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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-19
new MANAGER HERE.
7. O. FIeischbein Takes Charge O
STANDARD Brewing Company.

From fridays Daily.
A change in the management of the
Standard Brewing company took place
Oct. l, when Henry Zimmerman Jr. re-
tired and was succeeded by T. O.
Fleischbein as manager. Mr.. Himmel-
man expects to get back into the hotel
business when good opening presents
itself. He has managed the brewery for
three years past, giving it his full time
and bringing about an increase in the
business and inaugurating number of
He has the good wishes
OF all for the future.
Mr.. Fleischbein has been superintend
ent of agencies for the newly organized
company since July 20. He formerly lived
at Belleville, ILL.,, and has had wide
experience in the business. He is an ex-
cellent business man, and no doubt the
affairs of the company will continue to
prosper under his management. He has
leased John E. Diamonds residence at
SIS South Broad street and his family
will arrive from Belleville Sunday. They
will be welcomed to the city.
The new bookkeeper, E. j. Hennig of
Chicago, is in charge of the books. His
family is in the city.
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MANGLED HIS HAND.
Theodore label Suffers an Accident
in a Threshing Machine.
Tyr;l

Theodore label Suffers an Accident
in a Threshing Machine.
From fridays Daily.
Theodore label of Minnesota Lake had
his hand cut off in threshing machine
near Delavan. 1t seems that Mr.. label
had been repairing the machine the day
before, and on Monday morning when it
was put into operation he was watch
ing to see if everything was running
all right. The machine was set on a
side hill and the ground had been dug
out to set the wheels into. A high wind
was blowing and in some way Mr.. label
lost his balance and in an endeavor to
save himself from falling he put out his
hand which came in contact with the
feed on the machine. All the fingers on
his left hand were terribly mangled. Drs.
Rudolph of Delavan and Durgin of Win
nebago were Immediately summoned to
dress the hand and they were obliged
to amputate all the fingers at the third
joint, just the thumb was left remain
ing. The injured man is as comfortable
as could be expected at this writing.
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He WithdrawS AS Il Can
didate for Governor.
THIS CLOSES THE INCIDENT.
Explains How The Names on the Pc
tiiion Were Duplicated; His
Frank State ment.

st. Paul, Oct. l2.-John w. Johnson,
the Minneapolis candidate for governor,
called on the secretary of state yester-
dav and withdrew from the race Mr.
johnson had an interview with p. M.
Kerst, public examiner, and his assis-
tant and discovered that almost fifty
names placed on the petition were re-
peated. These fifty names Being de-
Quoted from the total of zoos names
signed brings the total number consid-
erably under that required by law.
Z Mr. johnson admitted that he did not
have sufficient names and said that he
would not make any defense when the
case comes up in the supreme court to-
day. Mr.. Johnson, who appeared very
frank and honest with the state Off
Gals gives his reasons for the error.
In securing names for the petition
for the mayoralty candidate on the So
cialist labor ticket in Minneapolis, the
NCic HilACu WIN oiittu - uhC pO
tition for the gubernatorial) candidate
which, of course, was myself, said Mr..
Johnson. I'm securing the names for the
mayor and the governors petition, they
were written on sheets containing about
thirty names and sworn to by the no.
tary public. The sheet for the mayoralty
candidate was marked an IN" and the
one for the gubernatorial candidate was
marked with a a." In their haste to
get the petition properly into the secre-
tarv of states office last Saturday, some
of these sheets belonging to the mayor
atty candidate were inadvertently past
cd onto the petition for the guberna-
torial candidate an, ~ names counted
No one discovered the mistake until aft
er the petition had been filed with the
secretary of state.
Mr. Johnson was asked by Mr. Frank
A. Day, chairman of the democratic
state central committee. if he did not
think that the use of his (Johnson's)
name would affect the vote for governor
John A. Johnson Mr.. Johnson replied
that he did not think so.
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DEATH OF A PIONEER.
Or. Carl Weschcke Of New UIm Died
at Noon Today.
From SATURDAYS Daily.


DR.. Carl Weschcke, one of the pioneers
of New Ulm and the Minnesota valley,
died at his home in New Ulm shortly
before noon today. He had been ailing
for year past and his death was not
unexpected. He was seventyfive years
of age and a native of Prussia.
known physicians in this section. He
came to New Ulm from st. Paul in
1860 and passed through the Indian trou-
bles during 1862. He was the only phys
ican in New Ulm during the trying
days when that then village was at the
mercy of the redskins and his services
were valuable to the wounded who fell
in the defense of the town. He was a
graduate of number of medical schools
in Prussia and was regarded as a most
skillful surgeon and physician. He had
the honor of being the first president
of the Minnesota Valley Medical soci
ETY..
In New Ulm the doctor was held in
high respect by all and few there were
in that city who did not have his ac-
quaintance. He was elected mayor of
the city in 1873 and held the position
for eighteen years. He was a member
of the council, and the board of educa-
ton, and in capacities he performed val
liable service for the people.
The funeral will be held on Tuesday
afternoon.
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WERE HANDICAPPED.
Crowd, However, Enjoyed the Pro-
gram at the Fair Grounds.
-. nh, c.taty Natl
From Thursdays Daily

The race meet given by the Nlankato
Driving club yesterday MAS certainly
successful Good contests and clean rae
ing was the order of the day and the
small crowd that attended on account
Of the cold weather was wcel repaid for
venturing out. The races went oil on
scheduled time and without hitch.
Farmer Duffy won the 2:l7 and 2:25
class races with his horses. He has II
pair that are hard TO beat
The match race between Iowa and Ak
was somewhat of disappointment.
The New Tim horses; Ida l. and Allen
]. went good races. Ida seemed little
unsteady at critical moments and it
lost position for her. o. X, the same
game fellow. went n good race. Keller
c., an unknown quantity, surprised the
talent by coming in second i'm the
first heat of the special and showed up
we'll Dr. Driver should have won the
race. but Mr.. Foley has strong arms
and used them. Airship did well as it
was his first start of the aoason and
not in condition to 60 a race as fast
as they were stepping. All in all, the
races were fine.
George Atchison was starter, III. Him
melman, Jr., and William Spornitz, tim
al
Alice Medium holds the track record
at 2:l6H.
The following is the result OF the
races:
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Following are the officers chosen by
the Baptist state convention in st
Paul:
President-Carey Emerson.
Vice Presidents-John Day Smith, i
NJ Van Duzee, Fl. W. Kingsbury, Rev
r. E. Savles, J. 0. Anderson, J. FL. Irish
Rev. f. NJ Martinson, Frank Peterson
Rev. J. W. Loughbridge, Rev. F. III
Heinemann, Rev. NJ. A. Wesgaard.
Correspondent Secretary-Rev. f. r.
Pope.
Recording Secretary-D. ID. Smith.
Treasurer. A. Ridgeway.
Auditors-C. A. Brown, ]. H. Randall
Trustees for l0O6-C. W. Sawyer, f
A. Vanderpool, Rev. J. T. Hill, Rev. E.
s. Van Ness, Rev. Olof Bodien, G.. F.
Holt. Rev. E. s. Sucker, f. F. Sands
Mrs. G. NJ Palmer, Rev. r. N. Martin
Trustees for loot. B. Lindsay, A
T. Fowler, J. T. Barnum, A. F. Gale
Rev. NJ Berglund, L. S. Gillette, F. X
Pratt, Mrs. E. A. Thayer, Rev. F. c
Whitney, Rev. R. NJ. West
Trustees for l9OS--Uriah Roraback, L
A. CrandaIl, Rev. liver Larsen, w. B
Riley. f. f. Tallant, F. j. Carpenter
Rev. g. Melby, Rev. P. Lovene, T. E
Hughes. Mrs. Nj. j. Smith.
Standing Committee
Home Missions r. f. Sayles, v
E. Hedberg, W. I. Milliken, c. 7. Halo
well, n. J. Hilton.
Foreign acknowledgements F. T.
Drewlett, F. C. Whiting, N. L. Chris
tiansen, A. Gordh and E. NJ. Halett.
Woman's Home Missions-Mrs. w. S
Barrett, Mrs. S. F. Stewart, Mrs
Chamberlain, Mrs. A. S. Amber and
Mrs. j. Everington.
Womans Foreign Missions-Mrs. F.
p. Lathrop, Mrs. G. E. Young, Mrs. G.
Powers. Mrs. A. d. Dennison and Mrs
George P. Lyman.
Spiritual State of Churches-Rever-
ends w. E. Woodruff, B. Erickson, w. L.
Riley, Z. H. Rasmussen and F. R.
Leach.
Obituaries-Reverends A. Barnes, w
d. Carter, F. C. Lovett, J. F. Hill and
7. Bloomfield
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GARDEN CITY GOSSIP.
News Notes and Personal Mention OF
the Village.

Mr. w. Kenison has rented the Grant
Ward place, vacated by Will Conkling.
r. P. Fairchild is home on a visit
James Wiley is in town.
Mrs. S. T. Mills is very sick at the
home of her son, F. T. Mills.
w. c. T. u. met with Mrs. Hattie
Scott this week.
w. T. Sherman and family have moved
on the farm owned by A. d. Crane, va
Gated by Mr.. Detamore. Mr.. Sherman is
still at his work in the blacksmith shop
but his family are on the farm.
Lee Duffield, who has been at West
Hope, n. d., for the past six months
returned home Thursday.
Mrs. Grover Hart, who has been Wis
iting the past week at Lake Benton, re,
turned home Friday.
Mrs Merrill and Miss H. A. Hopkins
went to Amboy to visit over Sunday.
Mrs. Will Osgood has gone to Minot,
N. d., to visit her son, Carl
Earl Van Sickle, who has been going
to school in Des Moines, Iowa, return
ed home Wednesday.
Conductor O. P. Trainor has been re-.
instated and is in charge of the gravel
train in Garden City, taking the place
of Conductor Mcmillan.
H., NIorod;tb &c yV;ndo,,, SC rro;,o. 70
settle in Garden City,.
j. S. Church visited relatives in Ma
della and expects to go soon to Eureka
Springs, Ark, to visit his son and fam
lily.
Jennie Webb attended the linen show
er to Mary Piper which was held at
the home of Mrs. Frank Thurston Jr.
Mrs. Thayer has gone to Minneapolis
to visit her brother, Lester Flemming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell of Amboy visited
at the home of Mrs William King We'd
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Norman We're in
town Saturday. Mrs. Norman visited
Mrs. A. w. Bixby and Mr.. Norman is
instituting new lodge of Yeoman.
Miss Geneivieve Swan, who has been
going to school in st. Paul, returned
home Saturday.
There was dance in Van Sickle's
barn Friday evening.
j. S. Church has sold his buildings
to Charles John.
c. H. Piper and wife have announced
the marriage of their daughter Mary
to DR.. Grimes of Lake Crystal, which
will occur at the home of the bride,
Friday afternoon. Oct. 10th.
Mr.. Fry and wife of Lake Crystal.
have rented Mrs. G. Peterson's resi-
dence on the east side of the river and
will make their home here.
Carols Warren and his wife visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Gates last week.
Ed. Rev has returned from Lady
smith,
DR.. Monahan and wife, who have been
practicing in Garden City, have gone to
Black Duck.
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Governors Voice Is Bad.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Throat trouble. due to outdoor speak
ing, may compel Governor Johnson to
temporarily cease his talking efforts. The
close of his speech at Minneapolis Sat
urday night found his throat baliv ag-
gravated, and he was ordered to take a
brief rest. but he refused. He Left yes.
terday to fill his weeks engagements
and if it is found that there is no i'm.
provement John Lind or some effective
talker will be sent along to aid him.
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RObertM anske Passes Away
Very Suddenly.
HEART DISEASE THE CAUSE.
Was Discovered BY a Servant Girl
About Seven O'clock; the Man
Was Collecting Garbage.
From Mondays Daily.

from Mondays Dany.
Miss johnson, servant girl for Mrs.
D. w. Wiser, who resides at SIG South
Broad street, at seven o'clock this
morning discovered man sitting in IA
carriage in the alley back of the house,
apparently very ill. He was leaning
over the side of the buggy, groaning,
and she at once notified Mrs. Wiser,
who in turn notified T. G. Peart, her
neighbor. Mr.. Peart investigated and
thinking the man drunk set him up. but
he fell over dead. Mr.. Peart at once
notified the police and Coroner Kenne-
dy. Officer Bienapf and Coroner Ken
nedy were on the spot in few mo-
ments.
Officer Bienapf recognized the man
as Robert Manske, whose home was at
the corner of Broad and Plum streets.
1t appears that Manske had been in the
habit of getting out early and gath
ering the garbage at certain places, and
he had a box full in his carriage. He
had just emptied a pail of it, and upon
getting back into the carriage was evil
IDENTIFY taken sick, for the horse stood
quietly. Manske fell over backwards
acros the seat, with his head over the
side of the buggy and his feet in the
box the other side. His position was
that of one who had fallen back dead
Coroner Kennedy decided that death
was due to natural causes and that no
inquest was necessary. Two months ago
Manske had bad attack. AS he was
getting into his buggy on South Front
street, he fell over, and his foot be-
came caught in the lines and he was
dragged for half block and consider
ably bruised. The physician to whose
office he was then taken said that he
was suffering from apoplexy and heart
disease: 1t is thought that his death
this morning was due to the same
cause.
Manske was formerly butcher in
the employ of Macbeth & Gardner He
had not been well for several years. He
leaves wife and several children. He
was about fifty years of age.
The deceased belonged to the Modern
Brotherhood of America, and carried
$1,000 of life insurance in that order.
A peculiar feature of the case was
disclosed when Coroner Kennedy and
Chief Donahue called at the Manskc
home this morning to notify the wife
of the death of her husband She was
at the door to meet them, having been
waiting for them at the window. Her
first remark was: "You needn't tell me
what you have come for, because l
know" She went on to say that the
circumstances of her husbands death
were all pictured to her in dream last
night, and that this morning when she
told him of it she begged him not TO
60 to town. He replied that he felt
81 well that he would go and get some
feed for his chickens and would then
come home and help his wife wash.
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EXCITING RUNAWAY
farmers Team Does Damage on
jackson Street.

from MOnUdy s Daily.
A lumber wagon, filled with potatoes
attached to a runaway team, caused
excitement on Jackson street at about
1890 o'clock this forenoon. The team
dashed up the street, taking to the walk
in front of Overman's music store. 1t
looked as though the horses would dash
through the plate glass window, but they
did not. The pillar at the corner Of
and the wagon pole was broken square
ly off. The horses then got mixed up
with the telephone pole at the corner
and were captured. They escaped with
some bruises.
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Supreme Court Refuses to
Assume Jurisdiction.
PRIMARY LAW IS AN ISSUE,
Lauritson. Seward Election Case Was
Up for a Hearing Before the High
est State Tribunal.

st. Paul, Oct. Estate supreme court
has refused to assume jurisdiction in the
primary election case of Marcus Laurit-
son against Virgil B. Seward, republican
candidate for state senator from the
Seventeenth senatorial district.
Lauritson secured from Chief Justice
Start. Oct. 6, an order to the county
auditors of Lyon, Lincoln and Yellow
Medicine counties, composing the dis
trict, to show cause why a referee should
not be appointed by the court for the
purpose of holding contest.
Ambrose Tighe of st. Paul appeared
for Lauritson and Thomas Davis of
Marshall for Seward.
The arguments of Mr.. Davis were to
the point that the district court was
the court of original jurisdiction and
that the primary election laws provided
for the disposition of these cases with
out direct resort to the supreme court.
Mr. Tigue took the opposite view chat
the statutes distinctly provide for resort
either to the district court of the coun-
ty in which the contest lies in any
Justice of the supreme court.
The matter was argued at length and
Mr.. Tighe was questioned by Chief JUS
tice Start and Justices Jaggard and FL
lott. The trend of the questioning fore
Swallowed the decision of the court.
In the course of his remarks Mr..
Tighe took a shot at the opponents of
the primary law by saying:
"The court ought not to encourage the
continuance of these conditions which
are based partially upon the natural hu-
man inirmities of the candidates and
their friends, but more largely l think
upon concerted effort to discredit the
primary system because it has trans
ferred the power of selection of candi-
dates from constituted political lead
ers.''
At the close of the arguments the
noon when the decision was given, hold
ing that the district court was the court
of competent jurisdiction.
In the affidavit upon which Lauritson
secured the order to show cause Laurit-
son charged fraud sufficiently widespread
to cause him the loss of the nomination.
Lauritson received 2,2S7 votes against
1874 for Seward He stated that at
least five ballots in each of the II pre-
cincts, making 3S5 were cast for him
and unlawfully counted for Seward. He
further specified that in the city of Mar
shall, where SAT votes were polled, not
more than 1926 were legally cast and
''that but for the unlawful votes so cast
such affiant would have received a high
er number of votes than Mr. Seward
Both Lauritson and Seward were pres
ent with their attorneys.
Two other similar cases were on the,
calendar to be heard today, those of
Archie Whaley, contestant, VS.. John M.
Bayer, contestee, for sheriff on the re-
publican ticket in Clay county; and N.
j. Johnson, contestant, VS.. G. G. Dos
land, contestee, for the republican nomi
nation for county attorney in the same
county. Both were orders to show cause
In each of these cases the contestants
charge fraud through illegal voting.
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AFTER MANY YEARS.
An Iowa Couple Pay Their Marriage
Fee to Owatonna Lady.

FROM IueSudy - I'tihJ.
After being happily married forty -four
years at their home in Hawkeye, Iowa,
a couple who were married in Iowa coun-
~, Wisconsin, by Martin Van Buren,,
now deceased, but at that time justice
q. he peace, recently wrote TO Mrs. Van
Ruren a resident of this city, and en-
closed So which they requested her to
accept, stating that it was the marriage
fee that was due her husband for marry
ing them forty four years ago, says The
Lwa,; ma Journal.
The money for the fec might be termed
conscience money" as the old couple
had been greatly worried by the fact
that they had neglected to pay the fee
and every effort was made by them to
lscatc Mr.. Van Buren,. After much in
mirv tEey learned that Mr.. Van Buren,
hao lived in this city but died two years
AGO. StiH they were anxious to have
the fee paid and few weeks ago Mrs.
Van Buren, received letter from the
couple stating That they were aware of
the fact that hcr husband was dead,
but nevertheless wished her to accept
the So for the Fee The money was &c.
copied by Mrs. Van Buren, in order to
ease the binds of the age3 couple.
In I.all;ng the facts relative to lie
marriage Mrs Van Buren, states that the
parties visited Mr.. Van Buren, and asked
him to Larry them "a, his home in Wis
consin This he gladly cid and after
the cerem.Ey The Groom Informed Mr..
Van Buren, that he did not have enough
money to pay the fee but that he and
his bride were going to Iowa to live
and that just as soon as he could get
the money he would send it to him. After
waiting forty-four years the money had
not arrived and Mr. and Mrs. Van Buren,
had forgotten all about it. Mr.. Van
Buren, died two years ago and the mar
riage of so many years ago was not re-
called by Mrs. Van Buren, until the
arrival of the recent letter containing
the 81 fee.
r
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Left Large Estate.
From Tuesdays Daily.

Mrs. John Harrington has filed pc
tition in the probate court asking that
the estate of her late husband be adj
mitted to probate. and thai she be APP
pointed administrative. The heirs are
herself, one son and two daughters.
John Harrington died in Westchester
county. New York. Dec. s, 1905, leaving
personal property to the amount of
$500 and real estate to the amount of
$25, 900.
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HAD SISTER IN FAIRMONT,
Miss Minnie lesgett, Who Died in an
Automobile.

Kankakee, H., Oct. u.-Nhile in an
automobile. hurting her from Morris.
ILL.,. to the Illinois Eastern insane hos
pital, Miss Minnie Leggett, aged fifty
one years, died late yesterday in the
arms of Mrs. James Derenzy, wife of the
county agent of Grundy county, who
had her in charge. A coroner's jury later
decided the cause of death was heart
disease.
Miss Kate Mclean, hers ain"n. is en-
ployed in the Chicago public schools, and
a sister lives in Fairmont, MINI.
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Knocked In The Doors.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

A farmers team standing in front of
Hanson & Nelson's store took fright at
four o'clock yesterday afternoon and
han south on Front street at rate
that would make Dan Patch jealous.
They attempted to enter Doxey's Red
Cross drug store and succeeded in de-
molishing the doors. The runaway
caused no end of excitement.
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Miss Hughes Appointed Nurse.

From Thursdays Daily.
Miss B. A. Hughes has been appointed
matron of the home for wives and wild
ows of soldiers by the board of trus-
tees of the Soldiers home. The new
building will be completed in about a
month. The board is considering a
form of application for those persons
who desire to get into the home
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Teachers Enjoy an Outing.

Taking advantage of the beautiful
weather yesterday afternoon, the teach
ers in the Franklin building drove in
a tallyho to Lake Emily where they
enjoyed a supper with Mrs. Volk. They
came home via st. Peter. 1t was a
pleasant outing.
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MUST BE REGISTERED.
Voters Can No Longer Swear in
Their Votes.

From Thursdays Daily.
City Attorney Daley has been look
ing up the election law and finds that
under the new code nobody can swear
in his vote Oh election day. That pro-
vision of the old law has been abolished
\ voter must have voted at the primary
election or have seen to it that his name
has been placed on the poll lists on
one of the two days that the judges
meet.
All candidates for city offices must
pay their filing fee before next Tuesday,
in order to have their names placed on
the ticket. The fee is $40.
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SUDDEN DEATH.
Gerhard Rutges Sick But Few Hours
Yesterday.

From Mondays Daily.
Gerhard Rutges died suddenly last
night after an illness of only a few
hours He was taken sick at six o'clock
yesterday morning at his home in North
Mankato, an ulcer of the rectum hav-
ing perforated the side. He died at
three o'clock this morning He was
fifty seven years of age, and leaves a
wife and five children. He was for
years foreman in Oscar Bierbauer's
brickyard, and was an excellent man,
well liked by all. Several months ago
he was attacked and injured by bull
Funeral services will be held at st.
Peter and Paul's Catholic church We'd
nesday at a. M