the county of Blue Earth
and State Of Minnesota, on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1898, at9 40 o clock a. m. in book fifty
SOY, of mortgages page eighteen GS). by
which mortgage there was conveyed and grant.
ed the following described real estate, situate
in the county of Blue Earth aforesaid, to-wit:
Lots six t6) and seven %, in block thirteen Q3),
and lots nine (9l and ten Q0), in block three o.
all In anB alto City, In the county of Blue Earth
aId State of Minnesota, according to the re-
corded plat thereof on file and of record in the
Office of the Register of Deeds in and for said
county and State to secure the payment of two
hundred and fifty dollars $3.50 with interest at
the rate of per cent per annum. according to
the conditions of one pTomissOry note bearing
date Septen Der 18th 1888, made by said Joseph
Reichel and Julia Reichel and Felix Warmer and
said mortgage having been satisfied as to said
IL is six % and seven e., in block thirteen I'D,
aforesaid, and there being claimed to be due
and unpaid upon said note and mortgage the
sum OF two hundred and Tit! dollars (S25U) and
interest thereon at the rate of per cent per an
mum from and since September 18th, 1900 and
no proceedings at law or otherwise having been
instituted 10 recover the amount of said mort
gagged debt or any part thereof. Ana which
said mortgage and the debt and note secured
thereby was on the 18th day of November 1904
dniy sold and assigned by said Mary Burns to
Charles harris by instrument in writing,
" hlch said asslgnmt MT and assignment was on
the 18th day of November 1901 duly recorded in
the office of the Register of Deeds in and for
said county in book 90 of mortgages Cd page 1863.
NOW, THEREFORE,, Notice is hereby gwen.
that by virtue and in pursuance of power of
sale in said mortgage contained and Herewith
| recorded amt of the statutes in such case made
and provided the said lots nine (9) and ten (O),
in block three g.. of Mankato City aforesaid
will be sold at public auction at the easterly
front door on South Fifth street of the court
house in the said county of Blue Earth and at
the city of Mankato therein on Saturday the
2Sth day of December, A ID. 1901, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, to the highest bidder for cash,
to satisfy the amount of said mortgage debt,
due and unpaid together with the costs and ex-
penses of foreclosure proceedings, including
twenty five dollars (S25) attorneys fees, as stIp
ulated in said mortgage, and the said mortgage
will be thereby forecIOsed, and said sale will be
made subject TO redemption at any time within
one year as provided by law.
Dat at Mankato, Minnesota, November 18th
A. 9 s01 -
CHARLES HARRIS,
Assignee of Mortgage.
WILSON,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
LEASED THE ROAD.
New Company Takes the Burlington
for a Term of 999 Years.


Chicago, Nov. 30-The lease of the
Burlington railway system to the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
company for a term of 999 years was
consummated at Burlington during
the day when papers in the case were
filed there.
President Harris signed the lease
both for the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad company and for the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail.
way company, as he is president OF
both corporations. A meeting of the
latter company was held recently and
the entire official staff of the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy Railroad com.
pany was made the official staff of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
way company. AS result the officers
of the railroad company when they
signed the lease simply leased to them.
selves as officers of the railway com.
pany all the lines of the Burlington
system.
The $1O0OOO,OOO Iowa corporation
was founded for the purpose of making
new bond issue to take the place OF
the various bonds now outstanding
against the various portions of the
system and which will begin to fall
due in 1903.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
HEITFELD WITHDRAWS.
Leaves Populists and Will Affiliate
With Democrats

Hope, Ida, Nov. 30.-United States
Senator Henry HelJfeld of this state
has addressed a letter to D. H. An.
drews of this city, chairman of the
Populist state central committee, an
nouncing his withdrawal from the
Populist party and his affiliation with
the Democratic party.
The letter says both the Democratic
and Populist parties are now striving
for the same purpose and should com.
bine. He asks Mr.. Andrews to call
the state committee together, express
ing the hope that it will approve his
action and unite with him in an affilia.
ton with the dominant element of the
Democratic party.
Chairman Andrews indicated that
he did not approve of Senator Heit-
fields action and that he would reply
to the senator's letter instead of call.
Ing the committee together.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
Nov. 1929, Dec. 6, 1901.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS

ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.
ITATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
y Earth-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate of Mary
Jackson, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate OF
said deceased being this day granted unto
Joseph S Burwell, of said county.
1t is ordered that all claims and demands oil
all persons against said estate be present ted to
this court for examination and allowance, at
the Probate office in the City of Mankato, IN
said Blue Earth county, on the following day
viz: On Monday the Goth day OF May, A. ID.
1902, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon of said day
1t is further ordered that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors TO pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the
piration OF which time all claims not present &c
to said court or not proven to its satisfac ioI,
shall be forever barred, unless for cause shown
further time be allowed.
Ordered further, That notice OF the time and
place of the hearing and examination Of said
claims and demands shall be given by pubca-
ton of this order for three successive weeks,
prior to the day appointed for such examina-
ton, i'll the Mankato Free Press, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato,
in said county.
Dated at Mankato the 14th day of Nov.
vember, A. d 1901
By the Court,
probate seal.] VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate
c. O. Daley, Atty for Executor
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
TO PETITION CONGRESS.
Mile Lac Indians Are Troublesome
and Settlers Will Appeal For Their
RpmovaI

Princeton, Mimi, Nov. 29.-The
people living around Mile Laos lake
will petition congress to have the
Mile Laos Indians removed from the
lake country. Since the passage of the
act of Jan. ID, 1889, only about 300 of
the Indians who we're. on the Mile
Laos reservation have moved to White
Earth, Notwithstanding all reasonable
means have been used by the govern
ment to have them move.
Congressman Morris was written
concerning the matter and he referred
it to Indian Commissioner Jones, who
in letter to Clerk of Court Briggs OF
Mile Laos county says:
"The department feels that it has
exhausted every reasonable expedient
in endeavoring to secure the consent of
the Indians to remove and does not
therefore feel that further efforts
should be made at this time.
There are several hundred Indians
still living nomadic life around the
lake and the settlers are of the opinion
that the time has come when efforts
should be made to have the govern
ment make some provisions for remov-
ing them. All the land around the
lake has been taken up and, with the
constant influx of settlers, the Indians
are becoming more or less annoying.
A strong petition will be sent to
Senator Clapp soon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-06
AFTER INFORMATION.
State Labor Department Making In
uujries of Labor.

st. Paul, Nov. 29.-Labor Com
missioner O'Donnell is preparing
blanks for special investigation of
the general conditions of acting Min
nesotas wage learners. 1t will be known
as the individual wage-earners state
ment, " and will be the most extensive
investigation yet attempted by the
department -Four salient points will
be embraced and suggestions of re-
NEEDLES for wages will be asked.
One of the most important features
of the report will have to do with the
effect of trust and monopolies on
laborers. Employees will be asked in
what way, consolidation or combina-
ton of capital interests has affected
them.
The blanks are sent to both union
and non-union men, and an effort will
be made to find out what a laboring
man derives from belonging to a
union. If they are union men, they
are asked what benefits they derive
from their connection with labor or
ganization. If not, they are asked why
they prefer to remain outside the or
ganization.
The investigation will also cover the
effect of improved machinery on la
Dor. A thorough comparison of wages
received by the men in 1900 and 1901,
and the number of days they worked
in each year will be made.
The individual answers are coniden-
tial. A tabulation of the replies to the
various questions, is expected to shed
much light on the labor question in
Minnesota, indicating actual condi-
tions and furnishing the mems ideas
of the remedies that might be en-
ployed in their behalf.