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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-10-30
Pleasant Mounds

Despite the inclemency of the
weather Thursday, the auction sale OF
A. A. Marks was well attended, and
every item was sold before five o'clock
Those present from out of town wdre
Sheriff Donahue of Mankato, Grifi
Jones, J. C. James and j. T. Lewis
of Lake Crystal.
Marshall Briggs spent Sunday in this
neighborhood.
The Young Peoples Society of CHS,
tan Endeavor will give a Halloween
social at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Briggs next Friday night
Everybody come and have a good time
Frank w. Briggs has rented forty
acres of the Secrest farm, for the com
ing year.
Nels Grass attended the auction sale
of pure bred Holstein cattle held al
Albert Lea last week and brought
home COW, for which he paid one
hundred and forty dollars.
Mrs. Helen Smith and daughter Hat
tie Reightmon of New York are visit.
ing relatives in this locality.
Mrs. Jess Cornish and children OF
Amboy spent Sunday at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Briggs.
The Willow Creek bridges east and
south of the store are being repaired
by the Hennepin Bridge company.
julius Radtke and wife of Roches-
-, ho lott VI Of ho
visiting in this locality, returning last
Monday.
Born, Saturday, Oct. II, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Ali, a son, and to Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Schwarz, daughter.
and on Sunday, Oct. Is, a son to Mr.
and Mrs. William Krause.
Henry Grove sold ten acres of
corn in field to Harry Parks last week
for $40. The usual price per acre is
from So to $l2.
Next Saturday night will take place
at the Basey church a gold medal
contest, given under the auspices of
the Women's Christian Temperance
union. The contestants are the Misses
Boughton and Lauer of Amboy, Miss
Eva Hinton of Truman, Miss Nellie
Butler of Nashville, Miss Beatrice
Allen of Pleasant Mound, Miss Edith
Stockdill of Madelia and another
young lady from Madelia whose name
we did not learn. The program will
be in charge of Mrs. Irving Maine.
Every one invited to attend.
The Larkin Social club will meet
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Stratton this week Saturday.
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Oct. 16, %. 3O-19OS.
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF
WILL,

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth.-ss, In probate Court.
In the matter of tho estate of Michael
McArdle. deceased.
Whereas an instrument in writing. purport-
ing 10 be the last will and testament of
Michael McArdle. deceased, late of said
county. has been delivered to this court:
And Whereas Katie McArdle and Michael
McArdle have filed Herewith their petition.
representing among other things. that said
Michael McArdle died in said County, on the
7th day of July. EOS, teState and that said pc
titiOnerS are the executors named in said last
will and testament and praying that
the said instrument may be admitted
to probate, and that letters
teStamentary be issued thereon to them
selves.
1t Is Ordered. That the proofs of said in
Strument and the said petition be heard be-
fore this Court, at the Probate Office
in the city of Mankato in said county,on Mon
day, the 9Th day of November. A. d. 1905. at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon. when all persons In
tereSted may appear for or contest the pro-
bate Of said instrument:
And 1t Is Further Ordered. That notice Of
the time anC place Of said hearing be given
to all persons interested, by publishing this
order once in each week for three successive
weeks prior to said day OF hearing, in the
MankatO Free Press, weekly newspaper
printed and published at Mankato. in said
county.
. Dated at Mankato. the 10th day of October.
A. d., 1903.
BY the Court,
probate Court Seal.] WM.F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
Z. y. Daley. Atty.
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of the state central committee at the
republican headquarters.
"There are in Roseau, Beltrami and
others of those counties that have
been developed in recent years, hun
dreds of settlers from Chippewa, Lac
Qui Parle and other counties who are
well acquainted with Mr. jacobson
and they are the best missionaries for
our candidate that any party ever
had"
These hardy compatriots of the next
governor are scattered throughout the
communities of all the counties about
the edge of the present timber line,
having moved there during the past
ten years to cast their lot with the
growth of that fertile country Being
so long in public life, Mr.. NJacobson's
record is well known to them and they
are doing some quiet, effective cam
paigning in his favor.
The northen pat of the state has
been given great deal of attention
during the present campaign both in
platform and in the speakers bureau
of the state committee, and all reports
indicate that Jacobson has made the
greatest inroads into these counties
that have been previously so largely
for Johnson.
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ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth.-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of John w. James.
deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate
unto VIM e. Evans and j ohm r. Thomas of
II IS ORDERED, That all claims and
demands of all persons against said
estate be presented to this Court, for
examination and allowance, at the Pro-
bate Office in the City of Mankato in
said Blue Earth County. on the fol-
lowing day, viz: Monday. the lot
day of April. A. d. 1908. at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of said day.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That
six months from the date hereof be
allowed to creditors to present their
claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not
to it's satisfaction, shall be forever
barred unless for cause shown further
time be allowed.
ORDERED FURTHER, That notice
of the time and place of hearing and
examination of said claims and de-
mands shall be given by publication of
this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such
examination in the Mankato Free
Press, a weekly newspaper printed and
published Mt Mankato in said County.
Dated II Mankato, the 14th day OF
October. A >. 1908.
BY the Court,
VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate
(I,rohate Court Seall
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Pleasant Mounds


The Misses Nellie and Ethel Cook
of Winnebago spent Saturday and Sun
dav at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Briggs.
The ladies' aid society of the Willow
Creek Christian church met at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman SAILS
berry this week Thursday.
DR.. and Mrs. d. B. Catlin of Man
kato drove their new Kato car up last
Saturday. They spent Sunday at the
home of Burton Tyler, returning in
the evening.
If it does not rain before long,
there will be many fields that will not
be plowed until spring.
R. B. Tyler accompanied DR. and
Mrs. Catlin to Mankato Sunday night,
returning Monday noon.
Owing to the disagreeable weather
Tuesday, there was not very large
number of buyers at the auction sale
on the Foley place.
Miss Cora Mullen, teacher OF the
Pleasant View school, received the
news last week that her sister was
suffering from an attack of typhoid
fever.
Rev. Brooks Hitchings of Lake Cry
stall, gave a prohibition talk at the
Christian church last Thursday night
Dill Stratton and wife returned to
their home in Cumberland, Wis, after
spending the summer in this locality
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plain inference is that Mr. Bryan
thinks it wrong to make money out
of politics.
"This boast of his puts the stamp of
insincerity all over him.
IF Mr.. Bryan thinks it wrong to
make money out of politics, he should
quit making money. Mr.. Bryan has not
one dollar that he ever made out of
anything but politics.
"In Politics for Gate Receipts"
'He tried to be a lawyer; he was
a failure at it. He tried to be a
newspaper editor; he was a failure
at that. He is now a man of prop
erty. AS fortunes 60, he is a rich
man. He made every dollar of his
fortune out of politics as a stepping
stone to the lecture platform.
"Mr. Bryan discovered many years
ago that he could make his political
prominence pay. He is shrewd po-
litical advertiser, and in his way a
clever business man.
''He has discovered that so long as
he is candidate for president and
possible, nominee, gifted with the abil-
ity to weave flowing sentences into
well rounded periods, the public will
come to hear him at so much a head.
He is in politics because it helps the
gate receipts.
"Like the actresses who have dis
carded the stolen diamonds dodge for
the greater publicity of divorce suit,
Mr.. Bryan will quit politics just so
soon as he discovers that some other
form of advertising will bring more
dollars to the box office when he is
announced to appear on the stage.
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Oct 8, 16, %, 80, Nov 6. 10, 20.
MORTGAGE EOREcIOSuRE SALE.


WHEREAS, there is due and claimed
to be due four hundred ten and Is
100 dollars (S41O.15) for principal and
interest upon that certain mortgage
given by Ferdinand Funk and Fredrcka
Funk, his wife, mortgagors to Mankato
Savings Bank, Ga corporatiom mort
gage dated July %, 1903, and recorded
July %, 1903, at II o'clock a. m. in the
office of the register of deeds for Blue
Earth county Minnesota, in Book Forty
(40) of mortgages on page 260, mort
gaging and conveying the following de-
scribed premises situated in said county,
to-wit: The north one-half IN. NJ of
the northwest quartef XIV. ~ on the
northwest quarter (NWA) of section
five 90 in township one hundred
seven Q0O, north of range TWEEN
tySfive (25) west, according to the
government ~,uvey thereof to secure
the payment o. tree hundred seventy
dollars (s37O 0O) on July %, 1906, with
interest at the r &c If Z per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually and for
eight and fifty three one hundredths
dollars ($S.53) taxes paid on the above
described premises by said mortgage,
with interest thereon from the time
of payment thereof;
NOW THEREFORE, notice is hereby
given that said mortgage will be fore
closed and said mortgaged premises
therein described sold at public auction
on Saturday, November 81 1908, at 2
o'clock p. m. by the sheriff of said
county at the easterly front door of
the court house in the city of Mankato,
Blue Earth county, Minnesota, to pay
the sum then due thereon for principal
and interest besides expense for fore
closure including twenty-five dollars
($25.00) attorneys fees, stipulated in
said mortgage.
Dated 80 September, 1908.
MANKATO SAVINGS BANK,
Mortgage.
Benjamin Taylor,
Attorney for Mortgage, POI Odd
Fellows Building, Mankato, Min
neSota.
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Hon. ]. F. Jacobson, the Repub-
lican nominee fQr governor, IS not
only man rightly famed for his
rugged integrity and worth, but
in all Justice must be accredited
as deep and advanced thinker !;
a man whose ideas and plans tor
the public veal have always been
many years ahead of his day.
Mr.. Jacobson is SO described
by no less a parsonage than the
famous orator, Senator J. ?. Dol
liver of Iowa. This statement
and the proof were presented by
Senator Dolliver before a vast
audience in Minneapolis recently.
He told how the United States
congress had to come to Mime
sofa, to the modest but brainy
farm machinery merchant OF
Madison, to get for federal enact
ment what has for years in Min
nesota been known as the Jacob
son Wye law"
The Jacobson Wye law was
the pioneer statute in the United
States to establish the great
precedent for the people that a
railroad can be compelled to make
connection with other roads at
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BRYAN Is Condemned BY
HIS own PARTY LEADERS
Called "Dodger, "Fakir" and ''PopuIist" By Henry
watterson; Kentucky Editor Thanked God
That Nebraskan Was Defeated.

a red wagon oratorically selling some
magic preparation, like Bryan's blessed
balsam for bunions. October 2l,
1896.
Bryan is Neutrality-suspicious. and
overwhelmingly. So closes the second
great era of national peril which has
menaced our government. Thank God.
In the name of a long suffering people,
thank God" November a, 1896.
Riders Opinion of Bryan.
The intensity of the feeling of Her.
man Ridder, treasurer of the demo-
cratic national committee, toward the
Nebraskan is we'll illustrated by ex-
cerpts from editorials which, from
time to time, have appeared in The
Staats-Zeitung. Here are a few of
them:
"Only few intimate friends and
blind admirers of Bryan are still will
ing to follow him. The miserable in
trigues of the man who again would
incite the masses cannot retard this
process. Bryan's strenuous activity
will hasten his humiliation"
at has been shown that the democ-
racy has not succeeded in regaining
the confidence of the people, which
it lost through its surrender to Bryan
ism" Nov. 9, 1904.
"We deem republican victory less
dangerous for the country than the
election of Bryan s, 1904.
Nation Chastised With Bryan"
"The east is too conservative and
level headed to give a majority to a
man (Bryan) who on economical ques-
tions is ignorant and who, prompted
by his confused notions, would grasp
the first opportunity to cause terrible
catastrophe. Sept. 25, 1900.
Organism is by no means democ-
racy, but the exact contrary. Rather,
it is a demagogism which is wholly
alien to the spirit of the democratic
party."-Nov. 3, 1900.
civilian j. Bryan possesses nothing
! but gift to influence minds. Nov
8, 1900.
Nothing better could happen to the
party than to get rid of this incubus
June 20, 1904
Bryan has been chastised. Well
our nation has been chastised with
Bryan" Nov. 8, 1900.
What Roger Sullivan Thinks.
Roger c.. Sullivan, democratic ma
tional committeeman, said of Mr.. Bry
an in 1906, in a public statement is
sued at Chicago, Sept. Z:
"Mr. Bryan has twice led the demo
cratic party to defeat, the second a
worse defeat than the first.
eff he is proud of that evidence Of
the peoples confidence in his sincerity
he is welcome to it. But his boast Of
sincerity merits further consideration
He insinuates that make money out
of politics, and that his sincerity there
fore compels him to oppose my partici
patton in democratic affairs. Th'
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Good Thunder

Mrs. G. l.. Benedict and children of
Mankato were visitors at the NJ. A.
Benedict home for several days last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. Keitzer were
visitors at the August Gentzmer home
this week.
The old mill fire is still burning and
the high wind Saturday night famed a
big blaze. The fire boys had to turn
out and put out the flames.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Squier are spend
ing several weeks with relatives in
both North and South Dakota.
Jim Schram lost a valuable horse
this week. 1t seem the horse sustained
severe barbed wire cut, that resulted
in blood poisoning, causing its death.
Mrs. R. Campbell is ill with severe
attack of la grippe.
DR.. Melllcke reports fine baby boy
at the Fred Gruske home Tuesday night
Now the happy dad is wearing that
wonderful smile and is passing cigars
with such generous hand that, could
he see it, would turn the best politi
cal candidate with his cigars green
with envy.
Little Nellie Doty has been very i'll
for over week, but is now improv.
ing.
Mrs. Harrington has been quite il
but is better again.
Paul Sperra Cashier, F. H. More
lock, Editor Griffin, w. Falancer were
seen to leave town early Sunday morn
ing. From the lunch boxes, guns anG
fishing tackle, noted, one could easily
draw his conclusions as to where they
were to spend the day.
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Oct. IS. %, 30 1908.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNT.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
Earth.-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate or RutSon ID.
Lathrop. deceased
On reading and filing the petition OF George
NJ. Palmer. Administrator with tn will an
nexed of the estate OF Rutson ID. LrthIop. de-
ceased representing among other things that
he has fully administered said estate. and
praying that time and place be fixed
for examining and allowing the final account
of his administration. and for the assign
ment of TIE residue of said estate TO the par
ties entitled thereto by law:
1t is ordered. that said account be examined.
and petticr heard, by this court. on Monday,
the 9th day of November A. ID. 1913. at 10
O'Clock a. m. at the probate Office in the city,
of Mankato. in said county.
And il is further ordered. that notice there
of be given to all persons interested by pub
fishing copy of thisorder oncein each week.
for three successive weeks prior TO said day OF
hearing, in the Mankdto Free Press, a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
MaDkato in said county
Dated at the city of Mankato the 10th day
of October. A. ID. 1909.
BY the Court
probate Court Seal. VIM +. HUGHES.
Judge of Probate
A. R. Pau. Jr.. Atty.
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lnterSecung srarlonS, ana nar
Joint rate on freight may be estab-
lished therefore by law.
Not only did congress come to
Mr.. Jacobson for his idea on this
subject, but they found he had
drawn the Minnesota law so per-
fectly that the Jacobson Wye
law of Minnesota was copied,
word for word, into the congress
sional act known as the Sherman
law, and is now one of the strong
est and most valuable sections of
that great act.
Every great reform always
meets with great opposition. And
so it was that Mr.. Jacobson had
to wage great legislative battle
to get his Wye bill passed by the
Minnesota legislature. This was
in 1895. Two years later, recog-
nizing defects in the original
draft, he had the law amended in
to its present form, and it has
since proved a great boon for the
public
The railroads refused at first
to comply with this law, and
Mr.. Jacobson brought test
case before the board of rail-
road and warehouse commits
sioners. He prepared the case,
presented the evidence and made
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CONGRESS COPIED
JAC0BSON'S idea
ffWye Law, SWORD for Word, Is Placed in Famou!
Sherman Act; Praise for the Republican
Nominee for Governor; Is An Ad-
vanced Thinker.

the argument, before the board,
which rendered a decision sus-
tanning him in every point of
contention. The companies ap-
pealed the case on points of law
to the district court, and it was
tried before Judge Powers Of the
Twelfth district, who rendered an
elaborate decision sustaining the
commissioners. 1t was then taken
to the supreme court of Mime
sofa, which upheld Judge Powers.
From there it was carried to the
supreme court of the United
States, which confirmed the Min
nesota court, and the Gentleman
from Lac qui Parle" had the sat-
isfaction of having the law he in
troduced, and was instrumental
in passing, declared constitutions
al by the highest court in the
land.
This state law has been of in
estimable value and convenience
to farmers and other shippers
throughout the state. AS included
in the Sherman law, it has also
become of tremendous value to
shippers all over the country.
And these thousands of people
thus convenienced have to thank
the humble yet brilliant Plain
Man of the People, ]. F. Jacobson
of Madison, MINI.
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Henry Watterson, editor of The
Louisville Courier-Journal and direc-
tor of publicity for Mr.. Bryan's presi-
Dental campaign, once directed publ
city against his present chief instead
of for him.
Mr.. Bryan has had no more earnest
opponent than Mr.. Watterson, who at
tackled the Nebraskan both as an ene-
my of the democratic party and as an
enemy of the nation.
Following are some of the winged
words that the Kentucky Democrat
aimed at the Nebraska Populist:
''The three RS of Bryan's campaign
seem to be Reputation, Riot and Ruin
July %, 1896.
Bryan and Populism, Bryan and Re-
pudiation, Bryan and Riot, Bryan and
Ruin" July 81, 1885,
"Mr. Bryan is nothing but popu-
list, in doctrine and prictice July
lG, 1896.
"Crazy Ideas of Political Economy"
"That any party should have stopped
to take up candidate with such
crazy ideas of political economy is
hardly more disgusting than alarming
August 26, 1896.
He is utterly ignorant of the sim
plest facts of our past financial his
tory."-September 3, 1896.
''The speeches which William j. Bry
an has been making on his tour are
without exception the most incendary
and dangerous utterances ever ad
dressed to the American people by 6
presidential candidate September S
1896.
"Fakir, Dodger, Adventurer."
"Mr. William j. Bryan has come t,
Kentucky, and Kentuckians have takeI
his measure. He is a distinguished
dodger. He is daring adventurer
He is political fakir. He is not of thu
material of which the people of TIL
United States have ever made presi
dent, nor is he even of the materia
of which any party has ever befor
made candidate for the presidency
September 10, 1896.
I'm no country In the world ar
demagogues SO despised and distrustec
as in America. Let the people one
understand Bryan's real character AM
they will drop him. "-September Is
1906
"Bryan's Blessed Bunion Balsam."
at is apparent that Mr.. Bryan i
better adapted for theatrical pres
agent than for a United States presi
dent. but it is also apparent that h
would shine still better standing o.
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Is Not a Johnson Man.
From MONDAYS Daily.

Minneapolis Journals A. G. Balm
bridge. business agent of the painters
union, says the action of the democratic
campaign committee in advertising him
as one of the speakers in behalf OF
Governor johnson at the Kistler hall
meeting on Friday night, was wholly
unauthorized. 81 am for Jocob +.
jacobson for governor and for no one
else" said Mr.. Brainbridge last night.
"There is no reason in the world why
anyone should assume that | am a
johnson supporter and to advertise
me as a johnson speaker was wholly
unwarranted.o
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