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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
WAS AN OWATONNA LADY
Miss Erskine Narrowly Escaped the
Bullet Shot BY Negro.
Dail

Last evenings Free Press told the
story of shooting affair which oc.
Cured on an Omaha passenger train
near LIE Mars, Iowa. Here is another
account of the "mix-up" from the Owa-
tonna Journal:
w. Nj. Waldron returned to his home
in this city Monday morning from a
trip to Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, to
which city he conducted party con-
sistipp of Miss Ada Erskine, j. NJ.
Pierce and NJ. d. Whitman of this city.
who went to that section of Colorado
to look over land
Mr.. Waldron stated that while en-
route and when near lie Mars, Iowa, the
conductor of their train had some trou-
BILE over the putting off two negroes
who had boarded the train and refused
TO nav their fare. When LIE Mars was
reached the fight with the conductor
reached climax and the two trouble
makers were ordered from the train. The
black men pulled guns and started to
"shoot up" the train Several of the bull
let's passed through windows very close
to the Owatonna party and in one in
stance a bullet passed directly over the
head of Miss Erskine. The train pulled
awav from the station before any harm
was done.
The train passed through Mills coun-
tv. Iowa, which had been visited by a
heavy hail storm and cloud burst in
which many cattle and horses and stock
of all kind were drowned. Worst of all
a strip of land fifteen miles wide
through the county, which was heavily
planted with corn was practically ruin
ed. The hail had cut the corn a few
inches from the ground and wiped out
the entire seasons crop.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
JOHN WILL HELP BOOST
Minnesota Governor To Deliver Ad-
dress At Lacrosse.

Governor John A. johnson will be
one of the principal speakers at the
Booster Day" picnic which is being
planned by the Board of Trade at La
Crosse. Invitations have been extended
to number of prominent men and Gov
ernor johnson has accepted and sent
word that he would deliver an address.
Besides the governor of Minnesota an
effort is being made to have one more
prominent speaker in attendance. Invi-
tations have been extended to Senator
Foraker, William Jennings Bryan and
Judge Taft, but the committee has re,
ceived no word from any of these gen.
tlemen.
1t is likely that the Booster Day"
outing will not be held on August ID,
as planned, owing to the fact that the
state convention of the League of Wis
consin Municipalities opens upon this
date, and this will attract the attention
of all the city officials. William Doer>
finger announces that on that account
the outing will probably be held on Au-
gust 81. The date, however, has not
been definitely decided upon by the CONS
mittee, 81, =
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
WILL GO INTO CAMP
Y. NJ. c.. A. Juniors To Enjoy Outing
At Cedar Point.

Y. M. G.. A. juniors will camp this
year on Cedar Point on Lake Francis
| at Elysian from July II to July 81
Secretary Gran, who will have charge
of the encampment, made arrangements
yesterday at Elysian for the use of the
grounds and equipment, boats and also
for the camp cook. The camp will set
on grassy knoll on Cedar Point sur
rounded by cedar trees. A large kitchen
is already on the grounds, equipped
with large cook stove and an ample
supply of wood. A ninety foot well
with good pump is right in the camp
grounds and no water will have to be
carried. Mr.. Sterling, who owns the
grounds, will furnish straw for bedding
and ice for the refrigerator. A fine sand
bathing beach adjoins the camp the wa
ter being clear and clean and especially
safe at this point. The best fishing
spots surround this point and croppies,
bass, pike, pickerel and sunfish abound.
Fourteen large bass were caught off this
point on Monday by one man stillfsh-.
ing in deep water with minnows as
bait.
Mrs. George Broadbent, who has cooked
for several large camping parties on these
same grounds this year, has been Sc
cured to cook for the Y. M. c. A. boys.
While only thirty boys will be taken
to camp this year, there is still room
for a number more to hand in their
names to accompany the party this
year. Secretary Gran should be seen at
once in regard to this. Lists of GOTH
ing and bedding needed may be secured
Saturday morning of this week at the
Y. M. c. A. office.
Cedar Point at Lake Francis is cas-
lily reached by visitors ~ Mankato.
Via the Chicago Gree. western rail
way and the launch on the lake the
camp can be reached in one hour from
the Mankato station. Two hundred
boys from various Y. M. G. AS in Iowa
have camped on the lake SO far this
year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
RAIDED A POKER Den
Blue Earth Police Round Up a Bunch
In That City.

Judge Sprouts court was called in
extraordinary session at Blue Earth.
An overhead room in the Hamre build
ing rented by citizen of that city
and presumed to be used as poker
joint, was raided and seven arrests
made. The parties were taken before
Judg Sprout Immediately and six con-
tributed willingly of their means, while
the seventh pleaded not guilty in or
der that he might have an opportunity
of raising the necessary funds to pay
the fine. He is accused of running a
gambling room and the minimum fine
is something like SIS. The others
were charged with disorderly conduct,
and it is said these were all nonresi-
dents. Among the party was fe-
male transient and her pal, the latter
resident of Estherville. There is
evidently work for the coming grand
jury in this connection. Was the female
and her pal the two who ''cut a caper"
in Mankato a few weeks ago? There
are rumors that transient female and
her pal succeeded in working black
mailing game in Mankato and left the
city with large sum of money.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
DEFEAT FOR NEW ULM.
Leatherpounders Defeated the Boys
BY Score OF tot.

Before crowd of 5000 spectators
the Mankato Leatherpounds crossed
bats with the crack team of New Ulm
at New Ulm and defeated them 3 to l.
New Ulm was first to score in the sec
ond inning when Pheiffer with scratch
hit reached first, second and third on a
wild throw by Mccall, and scored on a
sacrifice, this being their only tally.
At no time did New Ulms look danger
GUS but in the ninth when with sin
gle, pass and the help of the umpire
they succeeded in filling the bases with
no one out, but bunt resulted in a
triple and retiring the side.
The Leatherpounders scored their
three runs in the third, when with two
singles, double, coupled with several
errors, they succeeded in tallying three
times.
The game was very fast one from
start to finish Tie score:
New Ulm. @ 90 O O o o OIL
Leatherpounders % 3 Do ID
Batteries: New Ulm, Miller and
Krost; Leatherpounders, f. Miller and
Mccall.
The Leather Founders will meet the
fast Madison Lake team next Sunday
and very interesting game is as
sured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
bills were allowed.
Visits Waseca County.
HAVE fine WEATHER
It's Almost Too Nice For a Good RuI
Of Fish.

F. w. Hunt has received the follow
ing letter from his brother, l.. p. Hunt,
written June 80 at Shakan, Alaska:
''This is Sunday and the last day of
June. We have just finished putting
up 39l cases of fish. You know we
have no Sundays in this country when
the fishing season opens. We have can
ned 1858 cases, or 436 cases more than
on same date last year, but the contin-
uous dry weather is retarding the run
of fish very seriously and there is no
immediate prospect of relief. L never
saw such beautiful weather anywhere.
Bright sunshine with an ocean breeze is
certainly most exhilarating. The nights
are clear and cool. No flies, no mosque
toes, no high winds, salubrious to the
point of perfection. But such weather
as we have had for seven weeks is not
wholly usual. We will very likely get
rain enough very shortly to make us
pine for glimpse of sunshine, but
lust at present little rain would be
gratefully acceptable"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
BIG DEAL is CLOSED
Professor Brandrup Purchases the
lamm & Hohmann Block.


The papers were signed today by which
Lamm & Hohmann block passes from
the possession of Otto Lamm and John
H. Holman to Professor J. r. Brand
rup. The consideration is not made pub
lie, but it is rumored that it is some
where from $4,000 to $4,000. The
three upper floors will be remodeled and
occupied by Brandrup & Nettleton's
Commercial college, and the first floor
will be leased. Just when Brandrup q
Nettleton will occupy the building will
depend upon when the work of remodel
ing is completed. The firm still has
three years more on its lease of its
present quarters in the Model block.
The deal that was closed today has
been pending for several weeks, but at
the request of parties interested The
Free Press has refrained from mention,
inc it until it was closed. The building
will be splendid location for the Com
mercial college, well lighted and roomy
and conveniently located.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
FORMER MANKAT0 FOLKS
How They Are Getting Along Away
Out Nest.

Henry Humphrey, writing from Med
ford, Ore, to The Lake Crystal Union,
has the following to say of former Man
kato people:
Orchards and vineyards are being
planted all over the country and away
back in the little valleys and on the
steep mountain sides. We took drive
out to Will Andrews farm, ten miles
and found him and his wife Ida in a
beautiful place, but out of the world,
surrounded by chickens, ducks, fruit
trees, rocks, hills and spring water. We
had to go straight up and straight
down to get there and a wagon with
out a good brake would be as useless as
ship at sea without a rudder. Mr..
Andrews is in poor health and not stout
enough to farm in the hills. think
he intends to buy a small tract in the
valley where he can stand on both feet
at once and move down. We have got
lots of Blue Earth county people here
and they keep coming.
John Root is about the last arrival.
His family will be here soon. He and
Ed. Andrews married sisters, the Lee
girls of Mankato. Well, John is the
same as he used to be when travelling
for drug house, only he's got more
money and is investing it freely in Med
ford and the Rogue River Valley when
he strikes snap.
He and Ed. Andrews and some Others
have built sawmill about ten miles
up in the hills with capacity of 49,
600 feet per day and will start run
ming tomorrow. Sam Gardiner is en-
gineer, Wallie Gardiner is on the mill
force too, Ed. Andrews lives in town..
Is in the real estate business, but is
always so glad to see man from Min
nesota that he forgets to charge him
any commission. Mr.. Clay lives in town
and has large piece of ground with a.
fine residence. His place was clear on
the outside when he bought it, but IS
right in it now and has nearly doubled
in value. All seem to like it here and
so do we. Will Humphrey and his fam
lily go to Cinnabar Springs soon to
spend the summer. 1t is forty miles
back in the mountains. Twenty miles
has to be made on horseback and with
pack animals I will take them twenty
miles by team.
I get letters from our friends in
Boise, Idaho, frequently. The Knoxes
the Ewings and Ralph Estelle. l think
they are pretty well satisfied but per-
haps get little homesick as l used to
and still do. / don't feel like saying
anything against Boise or Idaho. Boise
is the finest little city l ever saw, but
lacks good connection with the rest OF
the world. 1t will have through rail-
road some time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
SOUNDS LIKE LIE SUEUR LYRE
How Frank Everett Catches Files FoI
the Chickens,

LIE Sueur, July l0.-Frank B. Everett
farmer living near Cleveland, has, like
many others, lost many chickens from
the plague of gnats. He rugged up on
the back part of platform spring bug
gy series of large sized butterfly nets
each about two feet across the opening
and so geared to the axle that when
the buggy moves forward, they will
whirl round and round.
With this apparatus he sends out the
rig with a good team of trotting horses
attached. 1t sweeps swiftly through
the boiling clouds of gnats along the
road with the result that the nets scoop
in millions and millions of them which
draw down through the funnel-like open
ing at the lower end into a box capable
of holding eight bushels of them.
They very soon smother and when
they are dead, Everett spreads them out
on the barn floor to dry and, when
cured, they make splendid chicken food
as good as the best of meat scraps.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
HANS IHORSON HURT
Fire Cracker, Exploding Under His
Horse Starts Runaway.

from FRIDAY DallV
Hans Thorson, Rapidan farmer, met
with mishap in the city yesterday
forenoon. He had driven to the city with
single horse rig, and was engaged I'm
putting up the horse in the Stahl House
barn, when it became frightened by a
firecracked that someone threw under it.
1t made a dash for the open, through
the door, dragging the buggy by one
thill strap. Mr.. Thorson pluckily chung
to the bride, until he was dragged
against post and painfully hurt. His
face was scraped, his nose hurt and one
eye damaged He was removed to a
hospital, where he is doing nicely.
The physician found that the right
eyelid was cut in two, and the left lid
cut, and cut extended down the nose.
There were some bruises about the
body, also. Mr.. Thorson will be able to
90 home in day or two, but will be
laid UP there for week or so.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
DAT CROP IS DOOMED
Green Bug Has Invaded the Fields In
Olmstead County.

Rochester, July lO.-Oats in Ohm
sted county are doomed and prbably
other grain also. The fields are turn
ing yellow. Havoc is being worked
by small bug which has light green
body, black legs, two long horns and
two stub tails.~ The insects cover the
stalks of oats.
John Peck and C. Van Camper of
the North Western railway have been
carrying on Investigations and say
there will be no oat crop here this
year. Barley is affected some and the
insect has been found on corn.
If corn and oats are both infected
the farmers will pillow up their fields
and plant millet to prevent a fodder
famine. Specimens of the bug were
sent today to the state entomologist
and developments are anxiously await
ed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
GREEN BUG NEAR WINONA
So Says the Weekly Report BY North
western Officials.

Winona, July S.-The green bug is
said to have made its appearance in Wi
mona and Olmstead counties, in green
fields near st. Charles and Dover, and
one field is reported to have been pref,
ty badly damaged 1t is not thought,
however, there will be any general de-
struction from the bug. In the report
this week covering conditions along the
line of the Chicago & Northwestern
road west of Winona quite little ref
erence is made to this green bug mat
ter but it is not viewed seriously. The
report says:
During the past week the weather
has been excellent for all growing
crops, with Just sufficient rainfall over
the entire territory, with plenty OF
warm days and nights to produce ex-
cellent results.
Crops have made such splendid growth
that the early barley is now headed
out and some of the early wheat just
beginning to head, and wheat heading
will be quite general by the 10th of
this month. Other grains are coming
along fast and the recent rain has slim
ulated late flax. Corn is growing nice
" but is very late.
The green bug is being reported from
a few different localities along the line,
st. Charles and Dover, Minnesota, and
we have had opportunity of investigat-
ing and personally observing some of
these bugs. They are the same in APP
pearance as those we saw in South Da-
kota two or three weeks ago, only more
plentiful in the two localities named.
One field of oats of thirty acres is re-
ported as being badly damaged; this
is the only damage that we have heard
of from green bug at any place on our
line. We have however started general
investigation over the entire line and
hope to get more complete information
by Monday.
However we think there is no cause to
be alarmed i'm any way in regard to de-
struction by these bugs and shall keep
in close touch with the subject.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
BEN HERLEY LEAVES
Young Substitute Mail Carrier Disap-
pears From the City.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Ben Herley, eighteen year old son of
Contractor Herley, who lives on Agency
hill, has been missing since July Fourth.
1t now appears that he went away with
full consideration of what he was doing,
for his clothes are all gone, and it APP
pears as though. he must have taken
them from the house a little at time,
before he left. Why he should leave is
thing that it not known, for his fam
ilv relations were very pleasant, and his
parents are broken hearted over his 60
ING. He was substitute mail carrier
and stood next in line for appointment
as regular carrier, and his future was
thus assured. He is well spoken OF by
all. 1t is hoped that if he has gone out
to see the world he will soon be salts
fled to return home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
KILLING OFF THE HENS
Good Thunder 10 Alive With the IN
desirable Files.

Good Thunder, July l0.-"Buffalo
gnats:' as they are designated here, are
something new to this vicinity. Millions
of them seem to be present and the loss
of all kinds of poultry from their bite is
quite alarming As many as twenty hens
in flock have been reported killed in a
single night. The insects are fully as
vigorous in their attack upon man and
consequently many neck is bound up
in cotton and handkerchief as the re-
suit of poisonous stings. Talcum powder
proves good remedy in removing the
itching sensation and druggists now are
buying it in barrel lots
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
WILL DIG FOR BONES
More Skeletons Supposed to BE in
the Indian Mound.

From SATURDAYS Daily.
Thomas Hughes, Judge Cray, General
Baker and A. r. Pau Sr. visited the
Arthur Mitchell farm last evening and
arranged with Mr.. Mitchell to have the
balance of the Indian mound uncover
ed for the purpose of locating the re-
naming skeletons that are supposed to
be buried there. Mr. Mitchell agreed to
perform the task. Mr.. Hughes is desir-
Gus of obtaining skeleton for the
State Historical society.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
County Arranges for Fuel
for the Winter.
PLAN FOR BRIDGE REPAIRS
Commissioners Levy Made For Tract
Index i'm Register of Deeds Of
flee; Other Business.

The county board voted to buy from
Charles T. Taylor 100 tons of Hooking
Valley coal, to be the Sunday Greek
quality, screened, at $3.50; also 100 tons
of Youghiogheny screened at $3.50 per
ton; and from the Laird Norton Yards
100 tons of Wilmongton screened at
$425.
Bridge Repairs.
The committee appointed to examine
the culvert in Section 81, Judson, report
ed that it visited the culvert June 10
and found the piers undermined and the
arch damaged, and recommended that
Commissioner Hanson have charge OF
the necessary repairs. The report was
approved.
The committee appointed to examine
the Doodford bridge in Shelby reported
that it had viewed the bridge and river
bank nearby, and had found the bridge
badly in need of new floor and order
ed it repaired at once. The committee
found the bank worn away and that
something should be done to protect the
bridge, but was at loss to know what
was best to do.
The Ceresco town board appeared and
asked for committee to look over the
Burke bridge between Sections % and
%. The chairman named Commission
ers Schultz, Hansen and Young as such
committee, with power to act.
The hearing on the Lake Crystal
school petition was set for Monday,
Sept. l6, at p, M, at which time the
next meeting of the board will be held.
Commissioner Schultz was authorized
to look after the culvert in Garden City
town, where the Butterfield road crosses
county ditch No. 4, south of Lake Crys-
tai
New Tract Index.
At this forenoon's session the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
''Whereas, the tract index books in
the office of the register of deeds have
been for years in bad shape, and are
fast becoming defaced, leaves lOOsening
and pieces dropping out of the leaves,
rendering the books unreliable and the
necessity for the creation of new set
unquestioned, be it now
"Resolved, that it be and now is or
dered that the necessary steps be taken
to renew these books, as soon as posi-
BILE; that the register of deeds is au-
thorized to supply the form; and that
an extra levy of $4,000 be made for this
purpose
The bills were allowed.
Visits Waseca County.
The board adjourned at noon, and
went to Waseca this afternoon, where
it met the Waseca county board and
went to view the new county line
bridge, which has just been completed.
The board will meet Monday as a
county board of equalization and will
be in session for three days or more.
During this time it will hold confer
ence with the council committee on
,rnrlr house
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
TWO INJURED At ST. PETER.
Silver Sanderson May Die: Hospital
Nurse Is Hurt.

st. Peter, July 6.-Two bad accidents
occurred in this city on the Fourth.
Silver Sanderson was knocked down
by a runaway team and received in
juries to his spine which are likely
to cause his death, and Emil Sallin, a
nurse at the state hospital, was hurt
in much the same manner. He was
riding a bicycle and in attempting to
evade a runaway was thrown against
a curbstone, suffering several severe
scalp wounds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
MUST BE COMMITTED
Persons Acquitted on Insanity Charse
To BE Locked Up.

Insane criminals in Minnesota must
be committed to some one of the state
insane hospitals, if acquitted on the
ground of insanity, according to new
law which has taken effect under the
decision of the recent legislature.
Formerly the commitment was in
the discretion of the trial judge, who
might, if he deemed best, commit the
prisoner to the care of his friends.
A. G.. Dorr, the new state agent for
the supervision of the paroled insane,
was at the capitol yesterday prelimi-
nary to beginning with the new work
outlined by the recent legislature.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
TAKEN TO STILLWAT Err.
Edward temple Went Today; Andrew
Leyton Goes Tomorrow.

FROM NHCUrUdy IIdIfV'
Sheriff Donahue left this morning for
Saltwater with Edward Temple, who
was yesterday sentenced to serve nine
wears. Marshal Ostaboe of Mapleton
accompanied the sheriff as a guard. To-
morrow morning Deputy Sheriff
Klughertz will 60 to Saltwater with
Andrew Layton, who is to serve one
year, and will be accompanied by P. ii.
Jordan as guard.
temple has had no fits" or displayed
anything but an excellent mental and
physical condition since he received his
sentence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
Is Lady of Fair Estate.

Miss Gladys Vanderbilt will have a
number of millions when she comes OF
age next month and receives her share
and there have been number of hints
that she will do like many other Amer
lean heiresses, and use it to rebuild thu
fortunes of some Englishman. She is
described as very democratic young
lady, and could no doubt make good
use of SO much money in this country,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
How They Greet.

The native woman of New Zealand,
the Maori, when they greet rub noses,
or rather, touch noses, allowing them
selves to stand in this position several
moments, making sort of purring
sound And, taking into account the
germ theory, it is a much more sensi-
BILE custom than kissing.