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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18

out to what extent Rockefeller and his
associates have been violating the law.
The revelations at the hearing sim
ply confirm the bold statements made by
President Roosevelt in his recent mes
sage to congress. If anything, the ex-
pose is even more sensational than the
public had a right to expect.
OF course the mainstays of the oil
monopolists will make a vigorous denial
of these crimes and misdemeanors That
is to be expected. All law violators, es-
pecially those who dress in broadcloth
and wear the immaculate shirt front,
fight to the last ditch because they pos
sess the price that will pay the cost of
the legal warfare.
Meanwhile the fox, John d. Rookie
Teller, will remain in the timber.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
ARGUMENTS MADE.
Two Cases In Which City Is Interest
ed Presented to Supreme Court.

FROM thursday daily.
City Attorney Daley and A. R.
Pau Jr. returned last night from st.
Paul, where they argued before the SUI
preme court yesterday the two appeal
ed sidewalk assessment cases of the
First National bank and E. c. Willard
against the city and Anna NJ. Willard
against the city. These are important
cases in way, although the validity
of the charter provision is not question
ed. The appellants claim that errors
were made in the manner of proceeding
The walks were built, and the assess
ments made and were not paid, and the
city sold the assessment certificates at
auction, j. B. and Martha Hodapp buy
ing them in. The city guarantees the
validity of the assessments, or it would
have no buyers for the certificates. For
this reason the city is the defendant in
the actions and is fighting the cases.
The district court sustained the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
FRUITS MORE EXPENSIVE.
Season for Berries Well Under Way,
Apples Are Scarce.
From Tuesdays Daily.


With the exception of bananas, fruits
in Mankato are considerably more ex-
pensive than they were year ago. The
supply is as plentiful as ever this time
of the year, but the demand is so great
| that fancy prices can easily be obtained.
Additional varieties will begin to arrive
soon, which will cause the prices to drop
| to normal basis.
No apples are sold in the local mar
ket at present except those that have
been stored since last year. 1t will
be about July before the first crop
begins to arrive from California, and the
Minnesota product will not be due until
| the latter part of August. The commits
sion men are asking about $3.50 bar
rel more than they did this time last
year. The kind of apples which are sell
ing mostly are those packed in boxes,
| while they could not be sold in this
manner a year ago. The boxes are going
at So to 1926 a box. and 81 and 50 is
| asked for barrel. Last year barrel
could be bought for about the same price
that is asked for box this year.
Strawberries are selling nearly as low
| as they were this time last year. These
delicacies are always high in May, but
| thew are bound to decline in price with
the advent of other fruits, as the arrival
| of Strawberries causes reduction in the
cost of bananas. The quality of straw
berries has been low in grade, but it is
beginning to improve. The quantity has
been slim because shippers could not
consign them from Arkansas and Louis
lana owing to heavy rains.
Cherries from California and pineap-
pies from Cuba are beginning to arrive
in measurable quantities, and will soon
break up the hold which bananas have
had Cherries are selling at $3.50 Il box,
so that at present they are rather too
expensive for the ordinary pocketbook.
Pineapples are selling about the same
as they did this time last year.
The orange crop in California is a
great deal shorter than it was last sea-
son, the commission men say. The kind
of fruit is selling IS cents to 81 higher
than a year ago. The outlook for other
kinds of fruits grown in California is
bright.
Bananas from South America are sell
ing from So to S4 bunch, according to
the grade The supply is about the
same as last year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
THEIR POSITION EXPLAINED
North Mankato People Not Opposed
to Joining Mankato.

from MONDAY DallY.
A resident of North Mankato, speak
ing of the petition of residents to have
an appropriation from congress to rip
rap the bank of the river to protect the
water from washing away the soil, and
the comments of Washington dispatches
on the theory that the riprapping was
wanted to keep the river from flowing
along the foot of the bluff and thus cut
ting the village out of Nicollet county
and adding it to Blue Earth county,
said: "What we want is to prevent the
river from slowly washing away valuable
land, which in time must seriously af-
feet the village If the river would take
a sudden change and cut its way
through its old channel along the foot
of the bluff and remain there, nothing
would please us better | think we
would all like to become a part of Man
kato, for then we would get sewers,
water mains, electric lights, police pro-
lection. and all the other things that
you on that side of the river get and
which we do not have. 1t would also
be much handler to live in the county
seat than have to go twelve or fifteen
miles every time we have any business
to transact at the court house."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
BLEW OUT OF TOWN.
Two Chiropractics Wo Left La Crosse
During Saturday.
From Mondays Da.

from MONDAY DAILY.
The following is from The La Crosse
Sunday Chronicle:
E. J. Whipple and G. w. Johnson,
members of the firm of Whipple & John
son, practicing chiropractors, could not
be found yesterday or last night and
are said to have left town. The trial of
the former, on the charge of practicing
osteopathy without a license, is set for
the circuit court next week and unless
he returns his bond will be forfeited.
The bond is for 500, being filed when
Whipple appealed from verdict of con
viction in county court. John Hettlng-
er is the signer of the bond.
When the report was spread about
the city yesterday, an investigation was
made by the sheriff's office. 1t was
stated by the officers that they found
Whipple had left the city on the 1920
train while Johnson departed few
hours later, via theMississippi river wag
on bridge, passing over the bridge to
Minnesota about $3.50 o'clock.
The office furniture of the firm was
disposed of to a second hand dealer
Louis Ommerberg, constable, yesterday
attached the office supplies of the firm.
Through a rush at the express office, the
instruments billed for shipment at noon
yesterday failed to leave and during the
afternoon, they were attached. The
Volksfreund Publishing company secur-
ed the execution against the property.
The goods were billed to Mankato, and
Minneapolis, MINI. Whether either
went to these cities is unknown. There
is no charge against johnson and Whip
pie cannot be brought back to La
Crosse from Minnesota because the Of
Tense charged is misdemeanor and not
a felony.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
Makes Serious Charges.

When we read the report of the in
vestigation into the disreputable brib-
cry deals which employees of the
STANDARD Oil company were forced to
of that concern, we were not surprised
at the agility with which John D.
Rockefeller made his way into the ''talI
and uncut"
Not only is the crime of bribery charg
ed up against the precious bunch that
control the destinies of that octopus, but
the allegation is made that they sold
short measures, conducting their business
on the same low level as that which
makes the dealer on the bowery Stunned
by those people who have due regard
for honesty and square dealing. And
that is not all. The company is accus-
ed of selling three different kinds of
oil out of the same tank; also dishonest
methods of procuring land leases and
the corruption of railroad employees and
the agents of Independent oil companies
That was the testimony given before
the investigators by former employee
of the Standard Oil company, and he
certainly ought to know whereof he
speaks. The hearing is before the inter
state commerce commission and that
L.
vigor that is borne of purpose to find
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
KeRNS AND HEBRON.
Corn Planting Is Under Way; Per-
sonaI Gossip and News.


Some of the farmers of this section
planted their corn last week Others are
quite busy preparing their land for plant
ing Seeding will have a backset by
the heavy rain last Saturday night.
Rev. Brown gave an interesting dis
course last Sunday morning on the sub
ject religion of Music" He will give a
report of the Waseca conference next
Wednesday evening.
The tolling of the church bell Sunday
morning and evening in the vicinity of
Kerns makes one feel the solemnity and
sacredness of the day.
d. r. Purrier of ST. Peter is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. Purrier,
for few days this week. He has just
returned from the Rochester hospital,
iwhere he had an operation
NJ. NJ. Crane put out another large
patch of strawberries a week ago.
Mrs. 7. j. Rairdon of Hebron and her
Thursday to join her husband who went
their last fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Kennedy and Mr..
and Mrs. C. L. Kennedy visited with w.
E. Hendley in Hebron last week.
Many of the farmers near the Judson
creamery that was burned last week
are now bringing their milk to the Eur
eka creamery at Judson station.
James Hodson of Mankato made a
business trip through Hebron and Jud-
son last Friday.
Rev. w. E. Young of the Hebron
church commenced revival meetings at
Nicollet village last Sunday evening. He
is assisted by Evangelist Rev. Charles
Window of Waverley, Iowa. Mrs.
Hintz and Mrs. Nj. G. Stout, mother of
Rev. Y. w. Stout of Minneapolis, will
assist in the meeting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18

Judge Lochren Viii Not Retire Al
though He Is Quite Feeble.


Judge William Lochren will continue
on the bench of the United States dis
trict court. For some months the Judge
has been in doubt as to his course He
has been on the federal bench ten years
and had felt for a time that the state
of his health might not permit him to
continue, says The Minneapolis Journal.
On May Il it will become optional un-
der the law whether he retires from ac-
tive service. Fifty years ago this sum-
mer Judge Lochren made his first APP
pearance at the Minnesota bar, and next
fall it will be twenty five years since
he took his place upon the bench in the
district court of this judicial district.
The recent meeting of the Minnesota
State Bar association OPPORTUNITY fell
upon his seventy fourth birthday. and
the ovation that was rendered to him at
that time must remain for years as the
finest honor bestowed by the bar of this
At that time Judge Lochren announced
that he had not yet determined whether
he would retire from the bench or not
but that it would be largely determined
by the condition of his health.
But Judge Lochren's health has been
steadily improving of late, and much of
his old-time vigor and enthusiasm for
his work has returned. He has been at
tending to his duties as regularly as of
yore and shows no signs of needing a
protracted vacation.
Accordingly the veteran jurist has de-
cided to retain his seat for an indefinite
period.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
EPWORTH LEAGUE Meeting.
Several Of the Mankato Workers Are
Honored With offices.

Blue Earth, May 1.-THE annual con
vention of the Mankato district of the
Epworth league has closed after "a three
days session. There were eighty dele
gates present.
Rev. w. H. Jordan of the First NJ F.
church, Minneapolis, delivered the open
ing address Friday evening. Other
speakers from abroad were Presiding Ell
der Peter Clair of Mankato, Rev. w. NJ
Pickard of Elmore, Miss Rebecca f
Collier of Mankato, H. C. Heath of st
James, E. G.. Higbie of Gilmore and r. O
Coffin of Winnebago.,
The following officers were elected
President, William ellis of Amboy
first vice president, Mrs. w. NJ. Piekard
of Elmore; second vice president, II. c
Heath of St. James; third vice presi
dent, Miss Hardy of Mankato; fourth
vice president, Miss Matte E. Gray OF
Glendale; secretary, George H. Andrews
of Winnebago; treasurer, j. M. Palmer
OF Blue Earth; advisory committee, Pre-
siding Elder Peter Clare of Mankato
Rev. j. p. Rawson of Delevan. Rev. S. E
Ryan of Blue Earth and DR.. league
superintendent, Mrs. G.. H. Quigley Of
Wells.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
REACH HERE BY OCTOBER.
Alphabet" Road VIII Be Built to
Mankato This Season.

From Thursdays Daily.
John Schwartz, formerly cashier of
the German bank of this city, and who
is now the financial member of the rail
road contracting firm of H. +. Balch &
Co., Minneapolis, is in the city today
and told Journal Press representative
that the road from Albert Lea to Cream
would be finished by June 20, and that
it would be built to Mankato by Octo-
Der.
"The road will be built to st. Cloud"
emphatically said Mr.. Schwartz. Screws
of surveyors are already at work be-
tween this city and Mankato on the pro-
posed line, and will probably be in st.
Cloud before long. | do not think the
road will reach here this season, but it
will come another year."
"Who is behind the road?"
"That is somewhat mystery, but
there is plenty of money back of Mr..
Tobie, and there is general opinion
that it is either the Illinois Central or
the Milwaukee, 1t is undoubtedly
trunk line, and will be big factor in
the growth of st. Cloud"
Mr.. Schwartz's firm also has the con-
tract for ITO miles of the Rockefeller
ore road, from Ladysmith to Duluth,
and they have seven big steam shovels
at work making the dirt fly fast, The
road is being built from Duluth to Chi
cago.-St Cloud Journal Press.
While many reports and rumors are
now in circulation relative to the renew
ed activity in building the alphabet"
road, there is nothing authentic to indi-
cate that work is being done elsewhere
than on the ten miles of the line lying
directly west of this place. in the vicin-
ity of what is known as Bull Run This
work was begun last fall and, if reports
may be credited, Balch & Co., are mere
ly completing the terms of their contract
! to have a certain amount of the line
completed by July 10th. We do not mean
by this that other grading crews will
not be located upon other parts of the
line later on, for E. l.. Tobie, who is at
the head of the venture has signified his
intention of pushing the road to COM
pletion as far as Mankato this season.
New Richland Star.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
PHEASANTS HATCH OUT.
Ten Little Chinese Birds Crack Their
Shells at Highland Park.


Ten little Mongolian pheasants, as
cute little fellows as ever came from
an egg shell, Matched out yesterday at
Highland park, and Superintendent Per-
ry is as proud of them as the little ban
tam hen is that Matched them out. They
are so little and so active that they
scurry through tiny holes, and it will be
necessary to get some mosquito netting
to put around the lower part of their
Enclosure or their wild nature will cause
them to disappear. Mamma Bantam is
so small herself that she can badly
cover all of her brood
Other bantan,s will be put to work
setting on fifty eggs that Game Warden
Towne has secured from the state COM
mission. If these hatch out well there
will be nice flock of these beautiful
birds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
NORTH MANKATO is O. X.
Has All the Desirable Things and
None Of the Undesirable.

North Mankato, May Is, l9O6.-To
the Editor of The Free Press: | was
somewhat amused last evening to read
in your paper the words of North
Mankato citizen that would seem to con-
vey the idea that North Mankato was a
town divorced from every thing that
would make residence therein desir-
able.
One would think we had no water, no
lights, no police protection, and, none
"other things that you on your side of
the river get and which we do not have
The fact of the matter is, North Man
kato's population is not of that size as
yet, to demand sewerage of the city
type, but we are growing to the size
and will get the sewer. AS for drink
ing water! Ours is the very best that
can be found in Minnesota. Electric
lights Our avenue and our many SPLEEN
did homes have had them for years
Gas. Before another month the work
of laying the gas mains will be com
pleted. Police protection! There is nc
district nor ward in your city more or
derby than North Mankato As for
whole lot of things which Mankato prop
er has within her midst.
Sure, nothing would please us bet
ter" than to unite with Mankato; but
the reasons given in your paper last
night is not "whv" Resident
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
"Butting" in of a Committee.

The republican congressional commit
tee for the second district is quitting"
into the contest which is now being wag-
ed between Mr.. Guttersen and McCleary
This activity on their part leads fair
minded men to ask the question, is it
the province of that organization to pro-
mote the interests of one candidate or
the other? We think it is not That
committee is supposed to remain neu-
trail when an ante primary campaign
is on.
The committee is taking upon itself a
good deal of responsibility when it as
sumes to tell the voters of this district
what their course shall be in this affair
which will be brought to an end
in the primaries. In fact the committee
is going out of it's jurisdiction and the
purpose for which it was formed when
it mixes into contest between two
members of the party who are seeking
the nomination for the same office
However, we can hardly believe that
all of the members are in sympathy
with the, small political work that is
being done under the name of the com
mittee. We have our serious doubts if
the gentlemen who make up that com
mittee have been consulted in regard to
the circulation of articles designed to
promote the candidacy of the present
standpat member of congress and the be
lifting of Mr.. Guttersen who is his OPP
ponent.
1t would seem that for the best in
terests of the republican party of this
district, meeting of the committee
should be called at once and action tax
en- which will give certain members to
distinctly understand that the commit
tee, of which Mr.. McCleary's postmaster
in Mankato, G.. l.. Benedict, is the chair
man, shall not be used as chestnut
extractor for the schoolmaster in his
attempt to secure denomination for
the lower house of congress.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
That Free Seed Graft.

The New York Sun wakes merry over
the act of the democratic members of
congress in voting to continue the free
seed graft "Nhen the house commit
tee on agriculture adopted the motion
of one of its expert members, the Hon.
William w. Cocks of Long Island to
strike out and down the appropriation
for free seeds we made the distressing
ly safe bet of forty to one-a small
package of government turnip seed to
two of the Hon. Bourke Cockran's
speeches-that the house would overrule
the committee" says The Sun. "The
democratic members of the committee
voted solidly for free seeds, the republ-
can members solidly against free seeds.
Evidently free seeds were necessity
of the government honestly administer
ed When the hour came the house over
whelmed the republican conspirators
against an honest yeomanry, its coun-
try's pride. What else was to be ex-
pected, with the congressional elections
only little more than six months
away? The good old pieces were spout
ed on the virtues of the sturdy farm
er. More and more he ceases to speed
the plough and speeds the devil wagon
instead, but eloquence is conservative.
Looking over the palpitating pages of
our valued contemporary, The Congress
sional Record, what sound comes to our
ears? Surely this is defamation day in
the Sumphville high school, and The
Congressional Record is but a dogeared
school Speaker with one of Mr.. Beadle' S
dime novels lying perdu in the bowels
of it." e
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
Walter Nelson.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Walter Nelson, a former member OF
the legislature from st. Paul, died yes
terday morning. Mr. Nelson has a mum
Der of acquaintance in this city.
John A. Nelson, proprietor of the st
Paul House. is brother of the deceas
ed, and Mrs. Clara Nelson and Mrs. Eric
Oman are sisters. Besides these, the de
ceased left number of relatives in the
city. Some of these will attend the fu-
neral.
Mr.. Nelson visited in Mankato fire
quently and had number of friends
in the city who will regret to learn oil
his death.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
AFTER JOHNSON NOW.
La Crosse Authorities Get Out War
rant for Chiropractor.

4 rom ueSudy l)dHys
A warrant. has been issued for G. W.
johnson, the other member of the firm
of chiropractors who have been practic-
ing here for year or more. Johnson
could not be found, however, he having
left the city before the sheriff received
the warrant. The charge is practicing as
an osteopathic physician without Ii
cense.
1t is believed the local physicians will
be contented to have the situation re-
main as it is and that they prefer to
have Whipple and Johnson remain away
rather than return here and stand trial.
La Crosse Chronicle.
1t is reported that johnson was in
Mankato yesterday. He formerly resid-
ed at st. Peter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
Sunday School Organized.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

From Tuesday Daily.
The Rapidan Mills Sunday school or
gained on Sunday with the following
officers: Superintendent, Emrys Lloyd;
assistant superintendent, Mrs. Spenser;
secretary, Miss Ethel Cheney; treasurer,
Roy Mendenhall; organist. Alberta Just
The school will meet on Sunday morn
ings at 20 o'clock d. M
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
CONSENTS TO RUN.
NeIs Nyquist Will Try for Represen
tative Again.
From Mondays Daily.

tIOtu holudy Ddliy.
Nels Nyquist was in from his farm
today, renewing acquaintance and bid
ding his friends goodbye, for he expects
to leave next week for Sweden and will
be gone until August. He stated that he
has been urged so strongly by his friends
to run for representative this year that
he has finally consented to allow his
name to be used Owing to his absence
from the county large part of the time
before the primary election he will have
to depend upon his friends to help him
to large extent.
Mr. Nyquist is a farmer and under
stands their needs, and has made a cap
able representative in the legislature,
making a record for economy and in the
interests of the people.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
WILL ORGANIZE THE STATE
State Association Of County Superin
tendents Talked OF.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Superintendent of Pupblic Instruction
j. w. Olson will be in st. Cloud We'd
nesday. the 18th, to meet the superin-
tendents of the counties of the seventh
judicial district for the purpose of con-
sidering and discussing matters affecting
the interests of the public schools. One
of the matters to be discussed at this
meeting is the organization of a state
association of county superintendent.
There is no set program, but Superin-
tendent Olson will have an outline of
matters to be discussed and considered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
Semi-AnnuaI Tax Sale.

From Mondays Daily.
County Auditor Weaver conducted the
semi annual tax sale where delinquent
taxes have accumulated this forenoon
The saleable descriptions were taken
most of the buying being done by w. c.
Foster and p E. Pearson of Chicago.