The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-09-05
Chas. B. Gilbert Dead
Former Kato Teacher
From friday's pailv.

From fridays oailv.
Charles B. Gilbert lecturer and au-
thor, former principal of Central
high school and for seven years SUI
perintendent of the st. Paul schools,
was found dead in bed in his apart
ments at the San Reno hotel, New
York city, Wednesday night. He
had been suffering from a complica-
ton of diseases and his death was
due to natural causes.
Professor Gilbert was once con-
nected with the schools of this
city.
Mr. Gilbert was leading figure
in the early educational activities
of ST. Paul and will be remembered
as the founder of the district COM
posite high schools in that city. He
came there as principal of the new
central high school from Oshkosh,
Wis, in 1888, where he had been
superintendent of schools. In 1889
Mr.. Gilbert relinquished his princi-
palship to G. N. Carmen and in Sep
TENDER he became superintendent.
His first work was the establishment
of the Humboldt, Cleveland and Me-
chanic Arts district high schools.
Served as Superintendent in Newark.
In the spring of 1896 the superin-
tendent resigned to accept similar
From there he later went to Roches-
ter, n. Y, to become superintendent
of city schools. Throughout his edu-
Cational work, Mr.. Gilbert was an
interested student of text book writ
ing and he is the author of several
well known works. Upon closing
his active school administration
work, the educator became affiliated
with several publishing houses, and
at the time of his death was an
editor for the American Book COM
pany.
He was married while at Oshkosh
to Miss Jennie Weed, the daughter
of a prominent Wisconsin lumber
man. She survives him. There
were no children.
Mr.. Gilbert was born in Wilton,
Conn, in 1855. He was graduated
from Williams college, and in later
life lectured on education in the
Western Reserve university, and at
Columbia university.
From Fridays Daily.
Attorney Jay Henry Long, for
merly of Mankato, died in a hospital
in St Paul on Monday of cancer of
the stomach. His funeral was held
at Brainerd this afternoon. Judge
Long was sixty years old, native
of Pennsylvania and had lived in
Minnesota since 1882, having lived
in Fergus Falls, where he once ran
a paper, Mankato and Slayton.
He prepared the defense in the
Dumas case, tried at Brainerd, in
which the jury declared the former
Cass Lake executive not guilty. He
was secretary of the Brainerd Social
ist Local, secretary of the county CEN
trail committee and twice candidate
for county attorney on the socialist
IANhCb. 11C Woo d hdSOI,
of the Modern Woodmen of America
of Slayton camp, member of the
Brainerd Commercial club and one
of the founders of the Brainerd
Booster club. He was largely in
strumental in drawing up the street
railway franchise of the Minnesota
Central Railway company.
He leaves a wife at Minneapolis,
and four children: Mrs. L. B. Lowe,
wife of DR.. Lowe of Glendon; Miss
Marion p. Long of Minneapolis,
Stacy S. Long of International Falls,
conductor in the employ of the
Canadian Northern railway; Jay
Long of Kenewick, Wash.
From Frida,' - Daily.
County Commissioner John Hob
mann, accompanied by Judge Lorin
Cray and John Nyquist, members of
the good roads committee of the
Commercial club, made tour of in
spection of the Good Thunder road
this morning
Excellent work has been done on
this highway. Mr.. Hohmann is of
the belief that the Good Thunder
road, when completed, will be the
finest in Southern Minnesota. He
will suggest that one change be
made in the work. In few days
Mr.. Holman will get the members
of the county board together and
they will look over the highway
with a view to acting on Mr.. Hob
mann's suggestion. The grading
will be finished this fall
Both Mr. Cray and Mr.. Nyuuisr
are highly pleased with the progress
that is being made on the road.
From Fridays Daily,
Miss Lillian Jaenisch, who was ar
raigned in municipal court yesterday
on the charge of disorderly conduct
was again brought before the court
this afternoon and her case contin
ued until Tuesday morning at ten
o'clock for further investigation.
Miss Jaenisch is the young lady
from Sleepy Eye who, according tc
her story, was disowned by he1
parents after having been made a
tool of by an INSCRIPTIONS rascal.
Miss Jaenisch's story has won fol-
the sympathy of the community, and
there are plenty of people who would
pay her fine if one should be i'm
posed. This, however. is not likely