The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-09-27


fday evening In the storm ond dark
ness he failed to note the close ap.
proach of ,,the train to the bridge
and the latter grazed his head, in
flicting severe scalp wound For
tunately the blow was not sufficient
to throw him 2from the train, al
though cutting quite deeply into the
scalp. The injured Snan was conveyed
to the city hospital at Owatonna
where his wounds We're dressed and
he is expected to be entirely recover
ed in few days.
The second annual harvest festival
will be held at Winnebago on Friday
and Saturday, September q and %.
The program on Friday will consist
of a band concert at $3.50 a. m, fol-
lowed by an address by Secretary of
State Julius Schnahl; ball game at
y p. m., Delavan VS.. Winnebago; races
on Main street. sack race, potato race
on bicycles, fifty yard girls, race, fifty
yard foot race, etc, band concert at
1870 by wells band, dance at G. A.
r. Hall. show at opera house.
On Saturday band concert at $50;
address by congressman Hamond at
lO:3O; ball game at two, Easton vs..
Winebago; street races at four, greas-
ed pig, 100 yard dash. potato race, fifty
yard boys race, fifty yard dash, with
band concert. dance and show at opera
house in evening.
The people of Winnebago are put
ting plenty of money and doing the
necessary work to make it a great
occasion of public entertainment.
From Fridays Daily.
A holdup and robbery took place
at Waseca last night. Two footpads
knocked another man down and took
SIS from him. One of the assailants
was captured by the Waseca authori-
ties, but the other made his escape.
1t was said that he came to Man
kato on the a. m. freight train,
and jumped off at one of the quar-
ries. He is described as about twenty
years old, and wore black trousers and
vest. The police searched for him this
morning.
The name of the man who was
held up and robbed is Miller. and he
is the proprietor of a meat market at
Waterville. He spent the day at
Waseca and fell in with the young
men, and they We're drinking together
until one or two o'clock this morn
ing, when he was inveigled to the
railroad yards. knocked down and rob-
bed. His assailants are said to be
named Boyle and Lahan. Boyle was
arrested and Lahan escaped on a
freight and came to Mankato. They
are call boys for the Chicago & North
western railroad company, and live at
Waseca.
The man who gave his name as
j. o. Olson in the police court yester-
day morning is an escaped inmate
of the st. Peter asylum. He made
his escape Sunday. His true name is
Ole Clefgard, and the fact that he
was wearing clothing bearing the laun-
dry mark 81. o. Allison is explained
by the fact that the inmates take
each others clothing. A guard will
arrive for him tomorrow morning.
Clefgard's identity was revealed as
a result of a visit paid to the asy-
lum this forenoon by Chief of Police
Osten while committing. an insane per-
son there.
The state tax commission has COM
pleted the revision and correction of
the list of iron ore properties in Min
nesota with the valuation placed on
each. The state board of equalization
requested the commission to furnish it
with all the data upon which these
valuations were based. The valuation
on the properties by the tax commits
sion aggregates $l9l ,O52, 500.
The storm of Wednesday night did
considerable damage near Owatonna
The large barn of George Brush. just
outside of the city was struck by
lightning, and totally destroyed with
all contents.
Five thoroughbred horses were in
stantly killed, valued at l,5O0. One
blooded pooled Angus Hill, recently
purchased at the fancy stock sale at
state fair, and valued at $500 was
killed and seventyfve tons of hay
consumed
Harness and farm machinery were
destroyed. The barn was the largest
and best equipped in the county and