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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

From Tuesdays Daily.
An unusually large crowd attend
ed the meeting of the council this
morning, when the sewer assess
ments came up for hearing. After
ments as made and all were salts
tn council confirmed the improve
ments as made and all weer salts
factorily adjusted. The greatest
number of protests came from prop
erty owners along the line of Jack
son street where a sewer has re-
Gently been placed to care for houses
facing on Jackson and Cherry streets
from the alley to Fourth street and
for houses which might in the flu
ture be built on the alley. Attorney
r. f. Hunt appeared for Mrs. ID. A.
Swami; William Henline for the E..
P. Severance interests and Henry j.
Kuhn for A. r. Musser. The total
assessment is 1892, and those affect
ed are e. P. Severance, d. A. Swami,
|. L. Clark, Robert Thomas, Helen
Anderson, A. r. Musser, w. G P.
Smith and John Dougherty. All of
thes porperty owners were connect
ed with either the Broad or Fourth
street assessments.
William BOdde appeared for prop
erty owners on Poplar street, and
asked the council to do some filling
between Front and Pike streets. Com.
missioner Humiston already had ar
ranged to do the work.
Want Sidewalk Changed.
B. C. Taylor appeared before the
council in behalf of w. L. Wilson
and asked that body to change the
location of sidewalk which has been
ordered built at his place near Sib.
ley park. The request was granted
and the sidewalk will be constructed
nine feet from the property line in.
stead of two feet as is customary
Mr.. Williams of Bunker hill was
given hearing and objected to- the
material used in the Bunker hill
sidewalk. He also informed the
council that some property owners
living on the hill whose property did
not abut the sidewalk Improvement
had expressed a willingness to be
assessed as it was a benefit to al
living there. The cost of the side
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

From Saturdays Daily.
After several conferences the adj
visOry board of the Commercial
club has selected the following gen.
tlemen to act as committeeman to
arrange for the reception of Presi-
dent William II. Taft on the occa-
sion of his visit to Mankato Octo-
Der "a:
General Committee-F. e. Gran
dali, A. j. Veigel, F. M. Currier,
John Nyquist. Judge Lorin Cray, b.
F. Pay, w. d. Willard, r. F. Hunt,
Mayor Charles T. Taylor, S. B. Will
son, Senator S. ID. Works, John C.
Wise, F. w. Hunt, DR.. ]. w. An
drews, John H. Hohmann, F. F.
Ellsworth, Rev. A. F. Winter, H. L.
Schmitt, Rev. Father Hughes,
George M. Palmer, J. w. Schmitt,
W. l.. Hixon, Fred Kron, General
Widell, John Donahue, j. B. Nielsen,
Otto Neitge, President C. H. Cooper,
Allan Jackson, r. E. Brown, Mic.
Kleinschmidt, George Draper, H. A.
Patterson, c. o. Daley, Judge A.
R. Pau, Charles w. Miller, Benja-
min Taylor, Edgar Weaver, George
Atchison, August Blissenbach, George
e. Brett, J. A. Flittie, A. G. Bier
bauer, c. H. Griebel.
Executive Committee-F. E. Gran.
dali, A. j. Veigel, Judge Lorin Cray,
F. NJ. Currier, w. d. Willard, B. F.
Pay, John Nyquist, R. F. Hunt.
Reception Committee-The execu,
tive committee and Mayor Charles
T. Taylor
Invitation Committees. B. Viii.
son, Judge A. r. Pfau, F. +. Els
worth, General Gustav Widell, c. O.
Daley.
Mic Kleinschmidt, George Draper
John Nyquist, r. f. Hunt.
Hall and Music Committee-Dr. j.
w. Andrews, f. w. Hunt, C. H. Grie.
bel, j. A. Flittie, H. l.. Schmitt.
Decoration Committee - R. f.
Brown, George Atchison, George f.
Brett, Charles w. Miller, A. Blissen.
bach
Transportation COmmittee-W. l.
HiXon, Fred Kron, Otto Neitge, Rev
A. F. Winter. President c. H.
Cooper.
Banquet Committee-H. A. Patter-
son, j. w. Schmitt, Benjamin Tay.
lOr, J. C. Wise, j. B. Nielsen.
Automobile COmmittee-JOhn II
Hohmann, George M. Palmer, Edgar
Weaver, Senator S. d. Works, A. G
Bierbauer.
These committees will hold meet
ings soon and begin the prepare
tions for the presidents reception.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Property owners on Third and
Fourth streets from Spring street
down, attended meeting held in
the Dukes addition fire hall on
Fourth street, last night. The meet
ing was called for the purpose of
obtaining the will of the property
owners as to whether they were in
favor of taking up the matter of
buying the land now owned by the
Omaha railway and occupied by their
switch track. Attorney Arthur
Schaub had made most of the ar
rangements for the meeting and it
was he who called the meeting
Mayor Taylor was elected chairman
and Joseph Hampl was elected sec
rotary. Mr.. Schaub was the first
one to address the assembly He put
the whole plan before the men. In
his remarks he said that some time
ago when the railroad company was
approached on the subject of selling
the property, they had signified their
willingness to do so. The people
would have to buy the property be-
fore the street could ever be opened
up The city council had said that
they would do what they could to
further the plan, but could not 10
! it alone
Assurances Of Support.
! Mr.. Schaub said that he had
talked with number of promi-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

From Tuesdays Daily
The stock exhibit at the coming
Mankato fair promises to be even
better than last year. AT least five
cattle are promised, beside num-
Der of grade exhibits. Another edu-
cational feature started last year will
be the free distribution of literature
relating to pure bred cattle, DR.. NJ.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

A really readable book-finely
printed and illustrated in color-is
being sent out free by j. w. Pepper
& Son, Box 1922, Philadelphia. It's
title is: "The Town Band" Any res
ident of town, village or hamlet.
which doesn't boast of having a band
of its own, should get this book and
ponder over the lessons it teaches,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

nent people of Mankato and all OF
them had assured him of their sup.
port. Mayor Taylor said that the
council had thought of the advisa.
bility of committee going to st.
Paul to confer with the officials OF
the railroad about it. Mr.. Taylor
and Attorney c. O. Daley had had a
conference with them about four
years ago and the company had
agreed to sell their right to one-half
of the land on North Fourth street
and to move the tracks nearer the
bank, and reserve the rest for any
industries which might come liz.
The sum they asked was $4,000. The
strip owned by the railroad COM
pany is about eighty feet wide, the
city owns about sixty feet. Every
man in the hall was called on for
an expression of his opinion. The
general feeling of the meeting was
in favor of appointing a committee
to see the officials of the railroad
to find out what proposition they
would make.
Would Buy Right of Way.
Several men spoke very strongly
about trying to buy the right of way
on Third street also. The fact that
there is now no sewer on either
Third or Fourth in that part of the
city was one of the strongest argu-
ments made in favor of getting this
property and opening up the street.
There is a mud hole on Fourth
street the year around and the only
way to get rid of the nuisance is
to put in a sewer.
After general discussion it was
decided to have the committee from
the council wait on the railway Of
fcials and try to get the land on
both Fourth and Third streets, and
report to the property owners aLd
then if anything can be done a COM
mittee of possibly twenty-five mem
bers will be appointed to see the
people interested in the project and
ask for subscriptions to raise the
amount required.
Not more than three of the thirty
men who attended the meeting were
opposed to the plan, and all of the
others pledged themselves to do
what they could with work and
money to put the plan through sue
cessfully. Fourth street, if opened
up, will be one of the most beauti-
full and longest streets in the city.
There are several fine buildings To-
Gated on that street in the north
end Of the city and the opening Of
the street would increase the value
of all of the property in that end
of the city very materially.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

From Thursdays Daily.
Breaking into the garage at the
rear OF the John Klein Furniture
company store, 413-415 South Front
street, last night, a party OF JOY
riders stole George Klein's automo-
bile and operated 1t on the streets
for several hours, and are said to
have defied the orders OF police
officer to halt.
The joy-riders secured the machine
at a late hour and were rushing
it up and down Front street about
LIS this morning. Officer George
Simmonds attempted to halt the
party, but they whisked by him like
a fast mail train.
However, the officer obtained the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

ton was summoned from this city
and as much relief as possible was
rendered. His burns covering the en-
tire back of the body from head to
feet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

for superintendent
house. Apply to or address II. Is.
Miller, state hospital. st. Peter,
MINI.
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number of the machine-1926-a
this morning learned that it belong
ed to Mr.. Klein. That gentleman
was notified Of what had occurred
Officer Simmonds and Mr.. Klein
went to the garage, but the ma
place. Later Chief Donahue found
the missing auto on Sixth street
near Mulberry, where the party had
abandoned it alongside the road. The
machine, REQ, was not damaged
Will Prosecute the Fellows.
Mr.. Klein will make an effort to
learn the names Of the fellows who
unlawfully took his machine from
the garage and used ii without his
knowledge or consent. He will prose-
cute them to the full extent of the
law
Officer Simmonds did not recognize
the fellows who were in the auto.
son were arraigned before Judge
w. l.. Comstock during the forenoon
on a charge of illegal fishing. Two
complaints were preferred against
the defendants. One was that the
men had in their possession three
black bass that were under the size
specified by the law. Another was
that they had in their possession,
nine wall-eyed pike of under size.
The men pleaded guilty to both
charges, but they were fined only
on one-$4S 70 each, making $97 10
in all. The other case was continu'
ed for sixty days.
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from Thursdays Daily.

from Thursdays Daily
Carlos III. Spokesman of Winnie
bago died in local hospital this
morning as result of fracture
of the skull. Mr.. Spokesman was a
drayman and was struck on the
head by freight elevator in
building there. The accident happen
cd July Is, and he was recovering
nicely until few days ago. when
his condition became critical The
deceased was married and was thir-
ty-seven years of age. His wife was
with him at the time of his death
The body was sent to Winnebago
this afternoon, and the funeral will
be held there Saturday.
Mrs. John Goodwin this morning
received the sad message of the
death of her daughter, Mrs. A. w.
Larrabee of Ronneby. Mrs. LARA
bee was formerly Miss Emma Good
win of this city. She has beer i'll
all summer with pernicious anemia
Mrs. Larrabee was member of the
First Baptist church of this city
and was a successful teacher. Mrs.
John Goodwin and her daughters,
Miss Lula and Mrs. Belle Williams
had recently returned from Ronneby.
and they will leave tomorrow to at
tend the funeral.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
John Choudek of Seaforth was
run over by an automobile late last
night, near Wanda, and killed Mr..
Choudek was the village barber at
Seaforth, and did occasional jobs of
plastering, in which work he was
associated with George Bernardy of
the same village. 1t appears that
tie two were together at the time OF
strong that they had been drinking,
as Choudek was lying across the
road when the driver of the automo-
bile, a young man named John .A!ter
matt, noticed the man in the road
only a few feet ahead of his ma
chine, TOO late to swerve aside and
avoiu the disaster.
Young Aftermath was returning
from an entertainment at Lamberton
accompanied by his sister, and was
nearing his home, less than half
mile northwest Of Wanda, when his
machine ran over the pres az body.
His sister was so badly frightened
when the machine jolted ever The
man, that Aftermath took his sister
to their home near by before inves-
tigating the injuries inflicted by the
accident When lie :elurn-c he
'ifeless ,oGy eli Choudek was found
at the scene of the accident.
Albert Lea, Mimi, August 81
While driving his big motor car in
Pickerel lake township last night, c..
E. Paulson, president of the Free
born County State bank of this city,
struck a bridge that had been left
in a dangerous condition and Il
wreck occurred.
Both of Mrs. Paulson's arms were
broken and one of them was badly
mangled by barb wire, and her face
was seriously cut. Mr.. Devine, cash
Ter of the bank, was until recently
in the banking department of the
state, had most of his clothes torn
from him and the barb wire cut on
his back. Mr. PaulsOn and Miss
Frydenlund, the latter a stenographer
in the bank, escaped injury.
Mrs. Paulson, weak from the shock
and great loss of blood, was hur-
ried to the hospital and given prompt
attention This morning she is SUI
fering some pain but the chances
seem good for her recovery
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08
From Thursdays Daily.

From thursdays Daily
w. c. Schneider, one of the most
prominent and respected farmers of
Steele county, attempted to commit
suicide by shooting himself i'll the
head Wednesday,, near noon, but
probably failed through the remark
able fact that the bullets did not
penetrate the skull The deed was
undoubtedly the result of his being
temporarily unbalanced mentally.
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VssuranccS OF support,
Mr.. Schaub said that he had
talked with a number of promi-
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY IDEA
STIRS CHURCH LEADERS TO ACTION

I the church is not conducting business
for profit.
But, on the other hand. 1t should stimu-
late alert churchmen to grip the prob
lem of getting bigger results per worker
in the church just as determinedly as the
management" experts have gripped the
same problem in manufacturing.
The church is entirely like business in
this-it will make a big success only
when it somehow manages to increase
decidedly the avefage output from each
individual worker engaged on the job.
Cannot "Hire and Fire."
This better average result scientific
management" aims to achieve in indus
try mainly by putting into execution these
three methods:
study of each mans individual fitness,
so that he may be put to work on the
lines Of his most natural aptitude.
Experiment to determine what consti-
tutes a fair product to be expected from
the ordinary mans labor within a given
time.
Enforcement OF rules requiring from
each worker every day such fair prod
uct Of his effort.
The thought of adopting this sort of
management for a church runs close to
becoming ludicrous at this third point. A
factory superintendent can indeed en-
force rules; he can discharge the incom-
petent and can reward the specially in
dustrious with bonuses Of pay. But which
of these weapons would a church pastor
or a Sunday school superintendent adopt?
There is a sardonic humor in limiting
the final lonesomeness of a pastor who
might try to get rid of all laggard work.
ers.
The deeper and entirely unhumorous
side, however, of the reason why a
church cannot penalize its ineffective
workers is this:
The church dares not throw out the
idle and inefficient as a business concern
would, because the idle and the inefficient
are precisely those for whom the church
is most responsible.
Here the church is not to be ranked
at all with business, but with the school,
which must pay the more diligent atten-
ton to the pupil who learns with dlfflcul
ty, even though its own repute is much
discounted by the pupils stupldityg
Or let the comparison be with the@hos-
pital. What hospital would expel a sick
man because he failed to accumulate the
standard access Of health in a week?
Moreover, even for the jealous and
diligent, there can be no way Of stand
ardizing religious achievement. One pas
tor may gather a hundred people into
church allegiance, and one teacher may
draw a dozen boys and girls to accept
Christ, but 1t is not thereby proved that
the pastor whose congregation increased
by FIVE or the teacher whose reward was
a single soul either shirked or failed.
THE kingdom of God cometh not with
observation" Neither does it come by
standard measurement.
AnaIyEing Church Units.
But If such considerations teach the
folly OF hunting for a system by which
the church, wherever located, can be
guaranteed to turn out every year so
much finished. baled, and tagged reli-
gion, yet there are none the less con-
tanned in all this scientific manage
ment' agitation two or three big hints
for the church. One is this:
The painstaking study Of individual
men to make out their peculiar angles
of ftness to different features of the
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

work at hand to do is an indispensable
preliminary to getting anything well
done through the agency of group Of
average humans. This is just as true in
religious work as in any industry.
But so many church leaders-not only
pastors, but Sunday school superintend-
ents and brotherhood. Christian En-
deayor and missionary presidents-slmpIy
refuse to give time to that kind of study.
They plunge in headlong and haphazard
with an unplanned undertaking and come
out nowhere simply because they work
blind.
Impatience to see something doing thus
results in nothing done.
No captain of any human mass is ever
going TO obtain the full weight Of its
power for any purpose until he has in
vested the time and thought requisite for
analyzing 1t into its units. Fortunately
the church is organized in groups small
enough to make that analysis possible.
Only Incidence or overhaste can set that
study aside. Neither is excusable.
If the church leader has an hour for
action, let him give fifteen minutes to
surveying the work and thirty to learning
the workers The rest of the hour will
then be time enough to do the task.
A Gospel of Efficiency.
But let details pass; what the church
needs most from scientific manage
ment" is a contagion OF its sense of the
glory of being efficient.
1t is not altogether cant phrase to
speak of these experts as preaching a
gospel of efficiency" Their advocacy Of
it does take on a fervor and glow almost
religious, just because they are so con-
vinced that honest and honorable char
acter calls a man to do some one thing
in the world the very best that he can
do II.
If only all Christians would receive the
same efficiency ideal as an impelling
aspiration of their life in the church
just this same ambition to do something
up to capacity Iimit-what a miraculous
thrill of new life would suddenly pass
over the church
As has been said, nobody can enforce
rule of efficiency on church members;
nobody can standardize their service. But
they can standardize themselves; they
can enforce their own rule: Our utmost
in the fear of God"
Is it possible that the church can
watch the clans OF business rally to the
noble banner of efficiency and feel
no stir of emulation? Up. church, with
the same banner!
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
.SAGAN'C PLEA WINS
TITLE FOR HEIR
The Son of Anna Gould and
Prince Helie to Be Peer.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin, July 15.-The Duke Hehe de
sagan, also Duke de TalIeyrand, but bet
ter known as Prince Helie, who married
Anna Gould-Castellane, has won his long
fight in the courts of Breslau, and his
little son, Charles Howard, becomes the
acknowledged heir TO the duchy and Will
have the right in time TO sit among the
hereditary peers of the German empire.
For a long time the Kaiser refused to
grant the plea of Helle to be received
at court. because OF his spendthrift repu-
tation. but under the present arrangement
the immense debt of the late Duke Bosom
of Sagan will be paid out of the estates
by the receiver, in whose hands the
feudality is to remain until the creditors
are appeased.
When a clean balance sheet is shown
the properties are to be handed over to
HeIie and the son of Mime. Gould will
be in line to take rank with the proudest
mobiles Of the fatherland.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

and higher education for the colored
race in the United States.
The address which DR.. Thirkield gave
to the 1000 people who assembled under
the auspices of the Sunday school con-
vention made a profound impression, 1t
is stated. The daily press and officials
of the convention who watch these mat
ters critically have been most compli-
menta=y in their commSht on TIE speech.
Other addresses at Los Angeles and
other California points delivered in the
Methodist churches and under Y. NJ. c.
A. auspices ELECTED similar applause.
One Methodist paper waxed eloquent in
naming DR.. Thirkield as a "soon-to-be
bishop in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Why not? Bishop Thirkield
sounds all right.
Meanwhile, with added prestige in the
West, the president OF Howard Univer-
sity will continue to build up the insti-
tuition which has commanded his best
power for the last five years, and has
progressed in material equipment and
educational value in a way to astonish
even its sanguine friends. Methodists
may well spare DR.. Thirkield for few
more years of this public and national
service. The bishorric can wait.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Pope ADpIaud, Peace IDEA.

Pope Applauds Peace Idea.
Pope Plus X, in an autograph letter
received by his excellency Mgr. Falconio,
applauds the lead taken by the United
States in the worldwide campaign for
international peace. Although the pontiff
does not mention President Taft specln-
cally by name, a copy OF the letter has
been forwarded to the White House. 1t
is probable that the President, because
of his well-known views on peace, will
reply to the cordial sentiments of the
ruler of the Catholic Church. Following
is an extract from the letter:
We are happy to learn from you that
in the United States of America, under
the leadership Of men enjoying the high
est authority with the people, the more
iudicious members of the community are
fervently desirous of maintaining the ad-
vantages of international peace.
To compose differences, to restrain the
outbreak of hostilities, to prevent the
dangers of war, to remove even the anXl-
cites of so-called armed peace, is indeed
most praiseworthy, and any effort in this
cause, even although ii may not. imme-
diately or wholly accomplish its purpose,
manifests, nevertheless, a zeal which can
but rebound TO the credit of its authors
and be OF benefit to the state.
This is especially true at the present
day, when vast armies, instrumentalities
most destructive to human life, and the
advanced state OF military science por-
tend wars which must be source OF fear
even to the most powerful rulers.
Wherefore we most heartily commend
the work already begun. which should be
approved by all good men, and especially
by us. holding as We do the supreme pom
tifcate of the church and representing
Him who is both the God and the Prince
of Peace, and we most gladly lend the
weight of our authority to those who are
striving to realize this most beneficent
purpCSe,