The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-22

backs of the prospective patrons of
the Forthcoming season. Seldom has
this city seen SO many and SO high
salaried crowd of stars consigned
to this port to fill the cast of the win
ter's operas. If this early influx
of talent is any indication, Gotham
will enjoy through the coming cold
months great abundance of this
costly entertainment.
One of the ladies' shopping bags
that were found by the McHugh boy
Friday afternoon, and which it is sus
pected was in the possession of L. S..
Gillick, has been identified by F. j..
Hoerr and one of the clerks in Mar
tin & Hoerr's store as part of their
stock. They could not positively iden-
tify the other. Chief Pound has ask
ed the Minneapolis police to forward
the collarette that was found on Mrs.
Gillick, so that T. j. Laprin may see
if he can identify it as one stolen
from his store at about the time the
other articles We're stolen.
Mrs Gillick stated that the silk waist
and pair of gloves arrived in the ex-
press package from her husband.
The police have ascertained that
the Gillicks had room over the Won
derland theatre, and their cistern
cleaning apparatus was found there.
They had claimed that they had rooms
at different hotels.
John Gillick has official receipts for
dues paid to the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen, and several members
of the order have visited him at the
Jail to test him. On their advice, Chief
Pond has written to the secretary at
Lincoln, Neb., and sent a description
of Gillick, to see whether he is the
one entitled to the receipts As soon as
Gillick was locked up he sent for the
railroad men to assist him.
Philadelphia, Oct Ex-senator Pen
rose and all the Philadelphia congress
men will be the honored guests at a
dinner to be given this evening by the
hosiery manufacturers and operators.
The feast will be in recognition of the
services of the solons in obtaining a
higher tariff on socks, stockings and
other products of the textile industry,
thus restoring prosperity among the
manufacturers of such merchandise.
The workers joined with their en-
ployers and the demand for a higher
tariff on hosiery, and they will be rep
resented at tonight's 'full dinner
pail" feed. The industry has been in
stagnant condition for the last year
or two, with the result that many men
and women have been jobless.
During the tariff session, delega-
ton of rich women went to Washing
ton from Chicago to ask for a still
lower duty on the plea of lower cost
to the consumer. This aroused the
enmity of thousands of women who
toll day after day at the knitting
frames, producing the same hosiery
the Chicago women wear. To prove
their knowledge of legislation the OPP
eratives held meeting, appointed a
committee and sent them to Washing
ton to lay their side of the story
before the ways and means commit
tee.
Unable to procure suitable subjects
for a Sunday performance of the kind
he wishes to give, Manager Billingsley
did not open the doors of Wonderland
Theatre last evening for the first Sun
day evening, as he had planned.
Mr.. Billingsley received large ship
ment of picture films, some of which
are the very finest, but considered
none of them of the character he would
like to show on Sunday, and the little
theatre remained closed.
He sent in another order today,
however, and before next Sunday will
have ready number of films to per-
NIT him to give the first Sunday
show
my Sunday programs will be as
good, clean and highclass as any fair
minded person could wish for" said
Mr.. Billingsley today. "There won't
be any objection to the kind of pictures
thrown on the screen or the illustrated
songs we will have next Sunday even
ing. We were sorry to disappoint our
patrons last evening, and promise then
good refined Sunday evening enter
tainment next Sunday night.
eff proceedings are started against
us then, we will have to submit the
question of Sunday entertainments to
jury of twelve men,"
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. ls.-Jesse
James, son of the famous outlaw, APP
peared as attorney for the defense
when the case of Melissa Sharp, wife
of "Adam God," was called for trial
today. At the preliminary hearing
Mrs. Sharp had no attorney, and James
was appointed counsel by the court.
Mrs. Sharp's husband, James Sharp,
religious fanatic who called himself
adam God" instigated the riot near
the city hall last December which re-
suited in the death of five persons
Prior to that time Sharp and his wife
had startled severel western cities by
marching through the streets stark
naked, sometimes with many devotees
in similar state of nudity. Sharp