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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-28

Miss Crystal Reiman, returning to
her home from a dance early Satur-
day morning, prevented serious fire
on the farm of her father, John Rel
mon, about three miles west of Lake
Crystal. Miss Reiman and her gen.
tleman escort discovered the thresh-
ing outfit on fire. They lost no time
in attacking the flames, at the same
time calling loudly to the occupants
of the house to arise and assist
them.
The threshing outfit stood in a
shed close to the barn where were
stabbed the farm horses and a num-
Der of head of livestock. The timely
arrival of the young lady and her es-
cort on the scene were the means
of putting stop to a fire that must
surely have destroyed not only the
thresher, but the barn and its con-
tents and other outbuildings.
An examination of the threshing
outfit following the fire disclosed the
fact that someone had started the
flames. Rags that had been satu-
rated in kerosene were found in the
body of the thresher. No clue to the
perpetrator of the deed has been OBJ
tanned.
The damage to the thresher is be-
tween $500 and $500.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-28

J. p. Durenberger, the harness
maker, has purchased from H. II.
Kurth the north or inner half of his
double store building on South Front
street, near Poplar. paying $4,000 for
the property. This is very reason
able figure, as the building is sub
stantial two-story brick structure
The sale was made through o. w.
Walker.
Mr.. Durenberger will move his har-
ness shop and store into the newly
purchased location, and has, in fact,
already begun to move. He expects
to be fully settled in his new loca-
ton some time next week.
nj. j. Dempsey, who has had charge
of the local office of w H. Dickinson
& Co., until the office was closed the
other day, has leased the store
building formerly occupied by the
Nelson Weed drug store. and the first
of August will open a dairy lunch
room. This will be something new
in Mankato, but has succeeded well
in the cities, and no doubt there is
good opening for one in this city.
Mr.. Dempsey was in Minneapolis
yesterday, looking for fixtures. He
has arranged to have the interior of
the room decorated in white, and will
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-28
From Saturdays Daily.

Mrs. Amelia Wilcox, wife of War
rem Wilcox, died at her home in Gar
den City yesterday at two o'clock
after long illness caused by cancer.
Amelia Storrs was born in New
York state May IA, 1847 In 1868 she
was married to Warren Wilcox, tne
ceremony being performed at Shells
burg, Iowa. The couple came to Min
nesota in 1884 and located at Albert
Lea. Later they moved to Lake Cry
stall where they lived for nineteen
years, and then they went to Garden
City where they have lived ever since.
Besides her husband Mrs. Wilcox
is survived by a daughter, Miss Jes-
sic, sister, Mrs. A. 3. Reed of
Amboy, and a brother, Eugene Storrs.
Mrs. Wilcox was member of the
Free Methodist church of Winnebago.
She was devout Christian woman
whose thoughts were of others well
fare and as long as she was able
to do SO, she performed many acts
of kindness for her neighbors and
friends. She was a patient sufferer.
Throughout her illness she received
the most watchful and painstaking
care from her daughter
The funeral was held today. Short
services were held this forenoon at
1920. The remains were taken to
Amboy where services were held. The
remains were inferred in the Sterling
cemetery.
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is an enterprising gentleman and is
not acquainted with the word failure.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Elmer Glenn stepped up to the
plate during the third inning of the
Free Press-retail clerks game at
Lewis park last evening and raped
the ball at the psychological moment.
1t was a single, but "beaut," and
brought home Carl Nicholson, who
made the only run during the game.
But Few Errors.
at was some game, l can tell yOu,''
said an enthusiastic fan. 1T sure
was the best game of the Twilight
league series. 1t was an errorless
game on the part of the printers; ;
and pitchers battle. Baker was in
the box for the Free Press and his
backstop was O'Brien. Balkenhol
twirled for the retail clerks and Lip
pert was behind the bat.
Errors Not Costly.
The printers played an exception
ally fine game and the retail clerks
escaped with only three errors, but
they were not costly as they did not
let in any runs.
Lineup of Teams.
The lineup of the teams was as
follows: Free Pess: Wagner, 3D.;
Mack, SIS; Baker, p; AmundsOn, CT;
G.. Nicholson, LIST; O'Brien, C; Glenn,
IF; Fortney, If; Podewitz, I'd.
The retail clerks: BalkenhOl, p;
Swanson, LIST; Ed Lippert, C; Deer
hake, Sd; Strobel, I'd; Alberg, CT;
Rosquist, IF; Elmer Lippert, IS; An
derson, If.
Brett and the bankers will play a
game at Lewis park tonight.
The Omahas and Olson's grocery
played off a tie game at the fair
grounds last night. The score was
7 to 8 i'm favor of the Olson team.
The following is the score by in
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MANKATO FREE PRESS

just how the crime was committed,
laying it to drink.
Sheriff Spoke Favorably.
Sheriff Osten was asked as to his
opinion of the young mans conduct,
and he spoke favorably of him, so far
as he knew.
County Attorney Schmitt was call
ed upon, and said that the court
would be justified in suspending SEN
tence in this case if the society
would take charge of the young man,
he thought.
Judge Pau said that he would like
to take time to write to the society.
Ordinarily he did not like to suspend
sentence, but had done it several
times where there was no one to
place in charge of the parties. This
seemed to be case where something
should be done to help the defend
ant. He did not seem to be a crimi-
nal
Sentence was deferred until Satur-
day at 10 a. M, and County Attorney
Schmitt will write to Rev. Parsons.
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OFFICERS ARE ELECTED.
A. II. Martin, Mason

President, A. II. Martin, Mason
City.
Vice President, w. II. Leak, e..
more.
Secretary, j. H. Cowan.
These are the officers elected
this afternoon for the ensuing year.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Agents from the Omaha and North
western roads came to MankatO to-
day to hold a joint meeting of the
District Station Agents association,
of which J. C. Goodsell local repre-
sentative of the Omaha, has been the
president for the past year.
Something like sixty railroad EN-.
ployes were present at the session,
the majority of them arriving on the
noon trains. They enjoyed dinner
which was served in the large dining
room of the Saulpaugh.
Prominent RaiIroaders Here.
Among the prominent railroaders
in attendance were the following: E.
e. Nash, superintendent of the North
western division; M. J. Boyle, assist
ant superintendent, headquarters in
Winona; General Agent H. ]. Wagon
of the Northwestern; F. e. Nicoles,
superintendent of the Omaha, head
quarters at ST. James; Harry Drum
mond, travelling freight agent for
the Omaha; A. G. Kingsley, travelling
passenger and freight agent for the
Northwestern.
Those From Chicago.
From the Chicago headquarters of
the Northwestern came J. o. Clifford,
freight auditor; w. J. Van Bergen,
ticket auditor; II. c. Howe, freight
claim agent.
There were no papers read at the
session this afternoon, but there was
a general discussion of matters per-
tanning to the accounting department.
The gentlemen who came from the
headquarters at Chicago impaired
some valuable hints to the agents.
j. C. Goodsell presided over the
meeting.
The majority of the agents re-
turned to their homes on the trains
this afternoon. The next meeting
will be held three months hence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-28

On Saturday Mrs. Richard +. Jones
forming her of the death of her
mother, Mrs. Jane Ellis, which oc-
Cured at eleven o'clock on Friday
night, July q. at Brynfedu, Irvington-
on-Hudson, New York. where she
made her home with her daughter,
Mrs. r. V. Lewis, for the last eleven
years of her life. Previous to that
time she made her home in this city
for number of years, where she
made many warm friends who will
hear with regret of her death.
Mrs. Ellis was native of North
Wales. Her husband, Edward Ellis,
la lumber merchant Of Meifod, Mont
gomreyshire, predeceased her thirty
seven years ago, leaving her with
seven children, all of whom are living
to mourn the loss of good Chris
tian mother. Mrs. Ellis was eighty
three years of age, July 3. OF the
children, four daughters were with
their mother in her last Illness, Mrs.
r. V. Lewis, Miss Elizabeth Ellis,
Mrs. Freeman Bloodgood of New
York, and Mrs. Owen of Oswestry,
England, formerly Miss Esther Ellis
of this city, who came over to visit
her mother about a month ago. She
also leaves Mrs. r. f. Jones of this
city, and two sons, Edward and John
V. Ellis, both of Judson; also nine
teen grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. She was inferred at
Sleepy Hollow. Services were held at
I2:30 p. m. today, DR.. Russell officiat-
ing.
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Friday, July IS, 1911
IA, to be regimental commissary

/ A, to be regimental commissary
sergeant.
For the HospitalEPrivate J. w
to be Sergeants.
| For Company A-Corporals A. G
Ammon, E. A. Meierding and E. c
| Dirks, to be sergeants; Privates F. f
English, Henry Arens. Theo. Globes
Max Mueller and William Pfeiffer, tC
be corporals.
For Company B-COrporal George
e. Jones, to be sergeant; Private
George A. Murphy and Eugene Dun
ham, to be corporals.
For Company C-Artificer FranB
Bohn, to be corporal: Privates Joe
Bernatz and Fred Kern, to be cOrpor
ais.
For Company D-Privates Joseph
Cannon, William Hall, Arthur Larson
Frank HOWE. Oscar Helgeson, Fred
| Lockert, William Sergeant and Harry
Wescott, to be sergeants.
For Company F-CorpOral Ben
Cloud, to be sergeant; Private David
| Fanskee and Elmer Lundgren, to be
corporals.
For Company G-Corporal George
Fish, to be sergeant; Privates Will
liam Brooks. c. A. Lindsay and Char
les Graves, to be corporals.
For Company H-Corporal Cyril
Spicer, to be sergeant; Private Alfred
Salisbury, to be corporal.
For Company Private Owen
Fleener, to be sergeant
For Company K-Privates M. Pet
erson and Fred Hansen, to be coz
porals.
For Company L-Cook, Frank
Theiring, Corporal, John Lauterba oh
and Musician, G.. II. Baldwin, to he
sergeants; Privates, George st. Clair
A. l.. Aldrich, M. Atkins, Fl. l.. Starr
and J. B. Frazier. to be corpOrals.
The following officers of camp for
tomorrow were announced:
Captain o. J. Duane, Company X,
officer of the day.
Lieutenant II. K. Smith, Company
F, officer of the guard.
Lieutenant A. klauSe, Company A.
Junior officer of the guard
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From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The council did not have much
before it at this mornings meeting.
Steps were taken to start the proc
ess of levying the paving assess
ments. The city clerk was instruct
ed to publish notices of hearings on
the three assessments, one for the
creosote block pavement, one for the
brick pavement, and one for the maca-
dam. The hearing is to be held
August z at ten a. m, and in the
meantime the individual assessments
will be prepared. The councilmen
talked over informally how to pro
coed with this, and City Engineer
Blomquist will soon have the figures
ready on everything except the block
on Lincoln street, which may not &c
in this year, as some of the property
owners want macadam, and Commits
sioner Humiston does not want ma
cadam unless it is the very best
otherwise preferring creosoted blocks
City Engineer Blomquist reported
having issued the following building
permits since the last meeting:
Paul Iverson. lot 3, block 3. Var
Brunt's addition, concrete dwelling
"a by %, two-story, estimated cost
$4,000.
Board of education for Union
school, lots to 5, block 80, city, re
pairs and new heating and ventilating
system, estimated cost $4,000.
August Deike, Jr., lot l, block
Parsons addition, frame dwelling, q
by rs, one and half stories, estimated
cost, $4,000.
Commissioner Humiston reported
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with Judge Comstock said that he
thought that he was outside of the
city limits when he did the shoot
ing. The court asked him to ap-
pear next Monday, and kept the
rifle until he could investigate the
lads past conduct.
Last Saturday evening John Smith
a farmer living in Nicollett county
seven miles west of this city, hired
seventeen year old boy in this
city to work as a farm hand. This
morning Mr.. Smith drove to the
creamery, and on his return home
learned that the boy had left, telling
Mrs. Smith that he was coming tC
Mankato to get some tobacco. lnves
tigation showed that watch, a
bracelet and stick pin, and sixty
cents in money. were missing from
the house.
Mr.. Smith fastened to this city and
reported his loss to the police, and
he and Officer Simmonds searched
for the young man this afternoon.
The young man is described as five
feet, six inches tall, wearing low
shoes, black stockings, blue overalls,
blue coat, gray shirt and having a
dark complexion.
Two young women from Winona
arrived in the city on the noon train,
without enough money left to buy
their dinner. They applied to the
police with tears in their eyes for
assistance in finding work as domes-
tics or any other honest employment.
The officers got them their dinner
and tried to find work for them.
They appear like young women OF
good character, who are willing TO
work.
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From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
John A. Nelson came before Judge
Pfau this forenoon at ten O'Clock to
receive his sentence for forgery in
the third degree, to which he had
pleaded guilty and asked for SEN
tence. His attorney, Judge Geddes.
made a plea for him. He said that
Nelson and another had gone on a
tear one night and at this time the
bad checks were passed out. About
$40 was secured in all, and the
money was all blown in that night
except IS or &c. Nelson had served
four years in the navy and was hon.
orably discharged. He did not try
to conceal his crime, but when he
got back to Minneapolis he wrote to
his employer, Henry Madison, and Of
fered to settle for what he had done.
1t was case that presented unusual
features why leniency should be
shown.
Society for Friendless.
Judge Pau said that there was a
society in Minneapolis called the So
ciety for the Friendless, of which
Rev. James Parsons is superintend-
ent, and he would like to suspend
sentence and place the young man
in charge of this society if arrange
ments could be made for doing so.
He had intended to write to it, but
had overlooked it.
The defendant answered the long
list of questions prescribed by the
new law, and also told the court
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Fred w. Kruse company, extensive
and well-known women's, misses and
childrens outfitters in Southern Min
nesota, will on September Is, open
another ready-to-wear store at 409-411.
413 Main street, La Crosse, in con
nection with J. Bartel company.
This new store will carry the same
lines of merchandise as are carried
in Mankato, which are known to be
as fine as any in the state. They
will carry merchandise to suit the
wants of all, from the moderate in
price to the very best, and their aim
will be in La Crosse, as in Mankato,
to always give the newest and best
for the money.
Mr.. Kruse's long experience in
these lines is sufficient guarantee
that styles and prices will be right.
The opening of this second store
will enable this firm to buy in larger
quantities, therefore, at lower price,
merchandise at a more reasonable
figure, and in every way serve their
patrons better.
Mr.. Kruse will go to La Crosse
to see to the opening and starting
of the business, with q. J. Olson,
who will remain in La Crosse to man
age the store.
This store is now being remodeled
giving the company additional space,
also new front is being put in. Fred
W. Kruse company are indeed for
tunate in securing one of the very
best locations in La Crosse, right in
the heart of the retail district.
La Crosse is city of 10000 people
and Mr.. Kruse will introduce some
thing new in the way of ready-to-
wear store in that city. That it will
be success is certain, as Mr.. Kruse
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From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Some fifteen of the members OF
the Blue Earth County Bar associa.
ton responded to the call for a meet.
ing at the office of Secretary Flittie
last evening. Vice President H. L.
Schmitt presided.
The resignation of Judge A. R
Pau as president was received and
accepted. No election to fill the va
cancy will be held until the annual
meeting in April.
Relative to Municipal Court.
The matter of adopting the revised
laws of 1905 for the local municipal
court instead of the special act un.
der which it is operating was brought
UP by Miles Porter, but none present
had any clear knowledge of what is
contained in the revised laws relat-
ing to the subject and Judge w. F.
Hughes, w. A. Plymat and Arthur
Schaub were appointed committee
to investigate and report on the adj
visibility of securing the adoption of
the municipal court provisions con
tanned in the revised laws of 1905.
Matter of Uniform Charge.
Mr.. Porter also brought up the
matter of a uniform charge by the
attorneys for certain classes of work
A committee was appointed to pre-
pare and report fee bill, consisting
of Mr.. Porter, G. o. Daley, S. B.
Wilson, G.. l.. Benedict and d. J. Sew
erance.
B. d. Smith. x. f. Hunt and J. A.
F'littie were appointed committee
to make arrangements for a social
meeting to be held some time in Oc-
| tober.
The first two committees named
will report at a meeting to be held
at Mr.. Flittie's office Tuesday, Au-
gust 8, at p. m.
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run an up-to-date place. Patrons will
call for what they want and take it
from the counter on a platter to a
chair and eat it, and return the
dishes. This saves expense and has
proved popular with business men
and clerks who want to get nice
lunch in a short time at small cost.
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From Saturdays Daily sTlE
John Hanson, an opium fiend, who
was arrested in Mankato during the
Ledbeter trial for stealing pair of
pants from Paul Iverson & Sons
store, was found in the city again
last evening and was locked up. He
had been peddling combs, and the
charge of peddling without license
was preferred against him, to get him
out of the city. He was sentenced
by Judge Comstock to serve ten days
in the county Jail at hard labor, but
sentence was suspended long enough
for him to leave town.
Chief Donahue and Officer Sim
monds made a roundup of the hObOes
along the river yesterday afternoon
and got them all moving out of the
city limits except one, who was pick
ed up at the bottom of the embank,
ment by the river back of the knit
ting mill. He appeared dead, and his
face was skinned, where he had
fallen down but was only drunk.
He was locked up, and this morning
gave the name Of Fred. Wilson and
was sentenced to seven days at hard
labor on the streets, but sentence
was suspended for thirty minutes to
allow him to leave the city.
Officer Simmonds was summoned
to a residence on Liberty street
yesterday afternoon by a telephone
call from a lady who said that some
one was trying to get into the house.
It appears that the lady was in dis
habille, preparatory to DOMINIC her
afternoon gowns, and had neglected
to take the precaution to lock the
door. A man under the influence OF
liquor, who was looking for a former
employer, mistook the house and
starmted to enter without the usual
formalities. The lady had time to
sieze the door on the inside before it
was fully opened, closed it with some
difficulty, while the drunk was try
ing to get in. Her predicament
was not an enviable one, but she
managed to turn the key after
awhile, and got to the telephone. She
states that hereafter she will see
that the doors are securely locked
before any change OF raiment is at
tempted.
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ON THURSDAYS Daily.

From thursdays Daily.
The Woman's Relief corps enjoyed
an event yesterday afternoon that will
long be remembered, 1t was the
lseluoo dIqsIeqmsm IIeql 10 SuIsoIo
Each year the department gives a
large silk flag to the corps making
the largest gain in membership and
last winter Mrs. C. H. Nerbovig and
Mrs. A. J. Veigel were chosen lead
ers and the membership was divided
and worked under their direction.
When the contest began it was hop
ed that fifty new members might be
gained but when it closed siXty-six
of Mankato's representative ladies
had added their names to the roll,
making a total membership of 142.
The Mankato corps not only won
the large flag at the recent state con-
vention, but also won the altar flag
given by Chase corps of Minneapo-
lis; and Mrs. C. III. Nerbovig person
ally brought back handsome silk
flag for having secured seventeen
members. She also was the winner
of another silk parlor flag given by
Mrs. M d. Fritz. Mrs. Florence
Stubs gave a cash prize of So to
the winning side, the Reds, and pre-
scented the same to Mrs. Veigel, the
leader.
The losing side, the Blues, enter
tanned the winners at delicious
supper, the sixty-six new members
being the guests of honor. Mrs. r.
H. Foley, the able and efficient pres
dent, was also presented with a
handsome silk flag by the local corps
in appreciation of her excellent work.