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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
COULDN'T FIND A CAPTAIN
Rochester Military Com pany Is Mus.
tered Out OF Service.
From Fridays Dali


Adjutant General Wood has issued or
ders mastering out Company F, of the
Second regiment, located at Rochester
The reason assigned is inability to find
someone to take command.
w. III. Hatcher, military storekeeper,
went today to Rochester, and took
charge of the company's equipment pre-
paratory to transferring it to some
other point. Redwood Falls is candi-
date and may get the company.
Rochester was one of the first cities
in the state to get company of the
National Guard, and unlike those since
favored, which have been compelled to
give municipal support, no requirements
were made. In consequence Company
f has been permitted to fall into public
disfavor.
The captaincy of the company was
rendered to several persons, but no
competent man in Rochester could be
found who would take it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
MRS. NORD'S DEATH
Good Woman Ends Her Days IL
Mankato.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturday Daily.
Mrs. Anna S. Nord died last night at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary
Swanson, 800 Marshall street, after an
illness of over two months.
Mrs. Nord was born in Sweden, Jan
81, 1927, and emigrated to America in
1856, locating at Carver. Later she
moved to Bruce, S. d., where her hus-
band died in 1856. She then went to
live with her daughter in Boulder, Col
Three years ago she came to Mankato
to spend the remainder of her days with
her daughter, Mrs. Mary Swanson. Mrs
Nord was a good Christian woman, and
possessed noble qualities that won hel
the love and respect of all.
A son and two daughters survive her
A. P. Nord of Brookings, S. D., Mrs
Lizzie Malm of Boulder, Col, and Mrs
Mary Swanson of this city.
Arrangements for the funeral will be
announced later.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
FAVORS TARIFF REVISION.
Congressman Tawney Says Time Has
Come for Needed CHANGES.

Washington, June 6.-Congressman
Tawney has come out for revision of
the tariff. He said today:
II favor revision of the tariff and
belive that the next national republican
its platform.
Immediate revision is not necessary
and the country should have ample no.
tice of what congress proposes to do
We have large surplus to the credit
of the government in the treasury, near
ly seventy millions, despite the large
federal appropriations, which the last
congress made.
'Ies, | have heard of the Minnesota
presidential candidate, and it affords
much gossip among our democratic
friends. Our state will elect republi-
can governor next year, and. of course
it will be solid for the republican nomi-
nee for president. As to who will be
the nominee of the republican party
next year, / have my own personal
views. but | do not care to express them
at this time.
'In Minnesota the people would like
to see President Roosevelt serve fom
years more, but they look upon his de
cision not to accept another term as
final. They are in sympathy with his
policies, but his policies are the policie:
of the republican party. If they are in
serted as planks in the platform of the
next national republican convention
they will be carried out by the nomi
nee, whoever he may be, if elected. NJ
man is bigger than his party"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
BAD FAITH OF RAILROADS
Senator Frank Clague Speaks Of the
Agreement Made.

from thursday 3 Dally.
Senator Frank Clague, who is in the
city attending court, is much incensed
at the way the railroads have broken
faith with the legislature in the mat
ter of rate litigation, says The Win
dom Reporter. He says that it was
positively agreed by the people repre-
senting the roads that no litigation
should follow the legislation and that
they have broken faith with the people
he is hardly able to find language en-
phatic enough to express his indigna-
ton. He was called from his seat in the
senate by the representative of the
roads and the pledge was personally and
emphatically made to him that the law
should be faithfully and in good faith
lived up to. More drastic legislation was
avoided by the roads by this promise,
and Mr.. Clague would now employ the
best counsel obtainable to fight them
with. He does not say whether he would
advise a special session of the legisla-
ture, but he would spend million dol.
lars to put up a fight since the pledges
have gone for nothing. And the people
are with Senator Clague.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
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FRED DAVIS is CAPTAIN
The Doctor Elected to Head Compan,
3 at FaribauIt.
From Fridays Daily.

from FRIDAY DaliV- --.tt+E
DR.. Frederick U. Davis was elected
captain of Company b, NJ. n. g., sue
ceeding w. Il. Mollison, who was re-
Gently elected major, at special meet
ing Friday evening, says The Faribault
Republican. Major Nicholson of Austin
was present and made a speech in which
he complimented the company and It's
officers on their past record but express
ed the opinion that the organization
was much in need of more men.
A prominent feature of the meeting
was a speech by Major Mollison IN
which he melted the men to renewed
efforts toward strengthening the COM
panv and as a special mducement he
offered three prizes to those securing
the largest number of new recruits be-
fore the company goes to the encamp-
ment on July Is. The first was one of
SIS for the member who secures the larg-
est number of recruits, providing there
are five or more of these. The second
prize is So and the winner must have
three new men to show, while the third
is So, provided two or more recruits are
added to the list. Captain Davis thank
ed the company for the honor conferred
upon him and treated his soldiers to a
box of cigars.
Target practice will be resumed this
week if the weather permits. The COM
pany holds the "colonePs medal won at
the last encampment for superior
craftsmanship. 1t is hoped that this
may be retained after the mobilization
of troops at Lake City next month, and
accordingly the practice work will be
pushed with much energy.
DR.. Davis is well qualified for his new
office, having had good military train
ing. He was cadet officer in the uni
versity battalion of the University of
Minnesota and has the distinction of
having served with marked ability in
Company d, Fifteenth Minnesota regi-
ment, during the Spanish-American war.
He was first sergeant of his company
and for a time he was acting regimental
sergeant major.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
OLD SOLDIERS IN REUNION.
Annual Encampnnent to Begin in St
Paul Tomorrow.

From TUESDAY bdity.
The annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will con
vene at the Auditorium at ten O'Clock
tomorrow morning in st. Paul. 1'he
committee which has charge of the ar
engagements for the meeting has made
all preparations for the entertainment
of the out -of-town veterans and it is
expected that a large number of st.
Paul citizens will join in the campfire
entertainment at the Auditorium Wed
nesdav evening. The committee had in
tended to use the Auditorium during all
the encampment, but owing to the fact
that a previous arrangement had been
made for the Auditorium the second
davis program will be held at the
Armory, where ample accommodations
will be provided for every one.
The members of the various posts of
the state will gather at the old capitol
in the morning, where the parade will
be formed. The line of march will be
short owing to the age of the veterans.
1t will end at the Auditorium in time
for the opening of the encampment at
ten o'clock.
The social and entertainment feature
of the encampment will be held at the
Auditorium in the evening. The usual
campfire will be given to the delegates
and aside from the regular campfire pro-
gram there will be music by Barrett's
orchestra and Mrs. c. N. Tenny will
sing De Koven's "Song of the Flag"
Mayor r. A. Smith will deliver the ad-
dress of welcome and the list of
speakers will include Governor John A.
johnson and Former Governor S. r.
Van SAINT.
A feature of the campfire will be the
/ medals for patriotic essays. This con-
test has been under progress for some
time and the winners of the prizes will
be announced at the campfire.
The business meeting will be held
Thursday at the Armory. The session
will open in the morning and will con-
tinue through the afternoon if the bust
ness necessitates. L. Longfellow of Min
neapolis, commander of the department
of Minnesota. Grand Army of the Re-
public, and Ida X. Martin, president of
the Woman's Relief corpse will have
headquarters at the Willard hotel for
the encampment. A banquet will be
given Wednesday evening at the Will
lard for the Minnesota veterans of the
Cival war and their auXiiaries.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
RESIDENCE is BURGLARIzED
Hoboes Turn a Trick on the North
..te.rE fNeHgs9 Side. .E ad

From Thursdays Daily. i5,fa
The residence of Paul Goettl on Bel
grade avenue, North Mankato, was
burglarized between three and four
o'clock yesterday afternoon by. 4 two
tramps. The family went to a funeral,
and it is believed that the tramps must
have noticed them go and where they
placed the key, for they took the key
from its hiding place and entered. They
took what money they could find, but
nothing else, the money being something
over two dollars.
Some children playing near saw the
men enter the house, and it was through
them that Marshal Dennis Donahue of
North Mankato got description of the
men. He succeeded in arresting one
man answering the description, and who
gave his name as Albert Fraser and his
home as Chicago. The other man skip
ped out. Fraser was placed in the city
lookup for safe keeping. When search
ed he had no money.
The case against Fraser was dropped,
and he was rearrested, this time on the
charge of indecent exposure, and was
sent up for ten days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
Travelling City of Gold and
Glitter Coming.
HERE THE WEEK OF JUNE II
The Splendid Attractions Of the Par.
ker Amusement Company Are En-.
gagged for WOOdman Carnival.
From Thursdays Dairy.

From Thursdays Dairy.
Imagine a wondrous amusement city,
travelling caravan style.
That is just what the c. w. Parker
Amusement company constitutes, the
newest of all the Parker Amusement
companies which will furnish the attrac-
lions for Mankato's big carnival during
the week of June II.
A few years ago the idea would be
laughed at. Few believe this under
taking possible even now. But the fact
is evident by the thousands of coll
umns of newspaper mention, all speak
ing this mighty monarch of modern
times in glowing terms, and the more
than million pleased patrons who have
passed delightful hours of recreation at
the high-class attractions.
And the man who made all this pos
sible held the humble position of JAM
itor in court house a dozen years
ago. Charles w. Parker, now known
over the length and breadth of the civ
ilized world as the Amusement King, has
made for himself in the amusement
WOTlu HdIne anu lame CnaC STANDS
alone. He amazed his competitors a
few years ago by the remark that he
would build a duplication of the worlds
fair midway as soon as the attractions
were under way well enough in st.
Louis to give him ideas sufficient to
work on. For two years the man.
moth Parker factories, at Abilene, Kan
sas, have been operating nearly night
and day for this result. As fast as
an attraction at the worlds fair grew
in popular favor, busy hands and skill
ed workmen commenced the work of
duplication, at the Abilene factories. In
this way none but the very best shows
on the pike" were taken into consid-
Grafton, and those with even the sug-
gestion of immortality were Immediately
forgotten.
The Sioux City newspapers continue
to speak in high terms of the carnival
which is progressing in that city with
the attractions of the Parker Amuse-
ment company as the main features.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
LIBEL SUITS on TRIAL.
Michael and Mary Russell VS.. }. A.
and Josephine StockdiiI.


The grand jury completed its labors
yesterday afternoon, and at $40 o'clock
was discharged with the thanks of the
court. Four indictments were brought
in, in all. LII
w. A. Long was arraigned this morn
ing on an indictment charging him with
forgery in the second degree. He had
no attorney and did not desire to have
one, but entered a plea of guilty. He
was remanded to jail to await his SEN
tence. .egg
Edward temple was arranged upon
an Indictment charging him with rape.
II. l.. & J. w. Schmitt and Pau & Pau
appeared as his attorneys, and he was
given until nine o'clock tomorrow fore
noon to plead. .r....r. .,.,,r-
Andrew Layton was arraigned on an
Indictment charging him with assault
in the second degree. c. j. Laurisch was
appointed his attorney, and he was al
lowed until nine o'clock tomorrow morn
ing to plead. ...
Yesterday afternoon when the civil
calendar was taken up, the first case,
that of Macbeth & Gardner vs.. II. X.
Kurth, was dismissed.
The two $1,000 libel suits of Michael
Russell and Mary Z. Russell against J.
A. Stockdill and Josephine Stockdill
went to trial this morning. The jury
was secured yesterday afternoon. These
cases are based upon several letters
written by Mrs. Stockdill to the super
intendent of the state public school at
Owatonna that boy, Martin Frisch,
that the Russells secured there, be re-
moved from the Russell home on the
alleged ground that he was not being
treated right. These letters are claimed
by the Russells to be ibelous. Mrs.
Stockdill was on the witness stand all
the forenoon, having been called by the
plaintiff for cross examination under the
statute. She admitted having written
the letters and took the ground that
what they contained was true.
While the cases are being tried to-
gether, separate verdicts are to be rem
dered. w. r. & c. d. Geddes and Pau
& Pau are the attorneys for the plain
tiffs and s. B. Wilson is conducting the
defense. Both the Russells and Stock
dills live in Ceresco and are prominent
residents.
The court made an order for judg-
ment in favor of the city in all the
| special assessment cases recently adver-
tised officially.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
State Firemen's Association
Meets Here in 1908.
KLEINSCHMlDTIS PRESIDENT
Gathering at st. Cloud Productive OF
Good Results: Large Number, OF
Delegates; the Topics.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Chief Mic Kleinschmidt of the Man,
kato fire department, was late yester-
day afternoon elected president OF the
means that the 1908 meeting of the
association will be held in Mankato
lows: First vice president, Paul Bo-
land, Cloquet; second vice president, L.
S. Kent, Alexandria. This gives Alex
andria the convention for 1910.
The firemen gave the biggest parade
ever held in st. Cloud last night. Four
bands and about 1000 fremen were in
line, with the first fire engine ever
used in the state as a feature.
The following were made life mem
bers: Edward Theileman of Mime
apolis, formerly of st. Cloud; HI. l.. Nc
Cormick, Sank Center, and III. j. Linn
perick of st. Cloud.
The bylaws committee had no report
to make. The resolution on pensions
was referred to the legislative commit
tee to report at the Mankato meeting.
One of the features of the association
meeting was the report of Statistician
f. F. Kelly of Faribault and an adj
dress by Edward Peterson, state fire
marshal, on ''The Fire Service as | See
It,"
The statistician reported that 234
cities, towns and villages in the state
have fire fighting organizations and
that the cost of maintaining them in
1906 was $97632964. The amount in
vested in fire department property, ex-
elusive of water service, is $3,624, 900.
There are 100 steam, l52 chemical, 80
hand and % gasoline engines, also 4s4
handcarts and wagons, l94 hook and
ladder trucks and $4,000 feet of hose.
The number of volunteers is 1928
and the number of paid men S25. Some
2,65S fires were reported to the sta
tistician in 1906, defective chimneys
being responsible in a large number OF
cases and many others being traced to
incendiarism. Many municipalities own
waterworks systems, l56 so reporting.
In eleven towns the waterworks are
owned by corporations. jn
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
FIREMEN RETURN HOME
Predict Big Attendance at Next
Years Convention in Mankato.


Chief Mic Kleinschmidt, Second As
sistant Chief M. Hanna, Captain William
Funk, Captain M. L. Fallenstein, Otto
Lamm, Ed. Schumacher, Martin Wilt
gen, Charles Beckwith, Charles Gunder-
son, Charles Pollei and Mr.. Ruder re-
turned Wednesday night from the state
firemen's convention at st. Cloud They
state that the convention, that will be
held in Mankato next year, will bring
hundreds of people to the city. At st.
Cloud there were 500 delegates, besides
the visiting firemen that were not dele
gates. Sank Center sent its entire fire
department, and while it was away a
fire occurred, and the citizens who turn
ed out to suppress it had difficulty in
doing so.
The annual convention in Mankato
will be held some time in June, prob
ably about the middle of the month
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
GAME WAS ON
Attorneys Were at Lake Washington
and Not Elsewhere.


A Washington Lake correspondent
takes exception to several items in last
Mondays social column of The Free
Press. He says that G. j. Laurisch was
not visiting at Mapleton Sunday, nor
was A. R. Pau ST.. at st. Paul, nor
A. r. Pau Jr. at Blue Earth. This
firm is very busy one, but legal bus
mess does not take up its time on Sun.
days to the extent that the aforesaid
items might indicate. The three gentle
men, together with w. L. Prendergast
of LIE Sueur Center, were at Lake Wash
ington, enjoying the beauties of nature
Neither was all of their time given tc
the beauties of nature, according to the
Lake Washington dispatch. An excit
ing game of bridge was on, and Attor.
ney Laurisch was not holding his owl
with his adversaries, according to the
correspondents information and belief
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
County Board Hands Out
Several Contracts.
CARTER & DALE TURNED DOWN
Coal Proposals Will he Opened on July
3: Other Business by the
Commissioners.
From Thursdays Daily.

TOHl y
The first business transacted yester-
day afternoon by the county board was
to reconsider the action taken May 3
on the Mcnamara ditch and then pass
motion that the petition be granted
and the ditch ordered constructed, pro-
vided that it can be sold for II cents
per cubic yard
Monday, July 8, was set as the date
for hearing the application for the
transfer of James F. Larson's saloon Ii
cense at St. Clair to George f. Schos-
tag.
The bridge ana repair work bids were
received, as follows. on three new
bridges and repairing two old ones:
John Gilligan & Co., Falls City, Neb.,
$3.50.
Minneapolis Bridge and Iron company,
$5,l73.
Joliet Bridge and Iron company
Joliet, Ill.,, 1925.
A. Y. Baynes & Co., Minneapolis, on
the new bridges only, S3,l66.
Hewitt Bridge company, Minneapolis,
S5,5S7.
Minneapolis Steel and Machinery com
pany, 1914.
Hennepin Bridge company, Minneapo-
lis. S4,9S6, subdivided as follows:
Danville bridge, $S4S; Cambria bridge
$3.50; with concrete floor; Rapidan
bridge, 81 ,l30; repairing st. Clair bridge
$7SS; repairing Heinke bridge, 1920
The work was awarded to the Henne-
pin Bridge company, the only change
from the plans and specifications
being a concrete floor on the Cam
bria bridge in section l6, at the same
figure.
The application of r. H. Dale and
Sam CATER for county liquor license
to conduct saloon near highland park
just outside of the city limits on the
Mapleton road, was denied.
An application was received from the
supervisors of CerescO township for an
appropriation of 5000, and Sl25 was APP
Epropriated. U gusH sfrti}a7
AT the session this forenoon, the fol-
lowing applications for correction of
assessments were received. considered
and approved; John Sheehan, John
Brown, William Seaman, Mrs. Anna
Ewing, Louis Fletcher, Philip Kane, Ellen
Baker, Emery Pearson, A. p. Peterson
IL. A. Radcliffe, Thomas Thompson and
j. B. Richards. 80 @
A resolution was adopted, appoint
ing County Surveyor Walter F. Brooks
county superintendent of highways, UNI
der the new law. His compensation is
to be So a day for each day engaged on
such work, together with his expenses
He is also authorized to employ at his
option one helper or assistant, who may
be paid 2 day and expenses.
The auditor was authorized to adver-
tise for bids for coal, to be opened July
8 at 3 p. M, as follows: $50 tons of
a quality equal to Hooking Valley and
Wilmington, all to be screened, to be de-
livered at the court house and Jail or
to county order.
An estimate of S344.92 was allowed
Ludwig Hanson on ditch No. Is.
The county board and auditor left at
ii a. m. for the poor farm, where
they took dinner. The session was re-
sumed on their return this afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
Ottersback and Long Let
Off Lightly.
BOTH MEN PLEADED GUILTY
They Express Their Qualification al
the Light Sentences Which Were
Given Them Today.
From Fridays Daily.

The two prisoners in the district
court who pleaded guilty to the indict-
ments against them received their SEN
fences ut the opening of the afternoon
Session today. Frank Ottersback was
the first called up. He said that he is
thirty years of age. single man, and
butcher by trade lie had never
been convicted of an offense before.
c. j. Laurisch. spoke briefly on be-
half of the defendant. referring to his
past record and, excellent standing at
Vernon Center. where he had opened a
meat market seven or eight years ago,
and had branched out and bought cat
tie and finally horses to ship, borrowing
the money to do so. He had always
followed the practice of selling the
mOrtgaged property so as to get funds
to pay back the money borrowed. Finally
he had bad luck with a shipment of
horses to North Dakota. they being
killed in wreck He had assigned
his claim against the railroad company
to his creditors. He had no intent to
beat them, and expected to earn the
money to pay them.
The court sentenced Ottersback to
serve six months in Saltwater
w. A. Long, charged with forgery
in the second degree, said that his age
is fifty years. and that he has wife,
but no living children. He had been
city salesman and district manager of
the Singer Sewing Machine company's
office at st. Paul for thirteen years,
and had never been convicted of any
crime except drunkenness.
AS Mr.. Long had no attorney, Coun-
ty Attorney Plymat spoke briefly in
his behalf, saying that he had been
ready and willing to plead guilty at
any time after his arrest, and had put
the state to no expense.
The court said that the case of Long
presented as small a case of forgery in
the second degree as it could well be-
as he had gotten but trifling sum
ON small check He sentenced Long
to serve six months in Saltwater
Roth =i,riseherS lyere ploassd that the
court had exercised leniencys in their
case, for they would not have been sur
prised at longer sentences. The county
officials consider the sentences as suffi-
cient under all the circumstances.
The libel suits of Michael Russell
and wife against j. A. Stockdill and
wife are still on trial. The case of
the plaintiffs has about been completed
The next case for trial is that of Lii
liam Asher VS.. f. ID. Wimot. and this
will be followed by the case of Peter
kintze VS.. Emil Neible.
Edward Temple and Andrew Layton
appeared in court this forenoon and each
entered a plea of not guilty to the in
dictments against them. They were re-
manded back to Jail to await their
trial.