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The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
SHOWS A FALLlNGl OFF.
Attendance at Schools INST as Great
as It Was.
From Wednesdays Daily.

A general falling off in attendance of
the schools of Blue Earth eeunty, both
in the Independent and common school
districts, is reported by Superintendent
freeman in his statements of the enroll
ments for the past year as compared
with the year previous. This falling off
fnas been going on for some time past.
In the five Independent district of Man
&ato, Mapleton, Lake Crystal, Garden
City and Good Thunder, there were last
year 2,5l3 who drew apportionment, ,and
lS7 who failed to do SO, making total
enrolment of 200. During the pre-
vious year in these same districts those
who drew apportionment were 2,4S7 and
those who failed 24S, making total en-
rollnfent of 2,735 pupils. In the common
school districts last year those who drew
apportionment numbered 3,l67 and hose
who failed 629, making total enro.H%
ment of 3,796. During the previous year
the total number that drew apportion
ment was 1902 and those who failed
numbered 7s6, making total enrolment
of 3.s7s. Thus in the independent dis
triets the falling off has been to the
number of 35 pupils, and in the common
school districts 62, or 81 for the entire
county.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
Was Playing When He Was
Drawn Down BY Cereal.
Strong Men Fail to Extricate'
Him From Death Trap.
Coroner Kennedy Soon Notified
of the Catastrophe.
From Wednesdays Daily.

Madison Lake, Special Via Citizens
Telephone, Aug. 3l.-Playing boyish
prank in wheat bin at Madison Lake
this morning at half past eleven o'clock
cost sixteen-year- James Anderson
his life. He was hanging from ladder
feeling the wheat pull him down towards
the outlet in the bottom of the bin, when
of a sudden he lost his hold on the lad
der and was drawn down with the grain
and smothered Another boy, by the
name of Murtaugh, the son of T. B.
Murtaugh, who has charge of the eleva-
tor as representative of the Sheffield
Milling company of FaribaAlt, was also
in the bin, which he had entered for
the purpose Of mailing up a leak. The
Murtaugh boy saw his companion dis,
appear in the grain and cried for help.
Two strong men rushed to the rescue Of
the Anderson boy, and catching his
hands, which were going down after the
rest of his body, endeavored to extri-
cate him, but did not succeed in doing so
in time to save his life. The body was
finally taken from the bin, after the
wheat had been let out, and the coroner
was notified. The victim is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Anderson of
Lake
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
Republican Leaders Talk En-
couragingly of Outcome.
No Detection Is Noticeable kny-
where in the State.
Democrats in Many Counties
Much Cast Down.
From Tuesdays Daily.

Several wel-known republican leaders
were in st. Paul yesterday, and in in
terviews with The Pioneer Press they
stated that there is no sign of a break
in the ranks; also the Robert c. Dunn
would receive more than the party
vote.
'The voters of Dodge county ar going
to stand by the ticket from top to bot
tom," said Peter j. Schwarg of Dodge
Center, who was a candidate for the
republican nomination for state treas
urer 81 have heard no reports of repub-
lican detection in my county, and as far
as 1 know the republicans are support
ing the ticket loyalty in all the other
counties in the district. / am sat
isfed that Mr. Dunn will get the normal
republican majority in Dodge county of
he does not run ahead of the ticket, and
/ believe that the entire republican tick
ct will be elected by large majority"
julius A. Schmal of Redwood Falls
made the assertion that Dunn will carry
Redwood county by 1900 majority. "A
believe that Mr.. Dunn will carry Red
wood county by the usual republican ma
iority, if he does not run ahead of the
ticket" said Mr.. Schmahl. 1--WE have
not paid much attention to politics yet,
but when the fight opens you will find
that the Republicans of the county will
stand for the nomination of the state
convention"
"The farmers and business men of
Faribault county and that section of the
state are not worrying much over poll
tics but you VIII find that at the polls
in November they will roll ~up good
majority for r. &C. Dunn of Princeton
and the other nominees of the state con-
vention,'' said Former Senator G. D.
Macarthur of Blue Earth.
'TThe Republican outlook in Faribault
county is good, and see no reason
why the entire state ticket will not be
elected by large majority. of course,
the campaign has not exactly opened yet,
and the people are pretty basy, but
when it is time to vote they will ex-
press their choice by eiectnig &c. Dunn
of Princeton"
Democrats of Becker county have not
considered it worth their while to hold
a county convention, and no delegates
were sent from that county to the state
convention held in Minneapolis today.
Anoka county republicans are enthu-
siastic for the election sof Robert c.
Dunn.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
A very pretty wedding occurred this

A very pretty wedding occurred this
morning at the st. Peter and Paul's
Catholic church at seven o'clock, when
Miss Marie L. Klages and George Morris
Fleming were united in marriage. The
bride was attired in dainty gown of
French lawn trimmed with lace and the
groom was in the usual black. They
left on the l0:45 train this morning for
Spirit Lake, Iowa, where they will spend
week before going to their home at
Roscoe, S. ID.
The bride has been an employe in the
Brett dry goods store, and has there
made many friends, who will greatly re-
gret her departure. The groom was en-
ployed in the city for about two years
with the E. B. Higley company, but
about six months ago left Mankato to
accept similar position at Roscoe, S.
D.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
INTEREST IN PAVING.
Lincoln Neb., People Clamor for Street
improvements.
From Wednesdays Daily.

P. F. Zimmer of Lincoln, Neb, was
in Mankato a few weeks ago and he
gave The Free Press some idea of the
amount of pavement that has been laid
on the streets of that city, and also
how the residents there clamor for
street Improvement. Today The Free
Press received letter from Mr.. thinner
in which he writes as follows:
81 had a copy of The Free Press sent
to me containing an interview with me
regarding paving interest in Lincoln
as compared with your city. presume
that some of your readers thought / was
stretching things considerably in this
interview. To show You that knew
what | was talking about 1 enclose you
herewith part of our Evening News with
marked copy of paving districts that
have been created and for which paving
has been asked for. As you will note
from this item some of them will have
to wait for some time before it can
be done.
II also wish to state that every foot
of this paving is asked for out in the
residence district I own zoo feet front
and seventy five feet side in paving dis
trict No. As. This added to the, paving
which was done on the side of my prop
erty year ago will bring me close to
5000 worth of paving. But 1 feed that
the property will be improved sufficient
ly to warrant the expense. ! have been
one to help get the petition through to
pave district No. AS"
The article in The Evening News, re-
ferred to by Mr.. thinner, says:
"A great wave of paving ambition
seems to be sweeping over Lincoln. \ At
the present time there are twenty six
new districts, aggregating eighty three
blocks that want paving as soon as they
can get it. So far only four of these dis
tricts have been approved by the city
attorney, but the others have been Great
ed and will be passed on soon.
"There is no doubt, but that some of
these districts~will have to wait years
for their paving unless some other ar
rangement is made in regard to the in
tersection paving Appropriation. Next
year there will be just $l7,O 900 to spend
on this work by the city, and as some
OF. the inter sections cost as high ST.
700, it will be readily be seen that not
many of these districts can be taken up.
The petitioners are getting in line how
ever, and by the time the city is ready
to put in the inter sections, all the prop
erty holders ought to be won over in
favor of the paving scheme. Most of
the petitions call for asphalt, with brick
cutters, while some of the work win
be entirely of brick. Some combination
curb and gutter will be used also."
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
SPRING ISLAND NOTES.

Robert Hynson shipped another lot
of his fine Rockford plums and Whitney
apples to the state fair today. His plum
orchard is loaded with the finest of
fruit.
E. L. Dornberg and son Leon are
spending the week in the Twin Cities.
E. B. Dornberg of Minneapolis, will
spend couple of weeks visiting Manwa-
to and Spring Island relatives.
Mrs. Alice Councilman went to Min
neapolis to resume her duties in the
Prescott school, Miss Winnifred Mat
thews accompanied her and will spend
a week at the fair.
Hal and Lester Councilman went to
the cities Monday.
Ingvald Sorenson and George Crocker
are enjoying the state fair. J. A. Will
Jams and son Harry will go tomorrow.
j. A. Williams is building a fine poul-
try house.
j. j. Hall of Twin Lakes is visiting
the Crandall family.
A young man found some fine pearls
in the Blue Earth river today.
Mrs. j. Record is visiting her sons
family in Lake Crystal.
The social held at the school house net
ted $l2 and was very pleasant affair.
The chicken pie supper served at Mrs.
Fred McCall's was certainly delicious
east. The lawn was prettily decorated
With Chinese lanterns, and the young
folks enjoyed the evening heartily.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
SKIPPED BY MOONLIGHT.
One j. p. Hefner Leaves a Number o
MournerS at Fairmont.
From Wednesdays Daily

from wednesdays DAILY.
"Another good man gone wrong" or
he may not have been good man in
the first place, but at any rate he has
gone wrong, and just where he has gone
no one knows.
]. P. Hefner occupied farm near
Truman belonging to H. w. Sinclair He
worked hard and had fair crop. This
he threshed and marketed without Great
ing suspicion and it was consequently
q great surprise ito his neighbors TO
learn that he had left between two days
last week for parts unknown, taking
with him in his hurried flight his wife,
three children and their household goods
They took the train at Imogene.
Since Hefner's departure it is found
that his affairs are In very bad condi-
tion. Everything he had in the way
of stock was mortgaged to Mr.. Sin
clair yet he mad sold and received the
money for all of it. Other transactions
of a shady nature are alleged against
him among them being the sale of
heifer which he had in his pasture be-
longing TO neighbor. At any rate he
seems to have committed enough crook
edness to insure him good steady job
at the Minnesota state twine plant at
Saltwater if he is apprehended.
With all his faults Hefner was a
man who liked to read and keep abreast
with the times. He considered The
Sentinel good paper but it's publish
ers are left in the hole along with his
numerous other victims.
Mr. Sinclair has taken possession of
the property against which he held paper
and Williams Merrill, the Truman ma
chinery dealers, have hunted up most of
the machinery and tools which they had
sold Hefner and upon which nothing
had been paid.-Fairmont Sentinel.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02

Last evening party of friends met at
the home of Miss Hattie Noble on Pleas
ant street to say good bye to Miss Flor
ence Sheldon who leaves next week for
Wells where, she is to teach school dur
ing the coming year. Miss Noble enter
tanned in a most pleasing way with
various games and conversation. Re
freshments were served. The stories of
Rev. w. N. Swami respecting large
catches of fish on the coast of New
England were well told and listened
to with much interest. Among others
present were Misses Aldrich and Par
rett, the Rev. E. L. Heermance, B. j..
Baldwin and Attorney w. w. Smith.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
Young Boy Injured.
rom Wednesdays Daily.

Roy Million, boy about sixteen years
of age who has been working for Rich
ard Juliar on his farm at the Watonwan
this summer, last Saturday met with a
severe and painful accident. While
hauling manure onto field. and in
crossing ditch one of the horses tum-
bled and fell. Roy went off the load
head foremost striking the wagon
tongue, and between the horses, which
frightened them and they ran, Roy
holding to the lines was dragged a lit
tie distance. His left shoulder joint
was dislocated, and the head of the bone
was fractured. The injury is such that
it will lay him up for several weeks,
and one from which he may never fully
recover. DIR. Cullen was called, and as
soon as the boy can bear moving will be
brought home.-Lake Crystal Union.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
LOOK For INFORMATION.
Second District Folks Asking Cues
tions Anent the Tariff.
From Wednesday's DaIiy.

Voters in the Second district are be-
ginning to ask questions. On in Sleepy
Eye asks the Dispatch: "Please explain
what is the meaning of the words for
drawback that are stamped on sacks
of flour for export? Why is it that
American flour is shipped abroad and
sold for nearly or the same price We
pay for it here?"
The Dingley act provides, as did the
Mckinley act, that "where imported ar
ticles used in the manufacture of arti-
cles manufactured or produced in the
United States, there shall be allowed
on the expectation of such articles
drawback equal in amount to the du-
ties paid on the materials used less l
per cent of the duties"
The flour in the sacks branded "for
drawback" was made from wheat i'm
ported, probably, from Canada, from the
hard wheat grown there, which paid 5
cents a bushel duty at the border. If
the -four were sold here it's price would
be increased the amount of the duty,
the foreigner" in this case, declining to
pay the tax" By exporting the -four
the miller gets back all the duty he paid
on the wheat on each bushel and gets
back l4% cents. Our farmers are, there
fore, protected" against such wheat
one fourth of a cent bushel instead of
25 cents.
The duty on imports of flour is 25
per cent of its value. With flour at,
say, So barrel, the duty is $3.50. I'M
ports of -four competing with our mills
could come only from Canada in any
quantity. The duty shuts out that
source of flour supply and gives our
millers control of the prices in our mar
kets But abroad, in England, the lar
gest flour buyer of the nations, they
have to meet Canadian -four and
that of all other countries, sold there in
free competition, and they have to take
the price made there by the relations
of international supply to demand. The
protection they get from our tariff en-
ables them to make price to home con
sumers that covers cost of sending the
exported surplus abroad, and if COM
petition compels, selling it at about the
price charged here.
We think we can assure our Sleepy
Eye inquirer that the tariff ON -four
may not be one of the articles on which
his congressman says the rates may
have tolbe made higher because wages
may rise, the strike for higher wages in
the Minneapolis mills year ago hav-
ing failed. We understand he, and the
millers, will, stand pat, however, ON the
ffourt tax as it is, though they might con-
sent to "a reduction, probably the entire
removal a6ftthe tax on wheat.-St Paul
Dispatch.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
]. C. RICE is ILL.
Former Mankatonian Gould No
Stand Utah Climate

Former Mankatonian Could Not
Stand Utah Climate.
Miss Adelaide Rice writes from Salt
Lake City that her father, Joseph G.
Rice, who used to be manager of the
Mankato branch of the International
Harvester company, had been very i'll,
as the altitude at Salt Lake City was
too high for him. About six weeks ago
he left that place for Chicago, and
thence went to Lake Geneva, Wis, where
he is now in the Lakeside sanitarium.
His family will also 60 to Lake Geneva,
and will stop with Mr.. Rice, until he is
able to take position with the same
harvester company at some point east.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
ADVANTAGES OFFERED.
Circular Regarding the Good Work of
Mankato Normal.
From Tuesdays Daily.

/
President c. H. Cooper of the Mankato
normal has just issued his annual circu-
lar informing the public more fully
about the work being done for teachers
and children in the elementary school,.
Attention is called to the following ad-
ditional advantages offered by the
school:
Sewing has been introduced and spe-
cial teacher has been secured for this
work. An additional room has been pro-
vided for the industrial work of the pri-
mary grades.
Afternoon sessions have been introduc-
ed for the third grade during part of the
week, and it is likely that the second
grade will also have them this year.
for industrial work
Physical culture has received consider
able attention during recent years; this
line of work will be further developed
under a teacher trained at the Harvard
gymnasium by DIR. Sargent. A supply
of simple gymnastic apparatus is ex-
pected at an early date.
The charge for tuition has been abol-
ished in the fourth grade.
The schools open for the fall term on
Sept 7, 1904. Tuition in the kindergar-
ten and first four grades is free. In
the fifth and sixth grades there is a
charge of twenty five cents per week,
and in the seventh and eighth charge
of thirty cents per week. A cordial in
vitation to visit is extended to. the pub
lie.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
Real Estate Transfers.

Mary E. Stratton to Ida Bishop, tract
in swA, nwH, section 10, Sterling, for
5000.
John G. Widell to Gustaf Widell, lot 6,
block l45, Mankato, for $500.
John E. Veum to Michael Frenzel,
north half of the northeast quarter of
section three of Ceresco; price $4,000.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
Chris Schaller.

Word has been received from Ingle-
wood, Washington state, to the effect
that Chris Schaller of that place died
very suddenly of heart trouble last
Tuesday. He was working on his farm,
when he was fatally stricken. Mr..
Schaller some twenty years ago lived in
Mankato, where he was employed for
some time as foreman in ypne of the
stone quarries. He was citylrecorder for
time. He il remembered by number
of the old residents of the city,.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Bad Blaze on the Farm Of George
Schultz Yesterday
from Tuesdays Da.,rr.
Tramps, it is supposed, set fire to a
straw stack next to George Schulte's
barn, about four miles east of the city
yesterday morning. The blaze was not
discovered until the family were all
seated at dinner. Mr.. Schultz was him
self away at neighbor's threshing. 1t
was discovered that the barn was afire.
A boy and girl of the family, aged about
fourteen years each, succeeded in get
ting the two horses out of the barn,
Just before there was a crash and the
roof fell in. The barn contained guam
tity of harvested grain. Mr.. Schulte's
whole loss is in the neighborhood of ST.
500 with about 500 insurance.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
An Interesting Paper.
From Wednesdays Daily.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the Blue Earth County Medical society
held at the Saulpaugh Monday evening,
an exceedingly interesting paper was
read by DR.. Cooley of Madelia on 'The
Etiology and Pathology of Gastro-Ap-
pendicular Pneumonia" Among the
visiting physicians were DR.. Wanous of
Minneapolis, DR.. Kelly of Garden City,
and DIR. j. F. Grimes of Garden CITY.
The names of DIR. Grimes and DR.. E. q.
voges of Good Thunder have been pro-
posed for membership.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
q KERNS AND HEBRON.
News and Personal Gossip From
NicoIket County Towns.

NfcoHet Sounty Towns.
Rev. w. w. Wilkinson of Minneapolis
will preach at the Kerns Congregational
church next Sunday morning. He may
accept a call to the pastorate of the
church.
Mr.. T. F..Ngills of Garden City and
DR.. Belle Sharp of Chicago visited with
their brother, William HI. Sharp and
family last Wednesday and Thursday.
Dr. Sharp will remain here two weeks
Mr.. and Mrs j. w. Reynolds and
children visited over Sunday with Mrs.
Reynolds parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.
Randall. Mr.. Reynolds is buttermaker
at st. .Caair. He was formerly butter
maker at Kerns.
Peter Belts of Henderson and his
nephew George Belts visited with j.
w. Belts last week.
George johnson has the new basement
under his barn abont completed.
Harry, son of L. B. Steel, had seri-
Gus time last week having been stung
by bees on his arm. His right side be-
gan to swell and fer several days he
was qnite sick.
Miss Lilly johnson is. selling beautiful
apples for so cents per bushel.
There will be basket social held at
the home of William H. Sharp in Bel
grade next Friday evening for the bene-
fit of the Kerns church. All are cordial
ly invited. Ladies are asked to bring
baskets with lunch for two. A royal
good time is anticipated.
Mrs. Charles Morris of Eagle Lake
visited with e. Rhodes family last
week.
John Wright will go to Bemidji this
week to see about his farm in that
country. He intends to move there this
fall.
Shock threshing is all done i'm this
vicinity. Frank Loudk,s wheat wenv
twenty -one bushels per acre; Geo. John
sons twenty; L B. Steefs twenty-one;
William Sharpe's twenty ysix. Farther
west the yield fails short.
Mrs. Louis Wetzel and son visited
relatives in Hebron last Sunday.
Mrs. |. A. Pelton last week went to
see her sister, Mrs. John Rist, who lives
near Owatonna, and who is very sick
and not expected to live. Mrs. Rist is
sister to Renzo Rist and mother to Mrs.
Charles Severance of Belgrade and Mrs.
X. A. Cramer of CRANKY.
Mr.. E. E. Gleason and family of
family in Hebron last Sunday.
Quite gathering of young people as
sembled at the parsonage in Hebron
last Friday evening to pay their re-
spects to Rev. and Mrs. Allen, the first
gathering since Rev. and Mrs Aliens
return from their visit to Canada.
L. H. Johnson, the bridge builder, will
have material for the Judson bridge at
Judson this week. 1t is understood that
Peter Peterson has been engaged to haul
the material to the river.
Among those who will visit the state
fair from Hebron as far as the CORES
pondent has learned are: E. M. Gleason
and his father -in-law, Mr.. Engler; A. c.
Vrooman, William and James Hendley,
t. Hodson and his daughters, Misses Una
and Florence.
Rev. I. H. Allen preached an able SER
man at the Hebron church Sunday morn
ing on Personal Responsibility" and an
offering was taken up for missions.
Wesley Hendley threshed the first of
the week but had no wheat.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
The Judgeship.
From Wednesdays Daily.

Judge Cray is a candidate for re-elec-
tion as Judge of the sixth judicial dis
trict. So far as we have heard, Judge
Cray has made a most excellent official.
His rulings have been impartial, and
made after the most careful consider
alton. 1t would be an impossibility to
find one person who could please ev-
erybody in a position of this kind, and
there is no doubt but that the judge will
be elected to succeed himself Lake
Crystal Union.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02
Some Extensive Improvements.

from wednesdays Daily.
Some very extensive improvements
are to be made in and about the premises
of the St. Peter and Paul's church in
the way of cement sidewalks and other
improvements. A special collection is
being taken up to defray the expense,
which will probably reach in the neigh
borhood of four thousand dollars.
The Mankato free press., 1904-09-02

Serious Accident to Little Son Of
Jacob a. Miller.

From Wednr-dav'a Daily
AS she two little sons of Jacob A.
Miller were playing with clothes
wringer about noon today at their home
at 2l0 Branson street, and the older of
the tive was turning the wringer, the
younger, child of eighteen months,
happened to get the ring finger of the
left hand caught between two cog
wheels. The finger was taken complete
ly off