The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-21

line, returned to his home in Wa
SEGA yesterday
S, A. Kemp, who has been visiting
for the past ten days at the resi-
dence of Henry Spicer of this city,
left yesterday or his home in Eng
/, land. MIR. Kemp, who has been
spending the summer in British Co
Mmbia, made the stop in Mankato
! during his homeward trip.
| Colonel J. NJ. Barclay or Point
Pleasant was in Mankato today. His
principal topic, of conversation per-
tanned to the corn market that was
now bringing to the village load after
load of corn. There are enthus-
lasts in Madison Lake who believe
that 100000 bushels of the cereal
will be marketed in that village this
fall
George P. Bethel, national organic
! er., for the National Highway as
ISOLATION, went to Owatonna today,
| where he will remain for the next
ten days, organizing the work in
| that city,, At the end of that time
he will return to this city and
will resume his work here. During
his absence his place will be filed
by G. R. Bradley of this city.
P. F. Johnston of Knoxville, Tenn,
was in Mankato yesterday, the guest
F, of his granddaughter, Mrs. B. ]. Van
dervort. He departed last night for
! Los Angeles, Cal, where he will re-
main all winter. Mr.. Johnston is
a gentleman well along in years, but
he is young in spirit. He is one
of those kind of men who extracts
the best there is out of this life and
makes it pleasant for others as
WE'LL
Redwing Republican: A party COM
posed of Rev. Father Carey, Mayor
, J. j. Ferrin and F. A. Busch, with
Harold Olivia at the steering wheel
of Mr.. Buschs touring car, left today
/ on trip to Waterville, Mankato, st
Peter, lie Sueur, Belle Plaine, JOr.
dan and other cities in the southern
part of the state At Mankato Mr.
Busch will visit his uncle, Anton j.
Busch, wholesale grocer, who is
seriously ill. Father Carey was for
merly pastor of the Catholic church at
4, ST. Peter and anticipates a short
but pleasant stay there. The party
will return home Thursday evening
or, Friday morning.
! From Thursdays Dailv.
| Judge A. r. Pau, ST., of the dis
trict court this morning sentenced F.
r. Burch to the states prison foi
an indeterminate term. Burch, who
!, has been on parole, came from the
cities yesterday to make report
to the, court and the statements OF
/, his past actions did not seem tC
warrant the judge continuing the
parole. He is charged with non-sup.
port of his wife and family. The
length of his sentence will be deter.
mined, by the state board of control
| In his report to the court Burch
stated that since being out on parole
he, had earned $270 and of this
amount he had sent $40 to his wife.
Mrs. Burch, who was in court, de.
MED having received any money
/ w. A. Plymat was attorney for
Burch. He made brief address to
Judge Pau, but did not make very
strong plea in behalf of his client
The attorney acted as if he was dis
appointed in his clients bad be.
havior.
- Boys plead Guilty.
Edward Zenichle and Lincoln
Thompson the two boys who short
time ago took J. E. Pollen to the
freight yards near the union depot
and relieve him of his money, were
brought before Judge A. r. Pau in
the. district court this morning ant
pleaded guilty to the charge. of rob
berry in the. second degree. The orig
inal charge was robbery in the
first degree, but was later changed
to the lesser second degree. The
/ boys declined to plead guilty to the
charge in the first degree. but accord
ing to. the state law they are al
lowed to plead to the lesser charge
1t was stated by one of the attor
fneys. that is interested in this case
that the charge would not have been
more severe than the second degree
! had one OF the boys committed the
crime alone A. R. Schaub is attor
ney for the boys,
/ Settled Cut of Court
! The case of Henry Murtaugh VS.
Louis Beckwall has been settled
out of court. Mr.. Murtaugh's sol
| fell down a stairway in Jackson
while in the employ of Mr.. Beck
wall and the suit was personal in
jury case, ]. e. Regan is Mr.
Murtaugh's attorney and Morton
Barrows of st. Paul appeared fol
Mr.. Beckwall.
Another. case which has been set
tied out of court is that of Mel
i Batinic against the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul Railway com
1 pany. 1t is personal INJURY sui
and ]. E Regan appeared for the
plaintiff.
Grand Jury Busy.
/ The grand jury is having a busy
session, but not a hint comes from
the interior of the workings to tel
what is being done. About two o'clock
!, this afternoon, there was a rumol
Ia