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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01

is available for the work of road
construction an effective body of COM
petent administrators, whose influence
extends throughout the whole country.
A beginning has been made in small
way in this country by the bureau of
public roads of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, to introduce
the methods by which the French road
system has been so satisfactory devel-
oped. What is needed is national
highways commission which shall have
general powers to promot the con
struction and improvement of the pub
lie roads, and for which liberal APP
preparations should be made by con-
gress. The national governments CO.
operation in this matter will greatly
stimulate action by the various state,
county and township authorities, and
will result in the establishment of a
complete system of properly construc-
ted roads, rivalling those of France,
in all sections of the country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01

little of running the contest conducted
sharp On
throw
contestant there watch
the ballots those that could not represented
by friend. All the ladies those that did
Twin that they did forth
This circulation
this locality only shows the spirit the
o The Press
Miss Schumacher the highest number
of the
beautiful diamond
this district and therefore entitled the ditorie
this prize
this district therefore
Mullen had the
Is the possesor of the birdseye maple bedroom
The high number at of
contest little
They OF in
ladies the in
OF their labor
Benefit of
As the circulation of this
almost Blue
exclusively Distribute their
bargain
O tn Confess
contestants The
an additional force of clerks
closed
crowd witnessed this awaited result
Judge William Hughes
he shortly
OF an
Mention q Smiths restaurant o The
beena friendly
among the contestants which highest excitement as t
drew a close. "o N''e"'n' 40 -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01
one RUSSELL DISAPPEARS:
sH SAID TO BE A LITTLE SHY
Friend Informed the Authorities That the Man Has
"Ducked;" He Left Certain Baggage Behind;
Represented Wholesale House.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
A man named RUSSELL who has been
representing Chandler Bros, OF Rock
ford, H., who sells goods on the install
mcnt plan, disappeared rather suddenly
last night, and his present whereabouts
are said to be unknown. There were
several circumstances leading up to
his disappearance that may have had
some bearing upon it.
Russell has been representing the
house on the road for three months
He has lately been rooming at Mrs
S. Bachelors on South Broad street
Yesterday n. p. Larson, Chandler Bros
representative, arrived on one of his
regular monthly trips, and checked Rus
sci, up and it is said that he found the
man short a small amount, possibly $40
Had Reached Agreement.
Larson and Russell talked the matter
over in the afternoon and arrived at
an agreement. it is said, whereby Rus
sci was to turn over to Larson his
sample trunks and contents, and also
a large box of samples. and Larson
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01
HIS WAS A BUSY LIFE.
JOHN A. LEONARD, WHO DIED
At ROCHESTER, MINI.
He Was Doctor, Editor, Lawyer, Post
master, United States Consul,
Holding Other Offices.

Rochester, Dec. 30.--John Alexander
Leonard, one of the most prominent
public men of Minnesota, died Monday
night at eleven o'clock at his home here
aged seventy eight.
Few men in the west have taken SC
active part in affairs of the west as
Mr.. Leonard. He was born in Cam
bridge, Md, and moved with his parents
to Michigan. In 1851 he graduated in
medicine while scarcely of age, and
practiced at Dowagiac for nearly two
years, when he moved to Whitewater,
Wis, and while still practcing his pro-
fession became editor of the White
water Gazette and finally it's owner.
In 1856, he removed to Waukesha and
engaged in the newspaper business. In
1855, he was committee clerk in the
state legislature, and in 1859 he came
to Rochester, in the meantime having
been admitted to the bar.
He was the first county attorney for
Olmsted county. In 1861 he was APP
pointed postmaster by President Lin
coin and during the same year married
Miss Maud Cowles. In 1864 he was
appointed by President Lincoln captain
and cOmmissary of the Sixteenth army
corps, comprising four Minnesota regi
ments. He returned from the war in
1865, having been promoted to brevet
major. He then engaged in business
with Walter S. Booth i'm the publica-
ton of the Rochester Post In 1868
he was elected state senator from Ohm
sted county and in 1874 was appointed
register of the United States land of
flee at Jackson, MINI.
In 1875 Governor Davis appointed
him a member of the board, having
control of the state nebriate asylum,
now the insane hospital at Rochester
In 1877 President Hayes appointed
Mr.. Leonard member of the visiting
board to review the United States naval
training school and academy.
In 1881 President Garfield appointed
him minister to Leith, Scotland, and in
1889 he was sent to Shanghai, China as
consul general under appointment by
President Harrison.
On his return to Rochester he was
elected Judge of probate and served
eight years.
For the past year he has lived in re-
tirement He is survived by his wife
and two daughters.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01
HIT BY pOSTOFF|CE RULE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF MODERN
WOODMEN THE VICTIM.
Peculiar Condition Of Affairs, Must
Cut Out Advertise ments, May
Change the NJ ethods.

The order of Modern Woodmen has
a large membership in Winona, there
being three camps here, and every
member of the order has been receiv
ing the official publication called the
Modern Woodman. A peculiar situation
now confronts the supreme officials of
this order concerning this publication
as the result of recent postal legis-
lation. Heretofore the Modern Wood
man, the official organ of the order,
has been distributed free of charge
among the members. That is to say, in
a sense the distribution was free al
though in fact it was not. The per
capita tax paid by each local camp in
cluded certain percentage, paid by
the members of the camp as a sub
scription to the paper. Now the postal
authorities declare that this does not
give the monthly bona -fide subscrip-
ton list and that it is not therefore
entitled to the benefits of second class
mail unless the advertisements are cut
out. If advertisements are printed, say
the authorities, the publication must
be mailed as first class matter.
In view of the fact that the last
issue of the Modern Woodman only
contained $4,000 worth of advertising
matter, and if mailed as first class
matter it would have cost $4,000 to
distribute the issue the quandary of
the officials of the order can be easily
imagined Several of the supreme of
fcers of the M. w. A. are now in
Washington endeavoring to secure a
revision of the law. 1t has been sug-
gested that instead of paying their
subscription to the Modern Woodman
with<their other dues in lump sum,
the members of the order pay the
clerk of the camp, who would be con-
stitlted an agent for the publication,
a separate amount as a subscription.
This method, it is believed, would over
come the objections of the post office
department.
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BlAMES the PRIMARY.

Els b. Usher of Milwaukee, for
merely a newspaper publisher of La
Crosse in IA letter to The milwaukee,
Free Press calls attention to the sig
nificant falling off in the vote OF WIS
consin. in Wisconsin," he writes, the
total vote in 1896 was 447 All, or
75.735 more votes THAN were east IN
1892. while this years total vote Is
only 7.G49 greater than that OF twelve
years ago-only IA per cent increase
which is less than one third the IN
crease shown by the country at large,
and what is true of Wisconsin III TINS
respect is also true of Minnesota. The
vote of Minnesota shows little or no
increase i'm twelve years, which IS eVl-
dence that each year the people in gem
eral are taking less interest in cleo
tions. Mr. Usher puts the blame for
this growing popular indifference to the
ballot on the primary system OF NOM
mating candidates for office. He says:
TO some of us that have always
doubted the wisdom of primary cleo
lions the first thought is that the peo-
ME have become so accustomed to
sleeping in political boiler works,
during the past decade, that they can
now repose, peacefully and sweetly,
during a cannonade. I'm other words,
primary election laws so prolong cam
raians that the voters are utterly
mt Of Inv ppf
day.
This may not be an altogether I'M
fair wav to account for the evident
and growing lack of activity among
the voters. but | am inclined to think
that the real explanation is to be
found in the fact that the primary law
has utterly demoralized all party or
oanization and developed so much
purely personal politics that the voters
have n surfeit.
Under the old system of caucuses
and conventions there was "teamwork"
outside as well as inside the organ
i2ations. There had to be and it re-
suited in party organizations that
cot the vote ont. 1t offered opportuni-
ty for ambitious Young men to take
part in politics and cooperate with
their fellows, that the primary law
precludes Now they can only be some
candidates personal retainers, or be-
come candidates themselves by pub
licly proclaimiug, their own superior
yirtues. The old system taught them
citizenship and gave opportunity for
its exercise The new one merely en-
courages the individual who has cheek
or money, or both, to impose himself
on the public.
Whatever the explanation, the facts
above demonstrated are eloquent. They
show that Wisconsin, instead of lead
ing as we have been told she did, is
behind the rest of the country in the
attention of its citizens to political
.lutV
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01
WHAT is A LOTTERY

This is Uncle Sans definition of a
lottery: A lottery is scheme for the
distribution of property by chance,
among persons who have paid or agreed
to pay valuable consideration for
n chance, whether it shall be called
lottery, rattle, gift enterprise, or
by any other name, and is hereby de-
cared unlawful and public nuisance.
Every person who shall contrive, pro-
pose, or draw a lottery or shall as
sist in contriving, proposing or draw
ing lottery, shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in the state prison for not
more than two years, or by fine of
note more than one thousand dollars,
or by both.
Every person who shall, give, or in
any way whatever furnish or trans
fer to or for antoher, a ticket, chance,
share, or interest, or any paper, certi-
ficate, or instrument purporting to
be or to represent ticket, chance,
share, or interest, in or dependent upon
the event of lottery, to be drawn
within or without the state; or who,
by writing, printing, circular, or let
ter, or in any other way, shall advertise
or publish an account of Il lottery, in
or out of the state, stating how, when
or where the same is to be or has
drawn, or what are the prizes there's,
or any of them, or the price of tick
ct, or any share or interest therein or
where or how it may be obtained
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
That explains why newspapers do not
publish results of drawings, games
where there is an element of chance,
etc. The law was aimed at a gigantic
lottery concern that operated in I.ouisi-
ana for years and its provisions apply
to all forms of lotteries, great and
small, and raffles. Recently, the post
master general held that invitations
to bridge whist parties where prizes
were to be awarded the winners could
not lawfully be transported through
the mails, and that newspapers pub
fishing the results of the bridge con-
tests were liable to the structures of
the law in such case made and pro-
vided Uncle Sam is even more strict
in small matters than he is in the
larger infractions of the statutes.
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was to send them into the house, and
Russell was to settle on such basis as
the house would indicate.
This morning Mr.. Larson learned
that Russell left his boarding house
last evening rather unexpectedly, at
about nine o'clock, and had not re-
turned. He had in some manner also
removed the trunk and box from the
house. Mrs. Bachelor is quoted as
saying that they could not have. been
taken out the front way or she would
have known it. Their leaving appears
to have been about as mysterious as
Russell's.
Secured Possession of Trunks.
Mrs. Larson took a walk around
among the depots and located the trunk
and box on the Omaha depot platform
at about nine o'clock this morning.
He had no difficulty in getting posses
sion of them, and will send them in
to the house.
A friend of Russel's has informed
the authorities that Russell has duck
ed" 1t is intimated that possibly q
prosecution nav follow
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01
FRENCH VS.. AMERICAN ROADS.

A recent official report from Con-
al General r. p. Skinner Of Mar
GILES, France, gives some highly M
ortant information regarding the pub
IL roads of that country. As IS gem
ally known, France has the best and
most complete road system in the
orld, and is splendid public high
5ays fill with envy and admiration
al foreigners, particularly those from
ne omitted States, where the roads in
general are about the worst in any
country processing to be civilized. The
stated by Consul General Skinner
be due to the fact that the con-
-.ulction and maintenance of the prin-
al roads is carried on under the SUI
Instruction, who find in their profes.
son opportunities for advancement and
ID tinction such as could not and
does not exist under a local road ad.
mjnistration. French roads are good, not
DE ause of any superiority of road
making material, nor because the
French people possess any special tai
ent for road building, but because the
initiative in matters pertaining to the
public highways is taken by highly
trained engineers and administrators,
under the directions of the national
government.
All the principal French highways,
or national routes,' of which there
are 23.656 miles, are constructed and
maintained by the national government
which has expended on them over
$300O00,G00. The superiority of these
roads over those constructed or main
tanned by the local authorities is very
marked, but even the local roads are
kent in good condition, so that the
= ndard French road is one upon
lich in rolling country draft
horse hauling a load of $500 pounds
Is expected to travel about twenty miles
per5ay. This fact alone will serve
to indicate the difference between the
roaes in France and those of the
United States; where the load hauled
hY one horse over the average level
reads is only l,4O0 pounds, and ON
i2ai-s with five per cent. grades only
1000 pounds.
The basis of the French highway
system is the school of bridges and
roads, one of the finest technical col
leges in the world, where engineers
are trained for positions in the public
road administrative system. These en-
siaeefs cooperate with the local au-.
th2rnies, and the result is that there
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01

The night sergeant at the Winona
police station had a revelation on
Christmas night that set him to mus
ing on the remarkable change that has
taken place in the moral uplift of the
city. He did not have prisoner
brought to him Christmas night, nor
was anyone even arrested for disor-
derby conduct. This was new expert
enre TO him, as on most of the past
Christmas night men thought they
could not enjoy as merry time unless
they drank to excess and created a dis
turbance. 1t was the first Christmas
night that the station was empty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01

The question Can man marry on
So a week." is going the rounds of
the press. He can, provided he is a
titled foreigner and can secure an
American heiress. In such cases the
earning capacity of the sutton doesn't
enter into the transaction, is the opin-
ion of The Winona Independent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth-ss In District Court.
Sixth Judicial District.
Mary Hamilton as Administrators of the
estate of Thomas Hamilton. deceased.
and Mary Hamilton. John Hamilton.
William Hamilton and Eta Austin.
plaintiffs.
Jane Hamilton, William Hamilton,
George Hamilton, Elizabeth Winch.
John Winch May Eisenlohr and all other
persons unknown claiming any right.
title, estate. interest or lien in the
real estate described i'm the complaint
herein.
NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That an
action has been commenced i'm this
Court upon the complaint of the above
named plaintiff against the above nam
ed defendants. wherein the plaintiffs al
ers of the real property hereinafter
described. and brings said action for
the purpose of obtaining an order for
Judgment of this Court, adjudging that
the defendants have no right title in
terest, lien, claim, or estate in. to or
upon that real estate, any part
thereof and removing the cloud from
the title of the said plaintiffs.
The premises affected by this action
are situated in the County of Blue
described as fellows: The West half
CIV. ~ of the Southwest Quarter tS.
w "a of section Thirty (3O) Town
ship One Hundred Five Q05) North.
Range Twenty Nine (29). West of the
Fifth p. M. containing eighty acres
more or less.
Dated this Bird day of December 1908.
PAUL c. COOPER.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Truman. Minnesota.
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GROUNDS TO RESEMBLE PARK
Fair Eoard Makes an Extensive Pur-
chase. Added ConvenienceS.

Minneapolis, Dec 29.-Visitors to the
Minnesota State Fair in 1909 will think
that by mistake they have wandered
into Como park. The deal was closed
today whereby the Minnesota State
Agricultural society will acquire forty
acres adjoining the fair grounds for
park purposes, and according to plans
already under way this addition will
be plated into parkways, will be dfvid-
ed by canals and artificial lakes and
dotted with picturesque pagodas.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01

( Cures permanently the cases he undertake;
and sends the incurabe home without taking
fee from them. This is why he continues his
visits year after year, while other doctors have
made a few visits and stopped. DIR. Jones is
an eminently successful specialist in all chron.
lc diseases, proven by the many cures effected
In chronic cases which have baffled tha skill OF
other physicians. His hospital experience and
extensive practice have made him 80 proficient
that he can name and locate disease in a few
minutes n
Treats all durable cases of Catarrh and Lung
Diseases, Consumption in early stage, Stomach
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels, Gravel, Rheu.
matism, Paralysis, Neuralgia, Nervous, Heart
Blood and Skin Diseases, Epilepsy, Golfer
Appendicitis. Rupture and Bright's Disease.
Diseases Of Bladder and Female Organs.
Absorption treatment given for Cataract and
Granulated Eyelids.
Special attention given to all Surgical
cases, and all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat.
Cross Eyes Strengthened without pain.
Glasses fitted and guaranteed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01

Miss Jane Brownlee of New York
addressed the state teachers in ses-
sion at st. Paul on the subject of
moral training in the public schools.
She stated that in the school of which
she was principal, she would instruct
the child the need of making the body
and the mind Obedient to the will to
be truthful, to cultivate the cardinal
virtues, and to be careful to feed the
mind with pure, wholesome thoughts
so that the character formed would be
the loftiest and noblest possible.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01

According to a London hospital physi-
clan, the vermiform appendix, which
has always been considered useless
and dangerous organ, has at last justi-
fled its existence. 1t is now being
used as short cut whereby medi-
zines can be administered to the lower
intestines, a part of the digestive sys-
TEN hitherto difficult of access. The
new operation consists in cutting
through the appendix and inserting a
glass tube through which medicines
are applied directly to the mucous lin
ing of the lower intestines.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01
Gifts of Pianos.
From Saturdays Daily.

Several people gave Christmas gifts
of pianos. c. w. johnson of Judson
purchased two King pianos, one for
himself and one for his daughter. His
brother, w. NJ. johnson, also of Jad
son, purchased a Clarendon for his
daughter. j. A. Peterson presented a
Clarendon to his wife, and c. S. Erick-
son and H. p. Nelson to his wife.
These were purchased of S. A. Swanson
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Disorderly Conduct Charge.
From Tuesdays Daily.

Will Purdy was arrested last night
on the charge of disorderly conduct, and
pleaded guilty this morning before
Judge Geddes. The latter adjourned
the case until Jan. 26, pending the
good behavior of the defendant, and
his refraining from the use of liquor.
The trouble was caused by peddler
who was rooming at Purdy's house and
who spent more of his time in the
house than Mr.. Purdy liked Purdy
last evening ordered the man to leave,
and when he refused to go, Purdy
summoned the police, who put him out.
Purdy was also locked up.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01

The st. Paul Dispatch clamors for a
theatre in that city which will be un-
controlled by trust or combination. The
Dispatch is decidedly of the opinion
that st. Paul is entitled to theatre
cal bill of fare of their own selection
instead of an arbitrary line laid down
by trust combination twelve hundred
miles away.
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Dec. 11-1S-25. Jan. ISIS.

Dec. 11-1S-25 Jan. 1-S-15.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth-ss. In District Court
Sixth Judicial District.
Mary Hamilton, as Administrative of
ceased, and Mary Hamilton John Ham
tin. plaintiffs.
William Hamilton. Jane Hamilton.
George Hamilton, Elizabeth Winch
John Winch. May Eisenlohr and all
other persons unknown claiming any
right. title. estate, interest or lien
in the real estate described in the
complaint herein.
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, To the
above named defendants:
You and each of you are hereby
summoned and required to answer the
complaint of the plaintiffs in the above
entitled action, which has been filed in
the office of the clerk of said Court. and
to serve a copy of your answer to
said complaint upon the subscriber at
his office in the village of Truman. in
the County of Martin and State of Min
nesota, within twenty days after the
service of this summons upon you. ex-
elusive of the day of such service, ana
if you fail to answer to the said COM
plant within the time aforesaid. the
plaintiff in this action will apply to
the court for the relief demanded in
the complaint!
Dated this November 18th. 1905
PAUL G. COOPER.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Truman, Minnesota.
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Petition Filed.


Mrs. Ida Tesch has today filed a Pc
tition in the probate court, asking to
be appointed administrators of the
estate of her husband, the late Charles
Tesch IT. The estate consists of $1,000
of personal property and $4,000 of real
estate.
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Winona Drug Store Robbed.

Winona, Dec. 26.-Sixty dollars in
gold was taken in broad daylight from
the drug store of j. f. Holden in this
city. The money was taken from the
safe in the store, which had been left
upon which they are working.