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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Sent to Jail Twenty Days; Craver
Allowed to Go on Parole;
Police Court Scenes.

From Tuesdays Daily.
When Jim Kelly came into the
municipal court this morning to be
tried on the charge of vagrancy, he
was yisibly under the influence OF
liquor. The charge of drunkenness
was substituted, and he was convict
ed and sentenced to serve twenty
days in the county Jail at hard labor.
George Craver, who was also to be
tried on the vagrancy charge, was on
hand, but he was allowed to go until
July l on parole.
Harry Chittenden was to have had
his trial on the charge of disOrderly
conduct, but he entered plea of
guilty and the pronouncing OF SEN
tence was postponed until Saturday
morning
Officer POllei late yesterday after
noon found julius Seefeldt sleeping
on somebody's porch in Dukes addi-
ton and locked him up. Seefeldt
this morning pleaded guilty to the
charge of drunkenness and paid a
fine of SIS and costs.
Warren Mitchell this morning also
pleaded guilty to the charge of drunk
enness and paid a fine of SIS and
costs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Alleged That the Goods He Sold
Are Not What He Represented
Them to Be.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
An Italian peddler who has been
in the city for several days is locked
up at the police station 1t is claim
ed that he has been selling cloth by
the roll that he claims is linen, for Is
cents a yard, but which turns out to
be cotton. Complaint was made by
a lady on Broad street, and it was at
her instance that the peddler was
taken into custody. The man has
been peddling without a license Up
to this afternoon no warrant had
been sworn out
The man stated to a Free Press
reporter that the goods that he sells
is linenette, which is not linen, and
he said that he has not claimed that
it is linen. He speaks poor English
and it is difficult to understand
whether he calls il linen or linen
cite when he speaks of it. Linen is
worth about 80 cents a yard, it is
said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Charged With Doing Business With
out a License; Paid Fine of
$40 and Costs.

From Saturdays Daily.
The Italian peddler who was locked
up yesterday on complaint of a Broad
street lady, who had bought a bolt
of cloth from him on the suppOsitiOn
that it was linen, but which turned
out to be cotton, was brought before
the municipal court late yesterday
afternoon on a warrant charging him
with peddling without a license. He
pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $40
and costs. This took nearly all of the
money that he had, and he said that
he would leave town last night. He
also refunded to the Broad street
lady the So that she had paid for
the cloth.
The Italian gave the name of Scier-
thus Salvatore, and when asked who
he was working for showed the card
of Cantoni e Bertacini, proprietors
of the Hotal Roma and of the Des
Moines Brewing company. He said
that he had worked week for these
people, peddling cloth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26

i'm Wisconsin and was fifty-one years
of age. He was a well known farmer
and had a wide acquaintance and
many friends who will greatly regret
his death.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, who has just returned to st.
Clair from a Minneapolis hospital,
two sons, George of Kelliher, Mimi,
and Earl, who lives at home, and
three daughters, Misses Goldie and
Ethel, living at home, and Mrs. A.
Shostag of ST. Clair. He is also sur
vived by one brother, Stephen, and
four sisters, Mrs. j. Case, Mrs. IL.
Campbell and Mrs. John WolcOtt, all
of st. Clair, and Mrs. Thomas Hall
of Albert Lea.
The remains were taken to St.
Clair this afternoon, where the flu
neral will be held.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26

make payment down so as to hold
the rooms. Nelson figured it out
that his pay would just about bring
his family to the city, with nothing
left for the landlady. Mr.. Madison
then generously offered to advance
the man $40 above what was coming
to him, and drew him a check for
the wages due and SO more, and
Nelson quickly got this cashed.
Mr.. Madison took the matter up
with County Attorney Schmitt yes
terday afternoon and got out a war.
rant for Nelson's arrest, on the
charge of forgery
Mr.. Madison states that Nelson was
a good tailor, and seemed to be all
right.
Nelson told all his victims that he
wanted the money for the purpose of
making payment on the rooms that
he had rented
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
President Crandall of the Chicago
Great Western Receives Letter
From Passenger Agent.

from passenger agent.
The following letter is self-ex-
planatory:
st. Paul, Mimi, May 20, 1911.-Mr.
Frank E. Crandall, President Com
mercial Club, Mankato, Mimi. Dear
Mr. Crandall: Referring to our cor
respOndence and conversation about
Sunday service from Mankato to the
lakes on the Chicago Great Western
railroad, | beg to advise that the OPP
Grating difficulties have been over
come and commencing Sunday, May
%, we will establish service from
Mankato at 8:45 a. m. through to
to ST. Paul and Minneapolis, arriving
in st. Paul at l p. m. and Mime
apolis at 1875 p. m. The return trip
will be made on present week day
schedule of train No. 143.
We believe that the Sunday depart
ing time of 8:45 a. m. will prove
more satisfactory than the early
week day schedule, to the greatest
number of your citizens, giving them
longer to prepare for the pleasures
of the day at the lakes near Madison
Lake, Greenland, Elysian, Waterville,
ETC.
Hoping this arrangement will meet
with the approval of yourself, Com.
mercial club and all of Mankato,
am, yours very truly, E. j, Sawyer,
division passenger agent
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
hearing may run into tomorrow fore

hearing may run into tomorrow fore
noon, as the first side did not finish
this forenoon.
The procedure is a little unusual,
as ordinarily the court appoints the
engineer and he reports before the
hearing is had. Judge Pau thought
that he would have the hearing first,
so that if the matter was not to be
proceeded with the expense of an en-
neer might be avoided. The pro-
posed ditch will drain Jackson lake
and several sloughs into Maple river.
1t is merely another feature of the
long drawn out trouble over the level
of the lake, which was recently es-
tablished by the county board and
confirmed by the court.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Fred 0. True Has a Splendid Or
chard in the Indian Lake
District: the Bio Crop.

Fred O. True of Indian Lake has
one of the prettiest and best produc-
ing orchards in Blue Earth county
His location for the growth of fruit
is ideal and in planting his trees he
selected a choice spot near his
house, where good drainage and
plenty of sun could be had. The
orchard is we'll protected from the
north and more charming loca-
ton would be difficult to find.
Some twelve or fifteen years ago
Mr. True, realizing the Importance
and value of an apple orchard, Sc
cured such varieties as Northwest
ern and Patton's Greetings, Anisims,
Ben Davis, Duchess, Wolf River and
others, giving them such care as an
orchard should have. Today he has
trees that are loaded with fruit, fruit
that is eagerly sought for by the
commission houses, who pay a price
for the product on the tree, pick
them and pack them themselves, re-
lieving the owner of the responsible
ty of buying barrels and boxes and
marketing them.
The fruit, however, does not com
mand the attention of buyers unless
it is perfect either for shipping or
local storage. Care in mulching
and spraying must be exercised. In
years past Mr.. True has used hand
sprayers to kill off the insects that
infeSt the trees. The results have
been good, but the labor entailed is
enormous This year he has Wal
lace Automatic spraying machine
pulled by two horses. A large l5O
gallon tank similar to the water
tanks used in connection with a
threshing rig, is placed on the
wagon which contains the bordeau
mixture. An automatic pump forces
the mixture through a hose at the
end of which is a spray. The spray
ed mixture strikes every part OF one
side of the tree A boy can drive
the team while a man works on
each side of the wagon. The work
is done rapidly, and a large orchard
can be treated in a few hours. The
pressure tank on the side develops
12O pounds of pressure.
The BOrdeau mixture is MADE
with lime, blue vitrol and soft water
The orchard contains 700 bearing
trees, most of them ten years old,
and 900 two and three year old trees.
The bearing trees should produce
about 500 barrels of good apples
this year.
Blue Earth county has many apple
orchards which if properly cared
for would produce quantities OF de-
licious and merchantable fruit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Find Everything in the Very Best
of Condition and the INN ates
Very Happy.

From Tuesdays Daily
Mrs. w. G. P. Smith and Mrs. E.
]. Zimmerman visited the poor farm
yesterday afternoon to see about
placing some reading matter there
for the inmates. They were shown
about the building by the new
housekeeper, Mrs. Kilmer, in the alb
sence of Overseer Mullen, who was
in town. They found everything
scrupulously neat and clean, and
the inmates happy and satisfied.
They were served with a lunch Of
bread, doughnuts and cookies of the
very best, cooked by Mrs. Tenney,
who presides in the culinery de-
partment, and with delicious home
made butter and rich cream. In
fact, the two visitors report that
the impression that they took away
from the farm was perfectly splen-
did" They will place a lot of JOY
full reading matter in the house,
that contains only uplifting thoughts,
with everything debasing eliminated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Terrible News Received BY a For
mer Mankato Lady Now Resid- :
ina in st. Cloud.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The st. Cloud Journal Press says:
Mrs. Hugh Evans of this city re-
Iceived a telegram from Wenatchee,
Wash, bearing the terrible news
that her niece, Mrs. Carl Kahl, was
burned to death. No particulars
were given except that the body
would be taken to Madison, Wis,
for burial on Wednesday, May "a.
Mrs. Evans will meet the funeral
car here and go to Madison to at
tend the funeral services.
Mrs. Kahl was a most charming
lady, and leaves a husband and two
small children. She was thirty-twO
years of age, and has lived in Wash
ington for some years, her husband
being employed by the government
as a railroad mail clerk.
Death of Sister.
Mrs. T. j. Cummings of LIE Hitler
is in receipt of the sad news that
her sister, Miss Lena Loitscher, has
died recently in Lake City. Mrs.
Cummings was not furnished the
particulars of her death.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
lnterment Will Be Held at GienWood
Cemetery Tomorrow Aafternoon
at 2:30 O'clock.

The funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Otto Kresse will
be held at the undertaking parIors
of the John Klein Undertaking COM
pany at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow after
noon, and the interment will be made
at Glenwood cemetery. Rev. w. N.
Jameson will conduct the services.
F. A. Kresse of Clayton, Wis, a
brother of the deceased, arrived to-
day.
Frank E. Hide today petitioned
the probate court to be appointed
special administrator of the estate
of the dead man, to look after the
funeral, etc. He will be appointed
upon filing a bond for 5000. The es-
tate consists of personal property to
the amount of $3,015. ne
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Death of Rapidan Citizen.

From Thursdays Daily.
Jacob A. McDuffee died at twelve
son, William j. McDuffee, in Rapidan,
of Bright's disease. His death was
due to old age and Bright's disease.
He was seventy-six years of age and
was born at Rochester, New Hamp-
shire, but had been a resident of
Rapidan since 1856. He is survived
by his wife and seven grownup chill
dreR. He had many friends who will
regret his death.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Henry Madison, His Late Employer
Is a Victim; Story He Told the
Bows in Town.

From thursdays Daily.
The officers are still looking 1or
John A. Nelson, whose frenzled
finance operations have brought him
into bad odor with some OF the busl-
ness men. 1t was thought for
while yesterday afternoon that he
was still in the city, but this proved
not to be the case.
1t appears that Henry Madison, Nell
sons employer, was one OF the VIC
Tins. Nelson told how he was
bringing his family to the city and
how he had rented rooms, and did
not have money to pay down. Mr..
Madison suggested that he ought to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26

were represented and each of these
sent beautiful floral offerings, and
there were also numerous other set
pieces and clusters of roses and other
flowers.
The Masonic Blue lodge had charge
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Procedure Was Had Before Judge A
r. Pfau Today; What Case
Consists Q

From Thursdays Daily
The Jackson lake judicial ditch
case was heard before Judge Pfau
today Six witnesses in favor of the
ditch were examined, and six OPP
posed to the ditch will be heard. The
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26

Impressive Services Conducted at the
Residence Yesterday; Friends Pay
Their Respects.
From Mondays Daily.
The, funeral services over the re-
mains of the late John R. Thomas
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26

were held at the house, 936 South
Front street, at 2:30 O'Clock yester-
day afternoon, and in spite of the
rain there was a large gathering of
the friends of the deceased. The va
rious lodges to which he belonged
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Henry 3. Foster, Who Had a Wide
Acquaintance in the City and
Throuohout County,

From Saturdays Daily.
Henry B. Foster of st. Clair died
in this city at three o'clock this
morning of cancer of the rectum,
with peritonitis from obstruction as
contributing cause. He was born
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
Pontificia High Mass Was ceIe.
brated BY a Son and a Nephew
of the Deceased.

The funeral of the late Mrs Mic
Weis took place at nine O'Clock this
morning, at st. Peter and PauPs
Catholic church. Pontificial high
mass was celebrated by Rev. Faith
ers Joseph Weis, son of the deceased,
Rev. Father Arthur Dittman, nephew
of the deceased, and Rev. Father
Ascheberg. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful, and large
number of the friends of the family
assembled to pay honor to the mem
DRY of the deceased. A long line of
carriages followed the remains to Cal
vary cemetery, where they were laid
away tenderly.
The pallbearers were the nephews
OF the deceased: Ferd, John, Frank,
Otto and Charles Hoerr and Will
Schaefer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26

of the services, and the services at
the house were in charge of Rev
II. Ross Paden, assisted by Rev. w.
E. Evans. Impressiveness marked
the proceedings, both at the house
and at the grave, where the beautiful
Masonic ritual work was given
Owing to the rain, the John Klein
Undertaking company had erected
two large grave tents over the grave,
and under these the relatives and
others stood while the remains were
consigned to their temporary resting
place, later to be placed in a crypt
in the mausoleum.
A quartet composed of George e.
Brett, r. F. Hunt, Mrs. II. A. Patter-
son and Mrs. H. l. Parry sang sew
eral selections very sweetly, choosing
those that Mr.. Thomas had so often
sung on similar occasions.
The pallbearers were Ed. Weaver,
j. c. Wise, B. F. Pay, l. N Griffith,
s. b. Wilson and J. A. Flittie.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26
UP ON HIGH
WHERE HEWAS BEFORE
How He Led a Multitude Of
Captlves.
What the Ascension of Jesus In
piled For Himself and For
the World.

Baltimore. Md,
May p. - Pastor
X u 8 s ell Of the
Brooklyn Taberna-
Gle preached here
t W ice today to
large and atten.
tive audiences. We
report one of his
discourses fro N
the text. when
He assembled up on
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-03
F. S. Wilson Closes Out His Big Sprinus
Store!

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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-03
RARE CHANCE!
Big Pay for Solicitors !!

THE CINCINNATI WEEKLY
ENQUIRER is offering Five Thou
sand Dollars i'll cash premiums to
solicitors, in addition to a liberal
commission that is more than ample
to pay ones expenses, besides af-
fording a living profit, while en-
gagged i'll the work of soliciting sub
scriptions.
THE WEEKLY ENQUIRER
is now atwenty-four page magazine
style paper, chuck full of reading
most acceptable to any well-ordered
home Each issue contains a ser
mon by Pastor Russell, an essay by
DR.. Madison G. Peters, a serial and
short stories, natural history, gen
eral news and special record Of po-
litical and national affairs that are
Of interest to people cut patterns
for ladies and youths, and miscella-
neous matter, all OF high moral III
6uence also marletreports from all
commercial centers, and veterinary
columns.
The editor aim being to present
the reader with an exceptionally
good family journal Of superior
merit, free from All matters that an
tagonize morality justiccandt truth.
TO circulate such a paper, all
well-meaning persons Can benefit
their community and add their mite
in the uplifting OF civic and political
thought and action.
Any person, lady or gentleman,
with leisureh hours, DESTROYS Of doing
a good turn for the community, at
the same time earning fair payment,
should apply at once for particulars
by writing TO THE ENQUIRER,
Cincinnati. O.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-03
A Sensational Report.

The information contained in
a dispatch from New York. that
the government contemplated
the arrest and prosecution of j.
Pierpont Morgan for the part be
took in the organization of the
United States Steel corporation
and the harvester trust, and sub
sequently abandoned the idea, is
OF the most sensational charac-
ter. Not that Mr.. Morgan's
prominence in the financial and
business world entities him to
immunity from punishment for
violations of the antitrust law.
but because such move would
undoubtedly, as the dispatch
says, precipitate a panic. 1t
would be construed as a direct
attack upon concentrated capt.
al, through the very fountain
head of big interests.
1t is interesting to note the
motive behind the thre atened
prosecution. 1t is not so much
to punish Morgan because he has
violated the law as to make polit-
zeal game for the Republican
party. 1t is almost inconceivable
that leaders of the administra-
ton would take such a dangerous
step order to continue them
selves in power, but big politics
and big business are very bold,
and it has heretofore been shown
that they will take long chances.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-03
Democratic Promises.

While the Democratic party
may not have fulfilled in the
last session of the legislature
every promise it had made to
the people, it cannot be denied
that, in single session, it went
further, toward fulfilling it's own
promise in decade or more, A
Republican newspaper that
would criticize Democratic fail
ure to comply with all promises
in one brief legislative session
would do we'll to read the Repub-
lican state platform of 1904, re-
fleet that the Republicans have
been in overwhelming majority
In every legislature save one
since that time, and inform the
public to just what extent the
Republican party redeemed it's
own promises to the people. -
Huntington Advertiser.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-03
Hon. ThOs. E. Hodges.

1t is fortunate for the educa-
tional interests of West Virginia
that man of such character as
Thos E. Hodges is to be at their
head.
He at once inspires every one
who desires West Virginia's
school system to be equal to the
best.
He is a man of the people, and
the people believe in him. They
feel that as the head Of the Uni
versity the affairs of the institu-
ton will be economically and
rightly administered, so far as
his authority goes.
They know that Christian
character will be the object OF
the institution, in so far as Pres
ident Hodges can accomplish it.
We look for an area of prosper
ity for the West Virginia Univer-
sity under him. ---Tygart Valley
News
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-03
Don'tIet the Road get Bad.

Keep the road good. The pro-
tracted drouth has permitted the
ordinary roads to get smooth and
hard. Not for many years has
so large mileage of wagon
roads been so unusually fine. Of
course the dragged roads were
smooth without wear, and where
they have been dragged for a
series of years they are notice
ably less dusty than undragged
roads of the same soil. In fact
even the roads, that have been
dragged only year or two show
marked decrease in dust.
Now that the roads are so
generally good it would be al
most criminal to let them go
back to their old-time soft, rutty,
rough, mud-hole state, when so
little effort is required to keep
them in fine condition. Get a
split'log drag ready and accept
the first rain as an invitation to
smooth the road and push little
dirt to the middle.
The breaking of long drouth
is usually gradual process. |
mean that moderate rains come
at first, and that the parched
earth drinks the moisture so
greedily there is not much mud
or washing Of the soil. A choice
opportunity is thus provided for
bringing neglected road into
proper shape by doing a little
frequently.
So get road drag ready.
Use the drag when the soil is
moist but not sticky"
Go---after every good shower;
be greedy to grasp every cha nee
to drag the road when the sur
face is softened. Do this and
the road will be good all winter.
But the work must be continu-
Gus; if you fail once then the
rainwater will lodge in the road
after the next shower. And
water remaining on the road
means soft spots and mud-holes.
Build a light drag; build il &C
cording to the directions, which
may be had for the asking from
the Office of public Roods at
Washington. 1t is all very sim
pie. I'D. Ward King, in National
Stockman and Farmer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-03
A Record Breaker.

Toascertain the speed at which
a commercial message could be
sent around the world by cable, a
New York newspaper filed dis
path in the telegraph room ex-
actly at z o'clock, and the reply
was received by the same opera
to- at 7:16: 30. The message
read:
New York:
This message sent atnnnj world"
The time occ lpied in tho Jour
Aey Of 23, 6l3 land miles was IS
minutes and 30 seconds. inc,ud-
ing sixteen relays. which gave
an average speed of 20 miles a
second.
The time made by This mes
sage is said to be the fastest
achieved by a commercial table
gram since the opening Of the
Pacific cable eleven years ago.
when a record was m, dc of 8
minutes and 80 seconds.