The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-25
United States Court
From. Tuesdays Daily.

from tuesdays Daity.
The April term of the United
States district court convened this
morning at ten o'clock with Hon.
Charles A. Willard of Minneapolis
as presiding judge. The other Off
Gals present are Joel M. Dickey
and Egbert S. Oakley of ST. Paul,
assistant United States attorneys:
William H. Grimshaw. of Minneapo-
lis, United States marshal; Charles
l.. Spencer of Minneapolis, clerk of
the United States district court;
Can E. Bredeson, his deputy of
Mankato; Willians~J. Conway, court
crier; George W. Wells of Minneapo-
lis, United States. deputy marshal;
Postoffice inspectors George Drake,
Carl Egge and r. N Hugdahl of
Minneapolis. and Postmaster John
Ems of Springfield The bailiffs APP
pointed are Bennett Williams. w. H.
Anderson and e. r. Kennedy.
Call of the Calendar. >
preliminary call of the calendar
was had this morning, and only
four law cases are for trial, Joe
Ralph VS.. Chicago and Northwestern
railway; lnga Keegan VS.. the G..
Heilman Brewing company; Bjorn
Rorvig VS.. the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
company, and George Conn VS.. the
County of Freedom. They will be
heard in the order named.
The following cases were continued
TO the next term of the federal dis
trict court: Clyde Rose VS.. Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railway com
pany, Martin S. Nelson vs.. H. G.
Mcmillan, ct al, Carrie W. Aughen-
baugh VS.. Grand Trunk Western
Railway company, Dana w. Aughen-
baugh VS.. Grand Trunk Western
Railway company, John w. Aughen-
baugh VS. Grand Trunk Western Rail-
way company, Ben Briske VS.. Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway
company
There is motion for continuance
in the case of L. p Hunt, admins
traitor, etc, VS.. George Atchison;
the case of Lorenzo G.. Gilman VS..
Winnebago Drain Tile company was
passed, and a case in the matter
of George w. Monks and George A.
Mckinley, as co-partners, doing bus
mess as Monks & Mckinley, and as
George w. Monks, individually, al
1aUad hopkrun+O mill ho hoa,l H., :,
referee.
Three Chancery Cases.
There were three chancery cases,
and there is motion for continu-
ance in all of them. They are: Her.
man B. McNall as trustee, ETC., VS..
Edward f. Berkner, Alfred A. Berk-
ner, Claus Meinert and the State
Bank of Golden, Herman B. McNall,
as trustee, etc, VS.. State Bank of
Golden, and Herman B. McNall as
trustee, etc, VS.. Edward F. Berkner
and the State Bank of Golden.
Applications for citizenship were
heard by Judge Willard at noon to-
day. aaf
SdSC Us vi Ftdt.
The first case on the calendar, a
law case. was begun this morning.
1t was the case of Joe Ralph VS..
the Chicago and Northwestern rail.
way.
The. time set for the applications
for citizenship was for twelve
o'clock, but this case was not in-
ished until afternoon. There are six
teen applicants for naturalization pa
pers.
Cases For Grand Jury
The cases to be considered by the
grand jury at this term of the fed
eral district court are. United States
VS.. A. w. Vivien of Pipestone, charg-
ing him with sending obscene lit
erature through the mails, United
States VS.. George Blocker of Lu.
verne. charging him with the same
ofsense, United States VS.. Emma
Linenskohl of Manley, charging her
with destroying United States
mail box, United States VS.. Frank
Rudnick of Wabasso charging him
with robbery of United States
postoffice, and case of the United
States VS.. Edward B.. Nedyed of
Springfield.
Petit Jurors in Attendance.
The following are the petit jur-
ors: John McCallum, Clinton; J. C.
Nagel Buffalo Lake; John B. Eustis,
A. F. Bruchholz, Minneapolis; o. w.
Randall, HibDing; William Hamil-
ton. Fisher Fred w. Goodwin, Cam
bridge; Albert Nelson, Pennock
Arthur Neill. Chokio; Fred Nichols.
Nichols; Levi e. Scruby, Zumbro
Falls; ]. P. Crowley, T. j. O'Connor,
st. Paul: George Book, Brainerd;
Willard Hazen, Battle Lake; John I'll.
Cruikshank, Medford; c. E. Nutting,
Luverne; John Saxhaug, Fergus,
Falls; ID. V. Lees, Brewster; John
Ferguson, Elbow Lake; Jake Mcneil.
Kasson; James Barnes, Fergus
Falls; Orrin Fl. Brown, Wabasha;
Louis Becker, Sherburn; George John
stone, Hayfield: Walter Knox, Ait
kin; NJ. o. Davis, Duluth; Frank e.
Palmer, Sleepy Eye; r. G. Norman,
Lake Crystal; Clarence Skogland.
Redwing: C. E. Foss, Lake Park;
James Hickey, Detroit; B. A. Golf.
Glen; N. Miller, Duluth; A. j. May