The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-11-01
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some children with whom he had been
playing objected to something he had
been doing He ran into the house,
after telling the children he was GO
ing to kill himself, and climbed upon
the foot of the bed, placed the muzzle
of small target rifle against his
nose at the corner of one eve and
pulled the trigger. The shot brought
his playmates to the house, and they
Immediately called a physician, Rut
nothing could be done to save the
chifd's life. How the child ever
thought of such an act is a mystery.
The scoring of butter at st. Peter
begins tomorrow This is the fore
runner of the buttermakers' convention
which will open in that city next
Wednesday. 1t is expected that 400
tubs will be examined by H. j.
Credicott of Chicago, a government in
spector, and j. c. Joslin of the state
dairy and food department, who will
do the scoring.
| Fire night before last destroyed a
small barn in Cambria owned by n.
| w. Edwards, former station agent
there, but now holding a position with
the Chicago & Northwestern road at
Cepa, S. d. The barn was of no
particular value, perhaps $50 covering
the loss upon it, but in it were stored
Mr.. Edwards furniture and other
household goods. These were all de-
stroyed, but in his absence no one
knows how much was in the barn or
what it's value was. There was no in
surance. The cause of the fire is a
mystery as yet unsolved, and may
never be.
Rudolph Munson, the young man
accused of shooting Ida Julian at the
Commercial Hotel at Waseca on the
evening of Sept. IA, is again a free
man. After celebrating on his case
from four o'clock Tuesday afternoon
until three o'clock yesterday morn
ing the jury agreed on verdict of
acquittal. The evidence against the
young man was entirely circumstan-
tial and people who followed the case
closely looked for verdict of ac-
quittal.
The case was taken up in district
court Monday morning. County Attor-
ney A. S. Maloney appeared for the
state and Attorneys Dunn of Albert
Lea and .Moonan of Waseca for the
defendanta
Mr.. E. Dudley Parsons, the former
pastor, will preach at st. Clair the
coming Sunday at IL a. m. Sunday
school at ten o'clock. If satisfactory
arrangements can be made, Mr.. Par
sons will spend Saturday and Sun
day at st. Clair every three weeks,
until resident pastor is secured, do.
| ing pastoral and club work in connec-
tion with the morning preaching SER
vice.
DIR. d. d. Catlin has started an
action in the federal court to re-
strain DR.. H. w. Maltby from using a
dry hot air therapeutic apparatus
which DR.. Catlin claims is his patent.
DR.. Maltby states that his device diff
fers materially from the one which
DR.. Catlin devised and is not an in
fringement of the Catlin machine for
starting the perspiration. DIR. Malt
| by has several hot air devices, so he
states, all the product of his own
brain and all different from that which
DR.. Catlin has patented. Pau & Pau
and Laurisch are DIR. Catlin's attor-
neys, and S. B. Wilson is attorney for
DR.. Maltby.
| DIR. Catlin sues to recover for the
use of the device which he alleges is
his patent.
A demurrer having been filed to the
first proceedings in involuntary bank
ruptcy in the case of the Mankato
Mailing company and Oscar Bierbauer,
new proceedings were started, and the
papers were filed today in the United
States court.
| In the case of the Mankato Mailing
company, the petitioning creditors are
Sigmond j. Woolner of Chicago, who
has claim for four $1,000 notes
Charles T. Taylor of this city, whose
claim is $1,000, for merchandise fur
Fnished; and the c. E. Stanford COM
pany of Minneapolis, whose claim is
$53.2S, for merchandise furnished
The petitioners in the case of Os-
car Bierbauer are Sigmond J. Wool
ner of Chicago, his claim being four
notes for $1,000 each, and Joseph Sal
fer, whose claim is $275, being the un-
|paid balance of a note and interest.
Judge Lochren appointed F. X
Meagher receiver in each case, and
lplaced his bond at $4,000 in each case,
THE petitions are returnable Nov. a.
o. H. Osmundson, who was appoint
ed receiver at the time the involuntary
bankruptcy proceedings were started
stated this afternoon that he would
remain in charge of the property of
the Mailing company until formal
order of the court is served removing
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