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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
Whv He Succeeded.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: Mankato has
a dry goods merchant who started back
in '68 with one clerk and a handful of
goods, and VINO now owns one of the
finest establishments in the state, EN-
ploying twenty four sales people. We
started to look up the reasons for the
mans remarkable success, and the first
one we ran across was a cleverly writ
ten, we'll displayed half page ad in both
of the local papers which was all the
answer necessary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
GRAND JURY At new ULM NOW
PROBING INTO CARM0DY CASE

The grand jury at New Ulm is
probing into the case of the State
VS.. C. Carmody and Josephine Car
mody. his wife. The Carmodys are
charged with having swindled "a
New Ulm woman out of 5000 two
months ago by persuading her to
let them keep the money during a
clairvoyancy seance. They were ar
rested in Minneapolis, and when
searched Jailer Clausen found the
money in Carmody's shoe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
SUNDAY BASEBALL LAW DOES
NOT LOOK GOOD TO THIS MAYOR

Fergus Falls, Mimi, May 10
Mayor Townley, of this city, is of
the opinion that the law passed at
the recent session of the legislature
permitting the playing of baseball
on Sunday is invalid, and has
given notice that Sunday playing
will not be permitted here. The
law has created good deal of
discussion, especially among the
ministers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
Death of st. James Woman.

Mrs. John Westman of st. James
died Monday night in local hospital
of peritonitis. She was operated upon
two or three weeks ago for appended
tbs, and peritonitis set in afterwards
with fatal results. She was thirty
six years of age, and leaves a hus-
band, who was with her at the end
and took her remains back to st
James yesterday, where the funeral
services will be held
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
Get a Half Nelson.

Saltwater Gazette: If our senior
United States senator succeeds in liv-
ing fully up. to his name, he will at
least be able to get nalfNelson on
that tariff bill that needs to be thrown
and thrown down hard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
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STATEMENT FROM DIRECTORS OF
Baseball ASSOCIATION.

In response to many inquiries
the directors of Mankato Base
ball association take this meth
) cd of stating TO the public
) briefly their objeet and purpose
) in organizing baseball club for
) Mankato.
) The intent is to organize per-
manently; to form corporation
under the laws of Minnesota:
and not to have the organization
owned by a partnership. The OBJ
lection to the partnership plan
) is the liability for debts which
) the law imposes upon those back
) of the enterprise. We are in
) cooperating so that the liability
of each stakeholder will be
) known and determined in ad-
, vance; such liability being that
) each stakeholder must paw the
amount which he subscribes and.
) if called upon in order to pay
debts, must pay an equal
amount in addition thereto: fur
; Their than this, as we understand
it, there is no stockholders liza
bility; in this way we know
just what our obligations are.
1t is the purpose to conduct
the organization Sin strictly
business like manner; the bust
ness manager is to operate it
on business principles, economi-
; cally and carefully, and he is to
have the entire charge of the
business end of the matter in
the usual course of business.
) The baseball manager is to ar
range for the games and players
and do the other things which
should be done by baseball
> man as such.
The directors are to have gen
eral control, and all debts in
CURED, contracts made, or anv
) steps out of the ordinary taken.
must be sanctioned and approved
; by them.
In short, we intend to con-
duct the enterprise the same as
any other business is conducted
and do everything we can to
make it a success. We believe
it will be big help in adj
vertising the city and in bring
ing outsiders here, but we do
not intend to keep the organiza-
ton up one minute longer than
the support it will warrant. If
we see that it Is not receiving
the assistance, financial and 9TH
erwise, to which Ee believe it is
entitled, or if it is not supported
; as it should be. N order to be
successful, we will abandon it
totally, as we shall insist at all
times that its debts be paid
and that the character of its
players and the type of game
put up shall be such as to merit
no criticism on the part of
the public. Signed Munson Bur
ton, Ed. Nyquist, Merritt Cough
Ian, George Draper, Fred Otto,
NJ. A. Sullivan, H. f. Hance, C.
II. Saulpaugh, NJ. d. Fancher,
c. L. Oleson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
Laymen's Missionary Rally.

The laymen's missionary rally at the
Methodist Episcopal church tonight
promises to be well attended. Come
to the banquet at $3.50. The meal
costs only 25 cents; the lecture by Rev.
S. M. Dick is free. DIR. Dick has been
very successful in his work with men.
He is forceful and convincing speaker,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
President Eliot Retires Today.
Especial to The Free Press.I

New York, May 10. = President
Charles w. Eliot, who rendered his
resignation of the presidency of Har-
ward University, fixed today as the
time for it to take effect. Accordingly
he parted with the venerable and hon
ored institution and with an army of
friends today, full of honors.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
GRIP STOLEN FROM THE DEPOT
S. R. Peltier of Minneapolis Suffers
the Loss of His Property.

the LOSS OF HIS Property.
A small leather grip belonging to
S. r. Peltier of Minneapolis, who
travels for E. p. Stacey & Sons of
Minneapolis, fruit and produce dealers,
was stolen from the Omaha depot about
midnight last night. Mr.. Peltier left it
in the waiting room, and it was taken
in his absence. 1t contained some deeds
and notes that he does not desire to
lose, and which are of no benefit to
anyone else. He notified the police
station last night of his loss, but search
has thus far failed to bring it to light.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
Does Not Take Matter Seriously.

Governor Johnson made the state
ment yesterday that ne does not take
seriously the proposition of an extra
session of the legislature.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
Johnson and O'Brien Box Tonight.

Especial TO 7 ne Free PresS.1
Philadelphia, May l9.-Jack John
son, heavyweight champion of the
world will box Jack O'Brien in a six
round bout before the National Ath-
letic club tonight. They will meet at
catch weights. 1t is estimated the
gate money will be 10000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
ARTICLES MADE HIM YAWN
AND DISLOCATED HIS JAW

New York, May l9.-Albert
Hoppert, seventy years old, had
become so disguised with long
articles in newspapers concerning
President Taft's golf playing
that when he came upon another
of these narratives yesterday in
his home at Fair Ground, l.. L.,
he yawned so widely and SO
long that he dislocated his jaw.
1t required a journey to hospi
tai and the services of two
physicians to relieve him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-21
Services at South Bend

The South Bend services will begin
at. 2:l5 commencing with next Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
LIGHTNING STRIKES
NEGROES COTTAGE

Some of the negroes said the moon
exploded, others said 1t was simply
Gabriers cali backed up By ton OF
dynamite. but the fact remains that
Sam Stephen9s one-story cottage en-
Watts Street was liked 20 be cut half
In, two" n 81. 3;
sneaked UP to the city, settled over II.
brooded . few moments, ana then cut
loose with o streak OF lightning that
landed ON Sans shack. The static
electricity piled over Sans house must
have had some class 20 At, for the light
ming singled st. out/from ali the other
static. electrical piles IN the city.
The first thing the lightning did was
to smear Sans cottage chimney, on the
ground. then II did q roller coaster
stunt along the tin. cutters, in two d.
rections. one branch opening q back
window and removing. fcrctbly. the
shutters, the other tried, more politely.
the front door. t-%
"A carpenter who visited the place
said the front door can be replaced for
about $40. the window for 90. and the
weatherboardinE and other damage can
be covered in the approximate sum OF
500. x,
when the lightning struck the house
there was cream colored puppy
Scratching at the back door. He hasn't
been seen since. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
Using Dynamite to Clear Channel From
Ice.


Using Dynamite to Clear Channel From
Ice.
Youngstown, N. Y, April 2S.-blast-
ing with dynamite to clear the cham
mel of the lower stretch of Niagara
from ice which for the past week has
threatened destruction to Industrial
plants and other property for nearly
twenty miles, was resumed early today
When the first charge of 400 pounds
started several small icebergs moving
off into the lake the soft ice surround
ing a number of large mounds OF Ice
standing above the surface OF the lake
at the mouth of the river has been
worn away by the rapid current.
During yesterday afternoon and
evening the general ice level of the
river dropped fully twelve feet; new
channels were opened here and there
and the foe as whole was gradually
disintegrating,
The channel blasted out yesterday
afternoon became bridged over during
the night but the dynamiting had
achieved the purpose the engineers
planned that of making a free pas
sage for the water which had crowded
under the foe from the mouth of the
river up to the falls. In spots where
the cake was weakest, holes to the
depth of twenty feet are now visible
OF course the rugged borders of drift
ice which threatened to demolish half
the village OF Lewiston are still an
chored high on shore and II will prob
ably require week of warm weather
before they disappear.
Between Lewiston and Youngstown
half dozen holes of large diameter
broke through the ice during the
night and from some of these water
is pouring and rotting the surface OF
| a new channel nearly one-thfrd OF a
mile in length has appeared through
the ice close to the Canadian shore
Everything tends to show that the tire.
mendous mass of ice will soon fal
apart and slip down the river.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

Objection to Last Measure Will be
Overcome Thts Fall.
Washington. April 23-Those who
endeayored to obtain statehood of New
Mexico and Arizona during the last
session of congress and whose efforts
failed to prove successful in the senate
are not relaxing their efforts prepara-
tory to presenting the subject to the
regular session OF congress next fall.
Representative Hamilton. OF Michi-
gan who probably will be chairman of
territories. is having the interior de-
pnrtment conduct Investigations and
gather data which will aid In perfect
ing D the land grant clauses of the
statehood bill which passed the house
Ut the last session.
Mr.. Hamilton desires to overcome
the objections that were made to these
features and will reintfoduce his bill
at the opening of congress In Decem-
her with such changes as he believes
will meet general approval. The ad-
vocates Of statehood have received the
assurances OF President Taft that he
will do all in his power to aid In the
early passage of a statehood bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
BREwroN NEWS.
Odd Fellows VIII Celebrate Ninetie-
Anniversary.

Odd Fellows VIII Celebrate Ninetietb
Anniversary.
Brewton, April 2s.-fSpecial )--Ran-
kin Lodge, No. 457, I. o. o. F. will
| commemorate the ninetieth anniver-
| sary OF the founding of the order by
| appropriate exercises next Sunday at
| the Universalist Church. the pastor of
the church and chaplain OF the lodge,
Rev. A. Arnold Ross. having consent
ed to deliver discourse on the sub
| ject. "A Plea for Brotherhood,
Old Hickory Camp No. 80, Woodmen
of the World, Is arranging for the an
nual memorial services of the order on
June 6. committees having been ap-
pointed to look after the details. Three
monuments erected to the memory OF
deceased sovereigns will be unveiled.
An orator will discourse on the beau
ties and benefits of this great order,
and altogether a very interesting pro-
gram will be rendered. Neighboring
camps will be invited to join In the SER
vice.
An interesting meeting OF General
Clanton Camp, u. C. W, was held here
few DAYS ago. at which time ar
rangements were made looking to
successful county reunion at Atmore on
May IS. Rev. e. A. Smith, chaplain.
Soweil were appointed committee to
assist the quartermaster, DR.. j. d.
Owens, in making the necessary prep
arations for the assembling OF the
camp a 1.-THE time and jlace mentioned.
Speakers will be invited by the COM
mander of the camp to deliver address
es on that occasion.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. %.
Robertson, in Also. was, the scene Of
pretty home wedding yesterday after
noon, when their daughter, Miss Anne
Graham, and DR.. c.. w. Nixon, were
made husband and wife. Rev. j. M.
Shofner. president OF the Downing In
dustrial School, and former pastor Of
the church. of which the bride is a
member, performed the ceremony. The
presents were quite numerous and In
many instances costly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
MUTINY IN JAIL.
Men Arrested for Lettering do NOT
Desire In WASH

coANC ~ WORK.
Cincinnati April 2s-Resistine ef-
forts Ia make them perform manual
labor. on the ground that a sentence
for lettering does not carry with IL
the legal right to make the person
sentenced work during his incarcera
ton, nine inmates of the Newport, KY.
Jail mutinied yesterday and success
fully combRted attempts Of turnkeys
to put them upon the rock pile.
The guards were astounded when
they met with resistance from the men
early in the day and reinforcements
were called for. After a tussie with
the men which gave the Jail quarter
the resemblance of a small sized riot,
the nine mutineers were finally roun-
ded up and were placed in the dungeon
of the jail, where 1t was announced
they ware to be kept till they are will
ling to work. The men who rebened
were arrested on charges Of lettering
Newport, which Is a Kentucky suburb
of Cincinnati. has. until a few days
ago, been referred to as the 'hoboe's
paradise" owing to the IeniencY OF the
oficialt in dealing with them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
MISSING BOY FOUND.
Cincinnati Youth Says He Was Kid
mauDed ny TWO Men.

Cincinnati Youth Says He Was Kid
slapped BY Two Men.
Cincinnati. April 23.--Word was re-
ceived here that Leo Mulhern. the H.
year-old boy who has been missing
from his home since last Wednesday
turned up at the home OF his grand
father. Policeman Edward Rafferty,. in
Ironton, Ohio. early today.
The boy told his grandfather that he
was stolen by two men and taken "a
some town In West Virginia. He said
he escaped and came to Ironton on q
Chesapeake and Ohio train.
The boy disappeared from his home
here last Wednesday following the re-
ceipt of two letters by his mother de-
manding that 800 be deposited at 9
Fifth street nickelodeoR. The threat
was made that the boy would be kid,
mapped II the money was not deposited
at the designated place. =
1t is believed here that the boy rar
away from home and that no one hat
hand in his disappearance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

the whisper. what 10 u siloT And -
represented the strangeness Of the silo
to large number Of others present
who approached the speaker after tins
proceedings TO know something fur
tner about this appurtenance Of an-an-
tmal farm. But DR.. Rommei said that
there il no reason why the siio should
not be used with success In the South.
1t Is possible that In the West the de-
anand for the silo 10 moro urgent than
In the South, as II 10 more necessary
to pickle the green crops than In this
country. But nevertheless II In be-
coming facility for animal feed when
no one agrees to grow his winter
crops. The severe winters of the West
make 4 important: that the silos be
used. That IL another point In favor
of raising beef in the South-the ex-
pense item Of providing shelter 10 much
to the advantage of the Southernfarm.
Love for the Farm.
With the same zeal and concept of
Captain Hobson, Prof H. Il. Saveiy II
pressing home the idea Of inspiring the
younger generation with love for the
farm. To this end he Is through the
Superintendent of Education in each
County he visits. interesting from 100
to 800 boys, sons Of farmers. merchants,
bankers and others, in advanced agri-
culture. He Is persuading their par
ents to assign their sons an acre or
two of their land for Intensive cultiva-
ton. He tells them plainly Of the
value of seed selection and seed breed
ing. The methods of seed bedding and
related subjects are dealt with In ABB
sorbing fashion. He declared 1t 10 a
very shoddy practice to have no choice
of seed In planting. There should be q
pedigree, SO TO speak, by which the
seeds health and visor 10 recorded. and
only such seed used In planting. He
said there Is q shortage of seed this
year. And finally he appealed to the
father to let the son have the profits of
the farm to let him start a bank ac-
count and learn the first lessons Of
thrift
The usual interesting talks on dairy
ing and tick eradication were made re-
spectively by Prof. q. d. Dow and DR..
Cooper Curtis. The latter's plan for a
starter in tick determination Is to
adopt certain foci In various counties Of
the State where the battle is to be
waged on the pest. When the victory
Is achieved in a certain area II should
be set apart and described for the pro-
lection of quarantine. He said that Il
would receive the sanction of the ma
tional government. and open that area
of livestock business to the attractive
markets of the North and West. Thus
will there be secured better price for
beef cattle and also land values In that
area will be on the incline.
The party goes next to Carbon, Hill
and thence to Bear Creek.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
rHE HEAvinsr LocomOTzvE.
1t wiu he Uaea ON seuthern Paeiac
. for Frslght service. /.

1t WIN BE Used on Southern PneiAo
. for Frelwht Service. Z
Chicago. April 2s.--The heaviest To-
connective ever built. weighing 10000
pounds without a tender and 100000
pounds with tender. and measuring
ninety-two feet long over all, is on its
way to chicago from Philadelphia II
viii be exhibited hero for q day before
being sent West for freight service on
the Sierra Nevada mountain division of
the Southern Pacific Railroad.
with the possible exception Of one
locomotive used on the Erie Railroad
this is almost the most powerful loco
motive In the world. ana 10 two and
two-tefiths times more powerful than
the heaviest freight locomotive used by
the Southern Pacific on its steepest
grade. This locomotive will burn
crude OIL
The weight on the driving wheels 10
$50 900 pounds. The tender loaded and
ready for service weighs 10000
pounds, making total weight OF more
than 500 tons. The boiler has diam
eter OF eighty-four inches and the to-
tai heating surface 10 sara square feet.
The wheel base of the locomotive Is
flfty-fVe feet ten inches.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
POLICE GO no CITY ATTORNEY
lf1NTYRE.
Does Justice Mayaeld's Opinion Affect
Right Of Searching Stock of
Near-Beer Stand Net Com
Quoted a. Private House.

Believing seemingly. that all the po-
lice department has to do ia to enforce
the prohibition law. advocates OF thai
notorious measure have been nagging
the Mayor day after day with stories
of blind tigers that purr in contented
opulence under the very. noses Of the
patrolmen. In an effort for peace. the
Police Copmission has been again
called In session to pass some more
resolutions.
This time 1t Ia not Chief Taylor
whose work Is being logged up q bit
but Judge Maytieid. Of, the Supreme
Court of Alabama.
In the recent prohibition case before
the Supreme Court IL was ruled that q
mans house is private and non-acces-
sible without a warrant, but the and
ing of the Supreme Court does not
seem to satisfy the prohibitiontsts, so
they have asked the Police Commits
sion to appeal the case. from the Su-
preme Court to City Attorney. Pat Nc
Intyre.
AS a result Of their desire the prohi-
bitionists secured the passage of the
following resolution by the Police Com
mission yesterday: & p
"a Resolution. =
BE it resolved, by the Board of Po-
lice Commissioners of Montgomery ~
follows: That the City Attorney be and
is. hereby requested to furnish thia
Commission in writing an opinion az
to the legality Of the police depart
ment OF Montgomery to raid places OF
| business where 1t is believed. and gen-
orally conceded that whiskey or other
intoxicating drinks are being Kept for
sale. = = '.t''
BE 1T further resolved, That he be
| requested to include in said opinion
whether or not the decision of Judge
Mayheld of the Supreme Court relative
to private houses. affects the right OF
| the police department to investigate
| the stock of any near-beer or other
stand, when said place OF business OF
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

WEST WANTED EVERYWHERE


WTNh DWtMU1tM8s
Atlanta. April 23.-"Professor" Frank
West, arrested in Kittaning. Pa AND
brought to Atlanta yesterday to an
swer 10 several indictments charging
fraud, theft Of diamonds, ETC.. IL be-
lieved by the police to be wanted In
cities Throughout the country.
West operating as spiritualist aid
clairvoyant, Is alleged to have swim
died prominent women OF this city out
OF more than $1,000 worth of diamonds
and several hundred dollars in cash.
A letter received by the chief Of po-
lice from Texas says West Is wanted
In that state, as we'll as IN several 9TH
err States. The letter asserts that
West is worth at least 100000 and has
a fne residence in Chicago.
West denies his guilt and the trial
Of the cases pending has been post
poned at his request
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
SMELLS OFFENSIVE
BUTCHER sH0FS MAlkB CfrY orr
MICS Ressster~1 WIN Maysr ~ Treas-
urer TAFT ma lneDkseof Cosvan

Kfc1s RegSsterra WIN NGaysr ~ Treas-
urer TAFT ma lneDkseof Cosvan
sanitary DeDaFtnneaf to
Lea Into 1lnfter. 1862
Two OF the city's o6lcials in y the
clerks once were made III yesterday by
the smell from the butcher shops below
on the lower floor az the municipal
building. Because OF the rain. the
doors OF the butcher shops were closed
and the fumes OF raw meat, collecting
on the ceilings. percolated through the
cracks Of the floor and permeated the
.atmosphere OF the city clerks once
with the raw. nauseating smell.
City Treasurer TAFT was the first to
be knocked out, and pale as a ghost.
ne went to the mayor and asked that
the nre Rnd sanitary departments be
turned loose on the Offensive shops.
MT. TAFT said that the refuse meat Of
the stores was piled In wooden barrels
before 1t was cremated. and there II
restored and reeked. giving out an
amuvia that was undesirable. License
inspector Cowan was also complaininsr
about the unpleasant smell from the
butcher shops.
Mayor league communicated With
the sanitary department, irving in
structions to eliminate the nuisance
2-O00 feet NJ sA<~n-<-s- - !.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
WILL FILL JAZZ.
salvatien Array to Fight Police RuIt
OF southbend

OF southbend
Southland, Ind. April 2s--"WsIl fiji
the southbsnd Jail with Salvation AR
my officsrs." declared Major VIM. d.
Scott. division manager OF the Saliva
tion Army who arrived here today to
take charge OF the campaign against
the police rule that the army shall not
hold meetings on business corners.
.'Every officer In the country" he con-
timed. "will volunteer to 60 to jail
here Just az Captain Brooke has done"
Captain Brooke who was sentenced
10 Jail q few days ago and whose wife
ana children against their protest are
free under suspension sentences. con-
tinues to hold religious meetings
with the other prisoners and says HE
Imprisonment is, OF good effect !