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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
FUNERAL OF MRS. PHILLIPS
Services Were Held at the St. Peter
and PauFs Church.

The funeral services over the remains
OF the late Mrs. George NJ Phillips
were held this morning at 0:30 o'clocl,
at st. Peter and Paul's Catholic
church, and were attended by large
number of the friends of the deceased.
The Degree of Honor lodge of which
she was a member attended in a body.
The services were impressive, and the
iloral offerings many and beautiful, and
included set pieces from the orders to
which she belonged. A long line OF
carriages followed to the grave, and
the ihterment was made at Calvary
cemetery.
The rallbearers were II. ]. Wagon
Robert Jache, David Terwilliger, John
Krost, ?. II. Jordan and August Zim.
norman.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
WIFE OF GOPHER EDITOR
IN SERVANT GIRL ROLE
Mrs. Nell Johnson Whitney Would Rather Pay Her Own Nay
While Sight Seeing; Finds Out How 20 ihe
Better Class Of People Live

Chicago, Jan. l9.-AIrs. Nell johnson
wife of Il Minnesota newspaper man
and mother of four children, is work
ing as a housemaid in Chicago on one
of her ''tramps" in which she started
from her home at Marshall, Mimi,
without Il cent, working her way from
city to city.
Mrs. Whitney has been in Chicago
Il week. She planned to leave for
Washington, ID. c., Saturday, but re
manned her to attend the meetings
.of Emma Goldman, who is her close
friend She is doing the houseworll
in home on Lakeside Place.
Mrs. Whitney, who is about fifty
years old takes much delight in work.
ing to pay her travelling expenses while
sightseeing" the country. At Mar
shall, Mimi, she has one of the best
homes. and her husband is well-to-do,
but she cannot remain there more than
nine months year, and for three she
''tramps" the country.
Rowing Began Several Years Ago.
Her rowing started in 1906, when
she decided she was tired ''of being
without personality" and decided TO
prove by experience that woman
can travel without funds.
Since the first trip she has made two
others, one to the Pacific coast and
through the Western states, and the
other South and up the Atlantic coast.
Il tramp because | want to see the
country, because l want to prove that
woman can travel by her own efforts;
because | want to DrOye that woman
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
AUTOlSTS TO HOLD A MEET
State Association Is to Hold Forth
in st. Paul Tonight

III St. fdui lUHlSHt.
Representatives of the thirty-two
automobile clubs throughout Mime
sofa affiliated with the Minnesota Au-
tomobilc association will meet in St.
Paul tonight in what promises to be
one of the most important gatherings
ever held by a motoring organization
in the northwest. The delegates will
be guests of the st. Paul Automobile
club at Carvings uptown restaurant
the business meeting
Among other matters to come up
will be the election of successor to
Colonel Frank NJ Joyce of Minneapo-
dent for three Successive terms, but
who declined TO accept Il fourth.
George NJ. Palmer of Mankato has
been suggested as his successor.
The distribution of road signs re-
Gently purchased by the association
among the various representatives will
be taken up. 1t is expected that each
will be given pro rata share so as
to insure their proper installation
along leading thOroughfares in the
state. Some stress has been laid upon
the fact that only those communities
whose representatives guarantee the
efficient installation of these signs will
be given them.
An innovation created this year to
insure large attendance was intro
duced. BY the new system. all Off
cial representatives are allowed the
fare from their homes to st. Paul
and return.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
WIFE IS AGED, BUT IS GIDDY
Charge Brought By Franklin Davenport
Against His Old Frau.
ISpecsal to The Free Press.1

Philadelphia, Jan. l9-One Of the
Camden chancery court is that set
for today in which Franklin Daven-
port, aged seventy seven asserts that his
wife, seXenty-siX years, young, has
been unfaithful, and that one Aaron
Huff has won her affections. Davenport
is a new Jersey farmer. He asserts
that he lived happily with his wife
for half a century. The case came
up through a demand for an allowance
made by Mrs. Davenport who alleged
that her husband had of late failed to
provide for her.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21

can live without being supported by
man and because | am searching for
q land of flowers and sunshine where |
can educate my youngsters in the
modern school idea.
Il am not an anarchist | love home
life. | have model husband whom
| love and who loves me. | am a
good woman, a good wife and a good
mother
Mrs. Whitney's husband is Captain
c. c. Whitney, owner of The Marshall
News Messenger. He was for ten
years state printer of Minnesota, and
he and his wife were figures in st.
Paul society at the time.
Well Known in ST. Paul.
ST. Paul, Jan. l9.-AIrs. Whitney was
prominently identified with the 1905
and 1907 legislatures when she lobbied
inustriously for the establishment of
a state women's department She was
eventually successful in carrying the
project through, but failed in her can
vass to be made its head
Her husband, Captain Charles Whit
ney, has long been identified with re-
publican politics in Minnesota and ia
now member of the Soldiers home
boar A son is connected with the
state dairy and food department.
While resident of St. Paul during
her husbands term as state printer,
Mrs. Whitney was identified with civic
and state affairs.
Mrs. Whitney has worked as serv-
ant in the Twin City before, her idea
as she explained it, being to see now
DeOnle of the better class lived
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21

Washington. Jan. l9.-"At this time
| do not care to make any extended
reply TO the charges of Joel HeatwOlc,
in which he states, according to re-
ports that have reached me, first, that
| am not 4 republican; second, that |
did not support jacobson in the last
campaigns; third, that | am a tool Of
the steel trust; fourth, that l am OPP
posed to temperance leoislation fifth,
that my work for conservation is mere
~ an echo of policies advocated by
james j. Hill"
Thus did Governor Eberhart of Min
ncsOta take up for comment today
that former Representative Heatwole
had launched a broadsde at him in an
attempt. so the governors friends say,
10 iniurc his candidacy to succeed
himself rs governor. Continuing, he
said:
Specifically Denies Charges.
1T Is unnecessary to 90 into Mr..
iIcatwolc's charges in detail. ] will
pass over the statement that | should
not be classified as a republican. The
people OF the state know that | Loyalty
supported both Bob Dunn and Cole,
and also Jacobson, in their campaigns,
appearing on the stump in their be-
half for periods ranging from four to
seven weeks. On these trips l paid
my own expenses.
Further, constantly supported all
temperance legislation while member
OF the senate.
''in leading the conservation move
mcnt in Minnesota | have been actuat-
ed by no other motive than TO conserve
and protect the best interests of the
state"
Steel Trust Tool? ooh! Tush!"
How about Mr.. IIeatwolc's charge
that YOU are Il tool of the steel .:'.i.t ~
the governor was asked.
"Oh Tush." he replied.
Governor Eberhart was at first dsin-
clined TO make any reply to Mr.. Heat
wole, but finally consented to make the
statement quoted. Governor Ebcrhart
said that it had been Il practice of Mr..
lIeatwOle for many years to Jump
on Minnesotans in public Office, and
he expressed the opinion that he wolE
he able to answer fully, in due time,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
Want the Commission System

st. Paul Dispatch: An interesting
test of Illinois sentiment has been
completed by the Chicago Tribune,
which asked the editors of the state
to indicate what legislation was ac-
lively demanded in their respective To-
calities. The returns showed that the
direct primary and the commission
form of municipal government were
the topics uppermost in the public
minds and as result the legislature
will undoubtedly enact laws permit
ting both.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
Solid Trains of Coal,

A solid train of coal, consisting of
thirteen large cars, passed through the
city west on the Omaha road this fore
noon. Some of the cars held as much
as fifty tons each. The depot officials
said that such trains were going
through several times day. The
roads are making strenuous efforts to
relieve the coal shortage in the north
west, and are having better success
since the storm period has passed.
Plenty of coal is coming into Mankato
now.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
Death of Willie Hughes.

Willie, son of Evan Hughes of Cam
bra, died Saturday night of acute
kidney trouble. after an illness of only
years of age, and was bright and
promising young man, with many
friends He was raised in this county,
but for two or three years had lived
in Cambria. Everybody liked him, and
his death causes much regret. The flu
neral occurred yesterday, the remains
being inferred in Cambria cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
MINNEAPOLIS Dentist Named.

DR.. I. L. Cobb of Minneapolis has
been appointed member of the state
board of dental examiners by Governor
Eberhart. He succeeds Dr. j. w. Pen
berthy of Minneapolis, resigned. DIR.
Cobb is also secretary of the board.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
EBERHART SAYS"TUSH"
TO CHARGES OF JOEL P.
Governor Declares He Supported Jacobson; Is Not Tool Of
SIeeI Trust; Nor The Echo Of James J. HILL
Arrives in Washington
Especial to The ST. Paul Pioneer Pressl

the charges brought against him by the
former representative.
Calls on the President.
Governor Eberhart arrived here this
morning, in company with Governors
Frye of Utah, Carol of Iowa and
Brookings of Wyoming, to attend the
governors congress, which is holding
a session to consider questions relating
to conservation. He attended todays'
session, was one of Il number of gov
ernors that paid their respects TO the
president at the White House this aft
the capitol where he called on mem
bcrs OF the Minnesota delegation.
The governor is in for busy day
tomorrow. After the meeting of the
governors he will spend some time in
conference with officers of the govern
ment who are expected to participate
in the st. Paul conservation conference
in March.
Minnesota Alumni to Entertain.
Tomorrow night he has three en-
SdSclHcHlS. lie Is ScHtuuleu 10 dJtchl
the White House reception, also dim
ner to be given in honor of the state
executives by John Hays Hammond,
president of the League of Republican
Clubs, and to appear as the guest of
honor ut a reception to be given by the
Minnesota Alumni society of this city.
This function will be attended by all
MinnesOtans resident here. including
Senators Nelson and Clapp, and the
members of the house delegation, as
well as by the large number of people
from the state now visiting the capital.
Governor Eberhart expressed the OPP
iniOn today that the meeting of the
governors would prove helpful in fur
thering the cause of conservation. He
is of the opinion that congress will
enact laws at this session that will
ila.c the conservation of the natural
resources a permanent policy of the
government. Mr.. Eberhart will remain
here until Friday
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
Joke Is On the Folks.

st. Paul Dispatch: Senator Depew is
said to have no opposition for re-elec-
ton. In this case the Depew joke is
on the people of New York.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
Minister Threatens to Boycott Paper.

Minister Threatens to Boycott Paper.
The Rev A. p Strom of Triumph
and his fellow Christians, as he de-
clares, will cease to support the local
paper if it continues to publish dance
notices.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
BABY BLISS GOES INSANE
Weighs 5a5 Pounds; He Was Once
Visitor in MankatO.

Peoria. H., Jan. l9.-Leonard Bliss,
better known as Baby" bliss, at one
time supposed to be the largest man in
the Omitted States. was brought from
his home in Bloomington last night to
The Peoria hospital at South Barton
Vile. hopelessly insane. Bliss weighed
525 pounds when placed on the scales at
the asylum.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21

..Babv" Bliss was visitor in Man.
kato several years ago. He was here
representing bicycle manufacturer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-19
McHARG STARTED SOMETHING
Government Press Agencies May Get
Jolt as a Result of His
Work

Ormsby McHarg was in the federal
service but a short time, but he made
a reputation for himself. Perhaps if
McHarg had been depending upon the
position and was constantly in fear of
being called down" for what he might
say or do, he would have steered a
different course. AS it was, with the
knowledge that he was not going to
stay. and would not stay, he was per.
haps more bold in his utterances.
At all events, he has said lot of
things to which his official character
gave prominence. Just before STEP
ping out Of Office he made the bold
assertion that nothing is more disas-
trous to a young mans career than to
enter the government service in the
lower clerical force. He has been crit
icised for this utterance, but most of
the people who are familiar with con-
ditions in Washington can approve
of what he says.
While McHarg has been criticising
conditions, other bureaus and depart
ments have been adopting the press
agency plan and saying nice things
about the government service, encour.
aging people to get into it, and taking
occasion to boost the heads of bureaus
and departments. There is an intima-
ton that press agencies of the various
bureaus of the government may re-
ceiye jolt at the present session of
congress.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-19
TO RETIRE OLD EMPLoYE
Senator Jones' Bill Would Pension
Thomas Harrison Who Has
Worked 62 Years.

Senator Wesley L. Jones of Wash
ington has introduced bill in con-
gress to retire Thomas Harrison of
the United States naval observatory
with an annuity in recognition of his
long and conscientious service with
that institution.
Mr.. Harrison probably is the oldest
living government employee, not only
in years of service, but in actual age.
He is now 81 years old, and began his
service in the naval observatory in
1S47, sixty-two years ago. In connec-
ton with the bill Senator Jones re-
ceived letter from Mr.. Harrison in
his own handwriting, which had every
appearance of having been penned by
an expert in handwriting of the age
of twenty-five years or less. In fact,
such writing would be marvel of
excellence, even for SO young man.
Rear-Admiral Colby M. Chester, re-
tired, and other influential friends Of
Mr.. Harrison have Endorsed the bill.
Mr.. Harrison, according to Senator
Jones, is not to be pensioned as a
superannuated or inefficient employe,
for he is decidedly neither, but merely
in recognition of his services.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-19
HOW TILLMAN EXERCISES
Lies on Back and Puts Toes Against
Headboard of Bed 20
Times.

Senator BENJAMIN F. Tillman of
South Carolina puts himself through
course of physical exercises every
morning at his home in Washington to
reduce an embonpoint that is begin
ming to attract attention in South Car.
DINA. The senator will not admit that
his friends at home believe he has
abandoned "con pone'' as a diet, but
the suspicion would be well founded
if they knew what the senator was
doing each morning to reduce his
girth. According to well-authenticat.
ed reports, the senator gets on the fat
of his back in the middle of the bed
and puts his toes against the head.
board twenty times. For a man of his
age, tho senator regards this stunt as
no "mollycoddle" exercise and he has
suggested it to his colleagues in the
senate who are bigger at the waist
than elsewhere, warning them at the
same time not to knock the stuffing
out of the dashboard"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-19
Shank Buttons Best.

Just now, when large buttons are So
much in vogue on shirtwaists and tub
gowns, quick and easy way to attach
them SO they may be removed for
laundering is to use buttons with a
shank, and fasten in place with small
safety pins on the wrong SIDE
The spaces should be measured and
marked with a few stitches just where
the buttons should be, so they may be
quickly attached after each trip to the
laundry.
In this way one set of buttons will
do duty for number of suits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-19
Parks for the People,

Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture years ago inaugurated
the custom of permitting employees of
his Office to utilize the grounds about
the buildings for games of various
kinds during lunch hour, encouraging
the men especially to get out and
Timber up" Incidentally, many en-
ployes, both men and women, soon
got to taking short cuts across the
greensward en- route to and from Of
flee. The consequence was that we'll
beaten paths were soon made at the
logical points for walks llama Jim"
and his associates said nothing about
the establishment of these short cuts,
which, to some extent, at least, married
the appearance of the grounds. In
stead Of putting up the Keep OFF the
Grass" signs and planting some new
seeds, the secretary ordered that
brand new cement walks be laid over
the well-trodden paths.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-19
TOFINISH MONUMENT
FOUR STATE STONES ARE LACK.
ING IN WASHINGTON SHAFT.
Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and Wash
ington to Complete Group in
Memorial Tower at the
National Capital.

"Of the nearly half a hundred states
in the union every one of them is rep
resented with a stone in the Washing
ton monument with the exception of
Oklahoma, Colorado, Washington,
Texas, North and South Dakota" F. L..
Harvey, secretary of the Washington
National Monument association, ex-
plains.
"In the case of the Dakotas the
stone was placed there before the d.
vision of the old territory, so pre-
sumo it will stand for both the pres
ent states. In the case of the others
there is no reason why they should
not have appropriate stones there as
we'll as the other states"
In speaking of the stones and tab
let's donated to the Monument society,
Mr. Harvey stated, contributions of
this character would come in time
from Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and
the Philippines. What was principally
desired at the present time was the
completion of the state representation
within the bounds of the Atlantic and
Pacific and Mexico and Canada. The
two territories within these limits,
New Mexico and Arizona, he said,
were represented each with fine
piece of marble.
ct seems reasonable to expect in
the cases of Oklahoma, Texas, Colora-
do and Washington" said Mr.. Harvey,
that they will make an effort to be
represented, without unnecessary de-
lay, especially in view Of the fact that
foreign nations are represented, some
of them for number of years past. 1t
would seem that the placing of stones
by the unrepresented states should be
patriotic duty
The one essential in placing state
stones in the monument is that 1t
must come as gift from the state it.
self and be paid for from the state
fund. In the case of Colorado, the Sec
rotary of the society said, efforts had
been made from time to time by soci-
cites and organizations to place
stone in the name of the state. but
such offers had been declined.
"The stone or tablet must in fact be
donation of the state" he said. 1T
is to carry out the idea of state SOW
ereignty and the formation of the
union"
All state stones are of a uniform
length and width, with depth sufh-
Client to place them along the interior
walls of the monument without adding
weight or compromising the original
p'ans of the designing engineers They
rnay be of any variety of stone with
bas relief carvings or plates of metal
containing appropriate inscriptions.
The only exception is Michigan,
which is represented by a copper
block of the regulation size, 4x2 feet.
with the state coat of arms and the
motto in a silver bas relief.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-19
Side Liqhs on SANTIAGO Battle

Representative George T. McCreary
of Pennsylvania, in talk with friends
in Washington, recently threw an in
teresting light upon the naval battle
at Santiago, Cuba, in which the Span
ish feet of Cervera was totally des-
troyed or captured. Mr. Creary has
made several million dollars as a coal
operator in Pennsylvania. Before
the Spanish war broke out his COM
pany furnished the Spanish govern
ment with 1.400 tons of coal, which
was delivered at Santiago for naval
purposes, and it was this coal which
Cervera's fleet used when making it's
dash in the harbor Off Santiago. Fur
thermore, Mr.. McCreary says that the
iron which was used to make the
steel which armored the Spanish fleet
was dug from the iron mines in the
vicinity of the harbor of Santiago,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-19

day. Her needs have been looked
in darker, stronger colors, than for
flower-trimmed hats. A moss green
olive or clear bright navy, or any OF
the good shades of brown The blue
of the bluebird is the happiest of Sc.
iections. For trimming, velvet ribbon,
satin bows and fancy feather quilts
F., are the proper choice, or wings may
| be used. Let the satin ribbon be of
| the same color as the braid. The vel
vet ribbon may be a dash of bright
color like cherry or coral or a darker
| shade of the same color as the satin
| ribbon:
For the feather, nothing is much
prettier than the iridescent coque, but
there are SO many to choose from that
one may use the individual taste in
this matter. The velvet ribbon is
threaded through small slashes cut in
the covered frame, the fancy feathers
are sewed on firmly and over them
a group of loops made of two yards
of No. 60 ribbon. If the matter of
covering the hat with braid seems too
difficult, shape can be bought ready
made and simply trimmed with folded
satin ribbon, a cluster of quilts and an
ornament or flower placed in the cen
ter of rosette made of loops. Five
yards of ribbon are needed for this
hat and two broad, or a cluster of mar
row quilts.
The ribbon is laid in folds and
tucked about the hat in what is known
as a crushed band. The rosette is a
series of loops four inches deep sewed
to little piece of buckram, the size
of silver dollar. This is sewed to
the hat after the band and quilts have
been adjusted. Finally an ornament
or fiat flower is sewed at the center
of the rosette, completing the trim
ming.
These hats provide one with some
thing pretty for Easter and very use.
full for the spring and early summer,
or for general wear all summer, 70,
that matter. The last two described
are very handsome in all black.
Twelve yards of braid are needed at
least for this model, one yard of null
and a spool of silk thread matching
the braid in color. Finally, let me
whisper to those interested, the mas
culine members of your family will
think your achievement wonderfully
clever, if you make your own hat.