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The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
DRISCOLL HAS BEEN COMING CASH
Featherweight Champion Rakes Off the
Money in This Country.
Especial to The Free Press.1

lSpeCiaI TO ] ne Free PreSS.
New Lork, March l6.-Jim Dris-
coll, the featherweight champion has
been coming money, having saved up
over $4,000 since he came over from
England, having earned in his fight
here about one seventh of the salary
of President Taft
The little Briton gets more proper.
tionately than bank president. He
has made in three months nearly
twice as much money as Senator
Root will get for his first years salary
He earns more in one night than two
good bank-keepers receive in year
and as much as the average bank
teller earns annually. His earning;
to date, if invested at 6 per cent
would yield him $S40, and that would
set him upon a modest little farm il
England, and he would not have t.
touch the principal.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
CROWD SEES BLACK PUGILIsT
Lots of Folks Saw Johnson in st. Paul
Last Night.

st. Paul, March l5.-From Third
street. Robert street, Fuller avenue
and lower town the colored population
of st. Paul moved on the Union depot
yesterday and hovered there from morn
ing till night in eager expectation. For
Jack Johnson was coming to town.
Jack johnson. latest claimant to the
heavyweight pugilistic championship
of the world, victor over Tommy Burns
at Sydney, Australia, having about
him much of the romantic sin of those
heroes who have risen ,rirough early
difficulties and disappointments to a
place of world wide reputation-this
Jack johnson stepped down from the
platform of a 500 train sleeper at six
o'clock last night and walked with
his white wife through a throng of
curious to a cab.
1T was all so easy with Burns in
Australia" Johnson had little new to
say. NO, l have as yet received no
offers from J2ffries for a fight. There
hasn't been any correspondence at all
that could be considered authorized by
him about a fight.
Il will fight him, if he makes chal-
lenge. But it will be on my terms
I've fought always with the other fell
low getting the best of the terms. No
more of that for me-
The crowd at the union depot was
not all eolored by any means. Over
half was mob of white people. Not
all of them shook hands with johnson.
Some could not get near enough Others
were surprised to discover that John
son had a white wife.
Johnson was driven with his wife
and manager, VINO accompanied them,
TO an automobile garage on East Sixth
street and thence he left i'm the auto
mobile of friend for visit over din.
ner time with friends in the city.
johnson left shortly after eight o'clock
last night or Chicago.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
EIGHT WEEKS TO MAKE ONE DAY.
Sir George Darwin Says Fussy Little
Globe Spins More Slowly.


London, March l6.-Eight weeks
one day. That is what we are coming
to. Sir George Darwin, who knews all
about these things, asserts that the
action of the tides is operating as a
brake on the earth's revolutions, and
that every. day our fussy little globe
spins more slowly. Eventually, he pre-
diets, the day will last fifty-fve times
as long as it does at present. And
this, as he very Justly observes, will
make an immense difference to man.
kind. 1t will dispense with the neces-
sity for the daylight saving bill, for
one thing. and it may have an import
ant hearing on the eight hours day,
There will be only six days and half
in the Darwin year, when it comes and
if the working man insisted on his
eight hours charter he would only work
ffty-two hours in a twelve month"; He
might just as well be in the civil SER
vice.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
DEATH TAKES A YOUNG LADY
Msis Ethel May Root Dies Today of
Quick Consumption.

From TUESDAYS DaUv
Miss Ethel May Root Dies Today of
o'clock this morning at her home, GAO
Belgrade avenue, North Mankato, after
an illness of eight or nine weeks with
quick consumption, that had it's start
in a severe cold.
The deceased was born April II
1881, in Mankato, and was the only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Cooley Root
well known and respected residents
Her life was spent in this city and on
the farm east of Mankato. She held
the position of bookkeeper for J. NJ
Karmany before her Illness She was
a most estimable young lady, who
possessed the love and respect of all
and her death is a great blow to her
parents, as well as to her many friends
Funeral services will be held at the
North Mankato Methodist church at
two o'clock, Thursday AFTERNOON, and
will be conducted by the pastor, Rev
|J. ID. Mccormick, and the interment
will be made at Glenwood cemetery
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
HEAR EN- YELL NATURE FAKE
Story of the Hen That Deserted Her
Chicks for Pigs

Spokane, Wash, March l6-"Biddy,
an ordinary brown hen, owned by Jo-
|seph Thorn, rancher in Columbia
county, Wash, living ten miles east
of Dayton, south of Spokane, has
abandoned her brood of cnicks to care
for litter of Poland China pigs
whose mother died soon after their
birth.
The hen calls the pigs around her
with the same ''cluck -cluck" with which
she formerly summoned her chicks,
and they are fed from a bottle by
Thorn's daughter. The little animals
follow the fowl about the barnyard in
the most contented way Imaginable
While unable to cover them at night,
the hen squats among them and croons
her goodnight lullaby as if the four
legged creatures were her own. Thorn
believes that "Biddy" will continue to
be foster mother to the litter, but
Just now he is experiencing some diff
Iculty in finding hen to care for the
chicks cast aside by the hen.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
CANDIDATE FOR HEAVEN ALSO
That's What the Nominee For Mayor
Of Mason City, Iowa, Must Be.

Mason City, Iowa, March l6.-The
man who stands as a candidate for
mayor of Mason City should not only
be a candidate for mayor, but "candi-
date for heaven" is the high moral
and religious standard DIR. Carlton of
the Methodist church, insists upon in
the election to be held in this city
March 20. Thus far what is generally
termed the God and morality party
has not selected candidate, and the
democrats are yet to find their man,
but they are skirmishing, and promise
to come before the people with a full
ticket. But the Independent candidates
are numerous.
This is city of nearly 10000 in
habitants, and enjoys the distinction
of being the largest city in the state
without saloon, and the saloon ad-
vocates are wondering if the present
attitude Of the temperance element
means a lay-down.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
MADAME WAS IN TERRIBLE RAGE
Emma Eames Shakes Her Cory Locks
at a RepOrter

Chicago, March I5.-AIme Emma
Eames, prima donna, friend of half the
crowned heads of Europe and favorite
of exclusive society in the United
States, INDUCED yesterday in Berseker
rage that would have made her fortune
as Brunehilde, and that was realistic
imitation of a Bantry Bay fisherwoman.
Infuriated by the success of a re-
porter in reaching her apartments in
spite of the vigilance committee which
began at the front of the Auditorium
Annex and extended almost to her
rooms, Nine. Eames tore her hair Wild
ly, delivered herself of several forci-
bic and picturesque speeches and fin
ally slammed the door in the report
er's face with shrek: "Go home, you
fiend, 60 home"
The vigilance committee has been
guarding Nine. Eames since the publ.
cation of the story that Nine. De Go.
gorza, wife of Emilio De Gororza, the
barytone who is making a concert tour
of the country with Nine. Eames, hint.
ed at the soprano in her suit for di-
vOrce.
woman reporter finally ran the
gauntlet of guardians of the song birds
privacy. Nine, Eames, magnifcently
impressive even in a lacy neelegee
opened the door herself.
'Who are you," shouted the ma
dame. Her eyes flashed and her face
blazed as she sazed scornfully at the
reporter. "Who are you? No, YOU
needn't tell me. | know-you are a
reporter"
Have you any statement to make
Nine. Eames, concerning Mime. De Co
gorza's suit?"
go away" yelled the songster. "No
body wants to see YOU"
"She pushed the door and met OBJ
struction.
Take ont your foot" she cried. 81
tell you nobody wants to see yon."
But somebody wants to see you,'
SAID the reporter, "and great many
people want to know what you have to
say about this ease"
Nothing, nothing, nothing"
Madames voice touched high as hel
excitement aseended the scale.
Don't you see that some state.
ment-"
"Oh. 90 away"
Madame's. hands went mp over her
head as if calling on high heaven tc
witness this outrage to her, Emma
Eames. Then they came down, clutch
ing fnriously at her tousled hair.
Go home," came her triumphant
vlndictlve shrek; "go home, you fend
90 home"
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
0RATE At ST. PETER.
COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL CONTEST
FOR HONOR TONIGHT.
Students From Gustavus Apolphus,
Manchester, Hamline and Carle-
ton Are to Participate; the Winner
to Be Sent to Interstate Affair at
Appleton, Wis, May III.

Oratory will be in the air at St
Peter this evening The state contest
will take place there under the auspices
of Gustavus Adolphus college. A special
train will be run from st. Paul tO
accommodate the Manchester and Ham
line rooters The st. Olaf students, who
usually give their speaker such excellent
support, will be prevented from attending
the contest on account of the smallpox
quarantine. Carleton will send an en-
thusiastic delegation to support their
orator, E. ID. Dickinson.
Orators and Their Subjects.
The following orations will be de-
livered: Milton Lindbloom, Gustavus
Adolphus, '1rue Patriotism;" s. f.
Sorenson, st. Olaf, "The Fight of a
Good Man," F. D.. Dickinson, Carleton
The Spirit of the Constitution" A.
II. Gammons, Manchester, Benjamin
Disraeli, the Man." James Morehouse,
Hamline, "A Sovereign People"
The winner of this contest will rep
resent AIimesotaa in an interstate con-
test which will be held at Appleton,
Wis, May 2l.
Secretary j. W. Hambin, of Macal-
ester, has chosen the following men to
act as Judges: Thought and compost
tion, DR.. +. C.. Wooley, professor in
English, University of Wisconsin,; Dean
c. A. Beard, department of history,
Columbia university, and Dean A. r.
Priest, department OF oratory, University
of Washington. Delivery, w. A. Shoe
maker, president st. Cloud normal
Judge Andrew Holt Minneapolis, and
DR.. a. T., Fowler, pastor of Calvary
Baptist church. Minneapolis. N
Representatives. From st. Paul. Z
Mr.. Gammons, We will represent
AIacalaster, won the Noyes prize in the
local contest last spring with the same
Grafton. the spring before he took
second place in the oratorical contest.
He is Il junior and a graduate of the
Manchester academy.
Mr. Morehouse, Hamline's represent
ative, has been prominent in college
oratory and debating all the four years
he has been in college. Last winter
he was n member of the debating
team that met the team of South Da-
kota Wesleyan university, and was win
ner in the inter society contest which
gave him the honor of representing his
college in the contest TO be held tonight.
He is associate editor of the Oracle.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
SEVERAL TAKE THE NELSON CURE
Petitions in Bankruptcy Filed With
Federal Court Clerk.
From Tuesdays Daily

From Tuesdays Daily.
Samuel G.. Moore of Elmore yester-
day afternoon filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. He states that his accupa
tion is farmer, dealer in hav and
seed, and insurance agent. His liza
bilities are $50, 1890, of which Sl6,-
.77l92 are secured, and the assets in
c1ude 1910 worth of real estate,
So, $40 worth of live stock. $780,. so
worth of notes, ETC., $2,S75 worth of
machinery, and $l,005.3l worth of
book accounts. He claims $474O as
exempt. Putnam & Nicholson of Blue
Earth are the attorneys for the peti
toner.
Albert j. LortZ of North Mankato
a railway fireman, today filed a peti-
tion in bankruptcy, with liabilities of
81 ,205.59, all unsecured, and $3.50 ex-
empt. There are no assets. Thomas
and Evan Hughes of this city are
the attorneys for the petitioner.
Lillian May Savage Hall, farmer
of Lake Benton, today filed petition
in bankruptcy, with S706S4 liabilities
of which $l04 is secured, and no as
sets except 5000 claimed to be exempt
Warren & Miller of Lake Benton are
the attorneys for the petitioner.
Lehman VS.. Little.
In the district court this afternoon
the case of Paul Lehman VS.. Orange
Little and others went to trial. The
calendar of court cases was called in
the forenoon.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
The Battle
for II eaatFa
How to keep well.

A1OW W Keep WcIis
This is the problem DR.. A. w. Chase's
Nerve Pills have helped many thousands Of
people to solve by reason of their extraordinary
blood forming and system building qualities.
The only sure foundation for health is rich,
red blood and vigorous nervous system.
Both of these result from the use of DR.. A.
w. Chase's Nerve Pills. Even though you
know of this great restorative as cure for ner
vous exhaustion, prostration and paralysis, you
may have overlooked it as a tonic to build up
the system when it gets run down and you feel
weak and miserable.
MIR. G. B. ExLINR, 2o Stewart ST., Day
ton, Ohio. states:-'I felt debilitated, rundown,
nervous, tired, lacked energy and strength.
DR.. A. w. Chases Nerve Pills built me right
up, gave me restful sleep and good general
health and energy, gained seven pounds and
consider them an excellent tonic"
The portrait and signature of A. w. Chases
M. D., the famous Receipt Book author, on
every box. SO cents at all dealers or DR.. A.
w. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19

here. Then the whole country would
see that Mankato amounts to some
thing, and hundreds would soon come
here and seeing our natural advantages
would put funds into Mankato enter
prises. 1t goes without saying that
the real estate situation and outlook
would then be all right; and every
otner busines, for that natter
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Advertised letter list for week end
ing March 18th.
a. j. Alvin.
Miss Aiddie Balkile, Anna Bradley
III. L. Catlin, Elsie Crisp, Mrs. G. A.
Clayhood.
DR.. f. E. Daigmeau.
Froelich Mfg. Co., Laura NJ. Fru-
man.
Geo. +. Hartman
Mrs Christina Johnson, Mrs. Albert
Johnson, Mrs. Amelia Mr.. Johnson
Marguerite j. Johnson.
Mr. Christ Nilsson, (2).
Charles Olinger.
II. A. Peterson, George f. Piper
MIR. George Schneider, Oscar Sol
berg. J. L. Sullivan, Miss Selvia Swed-
burg
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
CAUGHT FINE STRING PICKEREL.
Jacob Meany Has Something to Show
) for a Days Fishing.

Jacob Meany was in the city to-
day with beautiful string of six
teen pickerel that he speared in Lake
Bellentyne Sunday afternoon. The two
largest weighed thirteen and fourteen
pounds. Miss Marie Rodman photo
graphed the fish at the court house
Mr.. Meany recently speared a pickere
THAT weighed forty wounds, and when
it was dressed several black bass
were found in its stomach, the largest
weighing about four pounds, and all
together weighing about fifteen pounds
This shows that the pickerel are very
destructive of black bass.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
SOLD TO SATISFY A MORTGAGE
Property That Came From the Charles
F. Zimmerman Estate
From Tuesdays Daily

From Tuesdays Daily
Yesterday at st. Clair Sheriff DON
ahue sold at public auction lot OF
farm machinery and live stock belong
ing to the Charles +. Zimmerman
estate, to satisfy mortgage of 1921
and interest and costs held by the
Alma Manufacturing company. The
sale realized $26S.25, which covers the
claim. The largest thing sold was a
gasoline engine, which had been sold
by the Alma company and was bought
back by it. A good crowd was on
hand, as it was delivery day at the
creamery, and fair prices were real
ized
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
COLONIES FOR THE DRUNKARDS.
General Booth Has Plan to Send All
the Jags to New Zealand.

ISpSCTdI 10 7 ne fTeG PTeSS.1
London, March l6.-General Booth,
who after lively campaign in Scandi-
navia and a visit to st. Petersburg, is
expected back in England the latter
part of this month. He says that the
Salvation Army had purchased an is
land off New Zealand for colony for
drunken women, and a much larger
hoped to destroy their appetite for
drink by industrial occupations. st.
Helena would be convenient island
for the reclamation of the notorious
criminals of the world.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
H0STETTER'S
Stomach BITTERS

with great satisfaction. and you'll be
pleased with it, TOO. Try it today for
Poor Appetite, Flatulency, Heartburn,
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, COstiv q ness,
BiliOusness, Female Ills, Colds, G rippe
and Malaria, Fever and Ague.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
Will Meet in Lake City.

Lake City, Mimi, March l6.-The
city mail carriers of Minnesota will
hold their convention in Lake City
on June 26 and q. The entertain.
ment of the delegates will be in
charge of the local mail carriers and
the Commercial club. There will be
about forty delegates.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
Are Reappointed Regents.

Governor Johnson yesterday reap
pointed Thomas Wilson of st. Paul
and A. E. Rice of Willmar to the
board of regents of the state uni
versity. Their terms will expire in
1915
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
st. Olaf Won First Prize.

st. Olaf won the first prize at the
oratorical contest in st. Peter last
night. S. T. Sorenson represented that
college. Carleton was second, E. d.
Dickinson, and Hamline third, James
w. Morehouse
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
Horse Was NOT Stolen

The horse which Painter johnson los
Friday night was not stolen, as wa
thought Saturday. That night neigh
DOR reported that he had put th
horse in his barn, as he had found i
out. The police had lot of useless
running around to do, because tn,
neIghbor did not report the matte,
sooner.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
RECORD OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Statistics That Were Filed in Clerk
of Courts Office.

Clerk of Court Thorne has received
from the state board of health copy
of the births and deaths reported dur
ing the year 1908 from this county, as
follows:
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
NEEDED NOW

AS Spring approaches, everybody
ought to take few doses of the Bit rs
1t will cleanse the system of wint e
impurities. tone the digestive orpa ms,
make sleep restful and prevent Spri ng
Fever. Thousands of persons have
taken
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19

James Tawney for speaker of the
I, sixty second congress is now the talk
! in Washington.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
Salary Farmers Concerned.

Among the thousand dollar salary
earners the proposition to tax every
man who dares to be worth twenty
dollars week isn't creating much
CONSERVATION. Nobody seems to Sc
riously think the state will penalize
the earning of living wages. One of
the less-than-a million income men
treated the subject rather lightly when
he leaned up against a telegraph pole
and remarked:
"Sure. it's great thing. Tax 'em
up to the ears. If any man comes
here and gets a job selling ribbons,
soak him with tax. He's got no
friends. What / say is down with the
wage Garner. In the old days dollar
a day used to be pay, two dollars a
day was wages, three dollars day
was salary, four dollars a day was a
bank account, and five dollars day
was income. But if Mr.. Window of
Stuart-er-I mean Mr.. Stuart of Win
dom, has his way, every fellow who
gets as high as 500 week will become
a frenzied financier and trading stamps'll
get to be called coupons in the corn
exchange
Why Not Tax Babies?
"Yes, Stree, I'm in favor of tax
ing 'em. What I'd like to see Mr..
Stuart do, is tax the babies. Take
all the babies that's got a hundred
dollars worth of toys in the nursery.
what's the use? 1 say any baby that's
got more than two Teddy bears and
a stuffed bunny ought to pay taxes.
And then there's the school children
that get pennies to buy apples on a
stick with. Tax 'em. What right have
they got to roll up fortune in candy
iawbreakers and walk on our paved
streets without contributing to the
maintenance of the legislatures mileage
and per diem? And the women! Hon.
est, Mister Friend. If my wife knew
ner allowance would be taxed she'd cut
it in two just to avoid being stung by
the government. That's the kind of
an economist she is. And if she did
that, just look what I'd save.
And the Walters Also.
And the waiters-why, government
could get a new state house out of
taxing their tips alone, to say nothing
of the boss BARRIERS profits!
"Tex 'em-that's what | say! And
if they kick about the tax, double it.
That'll discourage 'em!"
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19
HIT At INCOME TAX
JAMES ]. HILL TAKES A FALL
OUT OF STEUART MEASURE.
Wants to Know Why Babies Should
not Be Assessed; Also Barbers and
Walters; the Railroad Magnate
Grows Rather Facetious While Dis
cussing the Proposition With a
Reporter.

st. Paul, March l5.-The income
tax introduced in the Minnesota leg
islature by Representative d. A.
Stuart of Window, which imposes a
tax of per cent on salary of $40 a
week, or an income of $l040 a year
is the subject both of indignant and
amused comment in st. Paul. The
general opinion seems to be that such
la drastic measure cannot pass scrutiny
of men who know the cost of living
even on a thousand dollar basis
James J. Hill whose views on the
subject of income taxation are gen
orally known, received this specific
measure with the air of man who
is more or less weary of harped-
on topic.
Will Hurt State, Hill Says.
"Let them do it, if they want to-
he said. 'This kind of agitation will
do more than anything else to build
the state down instead of up. New
York bankers won't buy Minnesota
railroads bonds now-that's how we are
TUlHlIS our credit WlUn oppressive leg
islatiOn and methods of conducting the
states business. We've got nothing
left in the state but our land and its
products, and the short remaining life
of our mines, and aglot of lowgrade ore
that can't be turned into pig without
loss. The state has lost its credit in
the east by tampering with its re-
sources and hampering its internal de-
velopment. The proposition to tax
I incomers from $1,000 a year up Is 4:
line with ruinous policies generally. We
can't haul cotton through Minnesota
to the coast now--we have to sc
around. Drive invested capital and
salaries out of the state and close
the books. Let them do it, if they
want to-"
WHATS the remedy for the condi-
tions you cite?"
"Oh, that's too long a story to tell
1t would make a whole history"
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19

C. A. Boswell of st. Clair was il
Mankato today.
The Mankato free press., 1909-03-19

"One other thing would help our
business, as well as all others, un-
questionably. But your readers may
doubt the wisdom of even mentioning
an impossibility' But most people ad-
NIT that it is logical, and ought to be
done. And surely what is logical, and
ought to be done, can be done. So we
can have an electric railway center