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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-25

Hed Feather. the comic opera by Reginald DE
Loyen. Charles Klein and Emerson Cool, ,r,r, -
TIE attraction this week RIaneys I5ncoIp S,ua,,o
Iheetre Miss Cheridah Simpson will anne +,
tie pait IA WHICH Miss Grace Won Studdiforl vas
''N i'N' Ss&Asohs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-25

The Folles Of 1907 with which the Jardin de
Paris on top Of the New York Theatre closed
sast Friday night. has been transferred TO the
Liberty Theatre. The first performance Of the
fiece at that house occurs tomorrow night There
VIII be a concert tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-25

Al Hammerstein's Paradise Roof Garden This
week the S viii be headed by Miss Gertrude Ffoes
ssza. who has been in limitations of va rio,,s
player when she was with The Honeymooners''
end the Partisan Model" Others on file iflI min
y Ia Belle pierita. said 10 be the sister of Ia
company and Mr. Grapewin's sketch. a Night =,
u Eafhskeiser.' " 'eAN "a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
Conference Of the Congre gationai
Churches at Worthington.
From Saturdays Daily.

From saturdays Daily.
The semi-annual Mankato conference
of Congregational churches will be held
at Worthington on May % and 20. The
program is as follows:
Tuesday Afternoon Organization. De
votional exercises, Rev Gier. Grenada.
General business. Song service. Sermon
by Rev. A. ID. Adams of Waseca. Sac
rament of the Lords Supper. Rev.
George +. Brown, Belgrade, and Rev.
A. S. Willoughby, Edgerton.
Wednesday Morning Business. Per
sonal Preparation for Service Through
Right Relations With God" Rev. Thomas
l.. Griffith, Salem. Personal Prepara-
ton for Service Through Right Relations
Among Ourselves" Rev. c. l.. Hill, Free
dom. Personal Preparation for Service
in Onr Relations to and for the Uncon-
yerted." Rev. Thomas A. Duncan. Fair
mont. Personal Preparation for Ser
vice Manifest in Our Relations to the
Sunday School and Y. p. :. C.. E. G. NJ
Bailey. "The Trinity" by Rev. +. l..
IIeermance MankatO. Recess and dinner.
Wednesday Afternoon-Reports from
the churches Missions in China. Miss
Frances b. Patterson. Offering. Sail
boat trip on Lake Okabena.
Wednesday Evening Song service.
Home Missioa and Sunday School Work.
by Dr. Robert p. Herrick. Minneapolis.
Address by Rev. Percy Thomas, Wi
mona.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
CULPRlTS STILL AT LARGE
Fellows Who Committed Assault at
Albert Lea Not Apprehended.

Albert Lea, May 25.-There is still a
mystery hanging over the affair of We'd
nesday night i'm which young woman
was purloined from her home and out
ragged by two young men and she still
persists, as far as can be learned, in
declaring her abductors were strangers
to her. but some evidence is being UNI
earthed that may lead to disclosures.
Late Thursday afternoon the father of
Miss Tiedeman came and took his
daughter home east of this city and it
was thought she would tell her parents
all she knew about the matter. This
morning officers went to the Tiedeman
home to see what could be learned and
they were informed that the young
woman was sick and in bed, probably
Frustrated from the abuse and excite
ment of the past two days. Thus moth
ing was learned and the Infamous
wretches are still at liberty. There are
many rumors afoat regarding the affair
and some of the stories are facts. One
SAYS. the handkerchief tied around the
girls face was so tight that her res
cuers had to cut it with knife to re-
lease her and that they plainly de-
tected the Odor of chlorOform upon her
when found A day or two may reveal
some facts in the case so that an ar
rest will be warranted. for it is fore
gone conclusion that the parties wanted
reside in or close to the city and knew
the girl and the location of the home
of her parents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
SHE WAS CURED BY PRAYER
Mrs. Lille Edwards Relieved of Her
Blindness.

Chicago, May 25.-NIiss Lille Ed
wards, who has been blind twenty-three
years,~is recovering her, sight. She be-
lieves that prayer at the Gospel Mission
l24 South Clark street. caused the mir
acle. She was there last night and told
an audience of dozen persons of her
experience.
Il was stricken blind when | was
three years DID, said the young woman.
"For five years my eyes were bandaged
constantly. Then | went without the
bandage but / could not open my eyes
to the light. l went to the Indiana In
stitution for the Blind. | always could
distinguish light, but not objects. =
Early in March | came to this mis-
sion. without much faith and | asked
for prayers. In week or two | was
able to distinguish objects family. Last
Monday l saw what was told was an
automobile and today was able to tell
from third story window which dir
ection wagons were moving in the street
below"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
GOOD THUNDER CEMETERY.

prosecution will be carried further than
has yet been thought of
The travelling man states that last
January when he was in the city he
played poker i'm this same saloon place
and lost so.
Late yesterday afternoon warrants
were issued for the arrest of Louis
orlando and Pug Foss on the charge
that on May % they bet money on a
game of cards. These men are said to
have been two of the seven men who
were engaged in playing poker in the
early morning hours. The police were
unable to find them to serve warrants,
and it is supposed that they got wind
of the matter and 'flew the town.
In the arguments that were submit
ted before Judge Comstocll this forenoon
the defense attacked the validity of the
ordinance under which the action was
brought. Mr.. DALEY said that the coi,n-
Gil had no authority to enact an ordi-
nance to prohibit the keeping of gam
bling house. inasmuch as the charter pro-
vision went no further than to author
iZe the council to restrain and prohibit
gambling.
The city attorney maintained that the
fact that the charter gave authority to
the council to restrain and prohibit
gambling also gave it authority by i'm
plication to restrain and prohibit gam
bling houses.
Other points were raised and argued,
but the above was the most important
one. The defense was based wholly on
technical points.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
FRANK WiLKA DEAD
End Comes After q Long Period Of III
Health.

FROM IueSudN y ldliy-
Frank Wilka died at eight o'clock
this morning at the home of A. G..
Roemer, III North Broad street. of
lung trouble and asthma. He had been
afflicted with the latter for eighteen
years. He was born in Mankato Aug.
/. 1876, and was raised in the city.
His parents are dead, and he was
single man, and leaves only one sister,
Mrs. Roemer, and one brother, John.
He followed the printers trade for
good many years. working in the Re
view office. but when his health failed
he left there and worked off and on
at the yards of the Lampert Lumber
company. He was well liked by all
who knew him, and was a patient
sufferer.
Funeral services will be held at st.
Peter and Pauls Catholic church at 9
a. m, and the interment will be made
at Calvary cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31

adverse weather has continued. however,
and now even the flax seeding season
is drawing to close, with fully twenty
five per cent of the grain still to be
planted. Railroad men in this city who
get almost daily crop reports from the
agents all along the line are getting
anxious over the prospects, and do not
expect to see the grain business of last
year repeated The railroad men who
get these reports from all parts of the
west are better informed than the grain
men or the farmers themselves.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31

In deciding the case of the city vs.
Hankner, yesterday afternoon, Judge
Comstock said that the evidence showed
that on the evening of May 22nd Hank
ner was conducting a saloon at 1913
South Front street; that a travelling
man was ushered by the defendant in
to room opening off from the saloon,
where poker was played for chips pur
chased for money and for money!; that
the poker game continued until 3 a. M,
when 1t was interrupted by an alter
cation; that the defendant and another
man then ushered the travelling man
ont; that the defendant was in and
out of the room several times, and was
there for an hour at one time; that he
did not participate in the game or sell
any chips, but that he served lunch and
other things to those engaged in the
room.
There was no question but that
gambling was being conducted there, and
that the room was kept under the di-
rectiOn and control of the defendant
and he was the keeper. There may be
some remote doubt as to the good faith
of the travelling man. Courts and juries
do not place great faith on the evidence
of one commonly known as 'squealer.
Yet there was no evidence on the other
side.
The objection that the charter does not
expressly authorize the council to pass
an ordinance to prohibit gambling houses
is well taken. The charter does not au-
thorize the council to pass such an ordi-
nance. However, it is urged by the prose
cution that a gambling house can be sup
pressed on the ground that it is a dis
orderly house. 4 common gambling
house comes under the class of disor-
DERBY houses where the law is violated,
and this warranted the council in the
enactment of the ordinance. That it
was a common" gambling house is
shown by the fact that stranger in the
city could gain access so readily. The or
dinance is constitutional and was enact
ed within the authority delegated by the
legislature.
After sentence had been pronounced, a
stay of twenty days was taken for mo-
ton for new trial. and the defendant
was released on 500 bonds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
CLEws ON THE SITUATION.

Henry Clews, the financial prognosti.
Gator, says that the business outlook
continues complex and opinions vary
widely as to prospects. There is a brisk
demand for iron products and for cotton
goods. Both are going actively into CON
sumption and such products are in many
instances sold we'll ahead into 1908. In
other directions reports are not SO favor
able and manufacturers are looking
ahead with more or less conservatism
the high costs of commodities and labor
not only checking demand but making
extensive future operations more or less
hazardous. Our railroads are already
feeling quite seriously the increased
costs of operation.
Net earnings frequently show impor
tant declines in spite of heavy gains in
gross, and railroad managers are begin
ming to introduce various economies; to
shut down on the unnecessary improve
ments, and to reduce operating forces as
far as possible. Such movements are
not at all general, but they are multi
plying and are significant indications OF
business reaction, which is now regard
ed as much more probable than six
months ago. . .
In this connection the attitude of la
Dor is important, since the ADVANCE in
wages is one of the most important
causes for generally high costs. In all
probability the advance wage movement
has reached its zenith, and the time is
not very distant when either conces-
sions will have to be made or business
curtailed, throwing more or less hands
out of employment. In other words, the
time for putting on the brakes is APP
preaching, according to this wiseacre.
Others, however, will not share in this
yieS, they taking the ground that pros
perity and the demand for labor will
continue. ....
The money situation is again attract
ing attention. Rates are not unduly
high, but the possibility of gold exports,
which at one time seemed probable pro-
duced more or less uneasiness. For some
time past our trade balances have
shown tendency to diminish, in spite
of the large increase in exports; and the
recent advances in wheat and cotton
naturally tended to discourage export
demand. At the moment. however, the
conditions are not favorable to gold ey-
ports. Secretary CortelyOu has it in his
power to withdraw government funds
now on deposit with the banks. This
would quickly check any effluX of gold,
and at the same time leave the secretary
in better position for aiding the money
market later on i'm case of necessity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
Edward temple Would Marry Miss
Mrotz and Avoid Prosecution.
From Saturdays D;

Edward Temple, who is confined in the
county jail on the charge of rape, re-
ceiyed visit Thursday from his father.
who suggested that settlement be
made by his son marrying the Young
woman that he is said to have assault
ed. When seen by Free Press reporter
two or three days ago, young temple
volunteered the information that he was
willing to marry Miss Mrotz. While
this course seems to appeal to the Fem.
pies, there is said to be no evidence that
the young woman or her family are will
ing that any such outcome of the case
be had.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
BODY IS BEYOND RECALL
Daughtsr Seeks the +Rsmains Of
Father Who Died Alone

Mason City, Iowa, May 25.--After a
visit to Dies MONIES to find that her
fathers remains had been used by the
Still Medical college, Mrs. Gibbs of
Racine, Wis, who says she is daugh-
ter OF the late +. $. Cook, who died i'm
this city last January, arrived in the
city today in search of some means of
identifying her parent.
Cook died here unknown and alone
after refusing all requests of his attend
ants to tell of his home and relatives.
He came here as a peddler sickened at
his boarding house and in a week was
dead. The body was held several days
and advertisements sent to notify any
relatives. No word was received and
his body was sent to the Des MONIES
college.
Mrs. Gibbs visited Des AIoines and
Still college early in the week and was
told that her fathers body was beyond
recall. Heartboken she turned away and
came here and is after every scrap of
information she can find to identify her
father. She says he has legacy OF
500 900 and that he promised it to her.
Mrs. Gibbs says her father deserted
his family when she was little girl.
One day he returned to find his wife
had remarked, thinking her former hus-
band dead Next the father turned to
the child and said he had fortune of
Sf5 600 which would be hers if she
would 90 with him. She refused and
now thinks that the money is hidden
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
EYES ON GRAIN FIELDS.

From now on the grain fields will be
watched by an anxious public who are
interested in the crop conditions. And
well we may keep an eye on the acres,
for from them come the. products out of
which the world is enriched. 1t is feared,
however, that next fall there will be no
bursting graneries owing to the fullness
thereof. 1t is admitted that the wheat
crop is short and weather conditions are
not as favorable as they could be. The
st. Paul Dispatch says that despite the
optimistic reports concerning the condi-
ton OF the H.. wheat crop, farmers
and railroad men are apprehensive. Be-
cause of the extremely adverse weather
conditions this year, seeding has moi
nearly been completed, and as it is now
too late to put in any more wheat, the
crop will fall far short.
Through April and the first part of
May the weather was so cold throughout
the northwest that very little seeding
of wheat could be done. All work had
to be done i'm the afternoon after lne
ground had thawed from the frosts, and
little could be accomplished. The regular
wheat seeding period closes May 10, but
at that time not more than 70 per cent
of the regular northwestern grain had
been sown. Many farmers took long
chance on seeding during the next week
and in that way large amount of grain
was put in. 1t has rained so much the
last few days that it has been impossi-
BILE to do any more seeding.
As soon as the wheat seeding season
was over the farmers began to prepare
to SOW flax and other grains. Many of
them expected to make up in fax what
they could not get in wheat, as this
grain can be sown up to June l. The
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
PLAYS A SHREWD GAME.
Fellow Who Wraps Up Genuine Silver
Dollars in TIN Foil.

FROM SHtufudS bdHy.
Considerable excitement prevailed in
the erstwhile peaceful village of Butter
field the other day, when what was sup
posed to be counterfeiter was taken
into custody by Marshal Rempel.
The fellow passed what were supposed
to be bogus silver dollars i'll couple of
business houses in town. The village
marshal was put onto his track and he
was taken into custody and held await
ing an investigation. The United States
marshal was communicated with and
that official instructed the local police
to hold the man until that night when
he would come down on the Omaha train
and investigate the matter, but later
developments made it appear that there
was a game on with the fellow and
the money was good so the prisoner
was released The United States mar
shall arrived and after hearing the de-
tails in the case gave up the chase.
The fellow admitted to the village
marshal that he was playing a game,
but offered convincing proof that the
money was good. His game is this:
An ordinary silver dollar is carefully
covered with foil taken from plug to-
bacco. and the schemer goes into store
and makes minor purchase, offering
the dollar in payment. He hopes to be
challenged as to the good qualities of
the dollar, which he is very apt to be.
owing to its~peculiar appearance in the
tin-foil dress and in event that he is. he
very promptly offers to bet the store
keeper that the dollar is good. If he
can secure such wager, he removes
the tim foil and takes his stakes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
BUT THE DEED WAS DONE.

Twenty-Five years ago the following
editorial paragraph appeared in The
Minneapolis Journal:
The uncle of the Younger boys is
confident that he will get a pardon for
them from Governor Hubbard within
twenty days. This is the merest bun
cOmbe. Governor Hubbard has no dispo-
sition to commit such an outrage, and ii
he had, he would not dare to face public
sentiment" ~
But later on the outrage was perpe-
trated, and the pardon board has dared
to face public sentiment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
Frank Day to Sound Demo-
Gratis of State.
HAS A BOOM IN HIS CHARGE
To Discuss ACCESSIBILITY of Calling
Conference to Consider JOhnsOn's
Presidential Chances.

st. Paul, May 27.-Frank Day, who
has charge of Governor Johnson's presi-
Dental boom, left st. Paul today for
the purpose of feeling of the democratic
pulse to find out whether it beats in
unison for the nomination of Johnson
for president. 1t is said that Day will
call on the leaders of the party in sew
eral sections of the state with view to
discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of calling
conference TO be held in st. Paul in the
near future.
There are rumors rife that the leaders
are not all in favor of pushing the
governor for the place. John Lind has
expressed himself as being favorable to
Bryan, and Mr.. Lind's influence among
the democrats of Minnesota is not small.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
Had Large Funeral.

The funeral of the late Miss Anna
Nelson, whose death occurred in this
city, took place from the Presbyterian
church at kasota yesterday afternoon,
and was very largely attended. The
floral offerings We're very beautiful. The
deceased was a graduate OF the Kasota
high school, and was very popular with
all. Her father died about Il month ago,
and her mother some time previous, but
she is survived by one brother and three
sisters Her death was due to typhoid
fever, complicated with kidney trouble.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
MERCHANT ENDS HIS LIFE
Edwin Sher~in COMMITTEES Suicide
BY Shooting Himself.

Faribault, May 2S.-Edwn Sherwin,
hardware merchant of Nerstrand, in the
eastern part of Rice county, committed
suicide by shooting himself with a re-
volver early yesterday morning, the bull
let entering his temple. 1t is supposed
that he committed the deed while in
fit of dependency over business trouble.
He was in partnership with brother
who was in the store when the shot
was fired, but in another part of the
building.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
LAKE CRYSTAL GRADUATES.
Fourteen Will Receive Diplomas Ev-
ening Of June1.

Lake Crystal, May 27.-The Lake
Crystal high school will graduate class
of fourteen the evening of June l.. The
following is the class roll: Sadie Will
liams. Catherine Williams, Cary Nj.
johnson, George A. Johnson, Isle
A. Johnston, Edith G. Million,
Ethel c. Waite, Arthur L. Golden
star. Jane A. Thomas, John T. Wiger,
Arabella Davis, Alvin w. Guttersen, AL
vim l.. Davis and Fred Austin. The eX-
ercises will be held in the opera house.
Rev. Marion Shutter of Minneapolis,
Mimi, will>> deliver the address; subject,
"Commercialism. The baccalaureate SER
mon was delivered by Rev. Brooks
Hitchings Sunday evening.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
Judge Com stock Fined Defendant
Fifty Dollars; Stay Taken.

TTUIII NU1IOdy 8 DalIY.
Judge Comstoek this afternoon found
Adam Hankner guilty OF conducting a
gambling room and sentenced him to
pay fine of $50 and costs or to 60 to
Jail for sixty days.
The court declared that gambling
room comes under the general term dis
orderly house, and decided that Hank
ner was conducting a common gambling
room, basing this on the fact that
strangers were admitted therein.
s Attorney Daley requested stay OF
sixty days in which to prepare for a
new trial. This was granted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31

out the twenty-eieht that the council
set as limit, and the Tivoli saloon will
be left out in the cold, and incidentally
the Minneapolis Brewing company will
get into the city, which the Standard
Brewing company is opposing tooth and
toe nail"
City Attorney Schmitt held that the
hearing on Mr. Hankner's appeal can
only be had at regular meeting of the
council. Notice of the appeal must be
filed within five days and brought up at
the next regular meeting, and acted upon
at the following meeting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
Died at Poor Farm.

From TUESDAYS Daily.
Mrs. Anna Merchant. an inmate of the
county poor Mrm. died today of heart
failure. She was eighty-three years old.
She was formerly of st. Clair.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31

George G. Shostag will sell at public
auction, Monday, June 3. 1907. begin
ming at 0 a. M, all kinds of farm stock,
at his farm, one quarter of mile south
of st. Clair. Mic. Juliar & Son, auc-
tioneers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-31
Sells at st. Clair.

John +. Larson of St. Clair has sold
his saloon to George Sehostag. Mr.. Lar
son will move to Minneapolis, but has
not decided what business he will go in
to-