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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
ABSENT MINDED HISTORIAN.
Can't Call His Own Sons Name, but Il
Punctllious as to Time,

Can't Call His Own Sons Name, but II
Punctilious as to Time.
A personal friend" of Prof. Theo-
dore Mommsen, the German historian
and scientist, who celebrated his 8Oth
birthday on Nov. 80 last, in writing OF
him in the London Telegraph, says that
until quite lately he was up at S o'clock
to work on a cup of cold coffee put
ready for him over night. In his per-
sonal requirements he is the most mod
est of men, and by no means a house
tyrant; at he comes down to break
fast with his wife and five daughters
still at home, and he likes everybody
to be there. One young lady who was
staying in the house was not infre-
quently not up to time" This neg
lect did not escape his notice. "It's a
pity you can't serve your year in the
army" he remarked; you would learn
the difference between and half-past."
He can be very cutting in his remarks
sometimes, but they are always tenn
pered to the shorn lamb, though the
full-grown sheep must weather the
storm as best he can. The Berliners.
who dearly love their little Jokes, tell
many story Of his absent minaedness.
and he has even been crdited with not
having recognized his own alittls son,
and with having asked him his nane
preparatory to requesting him not 70
make quite so much noise ii i public
tramcar in which he was going 20 town
from his home in CharlottsnburE; and
it is authentic that he put his arst
baby into the waste paper basket enc
day and covered it up because IT cried.
He is, all the same, most DEVISED e
children. and has had plenty nf oppoF-
tupity for INDUCING this tasts, o AZ
h II still twelve liYt1S childIeA. ia {
younger generation . rising
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
N Hapuv Ubw.

oldenburg, Ill. Sept. 2d:--The doc
tors all failed In the case Of little thir-
teen-year-old Willie Kell| who suffered
with acute Rheumatism!
For over three months the poor little
fellow suffered excruciating torture.
His father, who had done everything,
he could think Of, saw NEW RheumaJ
tism Remedy advertised-Dodd' Kid
ney Pills. He bought Some; and soon,
his little son showed signs Of improve
ment. Three boxes cured him conl-
pletely, and he has not a. symptom Of
NRheuma tism left.
This miraculous cure of case whtch
had been given up by the physicians
has electrified Madison County, and
Dodd's Kidney Pills are a much talked
Of medicine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
a JuveIrfy.l D,rInlxol Z N,

I II 0uvenf16 OQRkO Nan. lslti
Tommy rose; went 20 the cupboard.
minutes. He seemed to ~: engaged
with some deep pfosseD. Vi
Papa" he said. E
''Well?'.
lido unto.others - yvu would have
others do unto you'-that'S tAs Golden
Rule. isn't It. papa7"
Eyes, my son.
"And it's pufickly right to follow the
Golden Rule. isn't IL papa?''
Eyes, indeed" .9
Tommyrose, went to, tho cupboard,
and returned with q, knife and large
apple pie. The latter he placed befort'
his astonished sire with great solem-
nifty.
Eat it. papa he said! Sam Francis
co Bulletin.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
FORGOT. HER FART.

From the London Spare Moments: A
well-known countess was announced
to speak at a costers' gathering in the
East End recently, so the little daugh-
ter Of one of the costers-a flower SELL
er-was deputed to, present the count
ess on her arrival, with a beautiful bou.
quet.
The evening arrived, with an enthu.
siastic audience in the hall, and pres
emily the countess was announced.
The little girl, who had been coached
as to what to say, walked along the
platform to. where. her ladyship stood,
and in her confusion convulsed every.
one with laughter by shouting out:
"Ere yer are, mum. Only penny a
bunoh-market bunch fer pennyl"
The countess smiled, accepted tie
flowers, and the child got the penny.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
IN, A1ihi.

HAS my Willie been swimming here
to-day?" asked Willie's angry father.
"No, sir" replied the biggest boy In
the water. =.
''Are you sure?"
"Sure. Why, it was assmuch as we
could do to keep him from drownin'. q
but we got him out, all right. He's
restin' over there in the bushes now
Philadelphia Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
DEEp. SEA. nEAsoNIkc.

OGEE CN1@ 11z<AohsN&AtSXse -
The mermaid who had always con.
tended with. much warmth that Rear
Admiral Sampson would come out Of
the controversy with flying enlors. was
pressed for aareason. fnn' her great con-
fidence..
why aontt yona see. ii the worst
comes to; tina. worst" said she. "Mr.
Sampson cam easily prove an alibl'
The. deeprsea reasoning OF q mermaid
makes all the, knowledge of the an
clients, look; like. dtdNeling idiocy.Nev
York. Marine Ihurnal!.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13

It d said that less than % per cent
o. the regular church. xosfs ever COM
plain 81 the sermons being too sh0sA
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
CHAPTER XII.
BEAUTIFUL even
s~ =.


ing in October; it
W a s a 8 t h O u g h
s o m e o + t b e
warmth and sweet
ness of s u m m e r
had returned for
a while. The sky
was blue, the COL
ors of the sunset
were gorgeous, the
foliage of the trees
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13

The Potomac river is only 500 miles
long, and its lower course. is rather an
estuary than Q stream.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
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Dlsprovlne; ExperaencsA
What's this. a grocery trust1
Humph, we thought the tendency Of
the times in. the. grocery business was
cash and. "nn, trust. = Springfield
Union.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
well, QuAAsA

Diggs That man Morgan ought to
mako, a good Yaohtman-
Biggs-Because whg9
Diggs-Ha has such marked ability
for raising the wind.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13
wnlie'z Expaasasion.

W1lle!8 u GxIo00At1Ons
# Willie's grandmother gave him q
penny to invest in candy, and the lit.
tie fellow rushed OF in great glee. but
presently returned in tears. Why.
what's the matter. Willie z" asked the
old lady. Did you lose your cont Y
"No, grandma sobbed Willie. ~
dtds't lose It; I only swallowed It. =
A Modern Wonder.
She's : wonder Of the age. Il
For she is upon the stage. n
And YOU viii agres with us II he,
you've seen,s
For she's over forty-six.
But she manages to az II, KEN
30 she looks. TO be- around about ak
teeps 8 I i,
NJ dslphia Bulletin.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-09-13

Chumpleigh-You say my cousin was
a high-strung young fellah?
Boozefghter Bill-Yas, 'speshly after
he stole that boss.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04
Around About Us


The trial of Andrew Taper who
killed Rosa Mixa in hotel at Chaska
lsat June, is in progress at Carver.
The gambling houses at East Grand
Forks have been closed and the gam
blers removed across the river into
North Dakota, to prevent prosecution.
J. S. Brenneman retired yesterday as
business manager of the Red Wing Re-
publican and is succeeded by Jens K.
Grondahl. A E. Verify remains as
editor
Red Wings street fair opened yester
day.
Saturday night Axel Monson was
run down and killed by a train on the
Milwaukee road at Albert Lea.
A separator and four stacks of wheat
were burned on the farm of Ole Fer
guson near Minneota Saturday.
Mrs S. A. Halgren fell from a load
of wheat near Pelican Rapids Mon
day and her head was crushed by one
of the wheels, killing her instantly.
Bolin & Wood of Brainerd have
taken a contract to log $50, 600, 600 feet
for the Brooks Timber Co., most of the
logs to be delivered at Cloquet.
Leon Loop, 14-year-old boy al
Mainetown near Fergus Falls, hal
been missing since Friday and it il
thought he is drowned. His game bag
and hat were found on the shore o.
Dead lake and his boat drifting on the
water.
At Faribault DR.. F. NJ Rose hal
received no word regarding his miss
ing son, who recently disappeared a
Amherst, Mass, whittier he had gon'
to enter college, though dilligen
search thas been made for him.
Robert Daley and Geo. Oaks of Hast
ings held up Frank Alcott at Wab ash,
and relieved him of his money. The.
were arrested and have confessed.
Winona officials estimate that tina
city pumps million gallons of waite
for which it gets no pay. They ar
figuring how to shut off the waste.
A man named James Victory wa
found near Branesville, in a dyinl
condition with several bullets in hi
head. No clue has been found as t
the perpetrators.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04
Y. M. 6. A. BOYS WORK.

Secretary Gran has called a meeting
together of all boys between ages of
twelve and sixteen for Wednesday
at four o'clock in the association
rooms. He will outline all the plans
and detail of the work to be done for
them the coming season.
Special physical culture classes for
the boys will be held twice week,
Wednesday afternoon and Saturday
morning. Special attention will be
given to correction of round shoulders,
fiat chests, curvature of spine, etc.
Military and fancy drills will be
taught, pyramids built, and exhibit
tions given. They will be taken out
for outings, excursions, etc., and next
summer large camp will be made at
one of the neighboring lakes.
Secretary Gran has had six years of
experience in work for boys and has
been very successful in all his unde-
takings in that line. He will person
ally conduct all the Work In the asso-
citation for the boys of the juvenile de-
partment. The boys bible class will
begin their study work by first build
ing relief maps of the country of
Palestine out of sand, and will then
take up the life of Christ and His
travels.
On Sunday afternoons at 8 O'Clock
there will be Gospel service for boys
to which no adults will be admitted.
The membership fee of the junior de-
partment will be two dollars a year.
1t is hoped large number of boys
will be present to hear all the plans
and to take advantage of the oppor-
tnnities offered them by the associa-
tion..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04
THREE BURNED.
Horrible Fate of a Party of Threshers
Near Pipestone Monday Night.

Pipestone, Oct. "A frightful &C
cident took place here Monday night,
in which three men lost their lives,
and six others had narrow escape.
A thresher was in operation on the
farm of Hans Staltenberg, 10 miles
south of this place. When the work
of the day was done nine of the
threshers were given sleeping quarters
in the barn. During the night the
building was discovered to be on fire,
and before the men could be awakened
three of them had persisted in the
flames. The other six, after much
effort, were rescued, some of them
nearer dead than alive. The dead are
Claude Main, Fred Roulette, Vinton,
Ia, Albert, 19-year-old son of W. G
Avarts, neighboring farmer.
The barn was totally destroyed, and
the charred and blackened bodies were
found in the ruins the next morning.
The men were sleeping in the loft,
in a NOW of hay, and the only reason
able theory as to the origin of the fire
is that it came from lighted pipe,
or that matches in the pocket of one
of the men became ignited, viii Oh,
in the dry hay, would result in an al
most spontaneous blaze.
The barn was valued at 81, 600 and
the grain 81, 900, with partial in
surance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04
BADLY INJURED.
Evan Th0stad Thrown From
the Track.
Struct by an EDgine While Sitting on
the Omaha Track Near Minne0pa
this Forenoon.

Evan Thostad, farmer residing
in Butternut Valley, was badly if not
fatally injured at about nine o'clock
Wednesday, a little beyond Mime
opa. He had been to this city and had
taken the Gilmore passenger train at
7 100 a. M, getting off at Minneops.
After the train had left there, he
walked out on the track for short
distance and sat down on one side of
the track, facing outward. A special
freight train under Conductor Schmitt
came along from the west and struck
him. He was hit by the engine and
thrown off the track into the ditch.
The train stopped and picked Tho
stad .up and brought him to this city
and he was taken to st. Joseph's hos
pital. DR.. Bjelland was summoned and
attended to his injuries. The engine
had struck the man in the back and
he was injured there and ON the top
of his head.
Thostad is supposed to have been
drinking and did not hear or see the
approaching train, which rounds
curve at the point where the accident
occurred.
Thostad is son of Nels Tnostad,
farmer residing six miles from Lake
Crystal, and is forty-fve years old
and unmarried. He lives with his
father and is said to be an excellent
citizen except for occasional drinking
spells. He had come to Mankato and
spent what money he had on drink.
This morning found him with only
enough money to buy ticket to Min
neopa, although Lake Crystal was his
station. He had but five cents left
and this was found in his pocket.
Thostad was unconscious until he
had been given stimulants at the hos
pital. Then he told DR.. Bjelland about
his movements and home. He claimed
that he had tried to get on the freight
train and that some one had pushed
him off, but no credence is given this
statement. He admitted t hat he had
been on spree.
DR.. Bjelland states that he could not
detect the smell of liquor on the man,
! and believes that he was sober this
morning The cowcatcher Of the en-
CINE struck Thostad just below the left
shoulder blade and fractured three or
four ribs, practically staving in the
entire left side. DR.. Bjelland found
that there is bloody effusion through
the entire left plural cavity, and that
probably the lung tissue is injured.
The bruise on the head is not serious.
1t is located on the right side of the
forehead, we'll up. 1t is thought that
the man has probably sustained severe
internal injuries, and his case is con-
sidered serious and his recovery very
uncertain. DR.. Bjelland adopted the
measures usual in such cases, and sent
for Thostad's father.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04
SMALL POX AMONG INDIANS
State Board of Health Appeals to Wash.
ington for Assistance.

Minneapolis, Oct 2.-Small pox is
prevalent on the White Earth Indian
reservation and among the Indians at
Mile Laos lake.
The Indians on the reservation are
not subject to the control of the state
board of health, and DIR. 81. M.
Bracken, secretary of the board, has
appealed to the Washington authori-
ties. He thinks the Indians should be
vaccinated.
Sheriff Claggett of Mile Laos county
yesterday reported to the state board
of health a serious condition of affairs
among the Indians around Mile Laos
lake. There are at least fifteen cases
Of small pox among them, and no at
tempt is made to prevent the spread OF
the disease. There are about 500
Chippewas around the lake, and the
local authorities are powerless.
At Robin the authorities endeavored
to prevent the Indians from mingling
with the farmers by placing guards
near them, but the Indians made such
demonstration of force that the
guards left their positions.
The sheriff thinks that clash be-
tween the two forces is imminent, an6
is in favor of removing the Indial
squatters to the White Earth reserva
tion. There is no small pox among the
whites, but they are in constant fea1
of it, and want the assistance of the
state authorities.
DIR. E. H. Beckman, one of the state
health inspectors, charges DR.. W. A.
Lumley of Renville county of allowing
a public funeral of child who dice
from small pox.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04
PHILIPPINE MATTERS.

Washington reports say it has been
learned that President Roosevelt will
not urge any important legislation for
the Philippines at the coming session
of congress He holds, it is said, that
the more civilized and the barbarous
portions of the archipelago need differ
ent treatment and that this could not
be reached under civil government, so
he will advise the continuance of the
present military and civil authority
there for some time to come. In this
respect it is not now probable that the
entire group of islands will go under
civil government at once, but that
it will gradually be extended, as the
different islands become prepared for
it. The island of Luzon for instance
seems to be fast coming into conditions
for permanent civil government and
the president is said to have expressed
himself Of the belief that the present
provisional government would gradu-
ally develop as conditions become more
acceptable, and that when the time
came for a permanent arrangement,
would go into operation without fic-
ton, and such suitable legislation as
| is deemed necessary, could be enacted
at that time. The attack upon a COM
pany of our troops which occurred a
few days ago was on the island of
Samar, and is not looked upon as a
spread of the rebellion there. Hitherto
no radical attempt has been made, to
place that island under control. 1t is
the old fight of civilization against bar
barism. The problem on these outlying
islands is much the same as that which
confronted the government twenty or
thirty years ago in Arizona and other
| western points with the Indians, and
such work can be handled more sue
cessfully directly by the military au-
thorities than through a civil govren-
ment established there. In fact until
the various outlying islands have been
paciied civil government would
be helpless to do anything.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04
SUPREME COURT CASES,
Dates SET for Several From Blue Earth
County.

Thomas Hughes and W. E. Young
attended the opening of the October
term of the supreme court at st. Paul
Tuesday. The following cases from
Blue Earth county ami vicinity are
on the calendar:
Hunt O'Leary-Hoerr case, involving
the ownership of tract of land in
North Mankato, set for Oct 9th.
John Kramer vs. Gaylord Lamb, set
for Nov. 9th. This is an action where
it was sought to foreclose on house
and lot at Madison Lake to satisfy a
Judgment held by Mr.. Lamb. Kramer
was residing at GAINESVILLE, but claimed
to be there only temporarily and that
his Madison Lake property was his
homestead. He is the appellant.
Nicholas & Shepard Co. vs. VIM, B..
b. and Catherine Gerlich, an action
over a threshing machine, set for
Nov. 18th.
P. s. Lobdell vs. Geo. E. Keene,
damage suit, set for Dec. 4th.
Geo. E. Keene VS.. P. S. Lobde II,
rent case, set for Dec. 4th.
Ludwig Job VS.. Rudolph and En- ma
Job, set for Dec. 18th.
First National bank of Mankato VS..
Gen. E. M. Pope, placed on the cal
endar by stipulation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04
A $40 BILL.
Two Men CT Tim One That is Found, ant
Trouble is Threatened.

Mr.. Wagner, cook at the Arcade
saloon on South Front street, found a
$40 bill in the saloon Tuesday. Her
man Born, the cigar manufacturer,
was present and claimed that he had
lost $40. Mr. Wagner handed the
money over to him. A little later,
Fritz Machlenbrock, who is proprietor
of cigar factory on Fourth street, en-
tered the place and said that he had
lost a $40 bill there. He had been col
iecting, and was certain that he had
lost the money at that place. Mr..
Wagner told him that he had found a
$40 bill, and had turned it over to
Born on the latter claiming that 1t
was his. Machlenbrock asked Born
for the money, but was refused.
Today Machlenbrock procured a
warrant for Born's arrest, charging
him with petit larceny.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04
THE PROPOSED STREET RAIL.
WAY,

The announcement in the local press
last that ,Mankato would have
a street railway and that it would
soon besput in operation was received
with expressions of pleasure last eve
ming and there was general hope ex
pressed that the labors of Mr.. Wilhartz
to secure rapid transit for our city and
vicinity would be crowned with a full
measure of success. AS to the motive
power with which it is proposed to
operate the same, there were of course
many questions asked, and some ex-
pressions of doubt made as to whether
it would prove of practical utility in
the conduct of a general line of road
This of course comes from unfamili-
arity with it, and the fact that it is a
new proposition. There are few of
course, who look upon the fact that
there is no plant with this motive
power as the operating force, in oper-
alton, and that Mankato should be Sc
lected as the point where the first
practical experiment of the scheme
should be tried, as something against
it. AS new force it has got to be
tried first time somewhere, and as
Mankato is in the market for a rapid
transit line. we see nothing more ma
tural than that those backing this new
motive power should turn their eyes
this way. Because it is new should
not operate against it, if it has ele-
ments of the practical.
1t will be noted, however, that the
present franchise calls for an electric
road and before the new scheme can
be put in operation, it must be
amended 80 as to allow the substitution
of the new force. We see no par
ticular objection to such a change in
the franchise, if the council safeguards
the city's interests in so doing it. But
no amendment should be made that
does not provide that should this new
motive forcessprove failure in prac-
tical operation, or prove unsatisTac-
tory in that it would give poor SER
vice, then electricity should be substi-
tuted as the motive power, and the
manner in which the same should be
determined ought to be provided for.
With some such precautions in behalf
of the city, it would seem, if the
company having the matter in hand,
decides to go ahead with it, that the
council ought not and we do not be-
lieve would withhold the privilege
therefor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-04

The suggestion that the name of the
Philippine islands be changed to that
of Mckinley is not bad, but should be
considered, it would honor the man
who was instrumental in freeing them
from the tyranny of Spain, and plac-
ing them in the path of greater ad-
vancement in every walk of life. But
we are inclined to the opinion of the
Minneapolis Journal that the farther
that the various islands be given
American names should be rejected.
As the Journal says, sit will add
nothing to the fame of our great
Americans to name islands for them.
and it would certainly detract from
the auditory pleasure as well as the
historical significance to be found in
such names as Bohol, Samar, Panay.
Layte, Mindoro, Martinique, Min
danao, Masbate, etc. We take posi-
tive pleasure in the Indian names we
have been able to retain in this coun-
try to offset the monotony of much OF
our geographical nomenclature, and il
would be excessively bad taste to un-
dertake to change established names
in thickly settled and long mapped
and chartered region.