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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-22

toned in his note to his mother,
are ascribed as reasons for. his act,
there is a certain air of mystery
that leads thepolice to believe the
real cause of the shooting ia still
unknown.
One of the letters was meant for
W. M. Rivard, proprietor of the
barber shop at 485 st. Peter street.
for whom Colson had formerly
worked
Held Weapon Tightly.
When DIR. Dohm arrived in Col.
the gun away from Colson, who
clenched the weapon tightly. The
man evidently had fallen on the
bed and dropped to the floor when
he was found by employees of the
hotel.
ColsOn came to the city about
four years ago from Mankato, MINI.
1t is thought that his mother re-
sides with the brother at $50 Sher-
burne avenue This brother, Law
renee j. Colson, is travelling sales.
man for the F. w. Tuchelt & Sons
cigar manufacturing firm at 349 Wa
basha street.
Condition is Critical.
Word was received from st. Paul
today to the effect that Mr.. Colson
was still alive, but his condition
critical. 1t was not thought he could
recover. There are no new develop
ments in the case.
Muttered on Operating Table.
The st. Paul Daily News says:
On the operating table at the hos.
pital Colson repeatedly muttered
that some woman had killed his lib
tie child and buried it in a vacant
lot.
Lawrence ]. Colson, travelling
salesman for F. w. Tuchelt's Sons,
349 Wabasha street, cigar and to.
bacco dealers, is brother of the
would-be suicide. He lives at $50
avenue. He was in Min
neapolis this morning, SO did not at
once learn of his brothers act.
81 know nothing about the girl
named 'Midge' of whom my son
wrote" said Colson's mother. my
son was not married and he had no
family. If he talked about his chill
1ren he must have been delirious."
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From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Emmanuel Lutheran church, A. F.
Winter, pastor, celebrated it's annual
mission festival yesterday. A large
number of people attended the ser.
vices. Rev. C. Cloeter of Willow
Creek preached the morning sermon.
He took for his text Gal. 60 and 10,
applying the exhortation of the text
eign missions. AS two of the in
structors of the Lutheran Ladies
college, Professor J. F. Karl Schmidt
and Professor G.. R. Marquardt were
indicted into office on this occasion,
the speaker also referred to this
fact and added some very effective
remarks on the Importance of high
er education for girls and the need
of Christian schools for this pur-
pose.
The installation ceremony was led
by Rev. A. F. Winter, assisted by
Rev. c. Cloeter and Emil John of
st. Clair. The beauty of the SER
vices was enhanced by some appro-
pirate selections rendered by the
church orchestra and male choir.
both conducted by Professor Frey,
and Professor Sells, organist.
At the afternoon service Rev. f.
John preached a strong sermon on
Math. 9-35 to 1917. He presented
the great scarcity of laborers and
the extent of the harvest in the
field of home missions especially
and urged upon parents the duty Of
giving gifted boys to the ministry.
In the evening an English service
was held, which was also well at
tended in spite of the threatening
state of the weather. The pulpit
was filled by Professor Karl
Schmidt of the Lutheran Ladies col
lege. He preached on l Pet. 2, 9, 10,
showing from the text that every
Christian should be missionary be-
cause of the high privileges he en-
joys, which are free to be enjoyed
by all men, if they only knew Of
them and would accept them; and
also on account of his high calling.
Professor F. Siegler presided at the
organ in the evening and rendered
appropriate selections from Haen-
dePs Messiah in very efficient
manner.
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From Saturdays Daily.
David O'Brien, sixteen year old
son of Michael O'Brien, was run
over and quite badly injured by an
automobile. late yesterday afternoon.
while riding a bicycle on Front
street. He was crashed into by a
machine owned by George Seawright
of Good Thunder.
Mr.. Seawright was sitting in the
back seat of his five passenger car
while his sister was driving. The
machine was going south on Front
street and II was intended to turn
into Jackson but did not keep on
the proper side of the street. In
stead of rounding the corner on the
outside of the center as the law re-
quires, the driver tried to make a
sharp turn and here it was that the
accident happened. The boy was go
ing north on Front street and saw
the machine coming toward him,
but thought that it would turn to
the proper side of the thoroughfare.
He was keeping quite close to the
curb and expected that the auto
mobile would turn out as it should
have done, but still the machine
kept crowding him closer to the
sidewalk.
Machine coIided at Corner.
Just as the machine and bicycle
reached the corner, both drivers saw
that to escape a collision was i'm
possible, and they crashed. The boy
was thrown to the pavement from
his wheel, caught by the front wheel
of the auto and dragged few feet.
his head suffering a scalp wound,
while the front wheel of the auto.
mobile ran over his leg. The ma.
chine was Immediately stopped and
the lad helped into the office Of a
nearby physician, who cleansed and
dressed the wounds. The boy was
not rendered unconscious and was
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-22
From Saturdays Daily.
Attendance at the Mankato
fair yesterday was 1888. The
attendance today exceeded that
number.

Blue Earth county day brought a
large attendance to the MankatO
fair The big show attracted people
from all over the county. The ex-
ceptionally fine weather was great
help to the fair, and the association
officers are tossing a large number
of bouquets to the weather man,
who has been so lavish with his
gift this week
Interested in Ball Game.
One of the interesting features Of
yesterdays program was the ball
game between Mapleton and Good
Thunder. 1t was a real contest from
start to finish. st. Clair won. The
score was 3 to 1. Loeffler, the ST..
Clair pitcher, did some fine work.
and Beccue, who played second base,
for st. Clair, made one very good
catch. st. Clair and Mankato
are on the diamond this afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Davis won the first
prize for the best driving horse ex-
hibited
The Windmiller green house yes
terday added a beautiful display Of
astors and roses to the already at
tractive display of flowers.
Thank the School Board.
The fair association wish to
thank the board of education for
closing the schools on Thursday aft
ernoon, and also to thank the mer-
chants for closing their places of
business at that time, and helping
to make Mankato day the great
success that it was.
Canadian Government Exhibit.
The Canadian government exhibit
at the fair grounds, in charge OF E.
r. Holmes and Mrs. S. J. Sivartsen
of the Canadian Northern railway
land department, is attracting great
deal of attention. Many of the farm
ers express their intention of going
to Western Canada to look for home
steads and to buy land. For parties
who desire to obtain any further in
formation either in regard to home.
stead lands available in Western
Canada, or parties who want to pur.
chase splendid farming lands from
the Canadian Northern railway at
very reasonable prices, and terms,
will kindly write for free literature
and full information to Messrs. David
son & McRae, Canadian Northern
railway land department, corner
IN \ To ,tx
Mimi.
The Baby Show.
The baby show took place this af-
ternoon at three O'Clock. The ba-
bies were all taken to the grand stand
and w. r. SpornitZ, with an assist
ant who was not chosen until just
before the choosing of the best baby,
judged them. The management OF
the fair experienced considerable diff
ficulty in securing judges for this ex-
traordinary feature of the fair. While
many men who have a liking for
pretty babies and would not shy
to candle, them fondly on their
knees, balk at acting as judges in a
baby contest. They feared the anger
of the mothers of those tots who
may not be awarded a prize for be-
ing the best and sweetest on earth.
Large Crowd Today.
The crowd today is probably larger
than yesterday, and they seem as in
terested as the crowds of the first
and second days. The ball game to-
day is holding the attention of an
enormous crowd and the motor cycle
races drew much attention. With
the fine weather there has been
every reason for big attendance
and the management is perfectly
satisfied with their crowds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-22

which fell from his lips. He knew
Mankato as no other man knew her.
He was a veritable encyclopedia of
Acknowledgement only Of the munich
pality itself, but he could give one
the life history of almost every
man in the city Mr. Macdonald
could not speak i'll of anyone. His
mission on earth was to make every
body feel better and brighter. On
his retirement from the police de-
partment he was greatly missed by
those who had come in nightly con-
tact with him.
Mr. Macdonald was a member OF
the German Catholic church and
the funeral will be held in that
church at nine o'clock Saturday
morning. He is survived by his wife
and two children, C. F. Macdonald
of Billings, Mont, and Mrs. James
Blake of West Minneapolis. All of
them were with him at the time
of his death.
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From Thursdays Daily.
Alexander Macdonald, one of the
best-known residents of Mankatu
died of Bright's disease at his home
on Fourth and Walnut streets, early
this morning at the age of seventy.
six years. Mr.. Macdonald was born
in 1885 in Benicula, Imbernesshire,
Scotland, the youngest of family
of seven. When he was nine years
old he went to Sydney mines, Cape
Britton, Nova Scotia When he was
a young man he engaged in the gro.
Gerry business in Montreal He mar
ried Miss Jane McDougal on April
20, 1869, in Montreal and to them
were born seven children, two of
whom are living The following
year they moved to Iowa where he
was connected with McDougal &
Cameron, railroad contractors. With
them he was engaged as contrac-
tor for the railroad from Algoona
to Mason City, Iowa.
Came Here in 1871.
In 1871 he came to Mankato and
had charge of the building of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
road from Wells to Mankato. The
firm of contractors was Cameron e
ROssiter, but both of these men were
in Kentucky at the time, and Mr.
Macdonald had full charge of the
work. About this time his family
moved to this city and have made
their home here continuously since
that time. The following year he
had the contract for the construc-
ton of road at Tunnel City, near
Sparta, Wis.
Was Chief of Police.
Following the completion of this
contract he came to MankatO to
join his family, and he was engaged
as the city's first chief of police.
He afterward became night mer-
chant police and later was appoint
ed night desk sergeant, which po-
sition he held for many years. Sew
eral years ago he retired from the
police department to enjoy a we'll
earned rest.
No man in Mankato was better or
more favorably known than Mr..
Macdonald. Everybody knew "Mac,"
as he was Familiarity called by his
many friends. He was an excellent
citizen and a man of strong con-
victions for what he believed to be
the right. He was a model husband
and father and always devoted to
his estimable family.
WeII-Read Man.
Mr.. Macdonald was well.read
man. In his youth and early man
hood he had read choice literature
and acquired a large fund of infor-
nation which made him most in
teresting and instructive converse
tionalist, and he could well enter
tain a throng of listeners with the
recital of events of the past as well
as discuss most intelligently the
affairs of the ever present.
In his latter years he was
sadly afflicted with an affection of
the eyes which prevented him from
reading, but this handicap did not
stand in the way of his keeping
abreast of the times, and he walked
hand in hand with current events.
His death removes one of the most
and notable characters
who had long been identified with
this community.
Was a CompanionabIe Man.
Mr.. Macdonald was a companion
able man. Nightly during his long
and efficient service as desk SER
geant, the police headquarters was
the rendezvous for many men who
delighted to converse with him and
listen to the choice "reminiscences
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-22

(! from Fridays Daily.
Ira l.. King died at the I'm
manuel hospital last evening after
an illness of a number of months.
He had been at his home until a
few days ago when he was taken
to the hospital for better treatment,
but grew gradually weaker until his
death.
Mr.. King was born in Jefferson
county, New York, July 10, 1849,
and lived there until he was six
years of age, when he moved with
his family to Wisconsin. He was
only sixteen years of age at the
beginning of the Civil war, but
enlisted with the Eighth Wisconsin
regiment and was a drummer dur
ing the four years of the war.
Shortly after the close of the war
he located in Mankato and had
made his home here ever since, fol-
lowing the trade of contractor and
carpenter until his health failed.
In 1878 he married Miss May e.
Pew and she with six children sur
vive him. All of them live in Man.
kato except one daughter, Mrs.
Huntley, who lives about seven
miles from here, and one son, who
is in Minneapolis. The children are
all here at present.
Mr.. King was a prominent mem
Der of the G.. A. r. and took an
active part in the organization.
Several years ago he organized
Juvenile band here and was inter
ested in all activities of that kind.
He was we'll known by almost
everyone in Mankato and his death
will be greatly mourned.
The funeral will be held at two
o'clock tomorrow in the Christian
church, and Rev. C. B. Osgood will
conduct the service.
Mrs. Rev. William A. Jones of
Lake Crystal died yesterday after
noon at four o'clock. Her death was
not unexpected as she had been
sick with heart trouble for many
months. The funeral will take
place tomorrow at one o'clock at
the house on the farm near Lake
Crystal and then will be taken
to the Jerusalem cemetery at Jud-
son where she will be buried.
Mrs. Jones is survived by her hus-
band and five children, four of whom
are married. Her maiden name was
Miss Alice Williams and was mar
ried to Rev. Jones in 1868. In
March 1871 the family moved to
Blue Earth county where the Rev.
Jones took charge of the Salem and
Jerusalem Calvanistic Methodist
churches Since then the family
has moved to their beautiful farm
near Lake Crystal
The family is very well known
friends are making arrangements to
attend the funeral
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams of South
Bend township, died this morning
at the home of her son, Daniel
Williams, with whom she made her
home. Mrs Williams was born in
Montgomery Shire, Wales, eighty
three years ago. She came to Ra-
cine, Wis, in 1850, and there mar
ried Hugh w. Williams. In 1856
the family came to South Bend, and
lived there since then. There are
four children surviving: William H.
of st. Paul, Mrs. d. E. Crane of
South Bend, John w. of Judson and
Daniel of South Bend. Mrs. Will
liams was a member of the Baptist
church and was a faithful Christian
woman. Her funeral will be held
Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the home
of her son in South Bend, and the
interment will be at Minneopa GENE
terry. Rev. W. E. Evans of the Welsh
Calvinistic Methodist church of Man
kato will have charge of the SER
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-22
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Old Sol beat Jay PluviuS to it to-
day and the fair management naturally
is so pleased that it is considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of making the fat-faced
boy a life member of the association
with extra privileges during the
progress of the big show each year.
Pluvius maintained a menacing at
titude much of the time, and all the
forenoon the gentleman who be-
lieves in wet" policy made his
disagreeable presence felt some.
Notwithstanding the threat to rain,
the people commenced to pour into
the fair grounds as soon as the
gates were opened this morning.
And a steady stream of callers was
kept up all day. This afternoon
the grounds were dense with HUI.
manity.
Stores Were Closed.
This was Mankato day. Business
men and merchants generally closed
their places of. business and en-
ployer and employe were at the fair.
They were all sightseers and there
was plenty to look upon. The races
and the ball game took up the time
of most of the people on the
ground.
The city is gaily decorated for
the fair The decorations are the
work of the Twin City Decorating
company. This concern has dressed
the business section of the city up
in style. The effect is pretty and
it has been suggested that the COLI.
pany put the same garb on the city
during the visit of President Taft
on October "a.
This morning the Twentieth Cen
fury band gave several open air
concerts, much to the delight Of a
large number of people who were
on the street.
More exhibits came to the fair to.
day.
Should Show an interest.
A. H. Spaulding, proprietor OF
the Buckeye Farm, is one of the
farmers who feels that every other
farmer in Blue Earth county should
bring some of his stock or farm
products to the Mankato fair, and
show an enthusiastic interest. He is
progressive and owns one of the
handsomest small farms in this
county, which is located just out
side the city limits on the st. Clair
and Hoffman roads. He is exhibit
ing registered Poland China hogs
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Yesterdays Race Card.

Yesterdays Race Card.
The 2:24 trot:
Clear Lake, s. m, Bert
Miles, Riceville, Ia. 49,. A 4
A. l.. D., Charles Landy,
Waverly, Ia. ............ 2 2
Carry S. B., b. M, w. J.
Murray, Elma, Iowa. -. l ]
Louis r., b. m, Curtin q
Baker, DEBORAH, la. $50. 3 3 3
Time, 2:25; 2:23A; 2:23A.
The 2:20 pace:
Lady Tempter, b. M, w.
e. Huwelman, New
Ulm, MINI. ...... i 4 3
Gray Eagle, &. g., w. J.
Murray, Elma, Iowa.. 2 / 1
Prince H., Dr. M. A. Han
sen, Usage, Ia. 49,. 4 3 4 3
Judge, 6. h., Pat. HonOn,
NorthwOod, Ia. ... 8 2 2 Z
Time, 2:21A; 2:20A ;2:25; 2:25A.
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