The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-07

the commencement exercises of the
I college and to hold business meet
ing. Several other trustees are ex.
pected here at any time. Among
these are T, B. Janney of Minneapo.
lis, John w. Olsen of st. Paul.
Thomas Farier of Rochester, George
P. Latin of Freeborn, DR.. Robert N.
Adams of Minneapolis and Robert F.
Sulzer of Minneapolis.
I Senator Robert La Toilette of Wis
consin passed through MankatO yes
terday afternoon on a Northwest
Madison. He has been campaigning
in South Dakota. During the time
the train was at the union depot
the senator walked up and down
the platform. He met and con-
versed with a number of people,
:. many of whom are his admirers.
Fighting Bob" appeared to be i'm
! the pink of condition, and he is of
the opinion that lightning may
strike him" at the Chicago conven-
ton.
Madison Lake Tribune: Martin
Kelly of Morley's Bridge, Kilgarvan
County Kerry. Ireland, a nephew of
!, James Mape, arrived here Monday,
and intends to make his future home
in this country. He is the son of a
:, twin sister of Mr.. Mape. Mr.. Kelly
is a very pleasant young man, who
J; will find warm welcome wherever
he goes. He left home May %, and
made fast trip over. He is very
much pleased with this country. Mr..
Mapes mother resides with Mr..
4 Kellys folks, and as he has not
seen her for over twenty years, Mr..
Mape is planning to visit her, and
his native land this fall.
i Fairmont Sentinel: DeForest Ward,
who has practically spent all his
life in Fairmont, takes up his home
for year in Minneapolis on the
10th inst. Mr.. Ward is superintend-
ent of the insurance branch for
North Dakota and Minnesota of the
order of Knights of Pythias, one OF
the best and safest fraternal compa-
MES doing business. The demands
of his position required quick and
Eeasy accessibility to different Sec
lions and regretting as he naturally
does to leave dear old Fairmont'
he found it necessary to do so or
resign his position. Fairmont will
sincerely regret to lose Mr. and
Mrs. Ward. They both have loads
of warm friends who enjoy their
companionship and appreciate their
many admirable qualities of heart
and mind. They have been active
and generous in promoting all efforts
in behalf of the city and it's varied
interests and they will carry with
I them to their new home the hearty
|good wishes of our entire citizen
ship. Mr.. Ward has large interests
in this locality and it is a good
guess that he will be back to his
first love at the end of year or
sooner. r..
Senator S. D. Works will speak
! at Madison Lake on July 4; also
two of the teams in the BEN&W
i league will play the national game.
The Fairmont Independent says
| that there is prospect of the Oma-
] ha and Northwestern roads building
and maintaining union depot in
that city.
i Mrs. Mildred Willsey of Glenwood
/. avenue conferred with Chief of Po-
lice Donahue yesterday afternoon, to
see whether she had cause enough for
i redress through the law. She said
/ that her character is being DETAINED
and trodden upon by several men OF
this city. 49, ..-
A bountiful and yet an annoying
crop of cutworms are reported In
! the Spring Island district But these
pests have not had bad effect on
the strawberry crop. A large num-
Der of berries will be picked from
the vines in that favored neighbor-
hood this season
Rochester Post and Record: James
McGrath, a brakeman who is well
known in Rochester, was instantly
killed in a Great Western wreck at
Winona on Monday. Mr. McGrath
for two years had been passen'
ger brakeman on the Great western,
running in this city, and was well
known by many here. He was
popular young fellow and greatly adj
mired.
This morning w. H. Gary was
given taste of acting the part OF a
scrub woman A water pipe on the
third floor of the Saulpaugh hotel
broke last night, and the water seep-
ed down to the first floor, where the
insurance office of Mr.. Gary is To-
Gated. This morning when he came
down for the days work, he had a
new job, that OF hopping up two
inches of water.
i Albert Lea Tribune: The Milwau-
kee road is doing considerable work
on it's roadbed through this section
of the country. Between Albert Lea
and Wells a large construction crew
is at work putting in new ties and
gravel train is hauling ballast. The
roadbed will be put in excellent
shape as the same sort of work is
being done east of the city. 1t is
the intention of the Milwaukee to
make this division the main east
and west freight line.
i Engineer Charles H. Moore OF
Austin, who as in the recent wreck
near Wells, is coming out from his
injuries much. better than was at
first feared. A broken arm was the
chief injury, and now that the In
jured member has been properly
treated and he is on the road to re-
covery, is anxious to get back to
work. Mr.. Moore was buried under
4 a ton and half of coal and when
i the rescuers approached the scene,
nothing but his feet and face were
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