The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-15
Thinks There Are Limits to Strict
Observance Of Law.
WHO'S WHO AMONG WOMEN
New York Newspapers Much
Wrought Up Over An Adyer-
Using SWindIe.

| Especial 70 The Free Pfess.l :"
New York, March 9--Wiiliam w.
Evans Brooklyn agent Of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
! to Animals, is humane man, as
BELTS his job, but he holds that
! there are limits even to a strict
observance of the law prohibiting
the "wanton and unskilied taking of
! the life of any animal" Evans holds
that mice should be excepted from
| the provisions of the statute, and
that householders should be permit
| ted to Stay their own rodents. He
arrived at this opinion when he was
called recently to the home of
George DOnellan, in Brooklyn, and
asked to take charge Of Il baby mouse
which had been caught in a trap
Mr.. Evans took the mouse to his
office. and, after due process of law,
painiessly put it to death by chloro.
form. The elevator boy and the office
boy, however, both state that they
| distinctly heard words coming over
the transom of Evans office, auu
that said words were highly deroga.
tory to the character of mice in.
general and the Donellan-mouse in
particular.
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New York suffragists recently took
! a ballot to decide the twenty-five
greatest women in history. and the
results shows that Susan b. Anthony
heads the list. with Madame Curie a
close second. Jane adams, of Hull
House, Chicago, is far in the lead
among the contemporary women of
America. OF historical characters,
! Joan of Arc and Queen Elizabeth of
England were the favorites. Charm
ers who attained place and power
through their beauty and consequent
physical appeal TO - men were not
given place in any of the lists
submitted : 4 .--
Secret service men in New York
are, greatly worried by a counterfeit
| one dollar certificate, which is now
circuitiBg throughout the city, and
is said to be one of the best counter
feits ever brought to the attention,
of Uncle Sans sleuths. The bills
have the check number A and the
plate number 1910, and are believed
to be photo-engraved on copper
plate. They have silk threads, the
same as genuine bank notes, but they
do not come out. The geometric lathe
patterns are slightly defective, but
magnifying glass is required
to note the difference from the genu-
inc. 1t is said that even banks have
been deceived by =. the bills, SO
clever is the imitation. !
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At a recent sale of autographs
the signature of Chauncey NJ. Depew.
former senator from. the Empire
State, was knocked down at five
cents. Perhaps the genial Chauncey"
will be able to make fresh after
dinner joke out of that. Col. Roose-
velt's autograph sold for $3.50,
while the signature of President
Taft brought half that sum. William
Dean Howell's signature was valued
by collector at 81, and an auto
graph OF the late Mark Tw lin, after
lively bidding, was knocked down
at $3.50. -. :-... @..s.s.E.
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New York newspapers are up in
arms against the practice OF many
firms of having advertisements print
ed in counterfeit newspaper pages
and paying newsdealers to insert
them In all the Sunday papers they
deliver to customers. A newsdealer
has been arrested to provide test
case, and all the newspapers OF
the city will join forces in the prose
cution. All concerns which adopt
this method of circulating their adj
vertisements are having their names
published in the papers, with the.
statement that they, steal their
advertising" r..
The proposed bill providing pen
atty of $50 to 800 for accepting or
giving a tip is not hailed with any
great amount of pleasure by the
managers of the fashionable restau-
rants and hotels. They admit that
walters are paid only about $50 a
month, and, through fines they get
very little of this. Such being the
case, the proprictors of hotels ask,
how could the walters live IL de-
prived Of their tips? Evidently 1t
never has occurred to them that
they might be paid reasonable
wages, like other workingmen. 1t
is believed that majority
of the waters would pre-
fer a regular and assured income to
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