The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-09

tons that penetrated the dark
clouds above. These came from
business men who made the claim
that trade was not as rushing as
on an ordinary weeks end day.
planned that not as many beakers
were consumed as on those Satur-
days when there was '|nothin' do
ing"
Max Had His Troubles.
And Max had troubles of his own.
He had more to contend against than
ever confronted Diaz when the in
Surrectos were at their worst. The
members of the band suspected that
Max was going to try to 'slip one
over" on them, and during the after
noon they made things lively for
the "booster" man. Late in the
day a scene occurred at Second and
Hickory streets that was not on
the program. Max and members OF
the band engaged in a lively joint
debate that proved an interesting
feature-a headliner, as it we're
and the gaping crowd was expect
ing that armed hostilities would
break out any minute. The row
was over the payment of the band
boys They had received $50 in
cash and were clamoring for the
balance due them, something like
$24. In order to appease their
wrath Max gave one of them sew
eral orders on merchants and others
who had subscribed to the booster"
day fund.
Orders Frowned Upon.
More trouble for Max was brewed
when the band boys presented the
orders for payment The signers
refused to accept them on the
ground that they had not profited
from the days events; that the
crowds had not been what they ex-
pected and they did not propose to
"come across with the coin, claim
ing they had been ''stung."
Meanwhile Max was at the Clifton
house. There the enemy swooped
down upon him like swarm of
bees. They assailed him verbally
charging him with variety OF
things Max promised to settle the bill
later, but the band members were
doubling Thomases. The excitement
was great and attracted large crowd.
Finally Officer Andengaard appear
ed on the scene and escorted Lim-
norman to the police station. This
was done more as protection to
Max. There was no charge placed
against him.
Everybody Talked of Warrants.
Meanwhile members of the band
were trying to locate County Attor-
hey Schmitt with view to obtain
ing a warrant for the arrest OF
Zimmerman on the ground that he
had used abusive language toward
them. All this time Max was
threatening to obtain warrants for
their arrest, alleging that they had
hurled language unbecoming gen.
tlemen at him. The end of the fracas
came with the promise of settle
ment for the band, and all hands
departed 1TOHl JHS pOllCt ObdIloh'
The LADY" in the Case.
The young man who acted the
part of the LADY" in the marriage
ceremony made some more troubled
for Max It is said that the young
man had been promised S. to do
the bride stunt" but after the GER
emory was performed Max waived
the boy aside, advising him to col
lect the amount from his employ
ers. who had subscribed to the
fund but had refused to pay on theI
grounds of lack of patronage The
bride" had gone to some expense
to obtain an outfit suitable for the
wedding. He was given a hackride,
anyway That ought to have helped
some. ~
The innocent bystanders appear
to have extracted considerable fun
out of the booster day incidents.
Many of the subscribers paid over
their money rather than "welch.
They have charged the amounts up
to experience, and let it go at that
Band Boys Still CIamoring.
Max is reported to have departed
| from Mankao early this morning.
The band boys are making the
claim that he still owes them $245O.
During the forenoon they discussed
the advisability of consulting with