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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
WILL AID THE ORDER
Modern Samaritans to Or.
ganize Grand Council.
WILL MEET IN ST. PAUL.
This Idea Originated With the Maska.
to Lodge; Other Subordinates
Became InteresteS.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Modern Samaritans of Minnesota will
hold a meeting in st. Paul on Wednes-
day, Nov. A. for the purpose of organ
izing a grand council of the order.
The advisability of forming grand
council has been discussed by the coun-
ellis of the state for number of months.
The idea originated with Mankato coun-
ell year ago, and the subordinate
lodges lately petitioned the imperial
body to call meeting at which formal
action can be taken.
Mankato council has elected j. E.
Reynolds as its delegate to the meeting
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
IS A SAD CASE.
Brother Of Isaac Roberts, Coming
from ENGLAND for q Visit, Dies.

Isaac Roberts will arrive in the city
at o'clock this evening over the Chi.
cago & Northwestern road with the re-
mains of his brother, the late Peter Rob.
erts, whose death occurred in a hospital
in New Jersey. Funeral services will be
held at the Baptist church at two o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, and the interment
will be made at Glenwood cemetery.
The deceased was a resident of Lon.
don, England, but his wife and children
had died during the past two. years, and
he came to America intending to visit
his relatives in this city and then to go
to San Francisco for visit. He was
an excellent man and his death is great
ly to be regretted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
which will be held in st. Paul and Sena-

which will be held in st. Paul and Sena-
tor A. O. Eberhart is the alternate.
With the organization of a grand
council it is expected that the Order Of
Modern Samaritans will take on a new
lease of life. The order is still in its
infancy, having been instituted in Du-
luth but few years ago. Its growth
has been steady and its membership in
cludes many prominent and influential
men of the state.
The local council has membership OF
about 49,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
WAS WALKING ON TRACK.
G. n. Pass Killed BY a Milwaukee
al Train at Shakopee. IA

G. IT, Pass of Shakopee was run over
and killed by the regular train going
west on the Hastings and Dakota divis-
ion of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway, about Que mile from
town. Mr.. Pass had attended funeral
at Chaska, and was returning home
along the track when he was struck.
The body was first found by August
Koenig, who was going out for an early
morning hunt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
LAYING Steel.

A force of men is engaged in laying
steel on the new Omaha track between
this city and Minneopa. The workmen
were at work near the Pigeon hill cross
ing. The steel has been laid all the way
from this city to that point, and will be
pushed rapidly. The new track presents
a fine appearance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12

GREAT
WESTERN


swaterviile, Elysian, Madison Lake. 40
commodation, departs 3:15 p M, daily
except Saturday, arrives 9:15 q. M.
daily except Sunday.
Trains for Waterville, Faribault. North
field, Red Wing, st. Paul, Minneapolis,
and intermediate points leave at 6:Sf
a. M, and 5000 p. m
Trains for Dodge Center, Dubuque, Chi
cago, and the east, Des Moines, st.
leave at G:S5 a. m, and $500 p. m.
Trains arrive from those points at 9:06
p. M, and *12:15 p. m.
Trains leave for Austin, Lyle. Mason
City, Fort Dodge, Council Bluffs, and
Omaha at 6:25 a.. M, and 1900 p. M,
and arrive at 9:05 D. M, and s12:15 pm
Trains marked run daily except Sum
day; all others daily. For information
as to dates or routes to any point. ap-
ply to Chicago Great Western Agent
at depot.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
Takes New Quarters.

Minerva hive of the Ladies of the
Maccabees decided at its last meeting to
suitcase the. Sons of Herman hall, and
the first meeting there will be held a
week from Monday evening. The hive
has been meeting in the A. O. U. w.
hall
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
you CAN TRUST

A healthy stomach with all kinds
OF good food for it Is then in
proper condition to extract all the
strengthening and life sustaining
qualities, but when it is weak, con-
ditions are reversed and you become
weak and run down.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12

Section Is. Any person may sell or
peddle the products of the farm or gar
den occupied and cultivated by him
without obtaining license therefor"
This proposed amendment is in
tended to- be added to Article one
Cd of tI,c Constitution. which is
known the bill of rights. and
viii. if adopted. BE section Is of
said ANicie, leaving all of the Ar
ticie otherwise as ii is at present.
The only change that would be
effected thereby would be to enable
any farmer or gardener to sell the
products of the farm or garden,
which he occupies and cuitivates,
within any city or village In the
state by peddiing the same from
house to house without taking out
u pcsEdicr's license.
Respectfully.
Edward Il. Young,
Attorney General.
Dated st. Paui, July 4, 1906.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
c. st. p. m. a o. ny.

G. st. 3. NJ. a o. n.y.
sDes Moines and Sioux City Passenger.
No. 5, arrives 10:46 a. M; departs
..Kansas City and Denver Express. No:
8, arrives 1910 p. m; departs 1z:lS
Kansas City Mail and Express. No. l.
arrives iO:4O D. M; departs l0:45 p. M.
*St. James Passenger. No. Z. arrives SEQ p. M;
departS8 :O5 p. 10.
sMankato and Gilmore Passenger. No. IL
departs at 1850 a. m.
mo g. Omaha Night Express. arrives
11:45 p. M; departs 11:5O p. M.
Trains Going East and North.
sTwin City Limited.:No. 2. arrives $40 a. M;
departs 3t 4:45! .s.,
sNo 10, from Sioux Falls and Mitchell.
arrives 800 a. M; departs 500 a. m.
sSt James Passenger. No. s, arrives 6:48
a. M; departs at 700 a.. m.
*Twin City Local, arrives 100 p. M; DC.
parts LOS p. m.
s*Twin City Express, No. 4, arrives 4:4b
%. M; departs 1850 p. m.
sElmore and Mankato Passenger. No. 40.
arrives at 700 p. m.
*Daily except Sunday.
s*Daily.
n T. JOT4NSON. Agent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12

upon, us property or rais state or not
to exceed in any year one-fourth Cd of
one mill ON all taxable property within
the state.
Provided, that no county shall receive
in any year more than three C) per cent
less than one-half 90 Of one a. per
cent of the total fund thus provided and
expended during such year; and provided,
further, that in no case, shall more than
one-third O-0 of the cost of construct
ing or improving any road or bridge be
paid by the state from such fund"
The purpose and object of the
amendment is 6sD to eliminate
from the Constitution the require
ment that un unsaInISed Highway
commission shall be appointed to
have charge of the expenditure of
the road and brOdGc fund. This
would leave il optional with the
legislature to have II state highway
commission or not; (2nG) to in
crease the tax which can be levied
for state road purposes from one
twentieth of mill to One-fOurth of
mill. The Legislature may levy a
less tax but can aOt exceed one
fourth, OF ~ mill. The proVisO shows
how it will be divided among the
counties.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

makes StOmachs well without fail,
thus curing Poor Appetite, lndiges.
ton, Headache, COstiveness or Fee
male Ills. Try it today All druggists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
THIRD PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

The third proposed amendment to
the Constitution is contained i'm
Chapter 2St of the Laws of 1905,
ana is as fOilovs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
Anh Ia substitute therefor the fol-
loWjny;

Section 1. The power of taxation snail
never be Surrendered, suspended or c9n-
tracted away Taxes S'l1l hl, uniform
upon the same class OF subiertss and
shall be levied AMI collected Tor public
purposes, but public burying grounds,
public school HOUSES, ptiiic h3spltaIS;
academies, colleges, universities. ana all
seminaries OF learning, al churches,
.bureb ,ra.n4r-~ aud honsos OF wors,ip.
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and substitute therefor the fol-
lOwing(

Section 16. For the purpose OF lending
aid in the construction and Improvement
of public highways and bridges theres;s
the State Road and Bridge Fund said
fund shall include all moneys accruiEg
from the income derived from invest
ments in the internal Improvement land
fund.- or that may hereafter accrue to
said fund, and shall also include all
funds accruing to any state road and
bridge fund, however provided
The legislature is authorized to add
TO such fund for the purpose of CON
structing and improving roads and
bridges of this state, by, providing, in
Us dlSeretinu. far an annual. tax levy
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
PROPOSED
Amendments
TO THE
Constitution
OF MINNESOTA
Hon. Peter r. Hanson,
Secretary OF State.

As required by Section % OF the
Revised Laws. L have the honor to
advise You as to the purpose ana
erect of these amendments which
are to he voted on by the people at
the coming election.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12

section 16 For the purpose of lending
aid in the construction ana Improvement
Of pUblic highways and bridges. there is
hereby created q fund 70 be known as
the State Road and Bridge Fund Said
fund shall include all moneys accruing
from the income derived from invest
nents in the Internal Improvement land
fInd, or that may hereafter accrue to
said tund and shall also include all
iunaS accruing TO any state road and
bridge fund, however provided The
legislature is authorized to add to such
fund for the purpose of constructing or
improving roads and bridges of this
state. by providing. in it's discretion for
an annual tax levy upon the proDertv of
&hiS state OF not to exceed in any wear
able property within the state The leg
islature is also authorized to provide for
the appointment by the governor OF the
state board to be known rs the State
Highway Commission. consisting of
three members, who shall perform such
without salary or compensation other
than personal expenses. Such commits
sion shall have general superintendence
of the construction of state roads and
bEidges and shall use such fund in the
construction thereof and dis:ribate the
upon an equitable /basis. Provided
further that no county, shall receive in
any year more than three per- cent or
less than one-half of one per cent of
the total fund thus provided and ex-
pended during such year: and provided
such fund accruins in any year shall
be expended for bridges, and in no case
shall more than one-third of the cost OF
constructing improving any road or
bridge be paid by the state from such
fund.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
SECOND PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

Thc second proposed amendment is
contained IN Chapter 312 of tilc
Laws OF 1905. II lis sought by this
nsnentIuec5 to repeal Section SO OF
Article . OF the Constitution, which
is as follows;
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12

or puroly lI5lc cu,tIi,: -sssf"
public properly used exclusively IeS any
public purpose Shal be exempt rc'n tax
alton. and there may be Escaped from
taxation personal property nos eXceedlnS
in value 500 for each household. lndl-
vidual or Eoad OF 4 family, as the le$ls-
lature may determine: provided, ina
the legislature may authorize municlpai
corporations to levy and collect assess
ments for local improvements upon prop
erty benefited thereby witEout REGARD 20
a cash valuation. and, provided further,
construed to afrcctl modify or repeal
any existing law pr3viding for The taxa taxa,
ton of The gross earnings of railroads
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

The first proposed amendment is
contained in Chapter 1GS of the
Laws OF 1908. by this amendment it
Is sought to repeal Sections one 90,
two CD, three 90, four tn and sew
cnteen 90 Of Article nine CO. Of
the Constitution Cthe latter section
being the amendment to said Article
hi"e CD adopted IN IS36) which
sections now read as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01

the ball IL not taken At speed. At al games
with the racquet tho server tosseS b bah
lightly and strikes at 1t In midair, just %
the baseball players do when one is batting
out for practice catches, technically fun
goes.
At tennis the service is a spin along the
penthouse roof, designed TO drop closely
to the grille wall 80 as to make q return as
diff cult as possible. Latham, in preparing
for the service, twists his hand around the
racquet handle in a manner TO suggest the
grasp on a baseball Of a pitcher who is a
master OF all the curves, and Quincy A.
Shaw, Jr., the Bostonian, has precisely the
same motion before serving at raoquets.
Young Gould is not so deliberate In his
preparation, but the resultant grasp OF
the racquet is the same. A glance at the
back of his hand when ready to serve shows
the fingers close together on the handle
while the front view reveals that the thumb
is as firm about the shaft as an iron band,
but there Is not as much tension in the
fingers.
The wrist and forearm control the strokes
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e. Sands, the national amateur champion,
by 0--D, 0-8, lie.
I'm England the amateurs do not take
up tennis until they get TO the universities,
and / aro amazed 10 find 10 young and
capable a player here" was q comment by
Latham, after the games. young Gould
Ii the finest player for his years that I
nave ever known. He lacks only the true
tennis ~inesse. but six months in the London
courts against good men would eradicate
the tendency to play racquets or lawn
tennis instead Of the true game.
tennis requires more playing than
any other game in the world. There is
room in it for the speedieBt out Of ~racquets
and the most gentle lob Of lawn tennis,
besides the high premiums on placing in
playing for or defending chases and in
playing for the winning openings. In my
opinion there Is still too much Of tho racquet
slambang sort In Jay Gould's game. 1
was professional racquet champion for
two years before taking up tennis and
suffered from the same fault, a tendency to
substitute force for finesse In a tight place.
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in tennis, 80 that the arm must always be
under control, to prevent the tendency to
bat at the ball with the full strength of
biceps and shoulder swing. In waiting
for the service the player has a similar
grip on the handle and he keeps the feet
close together, somewhat in the first position
Of a lesson in dancing, to be ready to jump
and meet it. Latham has a trick OF crouch
ing that suggests a lion poised to spring.
In rallying the grip is maintained as
much as the fortunes Of the game will per-
nit and spin must never be out Of mind,
even though in volleys and in the difficult
half volleys the grasp may be only at the
butt of the handle.
The reliance o n spin and the placing OF
the ball is termed the jeu cldssique, and
besides Peter Latham's exhibitions it has
been revealed in this country by Cecil Fairs,
now the worlds champion at tennis. who
was at Tuxedo in the winters Of 1904 and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01

unless in the case Of the Princes extreme
peril. Then the ring OF the elephants,
every mahout pressing toward the same CEN
tral point and the Prince and his two COM
panies moving toward the same point,
Of our part Of II, began to close in.
There were about 800 elephants en-
ployed. I should guess that at first there
may have been on the average four yards
between every two elephants. Allow six
and the circle may be roughly estimated,
as a mile and q half round. Soon, how
ever, the interval between the elephants
dwindled to three yards, two yards, one
yard. At last, except where the trunk Of
a tree interposed, the elephants were almost
Before it had actually come to this a large
herd Of spotted deer, with two fine stays
among them, had shown them selves at
various points Of the circle, seeking where
to break through, ,Atlast, maddened by the
elephants marched on and in utter deeper
alton, one hind rushed between two ele-
plants near me n the rest OF the herd
followed her. The passage Of those timid
creatures was quite enough To show me
Of them backed out of the line and screamed,
as much as il these poor scared deer
had been 90 many ferocious tigers; and II a
tiger had taken advantage of the momen-
tary break in the circle he might have got
of scot free.
The deer, however, had soon all passed,
and the ring was again continuous. At
this time q shot was heard. ] could not see
the Prince on account of some intervening
underwood but it was, Of course. he who
had fired. Then oame two shots in rapid
succession, and the shouting Of the mahouts
redoubled; and the noise was indeed so
alarming and Supplying to the birds within
the circle hat q black partridge actually
flew and stunned itself against an elephants
head.
Then oame a fourth shot. Still we
pressed inward. Only now there was not
room for all the elephants TO keep In their
places in the too narrow circle and a great
number Of pad elephants were jostled out
Of the front rank and had to keep in the
second row. At first / could not make the
tiger out, but he moved, and then I saw
the beautiful beast for an instant as he
orept Into thicker jungle.
And now the din became deafening, the
trees were crashing as If a forest was being
feled, the four or Ave hundred mahouts
shouted like a whole army OF stentors,
and the elephants trumpeted and ran
through their entire ganut Of unearthly
noises. Then came one, two, three shots,
with perhaps a second between each. and
then cheers told us that the tiger was dead.
He was a very handsome and rather large
one, nine feet nine inches In length. No
one, of course, had hit him but the Prince
and he had given him three mortal wounds
The tiger was soon mounted on a pad ele-
plant n despatched toward camp.
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LIONS OF INQUIRING MIND.
THEY TAKE DEEP INTEREST IN
A NEW AFRICAN RAILROAD.

Queer kilograms From the East Indian
Babu In Charge OF q Lonely Station
Three Lions Killed in . Night by
a Hunter-Track Hands Experience.
The lions of East Africa appear to be
watching the progress OF civilization with
deep interest, and nothing has done moro
TO arouse their curiosity and wonder than
the trains on the Uganda railroad.
This railroad from the Indian Ocean 10
Victoria Nyanza is 5s4 miles long, and be-
tween the terminal points are thirty-nine
stations. The line is managed on the ys-
tenn OF the Indian railroads, and most Of
the men in the track, train and station SER
vices are Fast Indians.
The Indian station agent is q babu
and he leads a lonesome life. Simba,
for example, where the lions have been
making a special study Of the railroad sys-
TEN, has only a station building, a water
tank for the engines and a side track, this
being one Of the places where rains pass
each other on the single track road.
The trouble began at Simba, eleven
months ago, when the traffic manager at
Nairobi one morning received this as
tonishing telegram from the babu at
Simba:
A lion has been bothering me for three
nights. He comes up on the station plat
form and goes to sleep. Then he walks up
and down, scratches on the wall and door
and tries TO get into the office. Please send
cartridges for a Snyder rife by the first train
for my protection. | have blank cartridg es.
but they are of no use against lions.
This profound observation has the ear
marks of sober truth. Whether the lion
desired to buy a ticket or whether a fellow
feeling for the lonesome babu induced him
to try to cultivate his acquaintance is not
known, but it is quite certain that blank
cartridges were not appropriate ammuni-
ton, and that ball cartridges were in de-
mand.
1t is to DO supposed that they were
promptly supplied, but, IL so, they did not
make a deep impression upon the lions.
for in August another hair raising telegram
reached the traffic manager. as follows:
August IL. i4S A. NJ.
Urgent. To Traffic Manager;
A lion Ia on the platform. Please instruct
guard and driver Of train to proceed care
fully and to make no signals in the yard.
Tell the guard to advise passengers not to
get out here and TO be very careful himself
when he comes iL.e the ONCE.
1t ia not quite certain whether the babu
was chiefly solicitous for the safety Of the
guard or whether he thought that the lion
might take advantage OF the open door to
come into the office. However this may be,
the distress signal from Simba had the
immediate result Of starting a British sports
man in that direction.
He took the merit train for Slmba, and
under the water tank be and the railroad
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foOS. II h ezactly opposttO 70 the actfve'
foroeful game OF Joshua Crane, Jr.i who
relisd on an overland Ssrvtoe, yet who
was our amateur champion for three years.
from 1901 TO 1904.
Charles E. Sands, who began as an un-
orthodox player Of the Crane type, after
q year in the tennis courts of London and
Paris returned with his game Transformed
and is now deemed q most finished and
effective player. He is the present national
amateur champion. The two named are
quite in the class with Jay Gould.
Two young players who have q SOUND
game learned at Tuxedo are Pierro Lori
lard, Jr., and Gordon Douglas. I. Suhern
Taller. Ernest A. Thomson and q dozen
moro OF tho older men who play good tennis
frankly admit that they are now outciaRseo
by the young SCHOOL
In the old days when the hailmarks OF a
gentleman we're skill at fencing, riding the
Rreat hone and tennis there was o teni''e
court in nearly every palace and mansion
OF England and France. Now there are
perhaps six or eight in London M forty
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01
For Mechanical Purposes.

From the BANGOR Neus,
In rural Maine. when one has an especially
hard or dlsagreeable task to perform, one
calls In the neiRhbors." Al such times the
work performed is done without money and
without price. except that the host must
provide abundant refreshments. both nouf-
ishing and Intoxicating. Al such times the
winter supply OF frewood is cut, the timber
felled and piled, the frames OF buildings
raised, Often the host has trouble To nnd
intoxicants. Maine being a dry State.
This was Clancy's dilemma when he entered
the city agency at Bangor. Straight IN front
Of him a sign hung Liquor Sold for Use In
Sickness or for Mechanical Purposes Only"
Il want two gallons OF old rum" he an
nounced.
The agent poin ted YEARLY 70 the sign.
Il cav that" said Clancy. 1--WE been read
ing it"
Are you sick?".
NO"
Got a prescription"
What do YOU want 1t forl" querisd the
Got to have IT," replied Clancy. ohesrfuiiy,
Tor mechanical purpos>s. I'm going TO Fsiis
q barn. "