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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Two Prominent Lake Cry
talites Pass Away.
ONE DEATH FROM LOCK JAW
Joseph W. Davies and John P. Steven
son are no More.-Walter
Weaver's Suffering Ended
From Fridays Daily.

from fridays Daily.
John p. Stevenson, an old and re-
spected resident of Lake Crystal, dice
unexpectedly at half past four O'Clock
this morning at the home of Clerk OF
Court Stephen Thorne, Lake Crystal
where he had made his home for some
years. He was taken i'll Monday with
an attack of the grip, which developed
into a slight attack of pneumonia. He
was doing nicely until this morning
when he had sudden attack of heart
failure and passed away shortly after
wards.
The deceased was seventy-five years
of age, and in his younger years follow.
ed the trade of blacksmith. He was
popular with all and his death causes
general regret. His wife died eighteen
years ago, and he is survived by only
one son, John Stevenson Jr. of Lake
Crystal. Two daughters, Mrs. Frances
Z. Thorne of Lake Crystal and Mrs.
Julia Kennedy of Saratoga, N. Y, pre-.
coded him to the grave. He had made
Lake Crystal his home since 1878.
Funeral services will be held at the
Presbyterian church at Lake Crystal at
two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and the
interment will be made there. The pail
bearers will be d. A. Reed, p. A. Larson,
ID. C. Wood, Hugh Roberts, Thomas
Paddock and Mr.. Freund.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Big Steer Pulled Down on
Ballard Farm.
STRANGE ANIMAL APPEARS
Panther, a Mountain Lion, That Was
Near Lamberton Now Reaches
Outskirts Of Mankato.

From MONDAYS Daily.
The panther or rather wild animal
that has been playing havoc with farm
ers' stock around Lamberton has been
chased by dogs or drifted through some
other cause to this county, and last
evening made its presence known on the
| Columbus Ballard farm, near the poor
farm, nearly pulling down and killing a
| three year old steer.
Mr. Ballard was at work in the barn,
milking, at seven o'clock, when he heard
a great commotion in the pasture close
by. He went out and found that the
cattle had been stampeded and were
dashing wildly about the pasture, avoid
ing the timber. He went into the house
and got lantern and went out to see
what was the matter, and found the
biggest steer trying to push its way into
straw stack and going under branches
of trees, acting as though it was trying
| to get something off of it's back. An ex-
animation showed that it's back was
torn and bleeding as though scratched
and torn by some large animal. 1t was
| two or three hours before the herd could
be quoted. The steers tongue was loll-
| in the last stages of exhaustion.
Mr.. Ballard and others examined the
| freshly fallen snow in the timber for
tracks and found the tracks of some an
imal considerably larger than those OF
the largest dog, and concluded that they
were made by panther or mountain
lion. The actions of the house dog also
| indicated this, for at the first outbreak
on the part of the cattle it scented
danger and ran for the house and seem
ed terrified.
The panther or lion, straying further
south than usual, may have been chased
by hunters and dogs to southern Mime
sofa. The only other place where it was
seen was near Lamberton few days
ago A few years ago similar thing
occurred, but the animal got away. 1t
left large track, with prints far apart,
and when seen by some school children
had long, catlike tail that swung an
grily from side to side. A panther was
killed near the Minnesota river about
| twenty wears ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
ELIGIBLE FOR THE HOME
Women Who May Live In the New
Bull ding.

From Tuesdays Dailv
The board of trustees of the State
Soldiers Home yesterday passed favor
ably upon the following applications of
admission to the new woman's building:
Mary Ann, wife of j. j. Coleman of
Murray county, aged seventy; Clarissa
j., widow of Elias Ballard, Rice county,
aged sixty-six; Anna R., wife of Peter
r. Groat, Hennepin county, aged sixty
three; Eliza, widow of Alvah III. East
man, TODD county, aged seventy eight !;
Mary j., wife of James Z. White, Hen
nepin county, aged fiftyeight; Caroline
A., widow of j. HI. Kirkham, aged seven
ty-one; Anna, widow of Michael Anglin
Ramsey county, aged seventy-three.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
LAKE CRYSTAL FUND
G.F.Upson Wants So 900 Demsges
for Fall.

Lake Crystal, Mimi, Feb. 2l.-G. f.
Epson has served notice upon the vii
LACE of claims for damages amounting
to $4,000, which he says he is entitled to
bv reason of injuries to his back and
diaphragm occasioned by a fall down a
flight of stairs leading from the side
walk TO a barber shop in a basement
He claims that the stairs were covered
with accumulations of ice and snow and
in a dangerous condition, which fact, he
SAYS, was well known to the village au-
thorities The matter probably will be
settled in court
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
THEY CAPTURED TRUMAN
A Hundred and Fifty Woodman Invade
the Town.

From Mondays Daily.
The Modern Woodman lodge, the larg-
est fraternal organization in the city,
went to Truman in force Thursday even
ing to exemplify the work and confeS
the degrees for the camp at that place.
In order to return the same night the
Omaha train was chartered to return to
Truman after finishing the regular run
and bring the wood choppers home. This
is. we believe, the first instance in which
a local lodge or individual has ever char
tered special train. The Woodmen,
however, are progressive bunch and
may be expected to do unusual things.
Eighty-two Neighbors boarded the
train at this station and NorthrOp. The
Northrop lodge was invited to take ad-
vantage of the special train service with
the compliments of the Fairmont Camp
and they turned out en- masse. The
total attendance was nearly $50 and
was one of the largest lodge meetings
of the Woodmen ever held in the coun-
ty.
A class of eight candidates was in
vested with the benefits and mysteries,
the work being done by the officers and
Foresters of the Fairmont Camp. Every
thing passed off in a most creditable
manner and especially to be commended
is the excellent work done by the nicely
uniformed, well drilled team of For
esters. Many Neighbors remarked that
they had never before seen the work so
well exemplifed but just what senti-
ments Attorney p. G. Cooper intended
to express will probably never be known
and Tony Hoover positively refused to
be "Jeromed" by the consul or neigh
bors.
The work was finished at high twelve
and beginning at that hour and continu-
ing until all were fed a splendid oyster
supper was served the visitors by the
Truman Camp.
All the Neighbors are enthusiastic in
their praises of the hospitality shown
them by the Truman Camp and the
courtesies shown them by the officials
and employees of the Omaha road. The
returning train left Truman at two
o'clock a. m.
The event has set new pace in lodge
doings and if you would be strictly in
the swim fraternally, you must belong to
the Woodmen.-Fairmont Sentinel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Give Prisoners Purse

LIE Sueur, Mimi, Feb. 22.-Two boys
were arrested last fall on charge of
attempted burglary at the Pettis office
near the Omaha depot at st. Peter.
They were bound over to the grand jury
and housed in the LIE Sueur Jail. Last
week the grand jury inquired into the
case and after investigation found in
sufficient grounds upon which to return
an Indictment. They then inquired into
the condition of the boys and found
they had not cent. The grand jury
made up purse of So, presented it to
them and sent the boys away rejoicing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
MADE FAST TINS
Mankato Horses Won Yesterdays
Races at Minnesota Lake.

From Fridays Daily.
The races on the ice at Minnesota
Lake yesterday were attended by SOC
to 700 people, and doubtless those today
will be as well attended. The farmers
came from long distance around.
In the 2:25 pace, Baby S, owned by
John Stevens of Mankato and driven by
G. G. Phillips, won, making a half mile
in l:l4. This is going some for horse
that hf3 not been raced before. Black
Mark, owned by w. j. Brecht of Mime
sofa Lake, took second money, and King
Russell, owned by j. H. Macbeth of this
city, took third money.
The free for all trot or pace was won
by Tetonka, owned by G. G. Phillips of
this city, time l.: l2 This is also good
record. William Duffy's Texas Ralph
took second money, and Davy Crockett
owned by Ed. Troska of Minnesota Lake
took third money.
DIR. Dodds' horse did not race yester-
day, but will do so today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Building at Amboy.

rrorn Fridays Daily.
The Herald says: "There will be
something doing in the building line in
this locality the coming season. We re-
fer to the fact that August Wendt will
build an addition to the house that he
bought in town last fall and remodel
the old part so as to make an up-to-
date home of it; Clark Reynolds has the
stone on the spot and the lumber bought
for barn on his farm which will be
36 by so with an eight foot stone base
ment; Roy Storrs will build barn 80
by go with lean Ia by 60; Lyttle Miller
will build a granary, machine shed and a
large double corn crib. William OFT
has the contract for the work on all the
jobs mentioned. The framing for the
barns will be done in the lumber yards
here before being hauled out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
EASES HIS CONCIENCE
Man Buys a Ticket to Reimburse
Railroad.
From Fridays Daily.

One man at Waseca eased his con-
science yesterday after it had bothered
him for twenty five years. 1t was
about quarter of century ago that
he was given pass by the Chicago
q Northwestern road from Waseca to
Volga, S. d., ON the understanding that
he was to- work for the road. After
reaching Volga he left without fulfilling
his part of the agreement. This action
on his part has since preyed upon his
mind, and he recently determined to
right the wrong.
Yesterday the pastor of Waseca
church bought ticket for the man who
had beat the railroad so long ago. II
was a t-class ticket from Waseca to
Volga, and cost 1851. He gave it to
Conductor Pendergast, explaining the
circumstances. Mr.. Pendergast took the
ticket to the end of his run, Tracy
where he turned it over to the next con-
dustor, who turned it in to the company
1t is to be preserved and will be known
as the conscience ticket"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Syndicate to Finance Street
Railway.
NEW YORK CAPITALISTS IN
Attraction Proposition is Presented to
Bankers by C. W, Jackson
of Wall Street.

New York, Feb. &c. w. Jackson, a
banker at so Wall street, is endeavoring
to organize syndicate to finance a new
street and suburban electric railway
system for Mankato to take over hum
dred thousand dollars worth of stock,
fifty thousand each of it to be common
and preferred and underwrite an issue
of hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars first mortgage five per cent gold
bonds, the funds to be used to construct
and equip the first ten miles of road in
the city limits of Mankato and North
Mankato. The company is to be chartered
in New Jersey under the title of the
Mankato Electric Traction company. He
shows a convincing prospectus, and the
chartering under the New Jersey law is
deemed an advantage by capitalists here.
1t is understood that he has interested
Pfaelzer, Miller & Co., w. E. Farlow &
Co., and number of other bankers who
have made a speciality of electric rail
ways, financing and dealing in securities
of trollies.
w. L. Hixon and HI. E. Hance left a
short time ago for the east to try to
finance the proposed electric road, and
from the above they seem to be making
good.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Shortage of Teachers.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 22.-The in
ability to resist the temptation to make
entry of homesteads in the ceded portion
of the Rosebud Indian reservation in
Gregory county has caused a shortage
of school teachers in Gregory county.
Many of the young women who first
went to Gregory county for the purpose
of teaching school have abandoned their
school work for the purpose of rough
ing it, and securing title to a quarter
section of Uncle Sans land. As re-
suit many of the schools are at present
without teachers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
NIGHTLY DEFREDATI0NS
Farmers AROUND Lamberton Alarmed
at Strange Beast.

Lamberton, Mimi, Feb. 22.-Farmers
in this neighborhood are becoming
alarmed over the almost nightly depre-
dations of some sort of creature, which
has been killing and carrying off sheep
and other animals.
A. Smithson, a prominent farmer, lost
a young colt which was killed in the
barnyard one night this week when the
family was away visiting neighbors. The
cries of the colt were heard half mile
away, and DIR. Zindel, the local vet
Urinary, who was returning from late
call in the country, drove into the
dooryard, thinking that some of the
farm animals were fighting among them
selves. He carefully approached the barn.
yard, but when he saw two blazing eyes
attached to an apparently huge and
shadowy form ne beat hasty retreat
to his carriage, jumped in, and flashing
his horses to furious gallop went of
down the road to arouse the neighbor-
hood.
Those that had heard the cries were
already out, and they with several other
recruits armed with guns, pitchforks and
clubs, took lanterns and sailed forth to
subdue the marauder. Upon reaching the
Smithson home they cautiously ap-
preached the barnyard, but the animal
was gone, and the carcass of the colt,
partially devoured, was all that remain
ed. There were many large tracks
around the carcass which indicated some
member of the cat tribe. In the morning
a party was organized to track the var
mint, but the recent thaw had melted
most of the snow and the trail was soon
lost. When last seen it was apparently
leading toward the Big Cottonwood.
As to the species of animal there is
much dispute, some claiming that it is
panther strayed from his wilderness
home, while others think it is large
lynx, driven down from the north by
the heavy SHOWS. A party is being or
ganized to beat the woods to see if it
cannot run down the beast.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
WANT MORE WAGES
10000 School Teachers to Quit In
less Salaries are Raised.
From Saturdays Daily.

The st. Paul Dispatch has the follow
ing special from Sioux City, Iowa
Driven to desperation by the contin-
ued low salaries paid school teachers in
Iowa, the latter are taking steps to or
ganize in order to declare strike and
force payment of what they call liv-
ing wage.
The pedagogues aim to take advan-
tage of the unprecedented shortage of
school teachers, which has resulted in
scores of schools closing. They believe
that strike is the only effective meth
cd of enforcing their demands. The fol-
lowing is the "calP' being sent about
the state in endless chain fashion:
'Dear Teacher-Owing to the present
and prospective shortage of teachers in
the state, the time is ripe for us to in
augurate certain great reforms, the first
of which is to secure an increase of
wages; second, that our pay checks be
sent us by mail; third, that the school
houses be made more sanitary, comfort
able and attractive.
"We may be able to do this, first, by
refusing longer to work for the miser-
ably low wages which have been paid
heretofore; second, by petitioning the
state legislature to fix wages at say,
$50 for third grade certificate, $50 for
second, and $40 for first (Texas
pays $75); third, if we can do nothing
else, we should organize as branch of
the labor union, when we can protect
each other and ourselves. There is a
great shortage of teachers now, fully so
vho% ,,,;n .Io IL
examinations come on?
"Please send copies of this to at least
three of your teacher friends and ask
them to send out three in turn. If we do
not help ourselves, no one will help
u.s."
Teachers now in the country districts,
and they are in the vast majority in the
prairie state of Iowa, draw an average
salary of $35 per month. Out of this
must be paid board, examination fees,
normal fees and expenses while attend
ing normal, buggy hire to and from their
schoolhouses, text books and magazines,
clothing, doctor bills and other expenses.
They claim that at the end of the nine
months of teaching the most frugal
scarcely has enough left to pay living
expenses until school begins again.
The demand that pay checks be sent
by mail, is to abolish the expensive re-
quirement that the teacher present her.
self at the headquarters of the school
board for the presidents signature to
the warrants. 1t has been conservatively
figured that this costs each teacher fully
81 per month. There are more than TO-
600 teachers in Iowa, working nine
months each. This is a drain on their
scant funds of $lsO,00O per year.
No class of workers are expected to
know so much and do so much and for
so little pay as the school teachers of
Iowa, and the requirements to secure
teachers certificates have been recently
made more rigorous.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Splendid PROMOTION
CD. SiervogeI Becomes American Elk
press Co. Agent at Saltwater.

From Fridays Daily.
An important change has taken place
at the local office of the American Ex-
press company. George J. Siervogel, who
has held the position of clerk very salts
factorily for the past eighteen months,
has been appointed the company's agent
at Saltwater and goes there tomorrow
to begin his work. His family will not
join him for three or four months. His
friends will greatly regret his departure,
while congratulating him upon his
splendid advancement.
George Nicholson succeeds Mr.. Sier-
vogel as clerk in the local office, begin
ming his work there tomorrow He has
been express messenger between Tracy
and Huron, and is Mankato boy and
an excellent young man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
NO BOND SALE
County Will Borrow Money at Banks
as Needed.

From Mondays DalIv.
The county board met this afternoon
to transact general business. One mat
ter that had been expected to come up
was the opening of bids for the sale OF
$4,000 of ditch bonds to supply to re-
place what is advanced from the current
fund where ditch assessments are not
paid promptly.
Auditor Weaver has received nearly
forty inquiries and bids for the bonds,
and the local banks all want the first
chance at them. However, it has been
decided that instead of issuing bonds
the money needed will be borrowed at
local banks as needed and paid back
as soon as the assessments are paid.
1t is thought that the money can be had
for six per cent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
CURLING GAME s
In Game Between Winnebaso and
Mankato, the Former Wins.
From Mondays Daily.

| CTOIIl Nlohu1J q boiAS.
Play for the Merriam medal, repre-
senting the individual state curling
championship reached the final stage last
evening, and as the w. ID. Stewart rink
of the Capitol City Nushka club declin-
ed to play off with that of Evan Rees,
of the Capitol City club, the down town
club claims the medal by forefeit.
1t is asserted by the officers of the
Capitol City club that the agreement
was to play the entire competition in
one day, and that the players on the
Nushka rink did not state WHY thew
did not appear for the finals. Under the
agreement, therefore, it was claimed
that the Stewart rink had forfeited and
that Evan Rees was entitled to retain
possession of the emblem, as he appear
ed at the Nushka rink ready to play in
the finals.
The surprise of the day was the de-
feat of the Dunbar rink, composed of
+. c. Nelson, Frank Mccarthy and Lam
bert Defiel and r. H. Dunbar This quar-
tet, the strangest the Capitol City rink
could put on the ice, apparently, was
put out of the running by the Hurdon
rink, of Duluth. The Zenith City play
ers showed good form while Capitols
were all away off with the exception of
President Nelson, who played good
game as lead.
Hurdon, after beating Dunbar, went on
against BILLY" Stewart, of the Nushka
club, and although he was leading for
most of the way, finally lost out by a
single shot.
As Evan Rees had cleaned I'D every
thing at the other end of the draw, the
two were left in the finals, which, as
stated above were not played.
In the afternoon draw the Mankato
and Winnebago Kinks We're drawn against
each other and the Winnebago quartet
won out by one shot, Sharp winning his
own game with his last stone. Sharp
then went against Evan Rees and was
defeated by ten shots, the score being
II to 7. Rees had previously disposed
of the strong G. X. Labatt rink of the
Flour City club by IA to II, and the VIC
tory beat S. HI. Jones, of Duluth, in
the first afternoon draw, and then met
Hurdon about $3.50 o'clock.
p. m. Draw.
Duluth-George G. Smith. j. Temple
man, James McRae, III. Hurdon, skipS s..
Capital City,. Nelson, f. Mccarthy,
L. Defiel, Bob Dunbar, skip-6.
Nushka-W. H. Timberlake, w. j..
Murray, c. Barlow, w. d. Stewart,
skip-l4.
Duluth. H. Ball, s. Cleveland, E. R.
jacob, S. Fl. Jones, skip.
p. m. at Capitol City.
Winnebago-Rev STEVENSON, E. T..
Patterson, w. S. Fullerton, j: Sharp,
skip-l2.
Mankato-E. Hadley, J. Morrow, A. j..
Ellis, j. S. Taylor, skip-ll.
Capital City-W. S. Finck, DR.. E. E..
Nelson, w. Rees, Evan Rees, skip-l4.
Minneapolis-C A. Brown, L. w. Hall,
j. IF. Riheldafrer, G. X. Labatt, skip
II.
a p. m. at Nushka Rink.
Nushka-W. III. Undertake, w. J..
Murray, c. Barlow, w. ID. Stewart,
skip.
DuIuth-George C. Smith, j. Temple
IN q
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Walter Weaver.

Walter Weaver died at 3:45 a. m. to-
day of tetanus or lockjaw. Two weeks
ago today, while working in the knit
ting mill, one of his hands got drawn
into machine and two fingers were
crushed. A week ago today tetanus set
in, and Sunday he was taken to hos
pital for treatment. He continued to
grow worse, but yesterday morning
seemed slightly improved.
The deceased was nineteen years old
and was a son of Walter Weaver who
lives at 220 West Rock street and works
in the Milwaukee round house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Hearing Is Delayed.

Fr0ol Thursdav's NaiIV
The Sentinel 'phoned County Attorney
Bulls at Blue Earth this afternoon as
to what had been done in the Rade-
macher case. He said nothing had been
done and declined to state why there
was a delay in the hearing. The peo-
pie of Fairmont who well know Henry
Rademacher as most upright, good
natured man, who has lived an eXem-
plary life, refuse to believe that he at
tempted to poison his wife, and think
there must have been some mistake OF
a Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Needle Poisons System.

From THURSDAYS Dajlv.
Cora, the four year old daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Bowe of st. Clail
had the misfortune to run a needle il
one of her elbows a week ago. Bloo
poisoning set in, and yesterday the littl
one was brought to this city and places
in one of the hospitals. She has alread,
improved.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-01
Minnesota Farmers Exchange.

FROM ThurSdayS -I'd1I!.
The Minnesota Farmers Exchange
will hold their annual meeting and a gem
eral convention at the court house, Min
neapolis, on March 9th, 7th and Sth.
A general invitation is extended the
farmers of Minnesota to attend.