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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
OTTO SCHELL DIED SUDDENLY
Prominent New Um Man Passed
Away Saturday Night.

New Ulm, Mimi, January 16.-By
/ the sudden and unexpected death
Of Otto Schell, president and man
company of this city, at 1890 p. m.
Saturday, New Ulm lost one of its
best known and public spirited citi
Zens. Although he had been sick
a few days with the quinsy, neither
the doctors nor his friends thought
that the attack was a serious one
and the whole town was shocked
by the sudden announcement OF his
death.
He expired in fit of choking and
although the doctors diagnosed his
case as one of quinsy, an autopsy
will be held to determine the exact
cause of death.
Mr.. Schell was fifty years of age
born and raised in this city and has
always been one of the most active
workers in the affairs of the public
Besides his position in the brewing
company, which was founded by his
institutions in the state, Mr.. Schell
was president of the New Ulm Stone
company. president of the park
board and president of the Brown
County Agricultural society. He was
prominent in politics and, although
a brewer, was a strong advocate
of temperance.
His home, which is near the brew.
cry, is surrounded by large parl,
and together with the grounds and
buildings is one of the most inter
esting sights in New Ulm. He kept
"a large herd of deer in the park
that is one of the sights which all
visitors to the city make it a point
to see.
Mr.. Schell is survived by a wife
and two children, his son Walter
fifteen, and a daughter, Mrs. Cleve
land Frederick of Springfield, Mimi
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20

The remains will be taken to
Neosha Falls, Kansas, for interment
beside those of her children who
have gone before. Whether Mr.. Nc
Cornell will come to Mankato and
accompany the remains there or
whether he will go there and meet
them will not be known until he is
heard from. Short services will be
held in this city in any event.
The remains of Mrs. w. w. p. Nc
Cornell will be taken to Kansas for
burial, starting tonight. Brief funeral
services will be held at the resi-
dence, 327 Jackson street, at eight
o'clock this evening. Rev. Heer.
nance will accompany the remains
to Kansas.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
WATER FLOW INCREASING
Mccarthy Well Is Sunk to a DeptI
of 1,130 Feet.

OF 1,13O Feet.
The Mccarthy well has now been
sunk to a depth of 1,13O feet, and
the flow of the water is slowly i'm.
creasing. The sand is getting a
trl1e more coarse. The quartz peb-
bles taken out are so hard and sharp
that they scratch glass. Examina-
ton of the pebbles under a magni.
flying glass show that most of them
have been worn round by the action
OF the water slowly seeping through
the sand, at the rate of perhaps
three or four feet a day. 1t shows
what a tremendous pressure has
been brought on these pebbles, or
else what a long period of time
the process has been going on.
Professor w. G. Kirchoffer of
Madison, Wis, will arrive tomorrow
to look over the water system of
the city with a view to advising
about the location of future wells.
The city is talking of buying some
land near the other wells TO put
down the next well, which is looked
upon as a great mistake by many,
who believe that the more scattered
about the wells are the less they
will draw upon each other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
PATRICK MADlGAN is DEAD
He Was An Old and Well-knowr
Resident of Madison Lake.


From Mondays Daily.
Patrick Madigan, ST., died Sunday
morning at the home of his son,
James, mile and half from MadiI
son Lake, of old age. He was ninety
two years of age, and was one of
the old and well known residents
of jamestown, having been engaged
in farming there until he was forced
to take life easier on account of his
age. He has been living with his
sons since the death of his wife,
and was spending this winter with
James.
Mr.. Madigan is survived by four
sons, County Commissioner Robert
Madigan, and James, Patrick, Jr,
and Thomas Madigan, all residents
of Jamestown. He was an excellent
old gentleman, well liked by all.
and had the respect of the commu.
nifty throughout his long and useful
life. His death is greatly regretted
by many friends.
The deceased was born in Ireland.
While two of the sons live in James
town, Thomas resides at Little Falls,
and Patrick, Jr., at Bowman, N. D..
The wife of the deceased died eight
years ago at the age of eighty-ive
years. Had the deceased lived until
May 90, he would have been ninety
three years old.
Funeral services will be held at
st. Mary's Catholic church, Marys-
burg, tomorrow morning at ten
o'clock, and the interment will be
made there
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
LIVED HERE MANY YEARS
Henry Gieseke, Who Died in Fari.
bault; Funeral Tomorrow.

f1enry 6teSeke, VINO Oieo IN farI
bault; Funeral Tomorrow.
From Thursdays Daily.
The remains of the late Henry
Gieseke will be brought to this city
from Faribault on Friday at 1926
o'clock.
Brief services in English will be
held at Landowners undertaking
rooms at 1870 and at two O'Clock
from the German Lutheran church
Mr.. Gieseke was born October S.
1928, at Eisidorf Amsteroda on Harz
in Hanover, Germany.
He served as an apprentice three
years, learning the trade of stone
mason, after which he travelled for
eight years through Europe.
Coming to America in 1S4S, he set
tied in Chicago, and served eight
years on the police force in that
city.
In 1852 he was married to Carolina
Laudendorf of Germany. He came
to Minnesota in 1868, locating In
Nicollet county as a farmer, but two
years later moved to this city, and
had made his home here for thirty
nine years.
Since the death of his wife II
1905, he had made his home with
his daughter, Mrs. F.. w. Polchow
formerly Of Mankato, but now resid
ing in Faribault.
Mr.. Gieseke is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Fred Hotaling of this
city, Mrs. F. w. Polchow and Miss
Minnie Gieseke of Faribault, fourteen
grandchildren and five great-grand
children.
He was a faithful member of the
German Lutheran church, and q
good citizen, loving, devoted
father and husband, and will be
sadly missed in the home circle an(
by his many friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
SCHOOLHOUSE is BURNED
Fire Destroys Institution Presided
Over By Miss Tracje kranz.

Over BY Miss Tracie kranz.
Fire which broke out in the school
house in district No. 8, Traverse
early Tuesday evening, completely
destroyed the structure, says The st
Peter Herald. When the blaze was
discovered the interior of the school
was a mass of flame, and none OF
the contents could be saved. A loss
of fully $1,000 was entailed by the
fire, and the district carried insur
ance to the amount of $1,10O
1t is supposed that the fire was
caused by an explosion of coal gas
in the heating stove. The building
was equipped with one of the heat
ing and ventilating systems pre-.
scribed by the state department of
public instruction, and the fire had
been banked for the night. About
eight o'clock in the evening Philip
Wolfe discovered that the building
had caught fire, but before he could
give the alarm the flames were
bursting from the windows on all
S''SoJ anu III SHUT tlIIle IL WAS
reduced to a pile Of smouldering
ruins.
School district No. 8 had one OF
the best equipped school houses in
Nlcollet county. New seats and
desks were put in only last fall,
and the school had an exceptionally
fine library and a good organ. The
district owned the text books, and
had a liberal investment in maps,
kindergarten supplies and similar ar.
ticles. All OF these things were
burned. and in addition the teacher
Miss Tracie M. Kranz of Mankato
lost a number of her books and per.
sOnal effects.
Trustees of the school district are
making arrangements to reopen
their school in the Traverse town
hall. A new school building will be
erected in the spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
HOW'S THIS.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY &s CO.. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known f.
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
TO carry out any obligations made by
his firm.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally acting directly upon the blood
Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
lake Halls Family Pills for constipa-
Uan
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20

ST. Cloud and virginia nave grown
in a surprising manner.
Washington, January 14.-Minne-
sofas representation in the house
is increased from nine to ten men,
bers by the terms of the Crum-
packer apportionment bill, which was
reported by the committee on the
census. Representation from North
and South Dakota is increased in
each case from two to three mem
beers,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
Death of Wells Younu Man.

La Crosse, Wis, January 1S.-Ray
Auge, twenty-four years old, a brake
man, who was crushed between two
cars at Houston, Mimi, Saturday.
died at a local hospital yesterday.
The body will be taken to his par
ents' home at Wells, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
NORMALS DEFEATED MADELIA
Fast Game, But the Visitors Could
Not Cope With Locals.

Score II to 8 in favor of the
normal. The lineup of normal as
follows: Alma Kroeger, r. f; Ella
Swanson, ]. f.; Margaret Cabot, r.
g.; Eleanor Johnson. !. g.; Myrtle
Hedberg, c.; Josephine Thayer, c. G.
The forwards played a clean, fast
game. Miss Swanson playing I'M
usually well. The guards played
well, holding their opponents at
every stage of the game. A great
deal of credit is due to Miss He'd
berg and Miss Thayer, who showed
marked skill in passing the ball.
The Madelia girls played a good
game but were at disadvantage be-
cause the court was larger than
what they had formerly used.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20

John Hoffman, the barber, has left
the city and is supposed to have
gone to Canada. A number of peo-
pie are said to regret his sudden
departure.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20

DR.. j. w. Andrews, DR.. c. D. Snow
and John II. Thomas attended the
meeting of the State Institution for
Savings held in Minneapolis yester-
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
POPULATION OF CITIES
Census Figures Are Given Out BY
Director Durand.

Washington, January 14.-The iii
rector of the census ha sannounced
the population of the following cities
and villages in the state of Mime
of 5000, as shown by an official
count of the returns of the thir-
teenth census:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20

Rev. G.. E. Brandt of Janesvill
stopped in the city for a visit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20

j. c. Rachel, h. C. Olerman and
Frank Ransom of st. Peter were
Mankato visitors today
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
Was a Cultured LADY

She was cultured and possessed
many OF those accomplishments that
go to make the home attractive. she
was loving wife, and kind friend,
and her death will be great loss
to her husband, as it is a severe
blow to all who enjoyed her ac-
quaintance.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

which has Increased the cost of build
ing IN Gary. In proof of this assertion
they given out number OF "exhibits''
of jobs on which Independent contrac-
tors bid lower than members of the
association. The jobs are not named,
being given out by members. all of
which means absolutely nothing.
But even admitting that the figures
given are correct the actual figures on
actual jobs. a little thought will show
that those figures have just one mean
ing, that independent contractors are
bidding on work and getting some con-
tracts. in competition with members of
the Employers, Builders and Material
Mems association. If that association
is a combine it is very evident from the
testimony of these independents that
the combine is not accomplishing the
results for which they claimed it was
formed. Therefore. IL the combine is
not succeeding in securing a monopoly
on contracts 1t is evident that the pub
lie is being protected that competition
is keeping down the profits of the con-
tract to a reasonable basis.
1t is evident to anyone that any man
building structure OF any sort will
: take the lowest bid offered by a re-
sponsible party.
The average investor is not putting
up buildings for the benefit of the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14


Grown Point has fought US at every
turn of the road" said they. and it
is about time to call halt. Hammond
never had a prospect of getting any
thing, but what Crown Point wanted
just as much
Seventy five per cent of the people
of Lake county live in North and Calu-
met townships" said J. X. Stinson.
and I, for one. am IN favor of MAX
ing an agreement with Gary by which
the county seat is to be moved to that
city in return for Gary's support of
Hammond's bill
TO TAKE COUNTY SEAT.
Gary would be a hundred times
more accessible to Hammond ard East
Chicago. and 1 learn from a number
of East Chicago people that they would
favor making Gary the county seat.
That would be taking the courts
to the people. and the joke of having
IS, 900 people go to IA town of 5000 in
habitants, in an out of the way place
to attend to their county business
would be ended"
TT would settle the court fight for
ever" said Stinson. land we would
teach these Crown Point lawyers les
SON.
other Hammond lawyers talked the
same way this morning. In fact the
way Crown Point is acting was the
principal topic of conversation this
! morning in the Lake superior court
roor1
number of Hammond lawyers will
go to Indianapolis tonight to be pre-
pared for the Crown Point attack on
Wednesday. The coming battle will be
interesting
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
VAN HORNE
MADE BASE
BALL HEAD
Especial to THE TrMEs.l

indiana Harbor Ind. Feb. 1.-THE
directors of the Indiana Harbor Base
ball association met last night to elect
new president to take the place of the
late Judge t. NJ C. Hembror.
The new head chosen was w. B. Van
Horne. The secretary was ordered to
draft suitable res olutions on the death
of the deceased president, to be sent to
the widow.
The last matter of business to which
Judge Hembroff attended before his
death was the Preparation of the in
corporation papers for the baseball as
ISOLATION. He remained at his office
later than usual the evening before he
died that these might be completed
for signing the next day, when they
were to be sent to Indianapolis for Ill
Ing with the secretary OF state.
These papers, owing to his death,
will require a few changes. replacing
the name of the president therein
named with that of the new executive.
etc These changes will be made to-
day and will be sent to President Van
Horne at indianapolis. who will bring
themba ok with him when he returns
from the capital next Friday.
Last nights meeting was q most en-
thustastic one. 1t was attended by
Dave Lewis. who was in the chair;
Beverly Chew. the secretary; C. A..
westberg Walter ]. Riley. Thomas
O'Connell. DR.. F. E. Stephens and Matt
Eternberg.
Plans for the grand stand at the new
ball park have been drawn by three
firms OF architects and builders. Gala
han and Schock have furnished one set
of drawings. Bruce Miller of East Chi
cago another. and Secretary Che whas
a Chicago architect at work upon a
third These plans will be presented at
the meeting of the association to be
held Saturday Afternoon
An engineer will be employed to lay
out the diamond and the earth which
will be taken from the diamond in lev
cling it OF will be thrown into an en-
bankment which will completely sur
round the field, making the latter avail
able for flooding in winter for skat-
ing 1t is also intended to utilize the
park as a football field after the base
ball season closes.
The directors are considering the pnr-
chase of lumber for the fence and
grand stand from Morganthou & Rob-
inson. who have the widely advertised
car wrecking contract in hand. and II
this lumber is found available for the
purpose the cost OF material will be
greatly reduced below what it would
be were new lumber to be employed.
Next week President w. j. McAleel
of the Northern Indiana Baseball
league and Manager Matt Sternberg o,
the Indiana Harbor team Will take q
day off for the purpose of visiting Val
paraiso. Michigan City, Plymouth an6
Gary to line up these towns and com
plete the arrangements for bringing
them into the league
There will be a meeting of the North
ern Indiana Baseball association mex
Sunday afternoon in the Office Of w. ]
McAleer In Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
How's This !?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hairs
Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned have known f. j. Cheney
for the last is years. and believe him perfectly
orable In ali business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his nrm-
NATIONAL BAsK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo. Ohio
Halls CAtarrh CURE Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents per
bottle Sold by all Druggists
Take HallB Family Pills for constipation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
Directors Hold Meeting

The directors of the Gary Co-Opera-
tive Realty company held a business
in the offices of the president,
Or. j. E. Metcalf, yesterday afternoon.
The corporation is arranging to pur-
chase several tracts of land for specu-
lative purposes on the south side
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

THERE'S A CHANCE THAT VOC
OUGHT NOT TO POSTPONE THAI
ANY LONGER. RJ.AD
THE TINES ADS AND SEE IF 1hIS
Is NOT so.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

or material man. Therefore
he will secure bids in open competition.
II independent contractors can step
in and probably bid on Jobs at a lesser
figure than the members of the asso-
citation. then we are happy to welcome
those mon to the field. There is plenty
of work here for contractors and there
is no restriction offered to any who
may wish to enter.
Just to show that there is open COM
petition in the contracting field in
Gary and that independents do not al
ways get jobs when they get chance
70 bid we desire to submit few bids
.on buildings In Gary. We do this to
show that the bids OF the members OF
the contractors association show
wide variation on the same job and
that the Independents are sometimes
far from the lowest.
On the Commercial club building tho
following bids were submitted:
1ngwald Moe. --...- $23.OSS
Smith Construction Co. $1,000 22.s40
Dalrymple Construction Co.. 22,551
Nj. l. Maxon -..--..-.....- 1o,zSa
Calumet Construction Co... 10000
A > Hess .-.--.-.-.. is,VoS
Indiana Improvement Co. HISS
The bid of the Indiana Improvement
company did not include glass or
'iussos
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Hess. to whom the contract was award
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IS ns uIes prove eonciusiseiy that
n. y ny 'ois asSocia' ion
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p. IN 'ne members OF the as
\ 'nis pio'' me
'S VI coihpihe one
Out granting thet sucn combine
does exist for arguments sake. II
mas been charged that certain classes
OF contractors have conspired not only
among themselves. but with the mem
pers or the unions working for them
In this way 1t is charged that con-
tractors ana union men worked to-
getner and increased the cost of build
| ing Therefore, If that is true the
| mere fact that the contractors are
willing to do away with this old ad
vantage proves that they are workine
! for the interests OF the public in thi.
| fight. Under open shop condition.
there can be no collision between con
| tractor and union. All dealings will
| be open and above board simply he
i cause it will he imnossible that Tho,
can he anvtbi,r orsa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
COMMERCIAL CLUB
OF GARY EXPLAINS
POSITION FULLY

CONTINUED from Page one.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
MAY FIGHT TO GET
GARY co. SEAT

CONTINUED from Page one,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

1t looks like the back of the bi-par-
tisan combine, composed Of Senator
Wood. Kane. Kistler and Stotsenburg.
in the senate has been broken, and that
from now on there will be less of the
effort on the part of the combine to
control legislation. The combine made
the fight of its life against the CRUDE
referendum bill and on the first vote
it prevented the passage of the bill IN
the first place the combine tackled on
enough amendments to make the bill
worthless. the theory being that IL it
passed at all 1t should pass in form
which would be the least Objectionable
to the corporations which would be
affected by it. Then when they had the
bill amended all out of shape the BIZ
partisans combination succeeded in
preventing dts passage, because. al
were in favor of passage. 1t did pit
receive constitutional majority.
The four senators named led the fight
against the bill and the fight they made
was good one. Senator Gavit. of Lake
county, also fought the bill and helped
to make amendments. and it was
thought that he would stick to>the com
bine and follow its lead, since he Is 9
corporation man and Interested in
number of corporations which hoIe
franchises from tine people. Senator
| Fleming was in favor OF the bill as i
stood originally but when it wa:
amended he voted against it.
After this vote was taken the news