The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-13

Henry Fellrath-I live at the top
of the hill in LIE Sueur and l know
all of the Green boys. saw Hail
Green near Glass barn that Satur-
day night. He gave me five dol
lar bill to change for him. This was
near the Union school house, and
had walked there with him. My
mother changed the money and the
next day l gave it to him. He gave
me ten cents for finding his pearls.
He gave my brother Albert Is cents
to buy cookies for him on the Mon
day after the murder. l played ball
with the Green boys.
Albert Felrath-I know Hall Green.
! am six years old. i heard that a
man was murdered at LIE Sueur.
Hall gave me 25 cents to buy
cookies day afterward
Was With Green Sunday.
George Pourier-I am eleven years
old and live at LIE Sueur. / know
Hall Green and three of his broth
ers. On Sunday I heard that MUIR
der had been committed. / saw
Hall Green near Glass culvert about
nine o'clock Sunday He and ]
went down to the river to fish for
CLANS. We went to the depot to
see the horses and ] was with him
all that day and until five o'clock.
| noticed him feel Of his cap sew
eral times and he said that he had
SO cents in his cap. He said he had
lost SO cents. He ate his supper at
our house. We dive under water for
clans and throw them on the shore.
We have been together to fish for
clans many times.
Earl Kulp-I live at LIE Sueur and
am thirteen years old. On Monday
saw Hall Green about twelve feet
from the power house and he was
barefoOted. My parents both live
in Seattle. have lived with my
grandfather since last February.
Henry Hinze-I live at lie Sueur
and am constable there. and was
constable on July 80. | know John
Green and Hall Green. | took Hall
Green into custody August 4.
Joseph IIruske-l am a civil en-
gineer and am county surveyor.
made that plat Of the coal shed and
railroad tracks. The coal shed is
261 feet long and 26 feet wide. The
piers are twenty-one inches wide
and about four feet high. The tim
hers and the piers are three and
conservatively estimated that we
have at least 10000 cases of pull
monary tuberculosis in the state.
Much Money Is Needed.
There should be an initial outlay
of $1,O00,000 by the state. This
should be followed annually by $500.
600 for maintenance. If rs per cent
of our 1000 deaths are preventable
and we assume each life valued al
the minimum figure of $1,709, we
have preventable loss to the state
of $2,55O.OOO a year. If we take
Fishers figure TO valuation, our loss
is $12,000,000 annually"
Wouldn't Interfere With Providence
H. w. Hill, of the state board o.
health. said that when member
Of the last legislature was confer
red with relative to safeguards fol
the public health he declared:
"The death records and vital sta
tistics are regulated by an act Of
Providence. Far be it from this leg
islatnre to interfere with Provi
dence.'
Little or no constructive legisla
ton was secured at the last session
for the prevention and cure of hope
full tubercular cases.
Omaha, Neb., October 11.-At to
days session of the Grain Dealers
National association, reports were
presented by the committee on pub
LEGATION of arbitration proceedings
H. S. Grimes, Portsmouth, O., chair
man; the committee on transporta
ton, A. G. Tying, Peoria, ILL.,, chair
man; the committee on demurrage
George d. Montelius, Piper City
ILL.,, chairman, and the hay ant
grain joint committee, p. e. Goode
rich, Winchester, Ind, chairman. OF
ficers for the coming year will be
elected and installed this afternoon
when the convention will adjourn.
One of the noteworthy features OF
the Omaha convention has been the
Strengthening of the trade rules and
arbitration features. Under the ar5i
tratiOn rule Of the association, each
member is bound to submit his
trade differences or disputes to a
board of three arbitratOrs named by
the president and selected from diff
ferent sections of the country. Ar
bitration has already resulted in the
saving Of vast sums in litigation
and has enabled dealers to move
the 5,0OO,O0O,000 bushels of the ma.
tons annual cereal crop without re-
sort to civil courts.
Norfolk, Va, October 11.-NorfOlk
had the honor today of opening the
first of the series of jubilees to be
held throughout the south as a
celebration of the semicentennial of
women's missionary work. The In
augural meeting here has attracted
a number of prominent religious
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