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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
AN OlD-TIME ANVIL
Said to Be Five Hundred Years Old;
Its History.

Washington, Dec. ia rusted anvil,
said to be 500 years old-believed to be
the very anvil upon which the armor of
Captain John Smith, the hero of the
early English settlers in Virginia, was
forged-is the valued possession of A. A.
Thatcher of so NJ street, northwest.
The steel resembled an anchor more than
an >up-todate anvil.
A real tinge of romance, however,
surrounds the instrument, for it is a
relic of the days when Mormonism was
rampant in Nauvoo, III. The anvil was
used in forging some of the parts OF the
first temple, built in Nauvoo, which was
later burned anu sacked by indignant
citizens, who determined to drive Nor
monism before them into the bottom
less pit.
II was born in Keosaugua, Ia.," said
Mr. Thatcher, in recounting the history
of the anvil "My native town was just
across the river from Nauvoo, the home
of Mormonism, and | can remember
much of the city as it used to be.
SIN lS43, when [ was about fourteen
years old, the Gentilies, or people who
were un-Mormon in their belief, began
a systematic crusade against the Nor
mons and fight for the possession of
! the town of NauvOo ensued. As a re-
suit, Joseph Smith, the then prophet of
the faith, was arrested by a mob OF
frantic men and women and thrown III
Jail at Nauvoo. The mob, not content
to arrest him, shot him to death as he
sat in the window of his cellroOm.
with the death of their leader the
Mormons began to pack up and start 1or
the great Salt Lake desert.
! 'Among those was Mormon black
smith. He was Elisha Malroy, digni-
| tary of the church, and husband of two
wives. He lived in Keosauqua until ear
| ly in the next year, and on his depart
! ure for the new city of the Mormons
sold the anvil to the man who had har-
bored him during the winter.
"When I grew up learned the black
smiths trade and worked in the same
! little town in Iowa where | was born
When | was twenty years old my
employer died, and in his shop l found
this anvil. | became anxious to own il
and finally bought it from his widow
''I' used the anvil for more than forty
years and it has not as yet been nicked
The date on the anvil is l406, Just SOC
years ago.
Mr.. Thatcher is seventy five years ole
and was well known as a smithy. Fol
the last few years he has been in Wash.
| inotoD
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
This Is Natal Day of the
United Stats.
FIRST ENGLISH COLONY HERE
Came to the Land of a Wilderness
Now Nation of Ninety Mil.
lion People.
Especial to The Free Press.]


Washington, Dec l9.-Today is the
tercentenary of the birth OF the United
States, for it was on Dec. 10, 1906, three
vessels sailed from Blackwell, London,
for Virginia, to found an English colony
in the New World. The outcome of that
expedition lad. as one result, tie found
inc of the United States, now number
inc over 90.000.000 souls, with undevel-
oped possibilities of immense magnitude.
The name of the historic old craft were
the Sara Constant, Godspeed and Dis
covery. After encountering very bad
weather they put into Dominica Feb.
"a. 1907, where they remained until
Feb. 26. They also spent some time III
Guadalupe and Neves. At the latter
island the passengers were landed and
encamped for six days. The very first
description of America appears in the
diary of Samuel Pepys, the great Eng
lish statesman of the sixteenth century,
who writes: aye master of We God
speed telleth me that We country is pass
ing fair, of green verdure and most
pleasing to We eye. He stateth that
fruits are abundant and We water like
unto crystal. Ye pilgrims after offer
ing up thanks to Him who showereth
all blessings on us, proceeding in scared
Of food ana found it in abundance. VI
natives. though fierce looking, were not
hostile. but Master Herbert saith they
have the actions of those who cannot be
relied on"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
Sunday Can Come to Man
katO In 1908.
DURING MONTH OF OCTOBER
Dele cation Who Heard Him in Wor.
Ellington Is FavorabIy Impressed;
Meeting TO Decide.

Rev William Sunday ear come to
Mankato in October 1905, ii conditions
that he names are fulfilled by the peo-
pie of Mankato. This is the earliest
date that he can promise definitely, but
there is bare possibility that he can
come in November 1907, by cancen.ng
an engagement that he has made. The
length of time that he would give to
the city would be five and a half weeks.
The conditions upon which Rev.
Sunday will come are that all of the
Protestant churches of the city unite in
extending him a call, and that a ta,
ernacle for his own illoz ayXwctf Il
ernacle be erected. capable of holding
5000 to 1000 people. He asks nothing
for his own compensation. but expects
that all of the expenses shall be paid.
He will hold the date open for a short
time, to give the churches opportunity
to act.
The delegation from the churches of
Mankato who heard Rev. Sunday last
evening at Worthington consisted of
Revs. f. NJ. Martinson and Tuleen,
George NJ. Palmer, Dr. J. w. Andrews,
VI. B. Haynes, NJ. o. Sundt, A. c.. Gran
and j. f. Hart. They were well i'm
pressed with Rev Sunday, and believe
that he could accomplish a great deal
OF good in Mankato and are in lavor of
meeting his conditions and extenaIng a
call to him. They returned this noon,
except Mr.. Haynes, who went to Will
mont.
A meeting of representatives of the
Protestant churches of the city will be
held in few days to consider the mat
ter. probably on Friday evening of this
week At this time the matter will be
talked over and joint recommendation
vii be made. 1t is apparent that if
the evangelist's services are to be Sc.
cured for Mankato within two years
quick action will have to be taken
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
THROWN BY M'AULEY
Young Hackenschmidt Who is Known
Here as Shores.

st. Paul newspapers are printing the
following story:
"Jim McAuley of st. Paul, defeated
Young Hackenschmidt at Mozart han
last night in a great exhibition in which
the local man got three out of four falls.
'Hackenschmidt got the first fall, and
McAuley the next three.
Both men seemed to be in good shape.
McAuley was the stronger and Hacken-
schmidt the more clever. They gave a
fine exhibition in the -.rst bout, which
Hackenschmidt won in fifteen minutes.
"McAuley came back strong and got
the second fall in twelve minutes. he
got the third in eight minutes and lie
fourth and last in twenty three min
utes.
'The match was a rough one, each
man getting some rough handling, but
Il was all good natured and there was
no dirty work"
Young Hackenschmidt is none other
than Bert Shores of Rapidan, this coun-
ty. He has been in st. Paul for some
time and meeting all corners.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
DISMISSED THE CASE.
Man Who Would Help Prisoners Es
cape 5 Freed.

Albert Lea, Dec. ia sensation was
created in the district court yesterday
morning when Judge Kingsley granted a
motion to dismiss the action against
Frank Cook, indicted on a charge of aid
ing prisoners to escape from the city
Jail here.
The trial came on Monday night and
yesterday the attorney for the deIense
moved to dismiss. after two witnesses
had testified, on the grounU that no
crime had been committed, as. the par
ties who escaped were not properly
prisoners, not having been legally arrest,
ed. The court granted the motion, but
another Indictment stands against Cook
that of burglarizing the city Jail.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
TILlMAN STILL PAINTING
"Pitchfork" Senator Breaks Out at
Cleveland, Ohio.

Cleveland, Decl9-In a letter here
last night Senator Tillman said in part
"You people of the western reserve,
what is the difference between you of
South Carolina? Who brought the negro
out of Africa and made him slave =?
The Yankee from around Plymouth
Rock, who loaded his ship with rum,
beads and other rubbish and by this
means secured possession of the bodies
of the blacks from central Africa. And
the ancestors of you Yankees of the
western reserve sold these blacks to my
ancestors of South Carolina. No south
ern ship ever brought black to our
shores. That's just difference between
you and us, the difference between steal
er and purchaser"
Chief Kohler and squad of police
men were present, but there was no de-
mOnstration.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
NEED NOT HURRY
Mayor Taylor Giving His Appoint
ments Much Thought.

Mayor Taylor has had five applica-
lions for appointment as chief of police
up to the present time. He can delay
the making of the appointment until
after Jan. |, for Chief Donahue does not
take the office of sheriff until the first
Monday in January, which is the 18th
day, whereas the council holds a meet
ing on the 4th and could confirm the
appointment. Mayor Taylor has made
no selection as yet, so far as can be as
certained. He has bigger assortment
to choose from for patrolman, for a
score or more of applications have been
made for that position.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
TWO RUNAWAYS.
Excitement Caused On the Street
Last Evening.

Excitement was caused last evening
by two runaways. The first occurred at
$3.50 o'clock. A young man named
Kendler who lives near the Kennedy
bridge could not manage his horses and
was thrown out on Glenwood avenue
He was locked up to sober off and the
team was caught near the former Ma,
ternity hospital.
The other team that ran away be-
longed to Michael Hummer. who lives
east of the city. This runaway occur
red later in the evening, and the horses
were caught near Philip Hodapp's place
and placed in barn in the neighbor-
hood.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
Laid AZ Pest

The funeral of the late Mrs. Elizabeth
Roway took place from st. Johns Cath
Ollie church at $3.50 o'clock this after
noon, and the interment was made in
Calvary cemetery. The floral offerings
were many and handsome. Rev. Father
Hughes preached an impressive sermon.
The pallbearers were George M. Palmer,
Edgar Weaver, Robert Lamm and Madi-
son Keene. 1t was the request of the
deceased that the first three and George
Pond be pail bearers, but Mr.. Pond was
out of the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
SLOUGH GETS AFIRE.
Central Station Boys Work an Hour
Protecting Property.

Residents around the slough were
awakened soon after four o'clock this
morning to find a portion of the slough
grass in flames and rapidly sweeping
northward, toward Front street, before
a high south wind. w. r. Hammett's
warehouse was threatened, and someone
turned in an alarm and brought the CEN
trail station firemen out. The firemen
could not reach the fire with hose, and
therefore beat it out after an hours
work. This is the second fire along the
north side of the slough where the fire
men have recently been called out to
protect property.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
Social Science club,

The Social Science club held a regu-
lar meeting last evening and listened
to a paper by Professor j. c. Posey on
'Our Arid Regions and Their Reclaim
alton" The discussion was led by DIR.
J. w. Andrews. Both the paper and
the discussion lat followed brought out
much information that was new to the
members, and the evening was a profit
able one.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
OLDEST OF PIONEERS
Samuel j. Reeder, Who Settled in
Kansas in 1855.
Especial to The Free Press.

Topeka, Dec. l9.-Samuel j. Reeder,
who lives on Soldier Creek, four miles
northwest of here, celebrated his eighty
fifth birthday today. He is the oldest
of Kansas pioneers, having settled in
1855. When he took his homestead no
government survey had been made, but
he staked out his claim and trusted to
Providence. He has been there ever since.
actively engaged in farming, but in the
civil war he took a prominent part. He
is about to publish an interesting auto
biography.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
FARMERS GO TO LAW
Lessee Sues Lessor to Recover Abou,
$500.

The civil suit of A. J.. Nienow VS.. f..
i'll. Beise was tried before Judge Com
stock in the municipal court today. 1t
is an action resulting from a lease held
by the former of the Beise farm. Me
now claims to have done some work and
furnished seed that he has not been re-
imbursed for and sues to recover some
thing like $500. L. G. Argetsinger of
Mapleton and Plymat & Plymat of this
city are the attorneys for the plaintiff,
and Pau & Pau and c. j. Laurisch are
the attorneys for the defendant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
WAGON WAS SMASHED.
Charles Otto's Vehicle Struck 3
Great Western Train.

Charles Otto, farmer livIny neal
Eagle Lake, was driving toward his
home Yesterday afternoon and while
crossing the Great Western tracks, his
wagon was hit by locomotive and
smashed into thousand pieces. MT
Otto was thrown out, but luckily es-
capped injury
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
MET WITH GOOD SUCCESS.
Committee Who Are Soliciting for
Electric Line Proposition.

Henry E. Hance and E. M. Zuel were
out today soliciting for the street car
line proposition and met with good sue
cess. They secured signatures for
$4,000. Mr.. Toland of the Toland Bust
ness university subscribed for $500
worth of stock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
Chaplain of the Senate.
From MONDAYS Daily.

Rev. r. d. Phillips, the venerable
pastor of the Methodist church at Cey-
lon and Dunnell, is an aspirant for APP
poinument to the position of chaplain
of the senate, place to be filled by ap-
pointment at the converting of the leg
islature in January.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
Bishop McCabe Passed
Away this Morning.
WAS A VICTIM OF AP0PLExY
Stricken While in New York City;
Prominent Prelate of Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Especial to The Free Press.1

New York, Dec. l9.-Bishop Charles
c. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal
church died in New York hospital at
500 today. Death was due to apoplexy
with which the bishop was stricken sew
eral days ago while passing through
this city on his way home to Phila-
delphia. Mrs. McCabe and Bishop Nice,
who have been with him almost con-
stantly since he was stricken, were at
his bedside when the noted clergyman
passed away.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
Granted a Divorce.

The divorce suit of Livingston Bean
vs. Caroline Bean was tried before Judge
Cray this morning, and he granted the
divorce. The charge was desertion and
there was no appearance on the part Of
the defendant. There are no children.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
Thompson Is Endorsed.

Second district members have in
dorsed Mr. Thompson of Garden City
Cor postmaster of the house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21
Joseph Cannon to. Speak.

Speaker Joseph Cannon has promised
to make an address at the Roosevelt
club dinner in st. Paul some time in
the spring.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-10

A letter written by Thackeray to the
proprietor of Frasers Magazine is
quoted under the head of when
Thackeray Went on Strike" AS a
matter of fact, Trackeray, so far from
acting on the principle of unionism,
acted on precisely the opposite prin-
ciple and asserted his right to individ-
ual preference. WELL" he says, Il
dare say you will be very indignant
and swear 1 am the most mercenary of
individuals. Not SO. But l am better
workman than most of your crew and
desire a better price" He ends ami
ably, you must not, repeat, be angry
or, because we differ as tradesmen,
break off our connection as friends."-
London News.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-10

A Marine Butcher That Kills For the
Pleasure of Slaughter


The bass Is like a roaring lion going
about seeking whom he may devour. /
have seen n good sized specimen get
into n school Of mlnnows and eat and
stun until he could not get any more
into bis capacious insides. then 20 off
by himself. throw up what he had
eaten and begin over again. after which
he would keep on killing the poor in
nocent minnOws. apparently for the
mere pleasure Of killing. Very young
bass will attack minute water life
which nourishes on water plants and
get away with every one in sight.
adopting the same method as their ED
ers. To illustrate the extent Of the
cannibalsm Of the black bass here Is
fhe experience of a superintendent Of
one OF the fish hatcheriesrin Pennsyl-
vania:
'"The superintendent made an actual
count Of 10000 young bass about an
inch long and placed them in a fry
pond by themselves. He gave them
food six times 4 day, and, according to
his statement each fish ate on an aver
age three tiuies its own weight of the
prepared food every twentyfour hours.
They were placed in a pond on the
LIST of judy, and on oct. i, when
they were taken out, there were only
1000. aud the record showed that less
than 200 died from sickness. 1t is rea-
sonable TO suppose. therefore, that in
addition to the food given them by the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS there were about q 000
bass devoured by their stronger and
more Fortunate companions."-W. L.
Meehan In Field and Stream.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-10
A Barbarous Policy.

After the Dutch had taken the Mo-
luccas from the Portuguese they in
trodnced the cultivation of the Glove
into their own possessions, cut down
ali the Glove trees of the Moluccas and
denounced death on any one who
would plant a single Glove bush or
kather or sell pound of the product.
Expeditions were sent from their other
eastern possessions every year to cut
down any bushes that might have &C
cidentally started In the Molucca is
lands This barbarous policy made the
islands a desert, for, deprived of their
forests, the volcanic soil was washed
away, and the population starved or
was deported.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-10
His Fair Share.

The Chinese always have understood
the great art of making the punishment
at the crime. Man or joss, if he of
tends. gets exactly his deserts. Vice
roy Shum, who was anxious to see the
end Of the heavy rainfalls, was very
angry with the guardian joss of Can
ton, who remained deaf to all prayers
to bring about a little sunshine. A
Weiyuen. was dispatched to the tenn
pie with orders to uncover the roof
over the joss head aud let him have his
fair share OF the rain.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-10

Toward Other Fowls.
The graceful swan is one of the most
ungracious in its ways. Not only Tin
the breeding season. does a male bird
resent the intrusion of a strange gen.
tleman, but it will spend the day in
driving Off from its domain any IN
lucky geese which might be plainly as
sumed to have no designs upon its do
nestle arrangements and have. indeed,
no desire beyond that for comfortable
wash and swiInr.s~It win also pursue
even the. most innocent of newborn
ducklings while they unwittingly re-
jofce In an early taste of their common
element.
When an only child has passed out of
the cygnet stage of life and grown to
full physical if not mental maturity
father and mother swans have been
known to fall upon and deliberately
beat it to death with wing and beak.
The gratified parents swan gracefully
about the mere in which they lived
while the great white corpse of their
son lay battered and dead upon the
shore. The following year, after an
other had been born to them and in in
fancy carried upon his mothers back,
they began to treat him so roughly
that, not being pinioned like them, he
wisely flew away, and we saw him no
more. Curiously enough, geese which
have experienced rudeness from swans
in the lusty spring have been known
to retaliate in the calmer autumn,
when the fierceness Of their enemy had
become mitigated. | have seen a gan
der leap upon the back of once AFRO
giant SVEN and pound away at it in the
full enjoyment of gratifed revenge
Cornhill Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-10
EireWOrkS.

Fireworks originated in the thir-
teenth century, along with the evolu-
ton of powder and cannon. They
were first employed by the Florentines,
and later the use of fireworks became
popular in Rome at the creation Of the
popes. The first fireworks, which re-
semble those which we see nowadays,
were manufactured by Tore, an Ital-
ian artist, and displayed in Paris in
1894.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-10

EpoRT OF THE CONDITION OF
Ia THE BARTON NATIONAL BANK, at
Parton. in the State of Vermont, at the close
of business, September 4th, 1906.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts. s228 5Ie.12
0ver6raFts. - cured and unsecured sIgss
Z. S Bonds to secure circulation, 100000
Bonds, securities, etc. 1850 90
Banking house. furnlture,and fixtures 10 03S. so
Due from Nation al Banks, mot
reserve agents. 24.os7. IS
Due from approved reserve agents, IA I53 81
Checks and other cash items, I.52o.63
Notes of other National Banks, 1,IIo.00
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents, 1928
Legal Tender notes, $4,000
Redemption Fund with U. s. Treasure
Is per cent. OF circuiation1 2.5oo.oo
TOTAL, s3a5, 463.oI
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in, sloo,ooo.oo
Surplus fund, 80 o0O.O 90
Undivided profits, less expenses S0''O'
and taxes paid, 10 651 90
National Bank notes outstanding, 4S 500 90
Due to other Natlonal BANKS 7,5601
Due to Trust Companies and
Savings Banks, s4s4o4
Individual deposits subject to check, I29, 2o1 90
Cashiers checks outstanding. 4,76596
TOTAL, s3f5. 46301
STATE OF VERMONT, L, IL. j. Hartman
COUNTY OF ORLEANS, SIS. Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of nv
knowledge and belief.
L. J. HARTMAN, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9Th day of September, 1906.
C. S. WEBSTER, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest.
w. III. BLASDELL,
j. E. D "INELL, Directors.
H. R.CUTLEk,