The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-19
LAWS DELAY IN THE METROPO-
LIS STARTS AWFUL HOWL.
Justice Is Bound Hand and FOOT;
Courts Are Congested; Dog Show
Was a Prize Winner; Big CROWDS
See the CANNES; Auto Fire Trucks
Attract Much Attention.
Especial to The Free Press.]

undertaken in behalf of the multitude
of victims of a stagnant par.
Following tie preliminary report or the
legislative investigation committee on
some of the court conditions into winch
they have had time to probe, a GEN
eral movement will be organized ana
led bv members of She bar to demand
adequate means for timely trial IN ms
town, where one judge sits on inc
bench to hundreds of the accused who
must await his leisure behind the bars.
To those who are in touch with Man
hattan's brOken-doWn vehicles OF JUS
tice it has been an open secret for a
long time that innocent and guilty
alike are condemned to a year or more
of preliminary imprisonment for moth
ing more than lack of trial facilities.
For the benefit of the gentlemen who
make their living on the bench or at
the bar, no general proclamation OF
this disgraceful state of things has
ever been made and seemly silence
has been preserved. Today, however,
the outrage of the human pen that
holds an army of applicants for justice
outside the courts is to be cried aloud
from one end of the island to the
other. More courts and more consid-
Grafton will work wonders in this con-
dition that rivals those in Russia.
How the Dogs Draw the Crowds.
That no modern fad has s%upplanted
the love of a good dog in the hearts
of the people of Gotham is shown as
Madison Square Garden is being clear
ed of the yelping pack of canine eX-
hibits which thousands of eager New
Workers have constantly surrounded
during this week. Never i'm the history
of this town has more interest been
shown in these blue bloOds of the an
nual bench show than is being reported
by the fanciers, exhibitors and judges
of the three thousand dogs assembled.
Record prices were paid for hundreds
of the smart prize winners and it is
estimated that at least a thousand
blooded dogs changed hands in the
cuScl tOHlDtIlIlon lol "lillllHS STU"
animals. No more striking example of
true democracy has ever been seen in
this city than the motley crowd that
pressed about the kennels. Luxurious
society ladies elbowed coacnmen and
Bowery boys in the general rush to
congratulate and talk over the prize
winners. No other attraction can draw
the whole people here as surely as the
dog.
Steamless Streams.
Shooting through the streets of the
downtown district at thirty miles an
hour, the huge new auto truck of the
fire department has today taken up the
modern method of finting flames with
high water pressure. The sight of this
giant races bearing its mountain of
heavy nose and nothing else to blazing
skyscrapers is a novelty that is start
ling all New York. Without steam.
Goals, boiler or engine this crew of
firemen nave revolutionized everyone's
idea of a fight with flames. To see
them arm themselves with their huge
hose, that writhes and shoots a shaft
of water skyward from an unseen i'm
petus. is one of Gotham's wonders to-
day. The force of the food gates which
lie at hand in the new high-pressuc
mains taxes the strength of q dozen
stalwart fire laddies to hold one hose,
and Chief Croker has already demanded
bigger men to cope with his new SER
vice. The days of the changing fire
engine in this town are beginning to
be numbered.
1t Is a GruesOme Gun.
Soldiers, diplomats and sportsmer
are today making frantic efforts tc
find out how Hiram Maxim will intro
duce the silencing device for guns with
which he electrified a crowd in the of.
flee of his lawyer the other day. Those
who saw the heaviest rifles tanned tt
noiseless and kickless action by the ap
plication of a tiny tube to the barre
are declaring that the test has marked
a revolution in the ways of war and
sport. Throughout this sort of steril
lied Buffalo Bill Show to which Mr.
Maxim treated his select audience M
one could help thinking of the posi-
bilities in crime that the introduction
of his invention must open. Their,
was something cold blooded in TIL,
stiffness through which high power pro
~iectiles of lead were hurled with fore,
enough to pierce ten men. Today II,
indication has been given by the hold
ers of this magic device as to tn,
field or limitations of its use.
No better police officer ever wore tn
blue and brass than old Moses Cort
right, who is today stepping out o
command after a straight, clean an,
brave service to this city of forty
three years. Through the days of Dew
cry and a dozen other varied terms O
police rule and ruin this grand oil
man" of the force has lowered unas
sailable to all the powers of graft O
vice. While many an honest office
with less steady powers of ~resistanc
has been wrecked by the rulers of thi
turbulent department, Cortright ha
alone gone his way on the straight an
narrow path and suffered not a scratch
All New Workers always went wild a
the sight of this grizzled veteran head
ing the police parade, and many a yea