The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-11-08

he made to suffer.
The baseball games between the
North Mankato and Henderson teams,
which were played at the Y. NJ. c. A..
building in this city Saturday after
noon, resulted i'll victory for the
North Mankato boys i'm all of the
games except half game, when the
score was seven for Henderson and
six for North AIankato.
About thirty boys came from Hen
derson school. in charge of their teach
ers. and returned home on the 4:45
p. IN. train.
From Tuesdays Daily.
st. Paul. Nov. "a meeting of the
iSt. Paul chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution was held in
the Ryan Hotel Saturday, Il project
to erect woman's building to be the
lcenter of women's work throughout the
state, was brought forward in connec
ton with plans for the coming year.
Although no definite plan has been
decided on, it is proposed to make the
building the headquarters of the ID. A.
iR. in the state. 1t is intended to
have library, places for keeping rec
lords. and large hall where conven-
tions can be held The members of the
Executive board who launched the pro-
iject are: Mrs. G. r. Davis of st.
trar: Mrs. f. L. Mabon secretary; Mrs.
A. A. Pocock. Mrs. a. p. Moss treasur-
er: and Mrs. +. w. Dickinson.
All the other organizations in the
staet will be approached by the st.
Paul chapter and it is expected that
after hearing the plans they will ex-
tend aid and advice in the matter. The
first attempt to secure building fund
will be Dec. 10, when a large bridge
will be given under the direction of
man of the program committee.
Granada. Nov. 5.-The new Metho
dist Episcopal church was dedicated
here Sunday. Rev. Stout of st. Paul
delivered sermon in the morning and
evening, while Rev. Kerfoot spoke in
the afternoon. Rev. Brown of CeylOn,
Rev. Seeley of Nashville and Rev. Van
Camp of Winnebago also were pres
ent. The church wast dedicated free
i debt, the sum of $l,OOs.9O being
raised during the day.
Gold has been discovered at st.
Peter. While wOrkmen We're eXcavat-
ing on the residence property or
Thomas Pettijohn they uncovered
pocket of the precious metal. The own
er of the property thought the metal
was iron pyrtes, but an old miner, to
whom samples were shown, declares 1T
is gold. A small quantity will be sent
to the state university for analysis.
The city's Illuminating arcn on
North Front street, in front of An
thony Klages' store, was run into yes
terday by wagon and broken off
on one side where the two pipes join
lit will have to be taken down, as
it is dangerous, standing the way it
does.
Minneapolis. Nov. 5.-Probably one
of the most important points in insur-
ance matters has been decided by
Judge Brooks, i'm the case OF the eX-
ecutor of the estate of Johann Link
against the Grand Lodge, Sons of Her
man. to recover $1,000 OH certificate
of insurance.
The defendant society made no de-
NAL of the amount put i'll the North
western National bank to be paid to
1.-THE rightful owner. 1t appeared that
Link had made certain DAILY faml-
lIy, relatives, his beneficiaries, but that
afterward he had entered into con-
tract with them whereby they were to
ipav the assessments as long as he
lived and they were to have the full
amount of the certificate at his death.
The executor, a. c. Middlesteadt, IN
sisted that the latter contract was a
gambling contract which should throw
the money into the estate.
Judge Brooks holds that even if the
contract was gambling. which it is
not. the executor could not benefit
thereby because the same persons had
been named beneficiaries before the
contract was made. He decides for the
iintervenors. the Dalys.
REPORTS on the street to the effect
that certain of the larger business IN
dustries of the city were to close
down on account of being unable to
get material to keep going. owing to
the check system instead of the cur
rency system, are entirely without
foundation. These industries today
Informed The Free Press that there
| is no truth whatever in the reports.
| An item in the Kerns and Hebron
news last week has caused the young
folks who attended the dance on the
evening of Oct. % not little an
inoyance. They claim that they did, not
indulge in the light fantastic during
church services or prayer meeting and