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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-08-17
MR.. ROosEvELT's CONFESSION
OF FAITH.

A Great Independent Newspaper $
View of il and his Party.
The Springfield Mass Republican,
conceded to be the most independent
newspaper OF high class in the country
makes the following editorial statement
OF its attitude toward Roosevelt and
his confession Of faith -
We are obliged to treat Mr.. Roose
velt's CHICAGO address much as we
treated mis- Columbus address, There
is very much in ii with which. in
incipe. we agree although there is
more in il, perhaps, with which we do
not agree than there was in the speech
mt Columbus. We should not lind ii
difficult to support for the presidency
the writer Of this Chicago address
provided, the writer had been some
body besides Theodore Roosevelt. We
should not oppose "a national law for
presidential primaries indeed, such
law is now needed on the lines OF the
Cummins bill, If there are to be any
presidential primaries whatever The
position taken by Mr. Roosevelt re-
garding the short ballot, the initiative
referendum and recall in the states is
the same AS that taken at Columbus;
and we regard il as unobjectionable.
Representative government would cas-
lily survive these innovations because
government in this country could not
endure unless in its main, dominating
aspects il remained representative
The representative principle cannot be
lost or killed in complex democracy
because il is as much an improvement
in efficiency over pure democratic
forms as ne gasoline engine s.over the
crude water. wheel Of our ancestors.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-08-17

couraged by my friends and supporters
to enter the political arena In the com
ing campaign, / take the liberty to
hereby announce myself candidate for
the Republican nomination for the
Office Of Prosecuting Attorney az the
Primary elections to be held on the
eth Of August. 1912.
n nominated and elected. shall at.
tend strictly and impartialIy 10 all
duties pertaining TO said Office without
fear or favor.
Your support at the Primaries is
hereby solicited and will be highly ap.
preicated.
/ also take this occasion 10 again
thank the voters tor their former
liberal endorsement Of my candidacy
for said office.
August J. Waffen.
July 2gth. 1912.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-08-17

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COUNTY ROAD WORK

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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-08-17
To the Voters OF Iron County

received
4 a large and gen.
erous support from
the City Of Crystal
Falls and other parts
Of Iron County in
the fail election OF
1910, and being en-
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
Anaboy

Jim Winch repaired phones in
this vicinity last week.
On account of the storm the pri
mary vote was light in Pleasant
Mound
Mrs. Clarence Smith and daughter
of Winnebago are visiting at the
home of Will Parks.
Mrs. Charles Williams, formerly a
resident of Pleasant Prairie, is visit
ing friends in this vicinity
The Junior society Of the Basey
church will give an ice cream social
at the home OF Will Parks Friday
evening.
]. G. Olmstead and wife will give
one of their popular entertainments
at the Christian church on September
20. Admittance twenty-five and fifteen
cents. Everybody is cordially invited
A very pleasant baby party was
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Parks last Thursday. There
were twelve babies present accompa
MED by their mothers. Mr.. Mead, the
photographer was present and took a
fine photograph of the group.
Mrs. Nat Latin and Mrs. JEFF
Hoover met with serious mishap on
the side hill road to Amboy last
week The horses did not have hold
back straps on and could not hold
the buggy back. The buggy turned
over, throwing both ladies ont. The
horses ran short distance before
being caught .se ,&
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27

moved to Eagle Lake where they
have purchased farm near town.
The District Sunday school Com
yention will be had here October 12
and 1S. An interesting program is
being arranged, announcement of
which will be made later Plan to
attend .H.tI.tf ~. a f 4,
Mrs. Jessie John, State Supt. of
Medal Contest work, has gone to
Minneapolis to attend the state con.
vention of the w. C.. r. u While
there she will conduct a diamond
medal contest.
Preparations are under way for
the Blue Earth county fair here next
Wednesday,, Thursday and Friday
The eating house will run as usual,
and we have an excellent hotel to
accommodate all. The attractions are
good, and the management are en-,
deayoring to make this the best fair
ever.
The Riverside Study club met We'd
nesday with Mrs. Blanche Hart. The
following program was given: Roll
call, question box, New Orleans, Lev.
ees, Mardi Gras. French Market
Mrs. Thurston; reading, Miss Thurs
ton; louisiana, People, Ancestry
Mrs. Ray;book review, "Old Creole
Days." Mrs. Ida Mills. s
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
Vernon Center

Billie Roberts of Sterling was in
town Sunday.
The county fair is next week.
Plan to attend.
F. r. Lowell, Alex Gray and Carl
Warren are filling their silos.
Mrs. Mabel Halvorson and little
son are visiting Mankato friends.
Mrs. Anna Gaylord of Oakland,
CAL, is the guest of Mrs. Eta Tall
man. t43-
The Vernon Center band will
furnish music the second ~day OF
the fair.
Miss Dora Furnald went to Man.
kato Monday to attend the CONNER
cial college.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. C. Rev and
daughters spent Sunday with Gar.
den City friends.
Alex Grey had the misfortune to
lose a valuable COW last Sunday.
The COW ate too much corn.
Corn in the vicinity of Vernon
Center is about ripe. Many think
that it is already out of the way
of frost.
Mrs. Charles Thurston returned
to her home in st. Paul yesterday
after a weeks visit at the home
of her uncle, E. T. Champlin and
family.
Mrs. Alfred Nicholson and daugh
ter of Junction City, Wis, are Wis
iting grandma Warren and other
relatives in the vicinity of Vernon
Center.
Vernon Center was we'll repre-
sented at the Mankato fair last
week. Everybody was well pleased
with the exhibits and considered
the day well spent.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Cooper, who
have been spending the summer
with their son, and other relatives
expect to return to Bloomfield the
first of the week
The school board consider them
selves very fortunate in getting sc
competent a teacher as Mrs. Evans
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Johnston.
The judges of election feel as il
they had earned their money. They
were fon deck at six O'Clock in the
morning and did not get home un
til five o'clock Wednesday morn
ing
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
LOUIS BALZER VICTIM
!. OF ACCIDENT ON THE
y I MADISON LAKE ROAD

From Fridays Daily.
Louis BalZer, the Plum street liv.
eryman, was seriously injured this
morning in collision of his auto
mobile with team driven by John
Piutz of Madison Lake, and who
was accompanied by Paul Mueller
leile, also of Madison Lake. The ac.
cident occurred at a point known
as Brushes corner, about three
miles this side of Madison Lake.
Mr.. Balzer was driving two ladies
70 Waterville and the team was
coming from Madison Lake. The
only explanation that can be given
for the accident is that Mr.. Balzer
turned to the left to round the
corner and met the team. There is
a cornfield on the left side of the
road, so he could not turn in that
direction.
The buggy tongue crashed through
the glass windshield of the automo.
bile and the horses separated, run
ming one on each side of the car.
The tongue struck Mr.. BalZer just
above the eye and crushed the from.
tai bone of the forehead.
Dr. Bigelow of Madison Lake was
notified and hurried to the scene of
the accident, accompanied by Father
Dittman of Madison Lake. DR.. Bige.
low made a hurried examination of
the injuries and brought Mr.. BalZer
to the st. Joseph's hospital here
Immediately. He was at once put
on the operating table, and DR.. Big
Glow, assisted by local physicians,
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
TRIO is GIVEN HEARING
From Saturdays Daily.

TEOtU saturdays Cditts "a
Raymond Hanna, John Townsend
and John Mccarthy, the trio arrested
for burglarizing Swenson & Young
ren's general store at Kasota Thurs
day night, were taken to lie Sueur
Center late yesterday afternoon and
were given a hearing there this
afternoon.
Adolph Lundberg, nephew of
Policeman Andrew Lundberg of this
city, is responsible for the capture
of the three fellows. Mr.. Lundberg
is employed as watchman in the
switch tower at Caroline station. He
works at night and the shifts were
changed at seven o'clock in the
morning. AS he stepped from the
tower he observed three men walk
ing along the road and they were
loaded down with an assortment OF
articles. Mr.. Lundberg did not pay
much attention to the trio at that
time, but he did watch them as they
slipped into the brush. Later in the
forenoon the officers from Kasota
called at Mr.. Lundberg's home with
the query as to whether he had
seen any strangers pass that way.
Mr.. Lundberg replied in the affirma-
tive and conducted the officers to
the point where he had seen the
three fellows crawl off into the
brush.
The officers swooped down upon
the bunch and soon afterward were
escorting their prisoners to Kasota.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27

worked over him for several hours
The injury is a serious one.
Mr.. BalZer was on his way to
Waterville and was accompanied by
Mrs. Herman Stahl and Mrs. Stahl's
mother, Mrs. He'll, who were going
to visit relatives there. When DR..
Bigelow examined Mr.. Balzer's in
jury he did not consider it very
serious and the two ladies went on
to Waterville.
Mr.. Stahl and his daughter. Miss
Clara Stahl, did not known whether
the ladies had gone on or not, and
started out in an automobile to
bring them back to Mankato. They
went to the scene of the accident
and said that no damage was done
to the automobile except the wind
shield was broken, and there was
some blood on the pieces of glass.
There was a handkerchief satu-
rated with blood lying near the
car, and one of the lamps had a
bunch of hair on it, evidently left
by the horse which had graZed it.
The buggy pole struck Mr.. Balzer
just above the right eye. The eve
Is HOI DuI VI NhO
buggy pole penetrated the brain.
The operation this morning was to
clean and drain the wound to pre-
vent blood-poisoning.
Although Mr.. Balzer is very seri-
ously hurt the attending physicians
say he has chance for recovery,
but it will be several days no doubt
before that can be determined. .
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
WIFE CAME ON Scene;
HUSBAND Sk|PS'0UT

From Fridays Daily.
st. Peter, September 20.-Deserted
by the husband whom she had
travelled half way round the world
to join, Mrs. Christ Anderson, who
arrived in ST. Peter last Saturday
from Sweden, is being cared for by
sympathetic friends. The recreant
husband and young woman COM
panion are said to have disappear
ed last Monday, and the alleged
Ielopement has created a sensation
in state hospital circles.
Mrs. Anderson's story is a pathetic
one. She relates that her husband
came to this country half-dozen
years ago. She and her two baby
boys were left behind until such
time as he could make a home for
them in the new land For the
first few years he communicated
with her regularly and she waited
patiently for the summons to come
to America, but Of late she had be.
gun to suspect that all was not as
lit should be.
| Employed at State Hospital.
! While his wife waited for him in
Sweden, Christ Anderson was en-
ployed at the state hospital in this
lefty. He was competent employe,
and when the ward for the Grim
| inal insane was opened, he was
| transferred to it as one of the at
ltendants. His associates knew of
the wife in Sweden, although he was
not given to the discussion of his
private affairs
in hn catd 10
be Miss Anna Strom, is a Swedish
| girl who came to this country about
two years ago. Persons familiar
with the case now believe that she
was sent for by Anderson. Last
| fall, it is asserted. he was instru-
mental in securing place for her
at the hospital, and she came to
St. Peter from Duluth Anderson ex-
| planned his interest in the girl, who
! is an attractive and comely young
woman, by saying that she was the
fancee of his brother, and this cir
cumstance made it seem perfectly
natural that he should see a great
! deal of her society.
Wife Advised to Get a Divorce.
! About the time Miss Strom came
| to st. Peter Mrs. Anderson, back in
/ her native Swedish village, began
. to receive disquieting letters. They
! told her that her husband had fallen
into evil ways, and advised her to
obtain a divorce. She resolved to re-
ject this counsel and follow her hus-
/ band to the United States, and by
!, careful economy secured the money
needed for her passage. She sent
no word of her coming, and it is
easy to imagine that Mr. Anderson
| was considerably surprised when his
wife and her two boys reached ST.
! Peter on Saturday.
! Two hours later he took an un-
j ceremonious departure and Miss
Strom also disappeared. Out of sym
i pathy for the unfortunate wife one
.} of the hospital employees is provid-
ing her with "a temporary home,
and it is understood that an effort
will be made to bring the erring
! couple to justice.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
KENNEDY BRIDGE ITEMS.

Frank Ireland has purchased nne
new buggy.
People are now busy cutting corn
in this section.
August Franske purchased new
horse at the auction sale at Mrs.
Hoffman's last Monday.
Miss Emma Hansch will leave for
Mankato next Monday where she
will work for Mrs. Quinn.
Charley Seefield had quite seri-
GUS accident last Saturday night
VIXEN his morse ran away.
Among those who attended the
party at George Shire's Sunday were
Henry Ireland, Fred Schmidt and
Earl Hansch.
Miss Julia Lang and broth er Les
ter were callers at the ! Schmidt
home Saturday and Sunday.
Jim McCollum has been threshins
in the neighborhood. He is now
threshing at Gust Schmdt's.
Nick Tashney has built a new
addition to his house in which he
had dance last So turday night.
The affair was well attended Mr..
Hudlufe, Mr. Bartz and Mr.. Richard
Shaub of Mankato{ were the mu.
sicians.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
BOTH LEGS SEVERED:
f., TRA YELLING NAN DIES

put his grips on the train, and
thought that Mr.. Mclaughlin had
boarded the car also.
The station agent at Medford was
notified Immediately that Mr.. Nc
Loughlin was not on the train and
requested the agent to look him up
and inform him that his baggage
had been left at Owatonna.
The agent happened to look down
the track and seeing dark object
walked toward it. He was Mortified
when he found Mr.. Mclaughlin ly-
ing near the rails will both legs
severed. One leg was cut off be
low the knee and the. other above
the knee. The injured man was
taken in an automobile to Owatonna
at about ten o'clock last night and
died there about half an hour after
his arrival at hospital. .
Mr.. Mclaughlin leaves wife and
two grown daughters. He was forty
nine years of age.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
Garden City

Merle Goodall has gone to Minn,
eapolis.
Mrs. Frank Howard was week
end visitor at Madelia
Miss Rose Stratton is assisting
Mrs. S. F. Shepard at the hotel.
Mr.. Mccormick has gone to Kansas
City to purchase apples in carload
lots.
An auto party from Redwood Falls
are the guests of Mrs. Elizabeth Rob
erts.
Rev. and Mrs. Haldy will attend
the Methodist Episcopal Conference
this week.
S. M. Buckles, Ed Mayor and Mr..
Millard have put up new silos the
past week
Quite number from here enjoy.
ed themselves at the Mankato fair
last Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. Harvey Bathruck is seriously
i'll at his home with Brights Disease,
and there is little hope for his recov.
cry.
The schools were closed primary
building being used for election pur.
poses.
Mrs. Della Stevens and mother are
here from Mt. Carmel, H.. for an ex-
tended visit with her sister, Mrs. Ada
Wilson.
During the strong wind last week,
the newly erected silo of John Cros-
well blew down. He is busy this week
setting it up again, ready for filling.
Rev. J. G. Olmstead will speak on
'"rhe Great Marriage" at the Chris
tian Church Sunday morning Sept.
22nd. Service begins at l0:45. Every.
one welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pew and chill
dren are at the Loring home for a
few days, while their goods are being
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27

From Fridays Daily.
Thomas F. Mclaughlin Of Waseca,
a travelling man for Foley Bros. &
Kelly Of ST. Paul, died in a hospital
in Owatonna last night as a result
of having both legs cut off by a
train. a>
He attempted to board the nine
o'clock Milwaukee train at Medford,
a station north of Owatonna, and
pushed his grips upon the platform
ahead OF him. When he attempted
to board the train himself he must
have stepped on his overcoat, and
then chung to the hand rail, until he
fell under the wheels short dis
tance from the station.
The accident was not discovered
until the train pulled into Owatonna.
The conductor, who knew Mr.. Nc
Loughlin, observed that his grips
were still on the car platform and
that Mr. Mclaughlin was not on the
train. The conductor had seen him
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
RECEIVE THEIR REWARD
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
On the evening of August 90 Ar
thur Theissen, ten year old boy,
and his sister, Atelene Theissen,
seven years old, tagged Milwaukee
on finding horse with its foot
caught in the trestle. The boy ran
up the track toward the train and
refused to get off until the train
stopped. Today John Theissen, father
of the two children, received the
following letter signed by L. II.
Myers, superintendent of the Mil
waukee road:
"Your son Arthur and daughter
Atelene, fiasgad our No. 43 on Au-
gust 20 just out of Mankato and
perhaps prevented what might have
been a serious accident. We ap-
preeiate very much what they did
and consider it a very commendable
act, and / am today making
voucher in their favor and sending
it through the usual channels. for
$25 to show our appreciation of
the services rendered us at that
time.
'This voucher should reach our
agent at your station within a few
days. Kindly call for it."
1t is seldom that children the age
of these children have the courage
to attempt such thing as they
did and such an act is worthy of all
praise. Their act was one which
very many grown men would have
hesitated to commit and which
would have been creditable for any
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
HOUSE AFZRE; FALLING
!. WALL n WOKE SLEEPER

exit. He and Mrs. Lindsey lost a
lot of clothing and other valuables,
in addition to the furniture. He
also had $50 in cash in the
house, which was destroyed, the sum
being in paper money.
A young man by the name of Jonh
Dietz, who is working on anothe,
farm, had SAG in the house, and
this money was also destroyed. 1t
was feared for a time that the
barn would also burn Mr.. Linds-
ley is of the opinion that mice got
into the match box and started the
fire. He had some insurance on his
goods, and Mrs. Lowe also had in
surance on the house, but the in.
surance in either case was not suf.
ficient to cover the loss. The only
clothing saved by Mr.. Lindsey was
a pair Of overalls.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27

Fire destroyed the residence on
the farm owned by Mrs. Lowe of
Winnebago, about three and one
half miles northeast of Winnebago,
about two o'clock Tuesday morning.
Silas Lindsley is the renter on the
farm. He was alone at the time
OF the fire, Mrs. Lindsey being at
Monticello, H., where she is visiting
relatives. Mr.. Lindsey did not
know anything about the fire until
one of the walls of the house fell
in, part of the plastering striking
him on the head. 1t daZed him for
a time, and he did not fully realize
what the trouble was until the bed
clothing was on fire.
Mr.. Lindsey did not save anything
except few pieces of furniture,
which he grabbed on making his
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
CHAS. SILvERSON DEAD

New Tim, Mimi, September 81.
Charles Silverson, one of the best
known milling men in the north
west, died here at 1880 o'clock
this morning. He was sixty-two years
old. He had been i'll with COM
plication of diseases for the last six
months.
Mr.. Silverson was mayor of New
Ulm for nearly four years and held
other city offices. He was presi-
dent of the Eagle Roller Mills COM
pany and the Citizens State Bank
of New Ulm, and of the Twin City
Fire Insurance company of Mime
apolis. He was "A thirty-second de-
gree Mason and a member of the
Elks.
Mr.. Silverson was born in Ger
many and removed to New Ulm
from Cincinnati in 1886. He is sur
vived in his immediate family by
a widow, son and two daughters.
Mrs. Fred Sommer of st. Paul is
a sister. The body will be sent to
Cincinnati tomorrow for interment.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27

From Fridays Daily.
Yeggs turned a trick at st. James
early this morning and got away
with 5000 in cash and a number of
checks drawn for various amounts
The safe in the general store of
Peter Sterile was blown" The job
was done at between two and three
o'clock. The burglars had gained an
entrance through a rear door, which
they demolished, and with the coast
clear they applied the grease" to
the safe and then touched her off.
The robbery was discovered at
three O'Clock when Night Policeman
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27

Fror, Fridays Daily.
With membership Of 172 to start
on, the Order Of Owls built a local
nest last night. The affair was held
at Williams hall. The following OF
ficers were elected:
President, Paul Detlaff; past pres.
ident, Joe S. Marka; vice president,
Paul Peterson; invocator, Robert
Schmidt; treasurer, John Donahue;
secretary, Edward Enfield; warden,
Edward Paegal; picket, John Stahl;
sentinel, Olaf Peterson; representa-.
tive, Arthur Schaub; trustees, Ar.
thur Schaub, Charles VogeI, Arthur
Hunter; degree team, w. Staben
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
OWLS BUILT NEST IN
MANKA TOLAST NIGHT

Charles Lerch, Ed. Paegal, Henry
Henshaw, Robert Schmidt, A. BIZ
shop, L. p. Kaufman. The record
for charter membership was broken
in Mankato last night.
The owls bad a fine time last
night. Following the initiation of a
large class and the erection of Off
GERS, smoker was enjoyed.
The charter will remain open un-
til next Thursday, September 26.
The membership fee will be SIS.
1t is proposed to have real live
goat at the next initiation. The de-
gree work will be in charge of Ma.
tional Organizer j. F. Johnston.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
YEGGS TURNED TRICK
ST. JAMES SAFE BLOWN

Kopp found the rear door open He
made a hasty investigation and
found that the safe had been tam
pered with. He at once notified the
store proprietor and Chief of Police
Wiemerchen
A monkey wrench, which had been
taken from the tool house of the
Omaha road, was found on the floor
near the safe; also brand new
chisel wrapped in a Minneapolis
paper dated March 5.
There is no clew to the "yeggs.'
They made, their way out of St
James as quietly as they entered.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
Divorce Case Heard.
From fridays Ds.iIy.

The divorce case of Fred Krugel
versus Margaret Krugel is being
heard in district court today. At
torney Miles Porter and j. w.
Schmitt are appearing for the de-
fendant and Attorney Arthur Schaub
and Walter Plymat for the plaintiff.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
Spring Island

Siegel Sorenson is building fine
new chicken house.
Mrs. Reinhard Olson entertained
the Rapidan Ladies Aid society at
her home Wednesday afternoon.
There was a large attendance and a
delicious lunch was served The la
dies all had delightful time
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
Judue Olsen Is Renominated.

Judge l. ". Olsen Of Sleepy Eye
was endorsed at the primaries. He
carried Nicollet, Brown, Redwood
and Lincoln counties. His oppo-
nent, Mr.. Matthews, carried Lyon
county by small majority.
The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
Funeral Of Mr.. Gary.
from FRIDAYS Daily,

The funeral of the late W. Fl.
Gary will be held at the family
home at 92S North Second at 9
O'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. T.
Ross Paden will have charge of the
service. The interment vii. be made
at Glenwood cemetery. Remains
will be viewed from ten until two
o'clock.