The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
Federal Court Term Prom
Uses to Be Brief.
DAMAGE SUIT FOR THE JURY
GOOd Thunder Resident Applying fol
Citizenship Said There Were No
Anarchists in His Town.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From tuesdays Daiiy.
The April term of the federal court
which convened in this city at ten O'CLOCK
this forenoon, promises to be Il brief one
with only one case for trial. That is the
$4,000 damage suit of Abraham NJ. Sayre
as administrator, etc, VS.. the Illinois
Central Railway company. The suit is
brought to recover for a death on a rail
road crossing i'll Rock county. The at
torneys for the plaintiff are a. NJ. Sayre
and Bates & Parliman, while w. 5. Ken
yon of Fort Dodge, Iowa, is appearing
for the defense. A jury was drawn this
forenoon, but the court was obliged to
delay matters until the witnesses could
arrive. This is the last case OH the cal
endar of law cases, and the attorneys
had been assured that the first case was
for trial, and had not arranged to have
their witnesses on hand promptly.
Not For Trial.
When the calendar was called, the
first was that of the Minnesota & Da-
kota Cattle company VS.. the Chicago q
Northwestern Railway company. This
had been supposed to be for trial, and
a number of witnesses We're on hand.
H. L. Schmitt, representing the plaintiff,
asked leave to dismiss without prejudice.
and tha oourt urantad II
The suit of G. A. Uline, trustee, ct al,
VS.. Jacob Lampert was reported as hav-
ing been settled.
The suit of the Yellow Medicine Coun-
ty bank vs.. Robert Burgess ct ais, was
continued by consent.
The two chancery cases were contin-
ued by consent. These are the suit of
w. A. Funk VS.. A. w. Lownsbery ct
al, and George w. Norman ct ais. VS..
the Industrial Construction company and
w. Mossman.
When it was found that there We're
no cases ready for trial the court re-
marked that there ought to be one case
"ready to 60, to bat" at all times. The
Sayre damage case was then called, and
a jury drawn. The defense asked leave
to file an amendment to its answer, and
the defense opposed this on the ground
that this was the third term that the
case had been OH the calendar. The
court granted the request.
Not An Anarchist.
William H. Matske, Good Thunder
butcher, applied to be naturalized as a
citizen. He answered the questions sat
isfactorily until he was asked whether
he was an anarchist. He did not know
what an anarchist was, and the court ex-
planned that anarchists are people who
did not believe in government and that
one branch of the organization believes
in trying to overturn government by as
sassination Mr. Matske then said that
he had heard of anarchists, but had new
er been associated with them.
Probably you do not have any such
organization at Good Thunder" asked
the court.
"No, sir" replied the applicant.
1T is made the duty of the court to
inquire on this subject, said the court
in explanation.
Postmaster Veigel and> the new hotel
keepers at Good Thunder >Vouched for
the statement that Matske was not an
anarchist and was a man of good hab-
its, orderly and not prone to drink.
Matske then took the oath of allegiance
to Uncle Sam, renouncing his allegiance
to Emperor William and his claim to
any title in the ''old country"
j. X. Eckstein of New Ulm moved
that his law partner, Henry II. Flor,
be admitted to practice i'll the federal
court, and this was granted.
Judge c. +. Amidon of Fargo, n. D.,
is presiding, and the other court Off
GERS present are Clerks. c. l.. Spencer
and II, d. Lang, United States Marshal
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