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Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

The populists of Ceburne
county have a ticket in the field.
Cleburne county is said to be the
only county in Arkansas where
the populi5ts maintain an organ
izaton.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15
|4ulein Bertha

faulein Bertha Krupp Of
fuesia, the richest girl in the
y xorld is to wed before long. She
~ vorth about hundred million
oollsfs, and whole lot of young
menln this country missed it by
not eetting her.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

The democrats of Indiana have
endorsed W. j. Bryan for the
presidency in 1908. 1t looks
very much like Bryan every
where.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

AZ Clay County Republican
res that it takes more than
M and gall to run a newspa-
M put it would appear to US
it requires considerable
S TO run a republican paper
KANSAS.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

Mrs. Mamie Nuckols killed
Ms. yiana Black on the college
campus at Richmond, Ky, one
day Iast week IN the presence of
10000 people, and the next day
Nee acquitted of the charge Of
murder. The m ur d n Q d
woman had destroyed Mrs, Muck
ill., dome5tic happiness, and the
0urtinvoked the unwrittten law.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

The Record predicts that the
pardon mill will get rusty when
Judge Little is elected governor.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

~. Mason has been nominat-
or Congress by the republic
III this district. A lot of
Y 4democrats have tried to de-
Brundidge, and it is not
ble that a republican can
l1ed where democrats have
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

the land; to promote the peace
and progress, and add what /
can to the sum total of the happi-
ness of all our people"
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

|, Worthington, republi.
pmlnee for governor, says
make a general canvass
Y state. This is a good idea.
1udge is probably overwork-
down his fat federal
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

G. H. Montgomery, postmaster
at Cabot, has been arrested. 1t
is alleged he is short in his ac-
counts SITS.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

led A. Taylor is a candidate
ngresa in the first district of
'ssee on the republican
He is a brother of Robert
|ylor, who lately combed
ack. "Bob" Taylor should
b how came that republican
lfamiLy.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

|National Liquor Dealers
|atlon, in convention at
PIE last week, strongly
nned drunkenness. How
He dram for the stomach's S
Fas upheld.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

HE'D States Senator Burton
znsas has resigned his seat
\ senate following his con-
"a for unlawful practices be-
n government departments.
N ia iuat possible that there
Zen more guilty than Burton
IA the roster Of the senate.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

ae Fort Smith Elevator says
||7nocTats can vote for Judge
without blushing. The
For certainly doesn't inti-
Pat the unterrified has had
+ to blush in recent times.
Sharp County record., 1906-06-15

The Jeff Davis grip was on the
state convention all right.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
EXPLAINS The FISH LAW.
No Angling Allowed in Minnesota
During Month Of March.

st. Paul, March ga great deal of
misunderstanding exists in regard to the
fish laws" said S. F. Fullerton, execu-
tive agent of the state game and fish
commission. ''No fishing is allowed in
Minnesota during March and April
with hook and line; that is, no one can
use the hook and line in these two
months, as they are the spawning
months for fish and, everybody who
wishes to protect the, fish will realize
that this is necessity. Spearing can
be done, pickerel and rough fish, at all
times, but these fish are only for domes-
tic use and not for sale.
''No Minnesota fish will be allowed to
be sold during March and April. Froz-
en- fish that have been in stock, lake
trout and lake white fish, may be hand
led but no Minnesota fish, such as perch,
crappies, wall-eyed pike, pickerel or bass
will be allowed to be sold or had in pos
session for purposes of sale during these
months"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
MOUNTAIN OF FLESH.
Chauncey r. MorIan, Who Weighs
GAO Pounds. Aged Thirty.

Elkwood, Ind, March l.-Chauncey r.
Morlan, now noted as the heaviest man
in the world, has just joined the Elks
lodge here.
Reports from the lodge room are to
the effect that the goat reneged badly.
And nobody in Elkwood blames him at
that. Avoirdupois in stonewall Jumps
are not made for bucking.
Morlan is still a young fellow, only
thirty, and has not been over the coun-
try much yet. There's too much trou-
BILE stretching doors and car seats, not
to mention for a minute the strain on
hotel beds and kitchens.
This mountainous young man at pres
ent weight GAO pounds. His height is
five feet ten inches. His width has not
been taken recently, but he's not quite
as broad as the constitution. He was
born in Indianapolis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
SHOCKS NO LICENSE MEN.
Code Does Not Contain a Provision
Relating to Matter.

Fergus Falls, March "A copy OF the
new code was received here today and
the "no license leaders were disagree
ably surprised to find that it contains
no provision for the submission of the
license question to a vote in cities.
The code, as drawn, provided that the
question of license or no license should
be sumbitted to the voters, upon petit
ton of 10 per cent of the electors of
any ''town or municipality" and it was
supposed that this was the law, but
this has been amended, and the code
now provides for submission i'll any
''town or incorporate village" but says
nothing about cities. This city's new
charter makes no provision for the sub
mission of the question, and there is
doubt as to whether it can be placed on
the ballot. The Temperance people
came within six. votes of carrying the
last election. and have had high hopes
of winning this year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09

The operations of the rural free de-
livery service up to March l, 1906, are
shown in a statement issued by Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Degraw.
Up to that time 52,227 petitions had
been received and referred. OF these
1878 were acted upon adversely. The
number of routes in operation March l,
was 35,O3l, leaving 3,424 petitions still
pending, of which 294 have been assign
ed for establishment. In connection
with these figures the statement is made
that Notwithstanding the development
of the service there is an unexpected bal
ance on hand to the credit of new es-
Establishments of $9O5, LOG from the appro-
priation of $2,376696 which became
available July l, 1905.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
OLD MAPLETON NOTES.

B. F. Taylor sold horse last week
Mrs. G. Hartman of Mapleton spent
Sunday at the home of her brother, L
A. Phelps.
Al Greig went to Mankato last Fri
day to see the doctors at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Morris spent Sun
day at the home of H. M. Chandler.
The buzz saw from Good Thunder
has been saving wood for some of the
people in the neighborhood, his week.
H. M. Chandler is on the sick list.
Ralph Cornell spent Sunday at home
Mrs. Robert Morrow of Medo spent a
few days visiting her sister, Mrs. b.
+. Taylor, this week.
Al Greig marketed some cattle Satur-
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
SOME ANCIENT HISTORY TOLD
Adage Proved True Eight Times Out
Of Eleven; Prepare. For
The Worst.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
March came in like a lamb. 1t will
surely go out like a lion, for the rec
ords of the weather bureau office show
that the old adage has worked out right
eight times out of the eleven Marches
since 1894. Yesterday could be classed
as ''lamb" day, for the temperature
was II degrees above the normal and
the wind velocity not exceedingly high.
The most conspicuous examples of
the power of the old saying were 1897
1898 and 1905. The March of last year
came in like roaring lion. The Their
mometer registered % degrees below
the normal for March and cutting
wind was blowing. March 81 was as
mild as May morning. 1t was a bright,
fair day, and the temperature 46 above.
The temperature for the first day of
March 1897, was below the normal
and the wind velocity was 81. The
month closed on a clear day with a tenn
perature of 40 above zero. The year
following it was just the other way. The
first day was comparatively balmy with
a thermometer registration of 6 plus on
the mean for the day. The temperature
had dropped for the last day of the
month to s below the average and it
was showing hard.
Three times in the course of the year
all signs were clear off. The lions and
the lambs came in pairs. 1t was Is be-
low the average temperature and
gusts of snow were flying on the first
day of the third month of 1899. 1t was
plain case of lion. But the month end
ed up the some way. 1t was IA below
the temperature average and the raw
wind was driving the snow at rate of
twenty-five miles an hour. A tempera-
ture of 10 above and on a clear day with
scarcely a leaf stirred entitled March |,
1904, to be classed with the sheep. With
80 above for the temperature and little
wind the final day of the month could
not be compared to lion unless 1T was
a tame one. In 1903 March was also
mild throughout.
In 1895, the first year for which the
records were consulted, March | was
a cold, raw day. The temperature was
degrees below the normal and the
wind was blowing at the rate of TWEEN
tv-six miles an hour. The last day OF
the month was rainy day, but the
temperature was about normal and the
wind velocity only fifteen miles an hour.
For the other years of the eleven it
was a little more difficult to classify the
days, but by stretch the rule worked
out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
DISTRICT COURT.
Several Matters Are Disposed Of BY
Judge Cray.

cTOIH l)dhy.
Judge Cray today handed out a de-
cision in the case of William troehlIch
VS.. Lot S. Townsend and others,
confirming the plaintiffs title to the NE,
swA, nwA, section 9, 1925.
The court also denied the motion OF
the defendant for an order vacating the
decision of the court and refusing a new
trial i'm the case of Porter j. Neff as
receiver of the Motor Line Investment
company VS.. Leo. S. Lamm as executor
of the estate of the late Stephen Lamm.
The motion was based on the usual
statutory grounds.
The argument on the demurrer to the
answer in the case of the German
Land Company VS.. Lester IL. Fish was
made this forenoon, as was also mo-
ton to set aside judgment in the case
of Herman Borchard, respt., VS.. Will
lam Knuth and others, appelts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
How to Dissipate HaiIstorms.

The use of cannon to divert or dissi-
pate hailstorms has become so common
in all the wine -growing districts of
France that it has ceased to attract
much attention. The United States con-
sui writing on the subject, gives this
information: When l applied for infor-
nation at the headquarters of the agri-
cultural societies of southeastern France
the secretary told me that more cannon
had been in use or placed ready for use
in the wine. growing district of France
last season than ever before, and that
the wine growers were more than ever
convinced of their efficacy against hail
storms.
Some ten or twelve years ago, when
this means of protection against hail
was first employed, the wine growers
held, meetings and gave banquets an
nually to celebrate their victory over
the hail, During the last few years they
have used the cannon as generally as
ever when a hailstorm occurred, but the
subject has been thrashed out so many
times that it has fallen into the domain
of the commonplace, and, IS reports are
made on the subject, they attract little
or no public attention. Hence, l have
not reported on the subject, except
when applied to for information.
sat the agricultural bureau l was
given copy of the bulletin of the agri-
cultural societies of Belleville Sur
Saone for November, 1905, which con-
tains report on the use of cannon in
the great Beaujolais wine growing dis
trict., 1t states that 462 cannon, of diff
ferent sizes, were used with very salts
factory results. The ground covered is
described, the names of communes, and
the particulars of the firing are set
forth in detail. The experience of the
wine growers has convinced them that
after few minutes of firing the clouds
dispense to pass on and gather again
they shower the vineyards in rain or
hail if not again cannonaded.
As the season was very dry some OF
the wine growers did not use their can
non, fearing they might thus lose the
benefit of a much-needed rain and pre-
ferring to take the risk of hail. The re-
suit was that serious damages were in
ficted in several places from hail, while
the adjoining farmers who used their
cannon suffered no loss. The concluding
sentiment of the article from which l
quote saws: In short, the results OBJ
tanned during the sixth campaign are,
like those of the preceding years, very
encouraging
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
All Bids Rejected.

Messrs. Works and Andrews opened
bids this forenoon for the construction
of the four houses which they propose
to erect on Parsons and Ramsey streets,
but they were too high and all were re-
jccted. 1t was decided to have the work
done by the day, and work will begin
in two or three days. One of the foun-
dations is almost completed, and the
lumber is nearly all on the ground.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09

The Austin Transcript makes plea
for voting machines: 1--WE have talked
for years about the use of voting ma
chimes at elections, but we seem as
far off as ever from their actual use.
The voting machine is warranted not
to cheat, lie or make mistakes" The
Free Press has frequently called atten-
ton to the voting machine as most
useful apparatus in the carrying on OF
elections. They should be adopted by
all cities and towns of the size of Man
kate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
FIGHT OVER AN ESTATE.
Heirs Of James r. Marvin Conte stina
For Property.

For Property.
The heirs of James r. Marvin who
died at st. James, Mimi, April II, have
filed vigorous protest in United States
district court against the charges of
Caroline Marvin and her son, Bernard
Marvin, and prays the court TO dismiss
their case in which they seek to obtain
a share of the Marvin estate, which is
valued at $4,000.
legal widow of the deceased and as such
entitled to share of the estate of her
husband The boy alleges that James
X. Marvin was his faher. 1t is set
forth that he was cripple in delicate
health and that his father refused him
even food, to say nothing of medical
aid
The answer filed to these charges say
the, woman eloped from Mankato in
1883 with John Bernard Iceberg, and
that they lived together and that Bern
ard Marvin, alleged heir of Jas. r. Mar
vim, was their child, being born in a
Minneapolis hospital on or about Nov.
Nov. l6, 1886, the mother admitting at
that time that the child's father was
Iceberg.
I'm 1856 j. r. Marvin secured legal
separation from his wife 1t is, there
fore, alleged that the wife has no legal
claim to any of the estate and that the
boy never had any right as he was not
a child of the deceased Minneapolis
Tribune
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
GEORGE LANG GIVEN A PLACE
Elected Vice President of the Retail
jewelers. Association.

From Thursdays Daily.
The Retail Jewerels' association of
Minnesota, at the annual meeting held
in the Commercial club rooms, st. Paul,
yesterday afternoon, reelected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
President, A. 4. Paegel, Minneapolis;
vice president, George II. Lang, Man
kato; secretary, j. c. Herdliska, Prince
ton, and treasurer, +. w. Harper Rem
vile.
A. E. Barker of Minneapolis was elect
ed a member of the board of directors
to serve three years, succeeding j. NJ.
Chalmrs of Lake City. The two other
members of the board, who hold over,
are F. Whitman of saltwater and Emil
Geist of st. Paul.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
MAKES POSITION KNOWN.
He Has Held the Office for Three
Terms and Feels That He
Should Retire.

From Mondays Daily.
County Attorney Wilson has decided
not to become a candidate for reelection.
His decision was definitely announced
today, and will serve to simplify the po-
litical situation somewhat. 1t is now
likely that w. A. Funk, Evan Hughes
and w. A. Plymat will soon announce
their candidates. on the republican
ticket, subject to the primaries. The
fact that Mr.. Plymat has moved across
the river is significant
While Evan Hughes had not in any
way given it out what office he would
seek, if any, there was a strong impress
sion abroad that if Mr. Wilson was to
come up again for county attorney Mr..
Hughes would have come out for Judge
of probate. 1t is now believed that this
will not be the case, and that he will
strive for the. office of county attor-
ney. '',i'bie' SO" .tiiio 'n@ ~
Mr. Wilson is serving his third term,
and has certainly made an enviable rec
olu do ~ ploScCuCiiiS doooihoy' W.
few acquittals have been made in cases
started by him, and good judgment has
characterized the management of the
office He would have made formid-
able candidate had he concluded to run
again.
Mr.. Wilson was asked today by
The Free Press whether he intended to
seek a reelection this year, and replied:
''No, I'll not be candidate for re-
election, because / feel that my practice
is such as to require my undivided at
tention, and that | can better serve
those who favor me with their business
by giving all my time to it.
''In making this decision I'm not UNI
mindful or ungrateful to those who have
proffered their support should | be a
candidate, but personally | prefer to de-
vote all my time to my general prac-
tice.
81 have now held this office longer
than anyone else has ever held it, and
if, during that time, the affairs of the
office have been conducted in such {,
way as to merit the approval of the peo-
pie ! will have accomplished all that
l could have expected
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
WILL RETIRE WITH HONORS
Rear Admiral 3. p. Lamberton Served
in Navy Many Years. =

From Fridays Daily.
Robert w. Lamberton of st. Peter has
just received word that his brother,
Rear Admiral b. p. Lamberton, United
States navy, has reached the age limit
after serving nearly forty-fve years in
the federal navy, and has been placed
on the retired list.
Admiral Lamberton was appointed
from Pennsylvania and entered the gov
eminent naval academy Sept. 2l, 1861.
When he was graduated, three years
later, he at once commissioned mid
shipman and assigned to the frigate
Carolina, as sister ship of the Kearsarge
Both vessels started in pursuit of the
confederate privateer Alabama, their
cruise ending when the Kearsage en-
countered and sank her adversary.
When war was declared with Spain,
Admiral Lamberton was ordered to
Asiatic waters and at the battle of Ma
Mia was Admiral Dewey's chief aide.
In that engagement his station was on
the bridge of the flagship Olympia, and
it was a strange coincidence that the
vessel on which he fought was built
by the Union Iron works of San Fran
cisco, whose president was w. r. Dodds,
a relative of the Lambertons. Manila
bay won him his promotion to a cap
taincv and he returned to the United
States in command of the Olympia.
Admiral Lamberton reached the grade
of rear admiral Oct. IL, 1905, and at the
time of his retirement was chairman OF
the lighthouse board under the depart
mpnt of commerce and labor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
WILL. FIGHT THE SUIT.
Oreaon State Land Board Disposed
to Oppose Mr.. ToIand.

Salem, Ore, March 2.-The members
of the state land board, when asked
about the threatened suit, as announced
in press dispatches from La Crosse,
Wis, by F. j. Tolland, to compel the
board to issue deeds for his certificates
of sale for state lands, stated that they
had no fear of the outcome of such
suit. They say the board can prove
that the certificates presented by Mr..
Tolland were never issued by the board,
and that they are not genuine. They
come under the head of counterfeits, rat
er than forgeries, it was stated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09

Governor Cummins of Iowa is can
didate for third term. He is opposed
for the nomination by George d. Per-
kins of Sioux City. Mr.. Cummins has
made the proposition that the people
of Mr.. Perkins district decide by ballot
who shall be the nominee. Mr.. Perkins
has not signified his willingness to ac-
cent the offer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
State to Get a Slice.

The state will realize taxes to the
amount of $l,295.9S from the estate of
Ezra G. Valentine, former well known
resident and politician of Wilkin coun-
ty His estate when probated showed
value of $lO639s79 Valentine was
known as great advocate of state
drainage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
Stay Is Vacated.

Judge Cray yesterday vacated his or
der granting a stay of proceedings in
the case of Sophia OFT VS.. George OFT
and wife, in the formers action to re-
gain possession of her five year old
daughter, now being held by her grand
parents. The defendants have taken an
appeal from the order vacating the
stay
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
Another Glandered Horse.

Another glandered horse, or a horse
supposed to be afflicted with that di-
sease, has been discovered. 1t is one re-
Gently traded by Mr.. Moses of North
Second street to Michael Wagner. The
latter returned it yesterday afternoon,
and tied it in the alley back of Moses
place, and after some time it was
placed in a shed. DIR. Doods looked at
it and pronounced it case of CLAN
ders.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09

Hugh Hays, formerly of Sleepy Eye,
later of Bemidji, is now engaged in talk
ing up drainage of northern Minnesota
lands. He has quarters at the Hotel
Ryan, st. Paul, and no one comes in con-
tact with the irrepressible Hays with
out getting pumped full of information
relative to drainage. Hugh is the right
man TO set forth the arguments of the
drainage advocates.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
Bandmaster Is Dead.

Sioux Falls, S. d., March 3.-George
Gainswhiler, for years the leader of the
Ringling Bros circus band, who was
spending the winter in Sioux Falls and
who had intended departing in the near
future to join the circus and accompany
it again this season, was found dead in
bed at his boarding house. His death
was caused by the rupture of blood
vessel in the region of the heart.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
ELECTED THEIR OFFICERS.
Hardware Men Select Heads for the
Coming Year

From fridays Daily.
The Retail Hardware Dealers associa-
ton has elected the following officers:
President, Julius Schmidt of Wabasha ;
vice president, Amos Markell of Per-
ham; directors and executive committee
for three years, C. H. Casey of Jordan,
A. Il. Stebbins of Rochester, and }. f.
MCGUIRE of St. Paul. The president is
also a member of the executive commit
tee. The financial committee is COM
posed of f. H. Hines of Renville, Christ
Juni of Jordan, and d. R. Thompson OF
Rockford.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09

The American Economist comes to the
rescue of its representative in congress,
Mr.. McCleary, and tries to make it APP
pear that it was Mr.. McCleary's bill
that caused Germany to back up.
Naturally The Economist is in duty
bound to hand bouquets to the man