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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

Mrs. Hill conferred with Mr.. Preus
yesterday, and told him that she had
gone to Omaha and collected the evil
dence against Mr.. Manchester. She
has copied number of vouchers
which she attached to her complaint.
The vouchers, she charges, were for
expenditures not duly authorized by
the lodge One was for $25 for the
purchase of a tablecloth for a we'd
ding gift to one of the members.
Another was for $25, and represent
ed a membership in the Y. w. G. A
as a prize for member A third
was a subscription to the Sioux City
Journal.
The complaint makes eleven speci
fic charges.
Several Charges Preferred.
It is charged that the supreme
guardian paid fees of $1,250 so that
the order could do business in New
York City, when there were already
more than 200 members in that
state. Mrs. Manchester is charged
with using the funds OF the order
for her own personal expenses, in
GLIDING telephone expenses, bills Tor
the purchase of furniture, jewelry,
gifts for friends and that she pays
her private subscriptions to charities
out of the funds of the order.
DR.. Calfas, former supreme physi-
clan, is brought into the charges. 1t
is alleged that Mrs. Manchester pur-
chased the resignation of this Off
cial through the payment OF $7,20o,
that she was responsible for the
maintenance of bogus deputies in
New Jersey who forged physicians
signatures to applications, that
checks were drawn in favor OF Mrs.
Manchester's nine-year-old girl, who
is named in the vouchers as a clerk
and deputy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

From Saturdays Daily. 49,
ST. Paul August 5.-Charglng that
Mrs. Emma B. Manchester, supreme
guardian of the Woodmen Circle, an
auxiliary of the Woodmen of the
World, holds her position by buying
the votes of delegates at the conven-
tions each year; that she lied ABOUT
her age, fixing it at fifty-four years,
when she was really fifty-two years
old at the time she was admitted TO
the order. Mrs. Ida Curle Hill, 3452
Colfax avenue, Minneapolis, and
number of other Minneapolis lodge
women, have asked ]. A. o. Preus
TO investigate the financial condition
of the order and protect "9S,0OO
members who are now helpless un.
der the corrupt administration OF
officers who have been and are grieV-
ously mismanaging the affairs of the
order"
Probe in Nebraska.
Mrs. Hill asks Commissioner Preus
not only to investigate the order,
but to present the condition OF the
lodge to the meeting of the lnsur-
ance Commissioners of the United
States in Milwaukee. The women
who signed the complaint in addition
to Mrs. Hill are: Anna Klaus, Edna
Moeller and Emma Wones. The in
surance commissioner of Nebraska is
managing an investigation and Mr..
Preus will confer with him before
taking any action on the complaint.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

From Saturdays Daily.
The number of bushes suspensions
during the month of July, Liz,
shows some contraction compared
with the same month last year, when
the total was LA, but there is an
increase over the 1,1O5 reported III
1909. Compared with the same
month in 1908, when 1882 concerns
suspended operations. the exhibit is
much i'm favor of the past month.
AS regards liabilities, very similar
comparisons are made, aggregate IN
debtedness of $12,150,O7O showing
considerable decrease from the Sio''
79O,753 of July last year, an increase
over the $9,527,893 two years ago
and considerable contraction rom
the S14,222,126 of the correspondents
month in 1908. The most favoraole
feature of the statement this year
is the comparison made with Garner
months of the present year. oenii-
annual settlements incident 10 July
usually result in more or less eA'
pansion in the commercial death rate'
and the past month was no exceptioll
to this rule, the number showing
considerable increase over June anu
Nav. The exhibit as regards Iaplil-
ties. however, is most favorable, pro-
nounced improvement being SHOWN
as compared with every precea1ns
month, the total in June beng S1o,,
652,O25, in May $13.469,7 89. in Aprii
$16,924,776, in March $1S.474,64l, IN
February s17,0S6,471 and in January
s24,O90.649. This progressive con-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

From, Thursdays Daily.
Division Superintendent Perkins of
the Milwaukee road was in the city
yesterday, and Mayor Charles r.
Taylor had a conversation with him
in regard to getting the Milwaukee
road to pay for part of the paving
to be put down on Hickory street
Mr.. Perkins agreed to recommend to
the company that it pay for paving
the property that it owns between
the alley and the freight depot and
also the portion of the alley crossing
Hickory street.
Mayor Taylor also suggested that
the company pave the alley between
Hickory and Jackson streets, but Mr.
Perkins thought that the city owns
part of this alley. The matter is to
be looked up by City Engineer Blom.
quist. The latter was today prepar-
ing an estimate of the number of
yards of pavement that the Milwau.
kee road would have to lay if it
paved what Mr.. Perkins said that
he would recommend. Mr.. Perkins
desires to send this in with his rec
ommendation.
Mr.. Perkins was also seen by
some of the property owners in re-
gard to the matter of paving the al.
ley.
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From Fridays Daily.
One OF those deplorable accidents
took place yesterday afternoon, when
the eastbound Northwestern passen-
ger train, arriving in Owatonna at
I2:30, struck and killed Patrick Der
rington, father of Tom Darlington
of the Clinton Falls Nursery COM
pany. The accident happened on the
river bridge as the train was run
ming into town. The old gentleman
lof about sixty-five years, lived only
about long enough to tell his name.
lit is supposed that he was walking
to or from his home on State ave-
nue., where he as lived for the past
two years with his wife and their
son and daughter. The old gentle
man was partially deaf and his eye
sight was poor.
| Attempted to Retrace Steps.
Mr.. Darlington was walking west
on the bridge, and had reached the
end of the trestle when he saw the
train approaching. Instead of STEP
ping off, he turned around and start
ed to retrace his steps. The train
was descending grade and running
quite rapidly Engineer Den Weller
saw the old gentleman on the bridge
and applied the emergency brake,
but it was too late.
Engineer Weller made remark
lably quick stop. The train ran but
very short distance after striking
Mr.. Darlington.
No blame can be attached to the
trainmen. Mr.. Darlington could cas-
lily have prevented the accident had
he stepped off the bridge instead
of turning around and attempting TO
reach the other end of the trestle.
Conductor Fred Morgan was in
charge of the train.
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From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Rochester, August 5.-UnDalanceo
in mind, destitute of clothing ana Ill
a most unkempt condition, stranger
aged in years, was found IN the
woods by Tim Towey and John Elsen-
man of this county, where he mas
been roaming for about month, ana
was brought to this city by Messrs.
Towey and Eisenman. The fellow
is now in the city Jail, where he Is
a sight to behold. His hair has not
been cut for months. His clothes
begrimed with dirt, merely cling 10
his body and without socks, MS
blackened feet are easily discerned
in a pair of what were one DAY
shoes.
Upon Interrogation, he cl tims ms
name is Dickey, that he lived III
Iowa, but gives the name of no CITY,
and states that his last labor was
herding sheep in Colorado IL IS
probable that the man has lost MS
mind and if his statements are true,
il is another case of the oppressive
lonesomeness of herding sheep Oh
the wide prairie driving the man IN
sane.
The case will be put before Coun-
ty Commissioner Fathers and the
fellow will either be given hearing
in probate court or sent elsewhere
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

From Saturdays Daily
London, August 5.-Jack Johnson
wouldn't steal candy from infants,
maybe, but his match with Petty
Officer Curran, the Irish heavy
weight champion, set for a decision
tonight, looks very much like 1t.
Dublin is to be the scene OF the
historic encounter, and reports from
that city state that the Irish sports
are falling over each other to get
tickets of admission. The Emerald
Isle has gone crazy on boxing, ana
while few expect Curran to whip
the smoke" the fight fans OF Dub
lin consider it worth the price OF adj
mission Just to see the big black
in action.
What curran Is Champion or.
Curran is a champion at winning
on fouls or suffering from them.
He it was who was so scared OF Bill
Lang-just fawncy!-that he drop
ped to his knees in the first round
of their go at the Olympia last Jan
ruary, when Lang rushed at nlm' Ell
raging that gent to such an extent
that he struck Curran while ne was
down and was therefore dlsqual.hed:
Curran claims the championship vi
Ireland by virtue of victory over
Jim Roche-but Tommy Burns MADE
a mush of Richie.
Will Net johnson $4,000
It is not known definitely now
much Johnson will receive for his
hattie with Curran, although his
press agent sets the sum at S25,ooo'
This is probably an exaggeratioh'
as there is hardly that much loose
coin in Ireland. The negro will re-
ceive. it is alleged, the sum of $751;
600 for fighting Bombardier Wells in
London early in September In
November, probably, Johnson will
go to Paris to tackle Sam McVey'
and will add another snug ron 10
his bank account He is holding
ont for at least $4,000 for this mill,
and Parisians are so anxious 10
see him that they will probably
cough up.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

From Fridays Oai,v. w.t., Ctotoe
Directors of the United States
Steel Railroad Tie company heio
their first annual business meeting at
the Saulpaugh in Mankato today. VI
ficers were elected as follows:
President, Rudolph Wachtier'
Mankato; first vice president, w. V.
Duggan. Elkton, S. D.; second wee
president, Ralph e. Grimes, PEORIA
H.: secretary, Louis F. Kruger
Garnavilla, Iowa; treasurer, u. II.
Weeise, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Meeting With Success:
The company is meeting with sue
cess in the introduction OF its tie'
which is an invention of Mr.. Wacht-
Ter. 40.
The tie will be tried out on the
Rock Island road near st. Paul ana
the company has conditional con-
tract to furnish $4,000 to the Han
nibal and Northern Missouri road.
The company has made contracts
with agencies in New York, Chicago,
Peoria, Seattle and San Francisco
for the sale of $1,5OO,0OO stocks
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Continued From Pace seven.

Continued From Page Seven.
morning hung with one nail. The
board originally stood on edge. The
doors were open when the witness
arrived Thursday morning.
Was Not Drinking Man.
Mr.. Mayer, recalled, said that the
doors are locked at night. Thursday
morning the doors were locked when
he arrived, except the large door
known as No. 2, which was closed,
but was not locked. The Waterman
has to leave occasionally, and goes
out of the office door and this has a
self-locking Yale lock, and he has to
unlock it to get back. The big door
cannot be unlocked from the outside
Koch drank glass of beer occa-
sionally, but witness had never
seen him intoxicated. Koch had not
been drinking that night, so far as
witness knew, and there were no
bottles or other evidences of it
found. There is a path between the
piles of boards in the balcony. The
path is four or five feet from the
edge of the balcony, over where the
body lay. The pathway is two to
three feet wide. Koch would have
been making the eighth round for
the night Witness had noticed the
dust rubbed off of the lathe Thurs
day morning. Koch generally wore
his cap at night. Witness did not
know why Koch should leave the
path and 60 to the edge of the bal
cony unless 1t was because he heard
a noise and went to look down. The
tool box on the lathe was not lock-
ed, and the tools in it were those
used with the lathe and not such as
burglars would take for use. The
door that was unlocked opens to-
ward the east into the open, lighted
by an arc light on Spring street. Wit
ness had made no examination for
tracks outside of the door. Witness
did not know of the deceased ever
having fainting spells.
This concluded the testimony, and
the jury later brought in it's YER
dict.
The brother of the deceased, who
lives at Calexico, Cal, has been tele.
graphed, and the time for the fu-
neral will not be fixed until he is
heard from. A reply is expected
this afternoon.
Those who knew Mr.. Koch say
that his eyesight was not very
good. His lantern was found to be
half full of oil, so the theory that
his light went out and that he could
not see and stumbled over the lum-
Der pile and fell off the balcony does
not seem tenable.
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From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. Angelina Gotham died Tues
day night at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Martin Timmons, living
near the Red Squirrels Nest, Lake
Washington. She had been i'll for
some time with dropsy. Her age
was sixty-eight years, and she was
a widow, but is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Timmons and Mrs.
Ray of Tracy.
The deceased was born at Russell
vile, Ill.,, but the greater part of her
life was spent at st, Peter and in
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

From Saturdays Daily. :.
There was large gathering IN
the Swedish Lutheran church par
lors last night to welcome the new
nastor. Rev. o. j. Arthur, and ram
ilv and bid farewell to the Tor
mer pastor. C. E. BredesOn. Inc
church parlors were Hastily decorated
with flowers and branches, and the
room was we'll lighted up with a
grand display of Japanese lanterns.
An excellent program was render-
cd by the Young Peoples society, IN
cluding piano and vocal solos, cholr
and octette numbers and addresses
INV the former and new pastors.
They were both given gifts, together
amounting to about $l5O. REFRESH
ments were served after the program.
Every one seemed we'll pleased no,
onlv with the work of their student
but also with the new work Whlch
thew all seem to feel ready TO take
nm under their new young, powerful
and able pastor, Rev. Arthur.
The strong and telling address de-
livered by c.. e. Bredeson, and the
nowerful extemporaneous response
nv Rev. Arthur were accepted win
the greatest enthusiasm. Rev. Arthur
shared no words of praise Tor 1he
young man that had ably hlled the
Mace for now nearly year. he
dwelt upon the difficulty OF express
ing his great feelings when being so
unexpectedly welcomed by SO many
kind wishes. He spoke about the
necessity of cooperation, and was as
sured that if he would receive 1t,
success would surely come and that
he felt that with their good wishes
he would spend many year III me
city. The address delivered by Z. Il.
Bredeson is as follows:
Address BY c. E. Bredeson.
81 would be presumptuous indeea
if ! thought that any of my humDle
words could add anything OF I'M.
nortance to an occasion so full OIL
meaning to you all as is this recep-
ton here tonight. | am persuaueu
that il is an occasion as important
to each one of you as 1t personally
must be to the man in whose honor
Won are here assembled. One wouio
hardly need to fail Of certain
sense of inspiration to be here tnis
evening and hear this music, these
MANY eager voices; and witness these
fresh green branches upon the walls,
the CLEAN upon these leaves; ana
see these many colored lights, these
inviting smiles. l therefore take
II to be understood at the very be-
ginning of my remarks, that any.
thing ] might utter here would be or
such little consequence beside the
good logic and consistency OF your
new regards, as would place my own
wishes far above their common tend
ency to detract from that which is
really noble.
I'm speaking at such an occasion
as this. and when | am about to
sever my connections with work
have fully cherished, l am aware
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the neighborhood of Lake Washing
ton, spending the last thirty-five
years of her life at the latter place.
She was cousin of DR.. ]. w. An
drews and Mrs. A. ID. Stone of this
city. She was highly respected by
all who knew her, and her death
causes regret.
Funeral services were held at the
school house at one o'clock this after
noon, conducted by Rev. W. N.
Jameson of this city, and the inter
ment was made at Sugar Grove GEM
etery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

From Saturdays Daily
Mayer Bros. company this morning
received the following telegram from
the brother of the late Herman
Koch, their unfortunate night watch
man who met his death mysteriously
in the machine shop early Thursday
morning: "Calexico, Cal, August a.
Bros. Company, Man
kato, Mimi Take corpse to Eagle
Lake cemetery. Place in northeast
corner in my lot least possible ex-
pense. Send bill of costs to me. 1t
would please me to get more lnfor-
nation. Gustav E. Cook"
These instructions were followed
out, and funeral services were held
at the undertaking rooms OF the
John Klein Undertaking company at
three O'Clock this afternoon, and the
remains were taken to the cemetery
and inferred.
Story of Brakeman.
There are no new developments in
the case unless the story told by an
Omaha freight brakeman may have
some bearing on it, as supporting
the murder theory. The brakeman
was working on Omaha freight tram
No. II early Thursday morning, and
did some switching back OF the
Mayer Bros company plant. The
train then pulled out, and the brake
man did not return to the city until
last evening, when he first learned
of the finding of Koch's dead BODY.
He at once recalled that Thursday
at 2:15 a. M or Whereabouts, a
stranger came up to him, out OF
breath. as he was working at the
switching back of the shops, and
asked what was the quickest way
out of town. The brakeman gave
the stranger directions, and thought
no more of the matter until he heard
of Koch's death. He then reported
the incident at the depot.
The Last lndentation.
Koch's last indentation in the re-
port slip in his watchman's CLOCK
was made about 1:50 a. m. Twenty
five minutes later, the stranger. came
hurrying up to the brakeman ana
inquired the quickest way to get out
of town. This does not prove, how
ever, that the stranger had any knowl-
edge of Koch's death, but II the facts
are as stated, it adds interest to the
case.
1t is said that Koch had heart dis
ease. If this be true it may be that
he was attacked while on the pal
cony and fell to his death.
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answered to the name of ANDY"
When she lost her all by fire she
appealed TO Mr.. Carnegie. His re-
Spouse was prompt, and Mother"
Kennedy is now on the Carnegie
pension roll for $25 month
Mrs. E. n. Hartman has gone to
California for season of rest, worn
out as she is by the constant ap-
peals to her for charity. When her
late husband, the great railroad mag
nate, passed away, an avalanche of
letters speedily descended upon the
bereaved woman. The writer's asked
for sums ranging from SIS up to mil
lion or so. At first Mrs. Hartman
attempted to attend personally to
all this mail, but the task was i'm
possible, and now all charitable ap-
peals addressed to her are turned
over to the Bureau of Municipal Re.
search. Miss Helen Gould and Mrs
Russell Sage also receive every week
thousands of begging letters. People
seeking charity seem to consider WON
en- easier marks" than men, as the
mail of this character received by
Mrs. Hartman, Mrs. Sage and Miss
Gould is much greater than that OF
Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie and
other masculine multi-millionaires.
Burglars so bold as to steal red
hot stove have been heard of, but
they are hardly rasher than the man
who calmly lifted the ocean going tug
Edward Begley and ran away with it.
The tug had been berthed at Jersey
City pier, and captain and crew left
for a time, leaving a Waterman on
guard. The latter was unacquainted
with the members of the crew, so
when a number of men came along
and boarded the Begley, claiming to
belong there, no objection was made
Soon they put out to sea, and when
the captain came back he found him
self minus a ship.
To play the part of Robinson Cru
soc for four days was the recent ex
perience of George Kraus and Frank
Jayne, of Setauket, l.. l. Kraus, who
is a barber, and his companion went
out in a boat in Old Field Bay, and
were caught in a storm which left
their craft stranded on small islet
The battered boat was dragged or
shore and turned upside down over
bed made of grass, affording shelter
for the night. The next day there
was nothing doing in the way OF a
rescue, so they caught fish for food
They had no matches, but Jayne
used his spectacles as sunglass
and after directing them steadily fol-
over an hour on bunch of sticks
and dried moss, managed to produce
a fire. The fire served the double
purpose of cooking the fish and keep
ing them warm at night. Four days
passed before any boat came in sight
A happy reunion with relatives and
friends followed, as it had been sup
noSad that thew were lost.
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Mother Kennedy, who kept a
souvenir stand at Coney Island until
her place of business was wiped out
by the Dreamland fire, leaving her
with a total worldly capital of $3.50,
is back in business. Moreover. she
has an angel in the person of An
drew Carnegie. Mother" Kennedy
was acquainted with the laird of
Skibo when he was a little had who
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

+, The dead body of the stranger
was found on the track about 12:40
or NIGHT
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