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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
RECEIVER NAMED
New Turn in Stock Food Com
pany's Affairs.
o.
Judge Lochren Restraints Sale of Com
panY's Property Under Mortgage
Foreclosure.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The $1,000 chattel mortgage upon the
machinery, fixture, tools, etc, of the
Worlds Stock 2 ~I company, held by R.
5. WyneS ell, Iowa, was foreclos-
ed BY ...- EaEen a few days ago, and
tie art covered by the mortgage We're
to have been sold at auction at ten
o'clock this forenoon to satisfy the mort
gage. The sale did not take place, how
ever, for just before ten o'clock Mr..
Wynes and his attorneys, H. l.. & j.
w. SchTlitt, were served with restrain
ing order forbidding the. sale to take
place. This order is issued by Judge
Lochren of the United States court, on
the ground that the mortgage was filed
within three months of the assignment of
the company. 1t was served by Deputy
United States Marshall Sheehan.
Judge Lochren also made an order,
which was served on the parties in the
case, appointing Walter A. Plymat tenn
porary receiver of the Worlds Stock
Food company, and directing him to take
charge of and hold all property of the
company until the further order of the
court Mr.. Plymat's bond was placed at
$1,000 to indemnify the creditors and at
$1,000 to indemnify the Worlds Stock
Food company. This order dispossesses
Albert II. Lossow, who was the assignee
in the insolvency proceeding commenced
by the company under the state laws.
The Worlds Stock Food company will
not fight the proceedings to throw it in
to involuntary bankruptcy, commenced
by Vice President Hornbeck, and which
resulted in the orders of the court which
were served today. The company had
no power to 60 into voluntary bank
ruptcy under the federal laws, but its as
signment constituted an act of bank
ruptcy, which was ground for bringing
the involuntary proceedings.
Mr.. Wynes. will fight hard to have his
mortgage given preference among the
llains. He is a retired farmer who
has known President Devaux for some
time, and states that his transaction was
a bona fide one. He loaned the company
cold cash last September, taking the
mortgage on its property.
The return must be made on Jan. 30th
in the latest phase of the litigation. B.
0. Taylor is Mr.. Hornbeck's attorney,
and may endeavor to have the mortgage
set aside.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
MIR. BLoMBERc IS THRIFTY.

Thrift, which was counseled to Horatio
by his friend Hamlet is exemplifed at the
state capitol by G. A. Blomberg, Jr., of
st Peter. Mr.. Blomberg is clerk OF
courts of Nicollet county, and is midway
in fom-year term. He has won a
committee clerkship in the senate and
is in St. Paul at SIS per day while his
SON holds down the county office in st
Peter. It is said by his Nicollet county
friends that BIomberg did remarkabl,
good work last fan on the campaign COM
naittee for the Republican ticket.-Mir
neapolis journal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
JUDICIARY
COM MITEE
TO PROBE
Find What Power Congress Has
as to Taking Possession
of Coal Mines.
Necessity Demands That Action Be
MISREPRESENTATION BY Chairman
introduced Today.
[sp so1AL To THE FREE Pass. !

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE chairman of
the Judiciary committee of the house to-
day introduced the following resolution:
Resolved, That the committee on
judiciary be directed to investigate and
report to this house with all convenient
speed the opinion of the committee rs to
the power of congress to declare that
the necessity has arisen for taking poses
sion of all coal mines in the United
States, and all lines of transportation,
agencies, instruments and vehicles of
commerce necessary for the transporta-
ton of coal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
W. c. o. F. OFFICERS INSTALLED:

st. Cecilia court, No. 449, w. C. O. r,
had open installation of officers last
night. Deputy High Chief Ranger Mrs.
Rose X. Ruerup installed the following
officers: c. R., Mrs. E. Krost; V. G. R.,
Theresa Robel; financial secretary, Rose
Blissenbach; treasurer, Mary Power;
trustees, Mary Thayer, Mary E. Spell
man, Mrs. ]. Yenter; conductors, Mrs.
Fallenstein, Mamie Klughertz; sentinels,
Mary Neihoff, Katherine Schaus. After
installation short program was rem
dered Refreshments were served and all
had a good time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
BOOK OF POEMS.
rom Wednesdays Daily,

rom Wednesdays Daily
w. II. Tidland is. in. possession of a
book of poems presented to him by the
author) written by one of his boyhood
friends, John Ulrick Oberg, M. D., of
Burkeley, California. The book contains
poems based principally upon religion
and the Bible, although one poem worthy
of mention is entitled "Santa Claus, His
Cause and Origin Explained" The name
of the book is ''The False and the True,
is nicely bound and profusely illustrated
and must be seen and read to be appre-
ciated DR.. Qberg, the author, formerly
lived here and will be remembered by
many who will, be gls' to know of his
success. ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16

dynamo at any time if something goes
wrong.
Owing to the accident, the power that
runs The Free Press presses was shut
off before the entire edition OF the
daily had been run off, and one of the
city carriers was unable to deliver his
papers, while the out of town circulation
did not get mailed until this morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
WHERE THEY'RE PLACED.
Blue Earth's Representatives and
Committee Assiqnments.

From Wednesdays Daily:
Blue Earth county members of the
house of representatives have been as
signed to committees as follows:
Nyquist-Forestry and fire protection,
grain and warehouse, logs and lumber,
military affairs, printing. .
Norman-Immigration, local bills uni
versity lands.
Wilder-Mines and mining, prison la
Dor, state normal schools, state public
schools.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
GRocERs' CONVENTION.
Meeting to Be Held to Arrange For
the Bio Gathering.

From Wednesdays Daily:
The grocers held meeting at the
city hall last night to arrange for the
state grocers' convention, which is to
be held in Mankato Feb. 18th and 10th.
Owing to the small attendance, an ad
journment was taken until Monday at 8
p. M, when the necessary committees
will be appointed and other necessary ar
arrangements. made.
This convention is expected to bring
600 business men together from all
parts of the state. 1t is not too early to
make arrangements to give them a good
time while in the best city in Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT.

The attorneys returned last night from
st. Paul after having argued the asphalt
paving case before the supreme court.
Both sides claim to be confident of win
ming. The matter is up to the supreme
court, and decision is looked for at any
time within the next two weeks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
LOST THEIR HOME.
Lewis Hayes and Crippled
Wife Burned Out.
The Accidental 0verturning of a
Lamp Starts a BIaze---Mr. Hayes
Painfully Burned.

The residence occupied by Lewis
Hayes and wife, 10l6 South Front street,
and owned by Columbus Ballard of De-
coria township, was Quilted by fire last
evening.
Mrs. Hayes, who is dressmaker, and
who is crippled so that she is able to
get about only by the use of crutches,
was engaged in sewing with her machine
at little before 1880 p. m. Her hus-
band was lying on lounge in the room,
asleep. In some manner the lamp acct
dentally fell from the table breaking.
The oil ignited and blazed up. Mrs. Hayes
awakened her husband, who ran for
pail of water. On opening the.door tore,
turn, the flames suddenly burst up and
ne was painfully burned about the head
and hands. He was unable to quench
the flames, and turned his attention to
saving his wife, whom he got out of the
house unframed ~i
Ed Bradley and Ed. Weaver about the
same time telephoned still alarm to the
central station, but before the iremen
could arrive the flames were bursting
from the doors and windows on both
floors. Only few pieces of household
furniture were saved by neighbors. The
fire worked into the ceiling, which it
required some time to extinguish.
-, I'll nd
half stories high, with brick walls. Mr..
Ballard had it Insured. The damage
amounts to several hundred dollars. Mr..
Hayes carried $3.50 insurance on his
household. goods, which will not cover the
loss So I4l'E ;pas
Mr. and Mrs Hayes were taken to Ed
| Bradley's residence, where medical at
tendance was secured soon afterwards.
Mr.. Hayes will be laid up for some time.
He is well known to many Of the resi-
dents of Mankato as fisherman and
hunter. The family is said to be in re-
duced circumstances, and it is case
meriting general sympathy.
/ a
The insurance on Mr.. Billiards. house
was $1,000, and the building is damaged
something like $500.
Mr.. Hayes was removed to St.Joseph's
hospital last night. His hair was burn.
ed off and the skin has peeled off of his
face, scalp, neck and hands. Unless
pneumonia or other complication sets in
lie will recover.
The armature ON one of the two big
dynamos at the electric light plant wa.
damaged to the extent of 500 to 5000 a
about $50 p. m. yesterday by shorr
circuit forming.
One of the dynamos was being moved
three feet and the other was carryin.
the entire load, as it was expected to d.
whenever needed. When the work wa
half done the accident occurred from
some unknown cause. Every light in tn
city was out and all power out until af
ter s p.j m, by which time the first dy
namo was. moved back into its old pc
sition,. thesbelt glued together and powe
turned on. The current was restored i
remarkably short time, considering tn
necessary work to be done.
Such an accident is apt to happen to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
THE TRANSFERS MADE GOOD.
From,Thursdav s Daily,

From Thursday Daily.
The long-suffering public win chuckle
with fendish glee when they hear of
what the teamsters' union at Mankato is
doing to the ice man. The latter refused
to pay the men the wages they demand
ed. The union is putting up an ice house,
and plans to supply the trade.-Duluth
News Tribune.
The teamsters won out on a fight for
an increase in wages and the ice house
deal is off. The teamsters made good
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
AID. HEINzE's ATTITUDE.
Has Not Decided Whether To Run
For Mav0r.

Many of the friends of Aid. Heinze
have solicited him to become candidate
for mayor in the Republican primaries,
promising him their support. He has the
matter under advisement and has not de-
fniteiy made up his mind what to do.
In case he does not seek the mayoralty,
he will accept denomination for alder.
man in the Fourth ward in case it is the
wish of his constituents. p
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
REUBEN PICKETT's CASE.
Was Before the State Pardoning
Board Yesterday.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Reuben Pickett's case was heard by,
the pardoning board yesterday and How
ard B. Chamberlain, Minneapolis attor-
ney, made plea for the man. Former
Fire Chief Runge was of the opinion that
his wife.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
THE COAL SITUATION.

From Tt es lays Daily.
The Saulpaugh exhausted its coal sup
ply yesterday, but was accommodated
with a carload of slack coal by the Hub
bard Milling company. A carload of
coal lasts it five days, and a carload was
on the way but did not arrive in time.
: Farmers are bringing in a good supply
of wood, for which they are getting top
notch prices.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
VERDICT RENDERED.

The jury in the case of Charles F. Red
field vs. j. B. Nielsen & Co. retired at 6
p. m. yesterday, and four hours later
agreed on verdict for Sd in favor of the
plaintiff. 1t is case where both sides
are satisfied with the verdict.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
LOW RATES WEST.

From February. 18th to May LIST the
Great Western will have very low one
way rates in effect to western and Pa
cific coast points. For particulars call
at ticket office or address w. M. Barr,
Agent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
THE EDITOR SHOT
Social Function Occurs at Co :
lumbus, S. c., Today.
Lieutenant. Governor TiIIman Pu is a
Bullet into the Stomach Of
N. G. Gonzales.
ESPECIAL TO TIE FREE P RESI-

ESPECIAL TO TIE FREE 2 RESI-
Columbia, S. c., Jan. l5.-N. G. Con-
zales, editor of The State was shot down
ON the street here today by Hon. James
II. Tillman, lieutenant governor of South
Carolina. A wound in the stomach may
be serious.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
BANK ELECTION.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Mapleton bank was held this
forenoon, and the old directors were all
reelected, including w. N. Plymat of this
city. The directors subsequently, met
and reflect their former officers. Ehe
bank is prospecting nicely.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16

The hardest race of the day was the
gentlemen's roadster race, it taking five
heats to decide it. The third heat re-
suited in dead heat between Golden
Rod and Rowdy. 1t was certainly a
sight to inspire the sporting blood. Both
horses out to the limit, the drivers cali
ing on them for their last iotch and COM
ing under the wire nose and nose was
enough to raise one to their feet and
cheer the contestants.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16

Mr.. and Mre. A. c. Gran returned
Tuesday night from the twin cities,
where they visited their parents for
week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WON.

In match game of ten pins between
the high school team and the commercial
college team the former team won by
the following score:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16

John E. Diamond states that he is not
candidate for mayor and would not ac-
cept the office, if elected, under any
circumstances. He states that this is
not said for effect, but because he means
it. NH
Mr. Diamond is the kind of man that
good mayors are made of, and his de-
cision is regretable.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-16

The officers of the Merchants Protec-
tive association disayow any connection
between the proposed municipal ticket
published last evening and the asso-
citation. m
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-30
THE MACHINERY or MODERN FARMING

The modern farmer. like the mechanic, is becoming
merely the director machines at the barn and gran
airy is relieved tiresome task Of shoyeng the
grain elevators run by horse power taking the loads
swiftly 10 the top of the highest structure Corn cribs as
well as wheatbins are filed Modern cribs made of
wire and steel netting serve as corn repositories at the
least possible indeed there is perpeXng problem
for why buys grain of his neghbor and has
the improved machinery for handling it. The
seller insists on bushe for his grain if he
unload by the oldashioned rather than at
dump, in elevator mill.
The introduction of the harvester and the shred
der has done much reyoutionize the handling OF the
crop 1t but few years ago when the only
method used for husk the from the stalk
in the field leaving stalks to wither through the win
ter most furnishing precareus rough feed for the
cattle shown by the experiment stations that
than 80 per the value of the crop uti
lied Other ways Of gathering have been introduced
harvester gathers the IL great bundles and binding
it. places in suitable shape for carrying huge shocks
The field is thus left bare and ready for sowing to wheat
The shredder is machine through which this is
The is threshed thoroughly as wheat, but
than that the stalks chewed up into haylike
material, called "stover which is by cattle and
horses as easily is hay. The is thus utilized to
more than 50 cent OF its worth and the farmer is able
with the exerton to fatten nearly twice much
stock Railway filled from grain spouts the
try elevator in brief tine emptied by means Of
steam by compressed air flexible shafts.
These worked inside the taking almost the
last bushe of grain with remarkable rapidity.
From the standing wheat through the operations of
the selfbnder in the field the self feeder and sefmeas
and loader at the treshing mechanical
devices for handling the full loads either end the
railway transit only in the ranserrenee from scattered
bundles to the separator direct human effort
This of itself in its saving of time strength brings
consumer and producer closer and lifts the farmer to
more selfrespecting position
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-30

II looks more and more like the days go by, that
Senator Quay will succeed in spite of the hurricane
hot air opposing him. afordng forcing the oppOr
tunty the majority of the its vote for
the omnibus bill admitting Oklahoma at present
bounded along with Arizona and New Mexico The fight
the house bill the is purely political The
Republican minority headed by Beverage, making the
fight not relish the idea of four and possibly six
additional Democratic United senator's Quay got
two additional hooks the situation yesterday But
there doubt that any time force
a continuous session until a is had Four or five
nights days of continuous session will
man. rendering him ready to concede anything
within the bounds of possibility Of reason.
There be question that the majority the
people of Oklahoma at least that majority of those
desiring statehood all stand for statehood only
the present territory Oklahoma There are other
elements. Of these hoping for combined statehood
which shall include the Indian Territory and another
preferring remain territory yet while longer leav
ing Uncle foot the bills
Whatever may fall the lot the Indian tribes and
their territory whatever may become of New Mexico
and Arizona, statehood statehood, Oklahoma will
continue forge ahead go prospecting in a won
derful if not indeed in a phenomenal way
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-30
A LABOR UNION TURNED CAPITALIST

About year and half ago fifty polishers and
platers in plant in Rochester. ~ Y organized
union and made demands for higher wages They were
refused and quit work when the of the works
made this rather astonishing proposition
You won't work for me" he said work for your
selves Start polishing and plating plant of your
If you'll do it cheapy and we'll any else you
can have my work"
The union met and decided to follow his suggestion
With the aid of lawyer they up articles of agree
ment. The company was capitalized at s3,40o, divided
into thirty shares After and half the is
doing thriving business.
This last year has been Much of the
time the men have worked thirteen hours day. The
share of the profits Of the business profitable
concern been that the have been required to pa
only small part of their original subscription There
are only twenty-one shareholders and each OWLS
one and twothirds shares.
When differences in the shop they were re-
ferred to shop committee Each shareholder considered
himself capitalist and therefore did not spare himself
They suggested improvements and economies. The pres
dent acted bOokkeeper expenses and all stood
shoulder to shoulder for the result
Perhaps there is suggestion in this successful ex-
pertinent for way out of labor difficulties But it will
be noticed that pece-work which many unions condemn
instituted and the worked thirteen hours while
their neighbors fight for eight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-30
HOW TO DOWN THE TRUSTS.

would be great relief the public nina 70 have
remedy proposed trust evil that is both
definite and simple The ordinary run of measures sug
gested clear the average reader as Chinese
puzzle We therefore under obligation 10 Mr. Robert
w Higbie who, in the New York Evening Post tells Ms
clearly and simply how go about this whole bust
of trusts Boiled down quintessence of trust
evils is the sitting of competition which we have been
taught regard the life trade and the producing
of Of prices that most harmful to the com,
munty."
Mr.. Higbie points in illustration to the fact that
thirty years ago certain gentlemen in Cleveland Ohio
after securing large oil wells in western PENNSYLVANIA
the railroads in transporting oil to gran,
them alone rebate all their shipments of this
deal the Standard Oil company direct outgrow1h
and without the discrimination freight rates then al
lowed, the result could have been reached"
MI Hgbie claims that the n,ethod CT freeze
out is employed today when the trust wants TO dis
pose of undesirable independent refinery The rail
allow rebates which enable shading of prices
ss 10 secure the market.
The recent protest of the ndsDendent coal