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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22
An incentive For the Boys to Enlist
in the Army.
Many Soldiers Will Be Permitted to
Go to st. Louis.
TWenty-one Have Joined at Local Re-
cruiiing Station.
And They All Like Life in Uncle
Sans Service.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Twenty-one recruits have been secured
by Sergeant Buckley since he establish
ed the temporary enlisting station al
the City Hotel on Feb. IL, last. At that
time he intended to remain only three
weeks. He has been here about two and
half months and will remain as long as
the boys keep on coming.
Those who have enlisted during the
past thirty days are Lionel Knight OF
Mankato, cavalryman; Frank w. Aid.
rich of Mankato, cavalryman; Christ
Jensen of Lake Crystal, infantryman;
Charles Christopher of Mankato, caval-
ryman; and John P. Blaha of st. James
who was enlisted yesterday for the pur-
pose of recruiting the band of the Elev.
enth Infantry, stationed at Fort D. A
Russell, Wyoming.
Sergeant Buckley recently received
a circular letter from the captain adult
ant at Fort A. D. Russell, requesting
recruits for the regiment band. Mr..
Blaha has already been accepted by wire
as member of the band and will leave
for the fort tomorrow.
Fort D. A. Russell contains some of the
most modern and finest barracks that are
to be found in the United States. The
Eleventh Infantry was given this sta
ton after coming back from the Phil
ippines. The fort is situated four miles
from Cheyenne.
All the recruits have departed for their
destinations except Mr.. Blaha and Christ
Jensen, who re-enlisted and is still out
on a thirty day furlough.
Letters have been received by the par
ents of Lionel Knight both from his and
his brother, Austin knight, who enlisted
early in March. Austin is with the cav
airy regiment at Fort Clark, Tex. Lionel
is still at the jefferson Barracks near
st. Louis. Both boys said they were hap
by and we'll contented with the life of
the soldier and would not care to re-
turn to Mankato at all, except to see the
family, friends and relatives. Lionel
says there is quite a stir in the Jefferson
Barracks in the preparations that are
being made by the cavalry to take part
in the parade and other ceremonies, when
the st. Louis Exposition opens on Apr.
80. The boys at the barracks are look
ing forward to the fair with eager an
ticipation.
Sergeant Buckley hopes to enlist quite
a number of young fellows from st.
James. A score or more of young men at
rSt. James recently got together and tried
to organize company with the idea of
getting admitted into the National Guard
and possibly getting free trip and
entrance to the st. Louis exposition. The
project fell through as not enough re-
cruits could be secured to make a
company. Yet the boys are filed with the
idea of military doings, and may enlist
in the cavalry for the chance it affords of
seeing the big fair.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22
SUIT FOR $4,000.
Sebastian Krok Wants That Amount
From Milwaukee, Company.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From wednesdays Daily.
Among the cases that will be heard
in the United States circuit court next
week will be an action to recover $lO,-
600, brought by Sebastian Krok against
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way company, for injuries sustained by
Krok in an accident with hand car
near Wells last fall, while in the employ
of the company, The Wells Forum states.
Krok's attorneys are Fl. L. Schmitt of
Mankato and Babcock & Schorenberg of
Wells.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22

ten swampy land, and Montgomery is
reached. This thriving village, compris-
ing now about 1000 people, has been
built up mainly by its elevators, -four
mills and breweries.
Stops are made at Lonsdale and Elko
two stations that are located for the
farmers traffic and are in the neighbor-
hood of country stores, before Farming
ton is reached Pennington lies % miles
northeast of Montgomery. 1t is a vii
lage of about $50 Inhabitants, and owes
its growth for the most part to its eleva-
tor, its foundry, its machine shops and
its -four mill.
Here is the end of the new road bed.
The rest of the distance to the Twin
Cities is travelled over the old Milwaukee
road that runs through Pennington and
southwark.
Seven miles more the train speeds on
through the darkness. Patches of snow
are seen here and there along the side
of the track Rosemount is announced
by the conductor This insignificant vii
lage attracts little more attention than
the country station of Wescott, called
out a little later. Thirteen miles after
Rosemount is passed the train arrives
at Mendoza Passengers well acquaint-
ed with the geography of the neighbor-
hood know that they are now near the
confluence of the Minnesota and Missis-
sipi rivers. The village of Mendoza is
given little heed, for away across on
the other side of the Mississippi the
numerous lights give warning that the
train is approaching large city. Five
miles more, and the crossing of rail
road bridge, and the cars are housed I'M
der one of the sheds of the st. Paul union
depot 1t is now ten o'clock
A return train for Mankato can be
taken at the st. Paul union depot at
eight o'clock in the morning. The passen-
ger who has made the evening trip from
Mankato may now get clear view of
much that he missed on the evening trip
on account of the darkness. As the
train moves along the levee on the east
erly bank of the Mississippi, one of the
most conspicuous objects in sight is
DR.. Ohage's public bath establishment
on the other side of the river, or rather,
over ON Harriet island.
The railroad bridge, about a mile up
stream from the union depot is crossed,
and the train is moving towards Men
dota On the right side flows the 'Fath
er of Waters" On the left, tower the
sandstone bluffs to a great height. Here
and there in the shady ravines are
patches of snow and ice that the April
sun has failed to affect. The traveller
now has the most beautiful view that
his entire journey has afforded him. The
hills, groves, ravines and valleys are
all about him. Across the broad stream
he sees large part of great city.
The new road bed, above referred to,
reaches from Benning station to Farm
ington, four stations along this route,
Cleveland, LIE Sueur Center, Lonsdale and
Elko, are reached by no other railroad.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22
LIBRARY BOARD MEETS.
From Wednesdays Daily.

The library board held special meet
ing last night, to consider the docora-
ton of the grounds. 1t was decided
to have the grounds graded and seeded
this spring and to put out flower beds in
front and place few trees. The flowers
will be secured from Windmiller Bros,
who will also set them out. The board
will have the trees planted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22
LOOKING OVER THE GROUND
From Wednesdays Daily.

From wednesdays LAZY.
1t is reported there were six men IN
town Wednesday looking up the proposed
route from Mankato to st. Cloud. There
is nothing definite as yet whether the
road will strike Kimball or not, but 1T
will undoubtedly go near here if not
through Kimball. 1t would be the best
thing that could happen to Kimball II
it should and all our citizens ought to
give it all the encouragement they can
to induce them to build the road here.
This is undoubtedly the best route they
will find from Hutchinson to st. Cloud
and if they ale given the right eneour-
agement they will most likely go this
way.-kimball Kodock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22

County Surveyor Brooks is making
an auditors plat to cover property in
St. Clair outside of the portion of the
village already plated. Acre land has
been sold as lots until it is difficult to
get many accurate descriptions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22
WHAT THE FARMER NEEDS.
Full RIooded Cattle Should Be Raised
by Agriculturists.
From Mondays Daily.


Ed n. Jones of Judson, living one mile
from Hebron, has begun raising full
blooded cattle. Others in the same
neighborhood have been preparing to go
into the same business. Full blooded
cattle are what the farming community
needs at present. Judsonf farmers are
glad to see good reliable party take up
the task of raising thoroughbred stock
that will make prize winners, and when
matured weigh fifty Der cent more than
the pedigreed scrub cattle that are so
numerous and so unsatisfactory to the
purchaser. The right kind of blooded
cattle would greatly raise the value of
the farmers herds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22
HOLD F1REMEN CONVENTION.
From Wednesdays Daily.

Pipestone, Mimi, April 20.-Secretary
Ferguson of the State Firemens associa-
ton will soon issue an official announce
ment of the dates of the state firemen's
which will be June IA, Is
and l6 in Pipestone. From Indications
the attendance will be the largest ever
known at firemen's convention in Min
nesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22

Roy Brooks yesterday afternoon plead
ed guilty to the charge of disorderly con-
duct and was sentenced to pay fine OF
SIS and costs or serve twenty days in the
county Jail. He is the young man who
was charged with insulting the employees
in Mrs. Powers millinery store yesterday
afternoon, while drunk.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22
POLICE COURT.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Joseph Kouri was arraigned before
Judge Plymat late yesterday afternoon
on the charge of using abusive language
toward Mrs. Annie Aldo. A the court
was unable to decipher the Syrian words
in the conpsaint, he called upon Joseph
Bashara to rad them, which that gen
tleman did. Kouri, through his attor-
ney, G. O. Daley, entered a plea of not
guilty, former acquittal for the same
offense charged, and former jeopordy.
The trial was set for tomorrow at ten
o'clock, and defendant was released upon
bond of 500, furnished by Joseph
Bashara.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22

g. Woodruff McKown played bril-
liant engagement in this city and Fair
mont last spring, and when captured he
pleaded guilty to charge of petty lar
ceny. He was sentenced and served a
term in the county Jail. Upon his re-
lease he was taken to Fairmont and
there the people considered him mentally
unbalanced.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22
M'KOWN GETS A YEAR.
Preacher.Aetor Sent Up For a Year in
Wisconsin "Pen."
From Wednesdays Daily.

Oshkosh, Wis, April 20.-Charles
Woodruff McKown, actor, theatrical pro-
moter and Methodist minister, was sen.
fenced to one year at Waupun today for
embezzlement. A year ago he promoted
an amateur entertainment here and with
the funds fed on the eve of its presenta-
ton. McKown is graduate of the
class of '6S of Albion college, Michigan,
of which institution his father was presi-
dent. He was pastor of Trinity Metho-
dist Episcopal church of New York,
played with Booth, Keene and Barrett,
and also served in the Civil war.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22
IN BANKRUPTCY COURT.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
This morning Referee Flittie overruled
the objections to the election of Ole
Ostensoe of Candy as trustee in the
bankruptcy case of Christ M. Anderson
of Candy, and Ostensoe qualified. His
bond was fixed at $4,000. His attorneys
are H. L. & j. w. Schmitt.
At meeting of the creditors in the
bankruptcy case of EredxA. Lewis of
Worthington today, A. Fl. Lossow was
elected trustee. His bond was fixed at
500.
Western Kansas world., 1904-07-02

Existence, as Philip Van vivier
planned it, was to be a very pleasant
affair. He had youth and health, and
wealth, and he pictured the future
gay Kaleidoscope minglings of golf,
and polo ponies, and grand opera, and
little suppers after the play, and Lon
don seasons and Partisan boulevards,
and it really seemed to him-when he
stopped to moralize-that this was a
pretty good old world after all, and
that given these things and a good
digestion a man might be happy if he
tried.
Then, too, to crown it all there was
IMadge. Madge, tall and slight, and
isvelt, with the tawny gold in her
hair, and the eyes that changed with
every changing thought-that were as
blue as summer skies when she smfl-
ed, and grew black as midnight when
she thrilled to any deep emotion.
Philip could hardly remember a time
when he had not loved her They had
grown up, boy and girl, together, with
something singularly similar in their
fate. Both were orphaned children,
peft to the untender care of unwilling
moment of their meeting. His uncle's
place adjoined that of Madge's guard
Han, and he had been wandering about
the grounds, a forlorn and lonely
childish figure, when he first came
upon the little maid. She gave one
pong look at his somber face and
mourning clothes, and then, with that
swift and intuitive sympathy that God
gives to even the youngest child. she
went up to him.
Little boy" she 1fsped. for she was
scarcely more than baby, little boy.
ts 90 lonesome, and doesn't nobody
love 'oo?''
NO" he had answered with sob
from the depths of his hungry little
heart
Don't c'y, little boy" she comfort
ed, slipping her hand in his, 4 ill
Hove 'oo, and 90 won't never be lone
some any more,' and, indeed. it seem
ed to Philip he had never been lone
some again. There was always
!Nadge.
But who may count securely on the
future? Move the kaleidoscope ever
so gently and its figures change. There
,came a day when Philip had to do,
not with visions of a golden future,
but with hard and merciless pres
ent- Suddenly, as an unexpected
thunderbolt came the failure of the
trust company in which his fortune
Western Kansas world., 1904-07-02

known world of work that is so hard.
untried laborer.
At college he had rather distinguish
ed himself by some clever skits in the
college journal. and SO it seemed nat
ural to him to turn to Journalism as
the most available way of settling the
bread and butter problem. A friend
obtained place for him on the staff
of the morning Asterisk, where he be-
gan as the bottom of the reportorial
ladder
Philip kept doggedly on. He ac-
quired a reputation for being faithful
and accurate. He was a gourmand
for work, and the city editor began to
speak hopefully of him, but advance
ment comes slowly in a newspaper
office, and to Philip, Madge seemed an
immeasurable distance off, when sud-
denly he made his great scoop. 1t
was the merest accident-successe
mostly are-if we knew the truth of
them One evening he was walking
along one of the fashionable residence
streets, when suddenly he was startled
by a scream, and looking up he
saw woman with the wild eyes and
cunning OF maniac sitting on the
very outer coping OF the walls OF a
tall house, where she waved her arms
gleefully, and leaned dizzily forward
to peer into the street below. In an
instant all the mystery of the
drawn blinds and jealousy guarded
doors of the mansion, at which many
had marveled, was revealed. Here
was one of those family tragedies, at
which the world guesses-some poor
crazed creature. living out her life
within padded walls. and who had es-
capped from her keepers, and with
that instinct of flight from a prison
that survives all reason, was prepar-
ing to take a fatal leap into the street
below
1t had taken Philip but an instant
to realize the scene, and with a sud-
den inspiration he dashed past the
servant in the doorway, and up the
three long flights of steps, and
through the open door in the roof,
through which she had evidently
climbed. The woman looked up at
the sound of an approaching step.
She saw handsome young man com
| ing toward her. When he reached
her he made a courtly bow and offer
ed her his arm, and without one pro-
test, mechanically, naturally. as If
they had been on the ballroom 1oor.
Western Kansas world., 1904-07-02
Strict Eastern Etiquette.

By a remarkable law of royal eti
quette, which has ruled for centuries
at the court of Siam, no person is per
mitted to sleep in an apartment over
that occupied by the king. A deliber
ate breach of this custom has or
more than one occasion been punish
ed by death When the King of Sian
honored Paris by a visit some years
ago, by singular oversight at his
hotel the bedrooms reserved for his
dusky retinue were placed directly
above that of the monarch himself
and the blunder caused considerable
CONSERVATION among his fearful cour
tiers, until the matter was explained
to the management of the hostelr,
and duly rectified
Western Kansas world., 1904-07-02
Two NATIONS r1AY
FIGHT FOR RlVB
Btnzil ou1d Peru contest @w0T AGF0o
& 601ffG@Ty 0S l0f&& 0@ QnT&@6 BHft01Tl

tending into the interior country to
the source of the rivers emptying with
that coast, to all their branches and
the country they cover
1t will be seen by this contention
Brazil claims the entire watershed OF
the Amazon, one of the most exten-
sfve in the world. However. feeling
sure of her stand, Brazil offers to hear
any claim Peru has to title. but in
sists upon the withdrawal of Peruvian
troops first.
The Peruvian attitude is simply
that Peru never admitted BraziIs
title to the territory now in dispute.
that the treaty of 1851 contains nc
recognition of it, and that the Peru
Wan government has no recollection
of ever having admitted Brazils "pre-
tended right
Peru asserts her willingness to
resort to arbitration, but without "de-
manding previous conditions unneces-
sary to governments really wishing to
reach prompt, just and pacific set
tlement of their differences" In
other words, Peru insists upon her
military occupation of Acre while the
case is arbitrated. Brazil makes it
condition that the Peruvian forces re
tire first before she will listen to ar.
bitration, consequently at present the
two governments are deadlocked.
Among the South American states
war and revolution are a part of the
life and, therefore, at this time no one
would have the hardihood to predict
whether the dispute terminates in
hostilities or in arbitration. If the
two states resort to force there ap
pears to be the favor of numbers or
the side of Brazil, which has regular
army of 28,160 men, gathered by com
pulsory service and by conscription
has a regular force estimated at 4,00t
and the possibilities of increase are
not sufficient to offset the Brazilian
advantage Each republic has a navy
both of them small, and Peru's rather
Insignificant. Brazil could send some
of her ships as far up the Amazon a,
Western Kansas world., 1904-07-02
SHOULD BE CLEAN-SHAVEN.
Writer Says Ideal Man Wears No
Hair on His Face.

A recent writer says: THE ideal
man is clean-shaven. Confidently he
exposes to the world his features un-
disguised by hirsute appendages. Can
we conceive the Apollo Belvedere
with even a mustache? 1 doubt it.
A merely honest man also, one would
think, should wear no hair upon his
face. And for these reasons: Each
of us in great measure, partly from
exaggerated ideas of his own per-
spicacity, partly from the stress of
life, judges his neighbor from his
face. His clothes are but a doubtful
index of his character. But his feat
ures are, we firmly believe, indicative
of his nature and his mode of life.
There may be villany written
large on his upper lip. A certain
mold of chin betrays it's owner as a
man of considerable homicide tenden-
cies. Cover the lips with waterfall
mustache, drape the chin with an
Assyrian beard, and it may well be
that murderous monster is a pleasing
enough fellow to view. Such an one
does not venture to pass clean-Shaven
through the streets. Let each one of
US present in all candor such features
as are his.
ITO possess a receding chin is no
crime. 1t is merely a sign of weak
ness. But to conceal it with a huge
and bushy beard and thereby to pre-
sent the appearance of a man endow-
ed with greas strength of will is sure
ly false pretense. I do not maintain
that all beared men are rogues and
murderers. But / reserve my judg-
ment and suspect them of roguery and
homicide"
Western Kansas world., 1904-07-02

ct Petropolis, and one of the litigants
was removed from the troublesome
business.
Peru has always had pretensiOns in
the Acre region, and has had innum-
cradle disputes with Bolivia on the
subject In fact such dispute was
on at the time Bolivia made the ces-
sion to Brazil, but as the latter agreed
to assume the responsibility. the pres
ent disturbance in the region will
have to be settled between these two
states. Peru has occupied the upper
Purus valley, and recently there were
reports of a battle having taken place
between the Brazilians and Peruyfans
* Santa Rosa
Brazil insists that her right to the
region is of long standing, and that
this right was recognized by the treaty
of 1851. She also insists that, that
being in possession of the coast. and
also of the territory extending to the
sources of the rivers Jurua or Yurua
and Purus emptying into that coast,
long peop1ed by Brazilians, she is in
the right under the application of the
rule established by Pinckney and
Monroe IN the note of April 20, 1906
This rule is as follows:
when any European nation takes
possession of any extent Of seacoast,
that possession is understood as ex-
Western Kansas world., 1904-07-02

1t is no extravaganza and no mere
figure of speech to say that cells move
about with apparent purpose, that
they feel, that they suffer and enjoy,
that they absorb and assimilate food,
that they live, love, marry. propagate.
and die. And we can say with as
much truth that they think. But of
this last mentioned function it will
be well to defer discussion until a
subsequent time.
The cell. therefore, does all that
the man does, has all that the man
has, and possesses, within it's tiny
compass. heart, vein, muscle, nerve,
artery. skin, bone, cartilage and what
not of the future organism of the
composition of which it forms one OF
the ultimate constituent parts.-Mich-
ael A. Lane, in National Magazine