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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
NEW STORY OF LlNCOLN.10
How He Applied Monroe Doctrine and
Won Law Case.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Feb. ll.-One of the
famous stories told of Abraham Lincoln
when he was young lawyer of Central
Illinois was recently recalled by ven
cradle resident of this city. 1t related
to trial at Metamora, the old court
house there frequently ringing with the
eloquence of the martyred president.
Many old men yet living in Metamora
and throughout Woodford county served
on juries, or were witnesses at trials
in which Lincoln was one of the attor-
neys. At the particular trial referred to
Allen Hart, father of Harvey and Edison
Hart, of this city, was defendant in a
suit where the plaintiff sued to recover
piece of land which he claimed that
"King" Hart, as he was known, had
seized from him. Lincoln, had little to
say during the trial, and it appeared as
though he had lost his case. When the
time came for him to make the closing
argument he arose and spoke about as
1OllOWS. we uOu u Dt1lcNt Ill hlISS
this country We refuted that doctrine
100 years ago, but we have a doctrine
that we do believe in, and that is the
Monroe doctrine. When the kings of
Europe attempt to seize land in this
hemisphere we apply the Monroe doc
trine to them, and they experience
change of heart. Why should we not
apply the same doctrine to American
kings? This little king is attempting to
secure possession of land to which he
has no claim, and you, gentlemen of the
jury, stand in the same position as the
government of the United States. You
must protect a weak vassal by applying
the Monroe doctrine to this American
king" He ended with the last sentence,
and the jury gave him verdict in a
short time. That night after court Lin
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
MENTAL WEAKNESS.
This Claim as to the Junior Patten
Will Be Tried Monday.
From Fridays Daily.

FROM frlday's daily.
A. R. Pau ST.. and Judge Severance
were at LIE Sueur yesterday in the in
terest of their clients, the Pattens. The
senior Patten is confined to his bed with
illness, but the younger Patten was in
court, the time that he had in which to
plead to the Indictment against him hav-
ing expired.
The attorneys presented to the court
an affidavit from Attorney Parker, one
of the defendants attorneys, in which
he said that the younger Patter was
not in a condition to try or defend his
case. This claim on the part of Patterns
attorneys will be tried before the court
Monday at a. m.
1t is claimed by Patterns attorneys
that he is not of sound mind. They said
that he has not taken any interest in
defending the case against him in con-
nection with the bank failure, and has
stayed in Jail, saying that he wanted
to remain there, as it is the best place
that he was ever in. They say that if
he is shamming he is doing some ex-
cellent work at it.
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was conducting a country store at Mt
Zion, hamlet near Decatur. When Abe
took a notion to visit his father he
would catch a teaming wagon going to
Terre Haute or New York for goods.
The 40acre tract is now owned by John
Jeffries, of Coles county. The deed was
recorded May 10, 1884, by J. P. Jones,
recorder, demonstrating that the old man
believed in recording.
jefferson Jenkins, resident of Ell.
Paso, and one of the best known col
lectOrs of curios of Central Illinois, has
recently secured genuine ambrotype
picture of Abraham Lincoln, taken in
1861, i'll Springfield, just before he left
for Washington to be inaugurated. Mr..
Jenkins has absolute proof of the gen
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
ABOUT EVERYTHING.

Eternal hustle is the price of success.
1t costs more to satisfy vice than to
feed family.
A restaurant man in Chicago was ar
rested for selling pure milk.
The banana and potato are almost
identical in chemical composition.
The rye crop last year with an acreage
of l,9O6,S94, yielded $l5,993,S7l.
Edison says: Genius is 2 per cent in
spiration and 90 per cent Precipitation"
The men who work and gamble sup
port those who gamble and don't work.
Don't think an impression is being
made by telling of the smart things
you do.
Almost 300 men were killed in the an
thracite mines of Pennsylvania during
1903.
Blessed are those who have nothing
for they are not tempted to go to law
about it.
Somebody has written book entitled
''How to Sleep" That's easy. Get an
alarm clock.
HOW?
A pleasing young person named Phoebe
Aspired to be known as a Hebe;
But since she must she be,
How could she be Hebe?
Phoeha could never a he be-
Judge.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
RAN OUT OF WATER.

The Chicago Great Western passenger
train was delayed an hour and half
at Fairbault last night, and did not ar
rive in Mankato until after IL p. m.
While backing out of Faribault to reach
the main line, the rear coach struck
freight engine that had run out of water,
damaging it somewhat. 1t was neces-
sary to get water for the freight engine
and get up steam before it could be got
ten out of the way of the passenger
train
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
SIDE LIGHTS ON WORLDS FAIR.

If disease which radium is suspect
ed of being unable to cure can be found,
it will be placed on exhibit at the
Worlds Fair at st. Louis.-Journal, At
lanta, Ga.
We suppose the model highway in the
Louis will be named Easy Street.-Press,
Louisiana Purchase exposition at st.
Portland, Ore. Y
l. The strenuous life" department of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition at st.
Louis is expected to be one of its big
features. Mr.. Roosevelt might be called
upon to formally open this department
with an address.-Birmingham, Ala,
News.
Breathe it gently County,
Kentucky, is to have an educational ex-
hibit at the st. Louis exposition.-Jack-
sonville, Fla, Times Union.
With the American press humorists'
convention in May and the Democratic
gathering in July, st. Louis need have
no further fear of a failure of the
Worlds Fair-Denver Times.
The Russian peasants have vocab-
ulary of only two or three hundred
words. But as they have still smaller
number of thoughts, they are not in
commoded.
Petrovo Xosyaistrennve of Moscow,
Russia is the inventor of an apparatus
for producing rain. He has applied for
space at the Worlds Fair at st. Louis
from which it is inferred that while he
may have high place as a scientist he
| lacks tact. If there is one thing the
Worlds Fair managers don't want it is
rain Besides there can't be rain on a
fair day-Albany, N. Y. Argus.
The Kaiser is going to send his silver
| cervice to the Worlds Fair. Will he
have to eat off China or tin plates till
he gets it back?-New York Mail and
Express.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
James E. Swenson Draws Revolver
on Saloon Keeper.
Lake Crystal Business Man Bound
to Grand Jury.
He Promptly Puts up Bail Bond for
$4,000.
Trouble Occurred Friday Night, Result
ing From Old Feud.
From Mondays Daily.


James E. Swenson, the well known
real estate dealer of Lake Crystal, got
into trouble Friday night by the too free
display of his revolver. He drew it
upon saloon keeper named Louis Han
son, at Lake Crystal, and was later
in the evening arrested on warrant
charging him with assault in the first
degree. The preliminary hearing was had
Saturday, before Justice G. II. Shelby.
County Attorney Wilson represented
the state at the hearing, and several wit
nesses were introduced. 1t appeared that
Mr.. Swenson year or more ago made
himself obnoxious to Mr.. Hanson and
had been ordered out of his saloon. He
had not been there again until Friday
night, when he stood up at the bar with
a friend who offered to treat him. He
called for water, but Hanson said that
he could take nothing there, even water,
and pointed to the door and ordered
him to go out. Mr.. Swenson did not at
once obey, and Hanson went out from
behind the bar and told him to get out.
At this, he says, Swenson drew the re-
volver and made him go back behind the
bar. Bystanders seized Mr.. Swenson's
arm, after which he is said to have at
tempted second time to point the wea-
pom at the saloonkeeper. Then Sven
sons companions forced him out of the
door. As he went out, they say that he
wanted them to let him go that he might
GILL Hanson full of holes"
Mr.. Swenson took the stand in his
own behalf, and told somewhat diff
ferent story. He said that when Hanson
came out from behind the bar, he
thought that he was going to assault
him, and he drew the gun in self defense,
without intending to do any shooting.
When he went out of the door, what he
said was, "Let me out before I am filled
full of holes"
Mr.. Swenson was bound over to the
grand jury, and as the justice did not
have jurisdiction to fix the amount of the
bail, he was brought to Mankato, where
application was made to Judge Cray to
fix the amount. Judge Cray fixed the
amount at $1,000, and it was furnished
Saturday evening, with County Auditor
Weaver and Mr.. Swenson's father as
sureties.
G. S. Strom is Mr.. Swenson's attor-
ney.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19

uineness of the picture and would not
part with it for $500. Mr.. jenkins has
among other unique articles a collection
of watches, 107 in number, ranging in
age from so to 300 years. The Smith
sonian institution in Washington offered
him $1,000 for eighteen of these watches,
they having none like them. The offer
was refused. A unique watch that he
recently secured was made in Paris in
1872, and is very valuable, because of the
quaint enameling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
EXPLOSION OF GAS.
Causes a Fire in a Hotel at Slayton,
Minn., Yesterday.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Slayton, Mimi, Feb. l2.-An explosion
of gas yesterday in the Streator hotel
started fire which caused loss of $4,-
500 to the building, with insurance of
$1,000. julius Mickelsen was badly
burned. Joseph Mauer of the hotel sus-
tanned loss of $500, and has insur-
ance of $500. Others who lost were:
Hegstad, saloon, loss $500, insured;
Nelson Bros, store building, loss $4,000,
insured; H. ]. Nelson & Co., stock of
merchandise, loss $4,000, insured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
ELECTED THEIR OFFICERS.

At recent meeting of the Mankato
and Rapidan Telephone company the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Fred o. True; vice president, A. L.
Veigel; secretary, G. G. Johnson; treas
urer, William Jameson; board of di-
rectors, E. Holberg, George Yeager; E.
Cragun, with the president and secre-
tary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
DIVORCE GRANTED.
Frederick Jesse May No Longer Call
Dorethea Jesse His Wife.

From Mondays Daily.
The divorce suit of Dorethea Jesse VS..
Frederick Jesse was tried before Judge
Cray this forenoon, Pau & Pau ap-
pearing for the plaintiff and there being
no appearance for the defense. The
court subsequently filed an order grant
ing the divorce and granting the wife
the care and custody of the three chill
dren, Florence, Alma and Walter, whose
ages range from four to nine years.
This couple was married twelve years
ago, and the defendant deserted his wife
about Jan. lst, 1899. The plaintiff is
now forty-four years of age, and the de-
PENDANT is ten years his senior.
The divorce suit of Augusta Heiner VS..
Henry Heiner was continued until Thurs
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
FIRE AT MONTEVIDEO.
Parks & Queens General Store Is
Badly ScorChed.

From Fridays Daily.
Parks & Queens general store at Mon
tevideo burned last evening. They car
ried a general stock of merchandise
valued at about $4,000. The loss on
building will be nearly total and about
$4,000 on stock. Probably one-half is
covered by insurance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
TOO BAD.

Two dance hall musicians in Butte
Were paid to play cornet and flute,
But they drank lemonade,
Beer and whisky, which made
Those two tooters too tight to lutte.
Philadelphia Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19

Thirty-seven thousand Germans ar
rived in America the past year, and
100000 are expected in 1904.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19

Of the seven presidents France has had
only one who has served a full term.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
Bank No. 257.
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF
INCORPORATION OF THE
MankatO State Bank
Of Mankato, Minnesota
Of Mankato, Minnesota

At a meeting of the stockholders of the above
named bank, held at the banking house on the
18th day of January. A. D.. 1904, the following
resolution was offered by majority vote of its
RESOLVED: That section six of the articles
of incorporation of this = ank be amended to
read as follows:
Section Six The government of this corpora
ton and tho management of Its affairs shall
be vested in a board of eleven directors.
luton wasduly adopted by a maj 'rity vote of
the capital stock at meeting duly called for
thatpaurpose and held at the banking b use in
Mankto On the 18th day of January, A. D., 1904.
(SeaD z. G. harrington, President.
(SeaD Jno. Il. Thomas, Cashier.
(SeaD Jno q. Noe, Director.
(IeaD Mart'nus o. Su DIT. Director.
(Sea) Thos h. SheIk, Director.
(SeaD G.. Il Boynton, Director.
(SeaD Geo. B. Owen, Director.
OFFICE OF PUBLIC EXAMINER. State of
Minnesota.
St. Paul, Mimi. January g. 1901.
This is to certify that the increase in number
of directors as provided for in the foregoing
amendment to the articles OF incor ooration has
been approved by me. ,ou,sor
(Sean L. JOH NSON,
Public Examiner, Ex-officio Supt of Banks.
1851
Mankato State Bank to the Pubic.
OFFICE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS, County
of Blue Earth. MINI.
/ hereby certify that the within Instrument
was filed in this offi-e for record on the 1st day
IF Feby. A D., 1904. at O'Clock. A. NJ. and
was duly recor ded in Book Of Mis- page 494
B. BANGERTER. Jr
Reoist - Of npeds
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meets the requirements of tie
entire family. 1t is popular
alike East, West, North, South,
and none should be withoutit.
FARM AND LONE is a national
semi-month..y the "a NUM-
bers which comprise a years
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-05

stagers lead the inaugural ball next
winter. Moody wants this writer to
go to Pierre with him next Sunday,
but we know Moody and we know
Lockhart and we can never dance
in their set.
IT. r.. Yoder, Of Oldham, was a
De Smet visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. @. Durham re-
turned Monday evening. H.. G. had
been in Chicago on business and
Mrs. Durham had spent about two
months with relatives ia Lemars,
Iowa.
1T is reported that w. e. White
will return to De Smct about Sept
ember lst and again establish him
self in the jeweler business at his
former stand 10 the Bradley drug
store.
States Attorney Warren went to
Arlington Tuesday to Investigate
what was reported to have been an
attempt at highway robbery. After
a thorough Investigation and search
for evidence it resulted in a convic-
ton for assault and battery and a fine
of $500. r. HI. Braden was the com
planning witness and j. O. Smith
the defendant.
"A number OF our farmers report
that the black rust has struck wheat
fields. La some instances the damage
will be trifiing, in others it is feared
that it will destroy from half to the
entire crop. In this section careful
inquiry developers that the rust APP
pears in small localities. One field
may be damaged by it, while a farm
er will report a field near by al.
most entirely free from it. Some To-
c~alities have none at all. Some rye
is also damaged. Dat and barley
straw, ia localities, was covered with
red rust, but it came too late, or was
not severe enough, to aus damage
The report Of ru5t is not confined to
this section, however. The Mime
apolis cash grain market and futures
were greatly affected Monday BY
crop damage throughout the north
west; rust, and Hessian fly in thu
Dakotas and Minnesota and lack oil
rainfall in Manitoba sent the market
upward at a rapid rate. The Sept
ember option opened at 90s aud
closed at 93c. No. |. Nor. cash
opened at $l.02 aud closed al
SlO3l.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-05
LOVE DIES.

Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says there
comes a time in the course of married love
when wthe thrill goes out of the hand
clasp and the kiss at times, and il Is then
that husband and wife ray be susceptible
to other magnetic personalities The rea-
son for this condition of affairs is often the
fault Of the husband, but how often IS II
not due to the wife's nervousness and irri-
liability due to some trouble with the or
gans peculiarly fe~minine-the wife under
such circumstances feels languid aud spir-
itless-she suffers perhaps from headache
and sleeplessness.
Backed up by over a third of a century
of remarkable and uniform cures, a record
such as no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to women ever
attained, the proprietors of d.. Pierce,s
Fayorite Prescription now feel fully war
ranted in offering to pay $500 in legal
money of the United States, for any case
of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Prolap-
sus, or Falling of Womb, which they cam
not cure. All they ask is a fair and rea-
sonable trial of their means of cure.
A great deal Of sickness may be saved by
keeping on hand a copy of DR.. Piercc's
thousand page illustrated book, vThe Com
MOI Sense Medical Adviser" Sent free,
paper bound, for twenty-one one cent
stamps, to pay cost of mailing only; or cloth-
bound for thirty one stamps. Address,
Worlds Dispersary Medical Association,
66s Main Street, Buffalo, N. X,
Constipation and a bilious attack go hand
in.hand. Dr.. Pierce,s Pleasant Pellets are
a sure and speedy cure for both. Tiny,
supar-coated ~granules. One little nPellet t"
is a gentle laxative n two a mild cathar-
tic. They never grippe. Nothing else IL
rjust as good
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The INDEPENDENT.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
from an Around fine Town and
County.

county, Il
ID. f. Wilmarth was down from
lroquois Friday.
w. H. Warren spent the first of
the week in Minneapolis.
States Attorney Chas. p. War
rem transacted business at Mitchell
Saturday last.
The Guild was entertained
Tuesday by Miss Emma Nelson at
the K. III. Couse home.
LII /. Olston, of Lake Preston,
visited with a few De Smet friends
between trains Monday evening.
Miss Florence Crowell, of Lake
Preston, is one Of the candidates for
the prizes offered by the Minneapolis
Tribune.
DIR. f. G. Clark returned Satur-
day morning from Chicago where he
spent a short time in the hospitals
just to freshen up and get new point
ers IN his profession.
An even dozen of the young
ladies of this city, four in a seat,
went to Spirit Lake for a picnic
Monday. 1t isn't necessary to say
that they had a fine time.
Wheat on the Minneapolis board
of trade has again climbed above
the 90c mark on reports of damage.
1t looks as if the man who has wheat
to sell will reap a good thing.
u. III. Hubbard, Of this city, has
been drawn as grand juror for the
September term,of Federal court at
Deadwood. j.. O.. Hall, of Iroquois,
is one of the petit jurors for the same
term.
Mrs. G. S. q. Fuller returned
Friday morning of last week from a
three weeks visit with the family of
Thos. Dunn, formerly of Manchester
vicinity, but now located at Saska-
toon, Canada.
Kirk Ely and wife arrived Fri,
day morning from Dawson, Mimi,
aud have set up at housekeeping in
the rooms on the second floor of
Grandma WiImarth's residence on
Second street.
John Andrews, who clerked
several years in the Andrews Bros
clothing store, has accepted a posi-
ton as a travelling salesman for H.
r. Glover, a wholesale establishment.
We wish Johu success.
VIM. Buhn, the we'll known
Hetland landlord. has been compell-
Ed by the illness OF bis wife to lease
his hotel to Cbas. Nelson. The
many friends of the BUM family
hope for the lady's speedy recovery.
Elmer Wight returned Monday
evening from vermillion where he
visited with his parents for a week
or ten days. He reports that they
have sold a part Of their property in
that city a1d will spend q year or
more in California in hopes that a
change Of climate will be beneficial
to. the health Of hisA sister, Miss
Minnie.
Saturday afternoon Of last week
Rev. Strutz, Of the Evangelical
church, at the parsonage palors, per
formed the ceremony that united for
better or foy worse Mr., Martin @.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-05

Never to late to mend may apply
to some things, but if your horse has
a cut a gall or a sore Of any kind,
the quicker you apply Coles veter-
mary Carbolisalye the better. It
cures quickly and never leaves a
c Guaranteed 50-cent and 500
cans. Sold by all druggists.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-05

huQ MISS 0ducb "a lIWlu,
both of Lake Preston. The contract
ing parties are we'll known in that
locality and have the best wishes Of
a host of friends.
--Erick Erickson and wife and
Mrs. j. j. Sehaus, of Mankato, Mimi,
are visiting at the home Of VIM.
Aust, near Manchester.
"A soldier from Pennsylyan-
ia drew the first prize at the Rosebud
drawing. May it make him a com
Portable home and allow him to
spend his last years in plenty and in
peace.
Mrs. t. G. Brown and son Curtis
returned Saturday evening from their
visit with relatives northwest of
Pierre. t. G. will remain with his
cousin until about the last of this
month.
Large parties from Lake Pres
ton and Iroquois spent Sunday at
Pierre. Everyone who goes there
seems to have a good time and all
come home shouting "Pierre for the
capital"
George Moody, Of Sanborn
county, who vas sentenced to the
pe~ntentiary for larceny, has been rec
commended for pardon by the board
of charities and corrections. This is
the individual who was connected
with LOBBY in several deals in this
county.
"A member of the militia com
pany at Worchester, Mass, is having
his leg pulled each day by two com
rades in the hope that he can grow
to the prescribed length to hold a
CO commission. II 'sleg pulling" makes
G man grow tail, some Of Us ought 10
measure rs feet in our stockings.
Mike Heating returned Saturday
evening from a visit OF several weeks
with his daughter at Hawarden,
Iowa. About three weeks ago his
daughter Miss Anna was married to
a Mr.. Henry Cole, of Hawarden
Miss Anna was we'll known in this
city and a host of friends wish her a
long and happy married life.
IN. W. Nancy, of Mathews
township, has just completed a barn
on his farm, 2cx48, is fl leanto on
each side. The barn is modern in
all respects and will be great help
and convenience to M. w. II. W..
Mason did the work aud Mr.. Nancy
is more than pleased with the
thoroughness Of the work and the
effort to save time aud expense in
the construction
-Alva White, who has been work
ing for Thos. Duffy, while going
home from town last Saturday eve
ming with a load of lumder, in some
way'lost his balance and fell off, the
load passing over him breaking
both legs. DR.. Garrison was called
and made the young mar as com.
Portable as possible. He was taken
to his home at Monona, Iowa, on
Wednesday morning. Oldham Reg
lister.
IF. w. Rice is feeling much bet
ter than when he came up frcm Lake
Preston last March to make bis home
with his daughter, Mrs. A. White. Mr..
Rice was then sorely afflicted with
rheumatism, but improved to such
an extent that he felt able to make
a trip to his old home il Ohio, down
to St. Louis, Kansas City, and back
through Iowa, from which trip he : Q
turned only q short time ago. He
says there is no place in all the terri