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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07

The Free Press does not wonder that
President Roosevelt is much concerned
over the immigration question. Recent
developments in connection with tae
an undesirable element should set con-
gress to thinking, and the thinks
should result in the adoption of laws
which will meet the exigencies of the
case. There can be no sound argument
advanced against legislation which will
shut out from our doors that class of
immigrants VINO are not likely to make
good citizens and those who will not
adopt this country for their permanent
home, but who propose to remain here
but few years, accumulate several
thousands of dollars and then return to
their native heaths to live in compare
tive ease the balance of their days.
There is another element which breeds
criminals and augments the ranks of the
anarchists. There are now in this coun-
try criminal organizations-the black
hand, the malta, the highbinders and
scores of others which should be rooted
out and the leaders thereof returned to
the countries from which they came.
Italy has sent to these shores thousands
of criminals, so has Hungary, and other
nations have added their quota. The
United States should be the haven of
refuge for only those who want to be-
come good American citizens, who will
obey the laws and adopt the customs
of the country. None others should be
welcomed.
1t has been learned that the
Austro Hungarian government has en-
couraged great many of her citizens
to come to America, at the same time
instructing them not to become citizens,
but to get together all the money they
can in the shortest space of time and
then return to Hungary. This is quite
a clever scheme on the part of that gov
eminent, but it is now likely to receive
a serious jolt. The authorities of the
United States immigration bureau are
wise to the proceedings and propose to
head off as much of the immigration
from that country as possible. In other
words the lid will drop, and it is high
time that it should.
The question of immigration is one
which should receive the serious thought
of the laboring men and artisans of the
entire country. Their influence in be-
half of more stringent immigration laws
should be brought to bear upon congress.
immigration affects the working classes
much more than any other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
EAGLE LAKE NEWS.

Mr.. Henry, who has been in California
all winter, is in town for a short time.
Rev. Mr.. Huntley has resigned from
the passionate of the Disciple church of
this place and will leave about July, Is.
Mrs. Ramsey, wife of Pastor Ramsey
of the Methodist Episcopal church of
this place is expected to return from ner
visit to Kansas, on Saturday of this
week
A special school meeting has been
called for the purpose of voting money
to be used in remodeling and repair
ing the present school house. The date
of. the meeting is July '1lth, at 7:30 p.
m.
NJ. b. NanKirk spent several days in
Minneapolis, last week.
Strawberry season is here The yield
in most patches is not good and the
quality is hardly up to the usual stand
ard. Charles Wagner, however, has
good quality and fair yield on his farm
this year.
The members of the Chritian Sunday
school will hold a picnic on July 4.
Ed Stearns is back from Madison
Lake. He has begun painting his resi-
dence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
When the Lawyers Disagree.

When the lawyers disagree what are
the laymen going to do? The law is a
peculiar thing. Statutes are drafted so
that they can be construed in all man.
ners of ways, and the last court of COM
petent jurisdiction often sets aside the
verdict or decision of the lower tribunal.
The Saturday Evening Post recognizes
the stern fact that the lawyers them
selves do not always know what the
law is, and advises people that they
might have better luck consulting for
tune tellers. The census is silent as to
the annual emoluments of the legal
profession in the United States; but
the sum total must rank somewhere be-
tween dairy products and the hay
crop. Nobody with an economic con-
science would seek to lay hands upon
so vast an industry; but its theoretic
basis needs reorganization.
The fee is paid and accepted in the
complimentary assumption that the law
yer knows what the law is; but every
day brings its depressing evidence that,
in fact, the lawyer does not know and
cannot possibly know.
To take only one days evidence: The
supreme court of the United States,
four out of the nine justices dissenting,
ho. pa{.
York law, limiting the hours of work in
bakeries. The highest court of New
York, three out of seven justices dis
senting, mad declared the same law con-
stitutional. Thus sixteen of the eminent
Judges in the land-nine of the federal
supreme bench and seven of the New
York court of appeals-have passed up
on this law, and eight of the sixteen
were wrong about it. If that is the
proportion of error among the highest
judges, what chance has the poor, busy
barrister to be right?
Almost at tine same time, the feder-
al tribunal handed down decision in
a railroad land damage case, also from
New York On the same set of facts, the
New York court of appeals had once
held against the railroad. In this partic-
ular case, the lower court held against
the railroad; then the court of appeals,
by divided bench, held in favor of the
railroad. The Washington court, four
of the nine justices dissenting, reversed
the court of appeals which had previous
~ reversed itself. and upheld the lower
court. In the famous Northern Securi-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
RAPIDAN MILLS NOTES.

The social and dance given by the pi
ano committee last Friday evening turn
ed out fine. Although the weather was
quite rainy a large crowd was present
Delicious ice cream, cake, Strawberries
and lemonade was served. The pro.
ceeds were about $24
Rapidan's popular baseball team has
some new gray uniforms which add
greatly to their playing abilities.
Miss Lilly Weir is home from teaching
school
Mr. Lennon of Wisconsin is visiting
with w. w. WeIler's family.
The Graybackers will play the Pat
tersons of Mankato next Saturday af-
ternoon.
Charley Shores has new Sharples
cream separator.
Miss Eunice Clough of Mankato visit
ed with Nina Davis Sunday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
1T was noticing after the Standard Oil

IL Was HOC tOHS dlteT IHe IotdHudTu Vii
company was founded before it was said
in Cleveland that its offices were the
most difficult in the town to enter, Mr..
Rockefeller the most difficult man
to see. If stranger got in to see
anyone he was anxious. Who is that
MANI ne asked an associate nervously
one day, calling him away when the lat
ter was chatting with stranger. AN
old friend, Mr.. Rockefeller What does
he want here? Be careful. Don't let
him find out anything But he is my
friend, Mr.. Rockefeller. He does not
want to know anything. He has come
to see me- You can never tell. Be
very careful, very CAREFUL"
Thus it will be seen that from his
good mother John ID. Rockefeller OBJ
tanned whatever redeeming qualities he
possesses, and from the father he in
herited those crafty and shrewd charac-
teristics which have made him rich. No
one would ever accuse John RocKefel-
Ter of stealing horses, but that he has
succeeded in "milking'.to express it
mildly millions of dollars from the
American people, is fact so bare that
no one outside of the oil circle will at
tempt to deny. There is a strain of
bad blood in John ID. Rockefeller The
people nave learned whence it came.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
CAUGHT AT STERLING CENTER.

Thursday nights dance at the hall
was a gratifying success. Mrs. Avrill
served ice cream, ordered from Mankato
during the evening. The orchestra rem
dered some of the latest dance music
and gave excellent service The attend
ance was the largest that it has been
for some time. All went home declar-
ing they had had delightful time.
Miss FIossie Saunders left last Mon
day for st. Paul, where sac will spend
the summer with her grandparents.
A number from here had picnic at
Bass lake last Sunday.
Mrs. C. c. Troy and her mother, Mrs
Grover, were callers Thursday at the
home of Mr.. Barrot, who is very ill with
paralysis.
Mrs. Nancy Decker of Amboy is Wis
ting relatives in this vicinity.
Mrs. and Mrs. L. w. Parks spent
Sunday with relatives at Good Thunder
c. c. Troy and daughter, Miss Liz
zie, are expected home Saturday from
Park Rapids.
Miss Borchert of Mapleton spent last
week with her sister. Mrs. Frank
Mrs. Will Tipler and daughter, Miss
Marvel, of Amboy, spent last Wednes-
day with Mrs. Cyrus Williams.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07

We prophesied last year that the Won
dcrful success which has accompanied
the opening of the Toland schools III
other cities would be duplicated i'll Man
kato. That we made no mistake. Is
shown by the fact that every seat III
the Toland Business University was
occupied and this season he has made a
ten years lease on Il building, that will
enable him to seat 500 students. We
now. prophesy that, even with the great
~ increased room, the University will
have no vacant seats this winter, as
all of his last years students, many of
whom are now holding positions. have
become walking and talking advertise
ments for the University.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
DON'T SPIT ON THE FLOOR.
Railway Coaches to Be Kept as
Clearly as Possible.
From Thursdays Daily.


The rule Don't spit on the floor" is
liable to be extended from the street.
fest, to railway coaches, says The Min
neapolis journal. The uncleanly, un-
sanitary condition of railway smoking
cars as result of expectorations, was
the principal subject discussed yestcr-
day afternoon at the quarterly meeting
itol The executive committee was del
egated to investigate the matter, and
cars must be kept in sanitary condi-
ton and the habit of smokers splitting
on the floors stopped.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
HOPE RAIN WILL CEASE
CROPS CANNOT STAND MUCH MORE
FROM ]. PLUvIUS.
Go nsiderabIe Damage Done on Saiur-
day Last BY Hail; Territory
Covered BY Storm.
From Thursdays Daily.

'l'll 1IiulS utN > DduS.
Crop conditions and prospects along
the Northwestern road in Minnesota are
excellent, according to the crop report
just issued, but the limit has been
reached. If there is more rain there will
be considerable damage. \ summary of
the crop report just issued is as fol-
lows:
Saturday night there was long hard
rain from the state line west in Min
nesota to Eagle Lake with hail near
Clements, Wanda and Redwood Falls,
covering territory two to three miles
wide and about fourteen miles long. The
damage in this territory was nearly
complete but exceedingly small terri
tory. Outside this territory crops are
in fine condition. Barley is headed out,
rye will be headed out in about two
weeks and wheat within one week.
In South Dakota there was a heavy
rain, Saturday and Sunday over the
entire division, causing washouts at
some points and few local cloud
bursts, flooding grain fields in very few
instances. Monday night another heavy
rain continued until Tuesday in South
Dakota, flooding fields in low places
and rayines, but generally very little
if any damage done. Have had about
all the rain that crops can stand with
out injury, but with reasonable wea
Their crops will be in excellent condition.
as they are standing up in all localities,
but rank and heavy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
Attempt at Suicide.

From Fridays Daily.
James L. Rosenthal of Chicago at
tempted suicide in the Hotel Frederic
st. Paul, last evening. He took twelve
grains of morphine, and failing in
this. he cut his wrist with pen
knife. One of the bell boys discovered
him. He was taken to the City hos
pital. After reviving he stated that he
had lots of trouble and would give no
other reason for attempting to take his
life. Rosenthal is twenty four years
old and has been working for the last
few days with the r. l.. Polk Direc-
tory company. Fred Snyder, former
ly of The Saulpaugh, is proprietor OF
The Frederic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
People Here Live on Fried Chicken.

The physicians of Mankato have
agreed that the prevalence of typhoid
fever in the vicinity is due to eating of
German carp. Any one who would eat
that particular brand of fish more than
once deserves to have fever. Guess
again, doctors. The people are not gorg
ing themselves on German carp while
salt pork and potatoes are selling at so
reasonable price. Fairmont Sentinel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
HAS SUBLET THE CONTRACT.
Require Year to Do Railroad Wor k
in South Bend.

From ThurSday'S Daily.
Winston Bros. have awarded the con-
tract for the grading and excavating
that is to be done on the new road bed
between Minnecpa and South Bend vii
lage. The contract will be completed
next June. The contractor undertaking
the job has rented a portion of the
Williams farm in South Bend township
as a camping place for the men. Will
johnson will have charge of the camp.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
FRANK DAYS SON INJURED.
Cannon Cracker Exploded in His
Right Hand.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Marquis Day, the fourteen year old
son of Frank Day, private secretary of
Gov. John \. johnson, began celebrating
shortly after four O'Clock yesterday
morning. An hour later he was taken to
Cobb hospital, with the third finger of
his right hand shattered by the explosion
OF firecrackcr.
Day was playing with companions
near the home of his parents at 1897
Milwaukee avenue, st. Paul They be-
gan the celebration shortly after day
break. \ large iirecracker exploded in
Young Days right rand, SCATTERING the
third finger. Dir. Bemis, at Cobb hospital,
dressed the wound. 1t is thought that
no serious results will follow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
Father and Son.

More than one person has been start
led by the intelligence that the father
of John d. Rockefeller is yet alive and
is living in Iowa at the age of ninety.
And more startling is the history of
this old gentleman, who it was suppos-
ed had been laid away in his grave
wears ago. But Ida M. Tarbell has,
through the medium of her trenchant
pen, dragged him before the public, and
at the same time this daring woman,
has permitted the public to gaze upon
the skeleton which has remained unmo-
Tested all these years in the Rockefeller
family closet. 1t is indeed a hideous
spectacle. Old man Rockefeller was never
a money maker after the fashion of mis-
son. He was not the church going man
that his son is. On the contrary he
was considerable of sport, fellow
who enjoyed life of ease. He was a
puzzle to his neighbors. He moved in
mysterious ways. 'He toiled not Meth
er did he spin," but notwithstanding he
wore good clothes. In fact he was dress
ed faultlessly always. He delighted
in drinking his ''toddy" and was often
called a 'shiftless tippler." But for all
that, William A. Rockefeller married a
good woman, the daughter of a pros
porous New York state farmer. She
was religiously inclined, and no doubt
John inherits his church habit from his
mother. But Miss Tarbell arraigns the
father in frightful way. In lS43 Will
liam A. Rockefeller moved his family to
a farm in Cayuga county, New York.
Here he kept up mis- air of mystery. 1t
is said of him that he made long trips
| -peddling trips-and later he became
known as quack doctor, and his alb
sence was supposed to be spent selling
his frequent, long and unaccounted- for
absence" says the writer, che is still
classed popularity in Moravia as one of
the gang who operated the underground
horse railroad'-and ran off horses from
various parts of the country. There is
absolutely no proof of this, but the con-
viction and sentence to state prison in
1850 of three of his closest pals for
horse stealing, coupled with his bad
reputation, made many of his disap-
proving neighbors fix the crime equally
on him, and today old men in Moravia
nod their heads sagely and say, He was
too smart to be caught"
"There is an Indictment against Will
liam A. Rockefeller for more serious
crime than horse stealing in the records
of the country" continues Miss Tarbell,
"for lS49, and it is quite probable that
he left Moravia under compulsion"
In character sketch of Jonn d.
Rockefeller, the old king, Miss Tarbell
says that as a boy he was secretive and
as young man he retained the same
| trait. He was silent boy--a silent
young man. With years the habit of
silence became the habit of concealment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
Mankato- Henderson Game.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The Mankato and Henderson teams
played a game Yesterday at Henderson.
The score was . to in favor of Man
kato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07
STORIES FRoMgcoUNTY PRESS.
Miss Ella Quinn has been selected as
librarian of the public library at Maple

librarian of the public library at Maple
ton.
Charles Brown, who has made such a
hit in writing comedy opera, which
on Wednesday of this week had run fifty
nights in Philadelphia, has commenced
on a new play which he calls "Rantin'
Rovin' Robin being the title of the
Scotch song that David Will sings at the
Burns celebrations. Mr. Will will be
one of the characters of the play, also
James Ellis of Sterling. -Mapleton En-
terprise.
Hon. W. S. Hammond will deliver an
address on "The Trinity of Wars" at
Mapleton on July 18th.
w. P. Kenevan of Minnesota Lake has
been made station agent at Mapleton.
Hilmer A. Hoverson and Miss Olive
L. Atcherson will be married in Medo
July Sd.
Mr.. E. l.. Warren of Vernon Center,
who has had mucn experience in blast
ing dynamite, held cracker charged
with the material in his hand after
lighting it. 1t exploded, tearing open
his thumb and the nails from two fing
ers
Rev. Paul Faude has resigned as rec
tor of the Episcopal church at Good
Thunder, and will take charge of
parish in Chicago.
Mrs. Eugene Cummings, died at Good
Thunder on Tuesday night.
Julias Iker, former resident of this
place who sold his farm about two
years ago and re-purchased near Crook
ston, evidently came into possession of
very barren property. Realizing that
he had been swindled he began action
against the seller, w. H. Jones, for the
recovery of notes and purchase money.
The case was tried in the courts of ST.
Paul last week and the jury awarded
a verdict in favor of Iker for the full
amount claimed, $l,S00.-Good Thunder
Herald
the census enumerators will have
completed their labors tomorrow and the
indications point to decreased popu-
lation in the state, 440 is the number
reported for the village, Indicating
decrease of sixty-five from the 1900
census.-Good Thunder Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07

\ stout girl must not wear plaids, nor
load herself with trimmings and Hounces.
A slender girl, on the other hand. should
avoisl stripes that add to hersinches.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07

The more ciphers attached to Wild
ow's mite. the more men seem to sigh
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07

Rev. Paul Faude has resigned as rec
tor of the Episcopal church at Good
Thunder, and will take charge of a
parish in Chicago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07

Hilmer A. Hoverson and Miss Olive
L. Atcherson will be married in Medo
July Sd.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-07

Hon. w. S. Hammond will deliver an
address on "The Trinity of Wars" at
Mapleton on July 4th.
The Mankato free press., 1905-08-25
MUST KEEP DOGS MUZZLED.
Hunters in Northern Counties Will
Have Their Sport CurtaiIed.

Crookston, Aug. 22-Sportsmen who
visit this section of the country this
fall on their annual chicken hunts will
fare poorly. The recent quarantine
regulations applied by the state board
of health to an enormous area of the
Red River valley, affecting dogs and
prohibiting CANNES from roaming at
large without muzzles, will have a wide
spread effect upon the chicken season,
and will curtail the sport in a large
measure, if not practically entirely.
The quarantine was placed on unmuz-
zled dogs by the state board of health
after careful examination of the
cases of rabies reported during the sum
mer and extends through very near
ly all of the northern Minnesota coun
ties in the best of the chicken dis
tricts. The result will be the dogs going
out into the fields this fall to hunt
chickens will have to be muzzled or run
the risk of being shot by the township
officers. Dogs will not work in the
fields when muzzled, and sportsmen will
suffer The fact that the greater mum
Der of the quarantines established do
not expire until October makes the
hardship on dog owners and hunters
still greater. Chickens are few in num-
ber because of the heavy rains which
drowned them out in the nests during
the summer In high places where the
birds had half a chance the birds are
numerous and are exceedingly tame.
Poaching in northern Minnesota, for the
reason mentioned, has been mild this
summer, and what birds there are in
the country are in excellent condition.
The wet season has brought an enor-
nous number of ducks to the low spots
of northern Minnesota and North Da-
kota and the hunting of that game will
undoubtedly be rare sport when the sea
son opens.
The Mankato free press., 1905-08-25
TWO BIG MEETINGS
80
Mankat0 Should GET Into The
Line for Conventions.
Butter and Cheesemakers Want
to Come to This City.
Also All Those Interested In
Dairying Like Mankato.
Would Bring Many Thousands
Of Strangers to Town.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily
Here's an opportunity for Mankato to
secure two conventions which will bring
to the city for three days from $500 to
5000 people. Will the business men
take advantage of it?
The Minnesota State Butter and
Cheesemakers' association will hold its
annual meeting between Oct lst and
Jan. lst, the exact date to be deter
cided on at a session of the executive
committee to be held in st. Paul during
fair week. Mankato can secure this
convention if it will get to work now.
1t will require but a small sum of
money to bring this gathering to Man
kato-about $500 all told.
John Lunkenheimer, the we'll known
commission man, is anxious to have the
meeting held in this city, and with that
end in view, he spent some time today
interviewing members of the Board of
Trade in the hope of interesting them
in the matter.
The State Dairy association conven
ton can be gotten for Mankato if the
proper steps should be taken. This
convention could be held on the same
dates that the butter and cheesemakers
will hold theirs. The double header
would bring to Mankato for three days
about $500 or 5000 strangers. To get
the two conventions about $500 must
be chung up" by the business men. A
portion of this sum could be drawn
from dairy and butter and egg men.
1t is hoped that the Board of Trade
will take this convention matter in
hand and work to the end that both
gatherings will be held in Mankato.
Mankato is known as a first class
convention town and the big crowds
could be we'll cared for.