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

United States Bureau Tells Past
Temperatures.

From Thursday y DallY.
The month of January Just closed
was somewhat colder than January in
1906 according to the monthly mete-
geological summary issued by the
United States weather bureau This
shows that for one month at least last
winter was warmer season than the
present one although this may be sur
prisng to many.
The mean temperature for January
i'm 1906 was % degrees while the mean
this year was II degrees, or degrees
colder, averaging the temperature for
the month. The mean temperature a
year ago, however, was the highest that
there has been since 1891 when il was
% degrees. 1t was % degrees i'm 1882
and 1876, % degrees in 1873, and 81 de-
grees in 1880, the last being the warm
est mean temperature for the month of
January ever known. That was q
years ago so that the statements made
by many that the winters are getting
mider seems to be untrue The mean
for 1905 was 0 degrees.
The average mean for January for
the past 80 years, says the Winona Re
publican is Is degrees, 2 degrees warm
er than the mean this year. The mean
maximum last month was 2l4 and the
mean minimum ga degrees. The abso-
lutte maximum Tor the month for 35
years was 81 degrees and the absolute
minimum for the same time, 43 degrees.
January was AZ degrees on the 5th and
the lowest Is below on the Both. The
greatest daily range was 30 degrees on
the 10Th and the least daily range, 5
degrees on the 18th.
The atmosphere pressure reduced to
sea level, inches and hundreths, was
mean 1892; highest, 1910 on the 22nd ;
lowest, 1890 on the 18th.
The precipitation for the month was
not as great as last year although with
i'm O.l5 of the amount This year the
precipitation was Lei while a year ago
it was l.76. This precipitation is
somewhat greater than the average for
the past 80 years. which is lib. There
were 1919 inches of snow during the
month
The prevailing direction of the wind
during the month was from the north.
The total movement was 5342 miles
with an average hourly velocity of ~
miles. The maximum velocity for five
minutes was 33 miles per hour from the
west on Jan, 90 -N
There were five clear days in the
month, 8 partly cloudy, and Is cloudy,
and / on which 0l of an inch or more
of precipitation occurred.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
Sharpens Appetite
improves Digestion

Besides q restorative influence on
the whole system, DR.. A. w. Chase's
Nerve Pills have an immediate and d.
rect effect on the organs Of digestion.
They stimulate the nerves of taste
and induce good flow of saliva to aid
digestion. They excite the glands of
the stomach and produce a plentiful
supply Of the gastric digestive fluids.
They sharpen the appetite and arouse
hunger.
Especially where appetite and the
ability to digest food have diminished
as in nervous exhaustion, anaemia, the
result OF sickness, overwork or worry
Dr.. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills are by
all odds the most effective treatment
that can possibly be obtained.
They assure good digestion. regular,
healthful action OF the liver, kidneys
and bowels and the building up and
revitalizing of the whole system.
DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills, SO
cents box, boxes for $3.50, at all
dealers. or DR.. A. w. Chase Medicine
Co., Buffalo. N. Y. To protect you
against limitations the portrait and
signature OF DR.. A. w. Chase, the fam
Gus receipt book author. are on every
box.
Lack Drug Co., Mankato, Mimi.
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FOR THE GRAND JURY
Ghent Officer Not Amenabie to the
Governor.

Marshall News Messenger: 1t is not
an unnatural supposition among adopt
ed citizens that all public officials come
within the jurisdiction of the governor
of the state, hence when the alleged or
supposed demands of Justice are passed
up by local authorities, appeals are
naturally passed to the states chief ey-
ecutive. The governor has authority
over sherifis and their deputies, and
over state and county officials who
have to do with public funds, but the
conduct of municipal officers is amend
able only to city or village administers
ton, and to complaints of citizens be-
fore the court, or investigation by
grand juries. Hence the following com
plant made to Governor johnson, from
a Marshall citizen, could only meet
with his advice that it was matter
with which he could do nothing, and
suggest that the officials of the vii
lage of Client were the proper parties
to deal with the matter, or that the
case might be investigated upon COM
plaint to the proper legal authority, or
by the grand jury. The following let
ter from Paul Van Overbeke is self
explanatory:
Marshall, Mimi. Jan. Is, l907.-Gov.
4 T..
My brother being arrested in Client for
the term of ten days, and taken to
the county jail of Marshall, Mimi, by
the policeman He was arrested in the
forenoon, taken to Marshall in the af,
ternoon by the police, then instead of
going to the Jail, they spent together
i'm the saloons more than three hours
drinking Intoxicating drinks.
I request that you will kindly let
me know if the policeman has got the
right to 90 in saloons with man UNI
der arrest, and drink intoxicating
drinks with him for more than three
hours. Please let me know whether we
have the right to remove that police
from office or not. and let me know
how to 90 to work.
The reason | ask you for this infor-
nation is, because | went to different
lawyers and they seemed to stay back
on it. The county attorney says that
it is not his duty to look after it, that
we have to do it in the village of
Client has to remove him from office.
Hoping that you will kindly give me
full information how to do it, and
where we can do it, | remaiH, yours
truly, Paul Van Overbeke, Marshall,
Minnesota.
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In the Sickr0om.

. In cases where sick person is al
ways obliged to lie on the back great
comfort will ensue if an old cardboard
hat box is used TO raise the bed clothes
off the feet, as the entire weight of
sheet and blankets, if drawn tightly
across the toes becomes very painful in
time. Additional relief can often be
given by inserting short bolster or a
pillow under the knees. this continuance
doing much to prevent, the patient from
slipping down in the bed.
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MADE EXCELLENT SHOWING
Mankato Cooperative Creamery Con
pany Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting OF The Mankatc
Cooperative Dairy association held its
annual meeting yesterday afternoon
Reports of officers We're read and ac
cepted.
The following board of directors was
elected: A. l.. Veigel, Anton Oberle, +
A. Farrar, j. J. Miller, Henry Schultz
J. II. Schwickert, William Wittrock
The directors met and elected officers
j. H. Schwickert, president; Sherman
Bachelor, buttermaker; A. L. Veigel
collector and manager; j. j. Miller
treasurer; Anton Oberly, secretary.
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BACK GIVES OUT.
Plenty Of MankatO Readers Have This
Experience.

...... Experience.
You tax the kidneys-overwork then
They can't keep up the continual
strain.
The back gives omit aches and
pains;
Urinary troubles set i'm.
Don't wait longer-take DOan's Kid
ney Pills. .... ..... ..
.Mankato people tell you how they act.
John Wirking, living at 42l Second
ST., North Mankato, MINI. says: 'My
business takes me on long rides through.
out this section of the country and the
result was that my back and kidneys
were affected from the Earring and jolt.
ing, and | have suffered great deal or
this account. My back would get SC
tired at times and the pains would be
so intense that towards nightfall
would hardly be able to move about
and l got little sleep. Every jar and
Jolt went straight to my back and
though I dOctored and doctored, wore
plasters and used liniments, nothing did
me much good. | was nearly diseourag
ed when a friend advised me to use
Doan's Kidney Pills and l got some at
j. c. Thro's drug store. l had used
only a few doses when l began to realize
that they were helping me, and the ach
ing began to grow less and less. | con
tinued taking them and the result is
that my back has not ached for months
Naturally | can heartily recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United States
Remember the name-Doans-ant
| take no otehr.
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One Hundred Years Old.

st. Cloud. Feb l3.-Anton Kleir is
dead at Albany, in this county, at the
ace of more than 100 years. He is
said to have been at the time OF his
death the oldest living survivor of the
Mexican war. He had been married
three times, his last wife surviving
him. He is also survived by twelve
children. He had been a resident OF
this county for many years.
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Death of Mrs. Konapatzki.

Mrs. Eva Konapatzki, widow of
Charles Konapatzki, died yesterday
morning at six O'Clock of pneumonia.
Deceased was seventyone years old
and has lived in this city many years.
Three sons and one daughter survive
her. The funeral will be held tomor-
row afternoon at two o'clock at the
ment will be in the German Lutheran
cemetery
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HoW,s IHIsr

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
fer any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. +. j.
CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known r
]. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in al
business transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligations made by his
firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN
Toledo. O..
acting directly upon tn the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Testimon-
falls sent free. Price rs cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa.
ton. ,,
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PRIMARY ELECT|ON|sCnOOL BOARDMEET
Continued From Page ne.)

cheney and devotion to his duties dis
played at all times by Mr.. Sparrow
and be it further
Resolved, that this board extend to
Mr. Sparrow their best wishes for his
speedy recovery of his health, and THEN
hope that for him there yet remain
many years of usefulness and happi
ness.
Superintendent Mcconnell read his re-
port for the month of February, which
is as follows:
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LITTLE AILMENTS

of the Stomach, Liver. Kidneys or
Bowels, If neglected, will soon develop
into ones of more serious nature.
Therefore we urge every man or wom-
an thus afflicted TO resort to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-02-15
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

at the first sign of any arrangement
1t restores the appetite, induces sound
S,eep.. Steadies the nerves and cures
Fiatulency, Heai tburn. Dyspepsia.
Indigestion. Costiveness, ChiIIs
Colds, or Grippe. st $3.50 s
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The insurance on the Evangelical
Lutheran church has been adjusted and
work of repairing will begin at once.
The amount of loss was adjusted at
81 $3.50. -ss.
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BUYS a Paper.

Winona, Mimi, Feb. l3.-A deal was
closed today whereby H. G.. White of
Winona and f. j. Rucker of Council
Bluffs become owner. of the Independ
ent the latter purchasing the interests
held by w. c. Lyman of Jackson, Mich.
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WANTED Gentleman or lady to
travel for mercantile house of large
capital. Territory at home or abroad
to suit. If desirable the home may be
used as headquarters. Weekly salary
of $1,000 per year and expenses. Ad-
dress, Jos. 4. Alexander, Mankato Mimi
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The Daily Free Press, one year in ad-
vance and the Farmers weekly Tribune,
one year, both for $l.vo.
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NIIlItHDOIIS TtCtIVFt CdTS VS. UUU IHbC yGdT
Duluth received 81 VS. 1874.
Minneapolis Cash Close
Mol Hard S%@S5ss Mol Northern s2S@S2A
No. Northern sl1sM% No. 3 Northern 790S(
No. Durum $50; No 2 Durum 63A
No. 3 yellow Corn 37A No. Corn 36A
No. White Oats 81: No 3 Oats 3oG36
Barley 46D55
Rye 5Sa@62A
Flax T. 3
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Blackbirds and sparrows have left this
country because III. B. Perrin & Son are
selling the farmers Monitor Drills, and
they leave no seed uncovered
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The Evangelical Lutheran congrega-
ito nwill hold Lenten services at the
school tomorrow evening at 1870 o'clock.
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TREND OF TRADE
Reported Daily by the WiscOn-
sin Grain and Stock Company.
Uncorporated)
GRAIN QUOTATIONS.

Mankato Mimi. Feb. 49, 1907.
OpeninS High Low Close
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Minneapolis Cash Close

Minneapolis received 37s cars v.
nnlnth racaiNal b VS. l94
Evening journal., 1907-12-24
STRANGLED INSANE IN
MARSEILLES ASYLUM
By THE JoURNAL's Special wire.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
MARSEILLES. Dec. characterization oi
charges of horrible cruelties at the Mar
seilles lunatic asylum will begin immedi-
ately after the holidays. The scandal be-
San with the death there of Medical Di-
rector Tanifen who after having been
reported as having died naturally. was
found TO have been strangled.
Four attendants are under arr ST
charged with the responsibility. In gath
ering evidence the police unearthed facts
which led them TO believe Others have
perished similarly. Tallifer had been al
the asylum but a few cays. During a
period Of violence he bit keeper Three
others rushed to his assistance and put
the patient in a straight Jacket Ther
according to their story they found he
was dead
Tallfer's wife had the body exhumot
and examined by physicians who found
unmistakable evidences Of strangula.
ton. Then the keepers confessed that
Taiuifer. a very strong man. angercc
lem so much one OF them strangled him,
10 keep him quiet
Evening journal., 1907-12-24
"EVERYBODY'S
BUYIN' SUMTHIN''
Little Philosopher, Temper.
arHy in Business. Gives a
Version Of Xmas

"Everybody's buyin sumthin fur
sumbody else"
That's the version OF the Christmas
shopping that was given the other day
by a little girl who sells shoestrings
ON the street She sees everything
that goes on in the street. and she is
often buneted about by the rush of the
Christmas crowds. But she likes 1t
just the same, she says.
A contretemps.
A man and his wife who had come IN
town 20 do their last shopping caused
lots OF amusement the other day 10 the
clerks at Snellenburgs They were
getting each others presents and he
had decided to buy her q leather and
wicker sewing basket But Il happen
ed that she wanted TO get him a leather
travelling case. and the two articles
happened 10 be AT the same counter.
SO they had an sorts Of trouble try
ing to keep each other from seeing
their gifts.
A little boy with a dime and a nickel
wandered into Lippincotts the otner
afternoon. Through the crowds on
the first floor he made his way to the
gift room" He was vastly Interested
for wasn't he getting q Christmas
present for his mother. and hadn't he
earned the Is cents himself?
Il was almost dark when he found
what pleased his nckle fancy-a bit
OF a handkerchief sachet-just the
thing for mother. who had never seen
sachet IN an her life. and who would
be so pleased. The boy was juhilant
and be deposited The two sticky coins
ON the counter with as much joy as il
he had discovered a fortune.
Incidents Of the Street.
The streets are full of Incidents these
days-as fun OF queer happenings
funny and sad and quaint, as they
are of Christmas trees or Christmas
lights There were. for instance. the
two little girls who shopped an day
going from one store TO another All
the way down Market street and who
Just because they had been afraid to
trust The packages to a delivery wagon
started home laden down with SO many
little things that three OF them were
lost or the way home.
Then there was the youpgster In the
Evening journal., 1907-12-24
HELD ON HIGHWAY
ROBBERY CHARGE

Walter Martin, colored. who Is accused
Of holding up and robbing another col
ored man last November. relieving him
OF s. in cash. was to-day held in $1,000 bal
for the Court OF General Sessions by
Judge Cochran in the city Court
Martin left Wilmington I'm November
and returned only few days ago with
the result that he was arrested and he
will now spend his Christmas in prison
He endeavored to prove that he left the
city before the robbery was committed
but his witnesses failed him.
Joseph McKeown and Frank Brown
were sent to the workhouse for ten days
each. for vagrancy; Clarence Archie. col
ored assault and battery, continued un.
til Thursday; William Caulk colorcd
assault and battery on his mother, $40
Frank Lanardo and Rocco Rafael, lar
ceny. continued until Thursday; Charles
August, larceny Of three Christina.
trees. dismissed.
Evening journal., 1907-12-24
mo TEDDY" NAME
FOR l4TH CHILD
Because William B. Quinn
the Proud Father, Happens
TO be a Democrat

Politics was an that prevented Ed
ward, the fourteenth. and latest
bouncing baby Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam B. Quinn. of No. 700 East Fifth
street, from being named Theodore" I"
after the worlds strenuous foe of race
suicide President Roosevelt. Presi-
dent Roosevelt happens to be Re-
publican, while Mr.. Quinn is an ardent
Democrat, and however much practical
evidence he has given of his belief in
Rooseveltian doctrines as pertaining to
race suicide" he could not consistent
ly name his boy after one whom hc
opposed at the last national election,
and whom he will oppose at the next,
n a candidate
However, although "the fourteenth
escaped the name of Theodore" Wi.
m.ngtonians can take especial pride in
Mrs Quinn, as she was born and rear
ell in this city and has. moreover, sue
ceeded in keeping home the ten living
children of the fourteen born TO her.
Mr. Quinn was born in Virginia, but is
nevertheless a thorough Wilmington
ian. The couple We're married in this
city in November, 1885 Mrs. Quinn is
4S years old. and is stnl young enough
TO be an interesting companion to her
children. There are three daughters
and seven boys in the family, the old
est of whom is Is years.
Besides being Edward "the four
teenth." the newcomer enjoys the dis
tinction of being the first baby to have
been christenea in the now apartment
of st. Marys Roman Catholic Church,
recently reoDened. An added distiuc
ton is that he is named after the Rev.
Edward L. Brady, pastor of the
church. The young one is altogether
quite famous on the east side. and he
assuredly warrants more than passing
notice from him of "the big stick"
Evening journal., 1907-12-24
CORNELL BOYS IN
GLEE CONCERT

Two thousand miles OF travel. with
stops for concerts IN seven cities. is a
good deal 10 be packed into eight days.
but that is the strenuous way IN which
the Cornell University Glee. Banjo and
Mandolin Clubs are to spend the Christ
mas holidays Their concert IN this city
viii be given at the New-Century Club.
on Wednesday evening. January l. The
cost Of such a tour must be consider
able but this does not seem 10 daunt the
Comedians for they make a similar trir
every year. In fact. they often take sucf
long and hurried jumps from city 70 city
that the cost Of special trains sometimes
makes a large item In their exnens.
bin. Even with the most careful manage
mont and with big audiences which greet
them everywhere they go. the tour gem
orally results in a big deficit.
Evening journal., 1907-12-24
MUST BE CAREFUL
OF ROLLING STOCK
The P. R. R. Officials Gave
Notice TO Department Heads
to This Effect

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
in order to lessen the damage done TO
passenger cars Is sending out instructions
TO an men who come in contact with
these cars. as a matter Of practical and
sensible economy.
SO as to avoid the rough handling OF
cars when shifting passenger trains the
air hose connections must hereafter he
coupled and the entire automatic brake
used on the entire trains. The instruc-
tions state that the practice of coupling
the air hose to the locomotive and the
engineer substituting the use OF the in
decpndent brake in place OF the auto
matte appliance must be discontinued
Attention has been called to the very
rough handling and damage to cars as
a result OF improper handling OF the air
brake on locomotives having the ET
equipment ana the straight or indcpen
dent brake. BY reason of its Improper
manipulation which admits OF the brake
being held on the driving and tender
truck wheels after the brake has been
released on the cars.
The sudden application Of the indc
pendent brake causes q severe bun in
the train, due to the slack coming t9wai d
the locomotive, and IN releasing the brake
on the trains allowing the Independent
to remain applied also causes a severe
jerk due to the slack Of the train loav-
ing out Engineers are being cautioned
TO exercise care in the starting and stop
ping of trains so as to avoid rough hand
ling
The practice OF letting almost any per.
son handle the engine when it IS being
attached or detached from train viii be
prohibited and the engineer only is tc
handle the throttle lie must be careful
TO avoid striking the train any harceI
than is necessary TO make the coupling.
The attention OF the men has also been
called to the use OF the signals. The car
inspectors and yard men who asstst In
making up the train must be careful a
giving the propef signals and the yart
trainmen must be careful in passing them
to the engineer.
Evening journal., 1907-12-24
MANY XMAS DANCES

There win be several dances held 20
morrow afternoon and evening, which
are usual Christmas events.
In Eden Hall tomorrow afternoon
members Of the Benevolent Pioneers
Association win give their annual
matinee dance, while in the evening
lin the same hall, Miss Kate McClaf-
ferty's annual dance viii be held The
decorations win be q mistietoe and
holly, and a genuine Santa Claus will
distribute the gifts to the patrons.
In the hall OF the McVey Building
Eighth and Market streets. Tomorrow
evening, Titus & Ritchie will give an
fashioned Christmas dance. Cider
ginger cakes and apples will be sup
piled to the dancers
Evening journal., 1907-12-24
FEDERATION PAPER
PRINTED DAY IN ADVANCE

BY THE JOURNALS SPECIAL Wire.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2i-By publish
ing it's official organ, the Federationists.
one day in, advance Of the regular day
the American Federation Of Labor stole
a march upon the National Association
Of Manufacturers.
Justice Gould Of the Supreme Court Of
the District said to-day that the tenn
porary injunction granted a western
stove concern to prevent the publication
Of its name in the unfair list was not
10 become effective until the applicants
for the order filed a suitable bond The
publication was scheduled for to-day
Late yesterday the attorneys for the st.
Louis concern filed their bond They were
much surprised to learn later that the
magazine had been out for several hours.