The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-19
Sunday Rioters Will Get What's
Coming to Them.
CLOSE SIDE AND BACK DOORS
SQuare Deal for All Is the Motto of the
New Executive: His Talk
to the Officers.
From Saturdays Daily.

Mayor Andrews had meeting with
the police force at the city hall last
evening and gave the department formal
instructions. He handed the following
instructions to each of the patrolmen:
''Mankato, Mimi, April II, l907.-n-
structions to the Police Department:
Gentlemen: / have the honor of sub
hitting to you the following instruc-
tions, by which you are to be governed
in the discharge of your duty as police
men of this city:
Saloons must be closed every night
at II o'clock m. and remain closed I'M
til ) o'clock a. m, and from Saturday
night L o'clock IN. until Monday MORN
ing O'Clock Il. IN. Front doors, back
doors, side doors, and every other en-
trance must be closed absolutely against
customers during these hours. This APP
plies to hotel bars, and every other
place where Intoxicating liquors or
drinks are sold as beverage. You will
not permit drug stores to dispense
liquors of any kind during these closing
hours, except on the prescription of a
physician, and then only for medicinal
purposes. I'm the enforcement of the
laws, you must be very firm and yet
kind. | think can promise you that
all the druggists and saloon men will
cooperate with you iii this. You will
see strictly to it that no slot machines
other than an automatic vendor or other
gambling device will be permitted to do
business after due notice has been given.
You will promptly arrest any one who
persists in the use of these.
''As far as the law will permit, you
will prevent the congregating of men in
the outskirts of the city on Sunday who
are there for the purpose, and are ac-
lively drinking beer or other intoxicat-
ing drinks. In this you will be careful
not to overstep the provisions OF the
law 1t is eminently unfair to our sa-
loon keepers who pay license, and who
have so kindly consented to close their
places of business on Sunday, to have
men thus drinking and becoming intoX-
icated, and probably to have the otfense
charged up against the saloon. in
struct you to promptly arrest each and
every one found under the influence OF
liquor anywhere within the city limits
on Sunday.
in behalf of the police department
appeal to the citizens of Mankato to
assist in banishing from our city all
unlawful practices.
1.-The proprietors of saloons and their
help will be permitted to go in and out
of their places of business at all times
but if Others are seen going in and out
during closing hours it will be prima
facie evidence that the law is being viO-
lated, and this cannot be tolerated"
The order doing away with the class
of slot machines that are gambling de-
vices was published in The Free Press
Yesterday and takes effect tomorrow.
Aside from the instructions as to sa-
looms and slot machines, the police were
instructed that they were to continue
to enforce the ordinance requiring that
dogs be muzzled, and to see that it was
made effective.
The police were also told that they
were to permit no disorderly houses, OF
the operations of women of the street
i'm any manner Other instructions o.
a private character were also given, bu
all tending for the moral elevation O
the city.
Chief Osten states that the instruc
tions will be Immediately effective. Tht
city will be dry tomorrow, and beel
key parties will not hold forth on thu
greensward As they have sometimes
done in the past when the saloon clos
ing ordinance has been put into effect
The owners of slot machines have al
ready in most instances discontinued
their use and after tomorrow none vii
be used except those that give some
thing for each nickle dropped in.
Officer Simmons went cunning fol
unmuzzled dogs this morning and sue
eeeded in getting one
1t had been expected that the new
health officer would be present at tn
meeting last evening, but he was un
able to be there.