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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
JOHN AND WILLIE SHAKE
TWO DEMOCRATIC LEADERS MET
IN SWINGING DOORS.
johnson and Bryan Have asShort Wis
it at the Nations Capitol, No
Politics Was Discussed.

Washington, Dec. 4.-Governor John
son of Minnesota and w. j. Bryan had
an accidental meeting late yesterday
at the capitol. The governor was go,
ing through one of the large swing,
ing doors into the house of represen-
tatives, and at the same moment Bry
an was coming out through the same
door.
Bryan saw the governor and at once
put out his hand. "Why, Governor
Johnson, how are you? Delighted to
see you!" And then there was a
pleasant interchange of the usual COM
pliments.
Bryan was accompanied by Bourke
Cochran of New York and a couple of
other prominent democrats, to whom
he introduced Governor Johnson. AS
both the governor and Mr.. Bryan were
about to start down, Mr.. Bryan took
the governor by the arm and they
started away together walking from
the capitol to the New Willard hotel.
"What did you talk about?" the
Journal man asked the governor today.
"About the Young case now before
the supreme court, about currency leg
islation and about the work of con-
gress generally. Mr.. Bryan thought
the Young case was of the greatest
Importance, with which opinion l, of
course, agreed"
did you talk any politics?"
'Not a word," replied the governor.
Governor johnson is attracting a
great deal of attention here. All the
prominent democrats who do not al
ready know him want to meet him
and they are all saying that he is
making a fine impression. Many of
these men the governor met when he
was in Washington during his first
term, but that was before he had
been talked of for the presidential
nomination, and even now the presi-
Dental talk has ceased, the demo-
cratic leaders are anxious to look the
man over whom they would have been
willing, many of them, to support,
had not Bryan INTERVIEWED.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
MANIAC PLOTTED TO KILL
With Two Shot Guns and Rifle He
Held the Fort.

st. Peter, Dec. 4.-Barricading him
self in his room, William Machtemas.
aged twenty eight, living in Brighton
township, threatened to shoot anyone
passing along the road, few yards
distant.
Ill health, caused by overwork,
brought on insanity, and for two
weeks or more he had been acting
queerly. Yesterday he armed himself
with a rifle and two shotguns and
told one of his brothers that he would
kill the first person to come within
range.
Two members of the family pa
trolled the road and prevented trag-
edy, and then diplomacy was used to
induce the maniac to leave his strong
hold. He came to this city quietly
and was committed to the state hos
pital for the insane.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
REPORT OF MISS VAN BUREN,
Librarian!M Makes; Monthly Statement
TO Board Of Directors. - "a

The following report was submitted
to the directors of the library last
evening:
To the Board of Directors--Gentle-
men: l have the pleasure of submit
ting herewith the report of the Man
kato public library for the month end
ing Nov. 30, 1907. The efforts to ex-
tend the usefulness of the library have
met with very gratifying response
this month as the following statistics
show. There were l54 new registra-
tions, making the total number of
active patrons 1928. The library was
open for the circulation of books,
twenty-five days, having been closed
for Thanksgiving, and for reading and
reference use twenty nine days. The
total circulation was 1850, daily av
erage of 1914, and an increase of 90
over last November Forty per cent
was non-iction. Ninety six German
books were issued.
The above total includes the juvenile
circulation as follows: Fiction, l,475;
non fiction, 1902; total, 2,477
The readers and reference workers
numbered 1855, gain of 847 over last
November The average Sunday at
tendance was forty-two.
Sixty-two new books were added,
making the total number of accessions
l4,s9s. But little work in recatalog-
ing has been accomplished owing to
stress of routine duties. Several spec
ial lists were issued with the result
of an immediate demand for the books
listed. The Christmas material has
been collected for the convenience of
teachers and others preparing pro-
grams.
We are indebted to Miss Flory Wise
and Miss Jennie Gray for conducting
story hours this month, and to Rev.
Robert Hughes for his interesting
paper on Italy-the first in our regu-
lar course of free lectures.
The wisdom of making the West
Mankato school a sub station for
children's literature has been proven
by an unprecedented use of books by
the residents of that portion of the
city. Mrs. d. G. Rea presents some
back numbers of the Youths Com.
panion. Respectfully submitted, Maud
van Buren,, librarian.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
WILL PRESENT A PROGRAM
Ladies' Cemetery Society Of Decoria
to Entertain.

The Ladies' Cemetery society of
Decoria will give an entertainment at
the Decoria town hall Saturday even
ing, Dec. 7. The program will consist
of instrumental and vocal music, dia-
logues and recitations. Those who
have purchased numbers previously
will present those numbers at the door
for entrance. Others will be charged
small admission fee of 10 cents
All are cordially invited. Program
will begin at 8 p. m.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
SteWed Tripe.

One pound fresh tripe, one cup to-
matoes one pint boiling water, one on
ion finely chopped, salt and pepper to
taste, one tablespoon Worcestershire
sauce. Cut the tripe into small pieces.
Add the tomato, boiling water, onion
salt and pepper and cook until the
tripe is tender, then add the Worces-
tershire sauce. Potatoes may be cut up
and cooked with this if desired.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Maple Mousse.

Maple mousse is made from four
eggs, one cup of maple sirup and one
pint of cream. Beat the yolks of the
eggs light and then whip them into
the strip. Put in double boiler and
when very hot allow it to remain over
the fire ten minutes longer. Take off
and beat until frothy. After it is
cool add the beaten whites of the eggs
and cream, well whipped. Freeze in
the same manner as for ice cream.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Mr.. CAREY DIED OF APOPLExY
St. Peter Man Carried Away Inside Of
An Hour

James Carey residing with his
nephew, Rev. P. H. Carey, rector of
the English Catholic church, at st.
Peter, suffered stroke of apoplexy
and died in an hour. Mr.. Carey was
eighty-one and was born in Ireland.
and was the third of family of
four sons, all of whom were remark
able for their longevity. His eldest
brother, Dennis Carey, lives at Chester,
Iowa, and is ninety years of age,
and younger brother, William Carey,
of Necedah, Wis, is seventy-six
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
500 REWARD, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages, and that is
Cztarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutions
al disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
proprietors have so much faith in it's
curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Started Out to Do the Weston
Act and Is fI00red.
Wanted to Walk to Chicago in
Sixty Hours; He Fails.
Whole Party Believed to Have
Been Given Shelter.

Kenosha, Wis, Dec. 4.-Somewhere
between here and some other place
Sherbie Becker, the "boy mayor" of
Milwaukee, spent part of this after
noon and evening struggling through
a binding snowstorm in vain endea
vor to win $1,000 bet by walking
from the Cream City to the Windy
City in sixty hours. Moreover, he
was not alone, for Edward Payson
Weston, the veteran hiker who recently
broke the semi -transcontinental record,
kept the young official company. In
cidentally it may be remarked that it
is doubtful if Weston ever will consent
to walk again in company with
politician, and Mayor Becker may ex-
pect to have the munifcent offers made
to him for appearances on the vaudi-
vile stage doubled or even tripled
after such an Alphine North Dakota
combination experience as this.
Mayor Becker, still accompanied by
Weston, arrived here shortly after 8
o'clock. Becker was in bad shape, be-
ing worn out by hard journey and
suffering from a slightly sprained an
kle, but he was still in good spirits
and said he intended to keep on until
he reached Chicago.
Mayor Becker, and half dozen
Chicagoans some of them bearing the
proud titles of city fathers, started
on their walk from Milwaukee at
$7:lO o'clock this morning with Wes-
ton as peacemaker. They were bent on
making the distance to Chicago in
sixty hours, on $1,000 wager made
by P. j. Schaefer of Chicago. Beside
Becker and Weston the party includ-
ed L. H. Wolf, j. Marshall, w. w.
johnson, J. A. Stenad and Aaron
Jones Aid. Joseph Badenoch of Chi
cago and C. j. Zeller, chairman of the
Athletic club. The lake shore route
was the one chosen, and the party
started in at a moderate gait of about
four miles an hour.
In the various cities along the
route the people were on the lookout
for the party, but at 2:45 this after
noon message was received from
Racine that Mecker and Weston had
just arrived there, the former so tired
out that he had gone to bed in. hotel,
though he expected to get up and re-
sumo his march after short rest.
Other members of the party reached
Racine well punched, but there were
odds offered that they would not make
Chicago in the time limit they had
set.
Mayor Becker and Weston expected
to reach kenosha early this morning
but at 6 o'clock a binding snow
storm set in and when at 2 O'Clock
Alderman Joseph Bedenock and C. ].
Zellet of Chicago arrived, footsore
and weary, they said that the last
they had seen of the Milwaukee Off
cial and his veteran companion thev
were trying to make a short cut
and were being blown to leeward by
the wind. Automobile parties were at
once formed, and the glaring head
lights could be seen charging up and
down the country roads for several
miles about town, looking for the lost
mayor, before he finally struggled into
town afoot
What has become of the rest of
the party is not known, but the
general opinion is that they found
shelter from the storm somewhere
among the farms along the road.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Cleaning Objects of Aluminium.

10 restore luster to furnished alu-
minum it is sufficient says the Sci
entific American. to immense it in wat
er slightly calculated with sulphuric
acid. To small articles of aluminium
soft brush may be applied For the
bath water with a little carbonate of
soda viii suffice,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Neighbors Came to the Rescue

oiof Olson and family, whose house
near Indian lake burned on Thanks
giving day, are living in new house
that was completed two or three days
after the fire. The neighbors turned
out and helped rush up the Kitchen
that will be used until the main part
of the house can be erected i'm the
spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
For the Cnmnlextion.

In many cases a wonderful inprov-
ment in the complication may be OBJ
tanned by merely washing the face
several times a day with the following
lotion, leaving it on until it dries:
Take half an ounce of glycerine, and
mix with it half pint of orange
flower water TO this add tablespoon
full of powdered boraX. @
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Removing Rust on Nickel

Rust may be removed from nickel
plating by covering the spots with
mutton tallow and letting it stand
for several days. If this treatment is
followed by rubbing with a good me-
tai polisher and then by a thorough
washing with strong ammonia, sue
ceeded by clear water and a final pol
fishing with dry whiting stubborn cases
will Weld. ~.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Andrew Jackson Takes the Cure.

Andrew w. jackson of Amboy town
ship, Cottonwood county, a farmer, to-
day filed petition in voluntary bank
ruptcy. His liabilities are $7546O, all
unsecured, and his assets 1874, all ex-
empt. n. L. Glover of Window is the
attorney for the petitioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Has Established a Black List.

The Madelia village council has
placed thirty-three habitual drunkards
on the black list and has instructed
the marshal to make it his business to
see to it that not one of the bunch
secures drop of liquor in the saloons
of that town.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
WONDERFUL CURES
Dec 6-I3 20--t907
ORDER FOX HEARING ON CLAIMS.

STATE OF MINNESt ~. County OF Blue
Earth-SS. In Probate Court
In the matter of IL estate of Maregert
Cuvelge. deceased.
Letters OF administra ion on the estate of
said deceased being his day granted unto
Otto Hartee of said coun -: srs: s,i.,
1t is ordered. that all ciaimS and demands
of all persons against said estate be presented
to this Court. for examination and allowance
at the Probate Office in the City of Mankato
in said Blue Earth County. on the following
day. viz: Monday. the LIST day OF June.
A. D. 1913. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of
said day.
1t is further ordered. that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to
present their claims against said estate at the
expiration of which time all claims not pre-
sented to said Court, or not proven to its sat-
isfaction, shall be forever barred unless for
cause shown further time be allowed.
Ordered further that notice of the time and
place of hearing and examination of said
claims and demands shall be given by publ
cation of this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such examina-
ton. in the Mankato Free Press. a weekly
newspaper printed and published at MankatO
in said County. s..s sa
Dated at Mankato.the 9th day Of Novem-
Der. A. D., 1907.
By the Court:
Probate Court Seal WIN. f. HUGHES.
Judge of Probate,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Remedy for Burns,

Put into turpentine all the gum cam
phor it will cut and keep in glass
stoppered bottle to apply to burns.
1t will not only heal severe burns,
but also will prevent scar.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Money Doing phone Stunt.

Foston Thirteen Towns: OF course,
money talks, as it always has only it
is inclined to use the long.distance
phone. a. good deal right now. @
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Meeting of w. r. C.

A meeting of the w. R. c. will be
held Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 1880 p. m.
Members are urged to be present.
Election of officers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
Dr.. A. w. Chasc'S
Kidney-Livcr Pills

.. Mr.. S. B. Holden. No 2Si1s Cass Ave.
Grand Rapids, Mich, says:"I have for
years been subject to sluggishness of the
liver and constipation, the kidneys were also
inactive and caused me great deal Of pain
across my loins. I got some of DR.. A. w.
Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills and they cured
2 the inactivity Of the organs rapidly and
easily. / would not be without them" 25c
box at all dealers. Write for a free sample.
70 Dr.. A. w. Chase Medicine Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
lAAcK DRUG CO., MANKATo, MIMI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
NERVOUS DEBILITY

Are you nervous and Respondent; weak ard
debiitated; tired mornings; ambiton-lifeless:
memory poor; easily fatgued; excitable and irrita-
BILE: eyes sunken red and blurred; pimples on face
restless haggard looking; weak back; deposit in
urine; distrustful; want of condolences; lack Of
energy and strength, slcepiess?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06

Itch cured in thirty minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never
fails. Sold by Lack Drug company.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
KIDNEY, LIVER
AND BOWELS

Sickness is next to impossible if you keep
the Kidneys, LIVER : and Bowels in perfect
working order with an occasional dose Of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-06
PRIVATE DISEASES or MEN AND WOMEN
A SPECIALITY

Blood Poison. Syphilis, Structure, elect, Sper
matorrhea. Varicocele, Hydrocefe, and the effects
OF early Vice or Excess. producing Debility. Ner-
mind and body. positively cured.
WONDERFUL CURES
Perfected in old cases which have
been neglected or unskllfully treated.
No experiments or failures. No incur
able cases taken.
Consultation Free and Confidential.
Address DIR. ADDISON-JONES,
G 1901 Lake Ave., Chicago.
Reference, Drclcl State Bank.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-01-11
Took the Wrong Salts.

Last Sunday morning Mr.. Tilman
Rock took dose from a bottle which
he supposed contained epson salts, but
which proved to be salts of tartar. lie
was not long in discovering his mis-
take, and DR.. Robinson happened by
just in time to be called to his aid. A
stomach pump was brought into requi-
sition, but for some reason failed to
work satisfactorily, when other reme-
dies were resorted to to make him
throw up and a solution Of vinegar
given him to counteract the effects of
the alkali on his stomach. He was a
very sick man for awhile, but is now
out Of danger, though he is pretty
badly salivated from the action Of the
vinegar acid, DR.. Robinson not know
ing when he administered 1t that Mr..
Rock had the night before taken a
healthy dose Of caloniel.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-01-11

show the hOllowness and narrow
partisan prejudice of the News,
and how little reliance is to be
placed in It's statements or judy
ment involving party questions.
The defunct Republican County
/ Court, we are satisfied, managed
/ the cOunty's affairs about as well
as they could have been managed
under existing conditions. We do
not believe they were eXtravagant,
protligate, or anything of the sort,
but that all the members Of that
court were honest, conscientious
men; that the expenditures made
by them were generally for the
good Of the county, and the bills
allowed and ordered paid right and
proper. The fact is, the revenue
of the county, under our present
system of assessment, is not suf-
ticient to meet its growing needs,
and hence the debt necessarily in
creases. We will have something
to say of this in a future article.
The net Indebtedness of the
county ut the close of the fiscal
year, March ), 1905, was SIG,
14S. IS. Now, on December 2S,
1906, after two years of Repub-
lican County Courts management,
the net Indebtedness, according to
Treasurer Patton's report to the
court on retiring from Office, is
1913, Sl7 68, or more than double
what it was when the Republican
County Court took charge. II we
were disposed to view this showing
with the narrow partisan prejudice
that animates the News we might
paraphrase its statement of last
April and say mo wonder the peo-
pie are dissatisfied and want a
change"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-01-11
Resolutions Of Respect.

Whereas, yielding 10 the immutable
laws of nature and of the Creator and
Ruler of the Universe, our esteemed
brother, Philip Lorenz, has passed
from the mortal to immortal existence,
therefore be it resolved by St. Fran.
co.'s Lodge No. As, |. o. O. F.,
LIST, That in the death OF Brother
Lorenz this lodge has lost a most
worthy and exemplary member; one
who, in all the walks OF life, lived up
rightly and honestly, and as an Odd
Fellow prac,ced the beautiful prin-
ciples OF Friendship, Love and Truth.
I'd, That the community has lost a
good and highly esteemed citizen, and
his children n devoted, loving and in.
dulgent father, and that to them our
sympathy goes out in sincere con.
d0lence.
Sd, That copy Of these resolutions
he spread upon the records of this
lodge, that the charter be draped in
mourning for our deceased brother for
thirty days, and that copy of these
resolutions be furnished the family of
our deceased brother.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-01-11
Attempted Hold.aps.

Last Saturday night two attempts
were made to hold up ladies', the man
in both instances wearing gum boots.
One Of the ladies was on her way
home from down town about six
O'Clock, when man who was follow
ing behind accosted her near the BruCtt
corner. She hastened onward and
stopped at her sisters couple of
blocks farther west, and her little
nephew accompanied her the balance
of the way. When passing the alley be.
tween Liberty street and College ave-
nue., man, presumably the one that
had previously accosted her, rushed
at her from the darkened alley, but seq
ing the boy took himself off in q
hurry. About nine O'Clock the same
night, Mrs. X. r. lIighley, who had
been visiting friend and was on her
way home, was accosted at the cor.
ner of c street and College avenue by
a gum booted pedestrian and ordered
to Give up her wealth. With some
difficulty she persuaded the insistent
footpad that she didn't have any
money, and was permitted to go on
her way in fear and trembling.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-01-11
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES.

Several new students have entered
since the holidays, making our present
enrolment SS.
Herman Schramm, who has been
deserving student the past several
months, went to st. Louis last week
to accept an Office position.
The recent warm weather gave our
athIelicalIy inclined young men q slight
attack of baseball enthusiasm. They
have already been planning for the
opening of the baseball season and ex-
pect to have a very strong aggregation
on the diamond in the spring and do
everything that is honorable to retain
the county scholastic championship
won by the Moothart College during
the past year both in football apd
baseball
Miss Maggie O'Sulivan, who has
been performing, during the past
several months, such efficient service
in the Office of Smith, Bleeck & Fors-
ter, has resigned her position and is
temporarily acting as private secretary
to President Moothart.
Newton Murphy, who has been as
s!sting his father in the store, expects
to resume school duties next week.