The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-11-01

an the register anu Wtnt 10. the SaIt
to get it. Santleman handed one OF
the men 1913 and proceeded toward
another customer.
"See here" said one of the men
,"you are cheating yourself, l only
gave you a one dollar BILL" Santle-
man at first considered it Joke but
the stranger insisted that he had given
the storekeeper one dollar bill and
asked him to look in the safe and
see for himself.
Santleman was then inclined to be-
lieve that he made mistake and
went to the safe to look over his roll.
The stranger who was standing over
Santleman, succeeded in making a $40
grab and the two men calmly walked
out of the store. Whipping up their
horses they made good their escape.
The sheriff is now in pursuit.
Hog cholera is prevalent in the
western part of lie Sueur county and
in Bernadotte and Brighton townships.
Nicollet county. Several farmers have
had heavy losses, and on a trip of
inspection made by DIR. NJ S. Whit.
comb, secretary of the Minnesota state
live stock sanitary board, the plague
was found to be quite wide spread.
Breeders are considerably alarmed, and
every effort will be made to arrest
the spread of the' disease.
With suicidal intent stranger rid
ing on a Great Western train near
Pine Island yesterday, shot himself in
the head with revolver. He was
removed from the train at Pine ISL
precarious condition.
: The man was seated in one of the
coaches and without warning he whip
ped out a revolver, shooting him
self before anyone could rush for
ward to prevent the rash act.
The stranger informed those who
assisted him off the train at Pine ISL
and that he was train dispatcher
and had been in the employ of the
Northern Pacific road at a point in
Montana.
He had a number of valuable pa
pers in his possession, securities ag-
gregating $4,000. He was man
about fifty years old.
The jury in the $4,000 personal in
jury suit of Rose Blondel against the
Omaha raod, which retired at about
1870 a. m. yesterday, failed to agree
and was discharged at 4:4O p. m. 1t
came in at about 4 p. m. and asked
few questions regarding the instruc-
tions, and said that it did not think
it could agree, but was sent out
again. At 4:40 p. m. the court sent
for the jury and asked whether it
was likely to agree, but it said that
it was not, and he then discharged it.
He was about to take the 4:45 p. m.
train for st. Paul. All the court Off
GERS went home yesterday afternoon.
Deputy Marshal Rich, remained until
today.
st. Paul, Oct. 25.-Because of the
publicity regarding short weights,
growing out of the arrest of several
peddlers, numerous complaints are be-
ing made to the dairy and food de-
partment of similar violations. Some
of the victims, have even carried their
grievances to the state treasurer, who
is the state sealer of weights and
measures. The executive department
has also received complaints.
The complaints cover farm products.
mainly butter and potatoes. 1t is
claimed that the dealers rather than
raise prices are giving short weight.
Several complaints regarding short
weight bread have been received.
1t is probable that the dairy and
food department will assign several
inspectors to inquire into the com
plants. If possible, the offending par
ties will be prosecuted.
From Saturdays Daily.