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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
WISCONSIN SHERlFF'S ACTION
PROVES DiscoURAGlNe TO
ORGANIZED MOB.
SHOT A MAIL CARRIER DEAD
ALLEGED BURGLAR COMMITTED
MURDER AND MOB WANTED
TO LYNCH HIM.

La Crosse, Wis, Nov. 3.-Placing a
guard about the Juneau county Jail at
Mansion, the sheriff made his prepare
tions for defense so apparent that a
mob which had been organized at New
Lisbon during the day, intent on TAX
ing the life of Thomas Ryan, dis
persed.
Ryan, arrested for completely in a
burglary at New Lisbon Thursday
night, shot and killed Ned Taylor, a
mail carrier, and probably mortally
wounded George Wonderly, marshal Of
the village.
Taylor was killed while wrestling
with Ryan on the floor. Wonderly
may recover, though his injuries are
serious.
A mob was formed during the day
and preparations were made to go to
Mansion to get the prisoner whe I
word came of the plans to resist tb 9
storming of the Jail. 1t was reporte
that arrangements had been made to
call out the militia.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
COMMENTS OF RICHARD cRoKr
One of the Interesting Incidents Of the
Campaign.


New York, Nov 1.-The comments
of Richard Croker, formerly leader OF
Tammany Hall, on the gubernatOrial
campaign in New York and the speech
of Secretary of State Root at Utica
were the most interesting incidents OF
the days political developments in
this state.
Mr.. Croker in an interview in Dub.
lin, Ireland, took occasion to criticise
severely the action of Charles F. Muir.
ply, leader of Tammany Hall, in bring.
Ing about the nomination of Mr..
Hearst at Buffalo, and predicted that
If Mr.. Hearst lis elected and carries
out his programme the effect would
be to paralyZe capital and thereby
paralyZe labor"
He characterized Charles F. Muir,
phys action at the Buffalo convention
as an astonishing and unprincipled
performance" and asked If lit would
not be better for Tammany to be de.
feated fighting for principle than to
dishonor itself by outraging the prin.
ciples of Jefferson.
Mr.. Croker confirmed the genuine.
ness of the cabled statement sent to
P. H. McGarren, given out Wednesday,
concerning which Charles F. Murphy
had expressed his doubts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
SHOT ONE WILD TURKEY.
President Roosevelt Adds Another
Laurel to His Hunting Record.

Washington, Nov. 5.-President and
Mrs. Roosevelt arrived in Washington
at 9:10 O'Clock p. m. from Pine Knot,
Va, where they went; Wednesday last,
accompanied by Surgeon General
Rixey and Private Secretary Latta.
The party came in the special car
Signet over the Southern railway. The
president and Mrs. Roosevelt were
driven direct to the White House.
The president spent his entire time
while at Pine Knot In hunting wild
turkeys He had never shot one, al
though he often hunted them. Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday mornings
the start was made o'clock and the
hunt kept up all day. 1t was not until
late Saturday afternoon, however, that
the president accomplished his desire.
He shot wild turkey, the only one
shot during the three days of hunting
The president returned to Washing
ton feeling much invigorated from his
outing and decidedly pleased that he
added one more laurel to his hunting
record.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
IN THE SYSTEM OF PARLIAMEN.
4 TARY GOVERNMENT IN THE
|. UNITED KINGDOM.
AN ATTITUDE OF DEFIANCE
Is ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE OF
LORDS TOWARD THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS.

London, Nov. apparently crisis
Is swiftly approaching in the system OF
parliamentary government IN the Unit
ed Kingdom The attitude of the
house of peers toward the house OF
commons, as indicated In the peers
treatment of the education bill, is one
of defiance.
Indications that the popular cham
Der will accept the challenge by try
ing to mend or end the hereditary
chamber are unmistakable. The peers
have edited the education bill until, as
David Lloyd George says, Its own
mother would not know 1t.
Here is the issue: The education
bill as proposed by the commons abol-
ishes religious instruction In the pub
lie elementary schools; the amend
ment voted by the lords makes such
instruction compulsory during GER
tain number of hours each week.
The moral issue is wider than the
legislative. David Lloyd George says
the amendment carried by an over
whelmlng majority In the lords would
have the effect of establishing relig-
tous prejudice.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman is
confronted with a difficult situation.
His opponents wish him to take the
question to the country in parliamen.
tary general election. They say he
would be overwhelmingly beaten. The
borough council elections this week
look that way.
If he accepts the challenge and
should win, his majority beyond doubt
would be much smaller than at pres
ent, and in that event he would no
longer be independent of the Irish and
the laborites.
It looks as II he would have to
choose between acQuiescence in the
action of the peers and an enactment
mending or ending that body. The day
of choice cannot be far off.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
HEARST IN NEW YORK CITY,
Delivers Addresses Before Sixteen Diff.
ferent Audiences.

Delivers Addresses Before Sixteen DIFF
ferent Audiences.
New York, Nov. 2.-William r.
Hearst, who closed his three weeks
trip, up state at Buffalo Wednesday
night in behalf of the Democratic-In-
dependence league ticket, returned to
New York and at night began round
of speechmaking that brought him be-
fore sixteen different meetings. Mr..
Hearst was hoarse and somewhat
worn from continuous travelling, but
he went through the nights pro-
gramme without difficulty. He made
practically the same speech before all
the meetings, discussing the subjects
treated in previous meetings up state
and in this city.
In the course of his speeches here
MIR. Hearst reiterated his charges
against Senator McCarren Of Brooklyn
as a professional handler of brides
In the service Of the Standard Oil
trust, the gas trust and the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit" He challenged Mr..
Hughes to defend McCarren, Belmont,
Ryan and Rogers and Woodruff Gin
stead of making vague speeches about
calumny"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
WILL AFFECT MANY MEN.
Pennsylvania Railway System to In
crease Wages of Employees.

Philadelphia, Nov. 3-The Public
Ledger says the wages of all employees
of the Pennsylvania railway system on
lines east and west of Pittsburg are
to be increased. Nearly 10000 men
will be affected. 1t is probable the
increase will be effective Dec. /, but
on account of the detail work to be
done before sweeping order is issued
1t may be later.
The management is considering a
proposition to grant an increase of 10
per cent to all employees whose salary
per month is less than $500. The
monthly payroll of the system aver
ages about 100000 900 and an increase
would mean the additional payment Of
$1,000,000. The total number of en-
ployes on the combined systems af.
fected is about 1856.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
Herring GOES TO PRISON.
Bank Cashier Gets the Same Sentence
as Stensland.

BANK SdST1lCT SCtS efS SduC SSubCuSo
as Stensland.
Chicago, Nov. 6.-Paul o. Stensland,
the former president of the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank, who was arrested
in Tangier, and Henry W. Herring, the
cashier of the same institution, have
been sentenced by Judge Pinckney IN
the criminal court to indeterminate
terms in the penitentiary for embez-
element and forgery. The sentences
may run anywhere from one to ten
years. The new sentence given Stems
land will not lengthen his term of i'm
priSOnment, as 1t Is concurrent with
the old. =
Stensland had been brought from
the penitentiary at Joliet to give evil
dence against Herring, who 1t was I'M
derstood would make a fight for his
freedom, but Kering changed his mind
and decided to throw himself upon the
mercy of the court. Stensland, how
ever, took the stand and told of how
the bank was wrecked.
Stensland said that the irregulari-
ties in the bank began about ten years
ago, when he commenced to invest tho
funds of the bank in real estate Dur
ing the past eight years he declared
he had lost 100000 in real estate
transactions. He also lost $4,000 in
running a cooperative store. Stems
land declared that he kept investing
the money of the bank in real estate
deals, and to use it for the payment
of his debts, at the suggestion of Her.
ing He asserted that he had never
forged a name, despite the fact that
he had pleaded guilty to forgery when
he was brought back to this country
from Tangier.
"All transactions Herring knew
about" declared Stensland, land they
were all credited to my account"
The eX-president Of the bank then
entered upon a long statement Of the
affairs of the bank, all of which was
heard by Herring.
At the conclusion of Stensland's
testimony Herring was called to the bar
of the court, and Withdrawing his plea
of not guilty, entered plea of guilty,
and both men were then sentenced to
the penitentiary by Judge Pinckney,
the term being from one to ten years
In each case.
Both men will be taken to Joliet in
the morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
TELEGRAPHlC BREVITiES.

The seventh annual horse show of
Chicago opened Monday and will con.
tinue until Saturday night.
Premier Lopez Dominguez of Spain
Is extremely ill and his condition is
causing anxiety to his friends.
Vice President Fairbanks ended a
brief campaigning trip into Kentucky
with an address at Bowling Green.
Charles Alyea. living near Fountain.
town, Ind, accidentally shot and killed
his little daughter Martha, three years
old.
Soothing syrup" caused the death
of the twelve-days '-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred McCullum of Lincoln Park
a suburb of st. Paul.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
WOULD Powwow WITH TROOPS.
Ute Chief Appar Reported Deposed by
His Tribe.

Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. ga CORE
spondent in the field denies positively
the report that there has been clash
between the Cheyennes and the SOL
diers. Fort Keogh troops are now
patrolling Tongue River valley be-
tween Birney and Ashland and have
not seen any Cheyennes. Reports of
the burning of ranch building at the
20. w." ranch received here via Bir-
ney are not credited, although it is
known that Indians were in that vicin-
ity.
The Ute chief, Appar, is reported
deposed by his tribe because he IA
yored a powwow with the troops. 1t
is said he was supplanted by Black
Whiskers and Red Cap, who favor un-
ion with the Cheyennes and offering
resistance American Horse, an In
dian scout employed by the govern
ment, will take part in conference
between Indians and soldiers to be
held shortly.
The Ute Indians, now almost 400
strong and with LOO ponies, are still
camped on Little Powder river in Mon
tana thirty-fve miles northeast of
MOOrhead.
A conference Is being held between
the Utes and Colonel Rodgers and Ma
jor Grierson.
A messenger arriving at Arvada
from the conference between the mil
itary and the Utes reports that the
conference was still in session when
he left, but the indications were that
the Indians would agree. 1t is under
stood the military offered to take the
Utes home, issue rations during the
winter and promised to take up the
matter of allowing them another abid-
Ing place by next spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
One Child Critically III and Four 9th.
ers Have Narrow Escapes.

Pittsburg, Nov 5.-Mrs. Frances
Santego, thirty-four years of age, was
burned to death; Horold, a son. four
years of age, is in a critical condition
from suffocation, and four other chill
dren had narrow escape from a fire
when the Santego home burned. Mrs.
Santego was pouring oil in the fire
when the can exploded, throwing the
burning fluid over her She ran
screaming to the street, where a de-
tective extinguished the flames with
his cTercoat. Although fatally burned,
Mrs. Santego pleaded with the officer
to save her son, Harold. The detec-
tive ran into the house and found the
child huddled in corner nearly dead
from suffocation. The other four chill
dren escaped without aid.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.
international Through Traffic Arrange.
ments Discussed.

international Through Traffic Arrange.
ments Discussed.
Cincinnati, Nov. 3-The subject Of
international through" traffic arrange
ments, particularly between Great
Britain and the United States, was dis
cussed at an important conference
here between M. E. ingalls,, chairman
of the Big Four board, and S. A. Pope,
assistant to the general manager of
the Great Western railway of England.
There is no reason why freight
should not be billed through to inland
English cities from inland American
Cities" said Mr.. Pope, ''and it is quite
as reasonable to discuss the value of
passenger tickets good, say, from Gin
cinnati to any city in the interior Of
Great Britain. The project has not
progressed yet to the point of detail,
but | believe that its ultimate accom-
plishment is assured"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
WORK OF BLACK HAND SOCIETY.
Dynamite Bomb Thrown Against Door
Of Tenement House.


New York, Nov. 5.--Unsuccessful
in their alleged attempts to blackmail
Francisco Messina, prosperous tailor
of Brooklyn, members Of the BLACK
Hand" society, the police say, hurled
a dynamite bomb against the front
door of the tenement house In which
he lives and conducts his business
and caused damage Of $4,000 to the
building and surrounding property.
No one was injured.
There was no doubt among the po-
lice that deliberate attempt had been
made by an organized band of black
mailers to wreak vengeance on Mes
sina and his family. Following closely
a half dozen similar outrages In the
same neighborhood, this attack has
spread terror among the poorer Ital-
fans.
Messina had received letters do
handing $4O0 to $1,000.
Detectives have arrested three men
who described themselves as Frank
and Antonio Passamfnate and Baldas-
siso Panalfe. 80 ''''
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
DISPLAY STARS AND STRIPES,
Cubans Declare They Are in Favor of
Annexation.

Havana, Nov. 6.-The report of a
remarkable feature in the present con-
dition of minor disorders which pre-
walls more or less throughout the isl
and comes from Sancti Spiritus, in
Santa Clara province, near this town,
where is encamped an armed band Of
ninety men, which displays the Stars
and Stripes. The leaders declare they
not only have no intention of opposing
the Americans in any way, but it is
their desire to head a movement in
support Of annexation to the United
States. This band was recently in
duced to dispense by the commander
of the marine force at Sancti Spiritus.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
MURDER IN CLEVELAND.
Man Who Sought to Aid a Woman in
Distress Is Shot Dead.

Cleveland, Nov. 5.-Theodore D..
Shafer, thirty-one years of age, was
shot. and killed in the Empire hotel
by w. F. Willis, Pennsylvania rail-
road switchman. Shafer, a boarder at
the hotel, heard Willis wife screaming
for help and while endeavoring to
gain admittance to the Willis apart
ments the door was flung open by
Willis, who fired three shots at Sha-
fer, killing him. Willis escaped from
the hotel, but was later captured by a
policeman, after George Gilbert, q
brother-in-law Of the murdered man,
had run Willis down and was about to
shoot him with a rifle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
FIRE IN CARNEGIE INSTITUTE.
Costly Structure Threatened With
Total Destruction.

Pittsburg, Nov. 5.-Fire for time
threatened the destruction of the Car
negie institute, valued at $6,000,000,
and the most beautiful structure of its
kind in America The fire originated
in the powerroom in the basement
from defective electric wires and was
extinguished after damaging the build
ing to the extent of $4,000. There
were many people in the music hall
Of the institution attending an organ
recital when the fire was discovered,
but all reached the street in safety.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
BAD FIRE IN NEW YORK,
Property Valued at Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Dollars Destroved

New York, Nov. 6.-Fire which
broke out early in the morning de-
stroyed the six-story furniture ware
house of George o. Flint G. Co., on
West Twenty-ninth street, and spread
to other buildings in the rear adjoin-
ing.
Twenty horses in a stable in the
rear of the Flint company's building
perished Scores of families, in ad.
joining tenements, were driven from
their homes. The loss was about
$150,0G0 .
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
WOOD DENIES THE STORY.
Philippine Commander Says No Jap
Army Officer Has Been Arrested

Manila, Nov. 5.-The story that a
Japanese army officer had been placed
under arrest here for sketching GER
tain of the Notifications of Manila
harbor is denied by Major General
Leonard Wood, commander of the d.
vision of the Philippines. No such ar
rest has been made and no Japanese
have taken sketches of the fortifica-
lions. 1t is well known that since the
American occupation Japanese have
been engaged in making maps of the
Philippines. There is no existing law
to prohibit them, although such laws
were in force under the Spanish re-
gime.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
Woman choked TO Death.

New York, Nov. 5.-Following an
autopsy, a coroner's physician declared
that Mrs. Maggie Gordon, who was
found dead in her apartments Satur-
day night, had been "choked to death
by heavy hand" Mrs. Gordon is said
to have belonged to a well known
Pittsburg family. The coroner COM
mitted to the Tombs without bail to
await the result of the inquest on Fri
day next the dead woman's common
law husband, Alexander Gordon, forty.
five years old.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
ILLINOIS BANK ROBBED.
Bandits Hold Up Assistant Cashier
and Make Rich Haul,

La Sale, H., Nov 6.-The Farmers
and Miners bank of Ladd, mining
town, was held up and robbed in the
afternoon. The assistant cashier, j.
]. Hurley, was alone in the bank when
two men entered and asked for some
pennies. The next moment, covering
Hurley with revolvers, they marched
him to back room, where they bound
him hand and foot. After Selling a
quantity of money they escaped. The
amount of their booty was about
$1,000 as near as the bank officers
are able to estimate their loss.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
Capital 80 S1oe,00O.Oo
Nov 9-16-23. 1906.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS

STATE OF MINNESOTA-Gounty of Blue
Eerth-ss In Probate Court. rt
In the matter of the estate of Edward Olson,
deceased.
letters testamentary on the estate ,'of
said deceased being this day granted unto
Ida q. Olson OF said County. ~ =.
1T is ordered. that all claims and demands
of all persons against said estate be presented
to this court, for examination and allowance
at the probate Office In theICity of Mankatoi in
said Blue Earth county, on the following day.
viz. Monday. the 18th day Of February. A fDa
1907, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon OF said day.
II IS further ordered, that three months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
ser: their claims against said estate at the
eA p!ration of which time all claims not pre-
sented to said court or not proven to its sat-
isfaction. shall be forever ba rred unless for
cause shown further time be allowedsn
Ordered further, that notice of the time and
place Of hearing and examination Of said
claims and demands shall be given by publi-
cation OF this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such examina-
tton. in the Mankato Free Press. weekly
newspaper printed and published at Manisato
In said county. sa.s
Dated at Mankato. the 5th day Of +Novem-
By the Court.
Probate Court Seal WIN. F. HU5HES
Judge Of Probate
Thos. Hughes Attorney.
..-s - -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
MAcHINIsTS' STRIKE ENDED.
Southern Railway Employees VIII Go
Back to Work.


Washington, Nov. 3.-The strike OF
machinists on the Southern railway,
which was begun recently for an in
crease of wages, has been settled. The
strike has been declared off and the
men will return to work Monday. The
men who remained with the company
are to continue at work Those who
have been employed since the strike
will be retired from the shops before
Monday morning, but without preju-
dice as to their continued employment
by the company in other places, or
as to their future employment in the
shops if needed. The wages offered
by the company to the machinists
prior to the strike are to apply and
the company's proposition to arbitrate
the difference between that scale and
the demands Of the union has been ac-
cepted,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
Republicans Win in Montana.

Helena, Mont, Nov. Returns
from all sections of the state are in
complete, but they Indicate the elec-
ton of Pray, Rep, to congress by
probably $4,000. Indications are the
Republicans will have a majority in
the legislature on joint ballot. Smith,
Rep, is elected associate justice by
probably 5000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
TREAcHERY ON PART OF UTEs.
Believed to Be Responsible for Change
in Plans.

Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. ga messen-
ger at Arvada, the headquarters of the
Tenth and Sixth cavalry, reports a
change in the plans regarding the bel
ligerent Indians. The Utes will be
brought to Arvada and taken from
there by rail instead of marching over
land to Fort Meade, as was at first
proposed. Treachery on the part of
the Utes is believed to be the reason
Tor the change. Many dissatisfied
Utes still advise resistance to removal
from Powder river valley.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
Fire in a University.

Cleveland, Nov. Sixty lockers,
with all the uniforms of the varsity
football team, were destroyed and for
ty students were thrown into a panic
at night by fire in the university
school. The students rushed out CT
the building in great excitement. No
one was hurt. Defective wiring was
the cause CT the fire.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
Child Fatally Injured.

st. Paul, Nov. 5.-Emma Maria Ca
parents at 2148 University avenue,
was run down by street car near her
home at o'clock p. m. and probably
fatally hurt. She was taken to her
home by the Prior avenue police and
was attended by two physicians Her
right shoulder is dislocated and she
has many bruises about the body.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
ONE FIREMAN KILLED.
Four Others Injured at a Fire in New
York

New York, Nov. 5.-One firemen was
killed and four others were seriously
injured in a fire that caused a monet
airy loss Of $4,000 in the building oc-
cupied by the Vitrified Tile company
and the Pilgrim Steam Laundry in
Brooklyn.
The dead fireman was James w.
McCosker, an engineman, and all the
injured were members of his company
They were buried under a wall.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
Castro Back at Caracas.

Fort de France, Martinique, Nov. 3.
Passengers arriving here from Ven
ezuela by the steamer Canada bring
the information that President Castro.
whose health has not improved, was
moved Oct. Is from the coast to Cara,
cas- &