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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

An exchange thinks there is some
thing wrong down in the Buckeye state
when poor fellow down there who
opened an unlocked door and stole five
pounds of corned beef, has been sem
fenced to the penitentiary for life. The
Ohio penitentiary is even now filled
with bankers, who after stealing thou
sands of dollars, were given sentences
from two to seven years in the state
prison.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
EXPLAINS The FISH LAWS.
Game Warden Fullerton Tells IN
People About Them.
From SATURDAYS Daily


From Saturdays Daily
State Game and Fish Warden
ton gives US the following expl
OF the fish law, regarding whic
seems to be considerable confusio
is daily in receipt of letters ash
advice, particularly as to the
fish:
mo fishing is allowed in NJ
during March and April with Ii
line, that is, none can use
and line in these two months
are the spawning months for Eh
everybody who wishes to protect the
fish vii realize that this is a necessity.
Spearing can be done, pickerel and
rough fish at all times, but these fish
lare only for domestic use not for sale.
No Minnesota fish will be allowed
to be sold during March and April
Frozen fish that have been in stock.
lake trout and lake white fish. may be
handled, but no Minnesota fish, such
as perch crappies wall-eyed pike, pick
erel or bass will be allowed TO be sold
or had in possession for purpose of sale
during these months.
| Regarding the sale of perch There
is nothing in the law that prohibits the
selling of perch at any time, except dur
ing the closed season THAT is from the
first of March to the first of May all
fish can be sold during the open season
Except trout and bass providing they
are illegally caught. First Fish that
have been speared are not allowed to be
sold Second: Fish that are to be sold
must conform to law in regard to size
and weight. Lake trout and white fish
not less than two pounds round or one
,, and one-half pounds dressed; wall-eyed
pike not less than fourteen inches in
length. Fish that are less than six
inches in length must be returned to
the water from whence ethey came ex-
cept sunfish, rock bass, buIlheads or
minnows for bait
I think however, that the law will be
amended and not allow any fish to be
sold that the state propagates. l will
write further on this matter if the law
is amended
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

Miss Jennie Aughman, teacher of the
primary room in the Star Junction, Pa,
schools, looks after the physical as well
as the mental needs of her pupils and
has extracted eighty-nine teeth for
them during the present school year.
The children have learned to go to her
when their teeth need extracting, and
she is said to do the work as well as a
dentist could. That teacher is deserving
of raise in salary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
To Investigate Express Rates.

From Saturdays Daily.
Lieutenant Governor A. o. ADerhart
today announced the appointment of
Senator Clague of Redwood, former
speaker of the house, and H. H. With
erstine of Rochester, as a special COM
mittee on the part of the senate for
of express company rates
in Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
Exhibited His Chickens.

From Saturdays Daily.
L. u. Smith of this city exhibited
his poultry at the Sleepy Eye Poultry
show and won the following prizes:
Black Langshans, first pen, first cock
erel, first, second and third pullet; Tou-
louise geese, first gander, second goose
Barred Plymouth Rocks, first and sec
ond hen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
Death of Mrs. Agee.


From Mondays Daily.
The Minneapolis Tribune, Sunday
issue contains the death notice of Mrs.
Helen Nv. Agee, aged forty years. She
died suddenly Friday morning and is
survived by a husband, Joseph Agee,
who is well known travelling man and
has many friends throughout southern
Minnesota and they will all heartily
'sympathize with him in his sad atIlic-
ton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
President Sagen Is Dead.
From MONDAYS Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Rev. A. X. Sagen, president of the
eastern district of the Norwegian Evan
gelical Lutheran synod, died in La
Crosse of blood poisoning, following an
operation. His remains will be taken
to DEBORAH, Iowa, where services will
be conducted by dozen ministers OF
the synod
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
Bill to Lower Express Rates.

From MONDAYS Daily.
Senator Frank Clague has a bill be-
fore the legislature providing for a cut
in express rates. All business men and
others who have any information re-
garding excessive express rates should
communicate with Mr.. Clague.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

Judge Fitzgerald exhibited good sense
when he issued orders barring women
from the Thaw trial. Now if he would
only cut out a lot of the fussy old men
who line up on the bald-headed row,
he would be doing good act in the
interest of society.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

The fuel shortage is not confined en-
tirely to the west. The natural gas
supply has given out in Ohio and the
Buckeyes are burning fences. Some of
the old rail fences are walnut. Some
what extravagant in these days of
lofty-priced lumber.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
Housewife Was Scalded.

From Saturdays Daily.
A housewife over at Wood Lake put a
gallon pail of water on the stove with
the lid on tight. When the water start
ed boiling she removed it from the stove
when it exploded and threw the boiling
water in her face, burning her very
badly. ty
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

The Saltwater Gazette thinks the
most serious thing reported from Mon
tana during the recent cold weather and
heavy fall of snow, was the beer famine
at Mondak.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
Flowers Will Rebuild.

From Mondays Daily.
III. III. Flowers of Cleveland is making
preparations to put up warehouse in
the spring on the foundation where his
store burned. He is getting material on
the ground.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

owe need more poets" says DIR. New
ell Dwight Hills. Not on your life, doe
tor. It's more wood we need, exclaims
The Bemidji Sentinel. A load or two
of coal would help some also.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

We hope that the hearing before the
legislature committee to investigate the
actual cost of railroad construction is
entirely on the square, at least, SO far
as the committee is concerned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

The Free Press is pleased to acknowl-
edge the receipt of a copy of The Min
nesota and Dakota Farmer, published at
Brookings, S. D., and edited by Hon w.
w. P. Mcconnell, formerly dairy and
food commissioner and who was editor
of The Western Farmer and Dairyman.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

If old Sol keeps up his present gait
he will perform service that the pro-
per city authorities should have compell-
ed the property owners to do-clean the
sidewalks of snow and ice
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

"Gladden not your hearts" for the
huge gifts recently given the educa
tional board by John d. Rockefeller, is
the advice given by Rev. GLADDEN. of
Columbus to his congregation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

Senator John C. Spooner of Wiscon-
sin, who is as good protectiOnist as
any in that class, declares that the tar
if should be revised.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

Attorney General Young is keeping
the railroad companies busy filing an
swers and defending suits brought
against them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

The dogs of WinOna are now suffering
for the recent misconduct of the st.
Paul CANNES. The police started killing
this morning
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

The Minnesota and Dakota Farmer is a
splendid publication and under Mr.. Me-
Connell's direction will take front rank
among farm publications.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
Feminine "Reminiscences.

Men are strange creatures. says the
Lady's Pretoria. They grumble if we
are extravagant and frivolous; they do
not like us to be too simple in our hab-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

Who needs the most relief-the peO-
pie or the railroads? The legislature
ought to be able to decide the question.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

Seventeen thousand dollars has been
awarded a worker in the Chicago Bridge
and Iron factory for the loss of an eye.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

The peoples lobby is entitled to as
respectful a hearing as that which is
paid for by the railroads.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

The Chicago News is convinced that
highballs have laid many man low.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

If only the written law could be en-
forced, the people would be immensely
pleased.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

Missouri and Virginia have passed
2-cent fare bills. The vote in both states
was almost unanimous.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

Yellow journals should be given to
understand that liberty is not license.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
Jury Treats the Young Man
Very Nicely.
ACCUSED OF GRAND LARCENY
Trial of Deef Will Take Place Before
Judge Cray and Jury on
Feb. 18.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Judge Lorin Cray of the district court
yesterday afternoon charged the jury in
the case of the State of Minnesota VS..
George Devans. At 2:45 o'clock the
twelve men retired to the jury room.
At four O'Clock the foreman of the jury
announced that they had reached YER
diet and they marched in and took their
seats in the jury box, when the fore
man handed Clerk ThOrne the verdict.
The clerk then announced that the jury
had acquitted George Devans.
Devans was indicted by the Novem-
Der grand jury for grand larceny in
the first degree, and when he was tried
the jury disagreed The case was CON
tinued then until the present term of
court. Devans was charged with steal
ing $40 from Peter Ulman of this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15

The next case to come to trial before
Judge Cray and jury will be that of
the State of Minnesota VS.. Frederick
Deef, indicted for assault in the first de-
gree. Deef is the man that made the
cowardly attack on Henry Potz. The
case will be called Monday afternoon,
Feb Is, at two o'clock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
WEBB OF THE SPIDER.
The Many Uses to Which It's Singular
 Spinner Puts It.

The Many Uses to Which Its Singular
 Spinner Puts It.
 Spiders form good subjects for rainy day study, and two hours spent in q neglected garret watching these clever little beings will often arouse such in- terest that we shall be glad to devote many days of sunshine to observing those species which hunt and built and live in the open fields. There is no in- sect in the world with more than six legs, and as a spider eight he is there fore thrown out of the company of butterflies, beetles and wasps and finds himself in a strange assemblage. Even to his nearest relatives he bears little resemblance, for when we realize that scorpions and horseshoe crabs must call him cousin we perceive that his is indeed an aberrant bough on the tree of creation.
 Nature has provided spiders with an organ filled always with liquid, which on. being exposed to the air hardens and can be drawn out into the slender threads which we know as oobweb. The silkworm tncases it's body with q mile or more of cleaning silk, but there it's usefulness is ended, as far as the silkworm is concerned. But spi-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
ENTERTAINMENTS
Hyperion Theater.

Coming to the Hyperion Friday and
 Saturday, with Saturday matinee, Jan
 uary 25 and 26 James T. Powers, SUD- ported by the original New York cast and an exceptionally large and brilliant vocal chorus, will present "The Blue
 Moon" This attraction ran for two
 solid years in London, and has been enjoying excellent business this season. It has been Americanized and brought thoroughly up to the requirements of
 the American theater-going public, and in its present stage it goes with a whirl and a rush from start to finish. It is combination of beautiful songs, ludi- crous situations, brilliant lines and bits of dialogue, all portrayed by artists e3- pecially engaged to answer the require ments of the book, and, taken as a whole, has no one feature which would tend to make The Blue Moon" a pre- eminent attraction has been omitted
 It is safe to expect the climax in light opera achievement in this instance.
 1 The locality of the story is India and
 concerns an English regiment, their
 English friends and a band of strolling
 native musicians. jugglers and all- round entertainers. The principal feat
 ure of this band of gypsies is Chandra Nil the singer of the organization. She 1 is in reality an English girl who has been stolen from her parents eighteen years before, but who has been raised with the idea that she is native. She is very beautiful and is betrothed to an East Indian prince. These arrange
 ments had been completed by the lead CT of the strolling minstrels. who is none other than an Englishman mas querading as a native, who kidnapped her when she was an infant. He has
 always treated her most kindly and considerably, and it is his ambition to
 have her marry the prince of the royal blood. Chandra Nil, which, by the
 way, is where the piece gets it's name, meaning "Blue Moon" when translated from the Burmese tongue, is much in love with an English officer. This love
 affair is one of several that progress
 during the action of the play. Of course in the end when all is righted, the girl has been returned to her
 parents; everybody is to marry every
 body else, and there is no discord in
 any instance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19

Mr. Powers part, that of Private Charles Taylor, leader of native band of musicians, is resplendent with opportunities permitting him a full display of his fun making abilities. His part is a great one, and as he utilies every opportunity, much may be ex- pected of his individual work. His love affair, with Millicent LeRoy, portray ed by Clara Palmer, quite the most most satisfying young lady that is lia- ble to visit us this season, is the foundation for a series of laughable conditions. She demands in her ideal that he must be soldier, a hero and an elocutionist, and the efforts of Private Taylor to conform with her de- mands are most ludicrous,
 MT. Powers and Miss Palmer have several songs, duets and dances that will surely prove delight to the crit ical for both work with that clean clear cut artistic finish so seldom seen in musical attractions, and which invariably is fully recognized and ap- preciated and which places musical comedy in it's proper sphere. The vocal contingent numbers Ethel Jack son, brilliant young prima donna; Frank Rushworth, Dick Temple, and an exceptionally large number of choral vocalists, making an ensemble particularly pleasing on account of it's vocal efficiency. Among the comedians are Phil H. Hyley, Edward M. Favor, Edith Sinclair and Coralie Blythe, who by the way is one of London's most famous musical ingenues, and. who is visiting this country for the first time.
 Throughout the entire entertainment every effort has been made to make "The Blue Moon the most satisfying musical comedy extant. Gorgeous scenery and dazzling costumes only enhance the beautiful stage evolutions, and surprising electrical effects are in- troduced on several occasions. .Noth- ing whatever has been omitted that would tend to make this attraction he peer of any musical comedy en roue, and much may be expected when it visits us. An enlarged orchestra will tend to increase the effectiveness of the several big song hits, notably among which are: Don't You Think It's Time to Marry" "Why Don't You Take One Little Boy and "Ohl Be Careful of the Crocodile.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
THE TRADE RAT.
Odd Ways of This Peculiar Little
 California Rodent.

odd Ways of This Peculiar Little
 California Rodent.
 One of the oldest little animals in existence is the California wood rat, better known as the trade rat" It owes the latter name to the fact that, though it is a great thief, it never steals anything without putting some thing else in it's place. It is said that a paste pot which had been left over night in the assay office of a silver mine in that state was found in the morning with the oldest collection of rubbish This was the work of trade rats. They had stolen the paste and left in exchange a piece of stick, a length of rope, some odds and ends of wire an unbroken glass funnel. The object of the trade rat in so scrupul- ously paying for what he takes is something of mystery but these same rats certainly take the greatest pleasure in the odds and ends which they steal and cOllect.
 In Lindsay's Mind In Lower Ani- mals' a description is given of a trade rats nest found in an unoccupied house. The outside was composed en- tirely of iron spikes laid in perfect symmetry, with the points outward, Interlaced with the spikes were about two dozen forks ana spoons and three large butcher knives. There were aI- so a large carving fork, knife and steel, several plugs of tobacco, and old purse, a quantity of small carpenters tools, including several augers, and a watch, of which the outside casing, the glass and the works were all dis tributed separately, as to make the best show possible,
 The trade at has it's South Ameri- can counterpart in the viscachs a pretty relative of the chinchilla, which lives in families of twenty or thirty on the pampas. Everything that takes its fancy and is portable is carried by the viscacha and piled in neat little heaps at the mouth of it's burrow. If a ranchman drops his watch or any similar article he always searches the viscacha burrows in the neighborhood and generally finds his lost property Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
Bijou Theater.

The offering by the Stock company at the Bijou for the whole of next week is to be the surpassing Clyde Fitch comedy drama, "The Frisky Mrs. Johnson" It is d comedy that carries with if much of the dramatic action, and at times the heavier scenes of the play almost suggest the most serious type of drama instead of comedy
 Director McGill has secured a special set for use in the opening acts of the play thus providing it with mountings that should add greatly to the pres entation, The costume will be a gor- geous display of feminine finery, op- portunity offering for Gertrude Ship man to display a number of her most brilliant gowns. .
 The plot of the play is well develop ed, and centers about young Ameri- can widow, who by her unconvention- ality has in her train a horde of mas
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
BILL BAILEY,s JuB1LEE.

The attraction at the Hyperion on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings is to be Bill Bailey's Jubilee" An old time circus press agent would describe this as 'stupendous aggregation of the worlds greatest ebonized comedians, a cyclonic cataelysm of Coontown's com edians, the climax of comiealities." But We are living in a more prosaic age and will come directly to the point and ab- stain from using the old-time frills and furbelows. First, last and all the time, lit is a coon show, and not a tanned comic opera. The fun is the fun of the .darkey, possibly bordering on the slap stick variety, but funny just the same. The music is the acme of ragtime and negro melody, and as for the dancing, whoever saw coon dance except in coon style?
 The story is unusually coherent for this sort of a piece and runs as follows: Bill Bailey is a typical lazy southern coon who has come into the possession of a bale of money. He leaves his home in Mobile between two days and hies him to the north on pleasure bent. Here he falls in with stranded min strel company and after some urging he agrees to finance the show, or, in theatrical parlance, to become the "an- gel" The first act shows the wiles and schemes used to induce him to embark upon theatrical career. The second act shows that Bill has made good, at least so far as to get the show on, for we see the entire first part of his min strel show and he must be given the credit for having a good one. How ever, Bills luck is short-lived, for here comes a cropper that lands him back in Mobile, where the third act is laid. This is one of the most charming scenes of the south ever shown and gives us the negro in his happiest phase, sur rounded by the cotton blooms, and is true picture of life in the quarters" Bill back home is undismayed by his meteoric dash through the north, and the revels of the darkies form a fitting climax to the evening.
 The company is a large one and con- tains lot of very clever people, among whom may be mentioned Bob Purcell who plays Bill Bailey; Billy Nichols for many years feature with the Black Patti company; Billy Washing ton, Otis Benson, Frank Stewart, Rich ard Sparrw, Chadwick Plenty, Ruth
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
POlrs New Thenter.

Manager Polls next weeks bill is to be one of the banner aggregations of the season. It will have Joe Hart's latest girl act, entitled sThe Electric Crickets,' twelve of the beauties from the Broadway productions will enact this dainty and prettily staged music al number.
 Thorne and Carleton, "The American testers" the Casting Dunbars, the most marvellous aerialists in the world, Franco Piper, the 5uggler and banjo ist, Rogers and Deeley '"The Singer and the Valet" Lillian Tyce, the dain- ty Irish lass in hef song hits, and BiS- sett and Miller, the real dancing boys will complete the bill The children are enjoying Professor MacCart's monkey troupe this week. A strong show sup ports this big feature.