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The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
PALGUE OF 'H0PPERS.
EntomoIogist Washburn Prepares to
Fiqht it in the State.

st. Paul, June 16-Reports from
the northern part of the state say that
the grasshoppers are appearing, and
the late crops are expected to afford
the past a serious headway. Professor
F. l.. Washburn, the state entomolo-
gist, has left for the threatened sec
tion to make Investigations, with a
view to perfecting a plan for the
control of these insects.
The insect, which is commonly
called the grasshopper, Professor Wash
burn says, is in reality locust and is
at the present time the worst enemy
with which the Minnesota farmer has
to contend. Once the pest gets start
an entire wheat field may be devasted
in an afternoon, as the locusts travel
in fncalculable numbers. 1t is almost
impossible to head them off, and it is
only by precautionary measures that
they can be controlled.
Professor Washburn predicts that
chinch bugs will be numerous this
year, their appearance having already
been noted in many parts of the state.
He has a plan which he proposes to
put in operation next year for the
control of this insect His idea is to
plant strip of millet around the field
and as the bug is very fond of this ii
will naturally stay in it until vegeta,
tion is destroyed. In this way the in
sect may be destroyed, as they are
very easy to capture, and collected in
large quantities they are burned.
Recent reports from Indiana and the
adjoining states tell of the havoc
which the cicada, or seventeen -yeal
locust, as it is better known, is play
! ing in those districts. Large orchards
are being moved down by the ravages
of the pest, and many of the large
| fruit growers are abandoning their
ranches.
| A few of the insects appear regularly
every year, but it is only once il
seventeen years that the large swarms
make their presence, and as this is the
year scheduled for their arrival, they
! may be expected in large numbers.
| Minnesota, however, is usually Out
of their path of devastation, and 1t Is
only an occasional swarm that tnds
| its way as far north as this.
After it's summer work the locust
usually seeks out some young fruit
tree and lays it's eggs on one OF the
: branches, the larvae requiring seven
teen years to mature. At the end Of
| this period they begin to show signs
! of activity, and it is at this time thai
the great damage is caused. 1t ii
only a short time until esthe entire tree
is dead Many of the larvae, falling
on the ground. penetrate to the roots
of the tree and at once sap what life
remains from that portion OF the
| plant.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
INTERESTING PROGRAM.
Sunday School Institute Was Held in
MankatO.

A Sunday school institute for this
section of the state. and including all
churches, was held at the Metho-
dist church in this city Wednesday
afternoon and evening, June 25th.
Rev. q. D. Williams pastor of the First
Church of Christ, is the president of
the institute The following program
was carried out:
Q 80 o. m.-Praise service, Rev.
Frank E. r. Miller.
2:45 o. inflow Would / Teach a
Glass of Young Men and Women, :"
Rev. Geo. W. Davis. Discussion open
ed by Mrs. Geo. M. Palmer.
3:i5 o. inflow Would Teach a
Primary Glass; Mrs. Jean Hobart,
Minneapolis. Discussion opened by
Mrs. James Coy.
3:45 D. m.-"Can the Present Les,
son system be Improved" Rev. 81. D.
Williams. Discussion opened by DR..
Osborn.
4 is D. m.-"The Use and Abuse oi
S. S. Helps" Mrs. B. D. Smith. Dis
cussion opened by Pres. Cooper.
4:45 o. m.-"Sball We Hold al
Annual S. s. County Convention fo
the year 1902 Open discussion
Other miscellaneous and new business
| 5:15-6 100 p. m.-Social hour.
BANQUET in parlors of the churcl
furnished by the ladies OF the M. E
church at % cents plate. Banque
followed by toasts. Rev. Fran
lCowgill, toastmaster.
Toasts Child Life" Prof. Han
cock. ''Home Department, W. D
Willard. Duet, Mrs. Ewing, Mrs
Cowgirl. ''The Irregular S. )
Teacher, Geo. M. Palmer. "Founda
ton Principles of s.. S. Teaching,
Nv. A. Funk. "The S. S. Teacher
Opportunity. p" H. j. Kuehn. TN
Quarterly Temperance Lesson, Shall
be Omitted, Mrs. d. l.. Clements
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
WON THE WAGER.
Chas. Fay Drives Up From St. Peter
in AZ 1-2 Minutes.

Chas. Fay, the st. Peter miller,
drove his Hambletonian driving horse
from the wagon bridge at st. Peter to
the City Hotel in Mankato in 421a
minutes Tuesday distance of
thirteen miles. He had wagered $3.50
that he could drive the distance in
fifty minutes. The start was made at
7 80 a. m. from the bridge, and the
drive was made over the prairie road.
Gates Phillips met Mr.. Fay three
miles out and drove in with him. to
encourage the horse.
Mr.. Fay's horse is eleven years old,
and bay. He is fine road horse.
and was not at all used up when he
reached his destination.
Three miles out from Mankato, a
rubber tire came off Mr.. Fay's car
riage, but he did not stop.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
DEATHS ROLL CALL.

Mrs Caroline M. Grannis, mother
of S. f. Grannis of this city, died at
eight o'clock Monday at the resi-
dence of her son, G.. F. Grannis, at
Vernon Center, aged eighty-fve years.
She was the widow of Samuel R.
Grannis, who was we'll known to the
old settlers Of the county. She was a
lady having many Christian virtues,
and possessed large circle of warm
friends, who will regret her death.
The funeral occurred at 10 a. m.
Wednesday.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20

The irrigation bill has passed both
houses of congress, and has gone to
the president, where it will receive
his signature. While it is not all that
the friends of irrigation desire, yet it
makes a good beginning and that is
something It limits the possibility of
the land grabber, in that it allows but
one-quarter section of land in the
semi-ari territory to person, and
that person must be an actual settler
thereon. The funds TO be used for
irrigation purposes are to come from
the sale of government lands through
out the country. The fund will of
course be rather small at first, but as
progress is made in the territory to be
irrigated, this will of course be
greatly increased. The enactment
of this law will mark the opening of a
new era for the great west. which
years ago was known as the great
American desert.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
CROPS AWAY UP.
in General Are of the Very
Best.

Minneapolis journal:
just now the outlook for the spring
wheat crop in the northwest is very
good. At this time last year there was
good outlook, viewing the crop as
whole, but there were some spots of
backward growth that were in a
moderate way an offset. This year
even these few scattered spots of back
ward growth are missing and it is
hard to see how the general situation
could be more promising.
The Van Duzen-Harrington company
emphasizes this in it's review issued
today, in which it is stated that never
before has it been the company's
pleasure to handle collection of
reports, so free from discouraging
elements and. on the whole, so favor
able.
| This, Of course, makes full allow
ance for the decreased wheat acreage
| which is fact now fully accepted Dy
the grain trade. Even with condi-
tions nearly yssperfect, it is to be expect
ed that the smaller area put to wheat
will make a material difference in the
total yield, unless the yield per acre
this year should be phenomenally
large, which is hardly expected.
But while decrease in the acreage
planted to wheat bears in a very i'm
portant manner upon all whose in
terests lie primarily in wheat, broad
view of the situation is felt to be i'm
mensely encouraging. Considering
the outlook for the total grain tonnage
for the railr Dads, for sellers of agricul-
tural implements. for country mer-
chants, for lenders of money on farm
mortgages, for all to whom the agri-
cultural prosperity of the northwest is
the prime consideration, and it is said
that the general premise is as high as
t it has ever been at this date.
Ever since it was first evident that
the tendency this year would run more
9 to coarse grains, estimates have been
j made as to how much Of decrease
q there would be in the wheat acreage.
The Journal printed, some weeks ago,
a review giving an estimate of the
coarse grains this at time when
g seeding conditions in the Red River
u valley were in very indefinite shape,
for which allowance had to be made,
n Later reports based upon more com
plete seeding returns do not change
that estimate, except by the smallest
n fraction. Even yet there are few
y scattered places, where early seeding
= conditions were the very worst, where
farmers are still putting in fax and
y barley.
The last report of the Van Duzen
Harrington company is based on re-
turns to date and is especially inter
et esting for the estimate of acreage
le changes. In this report it is figured
, that in South Dakota, southern Min
- nesota and the two northern tiers O.
er counties in Iowa, the acreage sown tt
N wheat this year is 90 per cent les
ar than last year, while there have beer
" increases of 13 per cent in barley, Y
81 per cent in oats and IL per cent il
le corn. For northern Minnesota AM
North Dakota the decrease in tn
wheat acreage is estimated at 10 pc
81 cent, with increases of IL per cent il
90 oats and II per cent IN corn, while 70
~ the same territory the fax acreage 8
far as can be determined at this tim
- is 2115 per cent larger than last year
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
"PRINCE" Is HAPPY.
Everything Seems to be Coming His
Way.

"The Prince of Peace is in happy
mood at the county jail He likes TO
see the reporters, and had a piece OF
news for them when they called there
last Tuesday. he said. The police
had searched him when he was arrest
ed and found $13.7 in different
pockets. The prince exhibited ~. 20
more that the had overlooked, making
s16 to IL he remarked with a laugh.
The "Prince" also exhibited a
needle stuck on piece of paper, upon
which was recorded the fact that 1T
was found in Mankato June 9th. He
said that he intended to keep it be-
cause of its significance. He quoted
from the Bible to the effect that lit
is as difficult for a camel to 60
through the eye of needle as for
rich man..to get Into the kingdom OF
Heaven. The "Prince' considered
the finding of the needle piece OF
rare good luck for him. He also said
that he had received "a % cent piece
from lady, at Kasota for repairing
her umbrella. 1t was dated 1853, the
year he came to America, and had
sun rays on it, being the only 25 ceLt
piece to bear them This he said wa'
clear proof that he was what h'
claimed to be, the son of God.
| The "Prince' has the name Man
kato" down pat. He translates it t.
mean, "God with US" or Man i
God He was anxious to know wha
the authorities are going to do will
him, and was pleased when he wa
told that he might be taken back t.
| Illinoie.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
AMESI is ARRESTED
Minneapolis Mayor is Charged
With Offering a Bribe.
Is Indicted by the Grand Iury.--Detec-
tive Norbeck, Who is on Trial, Jumps
His Bail and Closes Trial.

Minneapolis, June II Mayor Ames
was arrested this morning and brought
into court to answer to the indictment
against him of Offering a bribe. He
was granted further time to enter a
plea. Detective Norbeck who was on
trial for accepting bribe, has skipped
and the trial proceedings came to an
abrupt end this morning. His bail has
been declared forfeited.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
LEFT TWO WILLS.
Contest Likely Over the Estate of the
Late Joseph Kraus.

The late Joseph Kraus left two
wills, one made number of years
ago, before his first wife died, and the
other made recently, since his second
marriage. The first will has been filed
for probate by his daughter, Mrs.
Heofer of st. Peter, and the second
will has been filed for probate by his
wife. 1t is likely that contest will
ensue. The inventory places the value
of the property at ST, 900, and the
second will leaves So, 600 to his daugh.
ter. Under the first will the daughter
would get everything.
Mr.. Kraus' second marriage occur
red last September.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Peter W. Davies arrived from Min
neapolis Saturday, and will return
there tomorrow, accompanied by his
wife, who has been visiting relatives !
in the city and county for a month. !
DR.. Helen Hughes left this after
noon for Ann Arbor, Mich, to witness
the graduation of her sister from the
medical department of the university.
She expects to return about the 21st.
W. J. Milne, E. A. Maiers, Geo.
w. Ellis and W. D. Smith of Winnie
bago City, were on our streets last
evening.
Prof. q. o. Cox will spend the
summer on Lake Pipin, doing natural
history work. His family is at Lake
Washington.
u. S. Ives of st. Peter was in the
city today in the interest of Mrs.
Heofer of that place, in the matter of
her fathers estate.
M. R. Everett of Waterville was in
the city last night.
A breezy summer suit better than
an electric fan because you can carry
it right with you. Sold at reduced
prices at REMOVAL SALE. Henry
E. Hance.
A marriage license was granted to-
day to Elkins G. Willard and Margaret
L. Rodman, both"o OF this city. The
marriage occurs tomorrow afternoon.
Selma, the ten year old daughter
of E. Schierschmidt, residing on
North Front street, fell from her
bicycle last evening, dislocating her
elbow. DIR. Schmauss attended to the
injury.
You will enjoy your vacation better
if you are properly dressed for it. See
our new negligee shirts, ties, fancy
hosiery and straw hats at REMOVAL
SALE. Henry E. Hance.
Hang up those hot, heavy clothes
and get into some cool ones at a
thin price at REMOVAL SALE.
Henry E. Hance
Put on thin summer underwear and
defy the thermometer. REMOVAL
ISALE prices below zero. Henry E.
Hance.
The Barber Co.'S asphalt plant
arrived yesterday and is being set NJ
near the pumping station. 1t is ex
pected that work will begin this week
and it is hoped to have couple o
|, blocks completed by carnival week, i
the weather will permit The asphal
cannot be laid in rainy weather, un
der the contract.
The $40, 900 personal injury suit O.
: Lulu Bonnell of Freeborn count!
against the Minneapolis & st. Louis
the Chicago, Burlington & Northern
and the Iowa Central railroad com
panies has been transferred from Free
. born county to the United States cour
, calendar in Mankato. A motion t
, send it back to Freeborn county vii
: be argued before Judge Lochren in st
Paul Saturday.
J. B. Nielsen & Co. have twent
@ men at work on the public librar
D building, and have commenced wor
on the superstructure. Work on tn
9 basement arch was commenced today
c AS high thirty.two men have bee
r at work on the foundation. Nielsen
: Co. have eighteen men at work at tn
S knitting mill, eleven on the Verno
q Center school house, and five on tn
q Fowler 81 Pay building.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
THE W. R. C. EXCURSION.

The Woman's Relief Corps excursion
to the twin cities over the Chicago
Great Western road last Tuesday
took 800 people out of Mankato. The
train left at Ga. m. ..and will return
at 10 10 p. m.
The Omaha road took number of
people, shaving made an excursion
rate.
The day has been "a pleasant one for
an outing.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20

The Journal says that at least rs per
cent of the graduates of the Mime
apolis high schools will seek further
education This is good sign. The
young man or woman in this age of
the world cannot become too we'll
fitted for life's duties, a fact which
they will more strongly recognize as
they move along in life's duties And
with this increased desire to get fur
ther education, there ought also to
come growing sentiment to make it
more practical
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
LOVE AS A TONIC.

All through literature are found
Messages which show love as health
tonic, actually lengthening life. Love
is harmony, and harmony prolongss
life just as fear. jealousy, envy ana
discord shorten it. Who has not
seen the magic power of love in trans
forming rough, uncouth men into re
fined and devoted husbands. But,
after all, "What is love" compared
with ssGolden Grain Belt beer2 This
beer should be in every home for it is
pure and delicious. Order of your
dealer or be supplied by M. j. Smith,
Mankato.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20

The oleomargarine people have been
trying to get the commissioner of in
ternal revenue to interpret the new
oleo law to their advantage, SO that
they could put colored oleo on the mar
ket, under .ertain conditions. But the
commissioner has rendered his de-
cision to the effect that the oleomar-
garine law means just what it says
and that oleo tinted in any way must
pay the tax which it imposes. There
is no doubt but that the commissioner
interprets the meaning of the law
correctly.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
NEW CAPTAIN ELECTED.

Company 81 held an election Mon
day, in charge of COL Mead, to elect
a successor to Capt Schuyler Hawkes..
Second Lieut. Ernest r. Brown was
elected captain, and Sergt. M. J. Mos
ter was elected second lieutenant.
The company left for camp Thurs
day morning
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
WESTERN CATTLE.
Shipment Will be Delayed by Rain
This Year.

tHlo Sots
Col. Malone, live stock agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul for
Montana and western territory, says
that shipments east from the ranges
this year will not exceed these of a
year ago. Two years hence, he says,
shipments will show record figures.
Last years shipments were heavy,
but there has been a general
feeling that they would be larger
this year. The shipping season usually
beginsssthe third week of July, but it
will be deferred until early August,
because of the condition of the ranges.
Green grass lis abundant and forage
could not be better, but the cattle are
not fattened on green grass The
finishing touches to put them in prime
condition include diet of sun dried
grass, which, "a. because of abundant
moisture, will not be available a early
as usual.
"Generval conditions through Mon
tana could hardly be BETTER" Col
Malone said. ''This years shipments
'of both cattle and sheep will be heavy
ibut l cannot see any indication of an
increase over last years shipments.
The volume of shipments to the ranges
from Tesas would indicate, however,
that during the next few years record
shipments will be made.
"The Swift interests at South St.
Paul will receive many Montana cat
tie, and it is not improbable that dur
ing certain seasons the prices there
will be qeual to those in Chicago.
Canadian ranges are becoming
prominent, and the experiment OF
wintering cattle in Alberta and al
points along the Canadian Pacific is
successful. Within few years that
territory promises to become an i'm
portant source of supply.
The st. Paul Duluth lines have en-
tered an agreement to establish regu
lar mid-week and weekend excursions
from Twin Cities via. Duluth to north
shore points on Lake Superior, to Isle
Royale and Houghton at reduced
rates Official announcements have
been issued by the Northern Pacific
The Great Northern and the Omaha
have also sent out announcements.
The lines will sell excursion tickets
during the warm weather at greatly
reduced rates For $12 it will be
possible to leave st. Paul or Still
water on Monday evening on Tuesday
morning trains each week for the head
of the lakes transferring there tc
Isteamers of the Dominion, White Line
and Booth companies for trip up the
north shore to Port Arthur, across tC
Isle Royale and back again to Du
luth, returning by rail to st. Paul.
A rate of $l5 has been made which
includes the same itinerary, with tht
option of crossing from Isle Royale tt
Houghton, Mich, on the south shore
and returning to st. Paul via. D uluth
These rates apply both for the mid
week outings and for outings from
Saturday Ito uesday. For SIS, tickets
good around the entire circuit-Du
luth, Port Arthur. Isle Royale ant
Houghton will be issued good goine
in either direction, and with stopovel
privileges during thirty-day limit
The lake and rail excursions were
experimental with last season, ant
met with unusual success. Hundred
of St. Paul people made the trip dur
ing the exceptionally hot weather o
last July the outings were unusually
popular. The arrangements this yea
are somewhat broader and permi
more variation.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20
GO TO saltwater.
Nelson and Kelly Are Given
Their Sentences.
One Goes Up For One Year and Eight
Months, the Other For One Year.
sullivan Awarded $150.

Henry Nelson and James 8. Kelly
received their sentences last Tuesday,
in the district court.
Nelson was the first called up, and
said that he was forty-two years OF
age and rectifer by trade.
W. E. Young spoke for Nelson, say
ing that the latter realized the serious
ness of the charge, but that there were
some extenuating circumstances
which it was proper for the court to
consider. The defendant was almost
born in the saloon business, and was
engaged in it with his father. He
acquired the habit of drinking intoxi-
eating liquor, which grew upon him.
He was hardly sober any of the time
that he was employed by the Standard
Brewing Co. He was intoxicated
! when his offense was committed and
until he got to Pennsylvania. When he
realized his condition there he stopped
drinking and did not resume it, and
uas going back to Minnesota to settle
up or take his punishment when he
was arrested. The ends of justice must
be met, but this was case where
they would be met by a lenient SEN
tence.
/ Judge Cray, without any remarks
sentenced Nelson to Saltwater for one
year and eight months.
Kelly said that he was thirty six
years of age, and was butcher for
twelve years and an engineer for four
years.
W. N. Plymat addressed the court
on behalf of Kelly, saying that he had
made considerable inquiry of persons
for whom and with whom the de-
fendant had worked, and had learned
that, while his conduct was not always
Exemplary, he had always been, when
sober, faithful, honest and reliable.
He occasionally got under the In
fuence of liquor and was then not
himself. 1t was not his bad heart, but
the influences around him, that caus
ed him to do wrong, and a severe sen.
tence was not necessary. The jury
. had seemed to be of the impression
that light punishment would b'
enough. He had been in Jail over two
months, already. He does not propost
to drink any more. He had never beer
accused of doing wrong except whel
under the influence of liquor, and th'
attorney asked that the sentence nigh
be light.
> Judge Cray said that he defendan
3 was old enough to know whether th'
, use of liquor stimulated him to com
NIT crime, and should govern himsel
{ accordingly. The offense charged wa
= an extremely grievous one, as LITTLE
children were asleep in bed when tn
Ihouse was set on fire. If the jury ha'
found the defendant guilty of arson il
. the first degree, as charged in the in
9 dictment, it would have been withil
. the power of the court to send him t
prison for life He had been four,
i guilty of an attempt to commit thi
rgievous offense, but under all tn
s circumstances he had decided to max
| the punishment as light as possible
, l. He had hesitated about this, becaus
the defendant seemed to have had a
utter disregard as TO whether tn
. children were burned up or not
: Judge Cray then sentenced Kelly
Saltwater for one year.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20

The jury in the case of Dennis Sulli-
van vs.. Anderson & Peterson brought
in sealed verdict in the morning, CIV
ing the plaintiff $3.50 damages. A stay
of forty days was granted.
The plaintiff was injured while in
the employ of the defendants.
The jury that tried the case was
excused for the term.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20

The trial of the case of Cara,
King & Co. VS.. Frederick L. Hansing
occupied the forenoon. The defend
ant sent a deposition. This is the
second trial of the case.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20

Inss case op trialTuesday forenoon, the
court directed a verdict for the plain
tiff against Julia V. Hansing for
$15G. 81. The jury was excused for the
term.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-20

The calendar of court cases was call
ed Tuesday afternoon.