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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Policemen.

From the Dayton News.
The best policeman" in the United
States, according to those who knew
him has been shot He was Uncle
Tommy Cureton," of Greenville, S. c..
army, and popular idol in uniform
in the little city ever since the war.
Uncle Tommy was the embodi-
ment of kindness. Everybody who
knew him loved him. He was not a
man of violence, but man of peace
When it was necessary for him to
make an arrest, he did so in the gen
tlest manner. The very toughest of
the tough respected him, and the
ance.
But the other day he had occasion
to arrest drunken man, and the
fellow drew gun and shot him. Now
the newspapers of the South, espe-
cially, are telling what horrible
thing it was, and are otherwise con-
graduating Uncle Tommy that he
was not killed.
All of which is here printed to call
attention to the fact that the occu-
patton of policeman is a hazardous
one; that danger turks ever around
the corner; that no policeman's life
is safe, regardless OF the manner of
man he is. Always there is some
fellow, crazed by drink or desperate
to make his escape, who is ready to
draw gun and shoot him.
1t is the easiest thing in the world
to find fault with a policeman. He
doesn't seem to be where he is want
ed; never in sight when he is needed,
people will say. If he doesn't stand
still and let a thug beat him UP
he uses his mace for his own protec-
ton and knocks a scoundrel in the
head-there is always some one to
declare that he is brutal. Very few
of us indeed ever give passing
thought to the risks he takes or to
the hardships which he endures.
AS a matter of fact, the average
policeman is an unusual man. The
fact that he is policeman is pretty
good evidence that he is not seeking
to make a living without work His
duties are such that he dare not shirk
responsibility. His life is such a
hazardous one that certainly a cow
ard would not seek the place, or con-
tinue to fill it after he is appointed.
That there are brutal policemen,
there is no question. That all of
them do not always use the best
judgment is perhaps true That po-
licemen have been known to be no
better than the criminals they arrest
is a matter of history. But, man for
man, the policeman is as honest, as
industrious, as kindly and accommo-
dating as any other set of men on
earth.
In estimating them, one should
take their duties into consideration
and weigh we'll the chances they are
compelled to take. They are out in all
hours, day and night, and they deal
with the very class with which other
men do not want to deal. They come
in contact with the unpleasant things
of life-they see the seamy side al
ways. 1t is no wonder. then, that
occasionally policeman is found to
be derelict of duty, or that he should
overstep the bounds of reason. Solo
mon himself would not have been
able to always act wisely if he had
had to meet as many emergencies as
a policeman meets.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25
PARAMOUNT WOMAN
RECEIVES MEDAL
(American News Service)

Washington, Feb. 25.-Miss Nellie
McCaskey, of Paramount. Ind.
was awarded a life-saving medal by
President Taft for saving three-year-
old niece from an on-rushing Pennsyl-
vania railroad train at the risk of her
own life. She is the second heroine
to receive a similar medal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25
"EXPLORER" COOK TO
TELL OF HIS ABUSE
american News Servicel

Chicago. Feb. 25.--Dr. Frederick A.
Cook. the Arctic explorer who declar-
ed he had discovered the north pole.
is on his way to Des Moines TO lee
ture on the abuses which he claims to
have been the victim. Capt. Baldwin.
the explorer, is with him.
DR.. Cook was in Chicago from noon
until late Wednesday night when he
adm Baldwin departed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25

j. NJ. Coe, of the J. M. Coe Printing
Company is offering to printers every
where formula for estimating the
cost of stock required for any given
job, which is much shorter than the
methods now generally in use among
printers. In fact, it gives the exact
cost of stock for any pamphlet or
book almost instantaneously. Mr.
Coe does not claim to have discovered
new thing, but only the application
to this particular work of an old
mathematical principal. Paper men
who have tried it speak of it as a
great time-sayer. 25-It
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25

The assessed value of property in
Hawaii 10 $l50.26s.467. an increase Of
1il.257.647 for the year. or $2s.095,-
$50 increase during the ten years OF
American control.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25

There is taN-free property in New
York city amounting TO more than a
billion and quarter of dollars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25
GOTHAM GOSSIP

New York Feb. 24-There is prob
ably not fire company in New York
that does not have a dog-not entire
ly as a mascot or a pet, but as mat
ter of efficiency.
why, we couldn't get along with
out our dog" explained an old fire.
man. He proba bly, saves thousands of
dollars worth of property every year
by putting the men and horses on
their mettle and getting them to fires
quicker than the could do without his
assistance.
THE dog is useful at all times when
properly trained but he does his best
work in the early hours when men
and horses are aroused from a deep
be slow. The gong awakes them, to
be sure, but dog is needed TO finish
the job. The trained the dog when
the alarm rings, jumps about wildly
barking and biting at the legs and
noses of the horses. In few minutes
he has pestered the horses so much
that they are crazy to get off and
when the chain drops they are in full
Roadway almost at once. The yelp-
ing OF the dog also arouses the men
and puts ginger into them.
1T has been proved time and again
by accurate timing, that a live wire
dog saves two or three minutes in re-
spending to a night alarm. And two
or three minutes saved in case of fire
sometimes means the salvation of hu-
man lives as we'll as property"
Some of EN- are pale about the gills
and are evidently not extracting a
great deal of enjoyment from the pro-
cess, yet practically every Columbia
freshman is smoking pipe on the
campus today. That sacred privilege
was won by the first year men in the
annual cane sprees which decide in
ter-class supremacy. BY the unwrit-
ten law of the student body, freshies
are prohibited from smoking pipes on
the college grounds until after Wash
ington's birthday, and then only if
they have succeeded in winning the
cane spree from the sophs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25

Entered at Richmond. Indiana. pos
office a. second class mail matter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01
MANKATO FREE PRESS

evident intent, rather than that a
certain, specific white light, some
where existent, must be used by
all.
Severe upon automobile drivers
and requiring not only that two
front lights be carried, but that a
rear light be affixed that will shine
upon the license number, the code
is even more drastic than in its
application to horsemen. Front and
rear, the white light that every rig
must carry, will have to show, to
comply with the code. The law
stops right there. So long as the
light shows from both front ano
rear of a rig, the law cares not,
seemingly, if it is held aloft in the
hand, or swings from the crosstree
of mast with rigging. Although it
is doubtful if team drivers or horse
men generally have as yet had
knowledge of it, the application OF
this paragraph is state wide. The
driver of horse or team who neg
lects to provide his rig with a
white light" showing front and rear
will be taking chance after Jan
uary 1.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

George B. Owen and Faith b.
Owen, his wife, to Anna Z. Nc Coyl,
lot 4, block Z, Van Brunt's addition,
for 81.
Lurella NJ Wells to Thomas A.
Sherk, lot II, block 156, West Man
kato, for 81 and exchange OF prop
erty.
Lucius D. Mills and wife to John
H. Jones, lot /, block 10, village
Lake Crystal, for $1,000.
Ira Bishop and wife to Chas. }.
Norton, S. w. n of section 81, town
ship 1O6, range &c w. The consid-
Grafton being $3.50.
Charles p. Merickel to Ella f.
Merickel and Abbie r. Merickei.
part of government lots II, section
IA, South Bend. Consideration
$4,000.
Lena Nelson and John j. Nelson.
her husband, to NJ. Bolman, oulot
2 of Coy's outlets. Consideration
$1,400
William F. Schwantes to William
III. Hitler, nwA of neA Of section Is,
township l07. Consideration $4,000
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

A representative of the Curtis
flying machines was in the city yes.
terday, talking with members of the
local fair board about having a
flight during the coming fair with
one of the Curtis aeroplanes. He
wanted $500 for two fights, which
was so much that the fair board did
not give the matter further consid-
Grafton.
Nevertheless, the fair board ex-
poets to have airship flights during
the fair. Negotiations have been
about concluded with the Wright
people for one of their air craft, to
make fights each of the four days
of the fair. The contract for this
aeroplane is expected to arrive in a
day or two, when the deal will be
closed.
Those who attend the Mankato fair
can expect to see the air navigated
more successfully than Darius Green
was able to do it. His question,
Birds can fly, why can't II" has
been successfully answered in the
affirmative by people of the present
time, and no doubt big crowds will
assemble in the city to see the
aeroplane.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01
Friday. September 1. 1911

street, and bought pair of Oxfords
for 50 and was given permission
to return them if he was not salts
fled with them. Last evening he
returned the shoes, and told Mrs.
Pluto that they did not fit and ask
ed to have his money returned. AS
he did not care to buy another pair
she returned him the money and
took the shoes back. He then walk
ed out, and it is claimed that as he
did so he picked up pair of shoes
that was lying on the counter and
took them with him. These were
missed shortly after his departure
His Game Did Not Work.
Later i'm the evening, Peterson re.
turned to the store and said that
the second pair did not fit and want
ed his money back again. Mrs
Pluto told him that he had not
bought second pair, but he said
that he had bought the pair of her
son. She does not have son, and
told him so, and at that he left,
Mrs. Pluto retaining the shoes. which
she recognized as pair that had
been in the store earlier in the day
She reported the matter to Officer
Bienapf, and he found Peterson and
locked him up.
1t was learned that another pair
of shoes was taken from the store
by Peterson, but it is not known
when he took them or how he did it
without the knowledge OF the pro.
prietors. The second pair was sold
by Peterson to Wallie III. Anderson
for $1.25.
Had Suspicious Aroused.
Mr.. Anderson suspected that they
were stolen goods, and bought them
in order to return them to the own
err. He told Peterson that all he
had with him was quarter. but
that if he would come around this
morning he could get the rest OF the
money
Peterson told The Free Press this
morning that he has no home. He
said that he was under the influence
of liquor yesterday afternoon and
evening and did not know what he
was doing. He is twenty-three
years old, rather large and light
complexioned, with a boyish ap'
pearance.
Peterson was charged with petit
larceny in the municipal court this
forenoon. pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to serve thirty days in
the county Jail at hard labor.
The first pair of shoes were la.
dies $3.50 shoes, and Mr.. Anderson
bought them simply to try to catch
the thief i'm case they were stolen
as he suspected.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

street between Broad and Fourth
and it seems to be the best piece Of
macadam yet laid in the city, with
wearing qualities superior to any.
The two layers of crushed granite
from the New Ulm quarry give d
hard wearing surface that will not
disintegrate and grind up into dust
like the softer limestone of this city,
which does not stand dampness like
the harder stone.
1t is unlikely that Mankato will
ever lay any more macadam without
a tar or asphaltic binder to hold it
in position and prevent the water
washing it out. Fifth street is very
uneven and rough because of the
absence of the binder and the soft
ness of the stone. Water running
across the street has washed out
numerous places, making travel on
the street unpleasant.
Fowler & Pay are now at work
on Walnut street, where there are
two blocks of the tar macadam to be
laid,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

as the same kind that they had given
the woman the same Sunday.
Woman Is Peculiar, Says Sheriff.
Sheriff Bauman also writes that
he has a statement from Mrs. Richie
saying that on the Sunday afternoon
she was in her room where the child
was born, lying on the bed crying.
and that Rogers said to her: Il
know what you are crying for. bun
you are better off, and SO is the
baby"
Sheriff Bauman says that the wOm-
an is a very peculiar person. At one
time she declares that she loves De
Aerian better than her life, and in
the next breath denies everything.
Mr.. Otto today made out an aft.
davit to be sent, together with an
other of the napkins, to be compared
with the one found about the child's
body.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01
HIDDEN DANGERS.
Nature Gives Timely Warnings That
No Mankato Citizen Can Afford
to Ignore.


Danger Signal No. l, comes from
the kidney secretiOns. They will warn
you when the kidneys are sick. Well
kidneys excrete clear, amber auid.
Sick kidneys send out thin, pale
and foamy, or thick, red, ill.sme)l'
ing urine, full of sediment and irregu
lar of passage.
Danger Signal No. comes form
the back. Back pains, dull and
heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of
sick kidneys and warn You ofsthe APP
proach of dropsy, diabetes and Bright's
disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick
kidneys and cure them permanently.
Here is proof in the statement Of a
nearby resident.
Mrs. w. NJ Jonss. Murphy street,
Lake Crystal, MINI. says: at is
pleasure for me to give Doan's Kidney
Pills nay endorsement. They have
benefited me, and another member of
my family has taken them with good
results. / know that Doan's Kidney
Pills will cure backache promptly and
act as tonic to the kidneys"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-s
take no other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

From Fridays Daily.
Inspector Baxter, who is oversee
ing the paving and matchmaking
work being done. on the part of the
city, states that it would be economy
for the city to do it's own paving.
He says that the city can buy the
creosoted blocks cheaper than a
contractor, for the manufacturer is
absolutely certain of his pay at such
times as it is agreed upon, and can
afford to shave his prices. The city
can employ trained men to do the
work, men who live in the city in
stead of fioaters who come for few
days or weeks and then leave and
have their interests elsewhere, if
they have any anywhere. The money
for the labor would then be kept in
the city, the work would be done as
we'll or better, and the city could
afford to pay good wages and get
the work done cheaper for the prop
erty owners. All labor could be hired
by the day This is the plan fol-
lowed successfully in Minneapolis, ne
states.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

From Tuesdays Daily.
James V. Reeder OF Shelby town
ship and Miss Amy Johnson of Rapi-
dan township were married this
morning, Judge Evan Hughes Off
ciating. This marriage is the con-
summation of rather an unusual rO-
nance. Miss Johnson's parents were
opposed to the marriage and last
Tuesday when the family attended
the Red Jacket bridge picnic, the
young lady left her parents and
went home with her aunt, Mrs. Ma
bel Buckmaster, who was in SYM
pathy with the young people. The
parents used their influence to pre-
vent the marriage but Mr.. Reeder
and Miss Johnson took matters in
their own hands and were married
this morning. Mrs. Buckmaster at
tended the couple.
Mr.. Reeder bears a fine reputa.
ton and is popular with all who
know him. His bride is a very nice
young woman and possesses many
charming qualities.
Following the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Reeder autoed to the home OF
Mrs. Reeder where she informed her
parents of the marriage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
President Frank E. Crandall of
the Commercial club is in receipt of
the following from C. D. Hilles, Sec
rotary to President Taft:
Beverly, Mass, August "a, 1911.-
My Dear Mr.. Crandall: The presi.
dent has requested me to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your telegram
of August 23d, and to thank you,
and, through you, the Commercial
club, for the cordial invitation to
include Mankato in the itinerary of
his contemplated western trip. While
it is not now possible for the presi-
dent to say definitely whether or
not e will be able to accept, you
may feel assured that when the mat
ter of arranging his schedule for
this trip is taken up, which will
probably be within a few days
your wishes and those of the Com.
mercial club will be given careful
consideration.
Assuring you in the presidents be-
half that your courtesy is appreci
ated, I am, sincerely yours, Charles
d. Hilles, secretary to the presi
dent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01
ST. PETER STATE HOSPITAL.

There Is connected with this hospi.
tai a training school for nurses, OF
which the medical staff is the faculty;
the course of instruction being car
ried out in a definite systematic man.
ner, with the aid Of text books, lect-
ures, demonstrations and practical
work This school exists not merely
for instruction in the rules and regu-
latjons Of the hospital, and the duties
Of attendants in the proper house
keeping of the wards, but for the
thorough teaching of all that belongs
10 the art of nursing, so that pupils
graduating from this school shall be
able to do general sick and surgical
nursing, as well as the special work
of caring for the insane.
Graduates of the Training School of
this Hospital have. and do, compete
successfully with the graduates of the
large general hospitals, and their spe-
cial training fits them to do work
hospital can not do. The course of
three years, and consists of lectures,
supplemented by the study of text
books and practical instruction in all
Insane. Young women taking this
course Of training receive an amount
of culture, independent of their train
ing as nurses, which will help to fit
them for any occupation they may
choose to take UP after graduation,
besides teaching them to be orderly,
methodical and accurate. and devel.
oping in them the power of self-con-
troll.
Applicants must furnish evidence of
at least common school education;
should be between 1S and q years of
age, and are expected to send a re-
cent photograph with the application.
A two months term of probation Is
required of all who enter the employ
of the Hospital, to test their fitness
for the work
Practitioners receive $500 during
the period of probation. Afterward
the wages are Increased one dollar
per month, until the undergraduate
maximum of $500 is reached. Grad
yates may receive $4,000 per month.
ALL employees receive board lodging
and laundry free.
Address:
H. A. ToMLINSON. Supt.,
st Peter MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

From Mondays Daily.
Leo Kuehner died at the home OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kuehner, on North Second street
last night, of tuberculosis. He was
born twenty-six years ago in Aus
tria, and had been in this country
a number of years. He had been in
the employ of the John Klein Fur
niture company for about four years,
up to November, when he was
forced to give up his work because
of ill health. For several months
he has been on farm at Butternut,
with the hope that his health would
improve, but about a week ago he
was brought home. and failed rap
idly after that time. The deceased
leaves his parents, two brothers
John and Henry, and one sister, Mrs
Edward Ario, all of this city. The
funeral will be held in the German
Lutheran church Wednesday after
noon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

from Fridays Daily.
John r. Thomas has completed
the school census of the city school
district and made the three copies
of the children and their addresses
required by law. He finds the
school population between the ages
of six and sixteen to be 2,034. This
includes those who will become six
years of age by January 1 next.
Mr.. Thomas has had the assist
ance of several sub-enumerators and
has made a very painstaking and
careful canvass. He believes that
he has very accurate count.
The attendance in the public
schools is about $500, and the most
of the rest attend the Catholic and
Lutheran parochial schools, and a
few 'hold labor permits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

films, entitled Scenic America"
This will be a motion picture, unique
in the art, showing the city, it's
interests, events, institutions, and
the people as they really are. 1t is
city Immediately after it is taken, at
the theatre, and to exhibit it wher-
ever possible throughout the state
and country. The syndicate will
also furnish a copy of the film to
the Commercial club and others
wishing it if it is so desired.
Mr.. Canman said. further, that it
was intended to take the picture
fair week, including pictures of the
fair and incidentally the crowds
that go with it.
The Cost of Advertising.
Mayor Taylor answered. making
some inquiries as to the cost to the
city, etc, and today received reply
from Mr.. Canman, saying that
there would be no expense to the
city other than such support as the
merchants and industries might
give for their own personal repre-
sentation, and the assistance that
the syndicate requires to have IN
teresting events carried out in the
streets while the photographers are
taking the city, such as parades, hre
runs, etc. Mr. Canman states that
the syndicate is taking films of
various cities.
Mayor Taylor is very favorably
disposed toward the proposition, ana
is i'm favor of having the pictures
taken while the crowds are on the
streets during fair week. He has
thought of a number of interesting
features that could be taken, includ-
ing the Rapidan dam and the Red
Jacket concrete bridge.
Takes Matter Up With Club.
Mr.. Taylor has taken the matter
up with President F. E. Crandall of
the Commercial club, and the latter
heartily approves the plan and is
willing to do whatever is possible
to help the matter along. There
will no doubt be a parade organized,
and the fire department asked to
give a run, and paving work shown,
the Lutheran seminary, the mother
house, etc. The street car company
might get all of its cars in service
on Front street. passing at short IN
tervals on the double track, with
free rides to give crowded effect.
There are other ways that could be
thought out.
Mr.. Taylor believes that the Man.
kato Automobile and other clubs
will assist in making the picture
such one as will be a credit to
the city The matter will receive
prompt attention.