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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-20
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Captain Dane Relates Inter.
estlng lSt0ries 'of Lincoln. af
safi0a Stories oL lluc0ln

Eagle Lake, July l7.-That venerable
couple Captain Jerome Dane and wife.
who have for some time lived in this Vi
entity with their daughter, Mrs, Wal
ter Macbeth, left Friday evening, for
Brainerd, where they have a home and
where they expect to set up housekeep-
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Dane have a dau9h
ter, Mrs. Antionette Hall, living in the
same place. Captain Dane is i'll his sew
enty-ninth year and one of the pio-
neer settlers in this section, having
come to TiyoIi in 1858. Captain and
Mrs. Dane have host of friends in this
vicinity who very greatly regret their
removal
Before leaving, Captain Dane related
to your correspondent some reminiscent
ces and an incident connected with the
great Lincoln to whom he sold a load
OF black oak wood in Springfield, ILL.,,
| in the spring of lS49. The readers of
The Free Press will recall the reminis-
cences of the Mexican war and the In
dian outbreak of 1862 as related by
Captain Dane and published in The Free
Press last March,
The captains story is as follows: Il
was discharged from the regular
army at Jefferson Barracks near st.
Louis in the summer of 1913. From st.
Louis l made my way to Springfield, H.,
reaching there in August. / spent some
time chopping wood on the bottoms of
the Tangamon river. A man whose name
| cannot recall. offered me a team and
wagon, agreeing to furnish half the feed,
if | would use it in teaming and give
him half of what | made. | found Il
lot of red oak logs, cut for saw logs
which had lain two or three years and
were pretty well water soaked. The
party who owned the logs said | could
have them if / would cut them up. l
cut them up into cordwood and hauled
it to vacant lot in Springfield in the
fall while the roads were in good condi-
ton. The spring of 1910 was very wet
and the streets were almost impass-
able. A great many people were out of
wood. Then / went to hauling. The
first load | hauled ] sold to Lincoln
had wagon d. box fullLperhaps a
quarter of "a cord-as the streets were
too muddy to haul a full load. l was on
the street with the wood, when Mr..
Lincoln came around and asked me if
the wood was for sale. | told him that
it was. He then asked me what Kind it
was and what | wanted for it. ! re-
piled that it was dead read oak and
that u wanted 50 for the load. He re-
piled that it looked like pretty tough
wood. but that he would take it. So |
drove around and unloaded it in the
rear of his house. A day or two after
this Mr.. Lincoln met me on the street
and laughingly. inquired if ! had any
more wood to sell, and added that the
load of wood you sold me was good dead
oak sure enough. 1 can't get fire
enough under it to bring it to life
Sometime during the summer I
spent in Springfield, the Methodists held
an old-fashioned campmeeting about six
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-20
Check For the Mother.

Prom Tuesdays Daily.
Mrs. Anna Hofer, recorder of ATanlIa-
to Lodge No. 10 ID. of H.. received this
morning check of $1,000 from the
grand lodge, payable to Mrs. Wilhemine
Olsen. mother of the late Gertie Griebel,
who died about month ago and carried
insurance of that amount in the Degree
of Honor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-20
Declared Innocence to His
E's, Wife at ElrOy.
LATER MURDERER SUICIDED
.rIh Eaiit - al $50
Told His Landlady That He Would Not
w.. Want His Room Again. New
Developments.
"As God is my Judge, 1 am innocent

''As God is my judge, l am innocent
of the crime"
These were the last words Nathan
NJ. Riggs spoke to his wife when he
left her at the hotel Elroy, Wednes-
dav evening few hours before he COM
mitted suicide.
To Defective James Howard, Mrs.
Riggs told her story: when my huS-
band came to see me at my fathers
farm. he said that he was innocent. that
he never was inside the National hotel
in his life and that he did not know the
Ellison woman at ALL.
She also stated to the detective that
Riggs had not given her any money
since the crime.
After Riggs had gone to Elroy from
the farm, Mrs. Riggs and daughter,
Florence, followed and stopped at the
same hotel in Elroy where Riggs had
his room.
After the suicide, J. c. Willard, pro-
prietor, called them and broke the news
of the suicide. The daughters grief was
inconsolable. but the wife. apparently
was not so seriously affected. Florence
Riggs, seventeen, the daughter of the
murderer, is a very pretty girl. She
1, hn lin
neapolis Central high school in the class
Of 1905.
After Riggs returned from the
O'Rourke farm. where he went to visit
his wife and daughter Wednesday aft
ernoon. he asked to 90 to his room.
Sheriff Searles accompanied him.
While there he wrote several letters,
which he sealed but did not mail them.
These letters were found on his per-
son after death, but have not yet been
opened.
1t is thought that on this visit to his
room he secured his new automatic re-
volyer with which he afterward killed
himself
When he left for the depot in the
evening Mrs. Willard, his landlady, told
him she would save his room until he
returned from Minneapolis. to which
Riggs replied: "Never mind. I'll never
be back until / am dead"
On his arrival at the depot he asked
to be allowed to go to the toilet-room
and the sheriff consented. There it was
Z he committed suicide.
The remains were taken to the under
taking parlors directly beneath Riggs
was searched by Assistant City Attor'
ney Dittman.
Fifty dollars in cash and the letters
which Riggs had written were found or
the dead man.
The city attorney will not allow the
letters to be opened until after the in
quest.
Nathan NJ. Riggs two years ago. fig
ured in another murder. that of Sher
iff Harris of Wisconsin county. by a
desperate named Smith. Harris tried
to arrest Smith on Riggs train and was
killed. Riggs cried and sobbed like q
baby after the tragedy, and was com
pletely unnerved. At that time. how.
ever, someone cut off one of the fingers
of the dead man on which was a $500
diamond ring. Riggs is said to have
been suspected.
The following is the last letter writ.
ten by Conductor Riggs to his wife. the
envelope being stained with his life:
blood
Anna, l am writing you letter. per
haps my last. Whatever | am accused
of, I'm innocent. | know | have done
things that was not right. but my love
no s.,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-20
Fine Hotel Is Proposed.

The Business Mems league of st. Paul
is discussing the matter of erecting the
finest hotel in the west on the site of
the Windsor, which has been abandoned
for hotel purposes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-20
st. Peter Is Agitated.

st. Peter has a white horse mys-
terry and all the town is agog. 1t is
suspected that. the mystery there is but
the second chapter of the mystery here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-20
national BANkQF COMMERCE
Capital $1OO,OOO.OO
July G, II. 20. 1906.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNT.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County Of Blue
Earth.-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF Sven Larson,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Lewis
L. Larson administrator OF the estate or
Sven Larson deceased. representing
among other things that he has fully
administered said estate. and praying that
time and place be fixed for examining ana
allowing the final account of his admins
tration and for the assignment OF the resi-
due of said estate to the parties entitled there
TO by law.
tits ordered. that said account be examined.
and uetition heard by this court ON Mon
day. the 2srd day of July, A. ID. 1906 at III
o'clock a. M. at the probate office in the city
of Mankato i'm said county.
And il is further ordered. that notice there
OF be given to all persons Interested by pub
fishing copy of this order once in each week:
for three successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing i'm the Mankato Free Press..a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato.
I'm said'county.
of June a. ID. 1906
BY the Court:
probate Court Seal WIN. 7. HUGHES.
Judge of Probate
S. b. Wilson, ATTORNEY.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-20
Training School Enrolment

From Thursdays Daily.
The enrolment at the state normal
training school is 653.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
NEGRO SHOOTS A GIRL
Injuries a Escaped while Crowd Of
Two Thousand Stood NeaT.-AII
Parties COIOred.

Marlin, Texas. Dec. a. Win,
about 1900 people were assemblies
in public here last night to enjoy
carnival attractions great excite.
mont was caused by thrco pistol
shots fired in rapid succession
which killed negro girl about IL,
BIS Tho bullet entering tho brain
and fatally wounding another negro
Hunt BrodgIs, who received o
wound in the back. Immediately
aitor Tho shots rang ont negro,
about 80, fled through tho crowd,
a smoking pistol IN his hand, shoot
ing behind as he san, with tho po-
lice IN pusult
Walter Taylor, policeman, was
Slightly wounded in the arm. The
negro has not yet been captured,
although IL Is said he is wounded.
Tho cause OF the shooting is uu-
known.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
IS A MODERN SODOM
PlHSbug Is Wicked as The City Of Old
and Attempts Are Being Made
10 Rescue H.

Pltlsburg. pee o. DocIarlna
pittsburg to be The sodom Of Amer.
lea and tho moral plague spot OF
tho world, religious workers and
rerormers from an over the country
have descended upon tho city In
force and are holding Christmas
assembly which will last moro than
Ia week and which Is expected 10 rc-
suit IN the breaking Of The shacklcs
Of sin now binding this most wicked
of towns. The reformcrs are lcd rs
the valorous DR. Wilbur T.. Crafts
Of Washington, head of the God-ln-
thc-constimtion marty and founder
Of the National REFORM bureau, fi'ho
recently gained considerable ljolo.
rioty because OF tie alleged Illegal
use Of government irqnlSs In trcu-
lating tho literapfe of his. society,
Tho PlttsburS meetngs nie sale
to marx tho bes,anlng nc a3nitrsi
crusade which viii extend all over
the country. Rcylyals will be held
in all tho larger cities and lobbyists
representing God and morality viii
attempt TO secure the passage Of de-
sired laws, not only by the national
congress, but by all the state legis-
lauros and city assemblies. The so
Getty will continue It's efforts to SCI
cure the Interpolation in The consd-
tuition Of n clause recognizing God
and Jesus Christ as the supreme au-
thorites.
Tho chief reform to be advocated.
before state legislatures will be tho
passage Of laws prohibiting gamb-
ling at race tracks. a hot campaign
will be waged by tho New York
branch, Of which Or. 4. S. Gregg, of
Albany, Is secretary, to abolish this
form OF gambling in the Empire
state, in the New England states
local option will be the issue. Thel
western roformers, with the Rev,
George l.. Tufts, Of Portland, Ore
At their head, will attempt to Sc
cure legislation prohibiting prize
fighting in Nevada and California.
More stringent Sunday legislation
md other "blue laws" will be adyo-
Gated throughout the country.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
OUTLYING HOME
BURNS TO GROUND

An alarm about 2 O'clock this
morning sent the department on a
long run to the north side, The
blaze was far beyond the water
lines and when the wagon got as far
as the ,soniiarium It was seen that
the fire was beyond help sor the
wagon did not 80 any further. Tho
Building WIS small frame house on
North Tyler street occupied by Hold
er Raincs and family beyond the city
limits and more than half mile
beyond The water mains The fire
hld gained considerable heodway
before the family discovered q and
the loss was practically complete OF
the house and furniture,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
OVERWHELMED
Local Railroad Offices Barely
Able 10 Cope With Pres
emf Business,

With business in an departments
nearly rreblcd over business for the
ene period last year in both pas.
s,nser ana freight traffic, It Is lit
ila wonder that The roads out OF
amarillo arc continually swampod
with work Tho wonder Is that The
roads are able TO handle the bust.
ness with as little confusion as does
actually occur.
Passenger receipts on the Denver
alone for the last live days have az.
eraged over $500 in ticket sales
at the local office sunday the
sales ran TO nearly $1,000 Last
year for the same five days the
highest days sales we're barely over
$1,000 and the average was about
$500, The ticket sales, as recorded
In the agents books, show that The
passenger business has nearly
sFebed this year over last
Business on the Santa Fe has not
been behind that on the Denver and,
although The figures are not here
avoilable, the showing is fully equal
Ia the record on the Denver books.
The passenger receipts OF both roads
are fair index of the freight bus
mess and the receipts in that de-
partment are fully as large in pro.
portion as tho ticket sales.
The Rock Island out Of Amarillo
has probably made a greater proper
tionsl gain than any other road.
The same development that has in.
creased the business on tho other
lines has operated in favor of the
Rock island and in adGiLon, nm,
proved traffic arrangements have
made the road more desirable car
rier than before for both freight and
passenger traffic.
with all This increase in the do
mands upon the service there hasI
been almost no Increase in the IA
cilities for caring for the business,
Rolling stock and equipment hayol
had no augmentation, The
new supplies have barely kept pace
with the wear and tear on the old
and the passenger and freight do
partments arc up against the dis
tracing proposition Of trying to
to the demands OF a year ago
with three times the work. Natur-
ally tho solution is neither satisfac-
tory to the public nor the local rail-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
Will PROTECT NEGROES
Governor Says IIoodlums Started
Race Riot.

] 'h'f'N eNhF''
Associated Press
New Orleans, Dec. 27.-Tha
white men will protect innocent nc
g1'ocs and that every effort is To b,
made 10y them 10 punish thos,
"hoodlums" Of their own race VIII,
were responsible for Xmas riots IN
kcmper county Miss, was the In
Formation in detailed accounts ar
irving today from the little towns
which were The scene Of the rccenI
bloodslled.
Conferences have been held, these
dispatches say, between the civil and
military authorities, at which evil
ldinco WIS produced that viii estab'
fish The identity Of five white mon
OF good families who took part in
the lynchings. District Attorney
Currie has made public a statement
in which he says;
II have found on investigation
that the trouble was caused by lot
of hoodlums and outlaws who have
openly violated all the laws Of God,
man and deconcy The four men
killed Christmas day were not con
noctcd with Tho affair in any man
ner and 1 am informed that the
houses burned were occupied by ne
groes who were not even in SYM
paihy with any Of those connected
with the outrages These men will
be captured if It is within the power
OF the state OF Mississippi to do So"
Dispatches say the total death list
will probably be a total Of twelve
and that the mob element among
the whites has mostly fled toward
tho Alabama state line while the
negroes have gathered at Scooba and
Wahalaka where they can place
themselves under the protection Of
the militia and citizens
The killing OF the negro named
Calvin Nicholson is reported as one
OF the most brutal which has oc-
Cured since the days OF reconstruc-
ton. Nicholson was a negro Of the
best class. While the posse was
searching for a negro named Simp-
son deputy entered Nicholson's
house and several persons began
at him, Deputy Sheriff.
Alexander and two otherst rushed
towards the negro, shielding him
with their bodies until oyerpowered,
after which he was shot and his
house burned. District Attorney
Currc says he has fixed The blame
for this murder on three men and
will arrest them if they have not
yet left the state,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27

road people,
The management of the roads
como IN for great deal OF gmml.
tous Ntupcratlon on account Of tholr
failure TO meet Che demands but
local railroad men advance several
reasons which lend to clear lh,
management Of grcw blame In the
matter. orders, they say for roll
ing stock and equipment are nearly
two years behind and tho roads are
absolutely unable to secure tho noe.
essary equipment
Tho Santa Re is said to have scy-
eral now engines nearly ready for
consignment to the Texas divisions.
They are sorely needed and lholr
receipt win be hailed with delight
in all departments here
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27

rs THE DISTRICT COURT Oh
THE UNITED STATES For
THE NORTHERN DISTRICT on
TEXAS.
I'm The matter Of
$. r. BALLEN, bankrupt
No, ii7 In Bankruptcy
WHEREAS, petition was on
the card day OF August 1905, nled
herein for am adjudication against
$. II. BMlen, and 70 appears there,
from that said bankrupt is not with.
In Che district aud that personal
service of The subpoena herein can.
not be- made ON him therein; Now
on motion OF George Q, McGown,
Esq attorney for said petitioners.
10 Is ordered that service OF such
subpoena be made by publishing
this order together Win said sub.
pocna In Jho Amarillo Weekly
Herald, % newspaper published o.
AMARILLO, In said district once q
Wocl for two consecutive weeks, The
lest OF said publications to bc on
tho 9rd day of January 1905
and by mailing a copy OF this order
and said petition and subpoena 70
tho last known place Of abode of
the said S. ~ Ballon, m said dis
uicL ON or before tho day Of tho
first publication,
WITNESS the Honorable Ed
ward r. Neck, Judge OF the said.
court, and tho seal thereof at tho
city OF Fort Worth, IN said district
ON Jhe lSth day of December, 1906
EDWARD r. MEEK,
U S. District Judge
Eyed December 1Sh 1906, atI
3; GSN'clock p. M Louis C. May
nard, Clork by e. c. Van Duscn,
Deputy
A true copy Of the original order
issued iu said cause ! ccrtify
WITNESS the seal of said Dis
irct Court, and tho namc Of The
Clcrk thereof at Fort Worth Tex
as, this 18Th day Of December a
D. 1905
= E.e LOUIS g MAYNARD,
Y aG % Clerk,
by q. G. NANSlyosEN,
nenatE
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27

~ fff f'f' ffNANNNNNAf.
Thursday night The trommcn, mll-
roQd office men and their frlond.
viii have the right OF way at a ban
at tho Drtamland rInN Tho RIM,
has been put into fino condition for
dancing aud win be decorated IN
holiday fashion Tomorrow nleht
the public generally will bo glyon
the privileges OF the floor no Christ
mas ball. saturday nigh, the rluk
viii be- II scene Of much mcrrlment
when the maskcrs WIN hayo pos
session. Gus Hollandors orchestra
Of SIX pieces viii furnish music oy-
cry night and the musicians have "A
big selection Of Tho latest Band
cotchlcst music for The entertain
monts. During The day the skaters
will have tho rink os usual but none
of tho night sessions win De open IN.
them I'M after New Years,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
snfo nnd smc Cnre for Cronn.

When man finds a good thing
II Is natural that he should wish to
share his good rorunto with others.
Mr. Henry Dolz, Of 1Iillsboro, Iowa,
is not an exemption to This rule he
says, II have used Chamboralns
Cough Remedy In my family for
years As a group cure Il has no
equal ] am satisfied that It saved
my boys life and take pleasure IN
recommending It," For sale By
GoldIng Drug Co.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
strike Not nroken.

Peoria, H., Dec, 27--John J.
Hannahan, grand master Of the
brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
when shown a dispatch from El Pa.
so to the effect that Southern Pacific
officials declare the strike has been
broken, said, There is not one iota
OF truth in the statement and be-
sides our basis OF operation is at
Houston"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
Nor THE BoUTRow
Yesterdays Report Was in Error
Concerning Wrecked Vessel.

Washington, D. c. Dec 81.
The navy department has received
the following telegram from George
G. Ward, president Of the Pacific
Cable company, experimenting ,the
one received yesterday regarding a
vessel ashore at Midway Islands.
The superintendent at Midway Is
land now reports the name Of the
bark ashore as Carrolton, and the
owner as Budrow, OF San Francis
co The mates boat is safe inside
the reef. The dispatch yesterday
enormously gave the name Of the
vessel as the Charles Boutro&, and
stated that mates boat with eight
men was missing.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27

ST. Louis, Dec. a. a Quarrei io-
day between A. Davidson and his
landlady Mrs. Frleda Woigd, termi-
mated in Davidson shooting Mrs.
Wclgol in lhe head and then COM
hitting suicide. Three bullets
struck Mrs, Weigcl ana Il Is be-
loved she Will die.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
Amarillo weather.

Amarillo weather still shows de-
cid6d tendency to remain very,
very good" in spite of the which
the department figured out for this
section. The weather man has q
rain flag floating today, and float
ing in an east wind, but people are
not worrying yet about their um-
brellas The thermometer shows
the following temperatures from 3
o'clock yesterday afternoons;
3 NJ z 8 II .
40 56 IS 81 G2 O.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
BROTHER SHOOTS
WHILE IN ANGER
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Lansing, Mich, Dec. a. Elhcrt
COnklin, stone mason was shot
ana instantly killed here last night
by his brother Melvin in quarrel
over property matters Mrs, Ebert
Conkin'ran from the house In ter.
ror and Melvin fired one shot at her
inrlicting q slight wound. Melvin
Is under arrest aud appears insane
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
To Pine Knot.
Associalod Press.

Associated Press.
Washington, d. G., Dec. ~
President Roosevelt aud family left
at 1895 a. IN, for Pine Knot, Va,
whore they will remain until Mon,
day afternoon.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27

llolplo1pt lopoN cut ATT snld
.puu poo9 oand IouoEp Qua 10 suolslA
-old ne % SunJ suIoIuo9 uJgmo}s
orl Iol oAno7ilo9 pue lualsaslp siqp
-Hlumad sIql lull sn etussg psaud
-oid 81 iopos SJolJjodvi essVA III
'osroIQ0 10 100 q lilM51 o IL
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
Consul Murdered.

Associated Press,
Liverpool, Dee. 27,-Tho Russian
consul here. Colonel Deganmn, was
found dead Nm bed this morning
having been killed by a pistol shot.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
SUBPOENA IN BANKRuPrcY
UNITED STATES or AMERICA.
NORTHERN DISTRICT or TEN.

NOh HEM Dioi XIII VI ZEN
AS.
10 S. Il. Ballcn, in said district
greeting:
For certain causes offered before
the District Couro Of the United
States Of America within and for
tho Northern District Of Texas, as
"a court Of bapkruptcy we CONF
mand and strictly enjoin YOU lay.
ing all other matters aside and not
withstanding any excuse that you
personally appear before our said
District Court TO be holden at Fort
Worth, in said district, on the 26th
day Of January A. d, 1907 at 10
o'clock a.. m, to answer a petition
filed by Platter Tobacco COMPANY
Best & Russell Company Of Texas
and McCord-Collins Company Of
Fort Worth, Texas, in our said
court praying that you may he adj
Judged a bankrupt; and to do FUR
ther and receive that which our
said District Court shall consider in
this behalf. And this YOU are in
no wise to omit, undor the pains
and penalties Of what may bcfol
thereon,
WITNESS the Honorable Ed
ward Il. Meek, Judge OF said court
and the seal thereof at Fort Worth,
this 18th day Of December a. D.,
1906.
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