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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-16
Filling the Forebay.


The water ran by devious ways
around into the forebay in front of the
power house. There the level rose
and slowly, really imperceptibly, but
soon the level there had been raised
foot.
Inch by inch it rose, until by night
it had the same level inside as out
side the coffer6am and was running
through the intake entrances of the
lower half of the power house into
the tailrace on the other side.
All day men worked digging holes
deep into the entire length Of the
cofferdam in which dynamite will be
placed to blow it into fragments later
perhaps Monday. But with the wat
er at the same level on both sides OF
it. this will not be a great spectacle.
The real work of letting the river
rush in was done with pick.
An Entirely New View.
But in the meantime, the river is
flowing, somewhat staggering like a
man not certain of his legs, but still
flowing strongly through the forebay
through the intake openings of the
lower half of the power house, and
through the lower part of the tail
race on to the sea over a part OF its
limestone bottom which has been dry
| for many moons.
The sixty intake openings of the
lower and incomplete half of the pow
Ter house have the water rushing
j through them. The tail race is filed
and the water hides the huge oyal
openings OF the draft tubes which
have become a familiar sight to tens
of thousands of visitors These ovals
1 in the river side of the bottom of the
! power house are now submerged for
/ ever and it is doubtful if the eye o.
man ever sees them again, for the,
are below the bottom of the river.
There is an entirely new view now
/ The best places to see it are the OBJ
servation platform at The head of Sec
ond street, the head OF Fourth ant
Franklin streets, and the head O
Sixth street II Is utterly impossible
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-16
Peoria Cash Grain.

Peoria Cash Grain.
PEORIA, March 15.-Corn-S2 cars:
A@hc lower; No. yellow, 49c; No.
8 yellow, 47s4 case; No. A yellow. 461s
@46Ac; No. mixed, 47Ac; No. 4,
mixed, 461s @47Ac.
oats-1O cars; 1Ac lower. No. 3.
white, 331ac.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, March 15.-Butter
market steady; receipts 1929 tubs.
Factory current make, seconds, 221s
@.2Se
Cheese market irregular; receipts
1.522 boxes. Weekly exports. 900
boxes.
Egg market steady; receipts 1870
cases. State, PENNSYLVANIA and near.
by gathered browns and mixed coIors,
lsla@l9e.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-16
Health and Beauty Aids
BY MRS. MAE MARTYR

A. ]. B.: You can have beautiful,
long, glossy and fluffy hair of rich.
even color If you shampoo carefully
at least once every month with any
wash that does not contain free
alkali Do not use soap. The best
most dependable and really delightful,
mixture is made by dissolving tea
spoonful of canthrox in a cup Of hot
water. This is enough to cleanse both
hair and scalp thoroughly of dam
dries quickly and evenly with won
derful gloss and delightful soft fluff
ness.
Mrs. NJ: Clogging skin with pow
der is likely to ruin the finest con-
plexion. enlarge pores and produce
pimples and blackheads An econorn-
ical, homemade spurmax lotion IL
fine for complexion faults and fire.
quently used instead of powder, az
it is Invisible when on and imparts
delightful, velvety smoothness and
healthy hue to the skin Get fou~
ounces of spurmax from your drug
gist and dissolve in half-pint hot
water, TO which add Two teaspoonfuls
slycerine. The spurmax lotion pre-.
vents chaps and overcomes oilines-
and that lifeless look to the com.
4 plexion
n
4 Florence: Your pimply skin ans
rundown feeling is doubtless due tc
impurities in the blood, which cause
4 most skin eruptions. The best and
Il most effective remedy is this home
maoe and very inexpensive one: Dis
solse one ounce kardene in a half.pin,
:. alcohol mot whiskey) then add ha,
4 cup sugar and enough water to make
a quort. Take Tablespoonful hefor,
each meal and it viii expe, noison1
from the system. clear and Tone pois spi,
and build up and strengthen ent +.
ng body '''sn ehl'f'
~ Blanche 3. Yes, you can res.o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-16

Oats closed the week from Ia to
17sc lower than on last Saturdays
close. Receipts were liberal and so
We're the shipments. The weather hau
a bearish influence all week
The hog movement at the yards
governed the list of provisions all
week. Early in the week there was
marked advance, due to light run
of hogs. This upward movement was
checked late in the week, but provis-
ions closed up on last weeks close.
Daily Range Of Prices.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March Is
Open. High. Low. Close.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
ACUTE KIDNEY TROUBLE
From Mondays Daily.

In letter from l.. p. Hunt. written
at Los Angeles, March 6, additional
details are related about the death of
S. r. Snow. Mr.. Hunt writes:
1--WE just received a great shock.
Mr.. Shows son informed me that his
father had just died at about 10 a. m
When | came in yesterday he greeted
me with his usual vigor and good
cheer and was about the house at
tending to his business as usual, and
apparently in the best of health. |
had occasion to phone him from my
room at $50 last evening and he
answered the call from the office. In
less than half an hour afterWard he
became weak and the boys, his son
and son-in-laW, took him up in the
elevator and had to carry him from
there to his apartment. He was un-
conscious by this time and never re-
gained consciousness. The doctor
pronounced it an acute attack of kid
ney trouble. The son said that his
father had never complained of any
affection of the kidneys. Thus we
are again brought to an acute reali-
HdLioil vi ille uncertainty Vi llic anu
the absolute certainty of death.
81 saw John Cotton and his wife
and Miss Iva Patterson yesterday.
They mOtOred in from their ranch
They are all well and brown as ber-
ries from exposure. Mrs. Cotton says
they all work out Of doors, sleep out
of doors and eat out of doors, and
they certainly show it. They are
completely enamored with their
ranch life and | am sure it agrees
with them.
ED Rausch and his wife are stop
ping here. They were called here
about three weeks ago by the i'll
ness Of their oldest son, who is in
the hospital with pneumonia. He is
slowly recovering and they are hope
full that he will come through the
ordeal safely.
81 shall make a trip TO Yuma some
time next week if ] continue well.
The weather here is very warm and
it takes a good deal Of energy on
my part to go out much. We have
none of this kind of heat in Seattle
and ] am frank to say / do not re-
greet it. | expect to leave here for
Seattle about the tWenty-fifth."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
MACBETH IS DISCHARGED

Rapid City, March 1O.-C. J. Mac
beth the Mankato, Mimi, real estate
dealer who was arrested near Wasta
for the alleged embeZZlement of $24;.
900 from c. K. Howard on prop
erty deal, will not have to answer in
the South Dakota courts. When the
case came up before Justice Laymen
here, the evidence against Macbeth
fell short and the court declined to
hold him. Howard traded a ranch
near Wasta to Macbeth for the Sc
curity Flats in MankatO. Howard
executed mortgages on the Mankato
property which he turned over to
Macbeth to negotiate and which he
alleged Macbeth did without an ac-
counting. This money was to be
used to pay off mortgages which
Howard had on the Wasta ranch.
Both mortgages were foreclosed by
local and Omaha banks and the trou-
BILE was precipitated.
In his defense, Macbeth declared
that other elements had entered into
the deal and that Howard had moth
ing coming to him, and that even
if any money had been obtained un-
der false pretences, it was so Sc
cured in Minnesota and not in South
Dakota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
Eagle Lake
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Mrs. A. B. Turner is visiting rela-
tives in GAINESVILLE.
Nels Reed is very busy digging
and repairing wells.
! John Cummins is still taking large
orders for fruit and shrubbery.
Del Cary is moving the house he
purchased from Mrs. Hattie Wells.
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. j. Russell We're
in the village Friday doing their
trading.
Solomon Zimmons is reported on
the gain after two weeks of severe
sickness.
James Burns has moved into the
house which he purchased from j.
ID. HumistOn.
The Jensen Brothers elevator buys
all kinds of grain and exchanges
-four and feed for wheat
Will Compton visited the county
bridge over the lie Sueur river with
view to making repairs
Cummins and Company have paid
out about 100000 for grain for Jen
son Brothers during the current year
!, DR.. Miller was called to see the
sick children at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Al Neal They are Still very
i'll.
Frank Stevens is preparing to
move to Rock Creek in Pine county,
where he will superintend his fathers
farm.
Mrs August Swenson Is reported
to be doing well and recovering
from the operation she underwent at
the Emmanuel hospital last Tues
day.
u. b. BabcOck of Nebraska has
been picking several car loads of
stock cattle 10 ship to his ranch in
northwestern Nebraska where he has
about 600 head of cattle now.
The rods and braces have arrived
:, for the vault for the new bank building.
/ Work on the fire proof vault which
| will have space for the banks hooks
and Glove burglar proof safe, will
commence at once.
! DR.. C. l.. Cummins and wife re-
turned Saturday from Minneapolis
where Mrs. Cummins has been taking
treatments from a specialist. She
is now much improved and seems
on the way TO recovery.
lie Ray township certainly can
boast of the most industrious WON,
an in the county, perhaps in the
state. Mrs. Eliza Cook, living two
miles southeast of Eagle Lake, owns
200 acres Of choice land with over
100 acres under the plOW. She
plows, seeds, drives the reaper and
with little hired help, reaps, stacks
and threshes the crop. She also
cuts considerable hay for her cattle
and raises a large field of fodder
corn which she cribs and husks
She keeps large number of hens,
fattens hogs for market and hauls
her grain to market. Besides doing
all of these things she keeps house
and is posted on current events. Mrs
Cook is about sixty years of age
and is in excellent health
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
March 14-21-2S
Order Limiting Time to File Claims,

and for Hearing Thereon.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth, In Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Jane
Chapman, Decedent.
Letters of administration this day
having been granted to George w.
Sugden.
1T is ORDERED That the time
within which all creditors of the
above named decedent may present
claims against her estate in this court
be, and the same hereby is, limited
to three months from and after the
date hereof; and that Monday the
9th day of June, 1913, at ten o'clock
A. NJ, in the Probate Court Rooms
at the Court House at Mankato, in
said County, be, and the same here
by is, fixed and appointed as the
time and place for hearing upon and
the examination, adjustment and al
lowance of such claims as shall be
presented within the time aforesaid
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in the Man
kato Free Press, as provided by law
Dated March 5th 1913.
EVAN HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
probate Court SeaD.
C. e. Phillips, Attorney
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
MEETING OF FARMERS

On Monday, March IT, meeting
of the farmers in the vicinity of Ma
pleton will be held in Mapleton I'M
der the direction of V. ]. Griner,
president of the Mapleton CONNER
cial club. Among the prominent
speakers will be Professor C. p. Bull
of the state experiment farm at st.
Anthony Park and Professor c. r.
Shumway of the agricultural depart
ment of the Mankato high school.
Such topics as Better Seed" Com
munity Breeding" Road Improve
ment" and others will be discussed.
All farmers tributary to Mapleton are
urged to attend the meeting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
ARE COMING

A number of people who entered
grains at the seed fair here have
made inquiry as TO why they did not
receive their grains after the fair
and why they had not received their
premiums. Secretary Bull has an
nounced that the premium list has
been almost completed and that the
people who pledged premiums will
be notified within a few days to
whom they shall send the prizes. The
grains exhibited are kept by the Min
nesota Field Crop Breeders asssocia-
ton for exhibits in other cities and
in other states. The name of the
persons raising the grain are at
.tached and their exhibition NAV re-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
DEcoRIA AND kENNEDY's BRIDGE
From Mondays Daily.

Joe Wines spent Monday evening
at the Charles Jaeger home
Miss Lena Jaeger spent this week
sewing for relatives in Mankato.
Mr.. Burlison is having his yard
graveled, which will improve his
farm.
Clinton Larrabee this week pur-
chased team of black horses and
the way they prance is nothing slow.
Lea ,Schendel underwent a serious
operation at one of the Mankato
hospitals this week and the last re-
port says that she is doing nicely.
A very pleasant time was enjoyed
at the Kennedy's Bridge church last
Friday evening when group of the
members gave box social. The
evening was spent playing games,
after which all departed for their
11on,ac ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
Funeral of Mrs. Peterson.
From MONDAYS Daily.

The funeral of Mrs. Anna Peter
son, whose home was at 211 Mime
sofa street, was held at 1870 this
afternoon from Kleins undertaking
rooms and at two o'clock from the
Trinity Lutheran church. Rev. Toilet.
son of Minneapolis had charge of
the service. The pallbearers were
Ovald Roessler, Anton Thompson,
Ole Hanson, Hans Hogan, Oliver Oh.
sen and Erland Lindsow The inter
ment was made at the Swedish Lmth-
eran cemetery
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
LOW COLONiST FARES
Via Chicago and North Western

Via Chicago and North Western Ry.
One way second class tickets on
sale daily March Is to April Is, 1913,
to principal points in the West, in
Guiding Helena, Butte, Nampa, Salt
Lake City, Ogden, San Francisco,
San Diego, Los Angeles Portland,
Tacoma and Seattle. Exceedingly low
fares. Favorable stopover privileges
For particulars apply TO ticket agents
-Advt
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
Expert to Look Over
Town; View to Rerating
From Mondays Daily

rom mondays Daily.
Theodore Williams, the insurance
man, informed the council this morn
ing that he was in receipt of a
letter from the Fire Underwriters
Protective association in which it
was stated that the association Of
Tered to send a hydraulic engineer
to Mankato to make an inspection
of the city and determine from the
standpoint of the insurance compa-
MES, just what Improvements in the
line Of fire fighting apparatus, more
water mains, etc, will be necessary
to secure reduction i'm the present
insurance rate in this city. With the
insurance companies Mankato is rat
ed as fourth class city and ina or
der to get this reduction, the rating
will have to be raised to third class.
The association agrees to send their
man here free of charge. Mr.. Will
liams was authorized to ask the as
ISOLATION to send the hydraulic engi-
neer and see what must be done.
Fire Chief LulsdOrff requested the
council to withdraw the advertise
ments for bids and the specifications
Al tii' coiipihiiioh tulhJ
four cylinder, self propelled fire
chemical fire engine and hose car,
the purchase of which the council
has been seriously considering. He
also submitted a new set of Specifi-
cations which he asked the council
to accept. The reason for this move
was that the former specifications
stipulated that the engine be chain
drive, and this kept some companies
from making bids on the specifica-
tons to build the apparatus. The
new specifications are practically the
same as the others except that a
shaft drive engine will be permiss-
able. II it is chain driven, an extra
chain and several extra repair links
must accompany the apparatus. The
council decided to withdraw the bids
which now are advertised for and
also the specifications. The new set
of specifications were accepted and
advertisements for bids will again
be published. The date for opening
the bids was set for April Z so as to
give the publishers of monthly fire
fighting periodicals time to insert
the "ad'
Gasoline Supply System.
G. A. Lewis asked to be allowed to
install at his garage on South Front
street new gasoline supply system.
The system consists of a 500 gallon
tank buried under the sidewalk, and
pump attached near the curb. This
makes it possible to have all the
gasoline outside the garage and thus
lessen the danger of fire. The coun-
Gil will allow Mr.. Lewis to install
this sort of apparatus.
Chief of Police ]. w. Donahue re-
ported that for the month of Feb
ruary eight arrests had been made
and thirty-eight lodgings had been
supplied.
A petition for the transfer of
liquor license from Philip Leas to
Frank e. Hidde and John c.. Tillman
was granted.
The city clerks report for Febru-
airy was submitted and accepted. 1t
was as follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
Extend Term of Office.

A bill extending the term of Office
OF the state superintendent of pub
changing the title of the office to
state superintendent of education was
introduced in the senate Saturday
by Fl. N. Benson and Ole Sageng.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
From Mondays Daily.
oatronesses for the Junior Ball.

Patronesses for the Junior Ball.
The patrOnesses for the Junior ball
were announced Saturday by the COM
mittee on arrangements, and they
are:
Mesdames George e. Vincent Cy-
rus Northrop. Adolph Eberhardt,
John Lind, c. G. Schultz, w. j.
Mayo, NJ M. Williams, A. e. Rice,
B. F. Nelson, Pierce Butler, John C.
Williams, Fred B. Snyder, John F.
Downey, Francis G.. Shenehon, Albert
F. Woods, William r. Vance, Frank
f. Westbrook, Alfred Owre, Frederick
j. Willing, William R. Appleby,
George B. Frankforter, George F.
James, John Zeleny, Edward E. Nj
cholson, James B. Woolnough, Miss
Margaret Sweeney.
President Herman Hayward of the
Junior Ball association, and Miss
Marlys Wilso nof Minneapolis will
lead the prom. AS has already been
announced, the event will be in the
ball aoom at the Hotel Radisson on
Wednesday evening, March 26, and
there will be about 100 couples, the
tickets having been limited to that
number.
Firemen Will Dance.
Mankato Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. 1, will give an Easter dance
at the Sons of Herman hall on Mon
day evening, March "a Lamm's full
orchestra will furnish the music.
Roy Casey of Tracy spent Sunday
in Mankato.
Guy Bruce of Elysian spent Sunday
with friends here.
w. A. Wilcox of Tracy spent yes
terday in Mankato.
J. M. Shea of Owatonna visited
yesterday in Mankato.
Christ Boyer of Madelia was in the
city Saturday on business.
e. w. O'Neill of Good Thunder
spent Saturday in the city.
e. l.. Sanborn of Mapleton was in
the city on business today.
Edwin He'd of Nicollet was in
town Saturday on business.
M. j. Boyle of Winona, assistant
superintendent on the Northwestern
road, was in the city yesterday.
w. HI. Richardson of Winona was
in the city Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Gilmore of
Mapleton are visiting relatives here
III. S. Noonan of Madelia was in
the city yesterday calling on friends.
William ]. Jones of Heron Lake
was in town on business Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Funk Of Ssh
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
Public Auction.

August Knutson, three and one-half
miles southwest of Rapidan, will
have an auction sale of stock and
machinery on Tuesday, March Is,
beginning at one o'clock. Mic Jul
lar & Son will act as auctioneers
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
Claims Accident Was Unavoidable.
From Mondays Daily.

E. c.. Fleming, through his attOr
ney, S. B. Wilson, has filed an answer
to the action started by Frank Fair
child, who seeks to recover $4,000
for injuries received while riding in
Mr. Fleming's auto. The defendant
puts i'm general denial and claims
the accident was unavoidable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-12
PASSENGERS WERE in PERIL.
Car of Central Vermont Express Left
Rails and Was Dragged.

Concord. N. H.. March PA narrow
escape was experienced yesterday morn
ing by the passengers of the Central
Vermont express due in this city at 5:5l
o'clock, when a milk car, just behind the
engine, left the rails and was dragged
for some distance over the ties. There
were ten passenger cars in the train be-
hind the milk car, and these were heav-
lily loaded. The car remained upright
and maryelously little damage was done
to car or track.
The train, No. 54 in charge of Engi-
neer William Lane and Conductor w. G..
Valla, was running at a slightly slower
speed than usual. at point two miles
this side of Penacook at the crossing at
Sewall's Falls powerhouse. when the car
jumped the rail. BY good judgment and
skill Engineer Lane brought the train
to a stop inside its length. There were
two men in the ear at the time, but be-
yond shaking mp no damage was done,
not even the airpipe being burst
The wrecking crew was sent from this
city, and the train was brought here
three and half hours late. The milk
car was taken TO the repair shop, where
il was found that the accident had been
caused by broken jaw strap.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-12
SENSATIONAL
EVIDENCE GIVEN
That Smoking Was Allowed About Dy-
namite-That Assistant Foreman
Was Drunk.

Baltimore, Md, March l2--Sensa,
tional testimony was given last night by
Norris Price. a steyedore. to the coroner's
jury which IS investigating the blowing
up Of the dynamite ship Alum Chine last
Friday with attendant loss of life and
injury to scores
Price testified that William Bomhardt,
assistant foreman Of the stevedores, was
under the influence Of liquor the morning
of the explosion. Becoming angered at
the manner in which the men were work.
ing. Bomhardt, according to the witness,
grabbed d cotton hook from a steredore
and slung il into box OF dynamite.
"There was small explosion said
Price. 1T sounded like pistol shot and
then saw smoke issuing from the hatch
day. / did not stop to see any more but
jumped overheard
The witness said the second explosion
took place 10 minutes later.
Price said the gang of stevedores
smoked in violation of orders while
aboard the barge loaded with dynamite
on its way to the Alum Chine.
Five other stevedores corroborated in
every detail Prices story of the circum-
stances leading up to the first explosion.
William Henderson testified that Bonn
hardt. as he grabbed the hook, shouted
I'll move that box or blow up the ship
Bomhardt has been in highly nerv-
ous state ever since his arrest early Sun
day morning and has required the atten-
tion of a physician.