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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
Judge Weber Agreeable to
Mankato and So Orders.
1t Is to Come On at the Feb
ruary Term.
Defendant Admitted to Bail in
Sum of $4,000.
Especial to The Free Press.l

New Ulm, Jan. 27.-George R. Koch
will sleep tonight beneath his fathers
roof, bail having been granted him by
Judge Weber this afternoon. The bond
is fixed in the sum of $4,000 and the
sureties are Charles Wagner, DIR. L. A.
Fritche, DR.. j. L. Schoch. w. e. Koch,
E. G. Koch and Jacob Klossner.
Attorney Brown made the application
for the bail, citing authorities as an
endorsement of his position.
Attorney Childs opposed the granting
of the bail.
The Bond was to be gotten in readl-
ness Immediately and upon its accept
ance by Judge Weber, DIR. Koch will be
released from the Brown county Jail.
At the conclusion of the matter of
fixing the fail bond, the question of a
change of venue was taken up.
After some preliminary discussion on
the part of the attorneys, it was decid-
ed to have the second trial of Kach take
place in Mankato Judge Webber was
agreeable to this, and so ordered
The trial will be held at the February
term. beginning aTthe 7th.s
The first suggestion that the Koch
trial be held in Mankato was made by
The Free Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
MAJOR WHITNEY'S. PLUM.
FaribauIt Man Appointed Assistant
Adjutant General.

FROM saturday DAILY.
Gov. John A. johnson yesterday an
nounced the appointment of Col. George
IS. Whitney of Faribault as assistant
adjutant general to succeed Maj. Oscar
Seebach. The appointment will take eff
feet at once, and f. b. Wood, the adj
jutant general, has been ordered by the
governor to issue an order notifying
the national guard of the appointment.
Col. Whitney is lieutenant colonel of
the Second infantry. He received the
Endorsement of the national guard, Gen
Joseph Bobleter, brigade commander, and
several posts of the G. A. r. The posi-
ton pays $500 a year.
Considerable pressure was brought to
bear on Gov. johnson to have him re-
tain Maj Seebach, who has made a rec
ord of prosecuting pension claims while
in office. Several petitions signed by
the old soldiers of the state were adj
dressed to the governor in his behalf
The decision to appoi,,1 Cox Whitney
was reached yesterday after confer
ence with Adjt. Gen. Wood. Maj. See.
bach held the office four years.
The appointment of Thomas Mandy OF
Morris as a dairy inspector was an
nounced yesterday. This appointment
is to take effect at once. The appoint.
ment completes the force of the dairy
and food commission.
Three more oil inspectors were an
nounced: w. Fl. Burrill of Hawley
Clay county district; George w. Boyn-
ton of La Crescent, Houston county dis
trict; S. M. Wilder of Spring Valley
Fillmore county district. There are
nine more oil inspectors to be appointed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
HAS A BREATHING SPELL.
New UIm Is Now Resuning Its Nor
NAL State.

!
NAL State.
From Saturdays Daily.
The Twin City reporters, sent here to
report the Gerhard murder case, togeth-
Ell with the detectives and attorneys en-
ployed by the state and defense have all
returned to their respective homes, leav-
ing the city breathing spell before the
trial reopens The hotels have been
crowded for the past month with wit
nesses and other individuals employed on
the case to such an extent that rooms
were at a high premium. Many times
during the past several weeks the trans
cient trade coming to the city has had
to sleep upon cots or pass on to the
next town, where hotel accommodations
were better. 1t was not an exceptional
sight to one passing through the halls
of the hotels about the midnight hour to
observe them filled with cots bearing
sleeping individuals The city has as
sumed an air of quietude the past week
and it is reported that the haunts so
often frequented by the reporters have
assumed an air of their former placid
Iness.-New Ulm Journal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
No Public Officer Can Be the
Beneficiary of Any
Contract Which He Is Author
lied to Make Officially.
Attorney General Rules Against
Bill Before Council.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From tuesday daily.
W. f. Young and H. L. Schmitt hav-
ing submitted bill for $3.50 to the
council for their work on the new char
ter. the council having taken no ac-
ton on it, because of the law which
forbids any member of the commission
to receive pay for his services, City
Attorney Daley wrote to the attorney
general upon the matter, asking his
opinion as to whether the council has
the right to allow the bill. The reply
of the attorney general is that it would
be unlawful for the council to allow the
BILL His letter is as follows:
st. Paul, January 80, l905.-C. o.
Daley, Esq, City Attorney, Mankato,
MINI. Dear Sir: In your letter of the
Goth inst. you ask whether your city
council can lawfully allow the bill of
1880 for the services of two attorneys
who were members of the charter COM
mission, duly appointed by the court to
draft new charter for your city. You
state that after the commission had
duly organized, motion was made that
these two members should draft the
new charter, which motion prevailed;
that the two attorneys did the work and
the charter prepared by them was adopt
ed by the commission, and presumably
the charge of $3.50 for doing the work
reasonable
1t is case where apparently the SER
vices were rendered in good faith, and
am therefore sorry to be compelled to
answer your question in the negative.
Chapter $50, laws 1903, allows the char
ter commission to employ the services
of an attorney for just this kind of
work, but the fact that the two gentle
men employed were themselves members
of the commission made it impossible foI
the commission to make a validd con-
tract with them, under which they could
claim compensation from the city.
The city is authorized and required to
pay for the services of an attorney in
cases only where there was prior valid
contract of employment between the at
torney and the commission. No public
officer can be the beneficiary of any
contract which he is authorized to make
officially. See Stone VS.. Bevans, 8S
Mimi. l27. Yours truly,
EDWARD r. YOUNG.
Attorney General,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
Bent Her Double.

+" knew no one, for four weeks, when
| was sick with typhoid and kidney
trouble" writes Mrs. Annie Hunter, of
Pittsburg, Pa, "and when 1 got better,
although l had one of the best doctors
could get, | was bent double, and had
to rest my hands on my knees when l
walked. From this terrible affliction |
was rescued by Electric Bitters, which
restored my health and strength, and
now | can walk as straight as ever.
They are simply wonderful" Guaranteed
to cure stomach, liver and kidney dis
orders, at j. c. Thro's drug store; price
so cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
NOVEL PROPOSITION THIS.
Men Bring Suit for Wages While Out
On Strike.


Chicago, Jan. ga new strike wea-
pom has been brought into play by the
custom cutters local union, No. 81,
which has made demands on twelve
wholesale tailoring houses for wages lost
dnuring the walkout which has been
in progress against the firms since Nov
ID. The claims were on the ground that
the employers broke contracts with their
men. Damage suits were threatened UNI
less the salaries are paid before Jan.
30. Their claims, based on an aver
age weekly salary of $23, would amount
to $56,35O.
Members of several of the firms up
on whom the strikers served notices said
they would ignore the demands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
HOLD OF WRONG CAN
Domestic Attempts to Start a
Fire With Gasoline.
She Thought She Was Using
R0ckefeIIer's Best.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Peter Christensen's home at Lake
Crystal was badly damaged by fire this
morning and the girl employed as do
nestle i'll the dwelling severely injured
The girl was kindling the fire at six
o'clock this morning, and, taking up, as
she supposed, can of kero-
sene, endeavored to hurry the
fire along. The liquid was not
kerosene, as she thought, but gasoline,
and there was instantly an explosion
that blew the windows out of the kitch-
en-. Everything in the kitchen, that was
at all inflammable, was destroyed by the
fire. The dwelling is the property OF
Thomas 0. Jones of Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
ARRESTED THE CHIEF.
Sioux City Finest lncures DispIeasure
Of a Justice.

Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 2S.-Chief of
Police Dineen has been arrested ON a
warrant issued from the office of JUS
tice w. L. Stafford, charging him with
ignoring subpoena to appear is a wit
ness in cases against two Migrants who
had been arrested by the police and took
a change of venue to Stafford's court.
81 am tired of having my orders ig-
nored by the chief of police, and / prom
Use to have this office respected by so
high and mighty an individual as the
chief of police" declared Justice Stat
ford hotly, in explaining his action.
"Time and again Chief Dineen has OBJ
structed this court by not appearing as
u witness in cases he originated"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
GAME COMMISSION OFFICERS
Old Set Are ReeIected---WiII Intro
duce New Birds.

From Thursdays Daily.
The state game and fish commission
held its annual meeting yesterday and
reelected all its old officers, as follows
President, Uri L. Lamprey, st. Paul
first vice president, II. G. Smith, Wi
nona second vice president, William
Bird, Fairmont; secretary, ID. w. Meek
er, Moorhead; executive agent, S. f.
Fullerton, St. Paul.
The commission decided to set aside
5000 to introduce ring neck pheasants
into Minnesota. They are cross be-
tween the Chinese and English pleas
ants, and are highly priced as game
birds in states farther east.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
Sawed or Split.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
This one is floating about among the
exchanges: "The woes of Weary Willie
are great. At Mankato a tramp split
cord of wood and then sought his re-
ward from the lady of the house. She
rendered him a home made pie, one of
the first she had ever made The tramp
came back in few minutes and asked
the lady whether it was to be Sawed or
split"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
Received Handsome Dog.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily
Dr. Dodds has bought and yesterday
received by express very handsome
collier dog for use in. his kennels,
"Bonny Ben Airley," son of Tammas
c. 1884 and Aurora lib. $685.. Ben
Airley is one of the finest specimens of
the famous breed; his head and mark
ings are perfect; and his breeding is of
the purest and up-to-date. The collier
has become the worlds famous dog and
no wonder he is the very best dog for the
home or on the farm, intelligent. gentle
and faithful, and can be depended upon
at all time, whether guarding the child
at play or the sheep and cattle in the
pasture.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
D. A. R. ELECT OFFICERS.
Ladies Are Entertained BY Mrs. c. j
Macbeth.

From Saturdays Daily.
The Anthony Wayne chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
was very pleasantly entertained at the
home of Mrs. G. j. Macbeth last eve
ming.
1t being the annual meeting the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Regent,
Mrs. c. j. Macbeth; vice regent, Miss
Fanny Pitcher; registrar, Miss Carrie
Brewster; treasurer, Mrs. A. o. Oleson
secretary, Miss Jennie Fletcher.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
Failure at Sherburn.

From Thursdays Daily.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed this
morning by Gust Fabianke of Sherburn
an engineer. His liabilities are given at
$ll ,229.05, and his assets at $4,595, of
which $2,l2S are exempt. OF the liza
bilities, $7,SSS.46 is secured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
PLANS FOR B0NSPlEL.
CALIFORNIAN Club Is Arranging for a
Big Event.

From Thursdays Daily
Plans for a big bonspiel in Manka-
to during the month of February are be-
ing projected by the Mankato CALIFORNIAN
Curling club. Kinks will be here from
Mapleton, Winnebago City, Vernon Cen
ter, Bass Lake, st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Winnipeg. Splendid prizes will be
competed for. 1t is necessary that the
members of the local club practice up
diligently. 1t is desired that twenty
five at least report for practice at the
rink on Friday evening. The rink was
flooded today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
Heinze Will Admitted.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
The hearing on the will of the late
Theodore Heinze took place this fore
noon before Judge Hughes. The parties
filing objections to the probating of the
will did not put on any evidence, being
contented with making objections and
taking exceptions. The court has decid
ed to admit the will to probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03
PARK BILL is FAVORED.
Measure Introduced by Gates viii be
Recommended for PASSAGE.

Representative Ezra Gates came I'M
from st. Paul last night. He stated
that the bill introduced by himself and
providing for the creation of the Min
neopa State park will be acted upon
favorably by the committee to which it
was referred.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-03

The first suggestion that the Koch
trial be held in Mankato was made by
The Free Press.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

only that, he gave to humanity the
key to his exhaustless corn-crib. He
left unlocked the stable where the
swiftest steeds, are standin' in the
stalls, waitin' to be rid across the coun-
try, over the mountain, up into the
clouds: and comm up over the hill
right out yonder is the moon. his moon,
that he spoke about so often. He made
1t tenderer for you and me. And the
man that makes the moon brighter and
tenderer makes the road to heaven
easier"
Must have had big funeral" spoke
up Abner Howerson, the neighborhood
undertaken.
YES" Linn replied. "The procession
started nearly three hundred years ago
and the tail end Of II isn't In sight yet.
And the descendants Of men that
wouldn't have spoken to him. in the
postoffice would now give their wealth
for a handful Of the straw he slept on
But you can't blame man. He was
born blind and sometimes his eyes are
never opened
copyrighted. 1905. by opie Ready
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

gray socks with dark red clocks, to
match the gray shirt, and demanded
them of a size to match a No. 16 col
lar. did he make any demur.
The time for leaving town had ar
rived and the contents of the carved
chest We're carefully arranged for the
last time and then locked UP with the
sweet-scented bags of lavender.
Eloise sighed at the thought Of
leaving the things. for they had como
to have a sort of personality OF their
own. They were beautiful in them
selves, and besides the one who was to
wear them, should they ever be worn.
would he be for her the king of the
world?
She sometimes tried to picture him.
but his face eluded her. Yet the face
of her dream often bore a startling
resemblance to Philip Hamilton. and
that gentleman himself was becoming
a more ard more prominent fact In
her life.
More than once she had surprised
a strange, tense question In his eyes
q speculative look that had made her
happy. yet afraid. She half wished
that she was not going to his cousins
for the summer. since that would
place them In the same little colony
for the next three months.
But in the weeks that followed,
when riding, golf and moonlight even
ings on the broad piazzas brought
them constantly together, her feelings
underwent a change and she was ap-
palled at the desolation she felt when
he ran I'D to town for q few days, as
he did now and then.
1t was on one Of these occasions
that she found herself alone on the
porch one evening, when brisk step
sounded on the gravel.
She rose as Philip Hamilton sprans
up the steps and came toward her
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

wouldn't make any difference he looked
a trihe mystified.
Eloise, meanwhile, emerged into the
street aglow with the eagerness Of q
rather bored young woman who has
found a new and interesting occupa-
ton. Her grandmother Castles carved
chest would be the very place to keep
the things, and fortunately 1t stood in
her room and had a good, strong lock.
Her meditations were cut short by
the salutation Of man who was pass
ing. and whose glance carried some-
thing that arrested her attention. 1t
was something indescribable, elusive
a quick. keen lighting UP Of his face
at the sight of her. as instantly van
ishing in the calm, passive glance Of a
well-bred acquaintance. But She had
seen it-that strange, tel1-tale look,
and her heart beat more quickly be-
cause Of it.
She had met him but twice once at
dinner at Mrs. Lorimer', 4 and af-
terward at the Bancker cotillion-but
he was the cousin Of her dearest
friend, and she had heard more or less
about Philip" for years.
When at last the little f1utter OF the
meeting had subsided, she remarked
to herself demurely certain coinci-
dence- namely. that Philip Hamilton
was six feet tall, very broad, shoulder
ed and that black hair and gray eyes
go well with pale pink.
Before her departure from town for
the summer. Eloise's carved chest con-
tained many treasures Of masculine
wearing apparel. Among other things
six shirts-it had taken her a fore
noon to select them, and 1t had al
most been her undoing-had Joined the
pink bathrobe.
It was really the "swagger" mono
gram on the sleeve that had convinced
her that she could not be happy until
she added them to his trousseau, as
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
IS outen shadows. but don't hu-

clothes outen shadows. but don't hu-
initiate me-"
All right, Susan, beg your pardon"
II think, myself" said the minister,
that you show to much more of ad-
vantage when you talk on the-I might
say, the subject of your favorite poet.
1t is then that you forget many of
your, I might say-mannerisms."
"Yes, a man can talk best on the sub
ject that interests him the most. But
it would seem that everything has been
said on Shakespeare that could be said,
and yet he Is still the most fruitful
text that the mind of man can take up.
I mean any text that applies to what
we know and not what we speculate
over. He knew more about the body
and guessed shrewder at the soul than
any other men. His mind is an ocean
with so many tides that 1t never grows
stale
But he's dead take It," said Do
little.
We'll. yes, he complimented death
by dyin'. But he left his great ward
robe to all succeedin' generations. Not
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
A TROUSSFAU

She entered the store rather tirnid1y.
but the sight of a portly dowager at
one of the counters reassured her. and
she was soon examining bathrobes
with an ease and assurance that might
have been acquired by years of shop
ping for masculine relatives.
What size?" asked the clerk when.
after much hesitation between pink
and blue one. she had finally decided
on the former.
in blank amazement. THAT is. how
tall is he?" he went on, Judging from
her look that she failed to under
stand. Then she recovered herself.
six feet" she answered, with a
nonchalant, you-should-have- taken
that-forg granted air. And then, re-
membering her preference in the mat
ter, she added, "and broad. very broad
shouldered, you know" IN a manner
SO deliberate and composed that with
out further question the clerk made
out the check for Mrs" e. Van Or
den and solicitously begged her to look
at their spring shirtings and the new
est cravats.
Il don't think he needs anything in
that line just now,' she remarked with
well assumed doubtfulness, as she Ian
guidly viewed the stock.
DO they-would my husband have
to be measured for these shirts 2"
she demanded. The clerk nodded.
But we'll send a. man up any time
he explained with a polite desire to be
accommodating. The lady shook her
head.
You see that wouldn't do. He isn't
here-yetl But couldn't give you his
collar measure and couldn't you just
make them proportionately?
The clerk thought they might, though
they couldn't guarantee the fit under
those circumstances, and when his GUS
toner announced airily that that
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

she called it. She had decided every
detail-that on the pale gray one the
monogram should be in dark red. on
the tan in dark brown, etc.--when the
clerk, who had learned to know her
and whom she guiltily permitted to
address her as Mrs. Van Orden,"
paused. pencil suspended above his
order book, as If waiting fc some
further instructions. She regarded
him in surprise.
That's all,' she said at last.
But Mr.. Van Orden's initials-for
the monogram, you know" he
prompted smilingly.
Eloise gasped. Never once had it
occurred to her that in order to have
that fascinating monogram on the left
sleeve some initials would be re-
quired.
The floor showed no disposition to
open and swallow her up and the clerk
was watching her as II he might tap
his forehead significantly to his fellow
clerks. once her back was turned, and
shake his head sadly. What should
she say? The possible man
Oh. I. p. M.,'s she flung out with
historical relief as thought occurred
to her.
IT. p. NJ" the clerk repeated, ey-
ing her reproachfully.
Right-erthey'r not for Mr.. Van
Orden." she observed firmly, giving
him look for look.
Neckties and scarfpins were added
to her collection without difficulty.
but when 1t came to the purchase of
q waistcoat that lured her: with Its
dash and style. the question Of size
again croppedsup. BY this time, how
ever, the clerk had learned to think
OF her as the eccentric" Mrs. Van
Orden and was prepared for the
vagueness of her orders. Not even
when she dreamily selected a pair Of