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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14

Rev. w. S. Emery Elects to Preach in
Hebron.


Presiding Elder Kerfoot and Rev. w.
S. Emery came out to Hebron last Fri
day to the home of Mr.. Jesse Keene to
hold quarterly conference. 1t was decid-
ed that Rev. Emery should supply the
pulpit at the Hebron church until reg
ular pastor could be sent to the charge
There will be regular services every
Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Rev. Emery gave
an interesting discourse last Sunday;
subject, "'What Is the User" He took
his theme from the two characters of
the Bible, Solomon and Paul. One had
everything that heart could wish, and at
the end pronounced everything vanity
and vexation of spirit; the other had
persecution and trials, affiction and
hardship and at the end said, 81 have
fought good fight, finished my work
and there is laid up for me crown"
Mrs. Jesse Keene and her son. Row,
went to the cities last Saturday to have
their eyes treated and will be gone sew
eral days.
E. r. Kennedy of Mankato spent
Saturday and Sunday with his daugh-
ter's family, Mrs. w. E. Hendley of He
bron, and attended service at the
Hebron church.
Wesley Hendley shipped another car
of stock and goods to South Dakota
last Tuesday.
Miss Florence Hodson returned from
her nine weeks visit with her sister,
Mrs. V. ID. Grain, near Lake Benton,
last Saturday.
Mr.. Steel, son of John Steel. near st.
Clair, visited with relatives in this vi
cinity last Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Winnie Rist, who is attending
school at Mankato, is sick with the
measles.
Mrs. Ruby Benson, daughter of NJ NJ.
Grain, has had a severe attack of ap-
pendicitis and may have to undergo an
operation.
The social and fair held last Friday
evening at the home of G. W. johnson
was success, socially and financially.
AN elegant supper was provided and
over 100 sat down to the well loaded
tables. The Kerns band of twenty
pieces gave some fine music and with a
little more practice will make first
class band. All had royal good time.
and over $50 was realized from the
supper and sale which will be applied
on the pastors salary
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
WHAT COMMITTEE SPENT
Or. A. 3. Cole Files a Statement of
the Expenses.

FROM 1ueSd3V s DAILY.
DIR. a. b. Cole, as treasurer of the eX-
ecutive committee of the republican
state central committee, has filed a
statement of his receipts and expendi-
lures with the county auditor at Fergus
Falls. The report shows receipts of
$4,000 ''from candidates and popular
subscriptions"
The expenditures are as follows:
Contributions to county committees
and clubs. for miscellaneous legal ex-
penses, $l25. To speakers, salaries and
travelling expenses, $l,50S.S4 For print
ing and distributing speeches, sample
tickets, ETC., 1852. For railway tickets
for speakers and canvassers, $6OS. 36.
For halls, decorations and office turni-
ture, SIS. Office supplies and INSECT
laneOus legal expenses, $264lS. Copying
poll lists. ADDRESSING envelopes, etc, $50.
Express, $lSl.3O.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
SEEK Dime LETTERS.
State Historical SocietyIIs to Engage
In Work Of Research.


st. Paul, Dec. 1.-THE Minnesota
Historical society, through its library
committee, is about to begin campaign
for the acquisition of the letters, diaries
and other documents of the early set
tiers of the state, to be added to the
collections of such papers now held 10y
the society. The desire of the society
is to acquire as many of th-ce papers
as is possible to be stored in the IRE
proof vaults o fthe society and to have
them indeXed in such a manner that
their contents will be accessible and the
matter relating to particular subjects
readily found.
The question was discussed last night
at meeting of the executive council
arising out of discussion as to WAYS
and means OF acquiring the papers and
documents of Governor Alexander Ram
sey and Lieutenant Governor Ignatius
Donnelly. The society now has in its
archives a collection of about 5000 let
tiers received by General Sibley between
1884 and 1891, arranged in thirteen let
ter file boxes, besides copies of about
l 500 letters written by General SibIey
between lS49 and 1855, arranged in four
letter files. These papers contain misceI
laneOus and business letters besides a
number of state documents great his
toric value.
Mr.. Donnelly was lieutenant governor
during Governor Ramsey's administra-
ton i'll the early years of the Civil war
and many of the papers relate to the
events of that time. These papers, of
much greater bulk than the Sibley col.
lection, were kept in admirable chron-
illogical order by Mr.. Donnelly, and COW
Ell period of about forty years and a
very wide correspondence. There are
about 10000 of them, in $50 packages,
each package covering from one to three
months and each package dated. Be
sides these letters and papers there are
"a large number of bound volumes of
pamphlets and many scrap books, all of
considerable historic value
Professor w. w. FowelI, for fifteen
years president of the state university.
attended the meeting and strongly ureel
the ACCESSIBILITY of obtaining possession
of these old documents for their value
as original documents upon which the
writing of history will in the future
be based. Besides the Ramsey and Don
nelly papers the Franklin Steele and
other collections were also mentioned,
and the matter was finally referred to
the library committee to take such steps
as they deem best i'm order to secure
for the society as many of the old col
lections as are of historic value to the
state. 1t was the opinion of the colln-
ril that many of the early citizens of
the state who were prominent in poll
tics and war have left papers which are
of great historic value and the efforts
of the committee will be directed to
locating them and endeavoring to effect
their transfer to the custody Of the So
ciety, where they may be preserved ami
so arranged as to be of the greatest
value for purposes of reference.
General William lie Due of Hastings
and General James H. Baker of Manka
to were the out of town members of the
council present at the meeting last even
ing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
Farmer Almost Killed.
From Mondays Daily.

James Picker, a farmer of Nicolet
township, narrowly escaped being killed
In a runaway accident in st. Peter. His
team sprinted several blocks. and when
they attempted to turn a corner Picker
was thrown out, his head striking the
curb. He was picked up unconscious.
No bones were broken, although he re-
ceived several slight scalp wounds and
a deep cash across his cheek.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
WILLIS GIVEN A POSITION
Mankato Man Will Be Clerk In State
Treasurer's Office.

e IOII Il IItIffy 5 Daily.
Three of State Treasurer Blocks staff
will be retained by G. c. Dinehart. the
treasurer-elect. Mr. Dinehart Yesterday
announced the reappointment of +. S.
Pettijohn as deputy treasurer, f. j.
Erickson as chief clerk and Robert W.
Block as 3 clerk in the department He
also announced the appointment of J..
G. Willis of Mankato and George La
Fond of Little Falls as clerks in the de.
partment, and Mary l.. Morse of SlavtoE
as stenographer. There is one .more
to be made and this will
be announced later
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
YOUNG FARMER KILLED.
Theodore G. Thorston Fell From
Wagon, Crushed Skull.
From Fridays Daily.

Theodore G. Thorston, prosperous
and hard working young farmer of Sun
down township, Brown county, met
sad and untimely death Tuesday even
ing while returning home from trip to
Wanda. The exact manner in which he
met such tragic and sudden death is a
matter of conjecture only.
At about three o'clock in the after
noon he left home with load of Wheat
which he was to- market at Wanda Be
fore taking his departure he informed
the boys that he would be back home
at about eight O'Clock. His wife did
not think much of his prolonged alb
sence until about nine o'clock at night
when she began to worry and believed
that some misfortune had befallen him.
She finally telephoned to her husbands
panied by his brother Peter started out
at about one o'clock at night to search
for him.
The dead body was found about one
and a half miles from the home. living
prone upon the ground and near the
road OH the sloping side of the grade
with the head in the roadway. An ex.
animation revealed the fact that the en-
tire skull was crushed to pulp begin
ming at point just above the eyes. The
body was picked up, and taken to the
unfortunate mans home
1t is thought that while in a fainting
spell Thorston fell from his wagon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
ALMOST A CENTURY.
Mrs. Little Who Died Saturday Near
Marysburg.
From MONDAYS Dailv.

Mrs. Little died at the home of her
son-in- law, John &c, near harrisburg.
on Saturday night of old age. She was
in her ninety-seventh year and was one
o. the oldest persons in this section of
the state. She was an excellent woman
and eld in the highest esteem by all.
The funeral was held from the Cathonc
church at Marysburg, this morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
Struck a Handcar.
from TUESDAYS Daily.

Yesterday morning at 1870 o'clock.
while the morning freight on the Chi
cago Great Western road was comino
toward the city, the engine ran into a
handcar few miles out from the civ.
1he section crew on the car GOT off
safely, but did not have time to remov.
the handcar, and the engine struck it
and threw it off, breaking a casting. The
engine was not damaged much, and the
train was not delayed much by the ac-
cident. ~ t18i4 gglf iC y ee -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
Stole Pair of Shoes.

Long Tom" Flynn was arrested this
afternoon by Officers Robb and Riley on
the charge of having stolen a PAIR of
shoes from l.. Salet's store. The theft
was committed about one o'clock. and
the man was soon in custody. 1t is sus-
pected that he is seeking warm place
to spend the. winter. The police know
him of old
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
John McCabe Remembered.
From Tuesdays Daily.

+. *. Slater. state dairy and food
commissioner, has announced the ap.
polntment of John McCabe of st. Peter
to The position of assistant dairy and
food commissioner, to succeed luton A.
Irenham, the appointment to be efrec-
tive JAN |. s
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
Buchit Released ON Bail.

From Mondays Daily
William Buchit, who shot Louis King.
formerly of this county, taking him for
a deer, has been released on 50 500 bonds
at Walker, signed by his father and
County Commissioner w. H. Andrews,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14

FOR SALE.-Farm, SIS acres, good
buildings and well, graded school, price
reasonable. Time for part of payment
if wanted. Address p O. Box 324, Yer
non Center. MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
JURY IS OUT.
Trial OF the caveIge Damage Suit is
Concluded.
From TueSdav's D,;yx,

~ W ITO SaveI9e Damage Suit is
Concluded.
From Tuesdays Daily.
The damage suit of Margaret CaveIge
against the city and Contractor A.
Bashaw went to the jury at 9:45 a. m.
today, and the jury was still out this
afternoon.
The jury returned verdict of $500
for the plaintiff
The suit of Charles Ramey VS.. the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
company went to trial this forenoon.
The plaintiff sues to recover $3.50. aIleg-
ing this as the value of some baggage
that he says went astray on the road.
lie next case for trial will be the
matter of county ditch No. ID.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14
BRAKEMAN KILLED.
Fatal Accident on Omaha Frejoh
Train at leSueur.

A brakeman named Clute, on freight
train No. 10, west bound, on the Omaha
road, was instantly killed at lie Sueur
early Sunday morning. He was fixing
the air brakes, and the train bumped
and his head was crushed between two
cars.
Clute's home was at ST. James. and
the remains were taken there for burial.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-14

Tie next case for trial will be the
natter of county ditch No. Ia.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10

 FIRST STEP
Secretary Wilson Meets
 Chicago Packers
Silence Maintained by all Parties as to the First Conference.

Chicago. July 9.-Secretary of Agri- culture Wilson and the chiefs of the packing establishments at the stock yards held a meeting today. When the conference adjourned in the afternoon none of the packers would say a word regarding what had occurred in the conference.
 Secretary Wilson said: ''The meet ing was not a formal affair. The Washington authorities asked me to meet the packers and the time and place were considered the most con- venient. l have nothing to say regard ing what transpired. The public must wait until my work is finished before I say anything. I am here today to listen. l am a good listener.
 The packers have done the talking today. My mission here is to explain the new law to the government in- spectors. I do not expect to make a detailed inspection of the stock yards but will inform the public as to the result of my labOrs while here just as soon as I can"
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
CLEVELAND INVESTIGATION.
Of the Standard Oil Company and the
 Railroads.

Cleveland, O.. July 9.-The United States grand jury of this federal dis trict began today the investigation n- to the violations of interstate com merce and anti-rebate laws alleged to have been committed by prominent railroads and the Standard Oil com pany. A dozen or more witnesses were present. but only three of them were called into the jury room.
 They were George T. Roberts, as sistant auditor of the interstate com merce commission; N. H. Anspach, head of the tariff and schedule depar- ment of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad, and w. T. Smith, freight claim agent of the same road.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
LONE STAGE ROBBER
 OF THE YOSEMITE
The Only Thing Now Is to Identify
 the Suspect.

Fresno. Cal. July 9.-If the surmises of the authorities are correct. Jack Sweet of Grub Gulch. in Madeira county, is alleged to have held up the five Yosemite stages. A report to the Democrat is that he is under arrest on that charge and~~that he has been taken to WawOna for Identification Sweet is suspected of having held up the Yosemite stage one year ago No arrest was then made because he came forward with an alibi.
 a Sweet owns a small tract Of land at Grub Gulch. in the Sierras. and works as a laborcr in the mines The sher- iffs office at Madeira has no official in formation concerning the arrest. and Sheriff Jones has not been in commu- nication with the office since he came into the mountains on Saturday in pllr- suit of the bandit.
 News of the arrest was brought here by man named Graham. from An vance. and all depends upon the pos sibility of identification. which several stage passengers say they are able to do.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10

commission which is expected to rec ommend the issuance of a counter ap- peal setting forth the views and in tentiOns of parliament
 Deputy Won Rutzen. from the prov ince of Kursk, who has just returned from a visit to that section. told the Associated Press today that he had found many peasants harbOring dis tinct feeling Of distrust if not of ami mostly toward parliament. which petty officials naturally are doing their ut most to encourage.
 The governments agrarian procia- nation, he said, was distributed broad cast in the form of hand bills and posters throughout the country and agents of the administration are ac- lively attacking the parliament prin- ciple in the agrarian question as being aimed as much at the small holdings of peasants as at the vast estates of the nobility.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT
 BEING UNDERMINED
The Government Trying to Wreck it on
 the AgraTian Problem
Peasants Being Informed That ParIiaments Policy of Land Distribution Involves the Small as We'll as the Large Holdings.

St. Petersburg, July 9.-The initial steps toward the adoption of a direct address to the country to counteract the impression the governments com munication with regard to the settle ment of the agrarian question is mak- ing among the peasantry were taken fu the lower house of parliament today when an interpolation was introduced asking for an explanation of the dis semination of the governmental proc lamation to the peasants July g.
 This proclamation accompanied the publication in the public Official Mes senger of the governments agrarian bill and set forth the emperors con- stant solicitude for the peasants vel fare and denied that the government was opposing appropriation in the in terest of the landlords. concluding with an expression of the vital necessity of maintaining the rights of property as being the foundation of the state
 The interpolation was referred to a
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
MURDER OF A JUDGE
 BY LOVE-LORN YOUTH
The Case of Another Insanity PIeadsr
 Put in Peril.

Seattle. Wash, July 9.-The staying of former Judge G. Meade Emory by young Chester Thompson may infIu- ence the verdict of the jury before whom George Mitchell is on trial charged with the murder of Franz Ed mund Crefield, leader of the Oregon fanatics known as the Holy Rollers. % This at least is what Mitchelrs attor- neys profess to fear.
 The national flag was flying at half mast from the court house today in honor of the dead iurist. but MitchelTs s lawyers urged that this fact should be concealed from the jury. and that the bailiffs should be instructed to take the jury to a hotel by route which would make it impossible for the flag to be observed
 It is announced that insanity will be pleaded in defense of young Thomp- son. In the case of young Mitchell. also, the plea is insanity the defense maintaining that when the Oregon youth followed the so-called prophet of the Holy Rollers to Portland and slew him on the street he was men tally irresponsible through breeding over the wrongs suffered by his sis ters oD account of the teachings and practices of Crefield.
 Judge Emory died early this morn ing from the effect of the shot fired by Thompson last Saturday. Thomp- son was infatuated with Charlotte Whittlesey, the niece of Judge Emory He threatened to kill the girl and him. self. He watched the girl. followed her to the home of Judge Emory and attempted to enter after her. He was stopped by the judge. and he fired Two bullets struck the judge. one pene- trating the chest.
 Judge Emory was prominent. as is also w. H. Thompson. the father of the boy, who is a writer, author and law
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
THE OPENING GUN
 FIRED BY MR. TAFT
His Address to the Republicans of
 North Carolina.

Greensboro, N. C., July 9.-Secretary of War Taft, tonight, before a meet in of North Carolina republicans, on the eve of their state convention, de- livered a speech that was generally regarded as the opening gun of the congressional campaign of 1906.
 The speech dealt with current poIit- ical questions, opening with advice to the rank and file of the party in North Calolina and the south particularly, and referred to the achievements of the party in. the session just closed The opera house was packed to over flowing by a throng eager to hear the secretary of war, and hundreds of per sons were turned away because of the limited size of the hall.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
 SHOWED IlVELINESS
His Explanation of frequent Changes
 of Opinion.

Birming gham. Eng, July 9.-The eel ebration in honor of Joseph Chamber lain's- attainment of seventy years was continued tonight, when ten thousand persons assembled in Bmgley hall to witness the presentation of 12O ad- dresses of appreciation of MT. Cham berlain's political services. The ad- dresses came from various parts of the United Kingdom.
 Replying to the speeches of presen- tatiOn. MT. Chamberlain entered on a political retrospect Abiding to the charge that he had often changed his opinions, MT. Chamberlain quoted VII liam F. Gladstone, who once said that change was a sign of life and that it was only the dead who remained the same.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
STANDARD OIL SEARCH.
The subpoenains of Independent Pro-
 ducers.

Pittsburg, July 9.-It was leariled today that, through the United States marshaTs office, subpoenas had been served on Louis Emery, Jr., democrat and the Lincoln party candidate for governor, J. P. Broadway of Warren Pa, and w. P Westlake of Titusville, in one of the Standard Oil investiga- tions by the interstate commerce com mission.
 The above mentioned are cited to appear before the commission at FL mira. N. Y, on July 12. All are inde- pendent oil refiners.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
WILD SWITCH ENGINE.
Its Marvelously Harmless Career Over
 Eleven Blocks.

Memphis, Tenn, July 9.-After col liding with a passenger train at Orleans street today a Southern railway switch engine with two cars attached, dashed wildly, without crew, three quarters of a mile to the Union depot on Calhoun street. where it crashed into two mail cars. Eight men were slightly injured and one seriously.
 When the switch engine collided with the passenger train, the engineer and his fireman jumped. The switch engine, with no guiding hand dashed forward at increased speed The locomotive crossed eleven streets before arriving at the depot, and the presence of mind of a yardman pre- vented the engine from flashing into the depot proper.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10

full belief that this movement is one Of the most important that has ever been instituted in this country, your committee feels free to urge you as a policyholder to forward to the secre- tary such voluntary contributions (from $1 upward) as you may consider it your privilege to make. Should the policyholders give expression to such a desire, this committee will endeavor to form a permanent policyhol lders' or UapiZa tiOO ''
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
GRISWOLD, the Bicycle Man

Says LinOle. the new Tire Wonder. will heal pune lures and pre- serve the rubber. making it last mucn longer in this climate. Just the thing for pneumatic buggy or bicycle tires. Call and see it.
 Phone Red 149o.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
A GOOD LUCK INFANT.

London, July 9.-The Berlin corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph says in a dispatch that it is declared to be Emperor Williams intention to grant somewhat extended amnesty on the oc- casion of the baptism of his grandson, the f1rst-born of Crown Princess Fred erick William. This amnesty is to ap- ply where there has been no heinous breach of the criminal code involving loss of civic honor
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
DEATH OF MIR. ADAMS.
One of the Leaders of the Statehood
 Insurgents"

Chicago, July Representative Henry C. Adams Of Wisconsin died here today. Mir Adams had been i'll for months. He came here before the adjournment of congress, further weakened by the labOrs of the session. He was representative from the Third district.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.

New Orleans. July 9.-Dr. James A. White, the surgeon in charge of the marine hospital here, issued a state ment tonight that as far as he was aware, none of the marine hospital physicians of New Orleans had given out any statement that there is yellow fever in New Orleans and that neither he nor his assistants have any advice that fever now exists in this city.
Arizona republican., 1906-07-10
FISHING SCHOONER LOST.

North Sydney. C. B., July Sword was received here today that the Brit ish fishing schooner Stanley Joseph has been lost with all on board, near the Grand Banks, during a terrific storm. No details of the wreck have been learned. The vessel was owned in Ramea N. r.