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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
GOOD NEWS.
Many Mankato Readers Have Heard 1t
and Profted Thereby.

MANY MdHkdIO ReduelS nave hcdiu IL
and Profted Thereby.
@Good news travel fast" and the thou
sands of bad back sufferers in Mankato
are glad to learn that prompt relief is
within their reach. Many lame, weak
and aching back is bad no more, thanks
to Doan's Kidney Pills. Our citizens
are telling the good news of their ex-
perience with the Old Quaker Remedy.
Here is an example worth reading: :
Mr. Thos. o. Mones of $40 South Sec
ond street says: IT suffered from ach-
ing and Iameness across the loins and at
times I was embarrassed by irregular
action of the kidney secretions and suf-
fered from pain in the top and back of
my head I read about Doan's Kidney
Pills and saw statements made by peo-
pie similarly afflicted to what I was
and who had been cured by using them.
procured two boxes from j. c. Thro
and used them. They proved most sat-
isfactory and did me much good. I con-
scientiously recommend this remedy"
| For sale by all dealers, price so cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
| Remember the name Doan's and take
no substitute.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
CHICKEN FANCIERs' ANNUAL
Poultry Association Meeting Held Sat-
urday Afternoon.

Last Saturday afternoon the Central
Minnesota Poultry association opened
the annual meeting at the home of John
w. HOLMAN, sol North Second street,
but the meeting had to be adjourned
one week as there were so few present.
The regular annual business will be
transacted at meeting to be held next
Saturday afternoon in the fruit house
at the corner of Second and Hickory
streets. The members present at Sat
urday's session merely talked over the
plans for the coming year. 1t is design
ed if possible to have larger exhibl-
tion with specimens gathered from
wider territory than has been done for
any previous exposition held under the
auspices of this association.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
REMOVED THE EYE.
Operation Performed Upon the Son of
Attorney w. &. Young.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Donald Young, the fifteen year-old son
of Attorney w. E. Young, had his left
eye ball removed by a physician yester-
day. The operation was neeessitated by
the effects of an accident to the organ
occurring eight years ago. When only
a child of seven, the boy happened one
day to be playing with caprenter's
tools and struck one end of a stick with
an adze The stick flew up and struck a
violent blow on the left eye cutting the
coating and letting out the fluids. The
eye was blind from that time on but gave
no great amount of trouble at first. The
disabled organ however was repeatedly
hurt by this and that accident. Last
summer it was struck by baseball land
the soreness was renewed. Infamma-
ton gradually set in necessitating the
final removal to save the other eye.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
THE GAME OF CURLING.
Something Very Interesting Said of the
Great Scotch Sport.


To the Editor of The Free Press:
Great was the disappointment to the
curriers' on Thursday last while in your
city, on account of the prevailing condi-
ton of the weather as match game
was to have been played by the Maple
ton and Vernon Center crack Kinks.
A few words at this time about this
remarkable game may not come amiss.
AS 1 understand your city at last
(thro the untiring efforts of our
cain Robin'' and Scotch Geordie" Owen)
has organized curling club. We hope
at no distant date to have the pleasure
of meeting and testing the superior
skill of its members by crossing
Blossoms" on the ice.
Curling is one of the favorite national
pastimes of Scotland, where it no doubt
originated as no ancient writer has
ever mentioned the subject until the
seventeenth century. 1t was then being
played in Scotland, but one thing we do
know it was the ss'sturdy Scot who first
introduced the game into Blue Earth
county nearly thirty eight years ago.
The first game being played on Lura
Lake in the town of Sterling. The
stanes used in curling were made of
compact granite with finely polished
top and bottom. From the granite bould-
ers scattered throughout the south of
Scotland and at "Ailsa Craig" on the
west coast superior stones are made.
Until the formation in 1888 of the
Royal Caledonian Curling club, there
were no general rules and regulations
laid down, nor any size or shape of the
stane to be used, as we have today in
the rules and regulations of the North
western Curling association under which
we play. No spot is so productive of
sociability and good feeling and as
pastime of the day in the clear bracing
air of our Minnesota winters its eff
fects on mind and body are certainly
conducive to good health and fellowship,
man to man. For as Burns says in
mention of the 'roaring game"
''We're Brithors a." Not only the
young and matured play this game but
the aged as well take great delight in
the sport. The keenest curler in our
club is nearly seventy years of age.
Surely such sport ought to be en-
couraged and promoted. In the surround
ing country the love of the game is GER
tainly spreading and the Maple River
Curling club, Mapleton, is certainly do
ing its duty towards fostering the
spread of knowledge ',of it, as strong
clubs are already organized at Vernon
Center and Winnebago City from the
influence of the M. r. G. G. And l
have no doubt but what the Caledonian
Curling club of Mankato originated
from just such an inspiration. Health
and prosperity to the Caledonian.
.Of a. he games hat ere l saw
Man, gallant, laddie, birkie, wean
The dearest, far abom hem a.
Was aye the witching channel
''stane."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
REMOVED TO HIS HONE.
Elmer Evans Is Recovering From His
Recent Accident.
From Fridays Daily.

pTOm IIludy Dduys
Elmer Evans, the thirteen year old
adopted son of A. D. Scullin the milk
man, living in the Evans place ON Pigeon
hill, has left st. Joseph's hospital and is
confined to his home waiting for the
empty socket of his right eye to heal
sufficiently for an artificial eye to be in
serted The sad accident which neees-
sitated the removal of the organ occur
red week ago last Sunday. The boy
was attempting to reduce. the size of a
cartridge to make it fit into his rifle by
pounding the cartridge against the edge
of a cornknife. Without warning the
cartridge exploded, a portion of the she'll
tearing its way through the coating of
the boys right eye, letting out the fluids
and lodging itself in the eyeball. 1t was
impossible to save the eye and it had to
be removed for the safety of the other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15

STANDING COMMITTEES
Chairman Epson Appoints Them for
the County Board.
A Ninth County Physician District
Is Established.
County Physicians Must Treat Cases
ittious Diseases.
Miscellaneous Business Transacted on
the Last Day.
From Fridays Daily.

The county board adjourned yester-
day afternoon until Feb. 9th, without
taking action on the application of the
Standard Brewing company for an abate-
ment of $4,000 of its real estate assess
ment. The session was very busy one
and the application came in late.
The salary of the clerk of the Judge
of probate was made $500 year.
Commissioners Bruels, Schultz and
Borchert We're appointed a committee on
poor farm for the year.
Commissioners Paddock, Bruels and
Borchert were appointed a purchasing
committee for the ensuing year.
Commissioners Schultz, Paddock and
Epson were appointed committee to
examine the condition of the Butterfeld
bridge, with power to act.
H. c. Hotaling, proprietor of The Blue
Earth County Enterprise, was awarded
the contract for publishing the county
board proceedings and the proceedings
of the board of equalization, during the
coming year, at the legal rate. The pro-
ceedings are to be published in The Blue
Earth County Enterprise, The Daily and
Weekly Review, The Daily and Weekly
Free Press, The Lake Crystal Union, The
Amboy Herald and The Good Thunder
Herald.
A ninth physician district was Great
ed, to embrace Lyra, the four south tiers
of sections in Rapidan, and the south
west seven sections in Decoria, DIR. j. F.
Schlesselman was appointed physician
for the new district at $40 a year.
The board voted to require all county
physicians to attend to all cases OF in
fections diseases within their respective
districts, and to furnish their own medi-
cines in all cases.
The hearing on the petition OF M. j.
Barney and others for public ditch NO. y
in Lincoln, Butternut Valley and Jud-
son, was had. Five property owners ap-
peared in favor of the construction OF the
ditch and two against it. The board de-
cided to accept the petition and get the
estimates of the cost.
The bond of the Amboy State bank,
as depository of county money, was
approved.
Commissioner Paddock was elected
poor committee for the city.
It was agreed to rent Mrs. Mansfeld's
lot near the court house square for the
remainder of the year for $40. 1t is used
to store wood
The examination of the county treas
urer's deposits showed that there is $780,
o5l73 on hand.
The auditor was directed to publish the
annual financial statement in form
that will be complete in point of infor-
nation and with as little expense as
possible.
The committee that Investigated the
st. Clair road in section %, Mankato
township, recommended that it be
Strengthened and graded. The report
was approved.
Commissioners Borchert, Bruels and
Paddock were appointed a committee
with the county surveyor, to inspect the
bridge in section IL, Danville.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
HOME TESTIMONIAL.
COLLEGE Of Dressmaking Is Highly
Recommended.
North Mankato, Jan. 9, 1904.

North Mankato, Jan. 9, 1904.
To Whom It May Concern: This Is
to certify that 1 took a course in the
College of Dressmaking and Ladies
Tailoring one year ago in the college at
Albert Lea, under the same management
as the new college at Mankato, and
found it to be just as represented to
me.
I consider the course worth ten times
the effort and money expended.
The system is complete and positively
accurate and to be able to reproduce by
measurement pattern for every part OF
the costume from any picture, is worth
many times the price of membership.
MRS. w. M. WASGATT,
ll3 Sherman street,
North Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
LITTLE SKEPTEAL-
Vermont Maple Sugar Not What it,
Cracked Up to Be.
From MondaY's Daily

From Mondays Daily.
In a recent letter to one of his in
spectors w. w. p. Mcconnell, state
dairy and food commissioner, called at
tention to the fact that recently the de-
partment received some maple sugar
from Vermont, branded and purported to
be absolutely pure. The man who sent
it stated that he bored the hole into the
tree, watched the sap run out, saw it
boiled, sugared off and the syrup sealed
up and sent in. 1t proves to be 80 per
cent of it adulterated with sugar.
"Hence we are just little skeptical
about pure Vermont sugar." says the
commissioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
REYES CONFERS WITH HAY.
Left for New York and Will MOI
Return.

Especial to The Free Press.1
Washington, Jan. ll.-General Reyes,
the Colombian envoy, had an hours con-
ference with Secretary Hay today at the
latter's home. At the conclusion OF the
interview Reyes announced that he
would probably leave for New York to-
day, not expecting to return.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
49, .-s
Congrsgationalists Hold Annual Meat
ing Las! Night.
Missions in st. Clair and South Bend
Are Doing Well.
The Finances Of the Church Are in
Good Condition.
Supper Was Enjoyed BY All Who At
tended Gathering.
From Fridays Daily.


Last evening at $50 o'clock the mem
bers of the Congregational church society
gathered to the number of about hun
dred in the church on South Second street
and partook of the supper, just preced-
ing the annual meeting of the society
After a social session the business meet
ing was called to order by M. B. Haynes,
chairman at the annual meeting of last
year. Mr.. Haynes was Immediately elect
ed chairman for the evening.
Next came the various official reports.
Mrs. B. ID. Smith, secretary of the
Ladies' Aid and Thimble Bee society, G..
H. Cooper, president of the trustees, w.
W. Smith, treasurer of the society and
Miss Alice Thomas, secretary of the
Young Ladies' society, all delivered glow
ing reports of their various lines of
work, showing the enterprises in the
various fields which the members had
entered were all being pushed through
with energy and success.
Probably the most interesting infor-
nation of all was that of the missionary
work that had been done by two Yale
students during the summer. One of
these students, by the name of Scott,
had made his headquarters during the
summer at st. Clair and had preached
and worked here and at adjacent points.
The result of his work had been most
gratifying. AS a result of them sever
al churches and missions had been con-
templated and were likely to start in
the various places where the missionary
work had been carried on. Last fall
an attempt was made to hire perman-
ent minister to cover all this ground in
and about St. Clair but no suitable man
had been found. The other student, one
Rorabach, had made his headquarters
His labors, too, were considered sue
cessful beyond what had been hoped,
though the results were not apt to de-
velop SO soon into regularly organized
churches and missions as in the fields
worked by his colleague. Both students
had gone back to Yale to continue their
studies with view to perfecting them
selves further for their life work in the
Congregational church.
Financial work was readily disposed
of in the society meeting and the neces-
sary appropriations made and sources of
revenue figured upon for the coming
year. w. W. Smith was reelected treas
urer, Miss Alice Thomas secretary, and
N. M. Steel trustee. The other trustees,
who hold over, are G. H. Cooper, chair
man, Thomas Hughes, d. L. Harris and
Swan johnson.
One very pleasong feature of the meet
ing was the roll call of all the members,
to the number of about hundred and
fifty, the members responding with
scriptural quotations as their names
We're called. Letters from absent men,
bers both inside and outside the city
were read aloud.
The hour arriving at which many wish
ed to attend the Y. M. G. A. entertain
ment, the church meeting proper was
postponed to next Thursday night, when
full reports of church work in other
branches will be received.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
Judge Cray 0veruIes Demurrer to His
Special Plea.
Decision is Certified to Supreme Court
for Confirmation.
II Judge Cray is Sustained, Defendant
Will Go Free.
Text Of the Memorandum Accompany
ing the Order.
From Frida US Daily.

Judge Cray this morning made an or
der overruling the states demurrer to
, the defendants special plea of former ac-
quittal, in the case of the state against
second indictment with forgery in the
first degree. The court also certified
, the ruling to the supreme court for its
not. In the mean time all proceedings
are stayed.
An effort is to be made to get the
matter on at the present term of the
supreme court, in which case it is ex-
pected that decision will be reached in
Ia few weeks. In case Judge Cray is
upheld, the action will be dismissed, but
in case he is not upheld the defendant
will be tried at the February term of the
district court on the second indict-
ment. The point raised is one that the
supreme court of Minnesota has never
passed on, as under the former law it
was plainly stated that the defendant
would have to stand trial on each in
dictment in case like this one.
The following memorandum accom-
panies the order:
in order to justify plea of former ac-
Squittal, the evidence necessary to con-
Wet under the first Indictment must be
such as to necessarily convict under the
second. But I think that the rule is
better laid down as follows: eff the de-
PENDANT could have been convicted of
either act under the first Indictment he
cannot be convicted of the two success
sively. In other words, where evidence
necessary to supplant the second indict-
ment would have been sufficient to pro-
cure legal conviction upon the first,
the second is barred, but not otherwise"
Wharf Grim. Pldg & Prac., Sth ed, sec.
All.
In California it is said: ''The plea of
former acquittal must be upon prose-
cution of the same identical act or
crime. 1t is sufficient if an acquittal of
the one would show that the defendant
could not have been guilty of the other"
People VS.. Majors, Is Cal. 1873.
"The plea of antrefois acquit is suf-
ficient whenever the proof shows the Sec
ond case to be the same transaction with
the first" Copenhaven VS.. State, l4th
Ga. 8. Holt VS.. State, 3S Ga. 1877.
The case at bar in my opinion falls
squarely within the rule of the California
and Georgia cases cited, besides many
others cited by counsel.
If there can be case where the forg-
ing and uttering is one indivisable trans
action this is one. In order to prove that
the defendant uttered with guilty know
ledge, the making by him must neces-
sarily be proved.
The case of the state of Minnesota vs..
Fred Fox has been dismissed, a settle
ment having been effected between the
defendant and the complaining witness,
Martha Holcomb.
Judge Cray adjourned court for the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
Beware of Oini ments for Ca
tarrh That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely. destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange The whole sys
tom when entering it through the mucous sur
faces Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable ply sIclans
as the damage they will do is ten fold TO the
Catarrh ure, manufactured by f. j Cheney d
Co, Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and is
taken I'M ernally acting directly upon the blood
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the eeorine.
1t is taken internally and made 10 Toledo, Ohio,
by F j Cheney & Co.. Testimonials free.
sold by druggists Price 20 per bottle
Hairs Family Pills arc the best
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
YOUNG MEMS SOCIETY.
The Officers for the Ensuing Year
Are Elected.
From Mondays Daily.


Officers were elected at the annual
meeting of the Young Mems society OF
the st. Peter and PauPs church as fol-
lows: President, Anton Balkenhol; first
vice president, Fred Weber; second vice
president, John Sontag; councillors,
Joseph Mahowald and Rudolph Hess;
secretary, Frank Stahl; treasurer, Ed.
Nuebel. These officers will serve dur
ing the year 1904 and until their sue
cessors are chosen. and qualified. The
society is a benefit organization, funds
being distributed for the benefit of sick
members, for the payment of funeral
expenses, and the like.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS

The Presbyterian Sunday school had
its annual election of officers yesterday
DIR. Ida Osborn was elected superin-
tendent, E. G. Willard first assistant,
DR.. G. d. Snow second assistant, and
Geo. P. Rodman secretary and treas
urer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15

w. E. Locke returned from Iowa,
where he has been spending the holt
DAYS. Mrs. Locke will remain for an
other month with her parents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15

Charles Griebel returned Saturday
night from st. Paul.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15
Ransom County immigration Assn
SHELDON. NORTH DAKOTA .. !
DIR. SMITH.
EYE SPECIALIST.
42o south.Front-- Street.

Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and
throat treated. Glasses correctly
fitted. Entrance, stairway on CHERRY
street. Office hours 10 to II and ,
tO5.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15

Judge Cray adjourned court for tn
term.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-15

The case of the state of Minnesota VS..
Fred Fox has been dismissed, settle
ment having been effected between the
defendant and the complaining witness,
Martha Holcomb.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-22
"ALABAMA"

TTeresa 0 OF the wander
Indians, foes finally crossed
tepee exclaimed: Alabama"
OF in the Indian Here named.
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expected home they
andt the
So OF us
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established gained
You that the
$ n Alabama n a life.
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children be educated Toll When the children
to ourselves
children educated until they married They married
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children taking
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shaving walking the dusty highway bearing
upon until day by the side an
And is better so?
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The burden seadie the feet and keeps the moral backbone
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-22
A WORD ABOUT PROVERBS

We a
all been red canned and duly
Our
principles proverbs
his
call the Amghtys attention and saying emny 20 Lord tems send
mens"
In malng body necessary to
a mo
pelous
undne alto consideration full
The most dangerous which proverbs is the correcting warning
children This is the planting youthful minds of a idea
A makes exceptions
proverb admits of no life forces
The the Of ddng
for doing certain things the best actual life different
proverb pictures whites ada-
graysb
to
truth
homou our own late envmou
empty and mpon
maxims, and make them fresh every
Proverbs sustain the superstition that back Of
and this notwithstanding taught
nearly
no control from both and seldom from abstract principles
We the subjects impulse and dependent
cool calculating fsmes the cold immaculate virtue in
drama has IN cal life.
men all without defined oeventh
We too things this world because
accepted them.
living Of others instead of our own
We amlsy anb through hfs havesthed the been
nown by Others scythes cutting subbes.
The blind following hndest Of
the world The best guide life
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the custom
and live something Within
which fails speak when undertake
prOverb must give his own inter
probation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-22
LOUIS NAPOLEON
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

PARIS, Feb. 22-Prince Louis Napoleon
second son of Prince Napoleon, is looked
to with much interest not only by French
men, but by those who study European
politics closely. His elder brother, Prince
Victor Napoleon, is classed among the pre-
tenders who must be kept exiled, and it ia
pointed out that the imperial line of the
Napoleons never amounted to much in
elder brothers. The king of Rome and the
prince imperial were both sons of reign
ing emperor, and died, political nobodies.
Napoleon III was younger son and so
was Prince Napoleon. Napoleon himself
regarded his elder brothers as ineligible,
and failing to perpetuate his own line, had
settled the succession of his imperial dig
mites upon a junior branch.
Prince Louis Napoleon can come and
go as he pleases, and he does 80 with
great discretion, which is one of his most
valuable endowments. He attended the
funeral of his aunt Mathilde, travelling un-
der an italian title, which reminded the
French officials that he is closely related
to the house of Savoy and so that it
would not be overlooked that he is an
officer in the Russian army. Having in
herited a large fortune from the princess
Louis Napoleon may now feel justified.
say the royal matchmakers in offering his
hand and chances to the French to some
royal highness.