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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-03
INFANT BURIED BY THE COUNTY
Inquest Will Be Held Tomorrow; No
New Developments.

The body of the infant child that
was recovered from the river was
buried in the eounty's part of one of
the cemeteries yesterday afternoon. The
coroner's jury will meet at ten o'clock
at the undertaking rooms of Land
kamer Bros. & Davidson. Only two
witnesses have been subpoenaed, and
the inquest is expected to be brief
and formal one.
Undertaken Anderson is of the belief
that the baby was newly born one,
and that it had not been in the water
more than two weeks when found, to
Judge from the condition of the body.
The soft body of an infant would de-
compose much more rapidly than that
Of grown person. He is also of the
opinion that death resulted from stran-
gulation by the umbilical cord at the
time of birth and not through any
intent ON the part of anyone.
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Brown, chairman. Song service, DR.. w.
H. Bedwell Convention sermon, S.
M. Smith. II
Thursday, a. m.-The. church at
work. Praise service, F. H. Stringham
Address-The Problem of the Preacher
less church, George B. Brown. History
of Lay Preaching, L. w. Porter, Cleve-
Hand. The Adult Bible Class, Frank
Watts. Teacher Training. F. H. String
ham. The Primary Department, Mrs
H. A. Fuller.
Thursday, p. nc. w. B. NJ. SEES
sion. President, Mrs. Morrison, Mankato
2:00-2:l5, Quiet Hour, Mrs. Lawrence
King, Redwood Falls. 2:l5-2:30, Bust
ness. l. Report of committees, flu.
ture work, nominations, election OF
officers. 2. Roll cali. Music by
Juniors of Mankato, ,2:30-3:O0 Ad
dress, Miss Forster, Fairmont, Music;
j3:00-3:20, History of c. w. B. NJ,
Mrs. Firestone, Mankato. Solo, Mrs
Griggs, Truman. 3:20-4:00, Address
Professor. Frost, Mankato 600, Round
table conference, led by DIR. Laura
Bedwell, Mankato. @
Thursday, 1880 p. m.-Devotional ser
/ vice., Earl Griggs, Truman. Address
Our Centennial, j.. H. Bicknell, st. Paul
The public is cordially invited to all
of these services, as they will be of
general interest to everyone. .e-
/
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The death this month at Spokane of
Norman Buck, formerly prominent in
Minnesota as lawyer, jurist and SOL
able of court decisions.
In 1885, while associate Judge of the
supreme court of idaho, Judge Buck
reversed the finding of jury and de-
cided that, as the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mines, bonanza lead-silver pro-
ducers in the Occur d'Alenes, were dis.
covered. by a donkey, the beasts own
ers, Cooper and Peck, were entitled to
a half interest in the former and a
quarter interest in the latter claim,
now valued at more than $20O00,O0O
The immediate cause of Judge Bucks
death was second stroke of paralysis
on the morning of Aug. 20.
Judge Buck was native of Lam
caster county, New York, and was
born April l3, 1888. He graduated from
Lawrence university, at Appleton, Wis.,,
and after taking the law course at
Albany, n. Y, he began practice as an
attorney at Winona, MINI. He served
as a first lieutenant in the Seventh
Minnesota, under Sibley, in the Indian
troubles.
After the war, the close of which
found him stationed at Mobile, Ala,
Buck was appointed probate Judge OF
Winona county, in which office he
served more than four years.
In 1873 he was appointed United
States attorney for Idaho and in 1881
he became associate justice of the su.
preme court of that state, being as
signed to the four northern counties of
the jurisdiction. That was in the days
of sudden death. and "Teddy" Guthrie,
former prize Fighter and sheriff, stood
by the Judge and maintained order
with drawn revolvers.
During that period Judge Buck rem
dered his famous decision in the "don-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-03
wHIrElAw REID HAS SET the PACE

In the opinion of observant British.
ers, the choice of successor to White
law Reid as American ambassador to
the court of ST. James should be con-
fined to a Rockefeller, a Hartman, a
Carnegie or a Gould. In ostentatious
munificence and display, Mr.. Reid has
set standard which can be main.
tanned only by multi millionaire. So
lavish has been Mr.. Reid in his enter
tainments, I. p O'Connor is moved to
write this comment:
The fact of the matter is that the
ambassadorship has grown to be an
office which only the richest men can
afford to accept. Unfortunately, po-
litical statesmen are, as rule, not
possessed of large means. Many of
the ministers i'm our own recollection
who have filled the office, say, twenty
years ago, would not have dreamt OF
accepting it today. At first, the post
was of purely official character, and
for many years it was so carried on
The salary of $500 year was more
than ample to provide for all the min.
lister was called upon to do, and with
some of the representatives it left a
nice little margin to lay by and carry
back home. He practically did no en-.
tertaining. None seemed to be expected
of him. Indeed, Americans of 90
cial position in their own country wher
in England have often been heard tt
bemoan the humble and obscure posi-
tion in society which their representa-
tive filed in London. This is wei
known to people with memories.
Now, it is just the other way about
Ever since the post was made, about
ten years ago, into an ambassadorship
it has gradually grown into one of thu
factor sof gay entertaining in the Lon
don season, and its incumbents hav,
necessarily been rich men. The china,
was reached when Mr.. Whitelaw Rel,
was appointed to succeed Mr.. Choat
in the ambassadorship.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-03
The CHRISTIAN CHURCH
4 MISSIONARY Pr OCRAM

From Tuesdays Daily.
The following is the program of
the annual convention of the South
western District Minnesota Christian
Missionary society, which will be held
in Mankato, beginning this evening
and continuing the next two days. The
sessions viii be held at the Christian
Church, corner of Grove and Second
streets. A*
Tuesday, 8 p. NJ Y. P.S c. E. Raj.
ly. r. II. Stringham, Garden City,
Chairman. Praise Service, r. Everett,
Cleveland. Address, Walter d. How
|ell, st. Paul Conservation service, S. NJ
Smith, Redwood Falls. Appointment
|of Committees.
Wednesday, a. NJ Conference on
district missions. L. w. Porter, chair
man. Devotional Service, S. w. Buck
les, Garden City. Welcome address,
Miss Myrtle Holmes. Response, F. H.
|Stringham. Address, Our Evangelism,
c. b. Osgood, Mankato. Conference,
led by Miss A. L. Forster, Roll call of
churches. m
Wednesday, p. nc. B. Osgood,
chairman. Praise service, A. R. Thomp.
son, Fairmont. Bible reading, DIR. w.
III. Bedwell, Mankato. Business ses-
sion. Election of officers; reports of
committees.
Wednesday, 1890 p. m.-George B.
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Sept. 3-10-17-24, Oct. 1-8.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SAL

Take Notice, that default has been
made in the conditions of certain
mortgage made by Gustus M. Hender-
son and Helen Henderson, his wife,
Mortgagors to c.? Arveson, his wife.
dated January 2Sth, 1905, and recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds of
Blue Earth County, Mimi, on January
30th, 1905, at eight thirty o'clock "A.
NJ, in Book SO of mortgages on page
40, and no action or proceeding at law
or otherwise having been instituted
to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage or any part thereof.
The amount actually due and payable
on said mortgage at the date of this
notice is s261.70. The mortgaged prem
ises are; all of Block 81; the South
and 8, in Block So and Lots 8 and 10
and II. in Block 81. all in the Town
and Village of South Bend, according
to the plat thereof, recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds of Blue
Earth County, MINI. The said mortgage
will be foreclosed pursuant to the sta
tute, by sale of said premises, which
sale will be made on October 18th, 1909,
at ten o'clock A. NJ, at the front door
of the Court House, in the City of
Mankato in said Blue Earth, County.
Mimi, to satisfy the amount then due
on said mortgage. $500 Attorneys fees
and the expenses of sale.
Dated August oath, 1909.
c. ARVESON.
by Hans Mo-
His Attorney in fact.
Somerville & Hauser,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
Sleepy Eye, Mimi
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CHURCH MEMBERS IN MINNESOTA

Washington, Aug. 3O.-Having made
a careful study of the statistics gath
|ered by its agents in 1906, the federal
census bureau today made public the
result OF that study. In monograph
on religious bodies of the United States
it is shown that 3S per cent of the
people of Minnesota are communicates
in churches. This percentage is d.
xided into 1876 per cent of Protestants,
land l9 per cent of Roman Catholics,
with Latter Day Saints and other re.
|ligious bodies as a negligible quantity.
In Wisconsin the percentage of COM
municants is A, of whom 2l.7 are
Protestants and 22.3 are Roman Catho-
lies.
In Michigan 400 of the people are
church members, 22.2 being Protestants
and 1871 Roman Catholics.
In North Dakota the percentage of
church members is 34.2 per cent, 81 per
cent being Protestants and 1872 Roman
Catholics and in South Dakota 34.l per
cent Of the people are church members,
Zig per cent being Protestants and 1871
per cent Roman Catholics.
In actual figures the census office
bulletin shows that the total number
of communicates in the churches of
Minnesota in 1906 was 1884, 442 of whom
the Protestants numbered 4Sl, 1896, or
81 per cent of the total membership,
and the Roman Catholics, 37S,2S8, or
4o.3 per cent; the Latter Day Saints
522, or OIL per cent, and all other bo-
dies 5,l9s, or 0.6 per cent
In Michigan the total membership of
the churches reporting was 9S2,547; in
Wisconsin, .lO00.903; in North Dakota,
f159,053; in South. Dakota, l6l,96l.
The, Lutherans in Minnesota far out.
numbered other Protestants the COM
municaiits of churches of that denoIri-
nation aggregating 267 1922, or consid.
erably more than half the Professionals
in the state Next in number come the
Methodists, with 47,637; then the Pres
|byterians, with 1850; next the Bap-
| fists, with 24,3O9; then the Congrega-
tionalists, with 22,264 in their. churches;
| followed by 1888 Professionals Episco-
(palians; 9,ls3 members of the German
Evangelical Synod of North America !;
1850 Disciples of Christ, 2,255 mem
bers OF the Reformed ehtireh; and
1899 United Brethren. The member
|sbip of religious bodies not specifically
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DECISION BASED ON FIND
OF A DONKEY

key" case. Cooper and Peck, who
owned the burro which Kellogg and
O'Rourke found kicking up "pay Dirt
instituted suit for a share of the
"fnd." The case was tried before
Judge Buck and jury.
The latter decided against the plain
tiffs, but the court reversed the find
ing and handed down this opinion
which is part of the judicial records
of Idaho:
'From the evidence of the witnesses
this court is of the opinion that the
Bunker Hill mine was discovered by
the jackass, Phil O'Rourke and n. S.
Kellogg; and as the jackass is the
property of the plaintiffs, Cooper and
Peck, they are entitled to half in
terest in the Bunker Hill and quar-
ter interest in the Sullivan claims"
The case was appealed to the SUI
preme court, but compromised before
it came to trial, Cooper and Peck re-
ceiving $4,000 for their share, and
many thousands of dollars were dis.
tributed among other principals, law
yers and middlemen.
When President Cleveland was elect
ed Judge Buck had just been appointed
judge for four years, and when some
of Mr.. Cleveland's friends asked for
the appointment he replied, 'There is
no vacancy"
Shortly after he moved to Palouse
Wash, and edited the News of that
city and later established law office
in Spokane. He was elected judge of
the supreme court of Spokane county
in 1892, serving four years. His last
public service was last winter, when
he was a member of the legislature at
Olympia, Wash. He is survived by
his widow and three sons, w. Storey
Buck of Lewiston, Idaho, \. r. Buck
of Sunnyside, Wash, and F. j. Buck
of Spokane.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-03
ANOTHER CAUSE FOR LIBEL

The New Hampshire state supreme
court has decided that excessive adver-
tisement of delinquent taxes is ibelous
The statutory duty of a tax collector
was to post advertisements of over
due taxes in two or more public places
within his town. The collector, actu-
ated either by zeal extraordinary or
malice deplorable, advertised the fact
of one Hutchins' delinquency, not only
by posting it, but through two news
papers. For this latter act suit was
brought against him for libel. The
New Hampshire supreme court rules
that while it was the defendants duty
to publish the fact that the plaintiff
had failed to pay the taxes assessed
against him by posting advertisements
thereof in two or more public places
in the town." it was not his duty to
otherwise publish the fact unless he
thought such publ ication was essential
to the success of the tax sale. If he
did not so believe, on the contrary,
used this occasion to maliciously pro-
claim in public manner that the
plaintiff had not paid his taxes, there
is neither legal nor ethical reason why
an action should not lie for the dam
age caused by the malicious and un-
warranted act. The clause of the
statute providing that the collector
would be liable only for his own off.
cial misconduct would not exonerate
him from liability, as this conduct
was "his own"
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Injuries |'||R ARE FATAL
A. D. CRANE DIED LAST EVENING
AT HOME OF HIS SON.
Hurt in the Chest in Runaway Acct
dent on Saturday; His Age Was
Against Him; Could Not Withstand
the. Shock; Was Prominent and
Well-Known Resident of Blue
Earth County for Years.

From Tuesdays, Daily
injuries sustained in runaway aci.
dent Saturday morning near Cray sta,
ton, the story of which appeared yes.
terday in The Free Press, resulted in
the death of A. D. Crane at seven
thirty CLOCK last evening at the resi-
dence of his son, David E. Crane, in
South Bend township. Mr. Crane did
not regain consciousness after the acct.
dent. Death resulted from injury tt
his chest, although his other hurts were
severe and included long cash in his
head and injuries to his left knee and
rigt shoulder.
Seventy-Nine Years Old.
Archibald Douglas Crane was seventy.
nlne years of age, having been born
July 2, 1880, at Tompkins, New York.
He resided there until 1855 when he
went west to Wisconsin and settled on
"a farm in Adams county. In April
1863, he enlisted in the army and
served as member of Company n
Ihirty-sixth regiment, Wisconsin Vol
unteers, until honorably discharged on
Aug. l., 1865. After the war he return
ed to Madison and in 1866 came to
this county, settling on a farm near
Garden City where he resided until
eight years ago when he went to live
with his daughter, Mrs. L. d. Mills
in Garden City township. A short time
ago Mr.. Crane went to Los Angeles
CAL, planning to make that city hi:
permanent home. He arrived here ten
days ago, planning to spend a couple
of weeks visiting his relatives, and wa:
looking forward to returning to Cali
fornia when he met with the accident
Married in New York State.
Mr.. Crane was married to Miss Jane
Anna Haynes at Ithica, n. Y, on Chist
mas day, l849, and survived her by
nearly two years, her death having
occurred Jan. 3, 1908. Four sons, Messrs
A. L. Crane of this city, d. E. Crane
of South Bend, NJ. F. Crane of Garden
City and F. E. Crane of Whittier, Cal.
and one daughter, Mrs. Nettie Mills OF
Garden City, survive to mourn the loss
of kind and provident father. Mr.
Crane is survived also by brother
Obediah Crane, now eighty nine years
of age and resident of Watertown
S. d.
Deceased was a member of the local
Alexander Wilkin post, G. A. r.
MIR. Crane was man of excellent
character and possessed many splen-
did traits which won for him the con.
fidence and respect of everyone. He
always enjoyed good health and led
an active life. He enjoyed wide ac-
Guardianship in this section of the
state and his death will occasion sor.
row among large number of people
The funeral service will be held to.
morrow afternoon at two o'clock at TIN
First Baptist church at Garden City
and will be conducted by Rev. M. Sor-
enson. Interment will be made at Gar
den City. So a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-03
LOOK FOR FAST MILL
FISTIC ENGAGEMENT BOOKED FOR
PITTSBURG TONIGHT.
Wolgast and Tommy Murphy to Don
the Mits; Both Are Clever Artists
With the Gloves; They Are After
the Title Now Worn By Battling
Nelson; Sports Anticipate Very
Lively Go.
Especial to The Free Press.1

Pittsburg, Sept l.-Pittsburg's most
important fstic engagement in years
will be staged tonight at Duquesne
Garden, when Al Wolgast, the Mil
waukee cyclone who came into the
limelight by outighting Battling Mel
son for ten rounds, will meet Harlem
Tommy Murphy, the crack New York
boy.
Both boys are active claimants for
the title now held by Battling Nelson
and both of them have outfought him
in short contests, so that if there is
any possibility of having anything of
championship tinge to six-round
affair it will be right here in this en-
gagement between these two celebrat-
ed lightweights.
In meeting Murphy, Wolgast will
stack up against another man of cham
pionship calibre. In fact, no light
weight match, unless it included Bat
Ting Nelson as one of the principals,
could have more important bearing
on the situation in this class than the
present one. A decisive victory for
either man in this contest means that
the other will become still greater
factor in the championship race, while
the other will be practically elimi-
mated.
One other fact which makes this
match look good, from a spectators
standpoint, is that both Murphy and
Wolgast are adopts at short-bout fight
ing. They can crowd more real work
into six or ten rounds than the aver
age fighter can put i'll twenty. Any
place where limited contests are the
rule a match between them would
prove more interesting than if Nelson
himself were substituted for either one.
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Sept. 3-f0-17.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNT.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth.-ss In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Lay
feyette C. Fletcher, Deceased.
ON READING AND FILING THE
PETITION OF Grace Adelia Fletcher
executrix of the estate of Lafayette G.
Fletcher, deceased representing, among
other things, that she has fully adj
ministered said estate. and praying that
a time and place be fixed for examining
and allowing the final account of her
administration and for the assignment
of the residue of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law:
IT is ORDERED, That said account
be examined and petition. heard by this
Court, on Monday the 9th day of
September. A. D.. 1909, at ten O'Clock
A: NJ. 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 publish
ing a. copy of this order once
in each week, for three successive
weeks prior to said day of hear
ing in the Mankato Free Press a week
ly newspaper printed and published
at Mankato in said County.
Dated at the City of Mankato the
26th day of August, A. D., 199e9
by the Court.
tseal) WM F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate
w. w. Smith,
Attorney
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-03
STATE &c. MEETING
CHRISTIAN SOCIETY WANTS MAN
KATO TO HAVE SESSION.
Annual Convention of the Southwest
District Minnesota Missionary Or.
ganization; Address By Walter D.
Howell of st. Paul; Praise Ser.
vice This Morning; Rev. S.. M
Smith Will Preach This Evening.

The annual convention of the South
west District Minnesota Christian Mis-
sionary society opened at the Christian
church, corner Grove and Second streets
last night with Christian Endeavol
rally at which the delegates and tn,
people of Mankato at large were adj
dressed by Walter d. Howell of st
Paul, secretary of the Minnesota Chris
tian Endeavor union.
The inspiring words of Secretary
Howell were enthusiastically received
by an attentive audience, and unani
nous response was made to the call fol
greater. effort along Christian Endeavol
lines.
State c. E. Meeting.
One feature of the meeting was the
resolution asking Mankato citizens
churches and commercial clubs to Sc
cure for this city the State Christian
Endeavor convention in July, 1910.
The convention will continue in SEES
sion until Thursday evening, consider
ing missionary and Sunday school work
as we'll as the laymen's preachin:
movement and other business. TIL,
convention sermon will be given tonight
by Rev. S. NJ Smith of Redwood Falls
and Rev. j. H. Becknell will preach Oh
Thursday evening. The public is cor
daily invited to all of these sessions
Praise Service This Morning.
This morning following the praise
service. Rev. Osgood, pastor of tn.
Christian church, welcomed the dele
gates in an earnest, thoughtful speech
full of hope and courage as well as Of
welcome, and Rev. Stringham of Gar
den City responded in the same sin
cere manner. The remainder of the
morning session was devoted to reports
of churches within the district and a
conference upon future work was held
For the. evening service, George B
Brown viii be chairman, the song ser
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enumerated was 26,290.

enumerated was IO,ASo
This proportion of membership in the
various Protestant bodies also obtains
in other northwestern states. In Wis
consin there were 2S4,286 Lutherans,
57,473 Methodists, 1853 Congregation
alists, ZIG Baptists, 2l,243 Presby-
terians, 1861 members of the German
Evangelical synod, l6527 Protestants
Episcopalians, ll.459 members of the
Reformed church, 2,l80 United Breth-
rem, and ILLS Disciples of Christ. The
membership of other bodies was 2S,24S.
In Michigan the Protestant church
membership was made up of l05,sO3
Lutherans, 1865 Methodists, 50,l36
Baptists, $1,000 Presbyterians, 1858
Congregationalists 26,439 Episcopalians,
23,345 Reformed, 2O,436 German Evan
gelicans, 1859 Disciples of Christ, I,
| 1888 United Brethren and 33,697 MEM
bers of other bodies.
In North Dakota there were, in
1906, 59923 Lutherans, 1929 Metho-
dists, 6,727 Presbyterians, 1920 Con-
gregationalists, 4,596 Baptists, 2,227
Episcopaiians, 1866 German Evange1i-
cans, l47 Disciples of Christ, and no
United Brethren. The membership of
other bodies was 5,5l4.
In South Dakota there were 45,0l8
Lutherans, l6,l43 Methodists, $500
Congregationalists, 1855 Episcopalians
G,s9O Presbyterians, 6,lss Baptists, 9;
III Reformed, LAYS Disciples of Christ.
325 German Evangelicans, 257 United
Brethren and 1851 persons belonging
to other bodies. 81
One interesting feature of the re-
port shows the value of church prop
erty reported, with the aggregate in
debtedness. In Minnesota the value of
church property was $26,O53, $50, while
the indebtedness was $2y066,00 In
Wisconsin church property was valued
at $27, PIT 1897, and the debt was ST..
s55,247; in Michigan, valuation S27,-
l44,250, and debt $l,729,97S. In North
Dakota the value of the church prop
erty was $4,578,l57, and the indebted
ness $463.S9O, and in South Dakota
the value WAS S4,53S,Ol3 and the debt
232, 1873.
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!. Mrs. L. A. Under leaves tomorrow
for an extended trip to her former
home in South Paris, Maine. Misses
Alma and Cora Under viii accompany
their mother as far as Minneapolis,
where they will visit for few days
before returning to this city. Mrs.
Under will spend several weeks in Al
bany on, her way to the coast, and
will not return to Mankato until early
in the summer.