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The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15
WERE GIVEN GOOD Time
Knights Of Pyihias Royalty Entertain
ed at Fairmont.
More Than One Hundred Visitors
at the Convention.
Magnificent Banquet Is Enjoyed BY
the Company.
Toasts Were Of Fine charac!er--.Next
at Lake Crystal.
From Thursdays Daily.

Fairmont was given over to the
knights of Pythias yesterday afternoon
and evening. 1t was ON the occasion of
the district convention of that order.
More than one hundred visitors We're
present from surrounding towns. Man
kato contributed its contingent, going on
and arriving there at two o'clock in
time to partake of the elegant luncheon
that had been provided for them by the
Fairmont knights.
The convention opened at 2:30 o'clock
with selection by the Knights of Py-
thias Glee club. The address of welcome
was delivered by Frederick A. Matwig
of Fairmont and the response was made
by Senator A. o. Eberhart of Mankato.
The Glee club rendered another selec-
tion, and then an address was made by
Fred Wheaton, keeper of records of
the order. Owing to circumstances over
which he had no control Supreme Chan
cellor Tracy r. Bangs of Grand Forks
was unable to be present.
During the remainder of the afternoon
the visitors were entertained in various
ways. The billiard halls and the bowl
ing alleys had been previously chartered
by the local knights ana those from
away were told to enjoy themselves.
The evening session began at 1880 at
Masonic hall and for several hours the
knights were at work on matters per-
tanning to the welfare of their organiza
tion. At eleven o'clock the banquet was
served in Neuman & Viesselman's hall.
This spread was greatly enjoyed. 1t was
a magnificent banquet and reflected
great credit upon those who prepared it.
Following the banquet toasts were re-
sponded to as follows:
''Needs of the Hour" Grand Chancel-
1or James L. Cromwell, Duluth, MINI
"The Perils of the Order" Grand Pre-
late William Mallgren, St. Peter, MINI.
'Knighthood, its Privileges and Re-
sponsibilities," Grand Keeper of Records
and Seals Fred E. Wheaton, Minneap-
oils, MINI.
"The Social Session." Bro. Frank F.
Ellsworth, st. James, MINI.
''The Moral Influence of Pythianism," )"
Bro. Walter Over, Lake Crystal, MINI.
Diagnosis Of Our Troubles, from the
Standpoint of Saw bones,'" Bro. D. P.
Maitland, M. D., Jackson, Mimi.
"Our Future" Fred A. Wheaton.
Hon. j. E. Palmer of Fairmont was
toastmaster, and in this position he
was right at home. When introducing
each speaker he had something of an
appropriate nature to say, and the toasts
were all of fine character.
The next district convention will be
held at Lake Crystal in June, and it is
expected that in connection with the
regular lodge program some field day
sports will be arranged for.
The Fairmont knights certainly did
themselves proud in the entertainment of
their guests. The visitors had most
enjoyable time and they regretted very
much that the hours passed so speedily,
and when the hour arrived for their de-
parture for their homes they weres 10th
to leave those who had treated them so
royalty.
The Mankato knights reached home at
$3.50 this morning.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15
DELICATE OPERATION.

Mrs. Huhn of Eagle Lake was operat-
ed upon for gall stones at the st. JOS
eph's hospital Monday. The patient was
given neither chloroform or either, the
pain being deadened only by the applica-
tion of local anesthetics. This is be-
lieved to be the first operation of the
kind ever performed in this state with
out putting the patient to sleep. She
is over seventy years old but neverthe-
less is making an excellent convalescence.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

Owing to the condition of the ice, the
curling game between the clubs from
Mapleton and Vernon Center did not take
place yesterday afternoon. The ice at the
rink and also at Mud lake were tried,
but there was an accumulation of water
on both. This condition of affairs was
somewhat discouraging, and the clubs
said that it would be cold day when
they came to Mankato again.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Richmond of
Rec Heights, s. D., who have been in
the city visiting at the home of Mrs. I.
d. Lumbert, left yesterday morning for
Rochester where Mr.. Richmond will
undergo an operation for stomach
trouble.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15
MEN MADE FOR THE FENCE
Messrs. Gray and Krause Do Quick
Stunt at Vernon.

From Tuesdays Daily.
While looking over a lot of cattle at
the stock yards of Gray & Ottersbeck
yesterday at Vernon Center Alex Gray
and Henry Krause luckily escaped what
came near proving serious accident to
one or both gentlemen.
A number of the animals became in
furiated and one of them made for the
men, who in turn made for the high
board fence, succeeding in getting out
without injury, but the animals did not
stop until they had gored fine three
year-old steer so that it had to be killed.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15
CRISIS STEP FURTHER.
Japan's Reply to Russia's Last Note
Not Satisfactory.
Especial to The Free Press,

London, Jan. l4.-The British
foreign office officials said tonight after
reading the Japanese reply to the last
Russian note that it only takes the crisis
step further in a less hopeful direction.
Advices received by the foreign office
made them fear Russia would not accept
Japan's reiterated demands.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15
ORIGIN OF COUNTY NAMES.
Paper Read BY Warren Upham o1
Historical Society.
From Tuesdays Daily,

FrOm IueSuayS DAILY.
Secretary Upham of the State His
torical society read a paper before the
members of that organization last night
giving an explanation of how the coun.
ties in Minnesota were named:
Blue Earth was named from the Blue
Earth river, so named for blush green
earth found near it's mouth.
Waseca from Sioux word, meaning
rich and fertile.
Brown, from Joseph H. Brown.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15
POSTPONED THE CASE.
Robinson's Application Will Be Heard
at April Meeting.
From Wednesdays Daily.

The application of David Robinson,
sentenced from Blue Earth county Nov.
27, 1902, to state prison for four years
and half for forgery in the second de-
gree, for parole was deferred by the
board of pardons until the April meeting,
by the request of the applicants attor-
neys.
The board of pardons has also deferred
action on the case of Chris Norbeck of
Minneapolis and the case of N. w. King
of Minneapolis was taken under advise
ment.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

Jennie-Is it true that Joe occupies the
first place in your heart? Sadie-Not
much, my dear, Rocky Mountain Tea
first, last and all the time. 35 cents. j.
C. Thro.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

DR.. Merritt of st. Peter, while in the
city the other day, saw an old lady drop
her pocketbook, but before he could get
it she was out of sight. He left it at
the city hall, and it is still there, await
ing its owner. It contains little money.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

Head aches, black rings under the eyes,
dizzy spells, tired feeling, bad taste in
the mouth, sour stomach, absolutely cur
ed by Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents.
j. C. Thro.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hayes of Wabasha
are in the city visiting at the home of j.
c. Moore. Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Moore
are sisters. Mr.. Hayes is a conductor
on the Milwaukee line.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

DR.. F. L. Stephan has returned from
South Dakota, where he was witness in
q case in court.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

For Rent-Small farm in Decoria
township, seven miles from Mankato,
Inquire of w. A. Funk, agent, Man
kato, or E. G. Williams, Lake Crystal.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

A. G. Patterson of Aurora, Nebraska,
has been visiting a few days in the city
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15
TREND OF TRADE
GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Reported Daily by Edwards, Wood & CO..
Room II, Hunt Building.
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

Mankato Minnesota, Jan. II, 1914.
Opening High Low Close
Minneapolis
July wheat .ssh ssx s5h0S s5x
May wheat. .sfA S7A So% S6aGS7
Chicago
July wheat. ..s1x s2s slh slh@x
May wheat. .87h S7k s64 S6X
July corn. .47d471s 47KNx Al At
July fis oats $50 ssAs' ssS s sss s sSn
May oats... 40* Az 4O% 40x
Jan. pork. .sl2.72 $l2.72 s12 70 sl2.72
May pork ...... Ii .15 1890 1926 1926
Minneapolis cash close
No. Hard 87h No. 1 Northern S6K,
to arrive 66X; No. 2 Northern S2AO83h, to
arrive e2ss No. Northern 75Q79
No. corn, $50 39h.
No. 8 White oats 1874. No. 8 oats 33635h.
Barley, 81 to So.
Rye, 54k.
Minneapolis
Flax Markets
The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

Grain and stock markets corrected daily
Other markets corrected on date of weekly
issue.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
/. PERFORMS
Welsh Priest Claims He Has Raised
the Dead.

London, Dec. 14.-Continuing his
avowel that all things are possible
with God today, as they we're in the
past, even to the healing of the sick
and the raising of the dead, Father Ig-
natius of Llanthery, Wales, has pro-
coded to recount various occasions
on which he claims to have performed
miracles.
One miracle, he is quoted as saying,
occurred in 1862, when a young girl
who had been dead two hours arose
a. the command. The second was that
OF a workman crushed to death by fall
Ing stones while the abbey was being
constructed at Llanthery.
This man is asserted to have walked
home unaided after having been
crushed to a pulp.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
GARDNER WHIPS oKEEFE
ELEVEN FAST ROUNDS FOUGHT
AT BUTTE.
Chicago Mans Seconds Throw Up
Sponge to Save Their Principal
From Punishment,

Butte, Dec. 15.-Jimmy Gardner OF
Lowell defeated Jock O'Keefe of Chi.
cago here tonight in II rounds in
what was to have been a 2O-round con.
test. When the gong sounded for the
twelfth round O'Keefe's seconds threw
up the sponge. After the first round
Gardner showed his superiority by
landing vicious rights and let's fire.
quently to Okeefe's wind, body and
face.
In the seventh round O'Keefe was
smeared with blood, which came from
an ugly cut in his under lip. In this
round both men rushed into the mill
and at the end were noticeably weak.
In the eighth round O'keefe, who was
handicapped by his disabled left hip,
which was thrown out in the fourth
round, landed some effective swings
and body punches.
Both men went to their n
looking tired. In the tenth round
Gardner landed on O'Keefe's wind
with left and swung to the jaw with
the right. O'Keefe went down for the
nine count, but came up smiling, and
in the latter part of the round made
Gardner uneasy.
Gardner had his man going in the
eleventh, landing smashes to the jaw
and body almost at will, but O'Keefe
stood the punishment in a game a
ner and did his best to put out Gard
ner. O'Keefe's mouth was gushing
blood and his face much swollen.
Gardner escaped without a scratch.
1t was one of the fastest fights ever
seen here and O'Keefe deserves credit
for his gameness. 1t is the general
opinion that if the Chicago boys hip
had been in good shape, the result
would possibly have been different.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20

a rifle bullet. The correspondent adds
that the wound is not serious.
Thousands of tons of dynamite and
other explosives, shells and ammuni.
ton, all crearly contraband, have been
Struggled from the Thames the past
few months on barges an dt%ransferred
to-. mysterious steamers at a rendez.
vous at the mouth of the river for the
far east, the authorities apparently be-
ing powerless to prevent the traffic.
Terrible dangers attend this traffic; a
spark or a collision might cause a ca
tas.rophe within a stones throw OF
the houses of parliament.
A dispatch to the Telegraph from
Chi-fu says the steamers that lately
ran the blockade at Port Art'n.r car
ried American cargoes. One took a
thousand tons of -four. Many 1unks
ingcontinue to enter the port.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
YANKEES IN ENGLAND.
Two Crack American Athletes After
the British Records.

the British Records.
Boston, Dec. 14.-The United. States
is now represented in England by two
lot it's champion athletes, men who
may be relied upon to reflect great
credit upon their respective branches
OF sport in this country, as we'll as
upon American athletes.
They are G.. M. Daniels OF the New
York Athletic club, Americans tastes,
swimmer, and Schutt of Cornell, one
of Jul s%peediest distance nne
The latter holds the intercollegiate
record of $40 for the two-mile run,
and is now studying at Oxford on one
OF the Rhodes scholarships that he
won by competitive examination.
He will represent Oxford in the dual
cross-country meet with Cambridge
in a few days. Schutt is not quite in
the class with Shrubb, the worlds
fastest distance runner, who mas COW
cred two miles IN nine minutes and IL
seconds, but hopes by constant cross
country work all winter to get fast
enough to u somewhere near the
phenom in the big ace next sum-
mer.
Daniels is the best American swim
mer that has ever gone abroad-in
fact. he is tho host wo .,avo ovor bod
He has done under 81 seconds for the
100, but is more at home in races at
from 200 to 500 yards. He holds the
American record of 3:48 for 300 yards.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
(First Publication Dec. 20, 19O4-4t,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of VIM. Morton Muhpry, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrator of the estate OF
VIM. Morton Murphy, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at his Office in the
city of Billings, in the county of Vel
lowstone, state of Montana.
Dated at Billings, Dec. 10, 1904.
A. c.. LOGAN,
Administrator Of the Estate of VIM.
Morton Murphy, deceased.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
TO cHEAPEN PAPER.
Tawney Amendment Permits Alaskan
Pulp Exports.


Washington, Dec. 14.-As a result OF
an amendment incorporated in the for
estry bill, which was considered and
passed yesterday, a provision was
made which it is believed will tend
materially to encourage the wood pulp
industry of the United States and
thereby to promote a reduction in the
price of print paper.
The amendment was offered by Con-
gresham Tawney and it proposes to
annul the present statute which for
bids the expectation from Alaska OF
wood pulp or pulp wood. 1t is claimed
that thousands of acres of the finest
spruce in the country exist in the
Alexander archipelago Of southern
Alaska. Under an old law the expor-
tation of such timber or the products
of it from Alaska was forbidden.
When the bill for the transfer OF
the forestry affairs of the country
from the interior department to the
agricultural department, as recon-
mended by the president, came up
yesterday, Mr.. Tawney secured the
incorporation of an amendment which
will open up the vast Alaska spruce
field to the manufacture of wood pulp
for the markets of the United States.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
PEASANTS DIE BY SCORES.
|op'e Driven to Madness BY Burdens
Of War.

|oP'e Driven to Madness BY Burdens
Of War.
London, Dec. 18.-Mail advices from
|ssian paint conditions existing
pre- in the darkest colors. Severe
hter and general scarcity of food
re added to the horrors of the situa-
b. The danger OF revolution pre-
|ls everywhere. In villages the
Esantry are dying by scores of star
ion. If the strain continues much
|ger they will be dying by thous-
rs.
MI kinds of food have advanced
krmously in price; N fact, to such
extent that poor people are able to
cure only the most scanty supplies.
unceasing demands of the govern
ht and the shameless corruption OF
collectors of taxes are driving the
pie to madness.
several cities the soldiers, them
PES almost starving, have looted
vision stores. Violent demonstra-
s against war all over the country
OF daily occurrence.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
STREET RIOTS
demonstrations Becoming Common
Throughout Cars Empire.

demonstrations Becoming Common
Throughout Cars Empire.
London, Dec. 18.-Newspapers here
rint further mailed reports of the dis
htisfaction in Russia. Street troubles
ccur in provincial towns and have be.
IN in Moscow and st. Petersburg
he people take part in these demon.
frations, carry red flags and sing the
Marseillaise" and Hymn of Lib.
ty." The latter parodies the ma
onal anthem.
1t is ever stated that the central or
IMITATION that is working against the
pyernment has it's headquarters in
puth Russia. 1t has numerous
anches and is %perfecting plans for
armed raising simultaneously in
e rebellious areas. The st. Peters
trg correspondent of the Express,
aling with the situation, says:
The red flag of revolution is wav-
8 all owe Russia. A general rising
Ry be precipitated at any moment.
believe the first news of a heavy dis
ter to Russian arms in the east will
raid such a rising as will shake the
reaucracy to its foundations"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
(First Publication Dec. 20, 19O4-4t)
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.
The, Big Ditch Company, Billings,
IF Montana

Notice is hereby given that at a
regular meeting of the trustees OF
the Big Ditch company, held on the
18th day of October, A. D. 1904, an
assessment Of 30 cents per share, or
five per cent OF each one hundred
dollars, was levied upon the SUBJ
scribeu capital sock of the corpora
ton, payable IN or before January
18th, 1905, to the secretary of the cor
poration, at his Office, No. 81 North
Twenty-eighth street, billings, Mon
tana. Any stock upon which the as
sessment shall remain unpaid on jan
uary 18th, 1905, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before
will be sold on February list, 1905, to
pay the delinquent assessment, to-
gether with the cost of advertising
and expenses of sale.
By order of the board of trustees.
HENRY WHITE, Secretary.
Office: NO. 81 North Twenty-E Eighth
Street, Billings, Montana.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
REFORMS IN CHINA.
They Will Follow War-Where Do
Cinnamon Get Guns?

~SssS
Hardin, Dec. 18.-"Back and forth
along the railway, now that there is
not much in the way OF active fgh+
ing" writes a staff correspondent Of
the Associated Press, zone is meeting
many interesting acquaintance.
Zone of the Cinnamon on guard at
the Itsun bridge is an intelligent fel.
low from the southern provinces and
he predicts sweeping changes in China
when this war is over. He says:
whoever wins in this war is going
to take Manchuria. China will not
much care. But when the war is over
you are going to see changes in Chi
mas internal economy. There are a
great many of us, especially in the
south, who have studied the question
thoroughly. We know what we want
in the way of Chinese reforms and we
are going to get them after this war
on the border is out of the way"
Zone of the things that will need
some explaining when the war is over,
is how the Chinese bandits got their
arms. The majority OF them carry
Winchesters, but there are many Maui
sers and Japanese rifles among them.
and strangest of all, many Russian
rifles. from the government factory,
evidently rifles that have been re-
jected by the inspectors, but which
could not have come into the hands of
the bandits unless they had been stc-
len and illicitly sold"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
REVOLUTIONARY DEMoNsTRA.
TIoNs ARE COMMON.
RIOTS THROUGHOUT REALM
People Driven to Madness by Burdens
of War-Food Has Advanced
in Price.

New York, Dec. ia stirring ap
peal, directed to the mothers of Amer
lea, has been received here from a
prominent woman in Poland, begging
for their sympathy and assistance in
bringing about an end to the Russo.
Japanese war. Among other things
she says:
You cannot imagine the savage de-
SPAR which overpowers the masses
torn from the pillow, from the hearth.
from wife and children. If we are go
ng to perish let us perish in our own
country. The very stones cry out
when they take us. They clamor to
he people of Warsaw. We are not
going to defend Russia. Our country
s here.
"You do not know that women
throw themselves under the wheels OF
he trains that carry their relations to
he far east; that cases of sudden
Heath and madness occur every day,
hat in Pultusk, Czanstoch and LODI
oldiers fired into the people and
Tiled many.
"The Russian government lies when
says they do not, call to the front
athers of families. That is only writ
en- for you of Europe and America.
hey take widowers With large fami-
es Of small children. One of these
zen, called to the service, hung his
hree small children and reported the
act to the military authorities. There
as no one with whom to leave
hem"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
POWER DIRECT FROM COAL
INVENTORS THINK STEAM EN-.
GINEs ARE DOOMED,
New Engine Develops Great Power
and Consumes Little Fuel Com.
pared With Standard Types.

Minneapolis, Dec. l8.-A coal gas
engine that is expected to displace
the stationary steam engine in five
years will soon be put on the market
by the Minneapolis Steel and Machin.
cry company. The invention is a Ger.
man idea and has passed the expert
mental stage. 1t has been shown that
three times the amount of energy can
De gotten out of the same amount OF
coal or Ignite by the new engine as
can by the ordinary steam engine.
j. l.. Record, the manager of the
company, has been studying the new
invention for w a year. Last
spring he sent the chief engineers to
Germany, and afterwards went abroad
himself for four months, returning the
first part of October. After a careful
study Mr.. Record decided that the new
engine was practicable and secured
the American patent rights. Immedi-
ately upon his return plans were made
for turning out the engine as soon as
possible.
The idea is simple. All the gases
and smoke, which contain the real
energy of the coal, and which, to a
large extent, go up the chimney, are
utilized as an explosive power to
drive the piston of the new engine.
The principle is much the same as the
explosion in the gasoline engine, and
is set off by an electrict spark.
The coal is placed in a cylindrical
furnace where the combustion takes
place. The gases pass into another
cylinder, which is called the washer.
1t is filled with coke and water and
separates the tar and impurities from
the gas. The purified gas passes into
a receiver where it is supplied to the
explosion chamber I'D the energy
from the previous explosion drives
the piston back again and the cham.
Der is filled with new gas by suction.
the first cylinder there is a valve
which allows sufficient air to be drawn
in to maintain the combustion, but
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-20
DEMOCRATS CARRY BOSTON,.
Republicans Make Gains in City EIec
tIon.s

Boston, Dec. 14.-Although the mu-
nicipal election yesterday resulted in
a sweeping victory for the democratic
party, the republicans gained two
members of the board of aldermen
and two members in the common
council. The city, as usual, declared
for licenses by a tremendous major
ity. The only contest whereby a
party vote could be tested was in the
Dalloting for street commissioners.
Salem D. Charles, the present com.
missioner, was returned to Office by
the democrats, defeating Guy w. Nor
rison, his republican opponent, by a
vote of AZ, 900 to 1861.
No mayor was elected this year. OF
the 13 aldermen elected, 10 were
Alderman J. H. Curley,