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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-01-30

Eastern philanthropists, through
the solicitation OF the Kentucky
Federation OF Women's Clubs, have
contributed u fund with which to
establish an Industrial school for
mountain children 10 Knott coun-
ty. This is 10 the very mountain
region. The school will be estab'
lished as soon as possible.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-01-30

Mrs. LonnIe Stone, age 20, was
killed BY train near Olive Hill
Monday. She started to cross q
trestle, and, hearing train COM
Ing, turned back and attempted to
get of. She fell and the train
caught her. Two children and q
husband areleit. She WAS a daugh-
ter OF DR.. Howard, Of Olive Hill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
GOOD THUNDER NEWS.

Otto Marks visited at the Steinberg
home over Sunday.
Charles Annis and family were Ster-
ling visitors on Sunday.
Work on the eco Doty residence is
progressing rapidly.
Mr.. Sperrah had just started in
threshing when the down pour of rain
set in.
Fred Pygman of Granada visited with
Miss Estella Beales over Sunday, at the
Doty home.
Mrs. Thomas Benedict returned home
Tuesday from near Fairmont, where she
has nursed a typhoid fever patient the
last three weeks.
Two threshing engines, belonging, the
one to A. Krengle, and the other to Mr.
Malzahn were fast in the mud near the
Kinney bridge, just cast. They worked
until nearly midnight to get them out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
WILL MEET AT OWATONNA.
State Library Association Will Hold a
Session.
From Saturdays Daily.

The annual meeting of the Minnesota
Library association will be held Oct. 15-
IL, at Owatonna. The program has been
arranged to accommodate those inter-
ested in library work who will be in at
tendance at the meeting of the State Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs at Mankato.
There will be short session Thursday
evening, allowing an opportunity of in
specting the fine public library building
and the exhibits of picture bulletins and
posters, plans for libraries, and pictures
suitable for library walls that will be a
feature of the meeting. The Century COM
pany will send collection of the st.
Nicholas league pictures which will be
placed in the hands of the state library
commission to be lent to the public Ii
braries of the state. The paper of the
evening will be by Warren Upham, secre-
tary of the Minnesota Historical society,
on ''The History and Literature of Min
nesota in the Library of the Historical
Society,"
Technical work will be considered Fri
day morning cooperative cataloguing,
public documents in a non-depository Ii
brary, method of distributing state docu,
ments, reports and statistics. In the
afternoon drive will be taken and visits
j. IA. - Ill,
academy.
The topic Saturday morning will be
library buildings, which will be present
ed by an architect, followed by dis
cussions and reports from Librarians and
trustees ON the advantages of buildings
and the cost of maintenance, library leg
islation, and round table on progress of
library work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
MRS. ETHEL WATKINS
GIVEN THREE MONTHS TO LIVE BY
COUNCIL OF DOCTORS.
Cured of An@mia by DIR. Williams Pink
Pills After Ordinary Medicines
Had Failed.

From a respondent woman, given up
to die by the best physicians she could
summon, Mrs. Ethel Watkins, of No.
112 Parker street, Scranton, Pa, has be-
come well and cheerful, living, en-
thusiastic endorsement of the remedy to
which she owes her life and health Mrs.
Watkins was afflicted with anemia, a
disease in which the blood becomes so
deficient as to be unable to furnish the
tissues OF the body with necessary nour-
ishment Every organ is starved and
the patient becomes white and waxen in
appearance. If this condition is not
quickly remedied it runs into persistent
ansemia, one of the most hopeless of
diseases. In Mrs. Watkins case, as
usually happens, the character of the
disease was not discovered until it was
well advanced. She says:
!" If l happened to scratch or cut my
self no blood would flow-just a watery-
looking fluid. l was shockingly thin, as
white as sheet and without bit of
strength. Three doctors attended me
and all said I could not live three
months. / had 10 appetite, my heart
was weak, sleep did not rest me and +
became respondent.
The doctors medicines did not help
me and neither did anything else that I
tried until, upon the advice of friend
who had been cured of an9mia by DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, I
began using them. They helped me al,
most Immediately and, by the time 1 had
taken seven boxes, cured me. / am al
ways glad to recommend DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People to Others y
The power of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
m diseases of the blood and nerves has
been shown in hundreds of cases which
have not yielded to ordinary treatment.
DIR. Williams wonderful discovery, as
embodied in these pills, has cured obsti.
nate cases of locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neu-
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache,
the after-effects of the grip, palpitation
of the heart, pale and sallow complications
and all forms of weakness either in male
or female. DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People are sold by all dealers, or
will be sent postpaid OH receipt of price,
fifty cents a box; six boxes for two dol
lars and half, by addressing DIR. Will
Hams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
UNITED BRETHREN coNFEE
Hold an Interesting Session at lie
Sueur Center This Week.
From Saturdays Daily.

from saturdays DaIy.
The Minnesota conference of the Unit
ed Brethren in Christ convened in its
forty eight annual session at lie Sueur
Center.
Bishop G. NJ. Matthews, d. d. of Chi
cago was the presiding officer. Sixty
six ministers and delegates were enrolled
but not all present The usual commit
tees were appointed and reports respect
lively made The publishing interests of
the house at Dayton, Ohio, and the re-
igious telescope church organ were rep
resented by Rev |. L. Kephart, ID. D.
The Sunday school board was repre-
scented by DR.. c. j. Kephart of Lisbon,
Iowa. Western college was looked after
by Rev. N. f. Hicks, its field secretary.
S. E. Shull, A. B., of Dayton, Ohio, rep
resented the missionary interests in Min
neapolis, where he is stationed as pastor.
The business of the conference was in
terspersed with sermons and music.
Wednesday evening the opening day of
the conference was set apart to recep-
ton ceremonies. The Hon. Charles c..
Kolars presenting the address of well
come on behalf of the city. Rev. H. Deal
on behalf of the local church. and Rev. E..
j. Reed on behalf of the church, in re-
Spouse.
After the reports of the presiding ell
ders and pastors were made, it was as
certained that the conference had grown
to membership of l,66s.
Rev. N A. Cook, of the Wisconsin con-
ference, was invited to an advisory seat.
Rev. j. A. Bly, of Waterville was selected
to convey greetings of the conference to
the annual gathering of the Congrega-
tional church at Mankato in June, 1904.
Not little revival interest was mani
tested during the session and several
young people were happily converted.
Rev. E. j. Reed was reelected presid-
ing elder and assigned to the West dis
trict. Rev. H. Deal was also reelected
presiding elder and assigned to the East
district
Sunday morning Bishop Matthews
preached In the afternoon the usual
Sunday school anniversary was duly OBJ
served, and in the evening Rev. N. F.
Hicks preached.
Report of Stationing Committee, East
District Alma City and Glenwood, j. Cal
liahan; Beaufort, G. H. Varce, ST.; Cor
dova, w. w. Vine; Elmira, n. S. Han
| llins; Eyota, E. E. and Della Todd; Glen
vile, 0. D: Koontz; Kiester, l. E. Meese;
Minneapolis, S. E. Shull; Pleasant
Prairie, A. B. and E. Wolfe; Spring Val
ley, G. Harry Varce, Jr.; Waterville, j
A. Bly,; Wykoff, G. N. Arnold
| West District-Bluffton, G. NJ Cum
Minis; Brownsville, S. B. Andrus; Dexter
and Graceland, w. f. Hartmann; Eagle
Bend, George Jones; Grey Eagle, G. F
Wiltsie; Hewitt, G. H. Alborn; Twin
Brooks, w. F. Graves.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
Ex. P. NJ. Fichthorn Serves Repleyin
Upon P. M. Miller.
Former Wants HIS Property Which the
Latter Refuses to Yield.
Your Uncle Sam May Be Drawn In
TO the FracaS.
From Fridays Daily.

st. Peter residents do not seem to
dwell in peace and harmony. The Herald
says:
There is much blood on the moon.
This is the sign that Mars has let
loose the dogs of war, and that they
bay, bark and try to bite. In other
words all the fun and excitement in pos
tai department is not confined q Wash
ington for we are having two or three
measures of it right here at home. 1t
is partisan, too, although the belliger-
ents are all members of the dominant
party.
EFThe form the contest has taken this
week is over the possession of the boxes,
fixtures and furniture of the postoffice.
When Daniel Fichthorn retired from the
office, he naturally expected H. c. Miller,
his successor would buy the property.
He had done so, and others before him
had done the same. 1t was handed down
from one administration to another. Mr..
Fichthorn says Mr.. Miller said to him the
night he took possession that he would
fix up the matter the following day. Mr..
Miller claims that he never agreed to
take the boxes. Days passed and there
was no settlement made for the boxes.
Mr. Fichthorn believes that he had been
the victim of deep political plot and
that it did not end with his removal
from Office, but that Congressman Davis,
H. G. Miller and others were conspiring
TO ruin him financially. He again went
to Miller. The latter said that sever
al parties wanted to rent a room to the
government and desired to furnish mod
ern fixtures, and that being the case, he
would not want the fixtures at ALL
"Mr. Fichthorn employed G. S. Ives
as counsel and on Wednesday Sheriff
J. A. Mcmillan was given writ of re-
plevin to serve on the present post
master. The writ covered the boxes,
safe, desk, in fact all of the property ex-
eept that of the government. The sheriff
served the writ and the postmaster ac-
cepted the service and gave the sheriff
receipt for the property, but will re-
tain it for three days as the agent of the
sheriff, that official having that length
of time in which to restore the property
to the owner In the meantime Postmas-
Ter Miller will take no further notice and
says he will use the boxes until he gets
through with them.
''The service of the writ may mean a
hot time. The postoffice officials declare
that the sheriff will not be allowed to
disturb the mail. What he will do re-
mains to be seen. Will he dare restore
the property to the owner, caused by the
writ contrary to the determination OF
the government officials? Mr. Fichthorr
says the property belongs to him and
that he wants it. He says Mr.. Miller has
had reasonable time to procure boxes
but has made no effort to do so. He de-
elares the government cannot take his
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
it is his and wants and

property-that it is his and wants and
will have his own.
''A1r. Miller was interviewed. He said
that parties were figuring on installing
new fixtures and if they did, would not
want the ones in question. In the mean
time he was willing to pay reasonable
rent Should the effort to get new fix
lures by people referred to above fail,
he would probably want these, and if
he could not agree with Mr. Fichthorn
as to the valuation, he would submit the
for decision Then comes Mr. Fitch
thorn who says that in the presence of
matter to three disinterested parties
witnesses, he made MIR. Miller just that
proposition, that he pick enc man, Miller
another and these two select the third,
and that the proposition was rejected,
1T would look as though Mir. Fich
thorn ought to be able to control his
property, there being no question of
ownership.
But the postal regulations say the
postmaster shall have reasonable time
to Get new boxes, and then arises the
question. what is reasonable time? In
the meantime the question remains I'M
settled, with the present postmaster in
possession, not only of the furniture,
but an arsenal of weapons ready to de-
fend with his life if may be.
'And who are these chieftans of the
warning clans-two of our newspaper
brethren who ought to have no harsher
thought than a shepherds lutte. Mr..
Fichthorn has been editor of The Tribune
for fourteen years; a peaceable citizen
who wants his property. Mr.. Miller has
been the editor of The Free Press for ten
years and lately appointed postmaster"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
BISHOP COTTER ARRIVES.
Misunderstanding Prevents Large
Parade Planned.
From Saturdays Daily.

rTOul SdCuIudy . DdHy,
Bishop Cotter arrives from Winoaa
on the noon train today, aud was met at
the union depot by the Concordia band
and some twenty five members of Cath
Ollie societies in the city. Ii had been in
tended to have larger number on hand
to meet the distinguished ecclesiastic,
but through an unfortunate misqnder-
standing as to when the train arrived
there were comparatively few present.
The Concordia band was not notified I'M
til late, and it had but twelve pieces.
The march was taken up to st. Peter
and st. Paul's Catholic church, and in
front of the large building the class to
be confirmed was drawn up to receive the
bishop.
The class of 300 was rehearsed this
afternoon, and the confirmation services
will be held tomorrow forenoon, imme-
diately after high mass at 10 a. m.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
FOWLER's GOOD ADVICE.
Tells Young Ministers What Kind of
Women to Marry.
From Saturdays Daily.

Sioux City, Ia, Oct. lO.-"Get married
and marry a woman with common
sense" That is the advice of Bishop
Charles H. Fowler of Buffalo, n. Y, gave
to young men just entering the ministry
at the session of the Northwest Iowa
Methodist Episcopal conference. "Never
marry woman just because she is
pious,' said the bishop, with great seri-
BUSINESS. eff it is put to you to choose
between a woman who has great deal
of common sense and no religion and a
woman who has plenty of religion and no
common sense, choose the woman with
common sense. If she has common sense
and no religion she will get the latter
within two hours after she marries you,
but if she has religion and no common
sense she might backslide and / have
no doubt you would give her plenty of
occasion to backslide"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
Statement Made BY W. E. Brice, the
Oil Company Promoter.
This About All the Consolation Stock
holders Will Receive.
Sour Lake Sours on the Oil Producers
and All Was Off.
Mason City MAJ Is Bitterly Disap.
pointed Over Failure,
From Fridays Daily.


Mason City, Iowa, Oct. 9.-There is
much grief among the stockholders of the
various oil companies which w. E. Brice
of this city organized during the oil
boom at Beaumont, Texas. Rumors of
the Star Petroleum Oil company having
practically collapsed have been rife, but
the officers here insisted that such was
not the case until circular letter from
Mr. Brice reached here today Writing
under date of Beaumont, Mr.. Brice gives
the following information to the stock
holders:
Through the dispatches you are
doubtless aware of the sale of the great
er part of the assets of the Star Petrol
cum company to H. A. Phillips of Pitts
burg. As you know, this company took
over the properties of the different cor
porations, all of which were organized
during the 'gusheT days on Spindle Top,
and whose properties were planned in a
large measure on the expectation of the
continuance of the gushers. When they
failed it was necessary to rearrange the
business, and the expenditure of an i'm
mense sum of money was made neces-
sary. New gushers were found at Sour
Lake, and we expected and had reason
to believe that the company would be-
nefit largely by reason of its large hold
ings of proven oil lands and that the
original expectations would be realiz-
ed.
Unfortunately for the company, the
wells at Sour Lake suddenly ceased gush-
ing and the management was suddenly
embarrassed for funds with which to
complete the work in progress, and the
step just taken was the only avenue left
open that would enable the creditors to
be paid in full and leave on hand funds
with which to produce and sell oil.
'sYou have put in me the highest mea-
sure of confidence and no efforts have
been spared to make the company sue
cess. That l have not succeeded is a
bitter disappointment to me because of
the loss so many of my friends and ac-
quaintances will sustain. With the funds
remaining a measure of success may yet
be worked out, and my efforts in that di-
rection will be untiring. Keen disappoint-
ment may occasion unkind remarks, but
have made an honest effort and / ask
you to reserve adverse criticism until you
are acquainted with the facts"
The Star Petroleum was the merger of
ten companies, of which Mr.. Brice was
president and general manager, and was
capitalized at $lO,OO0,OOO In the gusher
days it looked as if there would be sew
eral millionaires in this city and other
places in Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois.
The stockholders include bankers and
business men everywhere, and among the
smaller investors are school teachers,
clerks and men on salary who could ill
afford to lose.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
TO BANKERS.

Sealed bids will be, received by the
county auditor to October 2Sth, 1908, for
the deposit of county funds.
HUBERT BRUELS, Chm.
ED. WEAVER, Auditor.
STEPHEN THORNE, Clerk.
Mankato, Mimi, Oct. 9th, 1908.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
RAILROAD TIME TABbES
Ea|Z@l17
a&al[
Chicago,
Milwaukee 6
St. Paul Nv.
NORTH BOUND.

NORTH BOUND.
No. Al departs at TAO a. m. to St. Paul and
Minneapolis
No. is departs at D. m to st. Paul, Minneap-
oils. Milwaukee and Chicago.
No 30 arrives at II a. m. from Minneapolis,
ST. Paul, Chicsgo and Milwaukee.
No: Al arrives at 9:45 p. m. from St. Paul.
Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago.
SOUTH BOUND.
No 122 departs at 10 a. m. No. 40 departs at
3:15 p. m. No. 14t departs at 10 p. m
No. 141 arrives 1880 a m No I01 arrives at
II As a. m. No. 43 arrives at 6 80 p. m.
All trains ,nnect east and west at Wells.
No. 40 connects with Chicago and Milwaukee
sleeper at Wells 1rains daily except Sunday
J. c. MOORE. Agent
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
LOST HER WATCH.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs Fredericks of Madison Lake re-
ported to the police last evening that
she had lost her gold watch in the
crowds at some of the stores yesterday
She did not know whether it was stolen
or whether it had caught on something
and broken the chain off. The watch had
the initials M c. K" on the inside OF
the case, and had an Elgin movement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16
(lil(IZ5I)k|
@

sWaterville, Elysian. Ma 'ison Lake accommo
dation departs 100 D. m daily except Satur
day; arrives 20 a. M, daily except Sunday
Trains for waterville, Faribault, North
field, Red Wing, st. Paul, Minneapolis
and intermediate points leave at 500 g.
m. and 1890 p. m. Trains arrive rom
Trains for Dodge Center. Dubuque, Chi
cago, and the east Des Moines. st. JOS
eph Kansas City and the southwest leave
at 6:20 a. m. and 1890 p m. Trains ar
rive from those points at 1885 p. m. and
Il1z:30 p. m.
Trains leave for Austin, Lyle andAan-
rive at 1895 p. IN.
Trains marked 4 run daily except Sun
day; all others daily. For information A.
to dates or routes to any point apply to
Chicago Great Western Agent at depot.
w. n. BARR, Agent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16

spe. Moline. and Sioux City Passenger
N. arr yes at 1915 m Departs at
10.45 a. Ia.
*tKansas titv ard Denver Express No. 8,
arrives at al5 . IN. leparts at l2:' IS p. m.
Kansas City Mail and Express No. l, ar
riyes at II 80 p m. Departs at II 20 p m.
est. James Passenger No. I, arrives at
1850 p. m. Departs at $500 p. m.
sNankato and Gilmore Passenger No. IL
departs at 7:55 q. m.
No. is to Sioux Falls and Mitchell. ar
rives at 1885 p. m.
Trains Going East and North.
twin City Limited No. 2, arrives o.
442 a. m. Departs, 4:45 a. m
est. James Passenger No. arrives 81
$50 q. m. Departs at ITO a. m.
Twin City Local No. g. arrives at 12:3t
D. m. Departs at 1885 p. m.
..Twin City Express No. 4. arrives al
4:45 D. m. Departs at $3.50 p. m.
gilmore and Mankato Passenger No. 4s
arrives at 100 D. m
No Is from Sioux Falls ard Mitchell ~
rives at 55 a m and departs at % a. m.
sDaiiy except Sunday. '.Daily.
CHAs. n. JOHNSON. Ticket Agent
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-16

MANKATO COUNCIL MODERN SAMARI.
IVA TANS-Meets on the second and fourth
Thursday evenings of the month in Odd Eel.
lows hall. PAUL PAULSON, Scribe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-15
Choir Boys Take an Outing.

Through the provision of the authorities
of the Pro-Cathedral Church of the Assem-
sion number of the choir boys of that
church are enjoying a delightful outing at
Mapleton. West river, Anne Arundel
county, Md. the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.
c. Leatherbury. There are nine boys In
the party, being those only who made be-
tween rs and 100 per cent in conduct, at
tendance and proficiency during the past
six months. Their names, according to
standing. are: John Keeling, Paul barley,
Norman Tanner, Martin Manager, Louis
Grieb, Achille Burklin. Stanley Mortimer,
Fred. Mortimer and Herman Ward
The party is in charge of the Rev J. R.
Bickneu Mapleton occupies a shaded
knoll, overlooking the river, whose salt
waters lap the shore but few feet from
the house. The boys are in or on the
water almost all day They make frequent
visits by sail or rowboats across the river
to the village of Galesvile, where good
stick candy can be had at twelve or thir-
teen sticks for 5 cents. They also make
excursions by rowboat up the various arms
of the river.
Last Sunday they crossed the river in a
sailboat and took straw ride three and
one-haIf miles to Christ Church. Ovens
vile, where Mr.. Bicknell preached and the
boys assisted the choir. Wednesday they
took in the excursion to colchester Beach.
They also expect to visit Annapolis.