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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
BIG FIRE At CHICAGO
Property Valued at Over One
Million Dollars Burned.
BLAZE IN A PACKING PLANT
Causes Loss in Kansas City, Kan, Es-
timated at About Five Hundred
Thousand DoIIars-lntense Heat I'M
pedes Work of Firemen.

Chicago, Jan. 29-The third disas
trous fire in the business district of
the city in as many days caused a
loss estimated at $1,20O,000 in the al
most complete destruction of the build
ing at 144 Wabash avenue, occupied
by Alfred Peats e Co., dealers in
wallpaper, the building adjoining it on
the south, occupied by John A. Colby
& Sons, furniture dealers, and that in
the rear occupied by the millinery
firm of Edison Keith e Co. Those to
the north and south of the Keith
building, occupied by Gage Bros. e
Co, and Theodore Ascher & Co., mil
linery firms, were damaged by fire
and water. The fire started in the
engine room of the Peats building and
ragged for three hours. Street car
lines throughout the downtown dis
trict and the elevated lines were tied
up, and theater goers were delayed,
many of them more than an hour, in
reaching the playhouses. The work
Of the firemen was witnessed by at
least $4,000 persons who, attracted by
the glare which could be seen for
miles, thronged the streets in spite
of the cold. 1t was the second time
this year that the record of the fire
department for last year-the confin-
ing Of the flames to the building in
which they originated-had been bro
ken, the first instance being the par
tial destruction early Monday morning
of the Mayer building and the hotel
Florence on Adams street near Clark
street.
Many Easements in Wabash and
Michigan avenues were flooded by wa
ter used in fighting the fire, the dam
age from this source being estimated
at $4,000. A breakdown of part of
the fire apparatus gave the flames a
fresh start, but additional engines
were sent in to take the place of dis
abled machines and the flames were
quickly gotten under control again.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
BUNCH OF SHARP STICKS.

Many a man who acts smart is
made to smart for it.
Some people are so rich they don't
have to keep dog.
Things that are better left unsaid are
sure to be heard.
A mans love for his wife doesn't
necessarily include her chin music
Most men would rather help with
the anvil chorus than play second
fiddle
You can't transform q woman into
a hat, but hat frequently becomes
a woman.
Fortunately for married man, the
advice his wife hands him doesn't
cost anything
It's a fortunate thing for mankind
that the fool killer is about three
score and ten years behind with his
work.
Hugh school graduates who start out
to set the world on fire soon discover
that there are lot of fire engines on
duty.-Chicago News.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
NEWS OF EVANS FLEET.
Sent to Buenos Ayres by the Areen.
tine Admiral


Buenos Ayres, Jan. 29.-Rear Ad-
miral Betbeder the minister of ma
rine, received the following radiogram
from Admiral Hipolita Olivia, who is
in command of the Argentine squadron
ordered to meet the American battle
ships and escort them down the coast:
AT Z o'clock on the morning Of
Jan. 26 we had the first photographic
communication with the battleship
Connecticut, flagship of Rear Admiral
Evans, which we Joined at $3.50 o'clock
at night. The Argentine vessels es
corted the American squadron until
$50 o'clock on Jan. 27, when flag sa-
lutes were exchanged with full cere-
monial We left the American yes
sells about 125 miles from Mar del
Plata.
Rear Admiral Evans asked me TO
transmit his thanks to the Argentine
government for having sent the naval
division to meet the American squad
ron, and begged me TO have transmit
ted to the government at Washington
the radiogram sent separately"
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Jan II. "a. 81.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth.-ss In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Frank j. Wilka.
deceased
On reading and filing the petition of John +.
Wilka, administrator of the estate of
Frank J. Wilka. decease representing. am
ong other things. that he has fully admin
istsred said estate, and praying that time
and place be fixed for examining and allowing
the final account of bis administration. and
for the assignment of the residue of said estate
to the parties entitled thereto by law.
1t is ordered, that said account be examined,
and petition heard by this court, On Monday,
the 10th day of February, A. D., 1905 at III
o'clock a. M, at the probate office in the city OF
Mankato, in said county.
And it is further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested by publishing
a copy of this oroer once in each week. for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing
in the. Mankato Free Press, weekly news
paper printed and published at Mankato in
said county.
Dated at the city Of Mankato, the 18th day Of
January, A. ID. 1908.
By the Court,
VIM. F. HUGHES
probate Court Seal.) Judge OF Probate.
G.. j. Laurisch, Attorney.
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Jan. II. "a, 81.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNT.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of
Blue Earth.-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate of Theresa Lamm
deceased. ~ s ~. ~
On reading and filing the petition CT
Louis Janda. administrator. of the
estate of Theresa Lamm, deceased,
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 admins
tration. and for the assignment of the residue
or said estate to the parties entitled thereto
by law.
1t is ordered that said account be ex-
amined, and petition heard by this Court.
on Friday. the It'll day of February. A. d.
1909. at 10 O'Clock a. m,, at the Probate
Office, in the City OF Mankato, in said
And is is further orsered, that notice
thereof be given to all perons interested
by publishing a copy of this order once
in each week, for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing in the Man
kato Free Press. a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Mankato, in
said County.
Dated at the City of Mankato the Nth day
OF January, A. ID. 1908. Z 2 q t.gt.
By the Court, l
probate Court Seal)
VIM F. HUGHES.
Judge of Probate.
S. b. Wilson. Atty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
LIS PENOENS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth. District Court, Sixth Ju-
dicial District.
R, Josephine M. Alstad, plaintiff, vs. E. H.
Smith, John a. Willard, Anna M.
Willard, w. d. Willard, H. Willard,
Robert Willard, James r. Tinkcom,
Ellis r. Ellis, Griffith 0. Williams,
Samuel j. Willlin, and all other per-
sons and parties unknown claiming
any right, title, estate, lien, or inter-
est in the real estate described in the
complaint herein, defendants
Notice is hereby given that an action
has been commenced in this court by
the above named plaintiff against the
above named defendants; that the OBJ
ject of said action is that the adverse
claims of the defendants and of each
of them, to the land herein described
be determined, and that it be adjudged
that plaintiff is the owner in fee of
said land free and discharged of any
claims on the part of the defendants,
and that the defendants and each of
them have no estate title, right, claim,
that the premises affected by this action
are situated in the County of Blue Earth
and State of Minnesota, and are des-
cribed as follows: Lot five CD and all
that portion of lot four ca which lies
south of Warren's creek on said lot
all of and in block Eleven I'D of Bran
sons Addition to Mankato according to
the plat thereof on file and of record
in the office of the Register of Deeds
of said Blue Earth County.
Dated January %. 1908.
THOS. HUGHES and EVAN HUGHES,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, Mankato. Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
DIES TO SAVE HIS BOY.
New York Machnist Killed by a
Train.

New York, Jan. 29.-John Gladys, a
machinist, lost his life at Great Kills,
S. l., in saving that of his eleven-year-
old son. The boy and his father were
walking along the tracks of the Staten
Island Rapid Transit company when
the little fellow stepped directly in
front of moving train. Seeing the
boys peril Gladys rushed after him
and had pushed him out of danger,
but in doing so slipped on the icy
track and fell directly in the path of
The engine. The boy was unhurt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
Letter From Mr.. Klein.

John Klein writes from San Diego
under date of Jan. II: 81 am very
glad to receive your paper daily and
get the news from home. It's like the
child and it's daily nothing to
do but to read your paper from one
end to the other. We are i'm very
good health and the weather is fine
Today it is cloudy, but the thermome-
ter stands 6S, and very fine to take
a long walk. We hope you will have
success and your subscribers will treat
you the same as you have treated
them all these years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
STORM IN new YORK
Ties Up Both Street Car and
VehiCuIar Traffic.
CAUSES MUCH SUFFERING
Monetary Damage Is Reckoned by
Tens of Thousands Of Doliars--Ship-
ping Seriously Hampered.

New York, Jan. 25.-New York is
digging itself out of foot Of snow so
unevenly divided that while exposed
and unfrequented spots like Coney
Island have been blown bare, the
thoroughfares of the millions are left
piled high with drifts that impede the
progress Of man and beast. and in the
more open sections have tied up
street car and vehicular traffic.
The temperature is falling slowly
and the snow promises to stay for an
other day at least.
The snow storm, which crept into
town so slyly that it's real intentions
were never suspected until it had got
ten firm grip on things, continued
for several hours and even after the
snowfall ceased half gale kept the
air thick with furries that. filled the
walks as fast as they were cleaned,
clogged the wheels of traffic and
blinded the shippers off shore
Much suffering has been occasioned;
there has been the usual toll of deaths
exacted and the monetary damage
must be reckoned by the tens of thou
sands of dollars. Mercifully, the snow
was accompanied by moderate tem-
perature aug in its early stages 1t was
welcomed by the honest part of the
$4,000 unemployed men IN the city.
All who sought employment found it
readily and at good wages. The man
with the shovel was everywhere In
demand
Tramps in Distress.
Probably the most poignant distress
was experienced by the several thou
sand genuine tramps, who, having rid
den into town on the hard times wave
and since enjoyed the city's bounty,
awoke 10 find themselves confronted
with an unmistakable opportunity to
work. Some rose to the occasion and
others shifted their lodgings.
The charity societies had their
hands full. The Bowery bread lines,
perhaps the most pitiful of the city's
public exhibitions of poverty, were eX-
tended for blocks further than at any
time before this winter, and at an
early hour it was said that the supply
would not nearly meet the need The
free lodging houses were packed and
the Salvation Army and kindred or
CARNATIONS were working heroically to
minimiZethe effect of the sudden shift
from spring to freezing weather.
A number of accidents and four ia
talities were credited to the storms
account. One man was frozen to
death near an East Twenty-thrd street
lodging house, from which he had been
elected. In Woodlawn cemetery a
special policeman died while digging
a path 20 a newly made grave.
Except for the subway the trans
portation facilities of the city and the
suburbs were well nigh demoralized
throughout the day. Surface cars
were paralyZed in all the boroughs.
Trains on the railroads from outlying
New Jersey and Long Island towns
We're blocked for hours in many cases
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
Heavy Loss From Fire.

Indianapolis, JAM 29.--Fire in the
Coburn warehouse destroyed the build
ing and caused loss estimated at
100000. The Coburn warehouse was
one of the largest of its kind in the
Middle West. 1t contained store
rooms leased by local firms as well as
general shipping rooms which were
filled with goods,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

Francois Marie Benjamin Richard
cardinal and archbishop of Paris, is
dead of congestion of the lungs after
a short illness.
Richard Millett, who lived alone on
his fran near Hawarden, Ia. was
burned to death in fire that de.
stroyed his home.
At Philadelphia, 'Packy" Mcfarland
of Chicago and Young Loughrey fought
six rounds. Mcfarland had the adj.
vantage throughout.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
H0W,S THIS:

We ofrer One Hundred Dollars Reward
fer any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. F. j.
CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
We the undersigned have known F..
]. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligations made by his
firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon tn the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimon-
ials sent free. Price rs cents per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
ton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
DR.. A. w. Chase's
Kidney and Liver Pills

For they regulate the bowels as well as the
kidneys, and thereby remove the cause Of
trouble and cure the most complicated cases.
You can scarcely find acase Of kidney disease
which did not begin with liver and bowel
disorders and which could therefore have been
prevented by this great prescription Of the
famous Receipt Book author. One pill dose,
Is cents box. at all dealers or DR.. A. w.
Chase Medicine Co.. Buffalo. NJ. Y.
MIR. E. F. Smith, 1906 S. Washington
Street. Lansing, Mich, states:
Suffering from kidney troubles, used DR.. A.
w. Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills, and was
much pleased with their thorough action on
the liver and kidneys, removing the bile. regu-
lating the bowels and tonins the kidneys up
tic healthy and norma! act:on'
LACK DRUG CO.. MANkATo, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
Operated On For Cancer.

Mr. LeDuc, a well known resident of
Nicollet county, was brought to the
city and operated upon at three o'clock
yesterday morning for cancer of the
bowels. Recovery is not expected, but
it was case where something had
to be done to prolong life.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
Remove Poisons
FROM THE SYSTEM.

There are three ways and three only, by
which the human body can be nd of poison
Gus, waste matter-the bowels. the kidneys,
and the skin.
1t is only when the bowels become sluggish
and constipated that the kidneys play out as a
result Of the excessive work thrown upon them
Now, there is only one medical treatment
that fully realizes this condition Of affairs,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
Jan. 3-10-17 24-31 Feb. 6.
SU M MONS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF
Blue Earth. District Court, Sixth Jul
dicial District.
Josephine NJ. Alstad plaintiff vs. E. H
Smith, John A. Willard, Anna M
Willard, w. d. Willard, H. Willard
Robert Willard, James R. Tinkcom
Ellis E. Ellis, Griffith o. Williams
Samuel j. Will1in, and all other per-
sons and parties unknown claiming
any right, title, estate, lien or interest
in the real estate described in the
complaint herein. Defendants.
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THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO
THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN-

DANTS:
You and each of you are hereby
complaint of the plaintiff in the above
entitled action which complaint has
been filed in the office of the Clerk of
said District Court at the City of Man
kato in the County of Blue Earth and
state of Minnesota, and to serve a copy
oy your answer to said complaint on
the subscribers at their office in the
City of Mankato in said County of
Blue Earth within twenty days after
the service of this summons upon you,
exclusive Of the day of such service,
and if you fail to answer the said COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the
plaintiff in this action will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in said
complaint, together with plaintiffs costs
and disbursements. ,Tia -
Dated January 2, 1908.
THOS. HUGHES AND EVAN HUGHES,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31

Did you ever know of woman who
could not tell of time when she
was horribly embarrassed by having.
some of her clothes drop off before
a lot of people?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31

Give woman a powder puff and a
toothbrush and she is equipped for
extending her call of an hour into
visit of a week, if sufficiently urged
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31

Most people can tell of some ter
rible or thrilling experience friend of
theirs has had, but how few of us
can relate anything out of the ordi-
nary that has happened to us person
ally-AtchisOn Globe
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31

WANTED-A man with family to
work on fruit farm. Inquire of
i. ID. Mills, Lake Crystal, Rt. l.
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Itch cured in thirty minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never
fails. Sold by Lack Drug company.
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Where


in al
hanyles is Of
gin the
HAVE THOUSAND
of
ont
excellent
low
pamphlet ~ Is.
The Robert Purvis Land Exchange CrOOkston
be for
.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31

The average man is forgotten in
two days after his funeral. If he has
been Il good man and successful
man, he is remembered two weeks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
BRAIN Observation-Disclosures

Nearly every unsuccessful man we
ever met was a good billiard player
A mans efforts are like woman's
babies; you can please him by admir-
ing them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-31
HEIDELBERG MEDICAL INSTITUTE

CUR. FIFTH AND ROBERT SIS. ST. PAUL. MINI.
100000 Capital Incorporated under the State
Laws of Minnesota,
Over 900 Men have Applied to us for Treat emf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-15
Republican Convention.

The most interesting event of The
week will be the national Republican
convention, which convenes in Chicago
tomorrow.
1t is generally conceded that Taft
will be nominated for president. In
fact it is probable that the name of no
other candidate will be placed in NOM
nation for the place.
There may be warm fight over the
vice presidential nomination, as a doz
en- or more men have been mentioned
for the place and none of them have
any considerable number of instructed
votes. The opinion prevails that either
Hughes, of New York, or Deliver. of
Iowa, can secure the nomination Cor
the asking, but neither of these gem
tlemen seem disposed to accept the
honor
The adoption of the platform is ex-
pected to develop hard fight betW cen
the radicals and conservatives. Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, will insist
on the insertion of plank denouucing
injunctions in labor disputes. The
adoption of this plank would be GER
tain to estrange the interests and
cripple the campaign fund. the rejec-
tion of the plank would throw the la.
Dor vote TO the Democratic candidate
1t is probable that compromise plank
consisting of meaningless piatitudes
will be adopted.
The News has-dfranged for complete
reports of the convention from a stat
representative of the Hearst News Ser
vice, now on the ground.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-15
STATE CONVENTION
Continued from Page One.

er more definitely to Bryan instruc
lions. Many counties in the state held
their county conventions, and an ap-
parent majority of them either in
struct unqualifiedly for the Nebraskan
or adopted resolutions endorsing him.
The selection of temporary chair
man has not yet been made, although
the names of both Ex-Governor LongI.
no and Ex-Governor Vardaman have
been talked of. while several Others
who are eligible still have a chance.
The convention will be called to or
der by Hon. G. L. Lomax, chairman
of the state Democratic executive com.
mittee, who will present the teml ;r-
airy chairman. The session will open
at noon.
Among the interested spectators at
the convention will be several Of the
candidates for congress Throughout the
state, who have left that date blank
on their programs and will be hers to
mingle with each other and other poll
ticians, the conventions still being
something of political clearing house.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-15
Encourage Industries.

The announcement that the J. j.
Newman Lumber Company VIII rebuild
it's immense plant in HattiesDu;g,
made exclusively in these columns
Saturday, has occasionsd much conf
,ment.
The statement that the company
Will ask for exemption from city taxa
ton for period of ten years has ehcit.
ed little opposition and the News be-
lieves that the city council would be
generally endorsed in granting the ex'
emption.
.Hattiesburg needs the plant OF the
Newman Lumber Company. Hatdes
burg needs other industries. And q
general policy of exemption from city
taxes for ten years would prove good
means to secure the location Of eacro
ries of all kinds.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-15
.Sisson's Platform.

Hon. T L. Sisson, the man who
ran for Governor last year without a
platform, is a candidate for congress
over in the Fourth District-having
decided to make a fight for the place
now held by his former law partner,
Hon. w. S. Hill.
But this isn't the point.
Mr.. Sisson has made himself a plat
form, having no doubt seen the mis-
take of running for office without one.
And a very attractive platform it is.
For instance, Mr.. Sisson has decided
that the Fifteenth amendment to the
constitution must be repealed, and that
the Fourteenth must be amended; that
United States senators must be elect
ed by a direct vote of the people; that
bDCCulallOh III al plOduNNo
must cease; that rural mail routes
must be extended; that cotton tax lille
gally collected by the federal govern
ment soon after the war must be re-
funded to the Southern States, and
that congressman and senators should
be prevented from practicing law, med
icine or any other trade or profession
during their incumbency.
Excellent platform, isn't it?
Pity this brilliant young Mississip-
plan didn't promulgate this declara-
ton of principles year or two ago.
But the lesson is plain. Public sen
timent is crystalizing in favor of all Of
these measures, and the aspiring
statesman who is wise will not be
slow to espouse such issues as his con-
stituents demand.