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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

the careless and inefficient manner in
which the sprinkling was done A
good deal of it was justified, the
mayor thought. 1t may be that the
contractors bid so low that they can
not do good work without losing
money.
E. V. Waters asked how much
lower VIM Pages bid was than that of
Waters & Effer
President Porter said that Mr. Page
is very slightly the lowest
Engineer Thompson said that &C
cording to the district sprinkled last
year, Walters & Effer are three cents
week the lowest bidder. By a liberal
construction of the specifications, in
creasing the sprinkled district over 200
feet, Mr.. Page is one-third of cent
the lowest. The board considered that
Mr.. Page has invested in the new
sprinklers and has more to lose than
Waters & Effer if they do not get the
contract.
Mr.. Waters said that Waters &
Effer have mad several wagons laid
aside for five years and stand ready to
buy the two new sprinklers if award
ed the contract.
The council adjourned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
CONTINUOUS SESSIONS.
State Normal Board will Attempt to
Have Legislation Enacted.

The state normal school board Fri
terday instructed it's legislative com
mittee to draft a bill providing for
continuous normal school sessions.
The principal argument in favor of
them is that self supporting students
will be enabled to teach and educate
themselves at the same time
Proposed additions to the various
normal schools were discussed and the
legislative committee was asked to
secure as large an appropriation for
improvements as possible. 1t is de-
sired to build additions to the st.
Cloud and Moorhead normal schools
and separate heating plants at the
Winona and Mankato schools. Funds
are also needed to grade the grounds
at the Duluth normal. 1t is estimated
that these Improvements will cost be-
tween 1925. 900 ndssS150, 000
The board adjourned without select
ing a president for the Duluth insti-
tuition.
Dierctor Clark has returned from st.
Paul and states that the appropriations
for improvements asked by all of the
schools will probably be cut down.
The board adjourned to meet at st.
Cloud the first Tuesday in March. 1t
will probably meet in Mankato next
FOL
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
NOT UNUSUALLY WARM.

While there were no extremely low
temperatures, the popular opinion that
the past month was an unusually
warm January is not supported by the
records of the weather bureau at Min
neapolis The mean temperature for
the past eleven years is 10 degrees, and
for each year is as follows 1891, "a de-
grees; 1892, ID; 1898, 4; 1894, IL /;
1895, 7; 1896, II; 1897, II; 1898, 90
1899, IA; 1900, 81 1901, Is. The high
est temperature was AZ degrees, on the
10Th, and the lowest Is, on the I'd.
The prevailing wind was northwest,
and the total movement was 500
miles. The maximum velocity was
on the 10Th, when there was So
mile wind from the northwest. The
total precipitation for the month was
81 last year it was 49, The average
January precipitation for the last
eleven years is ~, making deficiency
for this month of Al. There was a
total snowfall of 5.S inches.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
A FARMERS COMPLAINT.

The Free Press has received letter
from farmer residing near Lake
Crystal, who says:
1.-THE farmers near and about Lake
Crystal claim that there is from 80 to
$50 pounds difference between the
scales at Lake Crystal, and are anxious
to know if Mankato scales differ the
same, and if they do not they are
liable to see some of their friends and
neighbors take a stroll down the
creek for change, for they say fresh
meat is good for change
We can assure our friends that we
know nothing as to the truth of the
charges about the Lake Crystal scales,
but the scales in Mankato are reputed
for their accuracy. Mankato always
extends warm welcome to the far
mers from all sections, and if any are
dissatisfied elsewhere it might be we'll
to try Mankato scales.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
A FORMIDABLE OPERATION.

A young lady who is attending the
normal school in this city went to st.
Joseph's hospital Friday, where to-
day she underwent surgical opera
tion for tubercular glands of the neck.
Where the diseased glands are numer-
GUS and deep-seated, as they were in
this case, it is regarded by physicians
as rather formidable operation on &C
count of the many and important
blood vessels and nerves in this To-
cality. The operation was performed
by one of our local physicians assisted
by local help.
The patient, though somewhat deli
cate, stood the operation well, and is
doing well this afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
TO START A BANK.
L. Patterson Leases a Building at lie.
Sueur Center for the Purpose.

L. Patterson intends to start bank
at LIE Sueur Center shortly, and has
already leased building there for the
purpose, obtaining possession Friday.
He recently purchased some land in
the village with the intention of erect
ing building to be used for bank
purposes, and he expects to put up tn g
building during the present year.
Mr.. Patterson has not yet decided
whether the bank shall be state or
private bank, nor has he matured his
plans sufficiently to know who will be
associated with him in the venture.
He has had some talk with S. 81.
Whitney, the former cashier of the
Mapleton bank, who is highly spoken
of, but nothing definite has resulted.
LIE Sueur Center is bound to be
prosperous place for business, as it is
in the midst of rich farming coun-
try. When it gets railroad it will
grow, for it is already the county seat of
LIE Saeur county. Mr.. Patterson, with
characteristic far sightedness, has seen
a good opening there for bank and
will supply the need.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
QUARANTINE RAISED.
Lower Floor of the Jail is Fumigated and
Released.

The lower story of the Jail was
thoroughly fumigated for half an hour
with formaldehyde gasFriday afternoon
and the quarantine was raised so far
as this floor is concerned. This will
liberate Sheriff Gerlich and allow the
prisoners to have their trials at the
term of court commencing next Tues
day. The second floor is still isolated
with an attendant in charge. The
four smallpox patients are doing nicely
and are up and around as lively as the
other prisoners.
No visitors are desired at the jail
until the quarantine has been entirely
removed.
There are five cases of smallpox at
Madelia, due to the appearance there
of the Cosgrove orchestra, SO it is
thought The parties stricken work
at different places n,,the village.
DR.. Bracken, secretary of the state
board of health, is making an earnest
effort to locate Cosgrove's orchestr a,
which he believes to be in the state.
Information has come to him that
trail of smallpox has followed this or
ganization, at least one of the mem
bers having been afflicted with the
disease. He has information of cases
of smallpox at Benson, Wheaton, Lake
Crystal and Wahpeton, N. D., where
the orchestra is said to have filled en-
gagements. Music is furnished at
dances and parties, and in some in
stances public entertainments have
been given. The man in charge is
said to live in Toro INTO.
This orchestra played for the dance
given by the Ladies of the Macca bees
at the A. o. U. W. hall about Jan.
14th, but the sick man had left the or
chestra before it arrived in Mankato.
The time for the disease to have d e.
veloped in this city has now passed,
so there is no need for alarm on this
score.
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The Free Press the Leader, Only $IOO Year

erius Peterson and. E. "a Whitford,
third district; G. S. Schurman and
William Butler fourth district; Carl
Wallace George W. Armstrong and ].
A. Peterson, fifth district A. F. Fer
ris and George Mallary, sixth distict
N. w Benson and j. T. Lommen,
seventh distict
The effort of Senator Somerville' S
friends to eliminate Congressman Nc
Cleary from second district politics in
the future has caused that section to
be viewed as a storm center OF the
three assigned the second. one is Nc
Cleary man, a second is supposedly
with Somerville, while the third is
doubtful. An understanding has been
reached regarding the incorporation of
Stearns county in one of the proposed
new districts
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
INHERITANCE in VIEW.

Albert Liesch, son of Theodore
Liesch of Madelia, was in the city Fri
day to see Chief Bowen, who few
days ago received letter from Mrs.
VIM. Liesch of Cleveland, Ohio, in
quiring for the heirs of Theodore
Liesch and saying that some property
had been left them. The Lieschs are
old residents of Watonwan county, and
it is thought that Theodore Liesch is
the brother of VIM. Liesch, who is
supp osed to have died and left the
property. Each lost an eye years ago,
and both these brothers have but one
optic, it appears.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
A CLOSE CASE.
The Staples=Hanna Suit Now on at
Minneapolis.

l.. A. Linder, W. G. Hoerr, Chas. J.
Macbeth and A. r. Pau Jr. returned
last Friday from Minneapolis, where
they have been participating in the
suit of ex-senator Staples against T.
P. Hanna of Mapleton, the three for
mer as witnesses for the defense and
the latter as one of the attorneys for the
Mr.. Hanna Messrs. Pau and Hoerr
will return to Minneapolis Monday
The trial was begun Thursday in
the district court, before Judge Simp-
son and..a jury, Attorneys Flannery and
Schaller appearing for the plaintiff.
The case is attracting much attention,
the court room being filled. The plain
tiff has rested and the defense is about
half through, all of the Mankato wit
nesses having testified. Court took a
recess yesterday afternoon until Mon
day. Thesscase is being stubbornly con-
tested and is a close one, but the de-
Tense is making out a strong case.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
GOOD ICE CROP.

The ice harvesting is well under
way. The ice is thick and of good
quality in Mankato, and the same is
true in all parts of the country. In
Minneapolis the ice is of excellent
quality, and over half the required
amount has been harvested. In the
Eastern section of the country where
the big ice companies and the New
York ice trust obtain their supply for
consumption in the large cities there
is thick ice. The ice in the Hudson
river at Albany is thirteen inches
through, and in the Mohawk, sixteen
inches and it is the best crop in
years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
SAULPAUGH is OUT.

Manager Beall and Clarence Saul
paugh reached an agreement Fri
day afternoon in regard to the Nicollet
Park grounds at Minneapolis. The
deal included few other things, and
as a result Saulpaugh is out of the
baseball business entirely and Mr..
Beall has everything that he had,
including the Nicollet park lease, con-
tracts for improvements at Minnehaha,
where Sunday games will be played,
and has dozen contracts with players
who contracted for the season of 1901
with Saulpaugh.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
SUIT FOR $4,000.
Lillian Welsh's Action Against the
Salfers Comes on Next Week.

Among the civil cases on the dis
trict court calendar for this week is
the suit of Lillian Welsh VS.. John
Safer, Joseph Salfer, Richard Graves
and Martin Murray. This is an &C
ton for $25, 900 damages brought
jointly against the defendants and is
on account of the alleged assault upon
her person and the injuries resulting
therefrom during the enforced hack
ride from Mankato to Kasota one night
last August. The defendants make
general denial in their answer
Mrs. Mary Downey has suit for
ejectment against her brother, Tom
Griffin. She alleges that she pur-
cha sed the homestead on Fulton street
of her father, Larry Griffin, last June,
and that Tom persists in living there
with his bull dog. The old folks are
in st. Paul. S. B. Wilson represents
the plaintiff. while Tom has secured
the services of Arthur Schuab. Tom
Siolhlo IudI pl, t0t VI LIS OWL luOu0y
has gone into the buildings and
claims the right to stay there.
John Browns suit against the trus-
tees of the Madison Lake school in
wolves an order for $153. SO issued in
1896, and brings up the old fight be-
tween the Campbell and anti Campbell
people. w. R. Geddes is attorney for
the plaintiff and W. E. Young for the
defendants The latter has demurred
to the complaint.
Martin V. Farmer sues Hannah G.
Farmer for divorce on the ground of
desertion, claiming that his wife, for
merly Miss Hannah c. Lennstrom of
Vernon Center and normal school
graduate, left him four months after
their marriage. She denies the allie
cation. Harry Paddock is attorney for
the plaintiff and Geo. Champlin repre-
sents the defendant. Both parties to
the action have many friends who re-
greet their arrangement
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

In the Coates opera house fire at
Kansas City Thursday night the
Walker Whiteside company lost pro-
perty valued at $685. 900, with no in
surance. Mr.. Whiteside lost, in adj
dition, several valuable new manu-
scripts, and Mrs. Whiteside lost gowns
and other property valued at 81, 600.
She was so affected by the fire that she
was placed under the care of a
physician.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

week and twenty-four hours day,
and run more risks and have more to
do than the policemen. l like the boys
at the city hall, but l cannot see the
justice of paying them $50 month
and the fremen only $40 This is not
right. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

Mayor Currier favors giving new
police appointees $50 month for the
first two years, $50 a month for the
next three years, and $50 a month
thereafter. A straight salary of $50 a
month will be less than the police
are receiving now.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

The sprinkling contract was Friday
afternoon awarded to VIM. Page, the
lowest bidder. His bid is 10 to 90
per cent higher than last years
figures.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

Three members of the judi ciary
committee met last night and talked
over the portion of the charter devoted
to the board of public works, but did
not agree on anything definitely. The
committee will not meet again until
after the commission has met Monday
night
No writing has yet been done on the
new charter, the comm ission devoting
its time to deciding what it wants,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-09
WILL PAY THOMPsoN's DEFICIT.
Maryland compahy was ON the De
faulterssg bond,

faulteFs Bond.
A dispatch from Fort Huron, Mich, last
night says: It noW transpires that the
Fidelity and Deposit Company Of Mary
land, which carried the bond Of Charles d.
Thompson, the self-confessed defaulting
supreme finance keeper OF the Supreme
Tent of the knights, of the Maccabees, be-
fore being released last July, is still liable
for any loss whicfe the Sorder may have
sustained by the defalca4ion. Representa-
tives of the company. it SIS said, have in
formed Maccabee officials. that the loss will
be paid. Therefore 1t Is now probable that
Thompson will be arrested tomorrow. This
was Indicated tonight from talk with Of
ficials of the order, and the arrest will
come as a result of the conference Of
knights of the Maccabee trustees and rep
resentatiyes Of the bonding company The
heaviest loss. 1t Is said, falls upon the
Maryland Fidelity Company, as Thomp-
sons defalcations since August, when the
National Surety Company assumed the risk,
were comparatively small 1t was an
nounced today that Thompson's shortage
was SOC, 600 instead of $500" All data
concerning the endorsement sis In the
hands of the bond companies and orders
are being awaited from headquarters
In relation to the Maryland Fidelity Com
pany's risk 1t is said that when that COM
pany assumed the bond of Thompson a
clause was inserted In the bond providing
that IL a defalcation was discovered within
six months from release the company would
be held liable
1t was intimated tonight that the COM
pany had notified the Maccabee officials
that the loss would be paid.
The most important matter for considern-
ton before the trustees was the selection
OF successor to Thompson. The laws Of
the order require that that Official must be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-09
Buried with Masonic Homo.

grocery store. Upon the advice of his
friends he decided to refuse the ofYer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-09
influence Of Kate Greenavay,

Kate Greenaway, the artist, whose death
in England. has just been announced, stud
died in the Kensington Art School, and in
Slade School. She began by following
Reynolds and Romney, designing from old
plates and sketches in books.
Her first tiny picture, the earliest in a
long series Of exquisite paintings Of child
life and costume. was exhibited in the Dud-
ley gallery, and brought her immediate
fame. 1t was in book illustration, how
ever, that she reached her highest achieve
ment. Many of her most delightful pic
lures were in John Ruskin's possession,
and he showed them when delivering his
Slade lectures and placed them for time
in cabinets in the Taylorian Art School
Ruskin said Of her:
".AH the gold and silver you can dig out
of the earth are not worth the kingcups
and the daisies she gave you of her grace;
the radiance and innocence of infant d.
vinity showered among the flowers of Eng
lish meadows"
Who does not tenderly remember the
Greenaway children of twenty years ago
the dainty little creatures In flowing gowns
and poke" bonnets who appeared In news
papers and periodicals, on cards, calendars
and what not until they enjoyed a vogue
that was worldwide.
Kate Greenaway was the best kind Of
social reformer. It was her mission to
transform the overdressed, tight-waistei
babies. clad In the absurd orthodox french
fashion, dictated by Worth, into the quaint
old-worid pictures, which became one of
the delights of thes landscape She was
therefore, accepted by fashion as well as
by art
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-09

titled, under existing regulations, to draw
white bleached duck clothing. The depart
ment has a large supply Of this clothing on
hand which, Colonel Patten says should,
in the interests Of economy. be issued to
the army in the states before making the
khaki clothing an item Of general use.
In January, 1900, khaki colored wall
tent was erected near the War Depart
ment with a view to ascertaining its gen.
eral qualities. The tent stands today. It
has been exposed during period of nine
teen months to all kinds of weather, and
the results of the trial. Colonel Patten
says, have been very satisfactory. The fly
has somewhat faded, but the underside Of
the fly. as well as the tent itself. still re-
tains its color But what Is most remark
able. according to Colonel Patten, is the
absolute absence of mildew. He says that
any white tent would have been rendered
valueless long before this. 1t has, there
fore. been decided to purchase only khaki
colored duck for the manufacture Of tents
in the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-09

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The body of the late Albert K Williams.
who was killed by street car TUESDAY
evening. was buried yesterday at the Con-
gressional cemetery. Columbia Lodge. No.
3, F. A A. NJ, conducted the funeral y. r.
vices and inferred the remains with formal
Masonic ceremonies. The funeral was held
from the North Carolina Avenue Methodist
Protestant Church and the sermon was
preached by Rev. A. Norman Ward the
pastor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-09
BUFFALO LlTHA WATER
Cole Younger Decline. Once

A A Ames, mayor of Minneapolis, yes
terday rendered Cole Younger. the notori-
Gus bandit. now out of the Minnesota state
prison on parole, after serving twenty-five
years of a life sentence. a position as cap
tain on the local police force. Cole took
the matter up with his friends in ST. Paul
where he Is now engaged as clerk in a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-09

a resident of this state, and the trustees
have not heard from their probable selec-
ton as to whether he will move to Michi-
gan permanently.