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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
COST AMOUNTS UP.
Third Koch Trial May Cost Brown
County Sd, 500.

From Fridays Daily.
Auditor Weaver estimates that the
cost of the third Koch trial will be 81
800, exclusive of attorneys fees. Without
the bill for the board of the jurors and
without the coroner's bills, the costs
foots up to $4,041.S9.
Judge Cray has made an order allow
ING DR.. Koch to take such of the ex-
hibits as he claims ownership of These
articles are his clothing, sixteen hand
kerchiefs and one carpenters hammer
Clerk of Court Thorne will hold the
other exhibits until they may be claim
ed by the owners. They include the
typewriter and two rolls, the old ham
mer and the bloodstained handkerchief,
the blue box and poison bottle, etc.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
WATER SUPPLY INCREASED.
Horses Will Now Be Given a Drink at
the Trouehs.

From Fridays Daily.
Without any cause that the officers
of the water department can see, the
water in the reservoir on Agency hill is
again rising The pumping station IS
again able to fill the huge tank faster
than the water is drawn off. 1t seems
that at certain periods the water of
the wells has way of escaping. All
farmers and others who drive through
the city will be glad to learn that it has
been found that the water supply can
once more furnish water to the trou9hs.
1t has been a great hardship to many
to be deprived of the use of the water
ing troughs.
\ number of drivers have suggested
that if the water supply should again
become scarce, the lawn sprinkling be
stopped, instead of shutting off the flow
where it is so essential to the general
traffic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
SELECTED THE DELEGATES.
Governor Picks Upon Those Who Will
Attend Reciprocity Congress.

From Saturday l)aily.
Governor j. A. Johnson today APP
pointed the following delegates to rep
resent Minnesota at the national reel
moeity conference to the held at Chi
eago Aug. 10 and Il:
John Lind Theodore Knappen, Min
naapolis; T. j. Knox, Jackson; p. NJ.
Riaodal c. w. Russell, Crookston;
William Willard, Mankato; ". \. Nor
an. Albert Lea; W. h. Dean, st. PAUL;
4. O'Connor. Renville; 4. X. Ware,
Mortified; j. c. McCaulI, w. c. Edgar,
Minneapolis; A. c. Weiss. Duluth;
William H. Bicknell, Morris; f. j. Stei-
DEL Wheaton; j. c. Armson, Stillwat-
er; c. c. Rodgers, Minneapolis; p. Me
Govern, Waseca; +. A. Chamberlain.
Minneapolis; +. A. Kirk, c. P. Noyes, j.
H. Haslam, St. Paul; j. S. McLain,
Minneapolis; j. A. Eckstein. New Uim;
T. b. Lynch, St Paul; +. f. Fairchild,
Kasson: II. c. Stebbins, Montevideo G..
C. Webbcr, Minneapolis; John Miller,
Duluth; Jason w. Cooper, st. Paul; +.
H. Morphy, st. Paul; II. VI. Kinney,
Adelbert Porter, Wmona; Ward Ames,
Duluth
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
WALTER Moon IN RUNAWAY.
Grocers' Delivery Man Has An Excit-
inc Experience Today.

From Saturdays Daily.
Walter Moon, driver of the delivery
wagon of Otto & Evans grocery store,
had a dangerous runaway experience
about noon on Agency hill. The horse is
high spirited animal, and an excellent
worker, but sometimes its energy gets
beyond the drivers control Moon was
driving down the hill when the ami
NAL became unruly. 1t soon became
unmanageable and started off at a
quick rate down the hill. The driver
was kicked from the seat This was
very fortunate as he suffered no other
hurt than a bruised arm, and was out
of danger. After running about two
blocks, the horse threw itself in some
way on the lawn of the Larkin resi-
dence, and lay there helpless, with its
head upon the porch moaning piteously
The young man came up, and succeeded
in getting the horse away. The wagon
was badly damaged, with broken
wheel, shaft and seat
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11

Owatonna Thinks 1t Has Cinch;
Buying the Cereal.

From Fridays Daily.
c. j.. Rethermel, district represen-
tative of the international Harvester
company, better known as the harvester
trust, was in the city last week to con-
tract for flax and appoint flax pur-
chasing agent in this vicinity, says The
Owatonna Chronicle This fax is to be
used in manufacturing the flax binding
Irvine, described in these columns some
time since, and for the manufacture of
which the company intends to establish
several plants in Minnesota in the near
future. While here Mr.. Rothermel
to look after the purchasing of flax
fibre for the company.
As to the location of flax Irvine
plant in this part of the state Mr..
Rothermel said that so far as he knew
nothing had been decided He was in
clined to think that one of the larger
cities would get it. He, personally, had
recommended Owatonna as one of the
most promising points at which to estab-
fish a plant.
1t is likely that some time during the
fall or winter a representative direct
from the headquarters of the company
in Chicago will visit this section, Owa-
tonna among other places, to look the
ground over, and at that time more will
be known as to the possibilities of Owa
tomas securing this big industry and
what it will have to do to get it,
A little of the flax Irvine has been
sold in this vicinity, to introduce it,
and it has been great success so far.
One man who used fifty pounds of it
came after more. He was anxious to
get one hundred and fifty pounds if
possible. He said he had never had a
smoother running Irvine. This, together
with its cheapness, would indicate that
it is the coming Irvine, and a factory
for its manufacture, backed by the pow
erful International Harvester company,
would certainly be a most desirable
thing for any community to secure.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
Railroad Accidents and Deaths.

Since the passage by the last lenis-
lature of the law requiring railroads TO
report all accidents to the state rail
road commission, these reports show to
date twenty-five killed and $50 injured.
There has been but one wreck OF any
importance, that of the Northern Pa
eife at Bushing, April /, where one was
killed and thirty eight injured. The
other deaths are due to persons being
run down by trains or falling from
moving cars.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
FRACTURED HER WRIST.
An Elderly Lady Suffers Painful In.
jury; Fell Down Stairs.

Il fUIII SdtuItIdy , DeIIy.
Mrs. Mary f. Putnam. a lady of
about seventy years, while carrying
some articles down the cellar at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. c. H. Lea
man, at 325 East Hickory street yes
terday morning, in some way lost her
balance and fell, breaking her wrist
came to fall but believes her slipper
caught on the stair in some way. The
accident is an exceedingly painful one,
and at Mrs Putnam's age, it will take
about six weeks before the splints can
be removed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
MAY LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS
Brooks Advises the Dentist to Remove
to Flour City.

Dr. George R. Koch of New Ulm may
come to Minneapolis to open dental
office, according to Asa P. Brooks, star
witness in the Gebhardt murder trials,
who spent yesterday afternoon in Min
neapolis.
81 suggested it to him some time
ago." declared Mr.. Brooks, ''and he
seemed inclined to favor such venture,
and later Somsen talked it over with
him. George agreed with both of us
that he has a great many friends in
Minneapolis and that he would doubt
less do we'll | would not be bit sur
prsed to see him make the change. >
Pioneer Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
STAY GRANTED CRAWFORD.
Box Car Murderer Will Not Hang Aug.
IS; His Trouble With Lawyers.

fTOH IueSudy > lodliH.
c. ID. Crawford, the Elk River box
car murderer, will not hang Aug. 10.
Late Thursday afternoon the board of
pardons granted him a stay of twenty
days.
The stay is to date from the 18th,
and is to enable Crowford's attorneys to
prepare an appeal to the supreme court.
The condemned man will first appeal
to District Judge Giddings for a new
trial, and if that is denied will seek the
aid of the supreme court.
Crawford has been making frantic
effort to save his neck ever since he
was sentenced. According to his story
to the board of pardons. he employed
an attorney to perfect an appeal, paying
him $50 for the work. The appeal, he
says, was never made. Again he scrap
ed up some more money and hired an
other attorney, and the second attorney
became sick. Nothing daunted, he Sc
cured third attorney, L. S. Cary of ST.
Paul. and it was he who succeeded in
securing the stay.
Interference by the pardoning board
was out of the ordinary. The supreme
could could not be reached, as the ma
ioritv of that body are now out of the
city, and Gov. Johnson. without further
delay. took it upon his own shoulders
to call the board together to act.
The question of jurisdiction by the
board was raised. but that was swept
away by falling back on the constitu-
ton which delegates the pardoning pow
ed to a board The board had no pre-
cedent to act upon, and had to create
one, taking it for granted that they
We're right in doing so.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
STORMY TRIP.
Efforts to Move the Phillips Cottage
Are Finally Successful.

From Fridays Daily.
George NJ. Phillips has moved his cot
tage across Lake Washington to Shee-
hans point, and has put it in repair.
lie built raft and towed it across.
When he got it as far as the narrows
the wind came up and he was obliged
to anchor it. The wind did not change
for five days and he had to leave it UNI
til the conditions got favorable. 1t is
now located near Phil Leases cottage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
Valuable Documents for Farmers.

From SaturdaY'S Daily.
Senator Moses E. Clapp has kindly
placed. in the hands of Dr. j. w. An
drews for distribution some valuable
documents for farmers. For example,
"The Nutritive and Economic Value of
Food" asparagus Culture" "Beautify
ing the Home Grounds" and others.
Any one can receive any of these docu
ments by calling at his office, or send
Dr. Andrews your name and he will
mail them to you.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
taken and save himself from expos


ure.
"The inevitable crash arrived two
years ago, and Buck fled to Australia
hoping in the gold fields of that country
to recoup his losses and at least par
TALLY rehabilitate his name by return
ing the money he had stolen. He stop
ped off at the Hawaiian islands, but
nothing ever succeeded with him, and a
year ago he arrived IN Cuba with only
So.
Being man of ability and very
pleasing manner, he contrived to worry
along somehow, and after a while got
started in the hotel business at Nueva
Corona, Isle of Pines, where he became
universally liked.
But last March his wife, who had
faithfully chung to him in his disgrace,
fell sick and died, as did their infant
child
'Some five weeks ago, Mr.. Buck, who
is powerful athlete, while wrestling
with a friend, had the misfortune to
break his ankle which he is still wear
ing in a plaster cast.
''He told the writer that what now
distressed him most was the disgrace
to devolve from his arrest upon his son,
a fine boy of eight years. Only recent
ly the i'll fortune which had pursued
him since his i'll doug seemed to have
relented, and he had almost within his
reach certain land deals on the Isle of
Pines, which, had they been given time
to mature, would have placed him in
position to make good his defalcation.
''Those who suffered most by his con-
duct have forgiven him and refused to
prosecute, but the security company
which was on his bond has never given
up the pursuit, and it is at its instance
that he has been arrested"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
Young Dentist Will Probably
Move to Minneapolis.
Has Number of Friends There;
Advised BY Brooks.
From MONDAYS Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The total cost to Brown county of
the third trial of the Koch case exclus-
i've of attorney fees, foots up to ST.
Gl2.27, according to the figures prepar
ed by County Auditor Weaver. He has
all of the items, and they are as fol-
lows: Jurors not chosen, $l,S6690;
triers, $24O; clerk of court, $l65.30;
deputy clerk of court, 1858; w. B.
Davies, transcript of evidence, 1919;
bailiffs, 1881; interpreter, Sc; expert,
$74.2O; jury, $549l0; f. R. Kennedy,
$32O1O; board of jury, $44450; mis-
cellaneous, $Gl.00; witnesses, $433.52.
The cost of the second trial was 3d.
72O65.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
Telephone Crew Arrives.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily,
Foreman e. d. Moore and nineteen
men employed in constructing line for
the Tri-Statc Telephone company, arriv-
ed in the city last night and are putting
up at the City Hotel. They have been
running the line from Glencoe, and will
run it from this city to Eagle Lake and
Waseca, and then will return to Manka-
to and work west to Dakota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
Mother Seeks Her Son.

FROM Thursdays Daily.
John Thomas, recently day clerk at
the Clifton House, is being sought in
the city by his mother, who came here
from Garden City for that purpose.
Mrs. Thomas is much worried over the
whereabouts of her son. John recently
vacated his position at the hotel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
Valuation Raised.

From Mondays Daily.
The county board of equalization
made quite a raise in the assessed valu
atoms of the county. As returned by
the assessors, the total valuation of the
personal property of the county was ST.
1868, and as equalized by the coun-
ty board it is $2.2SO,216. OF the raise,
S35 900 is in Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
GOES TO BALCH & CO.
Minneapolis Contractors Will Build
North and South Road

III. f. Balch & Co., railroad contract
ors of Minneapolis, have secured con-
tract for grading the first section of the
new Duluth, ST. Cloud, Glencoe & Man
kato road, which is to be built from Al
bert Lea to Mankato. Their headquar-
tiers are at Hartland, Mimi, and the
nearest point to the work. Balch &
Co. are now letting the work, and a
large force of teams and men will be re-
quired, as it is the intention to finish
the line this season.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
Raised a Cotton Plant.

From Saturdays Daily
There is real live cotton plant in The
lawn garden of the public library. The
janitor has raised it from the seed
1t is about to bloom, and later on viii
be seen the fluffy balls of snow white
cotton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
Petition in Bankruptcy.

From Saturday Daily.
Alexander McIleavie, carpenter, &C
Redwood Falls, filed petition in volun-
tarv bankruptcy today, placing his La
bilities at $669.50 and his assets at
81 lob, consisting of house and lot,
household goods, carpenter tools, and
the like, all claimed to be exempt
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
NOT A. A. BUCKS CASE.
St. Paul Newspaper Gets a Matter
Very Much Mixed Up.

From SATURDAYS Daily.
Attorney L. L. Brown telegraphed
Governor Johnson yesterday that he
would serve notice on the governor that
the requisition for the return of Alfred
Buck, defaulting officer of Mapleton
State bank. who is now under arrest
at Havana, was not legal.
Governor johnson was not in the
city, but the telegram was referred to
the attorney, generals office.
No action was taken by the legal de-
partment.
Attorney Brown explains that under
the extradition laws no person is sub
iect to requisition for private debt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11

Mrs j. H. Walsh of Minneapolis, who
has been staying at Madison Lake, re-
turned last evening to Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11

The above story was taken from a
st. Paul newspaper, but it should have
10 reference to the case of A. A. Buck.
1t should have referred to case in
which Judge Buck of Winona is in
terested.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11

Arthur Thomas and Miss Rose Hoch-
stein of Beauford were married on Tues
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
LEWIS IS IN LIMBO
Bad Preacher Sent Up for Sixty
Days in Minneapolis.
Stole a Ring and Is Arrested
BY Couple Detectives.
Believed to Be Same Fellow
That Visited Mankato.
True Character Was Discovered
In The Nick of Time.

From Fridays Daily,
With Bible in one hand and 4 stol-
en- ring in the other, Rev. Henry Lewis,
a Baptist minister at Richtield Mimi,
was arrested Tuesday night by De-
tectiyes Grumpy and Brundage at Min
neapolis and tried in court yesterday
morning for sneak thieyery.
With the same solemn, measured
voice that reproyed the erIing members
of his little congregation, the minister
of the gospel explained to Judge Waite
that he often had lapses of memory and
during such period might have stolen
the ring.
He said he had a wife and five chill
dren in Iowa, and that he had come
north for his health With much dis
to get a ring as "A present for his lit
tie wife and had gone into depart
ment store for the purpose of buying
her one, but remembered little more
until he found himself under arrest.
Several compromising letters from
young ladies We're found on Lewis.
As witness to his character, Lewis
called Rev. c. NJ. Stocking of the Union
Mission, who denounced him as a fraud
and said he had ordered him out of the
St James hotel for that reason.
In passing sentence, Judge Waite said
it seemed hard to have a minister of
the gospel common thief. but never
theless he believed such to be the case
and sentenced him to sixty days in the
workhouse
While awaiting the arrival of the
BLACK Maria" the minister read his
Bible
This fellow Lewis is believed to be
the same party who visited Mankato
few years ago and worked himself in
to the good graces of respectable people
who were not acquainted with his true
character He courted an excellent
young lady here and it was reported that
they were to be married. Fortunately
for her. she was appraised of the fact
that Lewis had wife and several chill
dren living in Iowa. The engagement
was Immediately declared off
Middletown transcript., 1905-06-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

CONSIDERABLE satisfaction is ex-
~ pressed in Washington at the gen.
eral results of the Ohio convention. In
the main, the Ohio platform is hearty
endorsement of the administration and
its expressions on the subject of rate leg
isation are particularly gratifying. The
platform would have heen even more
satis factory had it endorred the recon-
mendations all favor of tariff readiustment
but it is, as whole, SO satisfactory that
there is no disposition to criticise its one
defect. Secretary Taft's frank statement
made as chairman of the convention,
that the majoritory in Congress will be
compelled to take some action with a
view to obvisting the steady deficit does
not agree with that made at st. Louis by
Secretary Shaw, recently, when he said,
"We are not worried about deficit" but
Mr.. Taft's version is the one entertained
by the President and majority of the
members of his cabinet. Secretary Taft
told the Ohio Convention that Congress
would have to restore the war taxes, in
ternal revenue taxes, or go re-adjust the
tariff as to augment its revenue produc-
ing power.
Middletown transcript., 1905-06-03

THE TRANSCRIPT $l.OO per year
Middletown transcript., 1905-06-03

The Senate committee ON Interstate
Commerce has finally adjourned, after
taking testimony on the railway rate
question for upwards of thirty days,
without action. AT the executive session
OF the committee held after the last hear
ing, however, it was developed that the
committee is unanimously opposed to the
character of legislation recommended by
the President. The committee will meet
again two weeks before Congress con-
venes and will report bill with which it
hopes to head off the passage by theHouse
of measure in accord with the views
OF the President. This bill will amplify
the Elkins antirebate law so as to prevent
any possibility of rebates, which curtail
the profits of the railroads. 1t will place
the private car lines under the supervis.
ion Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, the results of which will be
problematical. 1t will not delegate to
the Interstate Commerce Commission the
power to fix maximum rate where the
existing rate is found to be unjust and in
stead of increasing the salaries of the
Interstate Commerce Commissioners, so
that body may be made more efficient,
as the President desires, it will diminish
the duties of the Commission and make
it less important body.
~
What the result will be when the ire
sisitible force in the White House meets
the immovable force in the Senate, no
man can foretell. That will be one of
the most extensive subjects of specula-
ton throughout the next session and the
interesting in themselves and in their
effect, whatever they may be. Of course
the railroad men are delighted with what
they are pleased to term a vindication
of their opinions, but those who have
been long familiar with the committee
and its views never anticipated any other
re ut. Strong pressure is brought to beal
on the President to forego his purpose in
calling Congress in special session on
October 10th, but he is standing pat.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 9th, 1905.
Middletown transcript., 1905-06-03

There are strong indications that the
tariff re-adjustment policy will receive
considerable help from new and unex-
pected source, namely from some of the
most influential of the protected interests.
Several managers of legitimate beneic-
iaries of the protective tariff have ad-
vised the President that their industries
are over protected. Paradoxical as they
may seem their second statement on the
subject seems even more so. They say
that there are too large profits in their
respective lines. In elucidation of this
statement, however, they make it clear
to anyone who takes the trouble to think
They say that with the tariff SO high as
to present the alluring possibility of in
ordinate profits, new and inexperienced
business men are prone to rush into the
industry and establish small plants which
invariably come to financial grief in a
short time. Were these little fellows
allowed to pass through period of finan-
cial stress, ultimately to fail, they would
naturally sell their products at reduced
prices to secure tire much needed "ready
cash" and so demoralize the entire mar
ket. To avoid this undesirable result,
the large producers buy up the smaller
and weak competitors and are often COM
PEELED to do so at serious loss, because
the little fellow invariably overvalue their
plant and stock. Moreover, even at a
fair valuation, these additional plants are
seldom worth much to the larger con-
Germs which are already provided with
all the machinery, etc, that they require.
To make these purchases the larger con-
Germs are compelled, as rule, to issue
additional stocks or bonds and these in
creased liabilities are preiudicial TO the
interests of the stock holders. Therefore,
argue the protected manufacturers, it
would be more beneficial were the tariff
schedules reduced to a reasonable basis,
the overplus of domestic competition
curtailed and the market kept steady. 1t
will, of course, be obvious, to the reader
that this argument is advanced only by
the managers of legitimate manufactur-
ing concerns which make their profits
out of their business and that such rea-
soning is obnoxious to all of those trusts
whose profits are largely comprised of
the margins on stock manipulations in
Wall Street.