The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-29
STATE NEWS IN SHORT LINES.

STATE NEWS IN SHORT LINES.
Horse thieves stole valuable team
belonging to S. D. Lockerby, living
near Faribault.
A. L. Redner's house at Amboy
was entered Monday night and $7i
taken from Mr.. Redner's pockets.
Yesterday was the nineteenth ami
verssry of the cyclone at Rochester.
At Granite Falls tramps entered 6
box car and stole about 500 from
the pockets of clothing belonging tt
workmen engaged on the Great North
ern road.
The State Congregational society
will meet at Fergus Falls Sept. II, Is
and 10.
Fire started in the Central hotel al
LETTERS causing a loss of $50, 00C
and burning A. A. Faus5's gene.
raj merchandise store, containing
the postofice and implement house,
and a building used for restau-
rant purposes. belonging to Nels
Anderson. A. A. Faust saved SO, SOC
worth of goods out of $12, 500 stock.
The insurance on the Anderson build
ing was $500; on the Faust building
and stock, Sc, 900, and on the Central
hotel, $500. The cause of the fire was
no doubt the work of an incendiary.
George Srnce was drowned in the
Mississippi river at Winona.
Three mer, strangers, representing
themselves as detectives visited alleged
blind pigs in Willmar and shook down
the proprietors of tbs places for goodly
sums, threatening to make trouble il
the money was not forthcoming.
According to The st. James Journal
a number of people in that city were
given a tip that train was to &C
through that town late at night with
President Roosevelt on board. They
waited up to see the train that never
came
Charles 81. Eaton, of Westbrook,
Mimi, is at Sioux City with blood in
his eye, looking for 81. T. Gilmore,
with many aliases, who is now in jai
at Vermillion, S. D. Gilmore is the
smooth fraud matchmaker. Eaton say
Gilmore stopped at his fathers hote
at Westbrook and won the confidence
of the elder man, by representing tina
he owned hotel in Parsons, Kan
He negotiated with the cations to rem
and operate the hotel, and at the same
time made love to Eatons sister
Gilmore wanted Miss Eaton to marry
him, and this was arranged. UpoI
the plea that his sister lived il
Omaha, he preferred to be married
there, he induced Miss Eaton to &C
company him to Omaha. She discov
cred his trickery and returned at one,
to her parents. Her brother has mad
the trip there, hoping to fnd Gilmor
and get some sort of satisfaction.
Robert NJ. DeLambert of st. Paul
storekeeper for the Northern Pacif
road, is dead.
Jennie Olson, aged %, committed
suicide in Minneapolis, by taking car
bolic acid. A physician was called
but the girl was dead when he ar
rived. Miss Olson was TO have beer
married in few days, and ne
trousseau was in the hands of dress
maker. Last week she had her forum,
told. 1t was to the effect that he
lover would prove faithiess and tina
she would take her own life and be
come spirit to watch over him. ,
Thursday the girl secured bottle Of
carbolic acid, but the poison wa
taken from her. Yesterday she GO
more Of the acid and succeeded in tax
ing her life.
Robert Graham of Welcome, at
tempted suicide by firing bullet int
his breast.
Albert Lea merchants are advocat
ing fire alarm system.
The First National Bank of Rush.
ford has been authorized to begir
business.
About one year ago the common
council of Duluth passed an ordinances
fixing the license of clairvoyants anC
fortune tellers at $500 a year. The
high license was designated to keer
that class of people out of the city
and it has succeeded, but it has beer
is discovered that after all it affords NJ
protection to these Duluth people who
are bound to be humbugged Tht
clairvoyants get cheap licenses il
Superior, and the Duluth people q
over there and patronize them. 81
the Duluth common council now con
templates reducing the license 10 500
thus saving Car fare for the Duluth
people who are bound to have theil
fortunes told, and affording the city
some revenue besides.
Joseph Mccullough, Harry Harris
James Stuart and Robert Cunning
ham, are held to the grand jury a
Worthington charged with being pick
pockets. These are the men who ar
accused of robbing Roadmaster Dun
bar of the Omaha road.
Mrs. 81. p. Jensen and baby wer,
drowned in a we'll on farm nea
Raymond.
John Anderson, who fell from tn,
high bridge in st Paul and lived Il
tell the story, will bring suit fol
$l5, 600 damages against the contract
ors by whom he was employed Il
paint the structure
Fred Henry, twenty-one years old,
committed suicide at Faribault.
Mrs. Annie Mckay of Butte, Mont
died at Faribault of pneumonia.
Heavy winter weight boys knee
pants 10 cents per pair. Henry E..
Hance, 223 South Front street.