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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
CUTTHE PRICE Of CAS-
CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY
SHOWS LIBERAL POLICY.
Concern Is Making Strong Effcrt
to Place Service in Every House,
Proposes to Extend Its Mains to
West Mankato; Manager Brown Is
Doing Everything to Push Busi-
ness; Popularizing a Corporation.

Conforming with lis announcement
that it proposes to follow a broad and
liberal policy, the Consumers Power
company has announced a reduction in
the price of gas sold for illuminating
purposes. The price OF gas for light
ing purposes has been Tl.l0, net. kr'cc
tive April ! it becomes $l.2j, net, or
the same as the rate for pas sold for
fuel purposes. This means that ali
gas will be sold at the same price,
vided bills are paid ON or before the
10th of the month following that ON
which service is rendered
Extending It's Business.
The Consumers Power company is
making strong effort to place gas
service in every home in the city. Al,
though gas is used in the kitchens
of the great majority of families, there
are still sevral hundred who do not
use it. Towards increasing its gas
business the Consumers Power com
pany is Offering to give away mod
ern gas ranges for Il limited time. ard
to install them absolutely free. The
company states that the stoves are of
the best and most scientific cOnstruc-
ton and fully warranted to give eco
nOmic results.
Extend to West Mankato.
1t is probable that within short
time gas mains will be extended TO
West Mankato and to Dukes addi-
ton, which heretofore have been en-
tirely without gas service. In add
ton to this Il considerable amount
of mains will be laid in various parts
of the city, and according to Man
ager II. +. Brown, nothing will be LETT
mdOne to make the service entirely
satisfactory to every patron OF The
company.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
SUNDAY OFF FOR TRAlNMEN
Northwestern to Cut Out the Run
ming Of So Many Trains.

Chicago, April 6.-Following the in.
itiative OF some eastern corporations
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
has announced that hereafter it will
give a holiday to as many of its EN-
ployes on Sundays as its business will
permit.
The rule is TO 90 into effect at once,
and it is expected from 10000 to 10000
men, chiefly members of train crews.
will be benefited. Only passenger
trains and perishabe freight will be
run on Sundays.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
CuLP WILL PUT UP A FIGHT
Has Retained Attorney Benson; the
Case to Be Hard Fought.

Sheriff Olson of ST. Peter, who was
in the city yesterday afternoon, stated
that William II. Culp of Belgrade,
who shot Chester Purrier in the leg
and is awaiting his preliminary hear
ing, has retained Attorney Benson OF
st. Peter. The hearing is set for
Saturday, but will have to be post
pOned again in case Mr.. PuIrier is not
able to go to st. Peter to appear
against him. This is expected TO be a
hard fought case
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
School Board Meeting Tonight.

The school board will not hold Il
regular meeting tonight, but will hold
special meeting tomorrow night
By that time Superintendent Sperry,
who is looking up teachers, will have
returned and will be ready to make
SOME recommendations. A number of
the teachers have allowed their ten
days to go by without accepting their
recent election, and their places will
have to be filled. These are mostly in
the grades.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
TAKES SEAT ON WATER WAGON
Worthington Votes No License BY One
Hundred and Three Majority.
Especial to The Free Press.l

WOrthington, April G.--Worthineton
goes dry in today's city election by
lO3 ma jority. Last year the majority
in favor of no license was forty six, the
majority this year being considerably
more than doubled.
The old council members ara re-
elected with one exception. w. f.
Oliver is the new alderman from the
first ward.
The high license caucus endorsed the
nominees of the nO-liCense caucus. SO
that there were no personal contests
The election was Il quiet one.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
LOCAL CASES SErfORHEARING
Call Of the Calendar Was Had in the
Supreme Court.

At the call of the calendar in the
supreme court yesterday, the following
cases from Blue Earth county were
set for hearing on the days mentioned.
State OF Minnesota vs. Mrs. Grace
Ledbeter, May g.
State of Minnesota VS.. Oscar Bier
bauer, May II.
State of Minnesota vs.. ID. ". Cham
berlain, May p.
Della Kecver, admX. and appl., VS..
the City of Mankato, respt., April %.
Kate Flanagan, admX. and applt.,
VS.. the city of Mankato, respt., APP
ril %.
Wilhelm Zicmkc, respt, VS.. Albert
Hohenstein. applt., April %.
William Liebrccht, respt., vs.. w. r.
Crandall applt., May 4.
j. b. Hodge vs.. the Mercantile Fire
and Marine Insurance company, May
b.
J. B. Hodge VS.. the Franklin Fire
Insurance company. May Is.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
Launderers Elect Officers.

The Northwestern Launderers asso
citation elected the following officers:
President, +. B. Leach, Fargo; vice
president, George l.. Spenceley, Albert
Lea; secretary, James Nankibell, st
Paul; treasurer, A. w. Nevens, Min
neapolis. The next meeting of the as
ISOLATION will be held in st. Paul.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
SAW THE COMET YEARS AGO
Captain Clark Keysor, Mankato, Gazed
On the Heavenly Traveller.

Captain Clark Keysor remembers
distinctly having seen Halley's comet
when it was III view in the heavens
seventy five years ago. He was then
in his tenth year, and lived with his
parents in Saratoga county, New York.
1t made an impression on his mind,
because it taught many to pray, and
prayer meetings were uneommonly
well attended. Some people phophe-
cied war, pestilence and famine be-
cause of the heavenly visitor, and there
was general CONSERVATION among the
more unschOoled
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
Will Continue as Dry Town.

Redwood Falls, April 6.--,Judge Olson
has filed his decision i'm the Walnut
Grove election case. ruling the vote
for license a tie and continuing Wal
nut Grove as ''dry" town. The tes-
timOny showed that Albert Dresow,
who voted. was an alien and not cit
iZen of Walnut Grove.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
His Bicycle Was Stolen.

While Robert Cooper, son of Presi.
dent C. II. Cooper, was calling on a
friend Monday evening, his Yale BIZ
cycle WAS stolen from in front of the
promises. The theft was reported to
the police. but last night the wheel
was returned to near the place from
where it was taken, and Mr.. Cooper
has recovered it,. ~ ltr
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
Mr.. Brvan and His Converts.

ST. Cloud Times: 1t is reported
that w. j. Bryan is contemplating
dropping politics and going into church
work. Mr.. Bryan is a man OF strong
religious convictions, and in the pulpit
would probably make more converts
than he has on the political rostrum.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
Indiana Prohibition Convention.

indianapolis, Ind, April Conf
dent that Hoosierdom will soon be
dry" the prohibitionists OF Indiana
met here today in state convention
during which plans for bringing about
a speedy aridity will be- discussed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
Bought Touring Cars.

A. G. Bierbauer has purchased Il
four cylinder, model Il, forty horse
power Buick touring ear, and is hav-
ing garage made for it. c. i. Olcson
has purchased a similar car
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21

mostly women, come to see the Lyric play
ers in the dental farce Billie" Every ref
erence to the heros false teeth produced
ripping feminine laughter, but the princi-
pal center of merriment was seen to be a
young woman attrtd like a bride who sat
well forward on the left hand side of the
house. Every line about Bibles missing
teeth evoked shrleks from her. Beside her
sat bridegroomish young man, who
laughed a good deal, but not as much as
the woman. 1t was noted that every time
she laughed she put her hand to her mouth
protectlngly.
Al last came the scene where Billie I'm
desperation steals the false teeth OF his
prospective mother-in-law out of the glass
Of water where she had confidingly left
them for the night This seemed TO pro-
duce disastrous consequences to the bride.
She laughed aloud and then suddenly
clapped her hand to her mouth. 1t was
noticed that she and her husband fingered
after the final curtain and that she was
apparently searching for something on the
floor
Then the truth came out She had
laughed her false teeth out, and she could
not find them. She authorized the box
office to pay a liberal reward to anyone
who should find and return her precious
teeth. Also she seemed much embarrassed
TO have her husband learn that her pretty
teeth, which he had always praised SO
nLciI, were partly false.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21
India,s Famin&s.

The whole nation seems to live from hand
to mouth, and the result is that a short
crop always causes a famine. This has
been so for centuries. One hundred and
forty years ago famine In Bengal caused
the death of 10,0OO,OO0 and seventy-odd years
since 5000 900 starved in one province. Fam
ines are so common that the British gov
eminent keeps a fund in reserve which It
adds to every year, and 1t has regular
system of taking care of the people by
employing them on public works at such
times. During the famine of 1896 more
than 100000 rations were issued each day,
and Notwithstanding that almost 100000
died of disease or starvation. The people
live so closely that they have no reserve
force, and when their food is cut down
they drop off like sheep. In some parts
Of India the population is so dense that
it does not increase from year to year, the
natural growth, which goes on over the
rest Of the world, being absent.
A striking evidence of the poverty of
India is the absolute lack of comforts which
is everywhere seen. The peasants live
more like animals than men. They will
sleep anywhere / see them lying on the
floors of the railway stations with nothing
but thin piece of cotton between their
bones and the stone In the towns there
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21


The Chinese are usually considered OF
all the world the most industriolis And
thrifty As far as work is concerned the
Hindus are a close second. and they make
this peninsula hum like a beehive. There
are all told something like 300 OOO, 900 Of them
and nearly every one has his own trade or
profession A mans business is fixed by
the gods. He must stick TO his caste and
has but little chance for outside employ
ment The banker is the son Of banker,
the shoemaker the son Of a shoemaker and
the beggar the son OF a beggar. Begging Is
fixed profession here and 1t is followed
BY more than two million people OF these
two-thirds are men and the rest are women
and children.
There are more than 10000 shoemakers
in India and more than a million BARRIERS.
The BARRIERS shave the heads, faces ana
bodies of their customers Boys have t.
be shaved as we'll as men. The native
prices are cents for shaving head, face
and neck and cents for a clean shave over
the body, while II costs s. cents to get a
shave, hair cut and shampoo The BARRIERS
are also shampooers and they will knead
your flesh from your toes TO your crown
for or cents per time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21

per, the stations pet police horse who had
been dropping for two days in his stall,
announced that the horse was dying of a
broken heart Instead Lieutenant Edwin
West who for six years and until very
recently had ridden Hesper Sergeant
West, went out to the stable and patted
his old comrades name and talked sooth-
ing TO him for over an hour.
The old horse propped up in his stall by
means of a rope swing, block and tackle,
looked up at him and tried to rub its nose
against his blue coat. West was the only
one whom Hesper could recognize or who
could rouse him, even slightly from his
sick stupor
West was promoted to a lieutenancy on
June / and had to part with Hesper. He
prevailed upon Captain McAuley, however,
TO put the lightest rider he. could on the
horse Even then, however, 1t was noticed
that Hesper saddened and dropped steadily,
He refused to feed until he grew weak
he was recalled from patrol and put in
the stall to die. The veterinary surgeon
could find no physical ailment in him.
Hesper a large chestnut colored horse, II
years old has been in the police service
for nine years For two years he was rid
den by Sergeant John T. Smith at Far
fNOChdWdy anu IIOSpeCl pdIh dlulhb III
many rescues OF drowning persons in the
surf In his six years OF service under
Sergeant West he made an enviable record
in Stopping runaways on Westchester
boulevards and hurting over bitches and
fences in interceptins fugiuves across the
open country
He could pick out patrolmen ON post and
would stop before them of his own accord
to let his sergeant chat with them. But he
never made the mistake of paying such
Difference to other than police uniforms,
by stopping before fireman or a mail
carrier He was especially fond OF women
and children, and once in his only runa-
way. he came to stop very gently on
seeing 2 woman raise her hand.
IN consideration OF his long record, Hes
per was signaily honored al the time Of the
work horse parade last Memorial day, win
ming the police blue ribbon, the police
medal, the last being pinned on his bride
by Mrs. Speyer herself. On that occasion
Sergeant West rode him for the last time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21
The Farmers.

have Travelled extensively among the
farmers OF many countries, but l know
OF no place whore they work so hard for
so little. This is an agricultural nation.
Two-thirds Of the people rely upon farm
ing as their principal business. and this
means about 2OO,OO0,OOO There are more
than 1oO,0oo0OO here who work I'm the soil.
and there are SOOOO,OOO men, women and
children who actually farm. II every man,
woman and child In the United States
should go out In the fields every day TO
20 dig up the land or harvest the crops.
you would have the farming situation in
India In addition, there are some millions
engaged IN stock grazing and two or three
millions who take care OF domestic animals
OF various kinds.
The wages OF these farmers are low be-
yond American conception. The employees
are often paid in kind. getting In some
cases their food and a small percentage OF
the crop. Where money is paid the wages
no not average s22 per month, and no.
where, except In Assam do they rise to
g. In the valley OF the Ganges. where
the soil Is as fat as that OF the Nile. the
average wage is $50 monthly, and in the
Rs--,le~~ - onde It Is Si.2s. In addition "a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21
Factory Hands.

In the past all the manufactures of India
We're made in the houses and there are still
millions OF weavers and workers in wood
and metal who labor at home following
the trades Of their ancestors within The
past generation. however. hundreds OF mills
ana factories have sprung into being. and
these are equipped with modern machInerv
The natives can handle machinery ouite
as well as we can, and many OF those
formally In the textiles trades are now,
working In the cotton mills. jute mills ana
other such nsttutions These people are
paid what are high wages for this part OF
the World' In Bombay the cotton mill men
get 20 cents day and the women a cents
ana under Children are paid and 10 cents ,
and those who work half time frequently
get about . cents per day In the Delhi
cotton mills the wages for the men are
about or cents, and in other places they
are more. Often a whole family will work
IN the mills its earnings sometimes amounts
ing so or IS cents DAY. such are esteemed
very we'll off
These factory hands usually live near
the mills In mud huts or In buildings made
for the purpose At some OF the Bombay
factories their dwellings are over shops.
A single family will usually have but o.
room, The room win be small. and It's only
air and light must come drought the door.
In some other localities the dwellings are
better, but as rule they are about as poor
as can be FRANK C. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21

in. saw there a big, fine looking babu or
native official dressed in long white soat
and gold turban. cursng lean Hindu in
a cheap garb of white cotton. The babu
shook both his fists in the little mans face
and denounced his ancestors to the seventh
generation The little fellow protested and
apologized but the babu only cursed him
the louder. He ended by showing him back
to his place at the sorting table. AS 1
asked what the matter was the weighing
clerk whispered: THE mail is late and
that clerk is partly the cause. 1t is not
his fault. though. He is poor and has not
had enough to eat Hungry, men cannot
work rapidly. That clerk gSts only nine
rupees $50 a month and one cannot buy
much rice for that. 1t used to be better;
but things are so high now that the poor
have not enough"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21

that 1t is responsible for the death OF the
little one no one doubts for a moment.
For several weeks Mrs. Tull had noticed
that her baby which wac nearly year
old, consumed an unusually large quantity
of milk without deriving any benefit from
it; in fact, the more milk the baby con-
sumed the thinner in flesh IL became. Local
physicians declared that 1t was the strang
est case that had ever been brought to their
attention.
While in the kitchen preparing the noon
day meal the other day Mrs Tull heard
her baby cooling and laughing in the sit
ting room as though some one was in
there playing the clown" When Mrs. Tull
Hooked in to see who IL was that was Gre
ating so much mirth for her little one, she
beheld coiled up in the crib by the side of
her baby a fve-foot blacksnake, with the
rubber connected with the nursing bottle Ia
its mouth holding its tail aloft and whirl-
ing 1t around as II TO amuse the baby, while
It stole its dinner.
In a jiffy the snake was dspa tched.
When 1t was taken out of the room the
child seemed TO realize that it would never
return and gave every evidence of having
lost its only playmate and companion and
from that time on the baby wasted away
even more rapidly than before until 1t died.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21

lis increase of prices which is a COM
mon complaint in the United States, has
extended all over the world. 1t has affected
all who have fixed wages or fixed in
comes and especially those government
clerks who have TO dress well for thea
station. AS to the government employaW
I will give you only the wages Of postmsd
They vary in the different provinces but
they are seldom more than 81 month,
while the postal runners get half that In
Bengal the postmen receive less than Is
cents day; in Bombay they get about is
cents, while in the central provinces their
wages are less than twelve.
In India something like two million peo-
pie are supported by government jobs OF
one kind another. There are a few at
the top who get fairly good salaries, but
the smaller places held by the natives, pay
very little.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21
Government Clerks are Poorly PAID

as sixpence day in most localities, while
In the Punjab at harvest he will get a
shilling and three pence. In fact, we are
short of labor, and have hardly enough
to harvest the crops. The farmer raises
a large part of his own food and he is
now profiting by the high prices of grain.
On the other hand, the professional men,
clerks and employees of the government
have had their incomes materially reduced
by the rise in prices of goods OF all kinds
This is one of the causes of the unrest"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21

are public lodging places, where the ac-
commodations cost from l to cents a
night The ordinary farmer saves his cent,
and camps outside y The most common bed
is a rude framework OF wood over which
a netting of ropes of the size of clothes
line Is stretched. This is the bed of the
more favored members of the family. They
lie upon the bed spoon-fash!on; for If they
should stretch out their legs their feet
would hang over Sometimes the children
and always the widows sleep on the floor
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21

In memory of Tabby, a cat, who five
years ago saved the lives of Mr. Melville
Smith, a newspaper editor, 1880 Halsey
street, Brooklyn, his wife and three chill
dren, small granite headstone was erected
over the pets grave in the rear Of the
Smith hcme.
Tabby had just passed his fifteenth birth
day when ne was killed by Halsey street
trolley car. His death was witnessed by
Mr. Smith. who tried TO rescue his pet from
the wheels of the oncoming car. The cat
had been deaf and nearly bind for a year.
trolley.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21

An electric fan has been put up in the
stall of Missouri Chief Josephine, the Hol-
stein dairy COW owned by the agricultural
college Of the University OF Missouri, which
is being sent after the worlds record for
milk and butter production. Josephine
made a new mark for the first l2O days Of
her test and is now giving an average OF
fifty quarts of milk per day on about IS
cents worth Of food.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21
Down pixies peak on a shoe.


Sliding down Pke's Peak on an old shoe
and doing it in twenty minutes is the
unique claim of c. /. Holden and Harry
l.. Hartshorne. tourists, who are spending
the summer at Manitou, reports the Denver
News They came down the mountain at
great pace, and to prove their statements
exhibited toboggan that was nothing
more than an old shoe and a rock. The
one sat on the shoe and the other on the
rock The rock and the shoe were 50
shaped that they fitted into the grooves Of
the cog road and the two men slid down
the rails on them.
Holden is from Shamrock. Tex. Harris
horne's home is in Walter. Ok.
The distance down the peak over the
cog road is nine miles. Harry Robinson,
keeper Of the Summit house, has a unique
toboggan on which he makes the trip, II is
said. in eleven minutes. Such a trip Is ac-
companied with much danger. Six Ears
ago a young man attempted to come - An
the mountain on an ordinary bottle lie
placed the bottle, filled with Manitou SODA
on the rails Of the cog road and had rolled
some distance when the bottle exploded
precipitating him over a precipice and hor-
riby laceratlng him. He died In few
minutes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21
Taking No Chances.

"Iohnnie!
"Yes'm?''
9why are you sitting on that boys face?'
"Why, l."
IBID I not tell you TO always count a
hundred before you gave way 10 passion
and struck another boy?"
"Yes'm. and I'm doin Il; I'm just sittin'
on his face so he'll be here when I'm done
the hundred. "-Houston Post.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21
Conditionr 1mnrovinE.

Notwithstanding all this one of the cab
met ministers of the viceroy tells me that
the farmers are much better off now than
they were in the past. Said he:
THE wages have almost doubled in the
past generation. When / came to India
thirty years ago. the syce who took care
of my horses got about six rupees go
month, and l now have to pay that much
for a common servant, and twelve rupees
go or more for one of the better classes.
good farm hand can now get as much
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-21

rice, and that the majority live on flour
made of coarse grains, which they cook up
into dnleavened cakes called chuppattis.
have never eaten with the Hindus. They
would not tolerate my touching their food,
for this would make them lose caste and
lead to damnaton.