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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
Pain Kills
Some People

Pain kills many people from the
simple fact that 1t wears them out
robs them of peace Of mind by day
and rest by night. All the opiates In
the world will not cure it. The con-
dition calls for a nerve tonic that will
give strength and resistive power to
the nervous system and enable 1t to
throw off the trouble. Mrs. VIM. Spen-
Ger Of los Granger ST., Syracuse, N. T..
tells you clearly just how she obtained
a positive result in her case. She says:
Il was always nervous, but of late
years / could not sleep, was intensely
nervous, ringing sounds in the ears ana
sharp noises and pain in my head at
night My strength was way down.
had attacks of vertigo when was so
dizzy / had to catch hold Of something
until 1t passed of. This condition Ger
tainly needed attention atit was grow
ing steadily worse. DR.. A. W. Chase's
Nerve Pills were recommended to me
and / used them. The results were
splcndid-the nerves became quiet-the
noises. pain and ringing in the head
together with the dizzy spells disap-
peared completely and began to sleep
we'll again. The general strength came
back and as a result feel well every
way again" soc box at all dealers or
DR.. A. w. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo.
N. Y. None genuine without signature
and portrait Of DIR. A. w. Chase.
LAAcK DRUG CO., MANKATo, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
WANTED THEIR RAZORS
Employees at the Fergus Falls Hospi .
taI Out on Strike.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, July "a small
strike is in progress at the insane hos
pital here owing to dissatisfaction over
razor order. The order is to the eff
feet that employees razors are hereafter
to be kept in the custody of the officers
of the institution and called for only
when needed.
The men allege that the reason for
this order is the fact that some of them
are suspected of having shaved them
selves while on duty-in fact, that they
have been so informed by hospital Off
cials-and as their hours of duty are
from six in the morning until eight
o'clock at night, they feel that they are
expected either to shave by candlelight
or grow boards, and, having no wish to
do either, nine of them have walked out
and the strike may spread.
Some of them suspect that the hospi-
tai barber is at the bottom of the order
and declare that his business will not
increase to any perceptible extent as a
result of it.
As the insane hospital covers several
acres of land the men in the more re-
mote wards have a walk of some dis
lance to reach the administration build
ing when they wish to shave, and there
is no question about their Indignation.
The hospital authorities claim that
some of the men have left their razors
where patients could get hold of them
and that the order was issued on this
account.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
new LODGE STARTS
Mystic Toiisrs Organize Last Night
With Fifty Members.

From wednesday DAILY.
Mankato lodge No. 303, Mystic Toll
ers, new fraternal insurance order
was organized last night in the hall over
the Mankato State bank with a mem
bership of fifty. Supreme Secretary j.
f. Take of Des Moines, Iowa, insti-
tuted the lodge, and it will meet every
second Wednesday. 1t includes women
as we'll as men in the membership. The
following officers were chosen for the
coming year: William Hill, past presi-
dent; DR.. L. A. Faulkner, president !;
Mrs. Emma Walters, vice president; f.
F. Schimmelpfennig, secretary, Anton
Meyers, treasurer; Miss A. B. Claussen,
chaplain; Miss A. L. Fish, conductor /;
Mrs. Oxford, correspondent; Mrs. H. Ro-
bel, historian; o. R. Cole, inner sentry
P. Dillon, outer sentry; HI. Adamson,
first guard; w. Laird, second guard; E.
Resin, third guard; H. Robel, L. Sweet
and Mrs. Clara B. Ulman, directors;
Drs. F. d. Brandenburg and L. A.
Faulkner, physicians; DIR. F. d. Brand
enburg, deputy supreme president.
After the lodge had been instituted
and the work was done, refreshments
were served, and dancing INDUCED in.
Misses Zuehlke and Walters furnished
music.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
POWER CONTRACTED FOR
Street Railway Company Makes Con.
tract With Lighting Company.

From wednesday pally. 49, 49,.
The officers and directors of the Man.
kato Electric Traction company held a
meeting late yesterday afternoon, and
transacted considerable important bust
ness. The most important was the en-
tering into contract with the Mankato
Gas and Electric Light company for
furnishing the power for operating the
electric line. A price satisfactory to
both companies was agreed upon, and
the contract is made for an indefinite
period. but can be cancelled at any time
by either party to it. This disposes OF
the only obstacle in the way of the
railway company, and from now on 1T is
expected to have clear sailing.
Other matters considered were more
in the nature of routine business.
There is a good deal of sentiment, to
Judge from remarks heard, in favor of
allowing the company to run its wires
along the buildings on Front street
rather than disfgure the street with a
double row of unsightly poles down the
center. People can see how the poles
are going to look by visiting North
Front street near the corner of Vine.
A. NJ. Heskett, the electric railway
engineer, has gone east to check up the
material for Mankato's electric railway
before it is loaded If the deliveries can
be made as the company has hoped for,
a big crew of men will be put at work
on construction in two weeks. The poles
were purchased from Monks & Mckm-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
LOCATES THE SOUL
Henry Price Explains His Theory;
Would Snap. Shot "h''

New York, July 3.-"rhe soul of a
man is soft and gelatinous, small, prac-
tically shapeless and situated beneath
the first rib. Below the Adams apple in
man, and in woman at the base of
her throat, is spot of little or no re-
sistance. 1t is from this place when the
hour of death comes that the soul must
be taken. 1t does not pass like shad-
ow. 1t is not a flight. The soul must
be drawn out by an angel sent by God
to perform this operation, and this seat
of life is transferred, warm, palpitating,
to body the counterpart of the one it
has left. 1t is substance, material, and
could be as well caught by the camera
as the human face"
1t was thus that Henry Price OF
Mount Vernon, explained his theory OF
the souls passage and the possibility of
obtaining a Photographic reproduction
thereof.
81 do not think, by any means, that
all men have souls. You may and may
not have a soul, according as you have
merited it."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
BACK GIVES OUT
Plenty of Mankato Readers Have Thu
Experience.

Experience.
You tax the kidneys-oyerwork
them
They can't keep up the continual
strain.
The back gives QUIT aches and
pains;
Urinary troubles set in.
Don't wait longer-take Doan's Kid
ney Pills.
Mankato people tell you how they
act.
John Wirking, living at 42l Second
street, North Mankato, Mimi, says:
''My business takes me on long rides
throughout this section of the country
and the result was that my back and
kidneys were affected from the Earring
and jolting, and | have suffered a great
deal on this account. My back would
get so tired at times and the pains
would be so intense that towards night
fall 1 would hardly be able to move
about, and | got little sleep. Every jar
and jolt went straight to my back and
though / doctored and doctored, wore
plasters and used liniments, nothing did
me much good. l was nearly discourag-
ed when friend advised me to use
Doan's Kidney Pills and l got some at
j. c. Thro's drug store. l had used
only few doses when | began to realize
that they were helping me, and the ach-
ing began to grow less and less. l con-
tinued taking them sand the result is
that my back has not ached for months.
Naturally l can heartily recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milbum Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, DOan's and take
no other
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
BEATEN DOWN BY HAIL.
Sheep and Hogs Killed BY Storm In
Le Sueur County.

Reports of the terrific hailstorm at
Cleveland village, lie Sueur county, show
that it was without precedent in this
part of the state. Sheep and hogs were
beaten to death by the huge hailstones
and crops in the vicinity of the village
were damaged to the extent of many
thousands of dollars.
The storm was particularly remark
able for the unusual size of the hail
stones. Eye witnesses of the downpour
declare that several were picked up
which measured ten and half inches
in circumference, and there were any
number which were so large they could
not be placed in an ordinary water
glass.
At the farm of Orange Lloyd flock
of ten sheep were killed by the enor-
nous chunks of ice, and Milton Hill
had three pigs pounded to death in their
pen. Several farmers lost chickens and
other poultry, and in places the crop
loss is total.
Starting about four miles east of this
city, there is a swath mile wide and
three miles long in which the farmers
have no alternative but to pillow up their
fields, and there is another area cover
ing FIVE or six square miles where the
loss will run about so per cent.
In the village itself hundreds of panes
of glass were shattered. The roof of
a store building owned by H. H. Flow
ers, the principal merchant, was destroy
ed and will have to be replaced, and the
roofs of other buildings were similarly
damaged.
A dispatch from Albert Lea says:
The big storm Sunday did great damage,
as it not only knocked down some of
the heavy grain, but the floods that fol-
lowed washed out bridges and roads in
a very destructive manner. One house
in the city was struck by lightning
and all the inmates were stunned, but
will recover, while R. Pickle, just north
of the city, had cow killed by light
ming.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
Creamery Inspection.

from Sdturudy y Ddlly
Inspector Joslin visited the Madison
Lake creamery Wednesday for inspec
ton. He gave it good score, both or
the condition of the apparatus and the
work of the manager.
j. C. Joslin is inspector for the Man
kato district and in this seasons re-
port he has found only one other place
whose creamery score reached as high
mark as the Madison Lake creamery
and that was only one-half per cent
higher. The only things which made
this fall short of the hundred mark
was the absence of few modern ap-
planes, as milk pipes, ETC., which are
not necessary for small amount OF
milk. Full credits were given on light
floors, drainage, refrigerator, etc.
The buttermaker's score was extra
good, full credits being given on thor
oughness, training, cleanliness, churning,
etc. Some discount was made because
no starter was used, which is not need
ed with small quantity of cream.
The sanitary conditions were recon-
mended as very good and the butter
reached very near the hundred mark.
The creamery has been able to make
a good showing before the state in
spector and we feel that in no better
way can our people show their appre-
citation for the proprietor's good record
than by patronizing him with their
cream and milk, especially as this can
be done to the advantage of the patron
Tribune, Madison Lake.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
THEIR HEADS ARE REDUCED
English Craniums Not So large;
Mental Capacity lsssenlng.
Eroy, VadpaSday'S Daily

London, July 3.-The average mental
capacity of Englishmen is on the wane,
according to Sir James Barr, the emf
nent physician who is president of the
Liverpool Medical institution and holder
of other prominent medical posts.
Zone of the greatest hat makers in
the United Kingdom" he says, 'told me
the average size of hats had diminished
during the last half century full size.
A big elimination of this kind in the
national brain should give us pause"
DIR. Barr said the foregoing while ad-
dressing the Royal Institute of Public
Health, now holding its annual con-
gress at Douglas, Isle of Man. He is not
at all pleased with his eountrymen.
The money they are spending for the
treatment of disease, he declared, ought
to be diverted to the preservation of
health. Then the necessity for surgeons
and physicians largely would disappear.
People are now only beginning to-
awaken to lively sense of the value of
health, he said, and are beginning to
cease to blame Providence for the in
crease of disease.
Denouncing the sickly sentimentality
of certain type of Christians, who
have no faith in robust manhood, he
urged some process of artificial selection
for the human race. He said he had
often heard miserable little specimens
of humanity dilating upon the value OF
total abstinence. 1t was a pity, he said,
such men were not still-born. Let them
improve the race and be instructed by
men not pygmies. The nations health
is its most valuable asset. The nation
which produces the finest race must win
in the long run.
DR.. Barr said he would like to see
every Briton between the ages of TWEEN
ty and sixty instructed in military ex-
ercises to develop their physical and
moral grit. A nation of mentalists
might condemn him for fostering mill
tary ideas, but wars were not started
by military men, but by politicians and
low browed financiers who never did any
fighting These men ought to be placed
in the forefront of battle. The nation
would be well rid of them. Detailing
schemes for the preservation of health
and soothing at the helpless acquiescence
in disease as inevitable, DIR. Barr said:
eff we could hear less cant and hy-
pocrisy about the Lord giveth and the
Lord taketh away it would be better
for the nation"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
Gen. Harry MacLean in
Hands Of Bandit.
RAIsuLl DEMANDS PARDON
Will Force the Sultan of Morocco ia
Come to His Terms; How Trick
Was Worked.
Especial Telegram.1

Tangier, July 3.-General Sir Harry
MacLean, commander of the sultan's
bodyguard, has been made prisoner by
Raisuli, the bandit chief, and will be
held as a hostage by the latter until
the sultan agrees to pardon Raisuli on
his own terms.
General MacLean was negotiating
with Raisuli regarding the latter's par
don when he was made a prisoner.
General MacLean is a former officer
of the British army and is descendant
form of the Chicago and Northwestern
is probably the most influential man in
Morocco, being the English adviser who
organized the sultan's army and civil
administration and who stands next to
the sultan himself in the practical con-
duct of Moroccan affairs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
CAN EXTRACT THE STEEL
Giant Eye Magnet New Machine
Relieves the Sufferer.

from wednesdays Dallv.
Pieces of steel lodged in the eye can
be extracted without difficulty by the
Giant Eye Magnet, new machine
which has lately been placed on the
market. DIR. J. H. James has installed
one of these helpful devices in his Of
fee and it has performed its labors well
and quickly and in a manner that
causes the sufferer with piece of steel
in his optic to return thanks. The ma
chine can be worked with either electri-
city or foot power. The magnet alone
weighs about sixty pounds and has a
lifting power of approximately four
hundred pounds to the square inch.
One of the advantages of the construc-
ton of the machine is that the patient
can be laid on couch or an operating
table and the magnet can be placed di-
rectly over him, and the hard substance
in the patients eye can be extracted
without any difficulty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
WILL MEET IN MANkATo
EvangelIceI Lutheran Church Synod
to Gather Here In 1909.

The synod of the Evangelical Luther
an church which has been in session at
ST. Paul for over a week, yesterday ad-
journed to meet next year at Mankato.
The next synod will convene June "a,
1908. 1t was also decided at Mondays
session to hold golden jubilee anniver-
sary in 1909.
1t has not as yet been definitely de-
cided this will take place, but the proba-
bilities are that it will be held in the
city of New Ulm.
Delegates were elected to attend the
session of the International Evangelical
Lutheran synod to be held at Bay City,
Mich, Aug. 8 to 10, 1907. They are as
follows: Rev. A. Schroedel, st. Paul;
Rev. C. j. Albrecht, New Ulm; Rev.
j. H. Nauman, Wood Lake; Rev. A. F.
Zich, Sleepy Eye; Rev. f. A. Pankow,
/, Caledonia; Prof. j. Schaller, New Ulm;
Rev. r. Heittman, Arlington; Prof. j.
E. Sperling, New Ulm.
The following churches We're named to
elect delegates from the congregations
to this convention: New Ulm, Lake
City, Buffalo and New UIm college.
Prof. AdOlph Alderman, of New Ulm
| college, was appointed by the joint
synod to attend the international synod
at Bay City for the purpose of leading
the dostrinal discussions.
The committee on ways and means
named the various appropriations for
the district synod. They are as follows:
For educational institutions, $4,000; re-
pairs at New Ulm college, $500; for
missions, $4,000; for current expenses of
synod, $2,lO0; for widows and orphans,
$500. The money for the support of
the home for the aged at Belle PLANE
will be raised during the coming year
among the different congregations of
the synod by the envelope system Rev.
Herman Meyer, of Buffalo, was appoint
ed as official reporter for the church
paper, to take the minutes of next
years session of synod.
The report on the absent members
this year was read and approved. Re-
ports were read on work among the
Apache Indians in Arizona. The report
of the treasurer of this mission station
was also submitted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
WILL BE RELEASED
Glenn ents, the Preston Banker, Whs
Has Served Prison Term.

Joseph r. Clements will be discharged
from the states prison next Monday
He was formerly private banker at
Preston, Houston county, and was con-
victed of receiving deposits in an insol
vent bank and given a sentence of ten
years, beginning July 20, 1900. He was
not received at the prison until the 18th
of the following February. His good
time allowance reduced his sentence al
most three years.
Mrs. Clement has visited him fire.
quently in prison since his incarcera,
tion. She is,a woman of handsome APP
pearance and recently has been living
with her daughter, Mrs. Richard d.
O'Brien in st. Paul.
Mr.. Clement is again growing a full
set of whiskers and looks much like he
did when he entered the prison. Lately
he has been employed in the finishing
and packing department of the shoe fac
tory.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
VETERANS AT PIPESTONE
Annual Encampment Of the South
western Minnesota Association.

Pipestone, July 3.-The first meeting
of the twenty second annual reunion of
the Southwestern Minnesota G. A. r.
association was called at seven o'clock
last evening. The gatherings are to be
held in a large assembly tent pitched
on the public school grounds. Trains
brought many people to the city. Ar
rangements have been made to enter
tain the visitors in home about the
city. Tents have been pitched on the
court house grounds and are at the dis
posal of the visiting soldiers. In connec-
tion with the encampment the annual
meeting of the Pipestone County Old
Settlers Historical societies opened to-
day at 10 a. m. and continued through
out the afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
Order for Hearing Upon Petition for
Determination of Descent of Land.

Order for Hearing Upon Petition for
Determination of Descent of Land.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Bine Earth-ss In Probate Court
In the Mater of the Estate of James
S. Parsons, Deceased.
The petition of Harry r. Carney, hav-
ing been duly made and filed in this
Court. representing among other things
that one James S. Parsons, who resided
last prior to his death in the State of
Massachusetts, died at the State of Mass
achuSettS on the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1897. seized of an estate of in
heritance in certain lands in the County
of Blue Earth. State of Minnesota, de-
scrbed in said petition, and that said
petitioner has an interest i'm said lands.
and that more than five years have
elapsed since the death of said James
S. Parsons. deceased, and that admin
istration has not been granted or had of
said estate in this State, and praying
the interest of said petition therein
be by this Court determined and said
lands assigned to such persons as may
be entitled thereto by law.
Now. Therefore, 1t is ordered that
the said petition be heard at term of
House, in the City of Mankato. in said
County of Blue Earth, State of Min
nesota, on Monday the 5th day of Au-
gust A. d. 1907, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
1t is Further Ordered. That notice of
said hearing of said petition be given
by the publication of this order once i'm
each week for three successive weeks i'm
The Mankato Free Press, weekly
newspaper printed and published in said
Blue Earth County.
Dated July third, 1907.
probate Court Seal)
VIM F. HUGHES.
Judge of Probate,
Pau & Pfau. Attys.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
KILLING THE CHICKENS
Gnats Make Away With the Hens
l.. Nets In South Dakota.


Dwellers in Mankato and this neigh
borhood are troubled with gnats, but
the situation is not as serious as it is
in South Dakota, where people are
forced to 60 about with nets over their
faces, the gnats being SO numerous.
Reports received from different Sec
tions of Blue Earth county are to the
effect that the gnats have made life a
burden to the chickens. Many hens have
been killed by the insects.
One farmer living near Lake Crystal
reports that eighty of his chickens
were killed by the pests. Another
farmer stated that he lost two horses
through the activity of the flies. One
young lady residing in Lake Crystal
was bitten so badly that both her
eyes are now closed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
Wise Old Noah.

Noah was looking at his famous col
lection of living wild beasts.
81 could write lot of stories about
these animals" he said, "that would put
the whole collection of nature takers on
the ragged edge, but what would be the
use? I'd get a call-down from the
White House as sure as fate"
Sternly resisting the temptation to
mix in, he ordered Ham to change the
course of the vessel two points to star
board, and went back to his cabin to
take a nap.-Chicagoq Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
TREAsURER's REPORT
Al Of tho Funds Are Full EXCEPT
One.

FROM wednesday bduS.
The monthly report of Deputy
City Treasurer Miss Durkee shows the
receipts during June to have been $751;
269.32, and the expenditures ST.
1867. The expenditures included 49,
500 Great Western bonds redeemed,
and $6,lSO.77 paid the Barber Asphalt
Paving company on its judgment. In
March $3,SlO.4l was paid on the
Judgment, and the balance of the
$4,000 levy will be paid in Novem-
Der.
All of the funds have balances to
their credit except the special assess
ment fund, which is overdrawn 81
456.46.
The following were the items of re-
|ceipts: Two liquor licenses, $1,000;
pool table licenses, $50; fines and
fees, 1857 80; fixing pavement, Sc;
special assessments, $l53.45; water
meters sold, $24.SO; water rents,
l$727.29; miscellaneous, $5.45; sale OF
trees, $35; county treasurer, $33,7lOO3