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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-16
]. E. FLICK OF MINNEAPOLIS UNI.
DER ARREST.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
}. i. FlecI of Minneapolis, for
mer travelling man, was arrested at st.
Peter last night. by Sheriff Donahue on
a warrant gotten out by Harry Hamil-
ton of the.i ,Saulpangh, charging him
with petit; larceny. The warrant al
leges that OH Tuesday morning Fleck
took a mereerized water proof automo-
bile overcoae,, valued at S22, and the
property Of A. A.,aBoyer, from the
check room I0f the Saulpaugh.
Hamilton Cashed Draft.
Fleek was IA guest at the hotel, and
Mr.. hamilton eashed draft for Sl5
Tor him, drawn by himself upon his
brothers tirm., After the coat disap.
peared, Fleck left, but Mr.. Boyer yes.
terday reported to Mr.. Hamilton that
ne had seen Flick with the coat at
st. Peter; The warrant followed, am
Mr.. Hamilton pressed John r. Thomas
INTO the service, and with Sheriff Dona
hue made the trip to st Peter in fast
time in MI. Thomas automobile
fleck was found, placed under arrest
and brought back to- Mankato.
Fleck Pleaded Not Guilty.
This morning Flick was arraigned il
the municipal court on the warrant
and pleaded not guilty, and his tria
was set, Tor tomorrow at 9 a. M, anC
ms bond was placed at 500, and unit
1t was Forthcoming he was placed i,
the custody OF the sheriff.
Mr.. Hamilton states that the draf
came back this morning with wore
from Fleck,s brother that the man ha,
not worked for his fiSm recently ant
that he would not honor the draft
Mr.. Hamilton is. considering bringin;
further charge against Fleck base,
on the draft, as he states that h
cashed the draft, -. relying on Fleck'
statement that he was travelling for hi
brothers firm
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DOES NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO
TURN FOR NOMINEE.

John Lind will not accept the demo-
cratic nomination for governor, and the
leaders of the party are in the dumps
They are worse off than they were be-
fore the state convention was held
Their ticket is headless and they are
at Il loss for someone to take the Job
that has been cast aside by John Lind
Committee to Meet Thursday.
The democratic state central commit
tee will meet Thursday in st. Paul
Charles I. Taylor of this city is a
member of the committee. He plans to
attend. He has not made up his mind
who he will favor for the place made
vacant by the positive deciination OF
Mr.. Lind to be the nominee Mr.. Tay-
Tor stated today that he had not been
spoken to on the subject by any of his
party cO-workers, and was not in a
position to say just who ne would
favor for the tickets head
Two Most Prominently Mentioned.
The two most prominently mentioned
are I. d. O'Brien of st. Paul, former
insurance commissioner and now ius
tice of the supreme court, and j. NJ
Freeman of Olivia Others who ar,
mentioned are Judge c. w. Stanton O
Bemidji, John Jenswold OF Duluth ant
Frank Day. If any name was agreed
upon at the meeting of democrats heIt
Friday night, it was not given out
and it is more probable that they wer,
unable to agree.
Would Return to Republicans.
The Sunday st. Paul Pioneer Pres
says: 1T was freely stated yesterda,
that Mr.. Lind's move had placed hin
permanently out of politics but Their
was a rumor that it is his intention
to go back to the republican party AM
make a fight two years hence TO
election to the United States senate o.
a progressive platform. Lind woul
not live long enough to see a demo
cratic senate elected in this state. s
his chances of being elected to tn
senate as democrat are almost nil,
SAID one person. But as a progressiv
republican he might have good chanc
two years from now"
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in doubt. whether he. owes France some
of his days ass soldier. @<-. . v.3:,l..
s His Flight OsGeiihany.

in doubt whether he, owes France some
of his days ass soldier. ~<-. . v.3:,l..
/ % K His Flight tosGeiihany.
With him in France was Harry ].
Dickinson son. of j. IL. Dickinson OF
Minneapolis. Mr.. : Dickinson told of
their visit to. Paris, trip to Petit Croix,
where they, spent ten days with Pro
fessor Frelin's parents, and subsequent
hasty departure from France.
AT Petit Croix,'' said Mr.. Dickin
son., "the professor told the police that
if he had evaded military service he
was willing 10 make amends. The Off
Gals replied that his record was clear
Ten days later a letter came from the
American ambassador containing a hint
| that informatiens had been obtained by
French authorities tcnding to show that
Professor sFrein can be held for mill
tary service until he becomes fifty
wears old. - ~
No Difficulty Leaving France.
"There was no difficulty in leaving
France. so avoid reerossing France OF
our journey home, We sailed from Ger
many
On thoa ocean voyage with Professo
/ Frelin and Mr.. Dickinson was Helm,
Loose, who is to be instructor in French
at the university of Minnesota thi
year. Professor Frelin told them h
will visit his old home next year. i
! is understood the matter of his mill
tary obligations to France have beer
referred to the American embassy.
There are people hereabouts that be
lieve that Frclm is seeking notoriet,
but for just what purpose they can
not explain.
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MANKATO MEN ARE INTERESTED
IN TEXAS ENTERPRISE.
From MONDAYS Daily.

FROM mondays lazy.
For the purpose of developing sew
eral hundred Hacres of land in Calhoun
county, near Port Lavaca, Texas, the
Gulf Coast Fruit Land company of
Mankato, Mimi, has just been incor-
porated under Texas laws, with the
following officers: Allan Jackson, presi-
dent; +. +. Browder, vice president;
F. E. Crandall, secretary; John r..
Thomas, treasurer. These, with II.
Warner Baker, f. w. Hunt, f. D. Scott,
all of Mankato, and Colonel w. II.
Mallory of Port Lavaca, Texas, COM
prising the board of directors.
Figs and Oranges.
In an interview, one of the interested
parties states that practically the en-
tire tract will be planted to Magnolia
figs and Satsuma oranges. Neither of
these varieties are known in, the north
having been developed only within the
past few years, and the present linn
tied supply is quickly exhausted in the
immediate vicinity. Figs will yield in
two to three years as high as $500
per acre and oranges in three to eight
years up to 1000 per acre. Those who
have visited Calhoun county are enthusi-
astic over it, one side adjoining the
Gulf of Mexico, and two other sides
adjoining large bays, which give it an
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BRAKEMAN NOT USED TO JUMP.
ING FROM AUTOS.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Yesterday forenoon at about ll:30
o'clock, one of Schwender Bros en-
ployes was delivering John T. Mays
car, after being repaired, and was 60
ing up Front street; accompanied by
Carl Nelson of Tracy; brakeman on
the Chicago and Northwestern road.
When in front of A. g. Lacks drug
store, Mr.. Nelson said that he would
get out there, and asked the driver
to slael<eii speed, 50 that he could
Jump. The driver said that he would
stop the car, but Mr.. Nelson said that
this was not necessary, as he could get
off all right by jumping
Right Leg Under Wheel.
The car was going slow, but Mr.
Nelson, being more used to jumping
from railway cars. mis;udged the dis
lance, and also found the pavement
slippery, and the result was that he
slipped and fell, and his right leg got
under the car and was run over by
the rear wheel. The leg was broken
near the ankle, tie shin bone being
broken Off, and with the consequent
swelling it made a bad injury. The
man was. picked up and carried into
the drug store, and DR.. A. f. Sohme1
was called. IL
Removed to Hospital.
Finding the bone broken, he had Mr.
Nelson removed to st. .loseph's hospital
where he, tooalA steps ,to,ereduce the
fracture. The man will, be laid up for
four to SIX weeks, He had no other
injuries. &
Mr.. Nelson is a single man, living
with his parents at, st James. 1t does
not appear that any. blame attaches
to anyone, but the accident illustrates
the fact that it is, always, safest tc
wait until - q car has stopped before
attempting to, alight. i<
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What Has Been Accomplished By Those
in MINNEAPOLIS.

Minneapolis, September I2-The school
children of Minneapolis, to whom the
cultivation of the saving habit has now
been held out for two years as one
of the most important in life, have
$42.75s.52 in the Minneapolis savings
banks and are adding to it from time
to time. Thrift has become a word
OF deepest import. It's entry into the
school vocabulary has stirred the am
bition of 2O,523 children who have
saved their pennies and large num-
Der. of whom have already graduated
from the children's class of bank de.
positOrs into the ranks of regular de-
positors. Any child that accumulates
by the penny saving process as much
as S. finds the account transferred to
the regular savings list.
In fifty-seven Minneapolis schools at
tended by 3G,575 children, there are
2O,523 who have savings bank ac-
counts, or fifty-four out OF every 100
The average deposit is $l.67. Two
years ago there were scarcely any ex-
cept those whose parents had started
an account at the birth of child.
Many parents who are poor people, the
husband often u laboring man, make
1t practice to do this. But thousands
OF parents never had such thought,
never have followed the practice of
teaching close economy in the home
from which the child might gather
valuable inclination and have ignored
any such provision as might be made
for the establishment of a fund for a
rainy day or for later education of the
! child through means of saving small
sums. There is an interest disclosure
of the habits of thought of the people
in the evidence produced by the figures.
1t is largely the comparatively new
corners that save the most in proper
ton to income and the more thor
oughly Amcricanized children make the
least effort in that direction.
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FLICK NOT GUILTY OF STEALING
= AN OvERCOAT
From FRIDAYS Daily

From FRIDAYS Daily.
j. Z. Fleck, who was accused of steal
ing an overcoat belonging to A. a.
Boyer, from the Saulpaugh, was this
morning discharged. When the case
was called, County Attorney Plymat
stated that he had been unable to
find sufficient evidence to warrant CO.
ing on with the case. and moved that
it be dismissed. Special Judge Geddes
granted this.
1t appears that the overcoat has not
been found, and nobody in st. Peter
that saw Fleck there remembers that
he had an Overcoat. Mr.. Boyer did not
see him with his overcoat, and does not
know who stole it.
Fleck's brother, who is in business ir
Minneapolis, arrived this noon, and ii
was expected that the matter of the Slf
draft that came back unhonored vii
be fixed up this afternoon.
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QUARTET WOULD HAVE MONOPOLY
.",. OF DUCK SHOOTING - 8

Some of the people Of Lake Crys-
tai are reported as stirred mp over the
action of three of their residents and
Mankato man in attempting to Sc
cure exclusive hunting privileges on
what is called Toe Head lake, a small
body of water, we'll stocked with feed
for ducks. The four parties are re-
ported to have secured options on what
they supposed to be sufficient land TO
include the entire shore line. or at
least enough to give them exclusive
privileges, and it is said that signs
have been put up, forbiddinS any hunt
ing on or near the lake. -
Others Waxed Warm.
When the other hunters from Lake
Crystal ard vicinity discovered this
and found out what had been done
by their fellow townsmen they waxed
warm. Finding that there was still
some land around the lake shore not
covered by the options of the quartet
they proceeded to acquire options OH
it, and propose to put up signs to the
effect that all are permitted to hunt
on the lake except the four who at
tempted to shut the lake off from the
other hunters. Such is the story
brought to the city yesterday by some
local hunters.
1t is said that the same four at
tempted to secure options on the lane
around Kilby lake, for the same pur
pose, but that the owners declined tt
give them when they ascertained tn,
purpose, saying that game preserves
might be all right in the old country
but not in this. :f
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sofa volunteers. Captain WillSin had
nothing whatever toy do with the re-
eruiting or. 4 orgahszation Of the com
pany. There We're seventy-iwo names
enrolled as volunteers ut the meeting
called by Captain E. Il. --Champlin, the
captain of the Pioneer Guard, at their
armory on the evening of the day that
Governor Ramsey's telegram to Lieu
tenant Governor Donnelly, instructing
him to begin recruiting at once
regiment for the war was received at
st. Paul
The next day there were l26 names
signed on the roll book, when recruit
ing was stopped.
Four or five days after the Pioneer
Guard company was. filed to more than
its regular quota, and were drilled
every night on the streets in st. Paul.
The question arose as to who were
to be the officers of the company.
! Captain Wilkin, who was we'll known
in st. Paul, and that he had served
as an officer in the Mexican war, was
decided upon TO be the proper one to
be captain, and it was simply upon
his Mexican war record that the men
of the company elected him captain
He had nothing whatever to do with
the raising of the company. After the
battle of Bull Run Captain Wilkin,
Company A; Captain Acker, Company
c., and Captain Putnam, Company D,
were promoted to be captains in the
regular army. Captain Wilkin did not
remain with the regiment until he was
promoted major Of the Second regi-
ment, but left the regiment on receipt
of the notice of his promotion to the
regular army, as did Captains Acker
and Putnam.
The foregoing remarks are not writ
ten with the slightest intent to detract
in the least from the splendid record
and gallant so1dierly conduct of Cap
tain Alexander Wilkin. On the night
OF his being chosen captain of the COM
pany, he then and there announced
my name as first sergeant of the COM
pany. -%.
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WORK ON LADIES' SEMINARY TO
GO RIGHT ON.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Oaisy'
Work on the superstructure of the
ladies' seminary viii begin soon. This
was the decision of the board OF trus-
tees of the Evangelical Lutheran Edu-
cational association at a meeting held
in this city on Thursday. The trustees
decided to proceed with the work as
soon as Fowler and Pay have COM
pleted the reinforced concrete slab
over the sub basement; also when the
city has brought the water up to the
building. The contract FOR. this work
has been awarded by the city.
Corner Stone Laying.
The ceremonies incident to the lay
ing of the corner stone will take place
the first part of October. The date has
not been selected, but it will be in
due time, and its announcement vii
follow. An appropriate program viii
be prepared for this occasion.
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LADY COULD NOT STAND FOR
THE YOUNG SWAIN.
From SATURDAYS Daily,

FToH saturdays Ddity
The police were called upon yester
day Afternoon to Quell the too arduous
attentions of lovesick young fellow
from a town west of MankatO, who
had followed the object of his atten-
lions to this city. The young lady
in the case, who is an attractive young
miss, with winsome smile, does not
reciprocate the affection lavished upon
her by her young townsman, and her
parents are also opposed to the young
fellows attentions to their daughter. 1t
is claimed that on one occasion the fell
low, when received coldly, threatened
to shoot the Young lady if she did
not return his affection.
Fellow Follows Her to Mankato.
When she came to Mankato this
week and entered the Mankato Com
mercial college she fancied that her
persecution would cease. In this, how
ever, she was disappointed, for upon
descending the stairway at the close
of school yesterday afternoon she
espied her prosecutor standing at the
foot, apparently waiting for her.
Called for the Police.
A sudden fear that the man meant
her harm entered the young lady's
mind, and she ran back up the stairs
and told the circumstances to the pro-
prietors of the college The latter sum.
moned a policeman, and the lovesicE
swain was taken in charge and escorted
to til police station, where he was told
few things in plain language, and
was invited to leave Mankato on the
next train, to avoid prosecution He
promised to go, and all interested ar,
hoping that he will recover his menta
equilibrium sufficiently to see what 6
foolish light he stands in.
Look Into the Matter of Young Lady
Having Been Insulted.
Mayor Meyer had talk this morn,
ing with the police about the story il
last nights Free Press, regarding ser
want girl being followed by some
male prosecutors, and asked them tc
| thoroughly investigate it. The cas-,
had not, been reported to them, ant
all that they knew about it was wha
they had read in this paper. Officer
Bienapf started an investigation but
it appears that parties claiming t.
know something about the matter de
clined to give out any information, ant
the police were left in the dark as t,
/ who any of the narties are
People having knowledge of any sucl
affair owe it to the public to Civ,
what assistance they can toward bring
ing the guilty parties to justice.
the facts are as reported, no one ough
to be shielded.
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Right of Inspectors to Pry Into Private
Grips to Be Determined.

Bemidji, Mimi, September 10
United States District Attorney Houp
has ordered his assistant, +. S. Oakley
of Duluth to proceed to Bemidji and
take charge of the defense of the eases
against n. j. Sero and James Davis,
government agents who were arrested
at Bena, first on the charge of rob-
berry and later on the charge of assault,
as the result of having compelled A. A.
Oliver. editor of the Cass Lake Times
and land appraiser, to permit his
grip to be examined for the purpose of
finding whether it contained liquor.
Sero and Davis, released on 500 bail
by Justice Lange of Cass Lake, came
to Bemidji, where they make their
headquarters. They are TO be tried be-
| fore Justice Ives at Cass Lake, We'd
nesday afternoon
The arrest of these two men is the
greatest sensation yet sprung since the
! order from Washington was issued clos
ing the saloons in dry territory. "Pus-
| syfOOt" johnson, who has charge Of
enforcing this order has been notified,
and the Indian department in Washing
ton will fight tho case to finish, as
! it will be a test i.as toj.whether gov
crnmcnt agents are to continue their
work of searching the baggage Of sus-
piciOus persons for contraband liquor.
The case probably will be taken to
the federal courts for ultimate settle
ment.
! Mr.. SerO said: "The reports that
there has been any general effort on
! the part of agents to hold up travellers
and cause them to submit 10 an ex-
animation is not true. Where we know
that bootlegging business is being
carried on we watch suspicious charac-
tiers. This we do in gentIemanly way
and if we receive courteous treatment
in return there would be no trouble
There can be no doubt as to our au-
thOrity in this line of work We
know that there has been illegal traf-
fic in liquor at such places as Deer
River and Bena, and we are using the
proper methods in our effort to stamp
it out
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DOES so TO AVOID SERVING IN
III THE ARMY THERE.

Jules Frelin formerly of Mankato
professor of French at the University
of Minnesota, who is at loss to know
whether he is al outlaw from France
or merely man of many troubles. re-
turned to Minneapolis Saturday from
his vacation trip to Petit Croix, France,
after asking that he be arrested by
the gendarmes and then Fastening
across. the border into Germany lest
they take him at his word He is still
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-16
UNWILLING OCCURRED IN ST. PAUL
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
st. Paul. September 9-The heroic
bronze statue OF Colonel Alexander Will
kin, the ranking officer of Minnesotans
killed during the Civil war, stands in
its niche in the state hall of fame at
the capitol. The formal ceremonies OF
dedication, and the impressive raising
of the draped flags that barred the like
ness to the throngs paying homage to
the hero, were held yesterday afternoon
in the representative chamber and in
the hall near the chamber door, where
the statue has been placed.
An Impressive dwelling.
The impressive unwilling of the. stat
ne revealed the image in heroic Size of
a volunteer who began service in the
South as captain of Company A, First
Minnesota regiment, and answered to
the final roll call as colonel of the
Ninth. The tablet at the base briefly
states: alexander Wilkin, Colonel of
Ninth Mimi. Vol. INIT, Killed in Bat
tie at Tupelo, Miss, July ID, 1864
The appropriation for the image was
made at the last session of the legisla
ture at the request of the veterans OF
the Ninth who conducted the ceremo-
MES dedicating it to the state.
The niche selected for the placing of
the monument of remembrance is at
the left of the entrance TO the house
chamber on the side opposite to that
selected for the statue of Colonel Will
liam Colvill.
York coming TO this state, where he
joined the Union forces as captain of
the First, serving as captain, major and
lieutenant colonel of the Second, after
service in the Mexican war as captain
Drawing of the Cord.
The drawing of the cord that exposed
the statue to view was performed by
Mrs. George f. Lennon, daughter of j
HI. Albeit of the Ninth, and was fol
lowed by the sound of ''taps" by c. f
easier of the Sons of Veterans, Camp
No. l. Previous to the formal presen
tation of the statue an appropriate pro-
gram was held in the house chamber
before an audience of old soldiers OF
the Ninth and their friends that packed
the lower floor and the front and side;
of the gallery TO the last seat. The in
vocation was given by the Rev. lie
land p. Smith, following which a voca
selection was given by the Harry +
Geoge quartet; biographical sketcl
was read by C.. F. Mcdonald. while {
poem, ''The Gallant Wilkin,' by III. J.
Gordon, was read by Miss Zadia Me
Donald. l.. F. Hubbard followed will
an address, when the presentation o
the statue to the state by Judge Loril
Cray took place. Governor Eberhar
followed with speech of acceptance
The commission which has hat
charge of the arrangement is as fol
lows: C. f. Mcdonald LOrin Cray, VIII
liam B. Dean, X. Wakefield and J. II
Abbot