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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
ACCIDENT AVERTED.
Big Cottonwood Tree Nearly Falls on
Passersby.

The big cottonwood tree at the cor.
ner of Second and jackson streets was
removed this morning by the street
force, as it stood in the way of the
curb and gutter. 1t fell sooner than
was expected and lady and two chill
dren had a narrow escape from being
struck by the limbs. A gentleman seiz-
ed the children and drew them out of
danger as the tree was falling. If the
other cottonwoods along the street
would be cut down the public would be
pleased
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

Presiding Elder Peter Clare, of Man
kato, was in town Monday. In talk
with Press-News reporter Mr.. Clare
said: Il hope they will catch John B.
Ogle. If they do he deserves and will
undoubtedly get long sentence in
saltwater" Winncbago City Press
News.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Water For the Hill.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The well on Highland park has been
put down 800 feet, and $50 feet of
water mas been secured. There are two
plans for raising it to the surface, one
by large windmill and the other with
a gasoline engine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
TENNIS CLUB ORGANIZED.
Young Ladies' Of West Mankato VIII
Play the Game.

A tennis club, known as the "Quiet
Racket Club" composed of young la
dies who are members of the young
ladies' Bible class i'm the West Man
kato Sunday school, has just been or
ganized. The court is located in a
vacant lot next to Mr.. Hoy's residence.
The first game was played yesterday
evening and tine members of the club
anticipate many pleasant hours on the
court when they thoroughly master the
game.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Exercises Attract Large Audi
ence to Mankato Theatre.
Essays and 0rations Exhibit
Thought and Training.
Diplomas Presented BY Board
President Evan Hughes.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
Latin Course.

Latin Course.
Mary Margaret Batcheller,
Maurine Clark.
Edward d. j. Coughlan.
Lewis S. Diamond.
William Sterling Erwin.
Ruth Harriet Fletcher.
Morse A. Gates.
Edwin Lamont Halves.
Marion Ethel Hunt.
Jennie Mathilda johnson.
Loretta G. McGrew.
Josie Irene Manderfeld.
Ruth Ramona Mills.
Susie Beatrice Mills.
Jessie Drysdale Mills.
Mary Woodward Newton.
Cora May Odjard.
Mary Pau.
Loretta Russell.
Allie A. Scherer.
Mary Dorothy Swain.
William George Strobel.
Clara Emily Willard.
Anna Marguerite Wiecking.
John Paul Young.
Clara Anna Zieske.
English Course.
Anna Catherine Brotherton.
Miranda G. Bottomley.
Edith Allen Fletcher.
Walker Ferguson.
Spencer Richard Griffith.
Emma Mary Eva Holm.
Watkin w. Jones.
Knute j. Knutson.
Alma Loise Luedke.
Albert p. Moore.
Daniel A. Murphy.
Malina Olive Morrison.
. Mary E. Piper.
Clara G. Power.
David Richard Roberts.
Effie Swan.
Zilah Parthenia Salisbury.
Wilmot l.. Walter.
Anna Sibley Willard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
DEATH OF MRS. B. II. GERLICH
Demise Of One Of the Pioneer Women
Of Mankato.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. B. H. Gerlich, one of the best
known and most highly esteemed ladies
of this community, passed away this
morning at $3.50 o'clock at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. George HI. Hoerr,
4l6 North Broad street. She had been
i'll for about month, being first TAX
EN- with la grippe and later with pneu-
monia complicated with liver trouble.
Mrs. Gerlich was sixty years of age.
She is survived by her husband and by
two daughters and two sons, Miss Clara
Gerlich, who is attending musical col
lege in Chicago; Mrs. Geo. H. Hoerr;
John Gerlich, farmer, Mankato town
ship; and Henry Gerlicf, attending the
Mankato high school. Her husband is a
brother of former Sheriff Gerlich, now
of Mapleton.
Mrs. Gerlich was an active member of
the Presbyterian church. She was also
prominent in the doings of the Aurora
Rebekahs, among whom she was enroll
ed.
The funeral is to be neld next Mon
day afternoon from the Presbyterian
church. The exact hour has not been
determined at the present writing. The
interment will be i'm Glenwood.
| Since the above was put into type
it was decided that the funeral will be
held at 2:30 o'clock
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

John Brown of Madison Lake told
Auditor Weaver a story day or two
ago of three Mankato men with whom
he was fishing. He stated that one of
them caught fish so large that all
three were nearly drowned. When they
finally got it into the boat it was found
to be a pickerel that weighed thirty
pounds. Mr.. Brown is one of the most
truthful citizens of jamestown.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

A Mankato lady fishing at Madison
Lake last Sunday caught a pickerel
weighing ten and half pounds. She
was the proudest person on the train
coming home in the evening
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

Mrs. Harriet Bickford, mother of Mrs.
Ljelland, died Wednesday, in New York,
at the home of her sister. She was
seventy-fve years old. Mrs Bickford at
one time resided with her daughter in
this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

A. L. Wheeler spends good share of
his time in summer at Lake Washing
ton and stated yesterday that he had
speared huge gar in the rushes there.
1t measured four feet and three inches
in length, and was as thick through as
a stove pipe. Mr.. Wheeler said that
he had gotten four or five of these fish,
and that spearing the monsters is the
most invigorating sport that he knows
of. They destroy other fish and can
be speared at any time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

Born. daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Macbeth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
BUNCH OF STORIES.
The Most OF Them Are vouched for
as True.

as True.
From Saturdays Daily.
Thursday forenoon W. E. Heirdley
of Nicolet county caught wing
ed crow and in the afternoon took it to
his corn field and tied it to stake.
The bird decoyed other crows, and dur
ing the afternoon MIR. Hendley was
he was not able to get near enough to
the wary birds to hit them. He in
tends to keep the crippled crow in or
der to rid that section of pest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Advance Is Steady.

Bombardments by artillery and ma
val batteries became of daily occur
renee, and summons to surrender was
sent to General Stoessel Aug. 16. 1t
met with refusal. Sapping was begun.
Fort Kouropatkin was won Sept. 20,
and other crests fell into the hands of
the japanese few days later. Definite
news of the hideous condition at the
fortress were carried to Chefoo at this
time on the destroyer Rastoropni. The
boat reached Chefoo Nov. l6 and was
blown up few hours later by its
commander.
Two Hundred and Three Meter Hill
was carried by Nogi Nov. 30, giving a
position from which the harbor and
docks could be shelled. Guns were
mounted, and shells speedily put the
Russian war vessels out of action.
The Sevastopol tried to escape, but was
torpedoed at the harbor entrance by
Togo.
This proved to be the beginning of
the end of the siege. Forts East Keek-
wan and RihIusgsnan were taken Dec.
l and %, and Sungshoo, Panlung and
WANT forts fell Dec 81, giving Nogi
control of the whole east ridge. On
the night of Dec 81 General Stoessel
surrendered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Casualties Are Heavy.

The evacuation was completed Jan.
Z, 1905, the prisoners being S7S officers
and 23, ADJ men. Thus fell the "Gibral-
ter of the East" in the construction of
which Russia is supposed to have ex-
pended $25O,OOO,OOO. The casualties of
the seige are estimated conservatively
at 10000 japanese and 2l,0O0 Russians.
Admiral Togo, his work at Port Ar
kas given an ovation. Port Arthur had
fallen, Mukden had been captured, and
the Russian army, in disorder, was re-
treating to the northward beyond Tie
Pass.
A lull in field operations followed,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

The fight for possession of Lao Yang
began Aug. 26, the japanese army mum
bering 100000 men, with 500 guns
while the Russians had $l50,OO0 men
with 400 guns. Kuroki turned the Rus
sian left; Oku broke through the
right, and Kouropatkin retreated with
great skill. Lao Yang was occupied by
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

time with the Japs. He finally secured
 his first leave of absence in seven years
 and started back to America on a visit.
 When he landed in San Francisco he
 was directed by his superior officers
 to have his trunk packed and be ready
 to sail from the Golden Gate again on
 the 7th of February with General Mac
 Arthur who has been detailed by this
 government to personally watch the
 progress or the war in the far east
 from a scientific standpoint.
 AN OFFICE CfIANGE-Ira E. Stan
 ford who came hete recently from University Place, a suburb of Lincoln, Neb., has succeeded A. k. Egley in the
 office of J. Ernest Walker. MT. Stan ford has been engaged the greater part Of the time during the last twelve years in experimenting schools in Co., lorado and Nebraska and was for two years until about q year ago, sCperin- tendent of the schools of University Place. During his last year of school work and the succeeding year, he be- came interested in contracting and building in which he was successful Icing also 9 skilled architect. He is very much impressed with Phoenix af- ter a residence of few weeks. has bought property here and expects to make this his home.
 M. C p. TRAiNS-A train arrived from Maricopa yesterday about Il a. m. bringing passengers and mail.
 three carloads of baggage and some
 freight. A train was sent out from
 here at i o'clock and another will go lat that hour today and every day un- til further notice. The officers of the company feel that the worst of their troubles are over and are correspond
 ngIy happy. It will take a month yet to complete the repairs necessary at the bridge, to put everything in desir- able shape. To prevent a recurrence Of the recent trouble Q dile or break water will probably be thrown across the north channel at the point where it now leaves the south channel, forcing the river to run where it formerly did and where it ought to. under the bridge first built across the stream. The keeping it away from the soft dirt bank of the north channel water can be turned in that direction. where the worst of the trouble occur red. This move has long been in con temptation but the water came too soon. The recent repairs covered a track length of 1861 feet as follows: 400 feet of new piIing at the north end of the south bridge. next to that 300 feet Of cribbing, then S65 feet over the hH formerly made between the two bridges and 96 feet of new piIing at the north end of the north bridge. The S65 foot stretch was where dirt had been in around the bents of the old bridge, a dirt grade with wooden framework being the result. The old bents were unearthed, new caps placed upon them and the bridge of ye Olden time temrOrarilN restored.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24
OF LOCAL
NTRRRS T

VETERANS MEETING-The regu- lar meeting of Lawton Camp No. 1 United Spanish War Veterans will be held tonight at Veterans hall at eight o'clock All members who possibly can should be present, as business of i'm pOrtance will be brought before the camp.
 CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION- The executive committee of the Ariz- Ona Cattlemen's association will hold 9 meeting this morning at 10 o'clock at the rooms of the live stock sanitary board in the capitol building. Tho an nual convention of the association will be held in the parlors of the Ford hotel Wednesday and Thursday.
 WORLDS FAIR CORNERSTONE The worlds fair commission held 9 conference yesterday afternoon pre- paratory to a meeting it expects to hold today in the event of the arrival of Commissioner Leatherwood of Tucson. The purpose of the meeting is to close up the work in connection with the exhibition made at St. Louis.
 FUNERAL OF MISS BURNS-The funeral of Miss Olive Burns, who died Sunday night, will be held this after noon at o'clock in the parlors of lS--ealGi ms " l4ltllGN, sAil II ttllNi9 bN ing invited. The services will be con ducted by Rev. A. NJ. Gibbons. The body will be taken by the bereaVed parents to Juda. Wis, for interment-
 UP FOR HTING-Anastast Serna and A. Cordova were before Justice Johnstone yesterday for figbt- ing. They are the men who made Ru much business for the Kangaroo court on Saturday night and Sunday morn- ing. Serna was sent back to jail f"I- ten days, and COrdova, who is pot quite such a vigorous fighter, was sen fenced to eight days.
 DOING GOOD WORK-Jerry Millay president of the Territorial Bar asso- ciatiOn, = is hearing frequently from Judge Pinney, who is in Washington on behalf Of the association, working against the joint statehood bill. Judge Pinney is sanguine that the bill will not pass without the adoption of the Foraker amendment. which permits the territories to ratify or reject the statehood proposition separately.
 AN OVERLAND JOURNEY--Joe Scott, for a long time sheriff of Pima was a visitor at the Iegislativ" chambers yesterday. MT. Scott was once member of the council for Pima county. He arrived in the city yester- day morning with John Glissen of Tue son, overland. They have an outfit and are on their way to the Colorado river to inspect some mining properties.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24
Dumping LINENS and BIDDING

Hemstitchcd Pillow Cases-Sizes 45 x36, good quality, made with the spoke stitch-a whole lot better than Ordi- nary, nary 17 s5I3 l-2 cent cent cases, I2%C
 Pure Linen Huck and Turkish Tow els-EXtra large sizes. The Huck are hemstitched; the Turkish with hem med ends. Guaranteed to eclipse any 25c or BOG towel elsewhere. 0nC Dump Sale price, each ........ BOS
 Pure Linen aPkins-BIeached, un- bleached or silver bIeached; g differ ent patterns to select frOm-marlled in plain figures to sell at S1.50 and 000 $1.G5. Dump Sale price dozen.... "
 Unbleached Table Linen-72 inches wide, in small and large de- AAC signs. Dump Sale price, yard.... T EI
 Finest Linen Damask-BIeached, un- bleached or silver bleached; fully two yards wide. guaranteed pure Linen Flax, in the rarest and most elaborate patterns ever displayed anywhere real bonafde S1.25 values. OAC Dump Sale price, yard ......--. IfN
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

They will do some prospecting on their
 own account along the way
 THE JOURNAL REDIVIVUS-John Dunbar announced yesterday that he
 would begin the publication of the
 Phoenix Journal in day or two, this
 time on permanent basis. At the
 beginning of the late congressional campaign the Journal was established
 for the purpose of conducting Mark
 Smiths campaign in Maricopa county. and ceased publication at the end of the campaign It is MT. Dunbar's in tentiOn to make the Journal the organ Of the Maricopa county democracy.
 AN AFFAIR OF FEATHERS There will be a plucking bee today at the Phoenix American Ostrich farm in the Capitol addition. Several birds will | be robbed Of their fine feathers and given an object lesson that all is van ity in this world and that vanity is sometimes hard luck, for it is pretty chilly weather for even a scantily dressed bird 70 lose his clothes. How
 ever, the farm people think they need
 the feathers more than the birds. and
 the public always enjoys an opportu-
 nifty Of witnessing this novel perform
 ance.
 BAR ASSOCIATlON-The Bar asso- ciauon of Arizona held it's annual meeting for the election of officers yes
 terday afternoon. There was a large and enthusiastic attendance of the members The election resulted as follows: Marcus A. Smith. Tucson, president; T. c. Norris, Prescott. vice president; Paul Renau Ingles. Phoenix. secretary; E. w. Lewis, Phoenix, trea- surer. . The executive committee is r.r,r Robert F. Morrison of Prescott J. l.. B. Alexander of Phoenix. $. M. Frank lin of Tucson and Thomas D. Bennett of Risbee.
 SPUR RiOUS NEGROES-Omcer Kaufman last night arrested and took to the city hall four youths, the charge against them being yagrant negroes unable to give a proper account of themselves. It was suspected by the officer that they were a counterfeit ar ticle all the way through which they proved to be for even their skins were spurious and the black rubbed off with the slightest touch of anything that could take color As they proved to be white wolves in black sheeps clothing. out for lark and meaning no harm they were sent home to spend the rest of the night in rubbing off the lamp black.
 MR. LATHAM HOME-H. I. Latham returned home yesterday morning from | a weeks visit in San Francisco 1 on business. He says he had l Q successful trip and very enjoyable one. Ii was the first trip he ever made 1 across the NIohave desert and back ] again. when he could see water stand 1 ing by the roadbed both ways. On the | return trip he had for a travelling | MT. sam B. Trissel, a cor l for the Associated Press i who has more of it cut out for him in ! foreign lands ever since the outbreak l of the trouble ia the Philippines and . who has more of it cut out fo rhim in the future. He went to the islands first during the insurrection and was sent frou there to China during the PoNer troubles. When the war in IanchuIia broke out he was assigned to the hostile zone and has served the Associated Press on both sides of the controversy being part of the time with the Russian forces and part of the
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

ArbuckIe coffee 15c. McKee's.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

Griswold, the bicycle man. sells the Racycle. This is the wheel that was awarded the gold medal prize at the St. Louis exposition, it being the best wheel on earth and took the one hundred points of preference. He has some second hand bicycles at right prlccs and this is the best place to have your wheel t-Een care of for uo boys are employed n this shop. Tires of every kind. Tie best and the cheapest.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

\ man isn't necessarily c-orisJcai who appreciates g pat ou the back .-i- ter many years of hard and modest worl..-Atchisou Globe.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

It is necessary to watch some people every minute. or they will walk over you-Atchizou Globe
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

Souvenirs given to visitors who at tend the plUcking and quilting bee at car west.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

An excess of Eentleuess is tili-l.g- An excess of cor1deue- is eeetis-H- Who will show us where Co draw t-e line?
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

American Cleaning Works, T. Wash. cor. Third st. Phone Red 353.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

Stranger it will pay you to look up Dowd's drug store.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

An excess Of ccuraEe is hru-al-y- An excess of economy is uelurials-
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

IF YOU TRY A KERRY COW G. GAR YOU WILL SMOKE NO OTHER
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24
THE GOLDEN MEAN.

ArbucsIe coffee 15c. AIcKee's.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

CErnest \. Lyon, in Everybody's Mag
 azine.) The motto of the Greeks was Moth ing too much
Rock Island Argus., 1905-10-03

nance repeating the ordinance ordering
the construction of sidewalks on Four
teenth-and-a-half and Fourteenth
| streets.
Aid. Trenkenschuh moved the imme-
diate consideration of the ordinance.
Carried
Aid. Trenkenschuh moved the adop-
tion of the ordinance. Adopted BY
unanimous vote.
Aid. Eckhart moved that the street
commissioner be instructed to erect
railing at Fifteenth street and Eigh-
| tenth avenue. Adopted.
Aid Eckhart moved that the street
commissioner be instructed to repair
| Ninth street between Second and
Third avenues. Adopted.
Aid. Blochlinger offered a resolution
instructing the street commissioner to
place fag-stone crossing at Third ave
nue. and Seventh street. Adopted.
Aid. Blochlinger, from the sewer
committee, reported granting various
persons the right to make sewer con-
nections. Adopted.
Aid. Blochlinger offered "A resolution
/ instructing the plumbing inspector to
|
street and Second avenue Adopted
Aid. O'Connor offered a resolution in.
structing the health and police com
mittee to report on a uniform style of
uniform for the police department.
Adopted.
| Aid. Robbins moved that whatever
| money is saved in the pavement of
Fifteenth street be used in terracing the
embankment along the west side of
Longview park and to build sidewalks.
Adopted.
| Aid. Pratt offered resolution that
the street commissioner be instructed
to clean cutters on the south side of
Eleventh avenue from Eighth street
| west to Fourth street, and on each
| side of Second avenue between Fifth
and Sixth avenues; also that Eleventh
avenue from Seventh street to Fifth
street be put in passabie condition.
| Adopted.
Aid. Brooks offered resolution that
| fire hydrant be placed at the corner
of Fortieth street and Fifth avenue by
the superintendent of waterworks.
| Adopted.
Aid. Wilson moved that the city AT
torney proceed in the county court for
the Twenty-sixth street improvement.
Carried
The mayor reported having secured
subscriptions to the amount of s1.235
for the Improvement of Longview park.
Aid. Robbins moved that the COM
munication be laid over to the next
regular meeting. Carried.
Adjourned on motion of Aid. OberG.
II. c. SCHAFFER,
City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus., 1905-10-03
THANK THE DONOR
Resolution Of Appreciation of
Generosity Of Frederick Wsy.
erhaeuser by Board.
DEED WILL BE GIVEN SOON
Land Adjoins Library Property on
East-Strip Added Is 80 Feet in
Width.

AT the regular meeting of the library
board last evening, President c. L.
Walker presented a communication in
which he explained the gift the 80 feet
Iof ground adjoining the library on the
east, by Frederick Weyehaeuser. The
purchase of this land was announced
some days ago in The Argus. On his
return home Mr.. Weyerhaeuser will
make over a deed of the property to
the library board. The body unani-
mously adopted the following resolu-
tons:
Resolved, That this board, in full
appreciation of the continual gener-
osity OF Mr.. Frederick Weyerhaeuser,
gratefully acknowledges the gift by him
of the 30 feet of land adjoining the H.
brary property on the east, and hereby
on behalf of the city and all the people
thereof express to him our lasting gra-
titude for this gift and for the manifes-
tation of his permanent interest in our
library"
The board authorized the preparation
of 1000 book cards, to be placed in
the books donated to the library The
cards will contain in addition to the
classification of the book, the name of
the donor. A vote of thanks was ex-
tended to Alfred Behrens. Davenport,