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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
SHE WAS NOT ILL.
Actress Pretends Illness and Man on
PHYSICIANS Pass Plays Up to Her.

Physicians Pass Plays Up to Her.
In French theatres the doctor of the
theatre has seat given him for every
performance. He must be there each
evening. A we'll known writer, M.
B., says that when he was young
man friend, the doctor of a certain
theatre, gave him his seat. JUST as he
was becoming interested in the first
act the stage manager rushed up.
The heroine had a nervous attack and
required medical aid.
In the lady's dressing room he found
the manager with anguish depicted
on every feature and the lady wiring
ing her hands and shrieking.
CHOW, doctor, quick! What's to
be done2"
He took the lady's hand in a wild
attempt to feel her pulse. She shrek
ed more than ever and writhed like
snake.
"Have you poured any water on her
head?" he asked.
eyes. &" "And no effect2"
"None."
"Then give her sniff of eau dc
cologne"
Haven't any," was the answer.
"Then go and fetch some. -
Off rushed the manager and the
stage manager together, and B
was left with the patient.
Suddenly she opened her eyes and
smiled.
doctor, " she said, "you are good
fellow, aren't your"
eyes, ma mselle. -
"You must be, doctor. Now listen.
There is nothing the matter with me.
You would have found that out soon.
want a couple of days holiday.
Can't you manage itf"
Delighted" he replied, joyfully.
"Now, ma'mselle, you're good
sort, too. I'm not doctor. I came
in on the doctors ticket, so you must
not give him away"
By this time the manager and stage
manager came back. each with bot
tie of eau de cologne. He told them
the lady was quite composed, and
could appear without any danger. But
she must have few days rest. They
made wry faces, but granted the
holiday.-LondoR Quill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
DANGEROUS IMPERSONATION
Man Who Tried 1t in Seattle Was Seri.
ousIy PummeIed by Policeman.
st. Paul Dispatch :

st. Paul Dispatch:
Seattle. Wash, July 2S.-William
Nixon tried to win a woman's affec-
tions in the guise of Outlaw Tracey
and is nearly dead as the result of his
foolhardy act. He told an actress in a
music hall that he was none other
than the famous desperate and threat
ened her life if she told. Saturday
night when he entered the theatre
he was attacked by a policeman and
the proprietor, Joe Williams, brother
of Deputy Sheriff Jack Williams, who
was wounded in battle with Tracey
at Bothell, July 8. He was pounded
into insensibility and has not fully
regained his faculties yet.
The mistake was discovered when
the mans features were compared
with those of photograph at police
headquarters. 1t is almost a miracle
that the policeman did not shoot first
and investigate afterwards. as he was
told positively that the man was
Tracey and a reward of nearly 81, 900
is offered for the desperado, dead or
alive.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01

ing. fragrant violation of law stands
unmasked and fearless upon our main
business street The officials of the
law go by and the violators are not
afraid. The mayor of the city has
made himself more notable in issuing
permits for the violation of law than
in demanding obedience to law, as
Stunning to be the master of the people
rather than their servant. 1t ought
to be no cause of surprise that Mankato
is center of iniquity today; that
thieves and thugs and harlots drift
this way; for they find here that dis
regard of law that gives them thrift.
And it should be no matter of sur
prise, it under present conditions, q
crime occurs some of these days, in
flaming public Indignation at official
incapacity, and causing men to blind,
~ wreak vengeance without due
course of law. There have been NUT
terings of such a storm upon our
streets. When the last man was killed
1t was openly charged that there
would be no prosecution worthy of the
name; that if justice was secured ii
would be in spite of official obstruc-
tion. Had there been a skillful leader
there might have been a mob. And
mobs kill innocent people quite as
often as guilty men. They also kill
moral sentiment; they outrage con-
science; they upfoot faith in man
they undo civilization. and petrify
the hearts of men. There is no abso-
lutte safeguard against mobs and an
archy except righteous public senti-
ment that demands the enforcement Of
law and elects to office men who will
do their duty.
Christian citizenship has a wide
scope; it sweeps in many duties. 1t
has to do with all things concerning
mans duty to his fellows and to his
God. A filthy city, an unjust wage,
an oppressive monopoly, brothel, an
open saloon, a closed church, unjust
taxation, a be-taking official, and
a BRIDE paying citizen-these are some
of. the evils against which all Chris
tian citizens should fling themselves.
The existence of sucn evils in any city
is an Indictment against Christianity
that is professed but not applied.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
new UNION DEPOT
A $4,000 Station Agreed upon
for MankatO.
The Milwaukee and Chicago Great
Western Roads Will Put 1t up
Before Winter.

The following is from TUESDAYS ST.
Paul Pioneer Press:
The Chicago, Milwaukee &..'St.
Paul and the Chicago Great Western
have agreed to the construction of a
nnion station at Mankato, to be ready
for use before winter. Final arrange
ments between the two lines and the
city have been entered into.
The new station will cost $50, 900
and will give both roads far better &C.
commodations than they have ever
had. The Omaha will remain in its
present station and is not a party to
the union station agreement,
The above will be pleasing informa-
ton to our ..citizens. 1t indicates
that there will be no further delays in
the carrying out of the plans of the
two roads, long since announced.
A $50, 600 depot will be an ornament
to the city as we'll as a credit to the
roads.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
MAPLETON.

Mapleton, July 29.-Dr. and Mrs,
E. e. Argetsinger of Pipestone are
visiting with the lstter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. Davis.
Mrs. A. A. Buck who has been very
III Is iRRTc Of Minneapolis, Is hs Mss
About a dozen boys from here in
tend camping at Bass lake for a week
or two.
Misses Lillian Schimmele and Eliza
beth Borchert and Mr.. Chas. Borchert
Sundayed at Minnesota Lake.
Miss Beth Marsh of Saltwater is
visiting at the home of her uncle, q.
B. Greedy of Besuford township.
The work on the sewer is being
rushed along rapidly. Work has been
started on Third street and several
along Main street have already taken
il in.
Mrs. s. G. Moore and children of
Gilmore visited at the home of W. b.
Tenny.
Sheriff Gerlich and wife of Manka-
to, spent Sunday with relatives here
A picnic was given by the firemen
Sunday at the home of Mr.. Borchert.
A large crowd was present in the
afternoon when after some sports a
ball game was played between Medo
and Danville.
Mr.. and::Mrs. Paul Garvin spent last
week visiting relatives in Minneapolis.
Leon Little of Mankato visited
with friends here part of last week.
The work on the new school house
is being pushed right along, but the
contractors feel doubtful as to whether
it will be completed before the open
ing of school.
Mr.. Paul Barney of Mankato spent
Sunday here.
Mrs. N. Turner and children of
Fulda are visiting at the home OF
Donald McGregor at Grapeland. Mr..
and Mrs. E. Corliss of st. James are
also visiting there.
Misses Maysel Bishop and Hattie
Gilmore and Messrs. Will and Pau
Barney spent Sunday at Bass Lake.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
Head, Brain and Genius.

1t has long been popular belief,
especially since the invention of phre-
nology, that the size and shape of the
head are intimately related to the in
tellectual capacity. The results of sta
tistical investigation, however, force
the conclusion that there exists no cor
relation between ability and the size
of shape of the head. Ability is gen.
orally synonym for hard work, and
hard work is best accomplished by
using golden grain belt beer regularly
as a tonic and nerve food. 1t is so
delicious and refreshing, you'll never
think of it's being medicine. Order
of your dealer or M. J. Smith, Man.
kato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
FINE GRAIN SAMPLES.

a. P. Jensen Monday brought to
this Office samples of wheat and oat
heads taken from the farm of Otto
Peterson in Shelby township. The
heads were we'll filed and the wheat
looked as though it would run 90
bushels to the acre. Mr.. Peterson is
one of the thrifty farmers Of this
county and knows how to get the most
out of farm. He has 800 acres of
land, 275 Of which are in crop.
Mr.. Jensen also saw on Mr.. Peter
sons farm 80 acres of corn that
promises large yield. The grain
through the country is all in excellent
condition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
THE LIGHTING MATTER.

The board of trade did the proper
thing Tuesday when it directed the
appointment of committee to act
with a similar committee from the
Merchants Protective association to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY of organizing
another electric lighting company.
This is a matter that has been agi-
tated for long time, but was held in
allegiance while there seemed to be a
prospect of securing an electric street
railway. To have turned the matter
down simply because the present move
originated with another commercial
organization would not have placed
the board in a very enviable light be-
fore the people.
1t is the general impression of the
citizens of Mankato that second
lighting company would not only find
a profitable field for its operations
but would result in securing to the
city cheaper and better lights by both
companies. Competition almost uni
versally cheapens and betters the quail
ity of goods in any line. and the Man
kato Gas and Electric Light Co.
should not fear it in its business.
Mankato is as yet only a partially de-
veloped market for electricity. The
consumption would be greatly incress-
ed if lights were cheaper, the same as
the use of telephones has increased
several fold since competition was in
PRODUCED, with its resultant lower
prices and improved service.
1t is not proposed, as we under
stand it, to put in another gas plant,
and even if the new company were to
get most of the commercial electric
lighting, the old company would still
have monopoly of gas. service,
which it could largely increase by
lowering the price.
The Free Press is not of the class
that is afraid of the results Of Compe-
tition. 1t has had to meet it itself,
and does not feel that it has been in
Jured by it, or that its patrons have
suffered. There may be instances
where competition has caused lighting
companies to go into the hands OF re-
ceiyers in order that the water might |
be squeezed out of stock and bonds,
but if a company were to be formed in
Mankato, capitalized and bonded for
no more than the plant would cost,
and honestly and efficiently managed,
we do not anticipate that it would
be forced to the wall any more than
the Citizens Teleph one Co. has been.
Nor is there any reason why the pres
ent company should be forced out of
business unless the drain of paying in
terest on watered bonds should cause a |
temporary liquidation.
AS an investment, electric lighting |
companies are we'll known to be of
high class, when rightly formed and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
SENATOR KNATVOLD.

e There is no mistake in the meaning
of Senator Knatvold's announcement
as candidate for congress in the first
district, where Mr.. Tawney was sup
posed to have everything his own
way. Summarized Mr.. Knatvold' s
platform Is as follows:
I favor a reduction Of tfe present
tariff duties to meet new conditions
and to afford larger opportunities and
greater benefits to the consumers.
/ favor the removal of existing
duties upon lumber and placing the
same upon the free list.
/ favor reciprocity as advocated by
President Roosevelt, and I emphatical-
IL indorse him in his effort to promote
reciprocity with Cuba.
I strongly favor protecting our dairy
interests against bogus limitations and
spurious products.
favor the election of United States
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
Slavery Statistics.

The total white poplation of the
south in 1900. according to the CEN
sus, it is noted, was g, 099, 76O, : of
which 1884, 1874 owned the 1858, 696
slaves in the country, excluding two
owned in Kansas, fifteen in Nebraska,
twenty nine in Utah and eighteen in
New Jersey, says the Charleston News
and Courier. One man alone owned
more than 1000 slaves and he was a
South Carolinian. lightweight own
ers, in nine states, had more than 300
each, and thirty of the eighty were
South Caorlinians One-6fth of all
the slaveholders-or n, 322-owned but
one slave each, and the greatest num-
Der of these small holders in one state
was in Virginia, which had also the
largest proportion of slaves. 4eo, s65.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
IN THE MINORITY.

The st. Paul Globe, commenting on
the recent census statistics, writes en-
couraging words to the girls of this
country as follows:
Cheer up, girls There are hopes
for every one of you in the census
figures lately made public by William
r. Merriam. 1t is fact that there
are in the forty6ye states of the Union
1851, 333 more bachelors than spin
sters. 1t is also fact that if every
one of these bachelors should suddenly
conclude to get married they would
have to wed every widow and every
girl down to seventeen years of age
and still there would not be enough to
go around. Early bulletins from
Massachusetts and other New England
settlements seemed to indicate that
there was an appalling majority of
girls, old maids and widows out look
ing for husbands without much pros
pect of finding them. All this is
changed by the returns from the back
districts, and now the sunshine is on
one side of the girls. All they have
to do is to turn the search light on the
bachelors and make selection. They
don't have to take the first man that
comes along, either, but their pick
from the list, many of whom cannot
possibly get wives.
One thing, however, stands out
boldly in the statistics. The girls of
the east must take the advice of the
late Horace Greeley and go west. The
spouseless men are located largely in
the mountains of Montana, Wyoming
and Colorado and in the wheat fields
of Washington, Oregon and California.
For instance, California has 239, 504
bachelors and only So, 755 spinsters.
Idaho is a most attractive field for
matrimony. The single men there are
%, 421 and the spinsters only 1865
Montana, too, is full of promise for
the woman who is looking for some
body to pay her addresses or pay for
her dresses, just as one may look at it,
as the state has 8, 5457 bachelors and
only 1850 maidens, of whom Mary
MacLane is one. Oregon and Wash
ington shows an even greater prepon-
derance of single men, but the banner
state Of them all is Wyoming, which
has 2, BAT spinsters against 90, 9S7 per-
SONS of tine sterner sex.
Two west-bound trains pass through
Wyoming daily. A hint to the wise
is sufficient. All aboard
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
ROBBED CLOTHES LINE.

A sneak thief visited the premises
of Ed. Dolan, $50 Poplar. street, Mon
day, and ''swiped" number Of
articles from the clothes line. Not all
the articles on the line were taken,
but those stolen include table cloth,
four towels, a wrapper, two sheets.
stockings, etc., all of value of $40.
The theft was committed by some I'm.
known party, and was done after nine
O'Clock
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01

The Minneapolis Journal suggests
that nervous and sleepless persons
who do not know how to get away
from business and forget all about
the affairs of the world should consult
Chief Ames.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
COMMITTEE APPOINTED.

President Andrews Of the board Of
trade Tuesday appointed the following
committee on new lighting plant
W. A. Funk, chairman 81. P. Jen.
sen, T. W. Hart, DR.. J. W. Andrews
and r. D. Hubbard.
There was meeting of the two
committees Wednesday night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
Society,".

Mrs. L. G. Diamond was twenty
seven years old last Saturday and a
number of her lady friends, mostly
members of the Degree of Honor No.
8, surprised her in the evening at
her home at 210 Lewis street. Cards
were played and refreshments served.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-01
DEATHS ROLL CALL

Kledius, the twe-year-old child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Bienapf of North
Mankato, died at four o'clock Tues
day of blood poisoning as a result
of stepping upon a rusty nail The
case is sad one and the parents nave
the sympathy of their many friends.
The funeral ocsured at two O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. L. A Under has just received
word of the death of her mother, Mrs.
Skillings, which occurred at her home
at South Paris, Maine, Friday morn.
ing. The funeral occurred Sunday af
ternoon.
Mrs. Skillings formerly resided in
Mankato and had many warm friends
here, who will regret to learn of hel
death. She was most estimable lady
in all respects. She was Ga years OF
age last May. Her husband died last
December.
Mrs. Elna Nordstrom died at the
home of her son, John Nordstrom, 64l
Mound avenue, Monday, of canoe,
of the stomach. She was seventy-five
years of age, and was a widow. Two
sons survive her, John and Charles,
the latter of Owatonna.
The funeral occurred from the
house at 80 p. m. Wednesday.
Charles FreshoItz, whose home was
in Lime town, died at st. Joseph
hospital Tuesday of cancer of the
stomach. He was sixty eight years
old. The funeral occurred Thursday.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1902-02-06
miunefpta.

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berrl9enben Oipbtberitis linb bic Of.
fentliden S@ulen seidloiien wcrben.
Sin S06ter6en bes 6errn gilbert So
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etne Yoden epidemic befardtet. SRI.
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benen 8erionen in 8eribruns setomz
men, 10 lit man banse, baB aubere
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8orii@tsmabreseln werben %9etrufen,
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bhten.
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in bieiem 6ribiabr eeine PrimdrsW abl
5atifiuben. Ser gountpanwalt bai
entl9ieben, bab, ba bis sumWittmod
Mbenb, benz lesten Sage fur bas Sim
terlesen Der M%pplicationen fur Hidst
auf benz Yrimdr: Tidet, Niemanb bies
aetban, feine Yrimdrwabl Pathfinder
Tonne. Oie ganbioaten merben all,
BET Yetit!on als l1~nabbdnsise auf bas
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rpirb bier etne 0anbpofts&o croft
net. 9dnse b~eriel6en, "a Meilen; 81
b~ebienenbe 8eu0lteruns 500; Mnaabl
Der 9duler an Der &oute, 100; Yoit
bote, @iuiam $. 9arriion.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1902-02-06
Ni6tt9 benrtbeiIt

Brnbeslenator M. s. 8eperibse
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ni9t iebr sablrei@en amertfaniiden
Staatsmdnner, bic, itatt dummies Set
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@roBmadte gu seminnen. Sn ben
neueiteu &idbltfen bes Senators auf
letne &eiieitubien finben mtr folsenbe
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seusea. @s bat ben rOrans nod
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