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The Mankato free press., 1910-12-16

Clement Schroeder, John Murphy
and }. p SchweitZer will come on
for trial in the district court to-
morrow The plaintiff seeks to re-
cover $S1379 from ]. w. Mccall,
who was the plaintiff agent, this
being the amount that the medicine
company claims is due from him. in
the final settlement. The defendants
signed the contract with Mr.. Mccall,
and are therefore sued.
The defendants allege that the
company never notified them of its
acceptance Of their guarantee; that
it permitted Mr.. Mccall TO neglect
reporting collections; and that It
never notified them of Mr.. McCall'S
discharge from the company's SER
vice
A. r. Pfau, Jr., G.. ]. LauriSch and
Tawney, Smith & Tawney are the
plaintiffs attorneys, and c.. l.. Bene-
dict and c. o. DALEY represent the
defendants.
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commander, to serve his third term
Wilmot, senior vice; Charles Hoffman,
Junior vice; T. c. pcart surgeon; NJ.
Hanna, Quartermastcr; T.. II. Kennedy,
chaplain; Robert Girvin, officer of the
day: A. Dickson. officer of the guard;
George Parrott, delegate at large to the
state cncampment, with Charles IIof-
man alternate; T. C. Pcau and Madi-
son Kcenc delegates, with A. Dixon
alternate.
The officers will be installed the first
Wednesday evening in January, by the
department commander. and Il banquet
and good time will take place. All old
soldiers are requested To attend the
meeting in two weeks, when prepara
tions for the installation will be made.
The Womans Relief corps held an
interesting meeting last evening when
four candidates were initiated and five
new applications read. .f
Mrs Mansfield ellairmam of the re-
lief committee. reported sending eight
Thanksgiving baskets ont, valued at
So each and other relief work extend
ed 1t was also voted 10 send the
annual contribution to the Soldiers
Home Christmas fund. The w. Il. G..
of the state furnishes every veteran at
the home with a box containing candy.
nuts and fruit for Christmas treat
The election of officers for the en-
suing year resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, Ellen Foley; senior vice presi-
dent, Eva Vance; junior vice presi-
dent, Isabel Temple; treasurer, Flor
ence X. Stubi,s chaplain, Eliza Jacoby
conductor. Emma Goodsel; guard
Susan Block; first delegate, Marcella
Kennedy; second delegate, Mamie Fos-
ter; first alternate. Cora Curtis; second
alternate, Mary Sanborn. Mrs. Mary
Gardiner of Seattle, Wash. the ma
tional chaplain of the ". r. c., was
the guest of honor Mrs. Gardiner i;
visiting her sister. Mrs. Brewster.
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MILL PLANT is FOR SALE
Sleepy Eye Company Desires to Dis
pose of Property.

The Sleepy Eye Milling company's
plant ut Sleepy Eye and its line of
twenty-five country elevators are of
fered for sale. The company is now
being managed by a creditors com
mitIce. with Dwight Nj. Baldwin of
Minneapolis. at the head. This COM
mittee represents creditors scattered
all over the United States, consist
ing mostly of banks who advanced
money To the former management,
and who have claims against the
company aggregating about 100000.
The management of the concern
now has offices at Minneapolis and
A. w. Spehr is in active charge Of
the mill at Sleepy Eye. The cred
itors' committee is not desirous of
continuing the operation of the mill
and it is rImored that they have
made overtures to the Eagle Roller
Mill company Of New Tim, with a
view Of selling The plant 10 this
company.
1t is said that the. entire plant, in
Gliding the elevators, can be puI-
chased for S150,000.
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TO ALL SURVIVORS OF INDIAN
WARS.

We desire to obtain the addresses
of all those who served on the from
tier against hostile Indians in the
United States and volunteer service
from the close of the Civil war until
1888, in order that their names may
be placed on the books of the n. T..
w. ". association, so that they may
benefit by the act now pending be-
fore congress. as soon as il becomes
Il law
Tho National Indian War Veter-
ans, organized for the purpose of
procuring pensions for its members,
have sent two Of its order, the ma
tional commander, Henry Hegwer,
and the national secretary, C. r.
Hauser, to Washington, D. c., there
to inaugurate vigorous campaign
for the purpose of accomplishing
this object.
Those brave and noble soldiers
who so valiantly defended and pro-
tected the western frontier in the
early days, making it possible for
this generation to develop it's un-
limited resources and to live in
peace and prosperity, are surely en-
titled to the same recognition that
this government so justly accords
to survivors of other wars. Henry
Hegwer, national commander, N. l.
w. v; c. r. Hauser, national secre-
tary, n. |. w. V.
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DANIEL CUPID WILL Be
HEADL|NER IN A TRIAL

Dan Cupid will be featured in
what promises TO be Il rather sensa
tional trial in the district court next
week. A jury of twelve good men
and true will be called on 10 deter
mine whether Daniel played havoc
with the heart of Miss Agnes Cough
lan-whether the little fellow brought
about an engagement between that
lady and Thomas A. Sherk, n prom
inent capitalist of this city, and sub
sequently the said engagement was
broken off.
Judge Morrison to Preside.
Judge p. w. Morrison will pre-
side over the trial of this interesting
case. The plaintiff sues to recover
$4,000, alleging breach of promise
The trial will begin on Monday. Miss
Coughlan was formerly a resident
of this city. Now she resides in
Minneapolis. She was at one time
in charge of the local exchange of
the Northwestern Telephone com
pany. She alleges that she became
engaged to marry Mr.. Sherk some
years ago, but that he subsequently
married another. After his separa-
ton from his wife, the engagement
was renewed, she claims. Mr.. Sherll
denies that there was ever any prom
ise of marriage given. 1t is said
that number of letters written
by both parties will be introduced as
evidence. These letters, it is claimed,
would make interesting reading.
Rumors of settlement of the
case have been in circulation at diff
ferent times, but these reports had
no foundation. There is no likeli-
HOOD that the parties will come to
an agreement.
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PREFERRED TO LEAVE TOWN
CoIored Man Who Was Brought Be-
fore Judqe Comstock.

Arthur Marshall, a colOred en-
ploye at the Saulpaugh. was arrest
cd Saturday night on the charge Of
striking female emplOye there.
When arraigned in the municipal
court today on the charge of assault
in the third degree he would not
plead guilty, but claimed that every
thing was done in iun. The young
woman did not look ut the matter in
that light, and the court found the
defendant guilty and sentenced him
to serve twenty days 1T hard labor
in the county Jail or else leave the
city for a year. He preferred to
leave, and took the first train out.
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ROB RANDOLPH PosToFFlcE.
Burglars Get Away With Stamps
Money and Knives.

The pOstOffice at Randolph was
robbed early yesterday morning, ac-
cording TO Il. ID. Simmons, pOstoffice
Inspector, stationed at st. Paul. The
robbery was not discovered till near
ly nine, o'clock when the postmaster,
l.. r. Miller, went to his general
store, where the postoffice is located
The thieves secured about 500 in
stamps, $40 or $50 in cash and sew
eral dollars worth of jewelry and
knives.
Entrance was made by breaking
the glass door and manipulating the
lock from the inside. Mr.. Simmons
said it might be the same gang that
robbed the postoffice at Lakeville,
Mimi, ten miles from Randolph,
about three weeks ago, when robbers
took between 500 and $500 in pos
tage stamps and about 5000 in
money
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Institution Makes an Excellent Show.


ing for the Past Year
The annual meeting of the st. Clair
Creamery association was held at the
town hall in St Clair on Monday. The
following officers were elected:
President, G. +. Juliar; vice presi-
dent, John Zimmerman, treasurer, Rob.
ert r. Haedt; secretary, \. A. Juliar:
director, Fred krnse; manager, j. H.
Fields; buttcrmaker, Fred Prccht.
Joseph P. Brucls. manager for the
past year, presented the following re-
port:
Receipts Butter sodSs TO st. Clair
merchants and shipped to- New York,
Elizabeth, n. J. and Chicago, less
freight and commission. -S32 ,320 .65; !;
coal and buttermilI sold. S43.23; total
receipts, $32.372.Ss. Disbursements =
Total running expenses, S2.7074l; !;
freight carriage and commission OH but
Ter shipped to different markets. 81
S2+5I; paid to patrons, $26,O32.40; to-
tai disbursements, S3l,6543s.
Total milk received 2.27s,474 pounds
average test of milk. 80; total cream
received, G6.4l2. pounds average test of
cream. y; butter fat obtained from
milk. !SS.S6G pounds; buffer fat OBJ
tanned from cream, 1860 pounds;
making total of butter fat, l03,470
pounds; total number of pounds of
butter made 122,723 pounds; butter
taken ont by patrons. 1870 pounds:
butter sold to merchants and shipped
lO7.766 pounds; average price paid to
patrons, 1874 cents; average price re-
ccived for butter sold, less freight
and commission, 80 cents; l07.765 ship
ped and to merchants. So ,329.65; coal
and buttcrmilt Sold, 1929; total
Sf'32 .3372 .ss; disbursements SS3l 5lS3S;
leaving a balance sin the treasury 81
l$7lS.59- -
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WASTE or LIFE IN THE
OPERATION OF TRAINS

Chicago, December 14.-As a di-
rect result Of committees of safety,
the accidents in plants of one big
industrial corporation were reduced
one.half. III consequence of which
success railway has adopted The
safety committee plan. and is likely
10 he followed by other railways and
industrial corporations. According TO
the league for Public Safety, the
plan shifts to the employees part OF
the responsibility for accidents ana
also enables them through their rep
rescntatives on the committee to
bring about needed changes and inn
provements to safeguard life. The
enormous waste of lives in railroad
operation, generally deplored by eX-
ccutivcs. has been acted upon by r.
C.1Richards, general claim agent of
the Northwestern system, who has
given a great amount of personal at
tention TO the subject for years.
First 10 Make Protest.
lie was the first to publicly pro-
test against the annual increase OF
the death and injury list, an ad-
dress he made TO employees having
been published rs a booklet Con
servation of Men" which other roads
and Industrial companies have dis
tributed by the thousand for the
good it may do in increasing the
carefulness and prudence Of the men
who man the trains and actually run
the road. The Northwestern's COM
mittees have been appointed on most
Of the divisions of the system. and
each will include ten men, made up
from the engine men. uainmen,
track men, roundhouse men, shop
men ana superintcndents. In address
ing employees. Mr.. Richards said:
During the last year in which the
Interstate Commerce Commission
made their report, there were killed,
not injured, but killed on the rail
roads of this country 1878 men,
women and children; that is one for
every fifteen minutes of every twen-
ty-four hours of every day in the 365
days of those twelve months, and OF
that number $40. not $40. but 3.470,
or ten a day, were your men; they
were your brothers, your fathers,
your sons and your neXtdoor neigh
bOrs who were killed.
In the same year there were 1885,
234 people injured, or one for every
five minutes of every hour of every
twenty-four hours of every day of
the 365 days of the year. OF that
number S3,367 were your people, your
railroad men. Think of it, so per
cent of all the people injured were
employees, not passengers, not out
siders, but just us railroad employees.
What do you think OF that for a
record in a business which adver-
tises itself to be safe?"
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TEACHER is TAKEN VERY ILL
Miss Borchardt of Minnesota Lake
Operated On Quickly.

Miss Borchardt, a teacher in the
public schools at Minnesota Lake,
was taken violently i'll in her class
room at eleven o'clock Thursday
morning, with appedicitis. She was
brought to this city at seven o'clock
last evening and taken in Coy's am
bulance to Emmanuel hospital, where
she was operated upon last night,
and gangrenous appendix re-
moved. She is doing nicely.
Miss Ella Krieger, nurse at I'm
manuel hospital, spent Thursday
with her parents at Rapidan, and on
her return attended evening services
at church. She was subsequently
taken violently sick with appendici-
tis and was operated upon yesterday
morning and her appendix removed.
She is doing nicely.
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THINK BONDS WILL CARRY
Advocates of Water Works on North
Side Are Hopeful.

The North MankatO village council
has set December 90 as the date for
the bond election. The council will
submit the proposition to issue $780,
600 OF waterworks bonds. 1t takes
a majority of fve-eighths to carry
the bonds, and it is thought that
they will so through with very little
opposition. An effort will be made
to float them at three per cent, or
4 loan may be made from the state
at four per cent.
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HAS BEGUN WORK ON ROAD
John Mock Is in Charge Of Highway
Improvement.

From Tuesdays Daily
The work Of graveling the Madi-
son Lake road this side of Eagle
Lake has begun. John Mock has
charge of the work, and has num-
ber OF teams at work, hauling river
gravel Of an excellent quality from
this city. The work started at the
Magley hill and is being prosecuted
this way rs far as the school house.
The village Of Eagle Lake has also
resumed the work of hauling gravel
onto that portion of the road passing
through the village. The hauling is
fine, and the gravel is being gotten
on in good shape.
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NARROW ESCAPE OF CARRIER
Frank Jessup of Madelia Caught in
Fire; Saved Mail.

Frank .Iessup, a rural mail car
rior ont of Madelia. narrowly es
capped burning TO death in his en-
closed vehicle yesterday morning. lie
had started on his rounds and was
getting along nicely. He was as
comfortable as a bug under a rug, the
heat from his small stove keeping
his feet and body warm. Suddenly
horses dashed down the road,
overturning the cart and break
ing the stove. The red hot
Goals set fire to the woodwork
which blaZed up fiercely. Mr.. Jes-
sup found himself in Il rather precar-
ious situation. He could not open
the doors Of his cart and his exit
was through an eighteen inch space
that was made by breaking the glass
front. He suffered no injuries and
saved the mail matter.
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"LENNlE" is SURE A LOSER
List of Articles He Lost in Bruins
wick Hotel Fire.

"Lennie" Horn, whiskey sales
man known in MankatO, who made
the Brunswick hotel in Minneapolis
his permanent headquarters, claims
to be the heaviest loser of all the
hotel guests that were caught by
the fire. His apartments were on
the third floor on the Fourth street
side Of the building. He bemoans
especially the loss of forty fancy
vests, sixteen suits of clothes, $75
worth of neckties and various other
little necessities
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TAKES POSITION ON THE ROAD.


Thomas Hart to Travel for Foote,
Schultze G. Co., of ST. Paul.
County Treasurer Hart has accep-
ted a position on the road with
FoOte. SchultZe e Co., the wholesale
shoe dealers, to take effect Jan. /.
His territory will be Southern Min
nesota and part of South Dakota
His brother, j. e. Hart, travels east
for this firm Mr. Hart was for
some years on the road for Il shoe
house before he took the office OF
county treasurer so the work will
be familiar to him, and he will see
the same customers.
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GIVEN A VERDICT FOR $1,000
Jury Agrees in the Case of Erdner
Against Northwestern.

From Saturdays Daily.
The $4,000 damage suit of Mrs.
Emma Erdner, as administrative of
the estate of the late Lee F. Foley,
VS.. the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway company went to the jury
at ten o'clock this forenoon. When
the evidence was all in yesterday
the defense moved for an instructed
verdict for the railway company, but
Judge Pfau denied this motion. The
arguments were then made.
The jury came in at two o'clock
this afternoon, with a verdict award
ing the plaintiff $1,000 damages.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-16
Commander Is Reelected; Officers o
Wilkin Post and Corps.

From Thursdays Daily.
Alexander Wilkin Post, G. A. r. held
its annual election of officers last
night. Thomas Hodson was reelected
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-16
MEDICAL COMPANY SUIT

Watkins Concern of Winona Has An
Action in Court.
From Mondays Dail:
The suit OF the j. r. Watkins
Medical company of Winona vs..
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FIRE DESTROYED A HOME
Residence at Lake Crystal Eaten Up
BY Flames.

Residence at Lake crystal Eaten Up
BY Flames.
From, Tuesdays DaTv
Fire yesterday forenoon at Lake
Crystal destroyed the residence Oc-
cupied by Misses Mary and jeanette
Jones, formerly Of this city The
fire originated from defective gaso-
line stove, and the house was de-
strOyed, and all of the contents
burned except such as could be car
ried out readily. The house was a
small one, and the loss on it and
the goods destroyed may not exceed
$500. So far as learned, there was
no insurance.
The fire was discovered at about
ten o'clock, and it was not long be-
fore half of the village was on the
scene, trying to eXtinguish the flames
or save property.
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WILL SOON LEAVE FOR PRISON.
Commitment Papers for Whitford M.
Hall Are prepared

The commitment papers have been
prepared for Whitford M. Hall, and
he will be taken to Saltwater in a
day or two. He has some little bust
ness at Madison Lake to be disposed
of first, such as getting his personal
property. He is taking his conviction
and sentence in philosophical way.
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c. L.. Olson was not feeling so well
today. N,s
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90 sunerabundant and laVlshly cos
tunad chorus would have won the. ap-
.'Ia'sa and excited the laughter be-
,oWed last evening, perhaps, even II
Slo" eo 70 IL alone without book or
music. no.oon Flood was
80 an,,rse inimitably ludicrous, put II
~ matter of genuine regret 70
was hn remembered the work OF
Nj kallv and his entertaining team
WI Msdelyn Marshall. in other pro
i,sl',,oas mat the librettist seemed 10
w., n,orIooked Miss MarshalIs clever
u;ainal methods and ability as d
Sn iu raaEar AS it was she unlooseo
hearty laughter whenever sne hao TIC
"a Wvnn vaudevillian OF some note,
~ on1roval as a comedian by MS own
oothods and his boundless aointy 70
tw;st and turn his straw nat my an
cnnceivabIe shapes. The three comeoiahs'
~ given half chance at Iuilmakins;
would prove a team Dub rarely eau"'e 81
in one production. fieIcneI MI w, q.
Jack Flood, son of the deacon, al1 VIA
was allotted to him in a satisfactory
mannsr His athletic dance. THE Pa
risian Flop" was a marvel OF acrobatlcs.
The English role Of Hon. Charles Chet-
wynne BY Malley jennings, was not bad
ly rendered at times.
The feminine strength OF the company
however, was prodig1ous. Leading the
list. with abundant opportunities, came
Clara Palmer, as the French adventures
Marie Trouville Miss Palmer has made
great strides In her profession and her
work and singing were very good. Wayne
Gehrue, as Mrs. Hunter Grey, was ex-
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Chase's.

An exceptionally bright and entertain
ing bill is offered at Chase's Theater this
week and as a result the standing room
only sign is likely to be in evidence
The principal attraction on the bill is
Jesse Lasky's THE Photo Shop" one
act musical comedy that is exceptionally
we'll put together with funny situations
good singing and clever dancing
Mamie Fleming and Charles Slime
are the leaders of the company and theil
comedy work and singing rank very
high The chorus of sixteen is handsome
ly dressed and works with pleasing pre-
cision Paul Seldom's Poems in Marble
closed the first half of the program
and were seen here for the first time
The posing and dressing of the company
are remarkably accurate and surprising
in originality.
Other good acts on the program are
Lola Merrill and Frank Otto in singins
and dancing entitled After the Shower
Lima Painter and Tom Macdonald. cleye,
athletes and balancers, Marshall Mont
gomery. bright tentriloquist, and Jar
row in slight of-hand Tricks that wer.
new and original
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Casino.

The Casino offers an unusually attrac-
tive program this week, the main feature
of which is a powerful one-act drama
entitled 1.-The Operator This play
let portrays human emotion on the
same lines as the usual standard play Of
four acts. most unique act is pre-
scented when Lee Hung Foo, real Chi
naman, sings a song in his native Ian
guage. He also shows knowledge of
other languages, including English. Fiske
and Mcdonald, in THE Ladies' Interior
ing Society," showed much of life's deep
er philosophy, while their little side
thrusts of witticism were greeted with
an abundance of applause. Lawrence
Wilson. in q monologue, Evelyn Ware, in
a number OF songs, and the Mcdonald
brothers, in comical acrObatic feats. are
the other numbers provided to amuse.
Many reels Of motion pictures conclude
the performance.
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New Lyceum.

THE Cozy Corner Girls" with two bur-
lettas. entitled Room No. g. and 1.-The
Broken Brokers at Atlantic City," and a
good olio. is the attraction at the New
Lyceum this week. 1t is a good show,
having those three we'll known COM
edians. Bill Spencer. Richly w. Craig and
Dan Manning. at the head Miss Mar
garet Newell scored hit singing the
..Grizzly Bear song in the last act, be-
ing recalled to the footights several diff
ferent times During the two acts many
popular songs We're introduced by the
pretty chorus. which wore costly cos
tunes. The headliners of the vaudeville
portion 'or the program were Mort Mac
Rae and lowering yelling, two expert
wheel riders. Jesse Mardo and Belle
Hunter in military tactics We're very
funny.
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Majestic.

A good bill is presented at the Ma
jestic Theater this week. the feature act
by the Australian Twin Sisters Ander-
son. in their original novelty, Dancing
i'm the One Rope" being we'll received.
Another entertaining act was presented
by the Great Buckner. sensational BIZ
cycle rider, whose clever tricks were
heartily applauded. Other entertainers
are Rogers and Pearce. eccentric Ger
man comedians. singers and dancers, and
Jeanette German, the girl with the big
voice, in popular songs. Latest of mo-
ton pictures were shown.
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Gayety.

Siarks Runaway Girls are the attrac-
tlon at the Gayety this week. They give
a good show. The constant laughter and
applause that followed the performances;
yesterday showed that the large audiences
present were pleased. Pretty girls. al
tractive costumes. plenty OF music and
lots of fun filled out an interesting nro-
gram. The principal features were mu
steal comedy entitled "A Mixed Affair."
and burlesque entitled THE Aviators
The chief funmakers We're Jack Reid
Frank l.. Wakefield. j. Sheriff Mackey
and Frank Williamson. Most of the sing
ing and dancing were done by Miss Wini
fred Greene and Miss Ella r. Gilbert. The
Ivory Quartet sang several songs that
pleased, and Wakefield and Reid gave =
realistic sketch of hop joint In
Chinatown.
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Avenue Grand.

Manager Leonard offers as this weeks
attraction four high-class vaudeville acts
and the motion pictures. 1t is one of the
most attractive shows seen at this play
house this season. One of the good acts
were Connors and Edna, in singing, DANG
ing and changes. The Four Laxolians a
quartet on saxaphones, were very pleas
ing; Warren and Faust, comedy enter
tainers were very funny. and Collins and
Provost closed the bill with looping the
bumps. The pictures were good.