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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
INSPECTION IS A FARCE.
Standard Oil Net Tested In Illinois
According to Law,

Chicago, Jan. l6.-"Inspection of
Standard Oil as conducted in the past,
egardless of provisions of the strict H.
inois law, has been farce | do not be
ieve the law is more carefully observed
low. Inspectors, in majority of in
stances, simply call at the offices of the
company and receive payment for ser
ices they have never performed. These
accommodating inspectors leave their
stencils at the Standard Oil warehouses,
so that employees of the company can
brand the barrels asa they are inclined
and at their convenience"
This amazing declaration was made
Sunday by haywood Maxon, for TWEEN
ty-nine years trusted employee of the
standard Oil company and lately in
charge of the branch Office at Decatur
Mr.. Maxon proceeded to add details to
he disclosures of Standard Oil methods
published yesterday
He has furnished Commissioner James
r. Garfield of the federal bureau of cor
porations valuable information of the
secret working of the trust and is pre-
pairing now to start proceedings fn the
courts for the custer of the Standard
,ompany's four subsidiary organizations
from Illinois for violations of the anti
trust act, which are punishable by for
fixture of charter.
One of the matters in which the fed
eral authorities were most interested in
the recent investigation at Decatur was
the charge made by Mr.. Maxon that he
has sold thousands of barrels of infer
or oil to the government and other au-
thorities by order of the general Off
GERS of the corporation, and that the
practice continues.
The specific charge that he makes is
that prime water white illuminating oil
with fire test of $50 degrees, is palm
ed off on unsuspecting consumers for
headlight OIL" which has burning test
of Ito degrees, the latter being 25 de-
grees safer than the cheaper grade OIL
This could only be done through an
understanding with the Inspector. Mr.
Maxon affirms that it was the practice
for the inspectors at Decatur for years
to leave their stencils at the local ware
houre of the Standard Employees would
brand barrels to suit their convenience.
This violation of the law was not only
in practice at Decatur, but was the rule
at East st. Louis. Auton, Springfield
Mattoon and many other points in III
inois, according to Mr.. Maxon. EN-
ployees of the Standard have branded
thousands of barrels of $50 fire test oil
at us test, using the inspectors seals
and deceiving the public.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
GOOD THUNDER TOPICS.
Sieighride Party Furnishes Pleasure;
News Notes; Personals.


News Notes; Personals.
The Cable mill will be rebuilt this
year.
Lorena Glauck VS.. Fl. w. Nelson was
the title of an action brought in Judge
Malzahn's court on Thursday, the jury
bringing i'm a verdict for the plaintiff.
! A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Craven Wednesday.
A jolly sleighing party brought up at
the home of William Dettamore last
Wednesday evening from Good Thunder.
A most enjoyable evening was spent and
the Misses Dettamore served refresh
ments. Thanks to the driver, Emil Just
land his fleet team, the party escaped
the attacks of several packs of wolves
which afterwards proved to be tree
stumps in the forest covered hills OF
Rueville.
Miss Fannie Houk is visiting friends
in Mankato this week.
George Seawright and leila Seawright
are taking a trip as far east as New
York, where they intend visiting rela-
tives.
Mrs. Ellen Long, relict of jeremiah
Long, died last Wednesday morning
The deceased was about eighty one
years of age at the time of her death
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Long were always
well and favorably known here. They
were among the early settlers of this
vicinity. The interment took place in
the Catholic cemetery at Mapleton or
Saturday.
! A. A. Thompson is here from Lady
smith, Wis.,, visiting at the home OF
his son, Byron.
Mrs. Juergens and her daughter, Clara
who have been visiting at the home OF
F. Fl. MOrlock, returned to Jordan.
Mrs. Youmans is here visiting with
her sister, Mrs. Palmer.
Jerry Long, Jr., of Sisseton, S. d., was
here to attend the burial of his mother
Harvey Young has just received a tele-
gram informing him of the sudden death
of his brother, Fred, at Donnybrook
| n. ID.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
WHAT A PHON0GRAPH
r revealed to Husband That Wife Had a
Fond Lover.

Paris, Jan. 16-The story is told to
day of how the indiscretion of a phono
graph led to an action being taken TO:
divorce. The wife of an insurance agent
made the acquaintance of a man who ul
timately became her lover. The lady wa,
an accomplished pianist, and the meet
ing of the lovers were devoted to inter
preting operate love scenes. In ordel
to preserve lasting souvenir of these
|impassioned meetings, photograph reg
istered the duo of Romeo and Juliette,
punctuated with kisses.
Last evening party was given at
the insurance agents house, and the wife
found preteXt for inviting her lover.
After tea music was discussed and the
guests, knowing of the musical gifts of
the lady of the hiuse, pressed her to
sing. She readily consented. The hus-
band took up the monograph, thinking
some of the guests might like to hear
the song of the day, Candidates for the
Presidency" But the record he slip
ped into the photograph was not that
of the song, but of the famous duo be
tween Romeo and Juliet
The emotion produced among the
guests as the phonograph gave out the
lyric scene; the stupor of the husband
as he recognized his wife's voice, can be
better imagined than described. There
was a storm scene i'm the drawing room.
One by one the guests slipped away.
Finally only the guilty wife, her hus
band and her lover remained. And it is
recorded that the latter became the hap
piest of the three when he learned that
the insurance agent had resolved to sc
cure divorce.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
CITY EMURS.
Argument in the Foeister Damage Suit
Today.

From Tuesdays Daily.
A demurrer by the city was argued
this afternoon in the case of Maria
Foelster VS.. the Omaha Railway COM
pany and the city of Mankato. The ac-
ton is the $4,000 damage suit of Mrs.
Foelster, who claims that she was in
ured by falling over the embankment
near the Fowler & Pay lime kiln. The
city has demurred on the ground that
several causes of action are improper
Iy united in the complaint, and on the
ground that the complaint does not state
facts sufficient to constitute cause of
action against the defendant city.
A. +. Clark, II. w. Volk and II. L.
Schmitt are the plaintiffs attorneys,
and City Attorney Daley argued the
demurrer on behalf of the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
Garden City Revival.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The meetings at the Christian church
have had a most favorable beginning
Each night the audiences increase and
interest is becoming intense Evangelist
Neal has won the hearts of the entire
community. He is most forceable
speaker and breaches without fear OF
favor. 1t is all ready predicted by some
old residents that this will be the great
est meeting in the history of the town.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
County Gets Lower Bids Than a Year

From Tuesdays Daily.
Bids were opened yesterday afternoon
at the conrt house for furnishing wood
to the court house and Jail and TO the
poor farm. The following bids were ac-
cepted:
For the court house and Jail: j.
Hinnicker, 40 cords of dry mixed wood
at 1919 a cord; A. b. Chapman, 100
cords of dry mixed wood at 1915 Il cord !;
John Lang, 100 cords of green hard APP
pie at $5.95 cord.
For the poor farm: Louis Larson, 10
cords of dry hard maple at $3.50 a cord;
~ cords of green mixed wood at $500
a cord; Lorentz Olinger, 20 cords of dry
mixed wood at 1886 a cord.
Some fifteen other bids were received
running as high as 81 and $50 cord
for hard maple, S. for oak and ash,
1926 for elm, and 1920 for elm and
Eastwood mixed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
J lila Hawtho n Gives His impress
sions of Standard Oil Man.

From Tuesdays Daily
Julian Hawthorne has penned his inn
pressions of Rogers, the Standard oil
man. Mr.. Hawthorne says:
III. II. Rogers is a tall man with a
relatively small head. The lower jaw is
heavy and pugnacious. The head tapers
to the crown. From the eyes up it is
finely organized as an intellectual struc
ture His eyes are dark and close togeth-
er with very penetrating look. His
mouth partly concealed by gray nous
tache, as large and Informed, and he
has very little control over it, especially
in moments of temper. At these times it
curls mp with a snarling expression. He
is able, however, to command very
agreeable smile, which can in a mo-
menu succeed a sneer.
''ie is, in my opinion, man not like
ly to live much longer. He is of ner-
vous temperament, superstitiOus and hy-
pochondriacal ! make these differences
| from his manner during his session in
| the witness chair Whatever chair was
| offered him, he preferred to take another,
although, so far as any outsider could
see, the ordinary witness chair was most
cOmmodious. He sits with one leg
! thrown over the other and evidently is
at some pains to control the movement
| of his body and his hands. His voice is
very low, hardly above whisper some
times and it was necessary that all
his answers to questions should be re-
peated.
''The dialogue between Rogers and the
attorney general resembled nothing so
mucn at the attempts of man to prod
an eel with a pointed stick. Mr.. Rog-
ers taking the part of the eel and the
attorney general the man with the stick.
One was forced to admire equally the
persistence of the man with the stick
and the almost preternatural elusiveness
| of the eel.
"Mr. Rogers seems to be a composite
made up of great intellectual ability
and strong animalsm of nature. The
one quality about him which | should
pronounce genuine is his inability Who'll
| w to control his temper unless, as one
who has studied him remarked, the cir
cumstances are such as to make HIM
afraid to give way to it. He appears to
me capable of any business chcanery OF
| diplomatic intrigues to carry his point.
''He is a man who has an evident in
tellectual command of every situation
in which he is involved. He is prepared
to be either bully or courtier, as cir
cumstances may require at moments
warning. He partly affects and partly
possesses by nature an arrogance OF
temper likely to subdue anybody in a
subordinate position to his, and at the
same time he is undoubtedly capable
when he so chooses, of making himself a
/. fascinating companion, able to make a
| Joke or take one, fertile in anecdotes and
not averse, perhaps, from encouraging
those of nature not suitable to draw
ing rooms"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
Free Press, Dec. l. %, 90, Jan. 5.
SUM MONS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth. District Court, Sixth Judi

SUMMONS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth District Court, Sixth Judi
cial District.
10 David c. Evans, Matthew Thomp-
son, Alden Bryant Lyman Mathews.
Samuel Humbertson. Hattie N. McCon-
nell. David p. Davis. Jr, Jane c. Evans.
Matilda Lameraux; Jane Williams, Cath
Mohr, William r. Price, Isaac Woods,
Elijah S. b. Vail, Sarah e. Hughes.
Charles Brown, William j. Macaulay,
Helen Virginia Grigg, William w: Ev-
White, l.. Il. Morse. and all other per-
sons, if any, claiming any interest in
the following described real estate
any part thereof:
In the name of the State of Minne-
sofa you and each of you are hereby
summoned and required to appear be-
fore the undersigned Judge of the Sixth
Judicial District of the State of Mime
sofa, and Judge of the County Court for
said Blue Earth county, holding the
lands entered as the Townste of South
Bend in said county and state in trust
for the several use and benefits of the
occupants and claimants according to
their respective interests at his Chamb-
ers in the city of Mankato in the Coun-
ty and state aforesaid. on the 10th day
of February, y. D. 1906. at Nine o'clock
in the forenoon of said date, then and
there each of you respectively to make
your proofs and allegations if any you
have, in respect to your respective
claims to the following described lots
and parcels of land in said Townsite in
said county of Blue Earth. to-wit: Lots
number Z, s. and the west 6 feet of lot
10 in block 49, and lots A. ., 6, Z. s. and
9 in block &c, and lots ! and 4. in block
70. and the west half of lot in block
10, and lots /, 3, 9, and 10, in block IS.
and lot 3 in block IS. and outlot 6, and
the west half of outlot T. all of and in
said Townsite of South Bend. according
to the Plat thereof on file and of record
in the office of the Register of Deeds
of said Blue Earth county.
Witness my hand and seal this 18th
day of December, a. d. 1906
(Seal) IOItIN CRAY.
Judge of the District Court for the
Sixth Judicial District and Judge of the
County Court of the County of Blue
Earth, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19

JAM u, 10 &C. Feb. 2, 9, 16. 1906. :.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-ss. District Court, Sixth Jul
dicial District.
Minnie Mile Plaintiff, VS.. Clemens
Miles, Defendant.
Summons.
The State of Minnesota. to the above
named defendant
You. Clemens Miles, are hereby sum-
moned and required to answer the com
plant Of the plaintiff in the above en-
titled action which said complaint is ON
file in the office of the clerk of said
district court and to serve Il copy of
your answer to the said complaint, on
the SubScrib err. at his office in the city
of Mankato. in the county of Blue Earth.
i'm the state aforesaid. within thirty
DAYS after the service of this summons
upon you. exclusive of the day of such
service; and if you fail to answer the
said complaint within the time afore-
said the plaintiff in this action will APP
ply to the court for the relief demand
ed in said complaint.
Dated this third day of January. y. ID.
1906.
S. 3. WILSON :.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Mankato, Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
TO FILL VACANCY.
North Mankato Council Will Elect
Successor to Treasurer Taylor.

FTUIfl I UtSOdy 5 DaIIy.
The North Mankato council will hold
a special meeting tomorrow evening to
fill the vacancy in the. office of village
treasurer caused by the death of Thomas
Taylor. The salary, $25 per year, is
not such as to attract many candidates
and there will probably be no strife for
the position. The names most promi-
nently mentioned in connection with the
office are those of w. T.. Stewart and
Thomas Smith, two leading and reliable
citizens.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
Mrs. Anna WiIka Goes to Her Long
Rest.

ffOH1 ucSuey Ddhy
Mrs. Anna Wilka died at her home,
722 North Broad street, at GAS o'clock
last evening after an illness of six
weeks. She was taken at first with
bronchitis, which later developed into
pneumonia She was seventy one years
of age and is survived by two sons and
one daughter, j. +. and Frank Wilka and
Mrs. A. G. Roemer, all of this city. Her
husband died Dec. l4th, 1900.
The deceased was born in Austria, and
came to America thirty eight years ago,
locating in this city. She was well lik-
ed by all who knew her, and her death
causes much sorrow.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day at 8 a. IN. at st. Peter and Pauls
Catholic church, and the interment will
take place at Calvary cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
Fred Young.
From Mondays Daily.

from Mondays Daily.
Harvey Young returned at 1915 p. m
yesterday from Donnybrook, N. D.,
bringing with him the remains of his
brother, the late Fred Young, whose
death occurred near Donnybrook last
week The deceased was thirty-one
years old, and single, and his death was
near Donnybrook year ago. He was a
member of the Maccabee lodge of this
city. The ramains were taken this
morning to the family residence in De-
coria township, where the deceased was
born and raised.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19
Laid Beside wife's Remains.
From Tuesdays Daily

The remains of Moses X. Armstrong, a
pioneer resident of the state, were
brought to Minneapolis yesterday and
buried beside the grave of his wife, who
died last July Frank G. O'Brien, Judge
Stephen Mahoney and Edwin Clark rep
resented the Territorial Pioneers asso-
citation at the funeral.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19

WANTED-Bright, honest young man
from Mankato to prepare for paying pc
sition in Government Mail Service. Box
One, Cedar Rapids, La.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-19

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES,
Itching, Blind. Bleeding. Protrudng
Piles Druggists are authorized to re-
fund money If PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cure in to ii days. SOC.
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WANTED Men So per day selling
Farm bookkeeping" The Farm Record
Co., Northiield. Mimi.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY +
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab
lets. Druggists refund money if it fails
to cure. f. w. GROVES signature is
on each box 25c
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>. ID. w IIloOAN.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Mankato, Minnesota.
Holbrook argus., 1906-10-06

rectfy his wrongs. Men who rallied to his assistance received injuries from which recovery was impossible An unspeakabe clique of prospered far too long while the innocent and the true subjected to cution.
 These facts that should not be overlooked when the Yindcaton of the accused Is considered The esOra ton to his rank in the army Is insurance for the flu ture his reputation and the regulations of his support have finally calumny but atonement for the cruelties of the past Is impossible.
 The impressive dsion of that great court of forty nine judges be regarded though 1t concerned other defendant namely the Republic of France and in this view 1t is confession The judges say in effect that the French army was dominated by contemptble scoundrels and criminals; that ministry after ministry aided condoned the ofenses of these vainous con- spirators that the legal trials of Dreyfus mock cry, and that the infamous "affaire" stain upon the honor of the nation It is impossible to develop much enthusiasm such retrospect. The most that be done Is to dig up excuses out of political conditions and these long ago wasted foreigners But bet ter late than never and France will profit in reputa ton by the action of the Supreme Court-Chcago Rec ord-Herald.
Holbrook argus., 1906-10-06

In visiting distance of her neighbors.
 The nearest farmhouse may be half mile away, and the village three miles The lines of poles and the wires perhaps merely the wire nce have suddenly drawn her To who has experienced the solitude of the farm is hard to realize the joy of the wife and mother at being able to consult friend about the cut of the babys coat the recipe for mnce pes the dose cough srup.
 The demand for the telephone in the country Is mper ative "Everybodys got one" said the village sorekeeper to city visitor Why there's three families that's being helped by the town and every of lem has got ele phone Old Mis- Bearce says she'd rather go without her victuals than have the telephone taken out!"
 What testimony to the desire for human companlon- ship! The gossipng instinct cynical critic will say But, after all, what Is that but the wish to pare notes the perennay interesting study of human naure-a study fascinating to- the unknown country. woman to the famous psychologist? t?-Youths Com. panlon.
Holbrook argus., 1906-10-06
Salvation and Railroad Rates.

A writer in Harper's Weekly quotes an amusing story attributed to Dr. Rice of Springfield, apropos of the recent meeting of railroad men and their law yers to find out what the new rate law really means. Dr. Rice, 1t seems, used to tell of young Methodist who went forth from Wilbraham Academy to preach his trial sermon.
 "What was your teXt?" he was asked when he came back.
 "How shall ye escape if ye neglect so great salvation?"
 "A good text-how did you handle it?"
 "First, I showed 'em how great this salvation is, then I showed 'em how to escape if they neglected it."
Holbrook argus., 1906-10-06

ons of this slaughter of the forests may be appreciated by imagining the lumber to be all of inch thickness to San Francisco.
 Black walnut has almost disappeared. Oak has be- come wood. Georgia pine cheap is costly. There is little white pine, and of the difH cues of building Is that there is substitute of quite such versatile usefulness Only 35 per the years cut from this noble tree The despsed hemlock furnishes almost three times much In the scarcity of better lumber poplar and basswood which the American of 1850 did consider fit for frewood furnish more than white pine.
 Maine and Michigan longer the great dumber States The Pacific slope and the gulf lead today Wash ingon being the chief lumber State and Louisiana second Arkansas Mississippi North Carolina, Texas Alabama Georgia and Virginia make with Louisiana eight Southern States each of which leads Maine in the amount of um Bber produced.
 How the huge cut of lumber and the ravages of forest fires well shall be replaced is of the most 1nnporant problems with which this country has to deal
Holbrook argus., 1906-10-06
A Late Edition.

Julius Kahn, representative from San Francisco, was in Washington when the earthquake came and was nearly fran. tic, because his wife and children, in. cluding baby few days old, were di. rectly in the path of the fire.
 Kahn spent two days trying to tele. graph and then took train and went out, and finding his family safe, stayed a week or so ill the ruined city.
 On his return he found letter from a constituent, written eight days after the shock, which began:
 "Dear Julius: "No doubt you will be surprised to learn from me that we have Lad a terrible earthquake out .here."- Saturday Evening Post.
Holbrook argus., 1906-10-06

at the question: and asked why he supposed that this would be done Curtis went say that when he went to a literary artist distinguished cal leader reformer scholar, he got something from his host-nformation, pleasure, inspiration the charm of fine society etc. In other words every gave him of that of which he had most The rich had only money therefore, the essayist argued he should give 1t to those who visited him. There s of course flaw in the logic For society exists that may give something to 1t and get something from it. If this condition be not fulfilled there be society And this means that a who has nothing but his money has social value of any sort When he steals his money-as many rich men do to-day-we have only another for excluding him. fortune based on bribery and corruption bought franchises on traffic
 In foul food and drink is vulgar and detesabe thing It Is time that this truth enforced our people, Indianapolis News.