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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
HENRY SPLIT ON TRIAL
THE CHARGE WAS THREATENING
TO KILL HIS WIFE.
Claimed He Said He Could Have Her
Put to Death For Price of Two
Bottles of Beer.

The case of Henry Split, charged
with threatening to kill his wife, being
an action to place him under bonds to
keep the peace, came up before Judge
Comstock at eleven o'clock this fore
noon, and was tried The state got
in its evidence by noon and rested. 1t
put on evidence tending to show that
Split has ill-treated mis- wife, struck
her and threatened to kill her, and
had told her that he could have her
killed for the price of two bottles OF
beer.
Split, VINO is a young farmer living
near Napoleon, took the stand this
afternoon and made general denial
of the evidence adduced against him
He denied any i'll treatment of his
wife and denied any threats to kill
or remarks about killing. w. r. Ged.
DIES appeared as his attorney.
The court found Split guilty and
required him to put up a 500 peace
bond.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
|DR!l|Nks 5: MANY ! | |
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN AS
DRY AS THE SAHARA.
Was Sure a Long Time Between
Quaffs From the Foaming Beaker;
Result of the Election Today Will
Decide What Is to Be in Store
for the Future; the Dispensaries
Were Closed. ~ st
Especial 10 The Free Press.]

Columbia, S. c., Aug. lit has
been a long time between drinks in
South Carolina, but the aridity which
has settled like pail over the Pal
mettO state may be partially lifted as
result of today's elections in TWEEN
ty-one counties. The state has been
entirely ''dry" since August 2, when
the dispensaries of the twenty-one
"wet" counties were temporarily
closed pending today's decision at the
ballot box. 1t will probably be two
weeks before the results are officially
announced and the disensaries in
such counties as have determined to
remain SWEET" are reopened.
Case of Half-and-Half.
Twenty-one counties are already in
the prohibition camp, and exactly the
same number are officially engaged in
the sale of intoxicants under the
county dispensary system. The law
enacted at the last session of the Leg
isature took no account of the ter-
ritory already dry, providing only for
elections in the wet counties.
The prohibitionists have made a
strong fight and the contest is prac-
tically conceded to them, with the
exception of Charleston and Richland
counties, the state capital being los
Gated in the latter.
The 'blnd tiger element Of the
state is in favor of prohibition, and
I has used its influence. South Caro-.
lima was dry during the period just
after the adjustment of the state
dispensary, of which Senator Till.
man is called the "father"
Closed the Dispensaries.
The general assembly as its recens
session passed a state prohibition
law which went into effect on the first
Tuesday of August in every county
in the state, and every dispensary in
South Carolina was closed on that
day. 1t was then provided by this
act that on the third Tuesday In Au-
gust, there shall be held an election
in every county now having dispen-
saries and if the election results in a
majority for the sale of whisky the
dispensaries in that county shall be
reopened as before, but if there is a
majority in any county for prohibi-
tion the dispensaries in that county
shall be closed. The effect of this was
to give absolute prohibition in every
county in South Carolina for the two
weeks between August 2 and today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
WHELAN WINS THE TROPHY
Noted Marksman Makes an Almost
Perfect Score.

Camp Perry, O., Aug. 18.-After the
Ohio adjutant generals $500 cup had
been won by Lieutenant Townsend
Whelan of the Twenty-ninth United
States infantry with SO points out of
a possible 100, with Captain Casey
of Pennsylvania second with 81, and
Private Frank Mier, Third Michigan,
third, with 9G, the contestants proceed
ed to the skirmish field for the race
for the silver loving cup and gold
medal and $500 and nine additional
cash prizes in the Peters trophy
match in which there were 307 con-
testants, as against 26S last year.
In the Peters match the high scor.
ing which had marked each days work
OF the shoot was continued Private
]. +. Burns of the Sixth Massachu.
sets and Lieutenant G. NJ Gale of
Illinois each made perfect score.
For third place, Lieutenant Whelan
and Midshipman A. D. Denny of the
navy team tied with 80. Private
Robinson of the marine corps team
landed fourth with SO and five com.
petltorS tied at SO for sixth rank. The
ties will be shot off.
The Du Pont individual tyro match
open to those who never won q first.
second or third prize in the individual
matches of the National Rife associa.
ton in the national individual match
of who had never been on a winning
team in the national match, was won
by Private T. Worsham, a Georgia
member of the marine corps.
The Department of the Lakes
Rifle association individual skirmish
match for contestants from Ohio, Ken.
lucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin was won by Lieutenant G..
Van Auken of the Third Indiana, who
scored %. Four other 98s tied fo1
second place.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
BRUTAL MURDER OF FARMER
Minnesota Man Horribly SIashed With
Big Knife.

Menegha, Mimi, Aug. 1S.-With his
chest ripped open, exposing his heart
and lungs, and horribly butchered
about the head and other places on
the body, John Hjelt, farmer OF fam
lily, staggered thirty PAGES from the
road. where brutal assault had been
made upon him with a huge knife, and
dropped dead on the porch OF John
Paso, farmer in the town Of Rune
berg, Becker county, eight miles west
of here.
Deputy Sheriff John Hurley, accom-
panied by Coroner George w. Turner
and County Attorney P. F. Schroeder
of Becker county, arrived from De-
troit and placed Jacob Jampso in
irons, charged with murder.
The crime is said to have followed
q quarrel between the men over a
trivial NATTER
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
OLD men OF THE KEY
TELEGRAPHERS OF OTHER DAYS
HOLD THEIR REUNION.
Organization Includes Some of the
Most Prominent Men in the Coun-
try; Pittsburg Is the Place Where
These Once Operators Are to Gath
Ell and Have a Good Time; Talk
of the Past.
Especial to The Free Press.l

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. IA joint re
union of the Old Time photographers
and Historical association and the
Society of the United States Military
Telegraph corps was opened in Pitto
burg today at the Fort Pitt Hotel and
will continue through tomorrow and
Thursday. These organizations in
clude some of the most famous men
in all walks of like in America. Steel
kings, president of huge railroad sys-
TENS. world famed inventors, merchant
princes and noted financiers are mem
bers.
1t is one of the greatest delights
of these ''old- timers" to get together
and discuss the historical events in
which they took part. Details of all
the battles in the Civil War and in
teresting episodes in which these men
were telegraphers for the United
States Government are discussed in
all their phases.
Organized in 1880.
The Old Time photographers asso-
citation was organized in 1880 by a
number of telegraphers who had been
in the service of the telegraph COM
panies previous to 1850. In 1882
some of these same men, who had
been in the service of the United
States government during the Civil
War, met and organized the Society
of the United States Military Tele-
graph corps, one of the founders of
this society being Andrew Cargenie.
Every member of this organization
was either detailed for duty in the
war office in Washington or saw ac-
tual service in the field.
Among the names of the men who
are prominent today and who are
members of both organizations are
Andrew Carnegie, General Thomas L.
Eckert, Colonel r. c. Vlowry, Albert
b. Chandler, Frank A. Munsey and
L. c. Weir.
The officers of the association are:
George A. Cellar, superintendent of
teleeraphs of the Pennsylvania lines,
President; w. J. Camp, Montreal, and
c. E. Bagley, Philadelphia, vice presi-
dents; f. j. Scherer, l95 Broadway,
New York, secretary.
An elaborate program for the en-
tertanment of the visitors has been
mapped out by the Pittsburg mem
bers, including visits to great iron
and steel plants, glassworks, pickle
works, Carnegie institute and the Ma
tional league baseball game and end
inc up with an elaborate banquet at
the Fort Pitt Hotel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20

ST. Paul. Aug. lit is now thought
unlikely that there will be any other
bidders than J. p Morgan & CO., when
the Chicago Great Western road is sold
at auction next Saturday by Albert r.
Moore, special master in the office of
the roads freight house, on the west
side.
The Morgan company, the reorgani-
zation managers, it is understood, have
obtained 90 per cent of the SIS, 077 ,0S9
of debenture stock; 81 $4,000 of pre-
ferred stock and 80 per cent of all other
stock, so that only a very small pro-
portion of the stockholders have re-
fused to accept the reorganization plan.
By decree of the court, the minimum
figure at which the road can be sold
is $l2,OOO,O0O The stockholders have
been taken care of, having received
new certificates and creditors will re-
ceive from the successful bidders full
payment for debts.
The approximate true value of the
road is 100000, 900, and the outstanding
Indebtedness totals about $l5,O00,000,
so that the stockholders have an
equity of about $45,000yOO0 in the road.
One of the conditions bidders must
comply with specifies that deposit of
100000 must be made' with the special
master on or before the day preceding
the sale of the road. Thus far no
money or certified check has been de-
posted with Mr.. Moore by Mr.. Nor
gan's firm, or any other firm or individ-
ual, although he has had a query from
the Morgan house and has agreed to ac-
cept their certified check on a local
bank.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
Killed pauahter and Himself.

Norwood. Ont, Aug. 1s.-Thomas
Willoughby, a farmer, shot his twelve
year-old daughter dead. After wash
ing and dressing the body, he ended
his own life with poison. Willoughby
had been respondent for some time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20

Pearls of value are occasionally found
in the rivers of Blue Earth county
Miss Dora Gerlick, who is teaching at
Spokane, Wash, and who is spending
the summer vacation at her home in
Good Thunder, found beautiful and
perfect white pearl the other day in
the river there. She found it in the
first lot of CLAIMS that she opened Her
sister found fine pink colored pearl
few days later, and they brought
their treasures to a jeweler in this
city and were offered S. each, but con.
cluded that the pearls were worth
much more than that to them. They
had them mounted on finger rings in
stead and prize them highly.
A little boy found a pearl in the
Blue Earth river the other day, and
was offered 81 for it by local jeweler
but refused to sell. Another. boy re-
Gently found one under the Main street
bridge, and was offered SIS for it, it
is said
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
No Performance Tonight.

Owing to the illness of several mem
bers of the cast, there will be no
performance by the Williams Stock
company at Mankato Theatre tonight
Tomorrow night playing will be re-
sumed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
The Game At Owatonna.

Monyhan piucned Tor Owatonna II
the game with the " Lands at DIVA
tonna on Monday. Newgard umpired
and The Journal says he is a dandy
The game resulted in a victory of the
2. V. Lands by o score of to g..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20

Forty member OF Mankato lodge No.
Is. I. o. o. f., including the degree
team went to st. Peter Monday even
ing and attended lodge there. The de-
gree team conferred the second and
third degrees. The party went by team
and auto, and were well entertained
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
From Tuesdays Daily.

from tuesdays Daily.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. l7-Frontie,
| week, an annual celebration in the
| Wyoming metropolis, was commenced
| today with the automobile race meet
at the magnificent new four mile track
as feature. Large crowds are here
to witness the contests, which will BIZ
participated in by some of the crack
| drivers of the country.
The Cheyenne Motor club has spent
gerat deal of money putting the
| course into condition and eastern
automobilists who have seen the track
declare it to be an ideal speedway fol
motor cars. The track is exactly foul
miles around and is shaped like let
ter ID, the most abrupt turn being only
about per cent. The track is laid
out around Sloan's Lake and specta
tors in the grandstand can see the cars
all the way around the course.
The grandstand is steel and con
crete structure with seating accommo
dations for 1000 spectators 1t has
two tiers of seats as well as a number
of boxes. Signal posts have beer
erected every half mile around tn,
track, so the time of the competing
cars can be taken for almost any dis
| tance.
The main event is to be 200 mile
race for gasolene cars only, the fifty
lap contest being scheduled to start
at two o'clock this afternoon The first
prize for this event will be $3.50 in GOLD
and the entry fee will be $50 for eacf
car. A 25 mile race for gasolene cars
will precede the big race. George Her
ing of Denver, will drive a. specia
ten mile exhibition in steam racer
that is a duplicate of the car will
which Fred Marriott made one mile
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20

Rochester Post and Record: a feM
months ago a middle aged man who
said his name was E. w. Norwood
appeared before different members and
pastors of Rochester churches, represent
ing himself to be on mission work
for the Volunteer church of America.
He was canvassing for funds to build
a hospital for the Volunteer church
at Zumbrota, MINI. At the time Of
his arrival in the city the Rev. Ras-
mussen was holding evangelistic meet-
ings at the Baptist church. The gems
tleman in question as soon as he
reached the city went at once to Sec
rotary H. c. Ballou of the Y. M. G. A.
He wanted Mr.. Ballou to back him up
in series of meeting to be held in
the near future at Rochester. Collec-
tions were to be taken up at each
meeting for the purpose of defraying
expenses. If after expenses were paid
there remained any balance the local
Y. M C. A. was to have the benefit
of it.
Mr.. Ballou suspicioning the man,
turned the proposition down. The
man appeared highly incensed over Mr..
Ballou's action and expressed himself
thus. But he didn't give up. He
tried several pastors in the city with
no better results. He appeared at the
Rasmussen meetings and obtained a
chance to sing. He sang a few songs
and played an accompaniment. No more
was heard of him until clipping in
The Minneapolis Tribune written by
man telling of different weaknesses
of the church bore out the fact that
Mr.. Norwood was arrested for getting
money under false pretenses. Whether
or not be got any from Rochester peo-
pie is not known.
New York, Aug To-day is the
lO2nd anniversary of that memorable
date, Monday, August II, 1907, when
mocking cheers and cries of derision
from the assembled mob rent the air
as Robert Fulton boarded his first
crude steamboat and set forth up the
Hudson. The vessel was celled the
Clermont by its inventor, but the peo-
pie referred to it as "Fulton's folly"
Today the inventor is hailed as "the
father of steamboating" and although
the actual anniversary of the moment
our trip has passed almost unnoticed,
next month will witness great inter-
national celebration in honor of his
memory.
A replica of the little steamboat in
which Fulton made mis- first trip has
been completed and will be promi-
nently displayed during the Hudson
Fulton celebration, which begins in
New York on September 25 next. This
replica is an exact reproduction of the
original and in $50 feet long, eighteen
feet wide, seven feet deep and draws
two feet of water. It's sides are al
most straight up and down, and both
ends are wedge shaped. 1t will be
equipped with replica of the old en-.
CINE, and will be seen on its trip
up the Hudson to Albany under its
own steam.
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20

Winona, Aug. lin order to avoid
conflict with the convention of the
State Medical society to be held in Wi
mona in October the Baptists of the
state have postponed for one week the
time for holding their state convention
in this city. The dates now set for
the gathering arc Oct. Is to 22. A
committe is now at work on the pro-
gram, but it will not be ready for some
time. A noted feature will be an adj
dress by DR.. p. S. Henson of Boston,
who has the distinction of being the
youngest old man in the Baptist de-
nomination at the present time. Dr.
Henson has a reputation extending
all over the United States by reason
Of his lecture on Fools"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20

New Orleans, Aug. i7.-According
to reports received here, serious riots
and possible revolution may result
from today's presidential election in
Costa Rica. There is fierce rivalry
between the two parties. President
Iglesia of the republican or govern.
ment party, is seeking reelection, and
is opposed by the democrats, headed
by Congressman Jiminez. The latter
is alleged to be the candidate of Pres
ident Zelaya of Nicaragua, and it is
reported that he has received arms
and ammunition to start revolution
in case the appeal to the ballot box
fails. He is opposed to the CONNER
cial supremacy of the United Fruit
company, which controls most of the
railroads and trade of the country.
The supremacy of Jiminez, it is be-
lieved, would be fatal to the interests
of Americans and foreigners general
ly.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-01-12
LIVED UNDER RUINS.
A MAN AND WIFE CAME FROM
UNDER DEBRIS.
Three Children Also Saved After Be-
ing Buried for Seven Days-Large
Sum of Money Found.

Reggie, Jan. S.-The sun shone
again. today in all its splendor, en-
phasizing the beauties of nature in
the surrounding country-along the
mountains covered with green, over
the vineyards and lemon groves and
down the smiling shore where 1t re-
fected in the opalescent sea. Inside
Reggie, however, it's warns rays fell
upon only huge piles Of debris.
Proportionately with other towns.
Reggie gave the highest percentage
of orphans as result of the earth
quake. The boys were eagerly TAX
en- care Of by relations, but the girls
were mostly abandoned. Fortunate
ly, however, they have been entrust-
ed to the ladies' committees, which
arrived here from all parts of Italy
and doubtless will secure good
homes.
AL IuC WOuuuSu EdEC DSSh
moved from Reggie, and 5000 re-
fugees have departed from the towr.
One thousand bodies have been dug
from the ruins Of fallen buildings
and burned in improyised cemeter-
les.
Among others who escaped ur!n-
jured when the shock came
were three children, who, after hav-
;ing been buried in the debris Of
their home for seven days, got out
unaided, burrowing like mice.
A man and his wife also have been
found uninjIred beneath ruins
where they had lain for eight days:
subsisting on pint of olive oil.
The safe of the bank Of Italy, con-
tanning $3,000,000, has been found.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-01-12
HITS TEDDY HARD.
House Laid Part of His Message on
the Table.

Washington, Jan. S.-Having
given consideration TO the presidents
further views regarding the secret
service, contained in his message
to the house Of representatives last
Monday, the special committee ap-
pointed to deal with the subject
brought in its final report Friday.
Accompanying it was a resolution
which declared it to he the sense of
the house that it shall decline to
consider any communication frora
any source which is not respectful,
recommending THAT the objectional
portion of the presidents annual
message be laid on the table and
that similar action be taken with
respect to the message Of Monday.
because of it's being 'iUnresponsive
to the inquiry of the house," as to
what the president meant when he
said, referring to the limitatipn
placed upon the fielc Of operation
of the Secret Service, that The
chief argument in favor of the pro-
vision was that the congressman did
not themselves wish to be investi-
gated" The resolution was adopt
ed by a large majority. =
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-01-12
MURDERED BY THE MINISTER
Who Was Supposed to Have Been
Kill ed Himself.

Fort HuroI, Mich, Jan. S.-By
means Of two false teeth it was de-
finitely established this afternoon
that Gideon Browning, Of Adair viii
lage, was the man who was butch.
cred last Tuesday evening in the liz
tie Rattle Run" Methodist church
in Columbus Township. With part
Of the mystery which enshrouded
the brutal crime thus cleared, the
supervisor of St. Clair county i'm
mediately offered a reward Of $500
for the arrest Of the Rev. John H
Carmichael, of Adair, pastor Of the
church, and the man who was at
first supposed to have been kille;l.
dismembered and then burned in
the church stove. 1t is supposed that
he was demented.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-01-12
STONED PEDDLER TO DEATH.
School Boys Arrested IN st. L9uis ON
Murder Charge.

st. Louis, Jan. S.-Five boys,
ranging in age from eight to seven
teen years, were arrested in their
class rooms in the Shaw school TO-
day; charged with the murder of
VIM. Wachter, a peddler, who was
found with his skull crushed We'd
nesday.
The man was found dying by
neighbors. He kept so much to him
self that he was known in his neigh
borhood as a miser and hermit.
The arrests followed information
given to the police by Mrs. Mary
Goebehart, mother of two of the
prisoners. The boys told the police
that they had stoned Wachter "just
for fun"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-01-12
Censes Bureau Reports Over
Twelve Million Bales
TO JANUARY FIRST
South Carolina Reports 1,178,743
Bales as Her Share Up to That
Time-The Indications Now Are
That the Total Crop. Will Be Over
Thirteen Million Bales.
Thirteen Million Bales,

Washington, Jan. S.-The census
bureau today reported 12,470,226
running bales of cotton ginned from
the growth of 1908 to January lasc,
against 9,951.5O5 a year ago, and
1886 ginneries operated against
27,276 a year ago. The percentage
OF the whole crop giuned to January
1 is 90 per cent for 1909, and 90.4
for 1908.
The report includes 231,s21 round
bales and S6,016 sea island bales for
1909. 1t counts round bales as
half bales and excludes linters. The
cotton ginned to January 1, 1907.
aid 1906, was 11,741.039 and o.
725,426 bales respectively. The
total crop Of 1907 was 11,057,S22,
of which 92.7 per cent was ginned
to January L. The crops of 1905
and 1905 were 12,9S3,201 and 10,-
4S9,1O5 respectively.
The running bales ginned by
States to January last, and gin
neries respectfully follow:
Alabama, 1.3O4,32t and 3,467.
Arkansas, 911,123 and 2,11S.
Florida. 66,S0S and 255.
Georgia, 1,933,956 and 4,453.
Kansas, Kentucky and New Mexi-
co, 1872 and 6.
Louisiana, 456,1SS and 1,691.
Mississippi, 1,51s,707 and 3,465.
Missouri SO ,929 and IS.
North Carolina, 646,731 and q
All.
Oklahoma, 5S4,449 and 9S6.
South Carolina, 1,17G,743 and
3,219.
Tennessee, 317,343 and SAG.
Texas, 3,4S6,510 and 4,147.
Virginia, 12,143, and ia.
There were 179,694 round bales
and 73,425 sea island bales for 1908
and 255,566 round bales and 54,-
275 sea island bales for 1907.
The distribution of sea island cot
ton for 1909 follows:
Florida, 32,79S; Georgia, 41,03f;
South Carolina, 12,1S1.
The correct statistics of the guam
tity of cotton ginned to December
13 last are 11,904,269 bales.