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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
WEST DEcoRIA.EAST RAPIDAN.

Mrs. J. E. Swartout and children
spent Sunday afternoon visiting Mrs.
Cotton.
Grant Cotton drove to Mapleton
Saturday afternoon on business, and
while away called on friends there
and in Sterling.
The chinch bugs came down in
great numbers, but it is little too
late to do a great deal of damage
unless they turn on the tender cora.
The rain of Sunday night put a
ban on shock threshing for few
days, but with good weather they
will resume operations again tomor
row.
Mr.. and Mrs. Talman Ward and
young son of Sterling visited Mr.
and Mrs. Cotton a couple of days
last week, and took in the circus in
Mankato.
David Anderson commenced thresh
ing for the farmers in this vicinity
early last week. The grain was
threshed from the shock. No report
on the yield has been given yet, but
we hope to be able to give it soon
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
PERRY WYSONG DEAD;
OLD RESIDENT OF CITY
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Perry Wysong passed away this
morning at the family home on Lin
coin street, after an illness of many
months. He was taken sick in
March, 1911, with hemorrhages, and
never fully regained his health. Late
this winter he took to his bed and
had been confined to it for fourteen
weeks.
Mr. Wysong. was born in Winches
ter, Ind, October 2, 1884, and lived
there until 1865. On December II
1861, he married Miss Caroline w
Way of Winchester. After coming tC
MankatO Mr.. Wysong engaged in the
contracting and bricklaying business
and there are many old and promi
nent buildings in this city for which
he had the contracts. The Hubbard
mill, Mrs. R. d. Hubbard's residence
and the Baptist church are among
the buildings which will stand as
monuments of his labor for many
years to come. The family home
at 205 Lincoln street was one OF
the first houses built in the town
being built in 1867, and occupied by
the family continuously since then.
Held Public Positions.
Earlier in his life Mr.. Wysong
was member of the board of edu
cation for many years and was also
an alderman for several terms, and
he always kept up his interest in
matters of public interest. He was
a prominent member of the Ma
sonic lodge, being connected with
the A. F. and A. NJ, and was a
Knights Templar For many years
until his health commenced to fail
he was a vestryman in the Episcopal
church also.
Last December Mr. and Mrs. wy
song celebrated their fiftieth wed
ding anniversary. Most of their mar
ried life was spent in Mankato and
the years for Mr.. Wysong were busy
ones. He was man who improved
his time until his declining years
and health forced him to give ur
his energetic business career.
Besides his wife Mr.. Wysong
leaves two sons, AL and Jay Wysong
and a daughter, Miss Florence Wy.
song, all of whom are at home.
The funeral arrangements will be
made later.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
SPEEDING AUTO TURNS
TURTLE; II. {. BRUSH IS
KILLED IN AN INSTANT

fast He was coming to Mankato
with some extras for his threshing
outfit and wanted to reach a foundry
to have some repairs made, before
the foundry closed down at six
o'clock This is the only reason
that can be assigned for his driving
so fast.
However, it is believed that being
new man at driving automobiles
he had become little mixed on the
levers, and instead of pressing his
foot on the brake when the car
started TO skid, he pressed the feed
lever, giving the car more power
People who saw the car pass a few
moments before the accident said
it went about forty-one miles an
been speeding.
Mr. Brush owned large farm
near Amboy, but for the last year
or two has lived in that villag.
Yesterday he went out to the farm
to get Mr.. Sulfiow, who has charge
of the threshing crew, and together
they were to come to Mankato for
the repairs.
SuIflow Started For Help.
Shortly after Mr.. SulflOw was
thrown from the machine he re.
gained his feet and started for a
nearby farm house for help. He
thought that Mr.. Brush was still
alive and asked for a crowbar with
which to raise the automobile that
pinned Mr. Brush to the ground. He
had proceeded about fifty or sixty
rods from the scene when F. H.
Barnes came in his machine
Mr.. Brush has lived near Amboy
for about thirty or forty years, com
ing there when but a young boy
while Mr. Sulflow, who is about
twenty-three years old, has spent all
his life near Amboy.
Deceased is survived by a wife
and two sons, William and Clifford
and two brothers, A. M. Brush OF
Amboy and Dr. Fred Brush of the
state of Washington, and a sister,
Mrs. Lucius Reed of Amboy. The
funeral will be held tomorrow after.
noon at two O'Clock from the house
Accident at Owatonna.
Owatonna, Mimi, August Mrs.
w. c. Zamboni, wife of a we'll known
Owatonna merchant, was thrown from
an automobile and badly bruised yes.
terday. A party composed of Mr.
and Mrs. Zamboni and Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Brown were in the automobile
when a Mr.. Riley of Clarks Grove
riding motorcycle on which he
carried second passenger, swung
suddenly around the corner, strik
ing the automobile squarely.
Both motorcyclists were knocked
unconscious and were taken to a
hospital. Internal injuries are feared
The Zamboni car was badly
smashed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
WILL FILE THIS WEEK

st. Paul, August 7.-Governor Eber-
hart probably will file for renomi-
nation when he returns to st. Paul
the latter part of this week, accord
ing to Ralph w. Wheelock, his pri-
vate secretary. At the same time,
an expense account as required by
the corrupt practices act will be
given the secretary of state, thereby
ending the question of whether or
not the governor is violating pro-
visions of the corrupt practices CODE
Governor Eberhart has contended
that, as he has spent no money for
campaign purposes, he has no ex-
pense account to file. Others insist,
however, that the corrupt practices
act requires the filing of a statement
with the secretary of state setting
forth whether any money has been
spent, or obligation contracted.
Secretary as Campaign Manager.
1t is probable Mr. Wheelock and
A. M. Hayes, executive clerk, will
constitute the governors campaign
OIHInlCteo. insurance COMMISSION
er Preus, appointed by the governor,
may figure as a member of the com.
mittee.
Governor Eberhart will make one
and possibly two campaign speeches
previous to the primaries but unless
unusual attack is made upon him,
he will not make strenuous state.
wide campaign.
He expressed his intention of
running on his record" Mr.. Vince.
lock said, land unless mud is thrown
will not deviate from that course.
Many charges have been made
against him but they were so utterly
and apparently untrue that he has
let them go unnoticed
Former Governor John Lind OF
Minnesota is preparing to sail for
America from Europe and is anxious
to get in the fight to elect Woodrow
Wilson president. Governor Lind
went to Stockholm several months
ago and saw the Olympic games
there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
SITE FOR BANK SECURED
From Wednesdays Daily.


At a meeting of the directors of
the Peoples State bank of North
Mankato it was decided to purchase
lot on the corner of Cross street
and Belgrade avenue, which is own
ed by John Robert Ground will be
broken tomorrow morning and the j.
B. Nielsen Construction company,
which has the contract for the con-
struction of the building, will put as
large force of men as possible on
the work, and rush it to completion.
The building will be of brick, with
pressed brick facing, lighted on
the north and east. 1t will be one
story high and Is by A feet in size.
The wood work and fixtures will all
be of oak, and will be made with
the same finish. The building will
be an up-to-date little building and
will be furnished completely and
carefully with substantial furniture
and fixtures.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
HUNT FOR MRS. AKElEY CHARGED WITH FORGERY

Minneapolis, August Mrs. Clara
Rood Royce Akeley, widow of the
late H. c. Akeley, has disappeared.
and is believed by Deputy Sheriff
John P. Wall to be on her way to
California, where the widow of a
man who dies intestate receives half OF
his fortune instead of one-third, as
is the case in Minnesota. At the
bennington it was said that Mrs.
Akeley had not been in her apart
ments since Saturday or Sunday, and
that she had left no forwarding ad-
dress.
Mr.. Akeley's safe deposit box was
opened at the Minnesota State bank
deposit vaults yesterday by L. w.
Collins and F. H. Peterson, admins.
traitors, and no will was found. The
probate court appointed the admins.
traitors, indicating that it was the be.
lief that certain properties belonging
to the Akeley estate were being TAX.
en- from the state.
Deputy sheriffs attempted to find
tn lady so they could serve papers
on her.
The papers to be served were an
order from Probate Judge Smith
commanding her to turn over to the
special administrators all property OF
every kind left by her husband; the
summons in an action commenced by
the special administrators citing heI
to show cause why she should moi
be restrained from disposing of any
of her late husbands property; q
subpoena, directing her to appear al
10 a. m, to day in ST. Paul before
c. L. Weeks, assistant attorney gen
eral, in connection with the collec
ton of the inheritance tax on the
Akeley estate under the Minnesota
law. The estate is estimated al
more than $1,OOO,OOO. The state may
lose its inheritance tax
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
MISS LEWIS CANDIDATE

has announced her candidacy for the
nomination for county superintend
ent Miss Lewis has taught in the
eighth grade of the public schools
with marked success for number
of years and has made a careful
study of educational methods.
The board of education will no
doubt grant her leave of absence
from her position in the eighth
grade during the campaign and in
case she is defeated in the election
she will retain her position in the
MankatO schools.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
IDLE CHURCHES TOTAL
FULL 100 IN ILLINOIS

De Kalb, ILL.,, August 7.-Abandon-
ed churches to the number of 1.7OO
in the open country and in the
small towns of Illinois was the
picture of rural needs drawn by
Rev. Warren H. Wilson of New
York at the Country Life confer
ence which closed day or two
ago. Dr. Wilson is superintendent
Of the department of church and
country life of the Presbyterian
board of home missions.
He based his estimate on an ac-
tual count of 500 churches secured
in a survey. This estimate does
not include, DIR. Wilson explained,
the churches turned into corn cribs.
pig stys and barns, or that have
been burned or hauled away, but
represents churches standing idle
and unoccupied.
Cause of Abandonment.
The moving out of owners and
the ingoing of tenants, sectarianism,
with consequent lack of cooperation
among the churches, false notions
as to the function of the church as
simply to prepare the people for
heaven were given as some of the
reasons for the condition.
"a church in the country is need
ed" he said, ito teach farmers how
to spend their money. The income
of Illinois farmers overfiows. All
many farmers do with their money
is to buy land. Why should not
our farmer buy a piano, take the
wife for a visit down east, build
an attractive home for the children?
The farmer must learn to give as
well as to save"
Raped Theological Schools.
DR.. Wilson criticised theological
schools for training young men to
leave the farms and for holding out
ideals to young ministers that pre-
vent full sympathy with farm life
eff a minister thinks that his sole
business is to train the individual
for heaven" he remarked, "his hear
ers will feel no conjunction about
forsaking the farms But if he
teaches that farm land is the holy
earth, as we have been taught that
Palestine is the Holy Land, his
hearers will see duty and opportuni-
ty in cultivating the SOIL
The popularity of baseball is one
of the facts established by a sur
vey of fourteen counties of Illinois,
conducted by Rev. Clear s. Adams
of Bement, Ill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
CHANGES MADE IN FORCE
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
H. B. Williamson, who has been
chief clerk in the local office of the
Standard Oil company for number
of years, has resigned his position
to associate himself with E. w.
Owen in the piano business. It is
understood that Mr.. Ovens business
has grown to an extent that he can
not handle it alone, and it is ex-
pected that Mr.. Williamson will de-
vote most of his attention to the
floor sales and general office work.
F. M. Monson, formerly at Wa
tertown, S. D., will shortly move
here from that point and assume
the position of chief clerk at the
Standard Oil company office.
Mr.. Monson's duties will be some
what enlarged and I. w. Postlewaite,
at present cashier, will be advanced
to the position of assistant chief
clerk, in direct charge of the office
force. He will be. succeeded by
Carl Monsoon as cashier.
The policy of the Standard Oil
company is to promote it's employees
as rapidly as they prove themselves
capable and opportunity presents, as
result of which the more RESPONSE
BILE positions in the Mankato office
are now filled by young men who
started at the bottom of the ladder
few years ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
COMPLAINED TO POLICE
From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily.
Several women in the north end of
the city are wrought up over another
attempt at the old game of charging
pictures on a promise of one thing
and demanding another when the
pictures are delivered. The old pic
ture charging game seems to have
been worked on several housewives
within the last week in Mankato.
Complaint has been made to one OF
the policemen and he was looking
for the solicitor today. The women
claim that this solicitor took up or.
ders for charging pictures some time
ago, promising to make them for 81;
later when they were delivered, So
was asked as a frame had been put
on, not provided for in the original
promise.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09

Fairmont, August Max Becker,
alias Max Rydoll, was arrested in
Fairmont Monday evening and is
now in the county Jail awaiting the
sheriff from West Point, Neb., where
he is wanted both on forgery and
robbery charges.
The crimes for which he is want
ed were committed over a year and
half ago, but during that time he
successfully eluded the officers.
He came to Fairmont about five
weeks ago, and soon after made ar.
rangements with John Niez to con.
duct a lunch counter in his saloon
and has since been so employed.
A few days ago a party residing
near Truman, and who formerly re-
sided at West Point, Neb., and who
knew the man at that place, met
him on the street and partly recog
nized him, but was not at that time
certain about it, and so he wrote
the authorities in Nebraska.
Upon receipt of his letter, the Ne
braska officials sent Sheriff Ward a
description of the man with orders
to arrest him if found, and it took
Sheriff Ward only a few minutes to
locate the man.
When placed under arrest the man
denied that he was Max Becker, and
pretended to be very indignant over
the matter. His protests, however
had no effect and he was locked ur
In Jail, and since then the Truman
party recognized him as the man
wanted in Nebraska.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
HUGH HALBERT MADE
ATTACK ON PLATFORM

Plncnot, Chester ROwell of California,
Charles Mccarthy of the legislative
reference bureau at the University of
Wisconsin, Medill Mccormick of Chi
cago, James r. Garfield of Chic and
other close personal friends of Colonel
Roosevelt
1t had been announced that those
which was program of genuine social
and industrial justice and which would
mark new era in this connection in
the United States
Vigorously Attacks Platform.
1t required an hour and a half to
read this tentative platform and i'm
mediately dozen members of the
committee attacked it with vigor. Will
lam Dudley Foulke of Indiana headed
the assault. He declared that the plat
form should be shortened to one-quar.
ter it's length.
Hugh T. Halbert of Minnesota took
the floor as soon as Foulke had fin
ished his criticism. He called the plat
form verbose, pedagogic and lacking
in vitality.
Several other members of the COM
mittee took a stand similar to that of
Mr.. Halbert and various planks were
torn apart and derided. 1t was then
announced that the committee would
be engaged in revising the platform
until Wednesday morning before it
would be in shape for submission to
the convention.
Miss Jane Adams of Hull house
was among those who appeared. She
lifted her voice on behalf of the ne.
groes and asked that the new party
stop. look and listen" before dis
franchising in their convention the
negroes of the South.
Planks were proposed on civil serv.
ice reform, prohibition and nearly
every advanced political idea of the
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09

chicago, Aug. o.-Ine committee Oh
platform of the National Progressive
convention got into lively row soon
after organization was perfected and
some pretty plain words were spoken
in discussing the proposed declara.
ton of principles of the new party.
1t was apparent from the first that
the platform probably could not be
completed before late Tuesday night
or Wednesday morning. 1t is due to
60 to the convention Wednesday after.
noon.
After full discussion in the general
committee the plan of the leaders was
to appoint subcommittee of seven to
confer with Colonel Roosevelt and to
work out the platform with him.
The idea will be to condense into
crisp, short planks the various ad.
vanced ideas to be outlined to the con.
vention by the colonel in his SO called
confession of faith" speech. 1t was
said that practically all OF the progress
siveness in Colonel Roosevelt's speech
will be adopted in the platform.
May Eliminate Radical Ideas.
There are two or three of the more
radical ideas, however, which may not
be included Colonel Roosevelt, it was
said, would not object to the elimina-
ton of few proposals, but is insis-
tent that all the rest shall be con-
tanned in the platform upon which he
ts to run.
Soon after the committee met the
draft of tentative platform was pre-
scented by group of leaders who had
met several times to discuss the mat
ter. The draft was said to express the
combined ideas of Dean Lewis of the
law school of the University of Penn
sylvania, Dean Kirchway of the law
school of Columbia university. Clifford
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
Dog Bite Was Fatal.

Oric c.. Whited, fifty-eight years
old, a resident of Minneapolis for
twenty-five years, died of hydropho.
bia Tuesday morning at his town
home, 1906 Fifth street southeast
Mr.. Whited was bitten by a pet
coach dog July Z, while in the boat
house at his new summer home at
Eagle island, Lake Minnetonka. The
dog inflicted slight wounds on his
nose and face
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
Three Elevators Sold.

On Tuesday Sheriff Ward sold at
execution sale three elevator prob.
critics belonging to the Wohlhuter
Elevator company. The one at Fair.
mont sold for $2,175 and was bid
In by the Martin County National
bank. The one at Truman was sold
to the Truman Farmers Elevator
company for $4,000. The elevator
at Northrop was bid in by the Wei.
come National bank at $1,05O.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Henry Parrott to James Lynard,
lot B, Harrington's subdivision, block
ID, Van Brunt's addition, Mankato.
Consideration, $500. This is a resi-
dence property.
Ferdinand c. Darge to Robert
Speck, lots 10. IL and II, block 2,
Good Thunder. Consideration, $4,000.
A. A. Handy to August G. Graf
lots Z, 8 and 9, block 5, Good Thun.
der. Consideration, $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
ONCE A MAN OF MEANS
DIED IN A POOR HOUSE

st. Peter, Mimi. August 7.-Eu-
gene Masterman, once a wealthy
farmer of Lake Prairie township,
dropped dead at the Nicollet county
poor farm yesterday afternoon. His
death recalls a long-drawn legal bat
tie in which he took part years ago.
Masterman, who was eighty-one
years of age, was once the owner
of ITO acres in Lake Prairie, the
property having value of approx
mately $4,000. He was deprived of
it, he contended, through the perfidy
of a nephew, Patrick j. McElroy,
of New York, whom he charged with
using undue influence to obtain a
deed to the farm.
Story Told BY Masterman.
Masterman's story, as he told it
effect that for several years before
the deed was executed McElroy Wis
tied him at his farm every summer
They kept up a regular correspond
ence, and on January 20, 1903, Mas
terman wrote to McElroy, saying he
was in poor health and asking his
nephew to come and see him. About
week later McElroy arrived, mani
tested great regard for his uncle and
proposed that the latter return to
New York and reside with him.
Signed Deed.
On February of that year Mas
terman signed deed, but he later
testified that his health was so fee
BILE and his physical condition so i'm
paired that he did not understand
the nature of the transaction. After
the indenture had been drawn he
went to New York, but in a few
months tired of the metropolis and
returned to Minnesota.
Then he found that his farm was
recorded in the name of another,
and he began an action to have the
transfer set aside.
Claim Was Resisted.
In resisting this, McElroy denied
that his uncle was too feeble to
transact business, and alleged on the
contrary that his mind was sound
and clear -.'..
In the trial court Masterman was
successful land its ruling was sus-
tanned by the Minnesota supreme
court. Then McElroy took the case
to the United States circuit court of
appeals, and that tribunal reversed
the decisions of the others, holding
that title to the farm should be
vested in MeEiroys
Went to tAimshouse.
While the long legal fight was in
progress Masterman was supported
by friends, but when it terminated
and he was stripped of his posses
sions he declined further aid from
them. Four years ago he made ap-
plication for admission to the aims
house, and although the county COM
missioners interceded for him and
made an effort to prove that the
terms of the deed gave him a life
interest in the property, they were
unsuccessful.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
Purchased Fine Farm.

]. Morrissey of Iowa has purchased
of the Southwestern Land company
the J. ]. Waddell farm near Nicollet
This is finely improved 800 acre
farm and is one of the best dairy and
stock farms located in southern Min
nesota. Mr.. Morrissey is highly
pleased with his purchase and with
Mankato and the country in general
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09

said that several cheap watches were
purchased the other day and that
there were two at the camp a few
miles out of Mankato, whose owners
could not be found. 1t was thought
that one of these watches belonged
to the stranger, who complained at
the police station.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
Daley Has Named Committee.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

A. J. Daley of Luverne, candidate
for congress in the second district,
has filed the names of his campaign
committee. o. E. Ferguson is secre-
tary; p. o. Skyberg, treasurer, and
j. o. Helgeson, w. E. e. Green and
Henry Arp are the other members,
all residents of Luverne.