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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
M'HARG MAY LOSE BIG PAY
In Danger of Being ousted as Attor
nsy Of Choctaw Nation.

Washington, elaich 1-OrmSbl Nc.
Harg of New York, formerly of NORTH
Dakota. who has attained more or less
no,oricts curing the past few Ssrls
through apti-Roosevelt intervie W., WI
lose salary of $4,000 year il the
administration adopts recommends
ton made by the house COMMITTEES
which made an inquiry into the brib
cry charges made by Senator Core q
Oklahoma. The committee was com.
prised Of Representatives Burke o,
North Dakota, chairman; Miller 81
Minnesota, Campbell of Kansas.
Saunders of Virginia and Stephens Of
Texas.
Discussing the case OF McHsrs the
committee points out that he has a
contract with the Choctaw nation. The
committee sets forth that 70" his serr.
ices in behalf Of this nation he re.
ceIves a greater annual compensation
than is paid the attorney general or
the chief justice Of the United States.
The committee suggests the interests
of Indians would not suffer If Nc.
Hargs arrangement with them MAS
Terminated
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
NOMINATES TAWNEY
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Tennesseean EuIogizes Con.
gresham From Minnesota.

Washington, March flames A
Tawney of Minnesota was placed In
nomination for the Office OF presiden,
OF the United States. The nominating
speech was made in the house. The
man who proposed Mr., Tawney Tor
the Republican nomination is Repre-
sentative Richard W. Austin OF Ten
nessee. Mr.. Austin made speech on
The deficiency. bill. In the course oil
which he took occasion to eulogize the
retiring chairman of the committee ou
appropriations.
Il want 20 embrace this opportunity
10 express NY appreciation Of The
valuable services of the chairman oil
The committee on appropriations, The
gentleman from minnesota, Mr.. TaW
uey." said Mr.. austin. No man ~
this house can fully and truthfully es
mate the invaluable services rel
dered the country by the gentleman
VINO heads that committee.
1T was my opportunity in the first
Republican caucus OH the roll call 4
cast my vo'e for James A. TsWnevi FOL
sneaker Of tts hoGse Of Representa-
ives and while en- rot an old mar
nothing in this life could give ms
greater pleasure than 10 vote for thi;
same gentleman for president of the
United States, for he is undoubtedly
the best equipped man in the countr,
for that exalted position ,-. 49,.
This sentiment was loudly applaud
ed by the house ,-. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
Votes TO
|MPEACH JURIST
North Dakota Judge VIII Face
Senate for Trial.

Bismarck, y. D., March John f.
Cowan, judge of the Second Judicial
district, was impeached by the house
of representatives of North Dakota
articles of Impeachment holding him
TO the senate for trial being adopted
by vote of 81 to 80. The vote came
at the conclusion OF an almost entire
days fight.
The trial cannot start under the
law until after twenty days have ex
pired.
The charges, if substantiated, prob
ably will result in Cowan's removal
from the bench
A special committee has been in
vestigating the charges against Judge
COwan and in the house o. p. JOrdal
chairman Of the committee, outlined
the evidence the committee has taken
ne gave the substance of the .testi
mony of the witnesses who accused
Judge Cowan and also the judges de
NAL of the charges and the evidence
Of witnesses in his defense
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
SlFT0N LEAVES
LIBERAL PARTY
Former Interior Minister Con-
demns Reciprocity.

Ottawa, Ont, March 1.-The best
years of my life were given to the
work of settling the Canadian North
west and cannot express my feel
ings at the prospect of seeing that
country made the backyard Of the
city of Chicago" declared Clifford
Sifton. former minister OF the interior
for Canada in the Laurier government,
condemning the reciprocity agree.
ment and breaking away from the Lib.
eral party
Because of the great interest in the
speech the floor and galleries of the
house We're crowded Mr. Sifton, who
Is chairman of the Dominion conser.
yatiOn commission, condemned the
agreement and the government which
made it,.
What is the reason being given by
the representatives OF the people of
the United States" asked Mr. SiftOn,
for profferiDg US the terms they do?
] decline, TO entertain for one second
the suggestion that Champ Clark,
leader of the Democratic party, was
not speaking seriously OF annexation.
IF it had not been for Mr. Clark
and the Democratic party this reel
procity agreement never would have
passed the house Of representatives
1t was he who put ii through Let
him speak for himself He says he
and his party are in favor of this pro
posal because it leads TO annexation.
What did Mr. Taft, leader OF the
Republican party. say? Canada is
strong country; it is a great store
house of natural resources He says
that it has been pursuing . strong
and successful policy of development
but is nov at the parting of the ways
Therefore, he says, before Canada is
irreyocably fixed in the policy leading
to the consolidation and Strengthening
OF the British empire We must turn
her from her course.
Mr.. Sifton. in re0pening the reel
prOcity debate. uttered compreben
sive condemnation OF the agreement
He said that heretofore Canada had
been burden and somewhat Of q NUS.
snce 10 the British empire. II was
Just beginning to be OF some use in
the empire. Now the government had
gone in for an arrangement which
would turn Canada from the path
which leads to the capital OF The Brit
isb empire to the path which leads TO
Washington
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
To ABANDON COUNTY OPTION
Minnesota Prohibitionists Decd. On
Line of Action.

Minneapolis. March AT the hf
teenth annual banquet Of the Mime.
sofa Prohibition party here Charles J.
Hall of Los Angeles, speaking author.
tatively for the executive committee
Of the party in Minnesota. announced
that in the future county optionists
will receive no aid from the party
While the announcement was re.
ceifed with some surprise different
members of the Prohibition party de.
clared such action had long been con.
templated: The defeat of the county
option bill in the legislature forced
the split between the two factions
From now on the strength OF the
Prohibition party will be concentrated
on a constitutional amendment pro,
hibiting the sale OF liquor To that
end over $500 was subscribed at the
banquet A direct fight in every coun.
ty in Minnesota will be made in the
campaign of 1917, said Prohibition
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
GRIEF CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
Young Girl Kills dother, Nephew art
Herself.

Philadelphia, March Miss Jea-
rette Lewis, aged seventeen, muir
dered her mother, Mrs. Sarah Lewis.
aged fjfty-seven, and her nephew, Ed
ward B. Milden, Jr., aged nine years,
by administering cyanide Of POTASH
TN, and afterward, committed suicide
by taking dose of the deadly drug,
The tragedy occurred at the home OF
Edward B. NIilden, at Pelham, sub
urb. Miss Lewis sister. wife Of Mr..
Milden, died Monday night in a hos
pital in this city and it is believed the
young woman was crazed by grief.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
SIMPSON MUST STAND TRIAL
sister-in-Law OF Crookston Man Says
He Held Revolver

CroohstOn, Mimi, March 1.-The
preliminary hearing of Sivert :Simp
son for the murder of Theodore A .
Nelson in the room of the wife OF the
accused in this city Feb. 10 at. mid
night ended and Simpson was held to
the district court without bail by
Judge Gossman.
Rachel Evans, Mrs. Simpsons sis
ter, testified that she had been awak-
ened by a shot fired in her sisters
room adjoining hers and, rushing in,
found Mrs. Simpson struggling to get
revolver from her husbands hands.
Simpson said he would shoot no more,
she said, if they released him. This
they did. Then she noticed Nelson sit
up at the foot of the children's bed
for a moment; then fell back and died.
The three, she said, then decided to
tell the suicide story. sEib
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
CHICAGO PAPERS ABBREvIATE
Printers Strike on One Followed by
Lockout on Others.

Chicago. March l.--Ali of the Chi.
cago morning papers published IN alb.
6feviated form because OF differences
between them and the Typographical
union
The trouble began in the composing
room OF The American and Examiner
through strike of printers, caused
by a dispute over the width of the col
umns in those papers and the other
papers locked out their composing
room forces in sympathy.
The papers consist OF only four
pages
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
BODY PICKED UP IN PIECES
Butte Miner Deliberately Drops TWen-
ty-one Hundred Feet.

Butte Mont, March Thomas
Hendrickson, aged twentysix, min
er chose method for suicide that is
unparalleled in the history of tl.is
camp. for he apparently deliberately
leaped 2.100 feet into the bowels OF
the earth TO his death, distance
equal to leaping Off the top of a build.
ing 105 stories In height
f!endrickson's body was picked up
in pieces, pulpy and unrecognizable.
hanging them on nail. He then
cravled under the guard rail and
jumped into the parrot shaft. Friends
can attribute TO motive for the deco.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
MAILED IMPROPER LETTERS
Wisconsin, University Professor Gets
Five Years.

Madison, Wis, March Irwin Bill
man, an assistant lecturer in the eX.
tension division of the university, was
sentenced to five years in the fedora
pcnitentiary when he pleaded gully
to sending improper matter through
the mails.
Bilman some time ago wrote sew
erai Objectionable letters to university
girl students and was caught by dc
tectve's ruse. The preliminary trial
was held at Superior SO the names OF
the complainapts would not become
Known.
The complainants did not appear
when Billman went before Federal
Judge Sanborn for sentence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
COLLEGES LOSE DECISION
Wisconsin Court Says School Must
Pay Tax on Property.

Appleton, Wis, March IA de
cision important TO every college city
in WISCONSIN and many other cities
Where colleges own property vas rem
dcred by. Judge John Gooliand here
when he declared demonstrations
chapter LA, Laws of 1901, which cx-
cmpts from taxation all PROPERTY
owned by colleges and rot used for
educational purposes.
The decision was rendered in the
case OF Lawrence college against
Outagamie county for the recovery Of
money paid in taxes last year on crop
erty owned by the college.
The case has beer appealed to the
supreme court. 1t involves thousands
Of dollars
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
FOUND FROZEN IN HIS SHACK
Homestesder Discovered After Being
Missed Three Weeks.

Powers Lake, y. D., March After
being missed by neighbors for three
weeks the body OF Frank Rouchett was
found frozen stiff in his homestead
shack nine miles north of Powers
Lake. His disappearance did not cause
alarm for he was a bachelor who min
gled but little With his peighbors and
the discovery was accidental. Two
boys were passing the house and
looked in the window, seeing the man
lying In bed and his clothes on. They
raped On the door and, meeting with
no response, they went in only TO find
him dead
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
MAKES SENSATIONAL SPEECH
South pskotan Discusses Deadlock on
Indian Bill

Washington. March "A sensation
al speech delivered in the house by
Representative Burke OF South Da-
kota has surely directed the attention
Of congress to the deadlock on the In.
dian appropriations biz Mr.. Burke
eulogizeo the muckraker and de-
noupced the lobbyist, chnraCterizing
as an ubiquitous proposition Ger,
tain provision Of the Indian bill which
is advocated by Senators Clapp OF
Minnesota and McCumber of North
Dakota The provision in controversy
is the senate amendment withholding
the sum of 100000 from payment Of
100000 authorized for the benefit of
the Colville Indians of Washington as
compensation for attorneys, among
them former Senator Marion Butler OK
North Carolina
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
VOTES TO ABOLISH HANGING
Minnesota House Passes Bill by Large
Majority.

ST. Paul, March 1,-iIanging Will be
thing OF the past in Minnesota il the
senate takes the same view OF the
question as taken by the house. The
house passed the George Mckenzie
bill abolishing capital punishment by
{, vote Of IS to 49,
For six years Mr.. Mckenzie has
worked for this measure. This Is the
third time a bill of this nature, faith
cred by him, has been voted upon by
the house. For the first time it was
passed and the vote this time is over
whelming.
Fighting against the men with
whom he has been work..lg during the
entire session l.. c. SpOOner. got his
bill for waterways investigation
through the house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
TWO THOUSAND DEATHS DAHL
BuboniC Plague Raging in Several
Parts of Manchuria.

St Petersburg, March 1.-Peichaun.
lutte, about fifty miles north OF Har'
bin. is being ravagcd by the plague.
The deaths there are reported 10 num-
Der 1000 daily.
The disease is raging at kirin. Hu.
lanchen. opposite Hardin, and at Be-
dune. 100 miles southeast of the Man
churisn capital.
Bread riots have occurred through
out the stricken district. Troops have
refused to march into the plague
places and martial Law has been es
tabliShed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
Some Logic in This.

Duluth News-Tribune: With a
senate of fifty, the big cities would
have a greater working influence
than with a senate of sixty-One. The
same is true of those special inter
ests which seek special privileges.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
WILL VOTE TO
UNSEAT LOR|MER
Senate Decides TO Take Action
on Resolution.

ment Of the senate to vote upon the
resolution to unSeat Senator Lorimel
of Illinois and to make unfinished
business. or the bill TO create a per
manent tariff board materially i'm
proved the legislative situation. The
improvement, however, does not wipe
out the probability of an extra session
of congress, but it gives a ray of hope
to the advocates Of reciprocity.
The storm clouds in the senate
which hung menacingly low have
lifted materially and when an adjourn
mept was taken there was promise OF
further clearing Cf the Legislative
skies.
After day of constant search for a
basis of agreement and amid a scene
of extraordinary intensity Of interest
and evident mutual suspicion the pro
Lorimer senators, most of them OPP
posed 10 the tariff board, and the pro.
tariff board senator's, most of them
opposed to LoriIner, got together in
a modus viyendi which cleared the
situation and obyiated the impending
danger of another night session.
The tariff board proposition is 4.
least in materially improved position.
The vote of SO to q, by which it was
made the unfinished business, would
indicate that should il come to vote
the bill would be passed by substan'
tial majority.
Senator Hale gave notice he would
attempt to put five appropriation bills
through the senate. These arc the
agricultural, the postoftice. the diplo.
matte and consular, the Notifications
and the military academy supply
measures
No Raise in Magazine Rates.
II was asserted that as part OF
the arrangement clearing up the situa-
ton, it practically was agreed the pro
posed increased rates on postage Oh
the large magazines would be dropped
from the postoffice bill ending the
possibility OF filibusteT on thai
measure It was asserted further
some other seriously contr0verted
items in appropriation bills likely TO
cause delay would be eliminated
No senator was so sanGuiue over
The improved legislative situation as
to predict the probability of an extra
session had lessened materially. Many
Of them were hoping" however, that
such would prove to be the case. Ii
all of the appropriation bills should
he carried into law the only extra seS-
sion factor that would remain TO be
disposed OF is Canadian reciprocity.
The situation with regard TO this
agreement cannot be said TO have
changed in any way unless it profits.
as some hope it will, by the clearing
away of other matters. leaving reci-
procity to stand upon its own merits.
Although made the unfinished bust
ness of the senate by decisive vote
the permanent tariff board bill cannot
be said to be "off the rocks" by any
means.
The Democratic vote was almost
solid against the advancement of the
measure and Senator Money OF MisSis-
sippi, while pleading with senators to
adjust their differences and avoid an
extra session, declared he was pre-
pared to wage long fight against the
tariff board He did not think, how
ever, that senators should let the tar.
if board interfere with other business
before the senate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
Last Of House Appropriations.

Washington, March 1.-The general
deficiency BILL the final appropriation
measure before it, was passed by the
house on viva voce vote at midnight
and the house Immediately adjourned.
It first defeated by 81 to CO an amend
ment by A. Mitchell Palmer of Penn
sylvania to strike out the entire sec
ton relating to government bonding
l,,r
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
Horace Havemeyer WEEDS.

New York, March In the Church
OF the Incarnation Miss Doris A. Dick,
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j.
Henry Dick, and Horace Havemeyer,
SON Of the late sugar magnate. Fl o.
Havemeyer. were married.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03

waste produced on the farm. A for
mer governor of New Hampshire,
working in the interest OF the Grange
order, visited western Martin county
a few years ago ans in conversation
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03

with the writer said the farmers Of
his state would all get rich in a
few years if they were enabled to
save what the Minnesota farmer
wasted $500
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
Blue Earth Post :

Blue Earth Post: Nearly every
country exchange coming to this Of
flee tells of the bailing and shipping
of straw. The fact is, the time is
now at hand when there is little
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
DEATH ENDS The FESTIVAL
Principal in Iowa Golden Wedding
Celebration Falls Dead

MarsballtoWn, la, March ALTER
having attended the festivities attend'
ant upon the celebration of his golden
wedding Lewis Phillips OF Rhodes
dropped dead of heart disease. lie
was eighty-one years old His eight
children except one daughter, aud al!
of his grandchildren but. one were at
is hame to attend the golden wedding
and will remain for the Gurera
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
Electrical Workers strike.

Chicago, March Eight hundred
electrical workers employed by the
Chicago Telephone company have
struck for closed saop
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
Why JESUS REFUSED
TO. PRAY.
ELECTION AND NON-ELECTION
VIEWED FROM A new STANDPOINT
Pastor Russell on Gods Times and
Seasons

Fall River, Mass,
&c b. 26. Pastor
Russell preached
twice here today.
He had fine audi
cnces and excellent
attention. Wequote
one of his instruc.
tive discourses from
the text, II pray
not for Inc ic0rld,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
Aor.. Show Prizes Amount to sso, 600.

HORSE Show Prizes Amount to S6U,u0u.
The prize money at the Olympia
horse show, London. will amount to
about $50, 600, and Canada will be rep
resented at the gathering, which takes
place from June IL 10 "a. The prizes
for Jumping competitions alone wild
amount to So5. 600.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
DEFEATS DIRECT ELECTIONS
Senate Rejects Resolution by Vote Of
81 to 80

Washington, March THE resolu,
ton for. the direct election OF senators
was defeated in the senate by vote
of 81 to 80.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20

In the interests of improving the service was reasonable one, and that there was notning in the contract between the com Pany and subscriber which bound the company to let numerals remain un- changed forever
 Events Planned
 Greenville, December 19 = Especially
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
KILLS HUSBAND
 THEN REGRETS|T

Fort Worth December 19-When Mrs. Homer K Trout walked into a grill room last night, she walked straight to a table where her husband sat with a party of friends and shot him, her husband dying this morning. Now I've got you" she said and then pulled a revolver from her huff. Trout paled and sought refuge behind his friends.
 Trout. when shot, sank into his chair. His wife then broke down and erica, saying "pve killed my boy; I never meant to do it."
 After the shot was fired Mrs. Jule Saylord, who was in the supper party, sprang from her chair and made an effort to wrest the revolver from Mrs. Trout's hands. At the police station the repeated statement of Mrs. Trout tosthe Associated Press that she did not in tend to kill her husband, led the po- lice to say that it is probable the bull let was not aimed at Trout.
 Mrs. Trout's examining trial was held today late, and she was released under s2500 bond, but not until the attorneys that Mrs. Trout will be guarded by a nurse to prevent her from committing suicide. The police say she appeared to be in desperate grief over her act, exclaiming T do not care what they do with me; if I could only die"
 Mrs. Trout said a woman informed Ter that her husband was dining at the grill room, but otherwise she does not know the informant's identity. Nothing of the circumstances leading up to the shoot ing came out at the trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
 CHICAGO'S OLDEST NEWSIE DIES RICH

Chicago, December 19.-George Bennett Chicagos oldest newsboy. died wealthy because the one romance of his life ended 35 years ago, when he was poor Bon netts death came few days ago at the age of 70 years, and after he had accumu- lated fortune of more than $30,000 by selling papers and saving his pennies A love affair ae Wooster three and a half decades ago caused him to abandon that town the day after his sweethearts father told her she could not marry d poor man like Bennett. There and then according to his half brother, C. M. Lovett, who ar- rived in Chicago last night from Wooster, Bennett declared. he would accumulate T fortune and avowed at the same time no other woman would help him enjoy it.
 Bennett lived in a room for which he paid $3 d month and where he could get his meals cheapest. When he died none of his relatives could De found He had signified to N. c. Austin, d business man. his intention Of leaving his money to the Newsboys' home. He had also told him the story of his love affair.
 Bennett left a will