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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
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PUBLISHED BY
gree PRFSS PRINTING GO
EVERY FRIDAY.
cue Dollar per Year in Advance
(sl.50if not paid in advanceJ
Should Be Cut Out.

There is no more reason why the
German language should be taught in the
public schools than the Scandinavian, the
French Spanish, Italian, Slavonic and
others that might be named. There is
one German newspaper which recognizes
this, and recently it expressed itself on
the question. The New York Volks-Zei-
tung is the paper referred to. 1t says:
.'The instruction in the German Ian
guage given in our public schools has
failed to yield satisfactory results.
Those Germans who wanted to be sure
that their children would learn German
sent them to the free German schools or
to private schools or procured the serv-
ices of a language teacher. Besides, the
relative numbers of the foreign popula-
lions in New York city have greatly
changed in the last ten years. The mo-
tives for change of the German Ian
guage feature of the public school course
had begun to operate forcibly for some
little time past. When instruction in
the German language was made obliga-
tory in the public schools the Germans
were the most numerous element in the
city population that spoke foreign Ian
guage Plausible arguments could be Of
fered for the position given to the Ger
man language, and the political side of
the case was by no means the least i'm
portant. Things have changed since
then Italians, Jews and Slavs are COM
inc to the front Their numbers and inn
portance grow every year greater, where
as German immigration cannot hold the
pace at any such rate. But must Ital-
ian. Slavonic and Yiddish be made oblig
atory studies in the public schools? 1t
is because our citizens of German birth
O., origin thoroughly well understand the
merits of the situation that they have
remained cool and collected in the face of
efforts to excite them over this question"
At the most those pupils who take up
the study of German in many of the pub
lie schools gain but little more than a
smattering of the language, and it is
questionable whether the amount of
money expended for the instruction is
equaled by the results obtained. When
an influential German newspaper like
TheVolks-Zeitung recognizes the useless
ness of paying out the publics money
for such instruction it would seen that
it is time that purebred Americans take
q like view of the matter, and call upon
boards of education to cut the teaching
of German out of the school curriculum.
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years ago. Representatives from nearly
all sections of the county were in at
tendance.
1t was day for memory to turn back
and recount the achievements of the
past. 1t was a day for "reminiscences,
and the incidents of half century were
told. The listeners were RECALLED with a
feast of good things from men who were
well able to serve them in an appetizing
manner. Out of these yearly meetings
the sturdy pioneers gain great deal of
pleasure, and they certainly were entitl-
ed to all the joys that the theirs by right
of having earned them. Today much of
the county's early history was related,
and the settlement and development of
its various parts was told in an interest
ing manner. Much that was new to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
CERESCO AND LINCOLN.
Newsy Notes From Two Blue Earth
County Towns.

G.. w. Keech was tranSacting bust
ness in Lewisville Monday and Tues
day.
Miss Jennie Hughes of Mankato
was the guest of Miss Davis the latter
part of last week.
Ambrose Woodhall Of Sedan is Wis
iting relatives in this part of the
country.
Mrs. Olaf Martinson is visiting at
w. d. JOhnStOn'S this week.
Miss Sadie Fairbanks OF Lake CryS-
tai is spending the week with Mrs.
Keeche
Mr.. and Mrs. Eager and Mr.. and
Mrs. Crosby took in the carnival at St.
James Saturday.
Dan Murphy Of GAINESVILLE came up
to help his brother through the busy
season.
Rev. Nj. baltimore was out in this
neighborhood visiting Monday and
Tuesday.
Mrs. Ben Laneteral of Winnebago
City is spending the week at her
| brothers..
The dance at Clark's Friday eve
ming was we'll attended and all had a
good time.
Miss Margaret Mccarthy came
home from Carleton college Tuesday
to spend her vacation.
Miss Maude Mcdonald came up
from the cities for short visit with
friends.
| Mrs. Emma Haycraft and Miss
Kate Bill were out this way Saturday
afternoon.
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HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
Fire in the SauIpaugh Causes Some
Damage This Morning.
Started in a Bath Room Where Plumb
ers Had Been at Work.
Water Pipe Bursts and Floods Several
of the Rooms.
Eirn cmnko opd Wotor Houco ron
Fire, Smoke and Water Cause Con.
siderable Loss.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
The Saulpaugh hotel was damaged this
morning to the extent of several hundred
| dollars by fire, smoke and water. The
trouble originated in the bath room off
f, from room 20, in the front. of the building
on the third floor. Plumbers had been
working there, and they had gone away
for time, leaving heater burning. The
heater appears to have blazed up, melt
nicating with the woodwork adjoining.
The interior of the bath room was a
mass of flames when discovered, at about
$40 a. m. and the woodwork was bad
ly charred. Two young men who first
found the fire succeeded in extinguish-
ing it with water. A still alarm was sent
in and the central station firemen re-
! sponded, but had little to do beyond
making sure that there was no fire In the
partitions.
| The heat melted or cracked several
connections of the water pipe back of
the water closet, and before the water
could be turned off large amount had
escaped, flooding the adjoining bedroom
and running down through the ceiling in
to the ladies' parlor, and thence through
! the floor down into the rotunda. A good
deal of plaster will have to be replaced
and several carpets were damaged. A
force of help was at once put to work
soaking up the water.
| The smoke filled the third floor to some
extent, but did no particular damage
except in the bedroom adjoining the
bathroom where the fire broke out The
paint and paper will probably have to
be renewed there.
| 1t is difficult to estimate the amount
'of the damage, but it is fully covered by
insurance.
| 1t is most fortunate that the fire was
discovered when it was, for had it work
ed into the partitions it could not have
been extinguished without great Difficult
ty As it was, the fire had been in pro-
gress for some time, as parties across
the street from the front of the hotel
had noticed smoke issuing from the win
dow of one of the rooms for quite a
while.
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From THURSDAYS Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Beneath the wile-spreading branches OF
the grand old trees of Sibley park, with
Old Sol playing peek-a-boo with them.
the territorial settlers and pioneers to-
gether with a host of friends, made
merry today. 1t was the annual outing
of the old boys and their ladies, and to
say that they enjoyed the festivities
would 30 putting it mildly. Though the
years are crowding many of them close
they are as youthful in spirit as they
were when they came here half century
ago to open up new country to settle
ment.
The gathering was all that was hoped
for. Besides being a picnic of the old
settlers it was celebration commem-
orative of the founding of Blue Earth
county, which had its organization fifty
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The meek and lowly hen has license to
eacllle. According to The Minneapolis
Times the hens of the United States
last year gently laid 10000, 100000 eggs.
These brought in the market about $780,
100000. Yet there are not enough eggs
produced to supply the demand. The
poultry of the country is worth $780,
100000 and the combined value of poul-
try and eggs is nearly double that of the
precious metals and six times that of the
wool crop.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
COURT CASES.
Dates Set for the Trials OF the Various
Actions.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The court cases in the district court
are set as follows:
Axel A. Eberhart, trustee, VS.. Brewster
State bank, June 20.
f. w. Wingen ct ais. vs. Geo. May and
Earnest Ruege, June Il.
Ransom J. Marsh VS.. Hugh Erdman ct
ais, June 49,
VIM. j. Brecht VS.. John Jennings ct
ais, Sept 6.
Village of Lake Crystal vs.. the county
board, June 20.
Ida NJ. Strong VS.. VIM. Strong, June
20.
John B. Meagher VS.. city of Mankato
ct ais, June %.
Johanna F. Huettl VS.. Henry L. Huet-
IL, June a.
Philip H. McGraw VS.. Chas. J. Macbeth
, ct ais, June %.
Melvin Roblee VS.. VIM L. Wilson ct
ais, June 26.
Campbell adoption case, June p.
Stella P. BIaker VS.. VIM. w Baker,
June p.
Horace Cummins VS.. village council of
Eagle Lake and Irwin Wells, June q.
Charlotte E. Crouch VS.. Frank J.
Crouch, June p.
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and not altogether ungodly town, can
hold conversations with the angels every
time they ascend to the roofs of these
tall structures. Being used to looking up
at these high buildings Neff could hardly
realize that in these modern times Ii
brary buildings are cut down to the first
floor and a basement, with the roof
looking as if it had been cut off with a
iack-knife. The colonel's tale of this
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
BOOK NOW on SALE.
''Semi. Centennial of Mankato.. | 852'
19O2"..vatuable Production.

= hohi uSoNoy
'Semi- Centennial of Mankato, 1852
1902" the production by the semi-cen-
tennial executive committee, is now
ready for sale. This book is historical
and biographical in character, and con-
tains vast amount of valuable informa-
ton. 1t comprises 345 and more pages
and is work of art, being printed on
a very fine quality of paper and hand
somely bound in cloth. The cover is set
off with picture in gold leaf of the
first log school house in Mankato, max
ing the volume one which would prove an
ornament for the library. Between the
covers of this book can be found the his
tory of Mankato, its growth from the
mere hamlet founded by P X. Johnson
and w. W. Paddock and others to the
present date. The story of its religious,
industrial, educational, commercial and
and entertaining style by men who were
so familiar with the facts that the in
formation is all the more valuable to
those who wish to become well acquaint-
ed with the development of the city in
which they live.
The book contains the pictures of a
large majority of the old settlers and
many men who have been closely identi
fed with the up-building of this city. The
half-tone are the finest that could be
procured and they add much to the beau
ty of the volume, besides there are a
number of views of Mankato and vi
rcinity, scenes in Sibley and Highland
parks, picture of the old Mankato
house, the pictures of the principal
churches. The biographies are as cor
rect as it was possible for men to have
them. The utmost care was taken in
their compilation, and these are fea-
ture of the book which add greatly to it's
worth.
This is the first production of it's kind
ever attempted in Minnesota. It's value
cannot be estimated in dollars. Years
from now those who are the happy and
fortunate possessors of the work will
prize it more highly than at the present
time because of it's historic interest.
A limited number of the books have
been printed and the committee has
fixed the price of the volume at So. 1t
is not the wish of the committee to make
a dollar off this work, but simply to pay
the expenses that have necessarily been
involved in getting it printed.
The book is from the press of the
Free Press Printing company. Mr..
Thomas Hughes was chairman of the
subcommittee on publication and he is
entitled to great deal of credit for the
successful manner in which the book is
gotten out.
Those who desire a copy of the book
should call at The Free Press office. The
price is 50 EACH Those sending from
abroad will be charged extra for postage.
The postage amounts to Is cents.
Those who have already paid for a
copy of the book will be given one on
presentation of an order from Thomas
Hughes or Gen. J. H. Baker.
Those whose pictures appear in the
book have been assessed So. No copies
will be distributed free.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
MRS. WILLIAMS FUNERAL.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The remains of the late Mrs. c. P.
Williams will arrive in the city tomor
row night, and the funeral will probably
be held from the residence Friday at 2
Up. m. The remains are being accom-
panied by the son and daughters Of the
deceased, Harvey A. Williams of Den
yer, Mrs. Paul Williams of Seattle, and
Mrs. G. A. Lewis of this city They will
arrive in Minneapolis tomorrow after
noon, and Mr.. Lewis will meet them
there, going down tomorrow morning.
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PUT OFF TWO MONTHS.
perations on Mankato.F armington
Line Are Delayed.

From Mondays Daily.
Word has been received by milwaukee,
passenger officials in st. Paul that the
new Mankato line of the Milwaukee will
not be opened for business for six weeks
OF two months. The rails have been
laid for several weeks and the ballasting
crews have put the track into compare
lively good condition, but the new Man
kato depot is not finished, and until it is
done the line will not be opened.-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
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too, would not give in that they were
getting along in years.
The oldest person ON the grounds was
Mrs. Catherine Cole, who is eighty nine
years old, and feels as young as if she
were sixty. Among the other older per-
sons were H. ] Fuller, 10; j. c. Thomp-
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the destinies of The Lake Crystal Union,
was in Mankato few days ago, and in
this weeks issue of his paper he devotes
a column to what he saw here. Among
other things the colonel gazed at the new
library building and he thought it was
not finished, remarking that it was up
but one story. You see, the colonel
,Hved in twentyfour and thirty-story
town. The buildings in Lake Crystal are
all sky-schapers, touching so near heaven
that the inhabitants of that enterprising
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
old SETTLERS PICNIC AT S|BLEY
Celebrate the Fheth Anniversary Founding of Blue Earth
County With Story and Song.
Large Attendance of Old TmersDnner Served to the Multi
tude BY the Ladies.

exhaustive review of the settlement of
that township and section of the coun-
ty. 1t was an address showing what has
been accomplished there in the past fifty
years.
At the conclusion of this paper the
quartet sang again. This time the audi
ence would have been pleased if the
quartet had repeated, but the songsters
were modest.
The ladies served dinner and all on
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
NEW ADDITION NAMED.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The new addition which property own.
ers between Pearsons street and the
Silver ravine are laying out has been
named Bryn Mawr addition, and the
street which runs through the property
has been named Ramsey street, after
Minnesota's war governor. The add.
ton comprises twenty three lots, all
we'll located for residence purposes. The
plat will be presented to the council
Friday night for adoption.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
1.-THE LAND OF The SKY"

This is the title of an attractive bcoklei
just issued by the Passenger Department
of the Southern RAILWAY, desert tive oil
Western North Caro- ina The book is
beautifully Illustrated and gives the pres
Fective tourist an excellent idea of the at
fractions of the charming mountain coun.
try. To those contemplating trip. for
either health o. p'easnre. during the
spring or summer. il We u!d be we'll TO ap-
ply to a representative Of The Southern
Railway for copy OF this booklet
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
HAD SLIGHT STROKE.
From Wednesdays Daily.

D. g. Evans of South Bend suffered
slight stroke of apoplexy yesterday and
will not be able to read his paper at
the meeting of old settlers tomorrow.
An effort will be made to obtain the
paper and have it read by some one
else. Mr. Evans condition is fortunately
not serious
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
ROEDIG RAN AWAY FROM HOME

From Tuesdays Daily.
Fred Roedig, the man who was drown
ed in the Minnesota river Sunday is said
to have run away from home rather than
marry a young lady his parents had
selected for him. In the pocket of his
coat was found letter from his mother,
offering him an eighty-acre farm ii he
would consent to return home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
MODERN wooDMEN OF AMERICA
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Next Sunday being memorial day,
Rev. F. E. R. Miller of the Baptist
church has kindly consented to deliver
the address,.
The Woodmen and Royal Neighbors
will observe the day jointly by holding
appropriate services at the Woodmen
hall at 2 p. m.
All Woodmen and Royal Neighbors
are urgently requested to be present
to pay this slight token of respect to our
departed neighbors. W. F. Jones, Clerk
No. 100.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19
MINISTERS TO PLAY BALL.

From Fridays Daily.
At La Crosse, Wis, the clergymen CT
the city have organized two base ball
clubs and will play game on Tuesday.
One of the rules is that no player shall
swear at the empire.
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From TUESDAYS Daily.

A marriage license was issued today
tc Geo. Triton of Minneapolis, passenger
conductor on the Omaha road, and Miss
Mary Brooks of Lake Crystal, cousin
of County Surveyor Brooks.
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A sprinkling of youngsters was among
the older people, and these appeared to
enjoy the day as much as those with
whom the years have moved apace.
The book gotten out by the Semi-cen-
tennial committee was on sale today and
found many purchasers.
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city is very interesting.
BUGGIES, BuGGlEs, sUGGIEs.

Before buying call on US: you will
lose money if you don't. We are SELL
ing high grade buggies at low prices.
JAMES HODSON & CO.,
Ia e. Main st. (Rear of Fred Krons
StOre.)
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AWARDED THE CONTRACT.

J. B. Nielsen & Co. have been award
ed the contract to construct the new
school building at Mountain Lake.
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John Diamond received his reelection
to the presidency of the association with
becoming modesty.
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the audience two pictures -Medo as it
was and Medo as it is.
Ira B. Reynolds of LIE Ray, gave an
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Good cord rock for sale cheap at the
cement works.
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son, Garden City, 70; Rev. John w. Pow
ell, so; Mrs. S. M. Walker, 81.
Among the pioneers who were there,
the men who came here in the early
days were L. G M. Fletcher, W. w.
Paddock, Phillip Miller, w. B. Walker,
Nj. B. Haynes, H. P. Christensen, ]. B.
Hodapp and many others
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-19

the ground partook of the best that the
culinary art could produce. 1t was a
feast fit for the most fastidious person
age, and the most chronic dyspeptic
would have enjoyed it. The Free Press
man was rendered the freedom of the
table by Gen. and Mrs. j. H. Baker.
Just before the meal hour the follow
ING officers were elected: President,
John Diamond; vice president, Clement
Schroeder; secretary, NJ. B. Haynes; exc
cutive committee, L. G. M. Fletcher, A.
&c. Barney, Thomas Hughes and j. B.
Coy.
During the afternoon papers on vari-
GUS sections of the county were read.
Judge Cray spoke on "The Pioneers of
the Pleasant Mound Prairie; early Set
tiers on the MapIe,n Mr.. Joseph Dobie !;
early Days on the Watonwan," Mr..
Charles Barney. e
Gen. j. H. Baker referred to the deaths
OF the members of the association dur
ing the past year. These were G. c.
Christensen, John Pohl, George H. Marsh,
H. G. Thomas, j. Lorentz, Mrs Mettler,
Mrs. Anna Frescholtz. The general
spoke feelingly and eloquently of their
passing away.
John B. Hodapp was on the program
for paper on early German Settlers
OF Blue Earth County"
All of the papers were listened to
with much interest.
1t was rather a difficult task to find
any old persons on the ground. No one
would admit having reached the age of
the "seer and yellow" All the men claim
ed to be boys ready for any kind of
sport from foot race to wrestling
match One gentleman whose flowing
white beard indicated that he had reach
ed the shady side of seventy was willing
to wager a good sum that he could out
run any 'boy" ON the ground. His
challenge was not accepted. The ladies,
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NEFF AND THE LIBRARY.
Col. G. w. Neff, the man who pilots
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-16
BILLS BY WILLIAMS.

Washington, Dec. Representative
Williams of Mississippi introduced the
following bills to-day:
To put upon the free list when COM
ing from countries which permit iden-
teal products of ours to enter free,
hides Of all animals, leather of all sorts,
boots, shoes. saddles and harness.
To prevent individuals or corpora
lions engaged in interstate commerce
from making it condition of the sale
of their products that the purchaser
shall not sell or deal in the products of
any other persons. firms. or corpora
tions.
To prevent the over issue of stock
by corporations or combinations of
corporations, and defining such over
issue as public cheating"
Requiring the payment of interest
on public funds deposited with banks.