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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-25
KERNS AND HEBRON.

The family of L. B. Steel are being
sorely afflicted with scarlet fever. They
have the sympathy of the whole commu-
nifty in the loss of their little son, Eddie,
who died Tuesday morning and was in
tered Wednesday at 2 p. m. Rev. Sew
ard officiating. Their oldest son, Ches-
ter, has now come down but is doing
well. Mrs. George johnson has kindly
gone into quarantine with the afflicted
family and will stay with them until
they are well.
Miss Lilly johnson returned from her
visit near Chicago last Wednesday, her
Aunt, Mrs. Reed accompanying her for
an extended visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Budde, and her broth
er and sister Philip and Frank Budde
and Mrs. George johnson.
G. E. Rodikuhr has his residence at
Kerns all inclosed.
The Christmas tree at the Kerns
church has been postponed on account of
the sickness and death in Mr.. SteePs
family.
The Sunday school will hold it's an
nual election next Sunday at Kerns.
Mr.. Seward preached an interesting
sermon last Sunday on 'The New Birth
Classification by Faith" will be next
Sundays subject.
Misses Una, Alice, Ella and Lula Hold
son are home from their respective
schools at Fulda, Lake Benton, Glen
coe and New Richland, for two weeks
vacation.
The creamery at Kerns had a carload
of coal come to Mankato Wednesday and
about twenty teams went after it.
Miss Ella Randall, Viola and Flor
ence Hodson, Grace and Blanch Door of
the normal school are spending their va
cation at home.
John Burns and George Peterson are
buying stock at Judson and they ship
ped a carload of hogs this week. Every
body wishes the new firm success as
they are both good men and will do the
right thing.
William w. Wigley and son Arthur of
Judson bought fine shorthorn bull and
heifer from T. Hodson last Tuesday. Mr..
Wigley is one of the enterprising far
mers of Judson.
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ST. PETER AND THE BROKER.

All stories told relative to incidents
that occur at the gate of the celestial
city are not veracious, but this one has
the semblance of truth.
A broker who had made his mark in
Wall street sought admission at the
pearly gates.
''Who are your" said st. Peter.
'I'm Wall street broker"
'What do you want?'
81 want to get in"
''What have you done that entities
you to admission?"
swell, 1 saw decrepit woman in
Broadway the other day and gave her
two cents"
Gabriel, is that on the records?"
eyes, st. Peter, it's marked down to
his credit
'What else have you done?"
'Well, 1 crossed the Brooklyn bridge
the other night and met newsboy half
frozen to death and gave him one cent"
Gabriel, is that on the record?"
eyes, st. Peter"
''What else have you donef'
'Well, can't recollect anything else
just now"
Gabriel, what do you think we ought
to do with this fellow?"
"Oh, give him back his three cents and
tell him to 60 to hell"
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GARDEN CITY NEWS.

Mrs. Loomis is visiting in town.
Tom Glynn went to Lake Crystal Sat-
urday.
Lee Morphew went to Lake Crystal
Monday.
Mr.. Lee Morphew went to Mankato
Tuesday.
John Bixby is having trouble with his
eyes again.
About SIS was taken in at the school
entertainment.
Harry Wolverton went to Mankato
the first of the week.
If it keeps a thawing Santa will have
pretty poor sleighing.
Ida Ward and Verna Bixby went to
Lake Crystal Saturday.
Miss Virginia Webb has been over sew
ing at Mrs. M. M. Coughs.
Mr. and Mrs. Wagonner have moved
into the house owned by Mrs. Belllnap.
Mrs. Loring spent Friday and Satur-
day of last week with her daughter, An
ma.
Miss Martha Jones who attends school
at Mankato is spending her vacation at
home.
Miss Cinnie Duffield, who has been
working for E. Bunce the past MONTH
has gone home.
Bernard Norton, son of E. E. Nor
ton, was kicked by horse, cutting quite
a cash in his face.
Roy Sherman, who attends the school
at Sherburn, is visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sherman.
Mrs. Jennie Whitman of Lewiston,
Idaho, spent few days last week with
her nephew, Mr.. w. H. Cartwright.
Miss Emma King received a letter
from her brother Leslie saying he would
reach India about the 10th or 18th of
this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prof. Brown and Miss
Peterson and the Misses Ida and Faith
Bowen and Allen Merrill were down from
Vernon Center to attend the school enter
tainment held here Dec. 18th at this
place.
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AGED MAN ARRAICNED
Patrick McKenna, Postmaster oil
ShieIdsviIle, in Tolls.
From Saturdays Daily.

FROM OaIuTuayS Ddly,
Deputy United States Marshal T. j
Sheehan of st. Paul came to the city last
night with Patrick McKenna, former
postmaster at Shieldsville, Rice county
who was arraigned this morning before
the charge of making false returns to the
auditor of the postoffice department at
Washington of the amount of postage
stamps, stamped envelopes and postal
cards cancelled on matter mailed and of
postage due stamps cancelled, for the
thirty days from Sept. Sth to Oct. 9TH
last, for the purpose of fraudulently in
creasing his compensation as postmaster
The complaint charges that McKenua re-
ported $l5.56 for the month, whereas
the true amount was $6.9S.
McKenna waived an examination and
was bound over to the term of the Unit
ed States court at st. Paul, and his bond
was placed at 5000, which he furnished
The accused former postmaster is
seventy-tive years of age, and is so feeble
that his son, Daniel, was obliged to ac.
company him. Daniel acted as his clerk
in the office.
To Free Press reporter, McKenna
stated that he is not guilty of the crime
charged, and that he has done no wrong
He had reported the cancellations to the
auditor as they appeared on the daily
! record kept. He said that there was
some misunderstanding about where he
should make his deposits, whether at st
Paul or Faribault. When The auditor
had notified him that his report was not
correct, he had forwarded the balance
claimed by the government. 1t was af.
; forwards found out that he had sent
| twenty cents too much, and it was re-
| turned to him.
McKenna was appointed postmaster at
Sheildsville sixteen years ago, by Presi.
dent Harrison, and he states that this
is the first time that there has zeen any
misunderstanding. He sent in his resig,
nation in September, and it was accepted
He conducts little store at Shields.
lille, but he became so feeble this fall
that he could not attend to business.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of let,e-s remaining uncalled TO,
at the postoffice at Mankato, Mimi, the
week ending Dec. "a, 1908:
Galloway, Chas. F.; Cassidy, Mrs. F. V.
Discher, Mrs. Edith.
Gjershanz, Miss Anna.
Hackley, Mrs. Ella; Hackley, Mrs. Ella
Remman; Hill, Miss Eva; Holman
Ed; Hubbard, Mrs. Charlotte.
Erwin, Miss Isibelle.
Johannes, Mrs. Ivy ~; Johannes, Chas.;
Jones, Miss May.
Keith, Miss Leila; Koot, Fred.
Price, Mrs. A. e.
Schmidt, Mrs. Mary; Swanson, E. R.
Theisen, Garrett E.; Tindell, Elmer.
Walden, Frank; Wilson, Miss Ada JAG
obs.
Young, w. X.
In calling for the above letters please
say advertised" and name the day OF
this list. One cent extra will be charged
for each advertised letter. Letters re-
manning unclaimed at the expiration OF
Is days from date will be sent to the
dead letter office.
c. L. BENEDICT. Postmaster.
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DEATHS ROLL CALL.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
T. Hoverson, one of the old and re-
spected residents of Medo, died Sunday
and his funeral occurred yesterday. Mr.Hov
erson was at one time county commits
sioner and had held many offices of
trust. He was sixty-eight years of age.
Mrs Sophia futile died at her home
in South Bend yesterday morning, of
stomach trouble, aged sixty-three years.
Her husband died just seven years ago
yesterday, but she is survived by one
son and five daughters, Henry, Florence
and Mary Tuttle, who reside at home,
Mrs. August Schweitzer of this city,
Mrs. Emory Pearson of Redwood Falls,
and Mrs. Helen KEENAN, of the state of
Washington. The deceased had many
friends who will regret her death.
The funeral will occur from the house
tomorrow afternoon.
The hour for the funeral has been
set for twelve o'clock.
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Ernest Keitnar Still Maintains That
He Was Robbed.
Calls at the Police Station This After
noon BY Request.
Revises His Figures as to How Much
Money He Had.
Police Claim That His Figures Still
Do Not Tally.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Ernest Heitnar yesterday sent word
to the officers that he would come to
the city today with a load of geese, and
would see them. This reply was receiv.
ed to a message sent him by Chief Dona.
hue through VIM. Just, the Rapidan store
keeper. Up to the middle of the after
noon the officers had not seen him. Ii
he does not come, they will probably
drive out to his farm tomorrow.
1t has been learned by the police that
just before leaving for home on the night
of the alleged holdup, Heitnar purchas.
ed bottle of whisky and one of rum
at Louis Lilies saloon. He left there
at eight o'clock, and was pretty well fill.
ed up then. He bought seventy five
cents worth of sausage at j. M. Kar-
many's market.
Heitnar come to the city this afternoon
and called at the police station. He
stuck to his story that he was robbed
and said that the officers had misunder-
stood the figures which he gave them on
their first interview with him. He said
that he told them that he had $35 in
bills in his hip pocket which the robbers
did not get, instead of $50, and that he
had collected $S.O5 from the North Man
kato butcher, instead of SIS.
Heitnar is mistaken in his statement
as to the figures above mentioned. He
stated to the officers in the presence of a
Free Press reporter that he had saved
$50 in bills, which he had placed in his
hip pocket, and that he had collected SIS
in North Mankato. But even with his re-
vised figures, the matter does not come
out right, within about $1l, according to
statements of the police, and they will
probably not waste any time on the
case, as they are fully convinced that
there was no robbery.
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GOSSIP FROM VERNON CENTER

| John McNIichael is at home for few
days.
Florence Reed of Mankato is the guest
of Mae Wilbur.
Liza Wilson is a guest at the home
of Carlos Warren.
Sophia Petrich visited friends at Am.
boy Monday and Tuesday.
Bessie Reed from Toledo, Iowa, and
George Cornish from the State U.
j. H. Anderson of Ventura, Iowa, has
been visiting his son c. o. several days
Miss Nettie Babcock has returned from
Minneapolis to spend the holidays with
her parents.
| Miss Peterson and MIR. and Mrs. Brown
ATTENDED the school entertainment Sat
urday evening.
E. L. Kendall entertained number
of friends at the Cataract" at finch
Saturday evening.
Vernon has acquired two new families
the past week; those of George Crandall
and H. H. Winters.
w. F. Dewey and family leave Thurs
day for ten days visit with Mrs
Dewey's relatives at Luverne.
Thos. Thomson returned Saturday
morning from Mountain Lake to spend
the holidays with his family.
Will Porter returned the first of the
week from trip to the northern part
of Wisconsin, where he looked after land
interests.
County Surveyor w. F. Brooks is at
present engaged on survey of Yer
non Center Ditch No. l, northwest of
this village.
| Warren and Washburn have installed
an edison" gas plant of eight light
capacity in their store, an improvement
which adds greatly to their already neat
establishment.
| Lyman Babcock and son Amos left
Monday for their home at Wig, S. D.
They had driven there from Wig with a
number of horses, and say the trip was
a very cold one.
The Knights of Pythias entertained
a large number of their relatives anc
friends at Castle Hall Monday night
and swell luncheon was served, after
an evening of cards and games. E
Among the students who returned to
Vernon for the holidays we note the fol
lowing: Mae Wilbur, Blanche Wyman
Ed. Mertesdorf, Ben Howard and Robert
Cookson attending Mankato schools.
M. B. Warren has been confined to his
bed for several days past and is reported
very ill. Mr.. Warren is one of Vernon's
oldest and most respected citizens and
his many friends hope his ailment will
be of short duration.
The village school teachers leave
Thursday to spend the holidays at their
various homes. Prof. and Mrs. Brown
going to st. Clair, Miss Peterson to
Waterville, Miss Gerlich to Good Thun-
der and Miss c. ior to OLIVE.
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THIN PEOPLE

want to get fat and fat people
want to get thin-human
nature. If you are fat don't
take SCOTS Emulsion. 1t
will make you gain flesh. If
you are thin SCOTS Emul-
sion is just what you need.
1t is one of the greatest
flesh producers known. Not
temporary gains but healthy,
solid flesh that will fill out.
the body where it is needed.
There's nothing better than
SCOTS Emulsion for weak
ness and wasting.
Well send you sample free upon request.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 400 Pearl Street, New York.
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CARS WERE OVERTURNED
Bad Accident on the Chicago Great
Western Yesterday.
Broken Rail Believed to Have Been
the Cause.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The local passenger train on the Great
Western road which left st. Paul ut $3.50
yesterday morning for Mankato, was
wrecked at ten o'clock short distance
north of Mortified, and nine persons
were more or less seriously injured
They are:
F. P. Pilger, Cannon Falls, face cut
back hurt.
S. D. seger, Cannon Falls, face cut
back hurt.
c. j. Westerman, Cannon Falls, head
cut, not serious.
G. H. Booth, clerk of circuit court
Red Wing, back hurt, face bruised.
Thomas Fitzpatrick, Red Wing; rail
way ineman; arm hurt, not serious.
Railway Mail Clerk Swan Anderson
Randolph, head cut, right leg bruised.
Conductor Stephen Olson, st. Paul
head cut, leg bruised.
George Day, st. Paul, express messen
ger, slight bruises.
Albert johnson, Mankato, bruises.
The cause of the accident is believed
to have been broken rail. The trair
was proceeding at about twenty miles
an hour when the wreck occurred. Two
of the three coaches were derailed, over
turned and dragged short distance. The
engine and the baggage car did not leave
the tracks.
Medical assistance was at once sum
moned from Mortified and all the in
jured were at once removed to the
hotel at that place. All coaches on the
Great Western are heated by steam, ant
this prevented fire in the overturned
car. A message to the general superin
tendent of the road late yesterday after
noon stated that all the injured were
doing well.
The Free Press made short reference
to this accident in last evenings issue.
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SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS
Postmaster WisnieWski of Ivanhoe Is
Brought to Mankato.
Charged With EmbezzIng $1S8 Of
The Postal Funds.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Another postmaster is in trouble, this
time the stamp canceller at Ivanhoe.
Lincoln county. The postmasters name
| is John A. Wisniewski, and he was
brought to the city last evening by
Deputy United States Marshal VIM.
Grimshap Jr., to answer the charge of
embezzling $l9S.6s of the postoffice funds
of Uncle Sam. He was arraigned before
United States Court Commissioner
Eberhart last evening, and Postoffice In
spector Smith was sworn. The hearing
was then continued until Wednesday.
The bond was placed at $1,000, and it
will probably be furnished. Mr.. Wisnie-
wski will probably waive examination
tomorrow, as he does not deny the
charge. He expresses sorrow over the
matter.
The case is somewhat peculiar one.
Mr. Wisniewski has been postmaster of
the new town of Ivanhoe ever since it
started three or four years ago, and up
to couple of months ago there was no
complaint as to the management of the
office, and he was doing his work well.
Postoffice Inspector Smith states that
the affairs of the office at Ivanhoe have
lately been in a deplorable condition,
worse than he ever saw elsewhere. The
mails have not been sent out regularly
or distributed regularly when they came
! in. A letter containing a draft for the
Fist National bank of Ivanhoe lay in
the poStoffice for three or four weeks,
and this IS a sample of the way affairs
have been conducted. The same care
| lessness as regards the financial affairs
of the postoffice has existed, and this
led to the charge of eabezzlement being
brought. The postmastr appears to
have taken the postoffice funds and used
them, as though they were his own.
What brought about this great >shange
in Wisniewski is not known to certain
ty, although it is said that there is a
love affair at the bottom of it. The post
master is a young man, unmarried, and
seems to be highly intelligent, and his
friends are astounded at the way he has
acted during the past two months.
Wisniewski was seen at the county jail
this afternoon by Free Press report
err, and said that he would receive his
bail bond this afternoon. He said that
he had made good his shortage by pay
ing the government all that it claimed
due.
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Dec. %, 1908, Jan. Is, 1904.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth.-ss In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Owen Pritch-
ard, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Arthur
T. Pritchard, administrator of the estate
of Owen Pritchard, deceased, represent
ing among other things that he has
fully administered said estate and praying that
time and place be fixed for examining and
allowing the final account of his administra-
ton and for the assignment of the residue of
said estate to the parties entitled thereto by
law.
1t is ordered, that said account be examined
and petition heard by this court on Tuesday,
the 10th day of January, A. D., 1904, at ten
O'Clock, a. m, at the probate office in the city
of Mankato, in said county.
And it is further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested by publishing
a copy of this order ouce in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in
the Mankato Free Press, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Mankato, in said
county.
Dated at the city of Mankato the 21st day of
December, A. D., 1902
By the Court.
probate Court Seal) WIN. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
Thos. Hughes, Attorney.
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We will close out our pjamas at a
discount Of rs per cent at Henry e.
Hance's.

Judge Hughes has received letter
from his son, Everett, who is cadet at
the West Point military academy, in
which the young man conveys the pleas
ing information that he is not among
those whose standing makes it necessary
for them to take an examination to de-
termine whether they shall stay there.
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ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-es. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate OF Charles
Schulz, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of julius
II. Schulz, executor of the estate of Charles
Schulz, deceased, representing among other
things that he has FULLY administered said
estate, and praying that a time and
place be fixed Tor examining and allowing the
final account OF his administration, and for
the assignment of the residue OF said estate to
the parties entitled thereto by law:
1t is ordered that said account be examined
and petition heard. by this court, on Mon
day, the 18th day of January, A. D.. 1904, at
10 o'clock q. M AT the Probate office in the CITY
OF Mankato in said county.
And it is further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested by publishing
q copy of this order once in each week FOR three
successive weeks prior to said day OF hearing in
the Mankato Free Press, weekly news
paper printed and published at Mankato in said
county.
Dated at the City Of Menkato. the END day
OF December, A. d. 1903
By the Court:
Probate Court Seal VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate
s. B. Wilson, Attorney for Executor.
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Genuine seaIskin caps, our price
81 so. Henry E. Hance.

The many friends of D. Murphy of
Medo will be glad to learn that he has
slightly improved of late and yesterday
was able to attend the funeral of Mr..
Hoverson. Mr.. Murphy, while a suf-
ferer with rheumatism, is cheerful,
jolly gentleman, always pleased to meet
his friends, and those who call on him
feel the better for having done so.
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Today the smallpox case of the village
of Lake Crystal against the county of
Blue Earth, a suit wherein there has
been much litigation to determine whe-
Their the village or county is to pay GER
tain claims for the care of small pox pa
tients amounting to about $500, was ar
gued before the supreme court. County
Attorney Wilson appeared on behalf of
the county and D. A. Reed and w. E.
Young on behalf CT the village.
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Dec. 25, 1903, Jan. Is, 1904.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth.-ss. In Probate COurt
In the matter of the estate of David Smith
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of E. R.
Kennedy, administrator, of the estate OF
David Smith deceased, representing among
other things that he has fully admins
tered said estate, and praying that time and
place be fixed for examining and allowiog the
final account of his administration, and for the
assignment of the residue of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law.
1t is ordered, that said account be examined
and petition heard by this court on Saturday,
the 18th day of January. A d., 1904 at 10 o'clock,
A. NJ, at the probate office in the city of Man
kato. in said county.
And it is further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested by publishing
copy of this order once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of he airing
in the Mankato Free Press, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Mankato, in said
county.
Dated at the city of Mankato, the 10th day,of
December, A. d., 1903.
By the Court
Probate Court Seal.1 WIN f. HUGHES
Judge of Probate.
B. Wilson, Attorney for Administrator.
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Dec. %, 1903, Jan. Is, 1904.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Matthias Lang,
deceased
On reading and filing the petition of
John Lang, executor of the estate of
Matthias Lang, deceased, representing among
other things that he has fully administered
said estate, and praying that time and place
be fixed for examining and allowing the final
account of his administration, and for the as
signment of the residue OF said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law:
1t is ordered, that said account be examined,
and petition heard by this court on Monday, the
18th day of January, A. d., 1904, at 10 o'clock
a. m, at the probate Office in the city of Man
kato, in aaid county,
And it is further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested by publishing
a copy of this order once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in
the Mankato Free Press weekly newspaper
printed and published at Mankato in said
county.
Dated at the city of Mankato the 21st day of
December, "A. D.. 1903.
By the Court:
probate Court SeaD VIM. F. HUGHES
Judge of Probate.
s. B. Wilson, Attorney.