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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-11
Mapleton Village Council Declined to
Reinstate His Saloon License.


Charles Splett appeared before the
Mapleton village fathers Tuesday even
ing and vent into detail in regard to
his recent troubles. The action of the
council in taking away his license was
an injury to his property, he would
respectfully ask that his license be re-
instated so that he might transfer it
to other parties who would be accept
able to the council and who would
give bond that the place would be run
in a quiet and orderly manner. Otis
Hall, a son-in-law of Mr.. Splett, also
appeared before the council and asked
that if there was no objection against
his having the license he would appre-
eiate it very much if the license was
returned to Mr.. Splett and then trans
ferred to him. Such a proceeding
would save Mr.. Splett great %inconven-
fence. Mr.. Hall stated that he would
run the place until mex July and in
the meantime give the owner an OPP
portunity to dispose of the property.
The council were in part inclined to
grant the request of the petitioner but
could find no law which would allow
OF such procedure once the license had
been revoked after due trial and by
unanimous vote of the council. This
being the status of the matter no ac-
ton was taken, thus in substance de
clining the request of Mr.. Splett.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-11
Judge Quinn Renders Decision in Case
of Goettl VS.. Leonard.
From Thursdays Daily.

Judge Quinn today filed a decision
in the suit of Paul Goettl VS.. kathar'
ina and Frank J.. Leonard. giving the
plaintiff judgment for $l,7O5 ara costs
and disbursements. 1t appears IRON
the findings of fact that Mr.. Goettl on
Oct. II, 1902. sold to the defendants
a house and lot on North Fifth street
for $4,000, receiving $500 in cash and
a promissory note for $500. Only a
little interest has been paid on the
note, and Mr.. Goettl brought the suit
to recover the balance due on the
purchase price of the house and lot
Mr.. Leonard retained c. O.. Daley and
claimed that the property was really
sold by Mr.. Goettl for $500, n thai
the note was not intended to be col
lected, but was given more as a re-
ceipt. Mr.. Goettl's attorneys were T.
j.. Laurisch and A. X. Pau, Jr.
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noon train, and that they could return,
and that we wOuldd then try to help
them out. | tOok the suit case away
from them and put it into my locker.
They never returned for it, and | am
holding it for the rightfnl owner. |
do not claim it,, and shall probably
turn it over rather than have any
trouble. Mr.. Pond claims that he had
a letter saying that the boys were
working at Mendoza and asking that
the suit case and gold watch be sent
to them there. These were at the
city hall at the time, and why did he
not send them? l took the suit case
to my home a month ago"
Chief Pond made the statement that
he was at the police station when the
Indian boys arrived at the station.
The chief says that he obtained the
watch from the suit case; also postal
cards from which he learned that the
youths were from Flandreau. The chief
states that he notified the authorities
at Flandreau at once of the fact that
the boys were in Mankato.
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What the Mayor Said.
Claims That Mr.. Pond Did Not See
the Indians Who Brought the
Article to the City.

FROM saturdays Daily.
NJ. +. Cali, the former police Off
Ger, denies strongly that he is holding
the suit case of the Indian boys from
Flandreau, S. d., without any right,
as claimed by Chief Pond. He has re-
.ceived a demand from City Attorney
Schmitt, hat he hand the suit case
to Mr.. Pond by Monday, and threaten
ing prosecution in the event that he
does not do so.
Mr.. Call stated today that the state
ment attributed to Mr.. Pond in last
evenings papers was untrue. He said:
Mr.. Pond did not see the Indians.
They came before he came down to his
/ was at the station alone
when they came, and they wanted a
permit Ito pawn the suit case, but /
said that | could not give one, as [
did not know them and did not know
but what it might have been stolen.
l told them to leave il until the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-11
Hugh S. Mabee Appointed Administra-
tor of Sons Estate.
E.1.. s-a.rrdauge nat1u

Hugh S. Mabee today petitioned the
probate court to appoint him admins
traitor of the estate of his son, u. r
Mabee. The estate is given IS 800
of personal property. This is sup
posed to be preliminary to the start
ing of suits against the railway com
pany in the case of the Mabee and
Foley boys, who were killed last No
vember, near the Rock street crossing
Chris Carlson will represent Mr.. Mabee
and S. j.. Wilson Mrs. Erdner, adj
ministratrix of the Lee Foley estate.
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Total for three games 1890.

Total for three games 1890.
The local boys carried off the hon
ors in the bowling contest with q st.
Paul team, Saturday evening. That
is, if there were any honors to be
carried away. At least they nave the
bio end of the little score. Some
thing akin to the feeling of q public
speaker, who faces n large audience
for the first time, seemed to have taken
mold of the whole delegation of semi
professional bowlers. Whether it was
courtesy on the part of the home team
to their visiting friends, and a desire
not to be forward on the part of the
guests or q feeling on the part of
both, of sympathy for the pin-hoys, no
one has been able to discover. The TACT
that the boys at the opposite
end of the alleys mad little else to do
but return the balls, and adjust a
side pin, which had been a little too
close to the edge.
The high score for the evening, which
score should place, the man in the pro-
fessional group, was made by Wander
water of st. Paul, 1873. The local
men who have averaged as nigh as a
hundred and eighty in three games
and have been past the 200 mark time
and again in single games. were unable
to pass the 100 mark last Saturday.
This score was reached by Hunt and
WysOng.
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He Was a Son of Mrs. Emma Bradley
of This City.
From THURSDAYS Daily.

Earl Bradley of this city died yes
terday at the sanitarium at Walker.
where he has been spending several
months taking treatment for tuber-
c%ulosis, and the remains arrived in
Mankato this noon. He was a son OF
Mrs. Emma V. Bradley, who resides
at 3l3 North Sixth street, and was
twenty-seven years OF age. All who
knew him speak well of him.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence at two o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, and the interment will be
made at Glenwood cemetery. Rev. L,
Ross Paden will have charge OF the
services.
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EXPLOSION CREATES HAVOC IN
CLOTHING HOUSE.
Front Street Emporium Owned By. A.
M. Stein Is Damaged Considerably;
Break in a Meter Permits Gas to
Escape, Hunt for the Leak Fol-
lowed BY an Outburst That Shook
the Entire Block.
from Fridays Daiiv.

From Fridays Daily.
The front of A. M. Stein g. Co.'s
store was blown out this forenoon, at
shortly before eleven o'clock, by an
explosion of gas in the basement and
inside of the display windows. Fire
followed the explosion, and the central
station firemen were called out to com
bat the flames, which they did with
water and chemicals.
Weight Struck Gas Meter.
1t is thought that the heavy counter
weight that is used to slide the door
TO the display space in one of the
windows, in going down when the door
was raised this forenoon, struck the
gas meter, allowing the gas to escape,
The gas was first discovered i'm the
basement under Phil L.eas' saloon, and
the gas company was notified, and one
of its employees visited the cellar and
smelled the gas but could not locate
it. In the meantime the leak was
discovered in the show windows of
Stein & Co.'S store, and Mr.. Stein
ti7o = WI W IL SdS company
Explosion in Basement.
While the man in the basement of
the Leas saloon was making his in
designations, the explosion occurred in
the basement adjoining, under Stein &
Co.'s store. The gas pipe runs through
the wall from one basement to the
other, and it is thought that there was
a suction back into the Lnas base
ment outside of the pipe, and that the
light set this off, which communicated
with the gas across the wall.
The explosion blew out the heavy
plate glass on each side of the recessed
entrance to the store, and broke the
heavy plate mirrors at the back of the
south display window, and damaged
the one in the north side. The glass
was shattered into small pieces.
Fire Follows the Explosion.
The woodwork under the show win
dows took fire, and. the fire department
had to shop holes through the floor to
reach the flames. Some water got
onto the floor in the store, but the
goods in the store are not thought
to have been damaged much, if at all
Those in the display windows were
damaged by smoke and water.
Mr.. Stein estimates the damage ,to
the building as 800 to $500, and the
damage to his stock as fully as much
The building is owned by Miss Agnes
Meagher, and is insured, and the stock
is also insured, so the loss on both is
fully covered. 1t is estimated that il
will take $500 to replace the display
front alone, as it was probably the
finest and most expensive in the city.
Mr.. Stein and the other members OF
the company and employees were all in
the rear of the store at the time OF
the explosion. As luck would lave it
no one was passing by at the moment
Parties passing by would probably
have been injured by flying pieces OF
glass, and might have received dan
gerous cuts.
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attendance at the baths was reported
Dispute Over a Bill.

Dispute Over a Bill.
Aid. Lloyd objected TO a bill from
AID. Mahowald for something over
SIG for shoeing fire department horses,
ard claimed that the second ward aid
.crman was charging more than other
horse shOers of the city. This was
hotly denied by Aid. Mahowald, and
"a lengthy and warm dispute followed.
Aid. Lloyd said that sixty cents a
shoe for neverslips, without extra
charge for calking, was as much as
should be charged. "We don't want to
pay more," he said. "He is an alder
man and has no right ito put in a bill
to the council, anyway. / object to
his putting in a bill"
Aid. Mahowald: II. only charged
SIPS for two new shoes. This is the
second time that he has criticised my
bills. / don't want him to ~criticise
my bills. He is not setting my price
He can 20 to Judson or Butternut Val
ley and get shoeing lone Il little cheap
en-, but he can't set my price. Show
me n horseshoer in Mankato that will
do the work for any less"
"Ald. Lloyd: Il can show up one.'
Aid. Mahowald: 'You can't"
Aid. Lloyd: 81 can"
Aid. Mahowald: "You can't"
Aid. Lloyd: 81 can"
Aid. Niahowald: "You can't
Aid. Lloyd: 81 cam"
And the dispute waved warmer I'M
til Aid. Lloyd went to the records
and tried to find a bill from John
Dougherty, who, he said, charged less
'I1l bet you a new hat hat you
can't find it," said the second ward
alderman.
"Save your money" said Aid. Lloyd
"IT bet you a suit of Clothes" per
SISTED the horseshoer.
Aid. Lloyd hunted all the harder foi
the record, but could not locate it.
The dispute was continued inter
mittantly until after the council ad
|iourned, and then some.
The council voted to allow a bill OF
tnC ilDldiN Dodlu VI 'plOo.lO IOT HcN
stacks, as the board is short of funds
and also, at the suggestion of Miss
Van Buren,, the public librarian, it vot'
ed to purchase five subscriptions to
"The American City"
Big Claim Put In.
One bill was referred TO the com
mittee on claims and accounts. 1t was
"a bill from st. Joseph's hospital fol
81 ,Ol0.20, for the care of thirty-eighi
typhoid fever patients in 1908. 1t ap
pears that these patients refused to
pay their hospital bills, or were unable
to do so. Some are said to be amply
able to pay. Provision is generally mad
by the county for those who are In
able to pay. Why the bill was pre-.
sented to the city was not stated, pub
licly at least.
The council adjourned to meet next
Friday night.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Medmich Are Is
corted to Police Station.

Officer Bienapf was called to the
Nicollet House at about n O'Clock
this afternoon, because Joe Medmich
and wife were having trouble. lie
found that they had no fire nor fuel
to make one with, and only a very
little food in the house. They ac-
co%mpanied him to the police station,
where they continued their loud talk.
So many congregated about them at
the Nicollet that the officer asked
them to go to the station. This
couple seems unable to get along to-
gether. Mrs. Medmich has a small
house at Owatonna, and the officers
advised her to 90 there and stay.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-11
Several Candidates for the Position of
Village Recorder.
From FRIDAYS Daily.

FROM FRIDAY lazy
C. A. Keene, the village recorder
of North Mankato, has given it out
that he is not a candidate for ~re-elec'
ton. He has made an excellent Off
cial, and it is hoped that he may re-
consider. In view of Mr.. Keene's
withdrawal, Dennis Donahue, the well
known truck gardener, has announced
himself as a candidate. Two other
good citizens, Marion Hills and w. E
Murden, the mail carrier, are being ia.
vorably mentioned for the office.
With the near approach of the cleo
tion, politics on the north side are
warming up. The people ought to all
take an interest and get the very best
officials possible.
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next to Maine,i the most prosperous

next to Maine, the most prosperous
state in the union" said the speaker.
County option is neither prohibition
nor license. | don't see how any
BODY en- be afraid of it. | don't see
how a democrat can oppose it, as the
first principle of that party is home
rule. Yet you send a bunch Of demo
Gratis to the legislature who don't
know enough about democracy to last
over night. tt is time that the re
publican party shakes off the rotten
grip of the liquor traffic that has held
on to its throat so long. 1t is time
that the democratic party also does
this, and the people get back their
power.
County Option the Issue.
County option is the issue in the
coming campaign. The Anti-Saloon
league is not a political party. This
question has become too big for any
oiic pa VI IL ii UldWh III
of Tx opponents of the saloons to.
gether and concentrated their power
like n burning glass on the ballot box
Mr.. Yonngdahl said hat the indie
pendent voter, who is the successor to
the mugwump, is the salvation of the
country. The league had but one pol
icy, and that was to destroy the sa-
loon. It's slogan was County Option
in 1911" This would be advocated on
every platform and through the
press, and would be put up to every
candidate, until the people would elect
members Of the legislature who would
not be afraid TO trust the people. eve
are going TO make every official toe
the mark said Mr.. Youngdahl, "from
the highest executive to the lowest
public servant. We are going to draw
the line, and where we find n man sit
ting on the fence we aer going to take
him by the leg and try to pull hin
! over on our side, but if he refuses tC
come then we will give him q pnsi
that will tip him over onto the Other
side, where he belongs. 1t never kills
a man, politically, to stand for thing
/ that are right. We are going to brins
Seaborn Wright, that great southern
orator, to Mankato, and Governor
Hanley and others. You folks hav'
! got to get out and elect the righ'
| kind Of delegates and see that the righ'
| LII H 1.-l.la4o- e., tha 1an,r slot mr.
are nominated, or else punish you
party by voting for the man who j
right on the other ticket. This viii
cost money. ] understand that thi
is one of the best organized COUNTIES
in the state, due to the splendid geniu
of your fellowtownsman, Rev. E. L
Heermance.
81 believe you are not going to Oh
what you did two years ago, but vii
send a senator and representatives VIII
are right on this question. We wan
you to help carry the other counties il
Rev. McKinzie's district, also"
Subscription cards were passed about
to raise funds to carry on an agrees
sive campaign. g
The special services in the variou
churches where they were held yester
day were largely attended, and tn
speakers for the Anti SalOonleague wer
listened to with the closest attention
and at the close of the services tn
subscription cards were passed about.
Yesterdays meetings seem to hav
been but the opening guns of a cam
paion that is to be carried on siren
uously until after the fall election.
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Blue Earth County Asked to Make
Exhibit at Conservation Congress.

The market gardeners and farmers
of Mankato and Blue Earth county are
asked to bring in samples of their best
vegetables, grains and fruits to be used
IN an exhibit at the conservation con-
gress in st. Paul next week. Blue
Earth county can make a splendid
showing at the congress, and all are
urged to bring in their samples this
week to the store of Charles X. Otto,
secretary of the Mankato Commercial
club, who will attend to. shipping them
without charge. SITS
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LETTERS.

From Mondays Daily.
Advertised letters for the week end
ing March 4, 1910.
James Antoine.
Mrs. Cora Brunson.
Mildred Cameron, r. NJ. Carson.
Fred. Kiffe.
Rube Lartz.
Albert Menger.
Mrs. JnO. Ritterman, Frank Rugue.
O. Schweitzcr, Henry NJ. Sheer, FL
mer Stevens, Rev. w. NJ. Swan.
Louise Tamlin.
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Ex-Offlcer Call Will Be So Informed
By City Attorney.
From EridaN,s DaiIu

Some time ago three Indian boys
ran away from the Indian school at
Flandreau, S. d., and were caught in
this city. One had a 81 or So suit
case, and the officials left it in charge
of the police department until it could
be sent for later. Officer Call took
the valise to his home, and since his
dismissal from the force has refused
to turn it over to Chief Pond. The
latter consulted City Attorney Schmit
about the matter today, and the latter
agreed to write Mr.. Call a letter in
structing him to turn the suit case
over to Chief Pond, or else a warrant
would be issued. Mr.. Call states that
he is keeping the suit case for the
Indians.
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Almquist Getting Along Nicely.

Rudolph Almquist, the young man
who was so badly injured at Benning
station one night several weeks ago,
is getting along nicely. Although his
left foot was crushed 'almost out OF
semblance of being a foot, he will not
lose the member. The local surgeon
for the Great Western road has been
attending Almquist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-11
Real Estate Transfers.
from Mondays Daily.

from Mondays Daily.
William W. Davis, Jr., to Albert II
|~Steifenhofer, lot 3, block l., Woods
addition, Mankato, for $500.
Levi Wrightson to Elmer U~pdegraft
nwaL4, section s, Vernon Center, fol
$4,000.
Owen w. Owen to David II. Evans
west los acres of nwH, section IL
'Judson. -
David II. Evans to Bernard Groserty
d. z lfnr az 615t hnera Il l a7lf
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A New Game.

"We had an African explorer at the
club last evening. He talked of pro-
gressive Abyssinia."
Sounds interesting. How = do you
play its"-Kansas City journal. ~.
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Public Auction

Frank NJ. Schaefer will sell at pub
lie auction March 10, on his farm,
three miles north of Mankato, near
Mankato Junction, farm machinery,
horses, cattle, etc.
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w. E. EDWARDS ASKS THE MAYOR
POINTED QUESTION.
From Saturdays Daily.

from saturdays OaIIy.
w. +. Edwards, who was recently
removed from the police force, today
mailed Mayor a. G. Meyer the fol
flowing:
Mankato, Mimi, March s., l9lO.-A
G. Meyer, Mayor. Sir: | demand al
explanation and definite reasons fUl
my dismissal from the police force
I"GoOd of the service" is not sufficient
Specific charges must be preferred. Re.
spectfully, w. +. Edwards, $50 Glen.
wood avenue, Mankato.
One From Mr.. Call.
Elk Policeman Call seeks information
also. Today he mailed a letter tc
Mayor Meyer, the following of which is
a copy:
/ Mankato, Mimi, March 5, 1910
MIR. A. G. Meyer, Mayor. Mankato
MINI. Dear Sir: The only reason as
signed for my discharge from the pc.
lice force so far as | can learn is the
general statement, good of the scr.
vice." This reason is so uncertain and
liable to misunderstanding that / re-
quest of you an explanation and more
definite assignment of the causes which
have prompted you in taking this
course. / know of no facts to Justify
your conduct and feel warranted in
demanding some definite reason which
in your judgment has justified YOU
action. Let me hear from you more
definitely. Respectfully yours, i. NJ
Cali.
There are others who have been in
curing into the reasons why the two
officers were relieved from duty. 1t is
understood that during this afternoon
the mayor received a letter form a
well-known citizen requesting the mayor
to state why the officials were called
upon to give up their stars and other
I paraphernalia.
What the Mayor Said.
Mayor Meyer stated this afternoon
that he had received letters from
Messrs. Edwards and Call; also Rev.
w. n. Jameson. lie had nothing fur
Their to say than this: "The law gives
the mayor the right to hire and dis
charge policemen as he sees fit and
do not propose to be dictated to by
anyone"
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Hogs closed in Chicago today at
Sl0.67Ni per hundredweieht.
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Local Boys Carry Off the Honors in
Saturday Nights Game.

The following cores have been made
by the st. Paul and Mankato bowling
teams
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Why They Hate Saloons.

1--WE hate the saloons for their dis
obedience of law" said Mr.. Youngdahl,
"for the lies that they have told, for
the women whose lives they have pois-
oned, for the corruption that they have
caused, and for all of the hateful things
that they have done. Yet we are not
asking the governor and the legislature
to close a shingle one of them, but
are merely asking them to give us
back our birth right"
The speaker said that Mankato is
a prosperous business town because of
the prosperous farming community
around it.. He asked whether the city
was afraid to trust the farmers who
trade here to decide whether they wish
liquor sold in the city or not. If they
want saloons they viii vote so. There
fore it is inconsistent to say that the
farmers will vote out the saloons and
will then do their trading in some city
where there are saloons.
Kansas decided to raise a few more
hogs and a little less he'll, and Is now,