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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-05

little granulcs about as big as millet
seeds or pin heads.
Contents of Bottle.
Prof. Carel was recalled for the pur-
pose, as Gen. Childs stated of proving a
motive or intent. Witness said
that he had made an an
alysis of the contents of the bottle, eX-
tending over period of two weeks.
The defense objected to the witness
testifying to what ne found in the bot
tie, OH a number of grounds, one of
which was that the contents of the bot
tie had never been accessible to the de-
PENDANT for purposes of analysis. The
court overruled the objection.
The witness said that his analysis
showed that the substance in the bot
tie contained strychnine in the form of
a sulphate and minute substance, pre-
sumably caffaine, and a sweetisn sub
stance. The strength of the strychnine
sulphate was y S5-l00ths per cent.
There was not much bromo-caffaine in
the substance. The weight of the sub
stance analysed was 24s-l 200 of a
grain. The smallness of the amount
would not initiate against accuracy ex-
cept as to the exact per centage. The
result as to strychnine was positive.
Strychnine is very bitter. e-nalf
a grain is the accepted minimum
amount that will produce death. The
bitter taste would be somewhat modi-
fed by the bromo- caffaine because the
latter has some sugar and effervesces
rapidly. A person generally drinks
bzromo- caffaine rapidly. The analysis
did not positively identify the charac
ter of the sweetish substance 1t was
very small. There is usually sane sugar
in bromo- caffaine.
On cross examination, the witness
said that he preserved none of the
original substance in the bottle, but
preserved the strychnine that he had
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Mr.. Levy Reviews All the Tes-
timony in Detail.
He Declares That This Is Not a
MansIaughter Case.
Defendant Guilty of Murder or
Should Be Set Free.

New York, May 2.-"This case Is one
Of deliberate murder or suicide There
can be no manslaughter about it.
There should be no compromise YER
dict. She is either guilty of murder in
the first degree or not at ALL"
With these words Abraham Levy,
counsel for Nan Patterson. brought to
q close in the afternoon his five hours
argument in defense of the former
chorus girl, charged with the murder of
Caesar Young. During the long argu-
ment Miss Patterson faced the jury un.
fiinchingly. The courtroom was crowd
ed, most of the attendants being wo.
men who struggled to get look at the
defendant. At one time during the
afternoon the Judge was compelled to
stop Mr.. Levy while court officers ex
PEELED from the room some women who
persisted in discussing the case in
audible tones, to the annoyance of all
present.
Mr.. Levy reviewed all the testimony
in detail and declared not a word had
been introduced which showed any pur
pose on the part of Miss Patterson or
her brotner-in-law and sister. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Morgan Smith, to threaten the
life of Caesar Young.
The suicide theory was strictly en-
phasized by Mr.. Levy, who contended
that the powder on Young's fingers
proved he had shot himself. Mr..
Levy secuted the idea that girl would
be able to make an assault on a
trained athlete like Young. He also
ridiculed the idea that Miss Patterson
should have chosen a crowded public
street as place for murder when she
had so many opportunities to attack
Young where there would have been
little danger of detection.
Assistant District Attorney Rand
will close the prosecution and it is ex
pected the case will go to the jury
Tuesday afternoon.
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-four hogs to the acre, and then cut the
alfalfa three times, just the same as
we would mad it not been pastured,
was much more satisfactory than to run
10 to IL head of hogs to the acre and
not cut the alfalfa. We can safely
run 80 to so hogs on 10 acres of alfalfa.
cut it three times and hardly know
that the hogs were on the alfalfa.
During the past summer we made a
gain of eight tenths of pound daily
on hogs weighing an average of loo
pounds each by feeding only one pound
of ground wheat to each hog On this
pasture we run only about five head
to the acre and cut the alfalfa three
times, and we could not tell the differ
ence between the pasture carrying five
hogs to the acre and the adjoining one
not pastured at all. We have found
that it was almost an impossibility to
get nog to eat enough alfalfa hay
during the winter to sustain life, but
by cutting the hay fine with feed
cutter and mixing it with ground corn
meal, wetting it well, we can get them
to eat from five to six pounds of dry
alfalfa day, and in this way we
winter them very satisfactorily, securing
steady gain during the entire season
Alfalfa, laxative food, keeps the sys-
tenn in perfect order and makes it safe
to feed larger quantity of corn than
without it. The greatest trouble in
getting the small pigs or shoats to eat
alfalfa is that it is too coarse for them
to digest, and we were not satisfied
even with the cut alfalfa. Recently, we
have been grinding the alfalfa, mixing
it with ground corn and feeding it as
slop. Not only the small pigs and
shoats, but the old brood sows have
done much better than ever before on
alfalfa meal and ground corn.
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found. He used it all in making the
analysis.
| The defense moved to strike out all
of the evidence on the grounds named
in his objection, and the court denied
this.
| Mr.. Clark cross examined. The wit
ness was asked to give every detail of
the analysis, which he did. 1t involved
the use of many technical terms. The
amount of strychnine found was III
ten thousandths of grain. Some OF 1T
was dissolved in water and injected in
t GA frog, which was thrown into con-
vulsions.
| The bottle contained, when received,
some powder and white dust. There
were no granules or separate substances
not adhering to the sides of the bot
tie. If effervescent salts had been pull
iverized it would resemble the substance
in the bottle. the entire substance in
the bottle, rolled into pellet, would
have been but little larger than pin
head. There was nothing but powder In
the bottle. About one four thousandths,
of grain of the strychnine was used IN
] the test with the frog The amount OF
strychnine left after making all OF the
tests was 62-ten- thousandths of a grain.
The tests were tasting, the color effect
and the physiological test. Strychnine
is one of the bitterest poisons. The
blue bottle, estimating that 1t halds
two ounces would contain 500 to 600
grains of the substance that was found
in it if it was full 1t would have then
had about 60 grains of strychnlne II
the proportion was to hold throughout.
On redirect, the witness said that If
effervescent salts were shaken in bot
tie the tendency would be to pulverlze
into powder
| Eugene Kaler, member of the cor
oner's jury, testified to having had the
blue bottle in his possession for few
moments. This accounted for the
whereabouts of the bottle from the me-
ment it was received by DR.. Gebhard or
found in his office until the presenttime.
1t was brought out through all of the
ltestimoy that no person uncorked the
bottle from the time it was found on
the morning after the murder.
i Gen. Childs introduced in evidence the
bottle that DIR. Stricken kept his strych-
lnine tablets in.
State Ready to Rest.
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state produces in court Asa p. Brooks,
who could be called by either party.
The state, however, did not intend to
call him, but was ready to rest.
Judge Cray excused the jury, direct
ing it to go to its room until it was
called.
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KlDNAPPER IS FoILEp.
Mob Resoues the Child and Beats lie
Abductor.

Columbus. O., May 2.-Charles Par
pee, nachinist, at night attempted to
kidnap the one-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Ross. Parpee snatched the
baby from it's cradle and darted away.
Instantly a mob was in hot pursuit.
lie was chased nearly mile before he
was brought to bay A dozen men at
tackled him, beating his face and In
fiicting dangerous injuries. Only the
prompt intervention of the police pre-
vented what might have had fatal
ending.
Parents of the child believed that
the man desired to extort money.
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GA temporary success is often posi-
BILE on what are not exactly dishonest,
but SHADY" lines. Such success, how
ever, is only temporary, with certain
ty of permanent loss"
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RECEIVED WIRELESS MESSAGES
But German Officers Could Not Trans
late Them.

Tsingtau, May 1.-THE German
cruiser Fuerst Bismarck received oft
Bingstau April 80 number of wire
less telegraph messages which are be-
lieved to have come from distance of
about twenty-five miles. The officers
were unable to translate the messages.
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1t is pity that those who 'hate a
hog haven't lot of them to sell now;
it would give them so much satisfac-
ton to get the hated things out of their
sightl
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-05

"Don't try to maintain two ratings:
the one for the commercial agency and
the other for the Lords treasury"
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MExlcANs AND YAouls CLASH.
Indians Escape After Killing Major
and Wounding Many Soldiers.

Ell Paso, Tex, May 2.-Word receiv-
ed during the day from Potan, Sonora,
tells Of an encounter between Mexican
troops and Yaquis, in which a Mexican
major was killed and many soldiers
wounded. The Yaquis escaped.
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Made An Apology.

Senator Somerville this morning
sought out Chief Klause and made an
ample apology for calling him liar
the other day. The senator said that
he was sorry that he had been so hasty
and regretted what he said He realiz-
ed that the officer had been working
only in his line of duty. Chief Klause
feels all right about the matter now.
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w. d. Abbott will open the case to
the jury for the defense. Senator Som
erville did this at New Ulm, but he has
not been feeling very well during the
present trial, owing to over work in the
legislature, as he had leading part
to do with the revised law code.
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State Ready to Rest.

Gen. Childs arose and said that the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
Private switch Owners.

That railroads cannot be compelled
to serve owners of private switches
and that the rule of common carrier
does not apply thereon is the effect of
a decision by Judge Kennedy at Sioux
City last week in a damage suit
brought by the Mystic Milling COM
pany against four railroads and the
Western Car Service association. The
plaintiff claims S150,000 damages by
reason of the refusal of the railroads
to switch cars over its switch, the re-
fusal having been In the interest of
the Western Car Service association,
the corporation which imposes and col
lects demurrage charges when cars
have been held longer than the pre-
scribed time by the consignee. The
association held claim of $26 against
the plaintiff. which 1t refused to pay.
The action of the railroads in discon-
tinuing the use of the switch caused a
protest from the milling company on
the ground that the adjustment of the
demurrage was an Independent matter
between the Western Car Service as
ISOLATION and the plaintiff. and that
the railroads could not be interested.
An injunction was obtained compell-
ing the railroads to continue switching
plaintiffs cars. The plaintiff then
brought the present damage suit
against the railroads and was defeated.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
A Farmer canHid.te.

The head Of Mr.. Vice President
Charles Warren Fairbanks is level He
wants to be president. There 10 no
concealment about that desire. he is
going to spend the summer on the
farm. Il like farming" says M. Fair
banks, and IL certain other AMBITIOUS
patriots are up to snun they ws1l CON
slider that declaration seripuslY and
prayerfully. There are ~, 900 900 farm
era, more or less, in this home pf the
brave and land Of the free. Should
Fairbanks succeed in making himself
the farmers candidate the cake Of Mr..
Secretary Taft, Mr.. Secretary Shaw,
Mr.. Secretary Cortelyou. Senator For
aker and all the rest will be dough.
Oincinnatus was snatched bodily from
ms plow to be made dictator ofIRome.
Diocletian dotfed the imperial crown, to
!uxuriate In his cabbage patch :T1say
became famous. Why hst .B'airbanla3
While Secretary Taft 10 visiting DIS
mikado, while Senator Foraker d TN.
ing 70 corral the Buckeye Republicans
during secratary Taft'a absence Ia the
ssssnb while RsgTsteU sh9W b exusdt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
RoodIina and Graft.

That there has been great upheaval
IN these latter days on the subject of
boodling and graft goes without say
ing. Many good but timorous souls find
In that an infallible sign that the world
Is growing worse, that we are rushing
headlong to 1.-THE demnition bowwows''
and that chaos is about to come again.
But they ought to cheer up. Boodlers
and grafters We have with us always.
Iney do not and never will constitute
a majority. We Of this generation are
more determined to punish them-that's
all. Hence this hullaballoo. All who
are blue because Of the worlds deeen.
GRAFTON ought to re.d and reread this
extract from James Madison's report
q the consdtutional convention Of 4
INST:
Dr. ytsAkiin saiA he was sorry 70 diecar
- ~ ts1ieA6A taf 1a1N u ~ "
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
Van SAINT Talks at Picnic

Hundreds of members of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America gathered
In Sioux City during the past week
In order to attend the annual picnic
came from points in Iowa, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Minnesota. In the
afternoon the programme was opened
at Nilsson Park by an address Of vel
come by Mayor Sears. Prominent
members of the order responded and
then Ex-Governor Samuel r. Van SAINT
of Minnesota delivered an address.
Governor Cummins of Iowa and ex-
Governor Lee Of South Dakota also
were in the city, attending a meeting
Of the Mystic Shriners.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
RIflemen I'M Contest.

One hundred and fifty-iine rifemen
took part in the Central Sharpshooters'
union contests at Davenport. The
team shoot was won by the Banner
team Of st. Louis for the third con-
secutive year, emitting the team to
keep the championship banner, which
has been contested for at many tour
naments. Results of the team match
are: st. Louis. No. /. 1920; Highland,
ILL.,, 1,2l6; Davenport No 1, 1.196;
New Glarus, Wis, 1.1es; Milwaukee,
LISP; st. Louis, No. 2, 1929; Dubuque,
1.1O0. Lyons, Joliet, Davenport Nos.
2 and 8, Peru, st. Louis No. and
Princeton, ILL.,, also shot. The chief
rivalry now is for the title Of king OF
the tournament. for which ]. Ne.
schmid Of New Glarus, Wis, leads
with score Of 219. s. A. Schiddler,
also Of New Glarus, is second with
ia. Many others are to shoot in this
contest.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
Liquor Men Full Of Fight.

The third annual convention Of the
Iowa Retail Liquor Dealers associa.
ton at Dubuque came to close with
the selection of Council Bluffs for
next years meeting. The convention
was attended by about 600 delegates.
The saloonmen will make determined
effort 10 obtain legislation favorable
to their interests, and It is understood
an immense sum will be raised for this
purpose. A levy will be raised from
every member in the state, and the
money used in fight against the
liquor laws. It is argued by the liq-
uor men that the Martin law is prac-
tically obsolete and that it should be
repealed. They hold that its pro-
visions are SO drastic as to prevent
all possibility of enforcement.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
eioux City Physician Has Evolved a
Remarkable System. NJ

After experimenting for eight
months, DR.. G. 8. Browning of Sioux
City has evolved remarkable system
OF treating disease which, he says, will
do away with the use of all drugs. DR..
Browning's system is the treatment of
human disease by the use of serums
drawn from human blood. Thus. be
declares, he will fight every disease
with the specific remedy provided by
nature In defense against that disease.
Being natures own remedy, he de-
clares it should prove far more eff
cient than any system of treatment
now known to science. He predicts
that it will soon revolutionize the prac-
tice of medicine. my system" said
DR.. Browning in announcing the result
of his Investigations, "is based on the
destruction Of bacteria by the intro
duction of an antitoxin. 1 hold that
antitoxin, instead of being obtained
from the blood of animals, should be
taken from the blood of the patient
himself or someone else afflicted with
the same disease. Inasmuch as prac-
tically every disease known to us
takes hold of the blood and must be
fought through the blood, this system
will enable us successfully to combat
many maladies now out of our reach.
When person is in a normal condi-
ton the blood contains a substance
which we call the complement. When
disease attacks the system there is
formed in the blood another SUBJ
stance which is generally known as
amboceptor. These amboceptors then
unite with the native resistiye body
of the blood and the complement and
this union produces substance known
as bacteriolysn, which then unites
with the toxin or with the bacteria, as
the case may be, rendering it or them
innocous. Under my process some of
this bacteriolysn is then taken out by
extracting blood and is heated to So
degrees centigrade, after which pro-
cess the complement is entirely de-
stroyed and the amboceptor remains.
The remaining substance is then in
jected into the blood of the patient,
the result is that there is supple
mentary amount of amboceptor to
unite with the already present excess
OF compliments and so produce
greater amount of bacteriolysn with
which to combat the disease"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
sabbath school officers.

The following officers were elected
ut the closing session Of the fortieth
annual convention of the Iowa Sab
bath School association at Ottumwa:
President, A. F. N. Hambleton, oska-
loosa; 1rst vice president, J. A. Lap
pam. Usage; second, N. G. Mum.
Charlton; recording secretary, w, B.
Clement. Council Bluffs; general Sec
rotary, 3, F. Mitchell. Des Moines:
statistical secretary, Mrs B. r. Mitch
ell, Des Moines; treasurer, ]. F. Har-
din, Eldora: held secretary. Professor
Elias Handy, Mount Pleasant. Coun-
Gil Bluffs was selected as the place for
holding the convention next year.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
Hard Road to His Wedding,

The railroads being tied up by
washouts, Elmer 8. Coombs drove,
swan. walked and pumped a
handcar on railroad track flfty.fve
miles from Exline to Ottumwa to
reach there in time to be married to
Miss Myra Moon. Coombs tried to
charter train, but was refused. He
drove until the roads became impass-
able, then walked ten miles, swim
ming where bridges were washed
away. With the aid of the handcar
for the last part Of the trip he reached
Ottumwa and was married.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
Iowa Once Had Ruffalos.

r. ]. Garden Of Tracy forfeited his
wager OF $50 that buffalo never lived
In Iowa at big debate in Algona last
week. There has been a heated con-
troversy as to whether animals were
ever found In the state. e. N. Bailey
OF Britt accepted Gardens bet, and
eight pioneers OF Northern Iowa gath
cred at Algona and made affidavits
that they had killed buffalos in the
state.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
Candidate for Secretary Of state.

Deputy Secretary Of State Daniel
A. Hites will be candidate for secre-
tary Of state. This makes three can
didates in the field for that Office and
the campaign is yet more than six
months distant. The other two can
didates for the Office are Senator Hay
ward Of Davenport and Julian Rich
ards Of Waterloo. Mr.. Hites has
served as deputy ever since Secretly
W. B. Martin has held the Office of
secretary and served as clerk before
that time in the same Office.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23

very great respect, on any occasion, but
he could not help 1t on this. He had had
some experience of this check in the ex-
ecutive on the legislature under the pro-
prtetary government, Of Pennsylvania.
The negative Of the governor was con-
stantly made use Of to extort money.
No good law whatever could be passed
without private bargain with him. An
Increase in salary or some donation was
always condition. TIL at last It became
the regular practice to have orders in his
favor on the treasury presented along
with the bills to be signed. so that he
might receive the former before signing
the latter. When the Indians ySse scalp
ing the western people and notice of it
arrived the concurrence Of the governor
in the means of self defense could not
be got till 1T was agreed that his estate
should be exempted from taxation. So
that the people were to fight for the se-
curity of his property while he was to
bear no share Of the burden.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
travelling Man Die. In a Car.

Ralph r. Jackson of the jackson
Vinegar company, Dubuque, boarded
an Illinois Central train at the town
of Judd. He joked the conductor while
he signed his mileage. standing in the
aisle. Five minutes later he was
found dead In q seat in rear car,
from heart failure. He was sixty
eight years old, and had represented
the firm. on the road for the past
twenty-five years.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
Huge 7 ask.

1t was huge task, to undertake the
cure of such bad case of kidney dis
ease, as that ofC. f. Collier, OF Chero-
kee, Ia. but Electric Bitters did it.
He writes: MY kidneys were so far
gone, / could not sit on chair with.
out a cushion; and suffered from dread.
ful backache, headache, and depres-
sion. In Electric Bitters, however, I
a cure, and by them was restored to
perfect health. recommended this
great tonic medicine to all weak kid
neys, liver or stomach. Guaranteed BY
Z. A. Clemmer, druggist; price Soc. F
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
Mississippi River Rising Rapidly a
a Result Of Heavy Rains and is
Again Threatening Dam.
age to Property.

The Mississippi river, swollen by
heavy rains in the north, is again
threatening flood damage. The river
is rising at the rate of an inch per
hour at Muscatine and Clinton and
fields are being inundated on the Illi-
nois side.
Charles Sheker. a seventeen-year-
old boy. was struck and killed by light
Ming at Fort Dodge S,Aday afternoon.
Mch damage was done In and about
Davenport Sunday by a severe hail
storm.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-23
Piq Has an Elephant Head.

A pig that has an almost perfect
elephants head is in the possession of
William Lynch at Fort Dodge. The
freak has perfect elephants trunk,
and the entire formation of the head
and neck correspond to that on an ele-
plant.