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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30
PIONEERS DEFY THE
rain; ENJOY OUTING

Undaunted by thu ain or indica-
settlers, membs die Blue Earth
County soc'S adhered at Sibley
park tods.s% led the outing that
had BEES <Aed for by that organi-
zatio, ~ II and women who had
b.. nd endured the hardships
ASW 4vations of pioneer life could
nos De kept from enjoying picnic
today-even though the weather was
not as lovely as the man who regu-
lates the atmospheric conditions
should have had it.
Chapman Among the First.
President c. A. Chapman was
among the first of the old timers to
start for the park during the fore
noon. He left his office in the Odd
Fellows block determined to have a
picnic, even if he and the squirrels
were to be the only ones on the
ground. Rain had no terrors for him:
Along about noon Jay Pluvius put
the lid on, the rain ceased and Old
Sol made a heroic attempt to push
his fat, round face through the clouds
that were playing tag above. With
his appearance more of the old set
tiers and the younger folks hied them
selves to the park and then the fes-
tivities began A picnic dinner was
one of the features of the day..
Owing to the illness of Judge Lorin
Cray no address was delivered today.
General Baker was on the program
also, but he was unable to participate
in the gathering. Hon. Jean A., Flittie
spoke in high terms of the eighteen
members of the association that
passed away during the year. His
remarks will be found on the second
page. .,.s-,;r
Officers Elected.
Officers were elected as follows:
President c.. A. Chapman; vice presi-
dent, Clement Schroeder; secretary
and treasurer, J. G. Fowler; execu-
tive committee, J. B. Coy, A. G. Bar.
ney, William Jewson, Thomas
Hughes.
Short talks were made by Captain
Clark Keysor, /. A. Pelton, Rev. H.
Presson of Omaha, a brother of Mrs.
w. B. Davies.
About one hundred people were on
the picnic grounds. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

A complete surprise to those in
the military circles of the north
west came the announcement yester'
day General c. McC. Reeve for TWEEN
ty-eight years connected with the ma.
tional guard of Minnesota, will re-
tire as colonel of the First regiment,
Minnesota national guard, says The
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
He has been colonel of the First
Minnesota for twenty years, having
first identified himself with the reg
iment twenty-eight years ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Heinrich Marquart is the name OF
young man who committed suicide
in st. Paul. He was the son of
well-to-do parents in Germany. His
description answers that of a young
man who was in MankatO during
February last, but who passed under
the name of Richard Wanchura.
Manchura was an eccentric lndi-
vidual. He attracted considerable
attention because of his wearing ap-
parel, which consisted of dark coat
and very light colored pants. He
was "on his uppers" and was taken
before the court on charge of be-
ing vagrant. He was sent to jail
for ten days. Shortly after his re-
lease he disappeared.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

st. Paul, June 2S.-Notices have
been sent out by the state tax COM
mission to one assessment district in
sixty-four counties asking for returns
on money and credits so that an esti-
mate can be made of the number of
blanks for the final return that must
be sent out. Preliminary reports
were received from three assessment
districts, which indicate that the in
crease noted in the report from Bel
grade, Stems county, will be dupli-
Gated.
ST. Peter reports returns from los
persons of $156,US.35, against re
turns in 1910 of $10,566. The most
startling figures, however, come from
Wheaton, where sixty-five persons re-
ported $157,777, against $767 in 1910.
Madison, in Lac qui Parle county, re-
ports from siXty-seven persons $146,.
234, against $3.50. The increases
from these three districts alone
amount to more than $450,00O.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

st. Paul, June 2S.-Those inter-
ested in the hearing into the con.
duct of Superintendent Whittier Of
the Redwing training school, who
believed all expenses in connection
with the hearing would be paid out
of the general fund of the board Of
control, are not comforted by a re-
cent application of the opinion Of
the attorney generals department.
Last Saturday Assistant Attorney
General Smith gave an opinion that
the expenses of the hearing must be
borne out Of the expenses of the
general fund. The board, following
a conference today with one of the
members of the attorney generals
practically defines what
the expenses will be from the states
standpoint. 1t was decided the eX-
penses of all witnesses summoned
by the board would be paid by the
state, but general raid on the
state treasury to pay the expenses
Of witnesses summoned directly in
the interests of Superintendent Whit
tiers case or in support of the
would not be allowed.
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Lewis Athletic park will be the
scene of two baseball games and
an athletic meet on July Fourth. The
Y. M. C.. A. team has just closed
a deal with two games, with the fast
Blue Earth nine. This team has a
reputation that may welf be envied
by ball players and will show the
Mankato people some fast ball play
ing. The local team will have the
strongest lineup, ever placed against
a team this year. They are going to
have everything there is to be had,
in the two games on the fourth.
Anyone who cares too, may partici-
pate in the athletic events, which will
consist of long distance throwing,
base stealing base running and slid
ing, base circling, batting, etc. Watch
the papers for a full announcement
of the days program
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

New York, June 28.-About $780,.
600 worth of American food and
drink have been loaded ab,ard the
new ocean Leviathan the Olympic.
the biggest vessel ever built, which
sailed today on her first eastward
tip. About the same sum will be
spent, to fill the lar Ter and ice box
each time the Olympic docks here.
according to the commissary OIL
GERS who are entrusted with the
big job of victuallins the snip. The
meat bill alone amounted to about
$4,000. Immense quantities of beef,
pork, lamb, veal and mutton were
stacked away in the refrigerators.
Several wagon loads OF poultry. cost
ing about $4,000, were also purcha3-
ed, and the OIL for fish was about
$4,000.
Farmers Aid in Supplying.
Farmers from all round New York
were called upon to supply about
$4,000 worth of butter, cream and
milk. The consumption of "hen
berries" is expected to be immense,
judging from the egg bill for $1,000,
Fresh vegetables cost over $1,000,
and fruits about $500. The ships.
bakery laid in a store of flour to
the extent of $4,000. Groceries OF
various sorts cost $4,000. Ice cream
costing more than a thousand dol
lars was stored away in the frigid
depths of the gigantic liner. 80
Wine Bill Is Large.
Wines and spirits worth $4,000
will be drank by the passengers dur
ing the trip, if the estimate of the.
buyer is correct, and $4,000 worth
of cigars will be smoked. Beef
ale and mineral water called for
another expenditure of $4,000. Hun
dreds of cooks and waitors prepare
and serve the food to the $500 pas
sengers. The grand dining salon
for first class travellers will seat
$50 at one time, while 400 can be
served in the second class dining
hall, and hundreds more in the
steerage.
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Will Advertise Mankato Fair.

Manager Griebel is arranging to
start out in a few days on an adj
vertising tour for the Mankato fair.
He will bill all the towns within
a radius of forty miles of this city.
He will have six assistants and the
work of billing will be done in a
thorough manner. The dates for the
fair are September 13, IA, Is and Is.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Great Falls, Mont, June 28.-The
Boyle Land company, a Minnesota
concern, began suit today against M.
j. Kane, "a well-known Great Falls
business man, asking a judgment for
approximately $4,000 which it al.
leges Kane secured by secret
agreement i'm the transfer of land
in which they were mutually inter.
ested. The sale of 5000 acres of
land started the trouble.
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olilIlC.
Last December the following
death notice appeared in the
Pioneer Press: In st. Paul,
Mimi, December %, 1910, at the
family residence, 238 Carroll
street, Sadie, beloved wife of H.
r. Signs. Funeral from the First
Christian church, corner of Mel
son and Harrington Avenues,
Friday, December 80, 1910, at
2:30 p. M" Mrs. Signs was a
sister of the Aate Mrs. Cornelius
Wampler, and belonged to the
Shaubut family, many of whom
played an important part in the
early history of this city.
who remember Samuel S. Hig-
gins. He operated freight bust
ness between st. Paul and Man
kato before the days of the rail-
roads. He was present at the
hanging of the thirty-eight In
dams near fifty years ago. He
once owned the land on which
is now situated Central Block in
this city. 1t was then known
as Higgins Hall. He attained
the great age of eighty-nine
years.
George Maxfield came to Man
kato in 1853. He served in the
Union army during the Civil war
and received an honorable dis
charge after three years service.
He was born in Etna, Ohio, in
1916.
Nicholas Heinzeman lived to
be eighty-four years old. Fifty
five years ago he came from
Germany and located on a farm
near Madelia in Watonwan coun-
ty, where he remained until the
Indian troubles, when he came
to Blue Earth; county, and set
tied upon a farm a mile and
half north of the city. He was
an Industrious and successful
farmer, mani of sterling char
acter and quiet ways.
*f*
Bruno Roemf arrived in Man
kato in 1858. I He died at the
comparatively toung age of sixty.
BY birth a Gefman, he was an
embodiment of Hhe industry, fru-
gaiity and hottest characteristic
of that excellent people. Mr..
Roemer was well and favorably
known Throughout this section of
the state, and was man of no
enemies. This can be said of few
men. Always pleasant and al
ways agreeable, he made friends
everywhere and kept them.
+
For fifty years or more there
lived on a farm in Vernon town
ship a tall, fine looking and pleas
ant man. Once in while he
would come to Mankato, and
then his friends here would
gather about him and grasp his
hand and listen to his kindly
philosophy of life. That man
was Thomas S. Hays, a member
of this association and a familiar
figure at your annual picnics.
He was a man of the strictest
integrity, and his acquaintance
was widespread throughout this
county. He was seventy-eight
years of age at the time of his
death.
William w. Paddock was one
of the founders and first set
tiers of MankatO. He died sud-
denly at his home in this city of
heart failure last March. He
was then in his eighty-third year.
He helped build the first log
house in Mankato, and for fifty
nine years was prominent citi-
zen here, filling at times places
of public trust with credit and
honor. He had varied and in
teresting history and much could
be written about him.
Among the first settlers Of
Blue Earth county was Mr.. Co
lumbus Ballard. He was an in
dustrious and substantial man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Vern Pickle and Morgan Chap
man, the two twelve year old boys
who ran away from their homes at
or near Eagle Lake Monday noon
returned yesterday afternoon, having
seen enough of the world without
going to Montana and taking up
claims. They came to this city
and then changed cars and went
to Amboy and remained over night
They decided then that they would
like to see their parents and play
mates, and after little spell of
inconsistencies they concluded to re-
turn home. They got back safely,
but whether the fatted calf or a
strap welcomed them back is not
known.
Mrs. Chapman was in the city
yesterday afternoon, searching for
her son, but after her return home
she telephoned that he had arrived.
She had been much worried about
her boy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Since your last reunion a year
ago, eighteen of your old asso-
ciates have passed away. 1t
would have been better and more
appropriate if some older person
than | had been chosen to speak
of these departed friends, for |
knew none of them intimately,
few well, and others not at all.
Three or four of those to be
spoken of were not members of
your association, but on account
of their having been closely iden-
titled with the early history of
Mankato, it seems proper to in
clude them here. A brief men
ton will now be made of these
eighteen:
Miss Anna Mary Schaefer was
born in Germany Seventy-three
years ago. She came to Manka-
to in 1856, and ten years later
became the wife of Mr.. Nicholas
Weis. She was an excellent
woman, a devoted wife and moth
er and a thoughtful neighbor.
Another of our very early set
tiers dying during the year was
Mrs. Francisco Robel. Her rest.
dence here dates back to 1855.
She was a native of France and
came to America when a young
lady. She saw Mankato grow
from a hamlet to a city. And
she reached the good ripe age
of eighty-six years.
*
DR.. Peter Follman was a pic
turesque character of the old
school. He was a man of lib
eral education, a lifelong stu
dent, and a public spirited citi-
zen. He practiced medicine here
since 1869. He attained the ripe
age of eighty years. Few men
were as well and favorably known
in this community as was he.
i So
The state lost a noble woman
when Sarah Barnard went to her
reward, being then in her eighty
third year. She was born in
Massachusetts and came to Min
nesOta in the early fifties, set
Ting with her husband on farm
in Shelby township where she
continued to reside till 1879, re-
moving then to this city. She
continued to live here till about
year ago when she accompan-
led a son to Minneapolis. She
was a devout member of the
Methodist Episcopal church and
was active in church work as
long as her age would permit.
Mrs. Barnard went through all
the hardships incident to frontier
life, and her years were full of
useful acts and good deeds.
Mrs. S. B. Martin came here
in 1856. She was highly respect
ed and prominent woman. She
saw Mankato grow from a few
shanties to it's present proper
tons of thriving and beautiful
city. Her friends were many and
her death is deeply deplored.
4
Miss Clara Ulman was born
in Milwaukee in 1855, and came
to this city with her parents
two years later. She grew to
womanhood here and in 1875
was united in marriage with Mr..
Fred Kron. Their beautiful
home on North Broad street was
the scene of many happy gather
ings of neighbors and friends,
for they were hospitable enter
tanners. Mrs. Kron was a woman
of a noble character whose kind
ness and deeds of charity will
cause her to be long remember
ed by many people in this COM
munity.
ALI of us knew John r. Thomas,
and all liked him. He was al
ways pleasant and agreeable, and
well-groomed like unto few men.
Long prominent in the social,
fraternal and business affairs of
the city, he leaves a place hard
to fill. / We regret his all too
early passing, and shall long
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Bemidji, Mimi, June 28.-When
Court Commissioner Simons con-
vened court in the Dumas hearing
at nine o'clock this morning, Assist
ant Attorney General Smith moved
for a continuance of the hearing
until this afternoon which was agreed
to by Judge Spooner, senior coun-
sci for the Cass Lake mayor. Mr.
Smith stated that he had not been
brought into the case until a late
hour yesterday afternoon and knew
but little of the affair except what
he had read in the newspapers and
he desired few hours to go over
the evidence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Wynn, the thirteen year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Warwick, was
clans diagnosed his ailment as acute
appendicitis. He was taken to I'm
manuel hospital that evening and
about ten o'clock was operated upon.
The appendix was found to have been
ruptured, and had the operation been
delayed another twenty-four hours
there would probably have been a ia
tai termination. He is doing nicely,
and it is believed that he will make
q quick recovery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

e. j. Zimmerman yesterday award.
ed the contract for putting an cleo.
trio elevator in the Hotel Heinrich
to the C.. W. Smith Elevator com
pany of Buffalo, N. Y. The eleva.
tor is to be delivered August 1, and
will run from the basement to the
fourth floor.
The addition to the building has
been enclosed the full four stories,
and everything is ready to brick
veneer the fourth floor of the old
part. The work of remodeling the
interior will begin soon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

The Baptist Sunday school will
hold it's annual picnic at Lake Madi-
son on Friday afternoon next. All
members of the school and congrega-
ton are cordially invited. The train
leaves at 2:3O, returning at $50.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

w. r. Warwick has been awarded
the contract for furnishing 100 all
steel desks for the new high school.
The woodwork is cherry. The award
was made by committee of the
school board
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

M. G. Willard received a letter
from Peru, Ind, today, containing
the information that A. N. Dukes was
very ill and is confined to his bed.
The letter did not state what the
trouble was. Mr.. Dukes is between
seventy-five and eighty years old.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Joseph Hampl clerk of the local
Modern Woodmen lodge, today re-
ceived a check of $4,000 for Mrs.
Henrietta Olson, beneficiary of the
late Thomas Olson. Mr. Olson was
member of the Woodmen lodge for
several years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

The South Front street boys de-
feated the Free Press team last
evening. The slaughter was awful.
The score was "a to 4.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

The police have been called upon
the last day or two by several parties
who have complaints against party
who is going around cleaning carpet
sweepers. A lady yesterday COM
planned that he had held the door OF
her residence at the corner of State
and Byron streets open with his foot
when she endeavored to shut it to con-
clude conversation in which he per-
sisted in remaining. Officer Lund-
berg answered the call and learned
that the fellow had disappeared as
soon as he saw the uniform of the
officer. The officer had been to a
house on Lincoln street to answer a
complaint about the same party and
was directed to the other house.
Search all over the neighborhood
failed to locate the offending person.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Minneapolis Journal: Senator Cum
Minis is in favor of the La Toilette
boom, but "agin" it's enforcement.
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Bombay, India, June ga muir
der trial which has caused more ex-
element throughout India than any
other criminal case of recent years
came up today in the chief court
of Panjab, on appeal from the lower
court at Amritsar, Punjab. The de-
PENDANT, who was the principal in a
tragedy which is reminiscent of a
tale from DecamerOn, is the Suder-
ami Bhagwan Kaur, commonly
known as the Rane Sahiba.
She was convicted in the
a Brahmin named, Kahan Chand, ana
sentenced to be hanged by the neck
until dead. The Rance. is of a
rank equivalent to- that of a princess
in the Punjab royal house, and the
possibility Of the infection of the
death penalty upon woman of
such prominence has aroused all
India To protest
Noted for Her Beauty.
The Rance is noted for her beauty
and is said to be the
loveliest princess in the en-
pire. Her husband, the Sirdar
Dyal Singh, died some years ago
and since then there have been spicy
rumors of the RANGES love affairs
with various men, including, it has
been alleged, prominent officer
of the British army. Kahan Chand
was one Of the lady's lovers, but
the tickle princess tired of him and
told him to BECOME The smitten
man refused to leave off his atten-
tons. She then invited him to visit
her in her private apartments on the
night of February 20 last and gave
him a glass of milk containing arse
mic. He was then removed to an
other room, where he died, and two
days later the body was secretly
removed by trusted servants of the
Rance. In passing sentence the
Judge of the lower court denounc-
ed the titled lady and declared that
it was difficult to conceive of a
more cold-blooded murder.
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boards to keep their schools clean
and sanitary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30
SONTAG WANTS WAGES.
PAY SLIPS OF LONG A6O

Milwaukee, June 2S.-Reformed des-
perado and former train robber.
George c. Contant, better known as
George Sontag, has arrived in Mil
waukee to collect $50 salary due
him from the st. Paul road since
1883, when he was employed as
switchman by that company.
In speaking of his former career
Contant said that after his first train
robbery at Western Union Junction,
Wis, in November, 1891, in which he
with two companions secured $4,000,
they went west.
Held Up Train at kasota.
In the succeeding July they came
back to Minnesota, where they held
up an Omaha train at Kasota juno
ton.
The Middle Western States being
too thickly settled. they went to
California, engaging in several train
robberies in that state before being
captured and convicted.
A year after his capture he with
seven other prisoners attempted an
escape from Folsom prison, near Sac
ramento. three of the gang being
killed and five wounded, Contant
receiving five bullet wounds.
Sentence Was COMMITTED.
Later, his sentence for life was
committed to twenty-five years, which
with the time for good behavior de-
Quoted brought about his release in
1908.
He shows with pride the decree
bearing the signature of the lieu
tenant governor of California restor-
ing him to citizenship.
Sontag is former resident of
Mankato. During last the fall he
was here and delivered a lecture
on the life of criminal. His pur-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Sontag is former resident of
Mankato. During last the fall he
was here and delivered a lecture
on the life Of a criminal. His pur-
pose was to show that the criminal
always wound up bad.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

All of us knew John r. Thomas,
and all liked him. He was al
ways pleasant and agreeable, and
well-groomed like unto few men.
Long prominent in the social,
fraternal and business affairs of
the city, he leaves a place hard
to fill. We regret his all too
early passing, and shall long