The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-07

where he is employed in the paint
shop of railroad company. The
party will proceed to Austin where
they will visit another brother, Eu-
gene LeClaire.
DIR. and Mrs. Roy Andrews re-
turned yesterday morning from their
months trip to the Pacific coast.
They visited Medford, Oregon. San
Francisco and Los Angeles and re-
turned by way of Salt Lake City.
They attended the annual meeting
of the American Medical association
at Los Angeles. The trip was a
most enjoyable one.
Rev. A. f. Crosse, German Luther
an pastor of Sherburn, Mimi, was
overcome by the heat Sunday after
noon while preaching at Fairmont
for a mission festival. He fell back
wards from the pulpit about five
feet. His head was injured. The
congregation was much excited. He
was picked up and carried outside
into the air where he recovered
after few minutes. No serious in
jury was done otherwise.
1t was reported today that num-
Der Of unruly boys in West Mankato
on Monday night greatly annoyed an
old lady living in that part of the
city by tying large firecrackers to
the knob of the front door of her
home and then touching them off
The old lady is a cripple and was
unable to defend herself against the
actions of the young rascals.
w. r. Hunt, an Iowa salesma,
who deals in printers supplies, etc.,
returned to the city yesterday apa
took his sample case that was stolen
from the union depot Saturday and
which was subsequently found in
everything was in it except a pip.
In the meantime he had wired to his
house and received new sample
case.
John A. Nelson's sister will ar
rive tomorrow night, and an eff
fort will be made to settle the charge
against him. 1t is understood that
the various parties that he is &C
cused of defrauding with worthless
checks are willing to settle on the
basis of getting their money back,
and it now all rests with County At
torney Schmitt.
The annual mission festival of
the German Lutheran church was
celebrated at Truman Sunday. Rev.
A. F. Winter of this city delivered
both German and English sermons.
Rev. Strassen of Nicollet also preach
ed. Prof Fl. Frey of this city played
the new pipe organ for all of these
services.
Mrs. Joseph Salem, wife of the
fruit merchant at the corner CT
Front and Cherry streets, met with
a painful accident yesterday. The
fingers of her right hand were badly
cut in an electric fan, but physi
clan treated the wounds and nc
serious results are expected to fol
low.
The meeting of the National Edi.
torial association will be held at
Detroit, Mich, July Is to 20. After
the meeting ten days trip down
the lakes, the ST. Lawrence river,
and see Toronto, Montreal, Quebec,
Ottawa and Moskoka lakes. Free
railroad transportation all over Can
ada.
The crosswalk where Otto Dollar
was injured Saturday night was on
Great Western property and not Mil.
waukee, as the city officials thought
The Great Western has the cross.
walk on one side of the street and
, the Milwaukee that on the other
SIDE
LIE Sueur, Mimi, July 5.-AndreW
Schneider, prosperous farmer liv
ing west of LIE Sueur, committed SUI
icide by hanging himself in build
ing on neighboring farm. His
body was fou"' Monday.
Ottawa. Ont, July with more
than hundred delegates from al
over America present, the Interna
tional Bill Board Owners associa
ton opened it's convention in the
Canadian capital today.
Everything is moving along
smoothly i'm the freight department
of the Northwestern repot, the four
men who took the places of the
striking freight handlers having be-
come broken in.
Chicago Tribune: Among the
Harvard graduates this year is 9
young man handicapped with the
name of Aristides Evangelus Phou
tribes He deserved his summa cum
laude, believe us.
Minneapolis Journal: DR.. Owen
the Baconian who dug up the river
Wye to find Shakespeare head, is go
ling on the lecture platform. Well
! why not? We gave UP a hundred
| thou to DR.. Cook.
Another very heavy shower fell
late this forenoon, and cooled the
air off. The rain came down in
| torrents, with some wind, and wash
ed the streets and cutters out.
Washington Post: That Canadian