davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-11
WILL OLD MASTER
Be ABLE TOSTAND
GRUELLING TEST!
CONTINUED From First page,

CONTINUED From First PageD
was asked neither was any given
once Gender smiled Ii was when ba
retired licr2og. Doyle and Fletcher in
The sixth on five pitched balls II was
the last smile the Indian INDUCED in
iof Inc seventh rolled around and dan
Ger came rcrilously near
Remember the Athletics seemed so
safe that many loft the stands 10 70
nome. Six big tallies stood between
them and their rivals, Burns. first M
IN ne seventh, drove slashing
noNhder OF Collins shins. but Shafer
poppcd an easy one TO the same Eddie.
Murray MT pushing Burns around to
second. anf when Walter Schana, lot
= curve bail get by him n few feet. Il
double stea! Was completed, placing
runners on second and third Fred
Mcrkle, whose error in muninp n foul
aE ln Inc second gave the iirat Attn
tstlr ta!lN, was up, Merkle has not
o4stinGulshed himself during the series
WIN me Maekmen lie fouled the FIRST
Dali md let the next one 20 bv for a
sii!Ee Then came two balls. and nm
ally the chief forgetting himself. shot
ono 70 the outside corner Of the plate
hoping TO make Ncr.lle hit To right
field Instead, tho FIRST bascfnan
slammed tho sphere Straight 10 left to
the right II Oldring. ana il bounded
!Ato the stands. scoring three runs
Render hcpt on Mound.
tn Giants were nov lust throe INNS
oehinl and IN" Philadelphia fans were
F-&loAslE waiting 70 see II Connie
Moula F7nE the yellow skinned hurler.
Sna "k@F was warming M out in left
Nela, bur the Indian had gathered him
salf together and h!s boss let him
Tic eieh,n was almost repetition
~ the stietet reriod Hcr1or "a, 80.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
TEACHING SOUL MATING
Proposed to Instruct In Matrimonial
Sciences In Munich: the Plans
Proposed
Especial to The Free Press.I

Munich, May 21.-Plans are be-
ing completed for the establishment
of a high school for matrimonial
sciences in this city, or to give it
its sonorous Teutonic title, "Hoch-
schulz der ratswissenschaften.
The founder is Professor DR.. Walter
Hassall DR.. Hassall hopes that with
in a months time the academy will
number 500 students of both sexes.
These, on completing their course,
will be awarded diplomas as teach
ers of love, and will be expected to
travel the length and breadth of
Germany in order to make an active
propaganda in favor of marriage.
The curriculum at the high school
will include lectures by specialists
on the dangers of Irritation and the
beauties of all-sacrificing love. Elk
perts in zoology and biology will IL
lustrate their instruction by means
of cinematographic displays, and will
explain the interesting laws of af-
finity and soul attraction and repul-
sion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
CHARGED WITH ARSON
James McGrath Formerly OF Madison
Lake, Is Under Arrest In North
Dakota

James McGrath, former Madison
Lake young man, has been arrested
on a charge of setting fire to the
barn belonging to his aunt, Mrs.
Rappley of Dunn county, North Da-
kota. Mrs. Rappley and her sons
are also former residents of Madi-
son Lake On Saturday night, May
8, Joseph Rappley, who lives about
half mile from his mothers home,
discovered that the barn on that
farm was afire.
About the same time George, Shee-
han, another former Madison Lake
resident who lives about half a mile
from Mrs. Rappley in the other di-
rection, noticed the fire, and both
men arrived there at about the
same time. Tracks going to and
from the barn, and the nature of the
blaze itself, indicated that the fire
was of incendiary origin and after a
careful investigation James McGrath
was placed under arrest.
Six horses and six cattle were
burned in the confagration and the
loss is estimated at about $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
TAFT TO THE UNITARIANS
Former President Was Schedule to
Speak Before Lend. a-Hand So
Ciety In Boston
lspeciaI TO The Free Press.1

Boston, Mass, May 21.-Ex-Presi-
dent Taft is the guest of Boston to-
day as a private citizen, having come
to attend the annual gathering Of
the American Unitarian association
and other liberal religious bodies in
session here This afternoon Mr..
Taft is expected to speak before the
Lend-a-Hand society at Park Street
church and this evening he will be
the presiding genius at the Unfair
ian festival in fremont Temple. To
morrow he plans to participate in the
ceremonies connected with the un-
yelling of the statue of Edward Ey-
erett- Hale in the public garden.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
CHRIST ROWLAND HURT
Young Man of Many Experiences Came
Very Near Ending His Career
This Morning

Christ Hovland, the young man
who recently discovered long lost
mother through an advertisement in
The War Cry, Salvation army
periodical and who is noted for his
many thrilling experiences in the
line of holdups since he came to
Mankato last spring, had another
thrilling experience this morning.
which came near putting an end
to his adventurous career. Christ
was engaged as painter and was
helping to paint a ceiling this morn
ing in the Franklin restaurant on
South Front street. He was stand
ing upon a scaffold about eight feet
from the floor, and one of the sup
ports under this platform slipped,
throwing the painter off his balance
and he fell across ladder which
was lying upon its side upon the
floor. DR.. J. s. Holbrook was called
and the injured man was taken to
st. Joseph's hospital in an ambu
lance. The violent expulsion of the
air from Mr.. Hovland's lungs, as his
side came in contact with the up
turned ladder caused him untold
agony, but after examination at the
hospital his condition was not con
sidered serious.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
PLAYERS REAL PEEvEO
Cuban White Sox Baseball Aggregation
Has BLEW Up the Manager
Takes Trip

The travelling baseball aggregation
called the Cuban White Sox, who
never saw Cuba, even during the
Spanish war, have blew up" says
The Fairmont Sentinel. Monday the
manager shipped the players to Win
nebago, representing that they were
to play a game there, On arriving
at Winnebago the players found that
no game had been arranged. The.
diplomatic manager did not accom-
pany the boys to Winnebago but is
said to have left town on the Oma-
ha, marking north. Some of the
players had money enough to get
back to Fairmont and are said to
be real peeved at the treatment they
have received. 1t is understood that
no satisfactory settlement of back
salaries due has been made and
there is danger that the ball players
may have to go to work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
SIDNEY DRAWS PENSION
Congressman Anderson Receives Sc
Per Month From Government; Was
In Spanish War

Congressman Sydney Anderson of
the first Minnesota district is draw
ing pension of Sc month for
disabilities" incurred during the
Spanish-American war, according to-
information from Washington.
Attention to the monty stipend
of the man who defeated James
Tawney was called by the attack of
Warren G. Harvey, author of Coins
Financial School," upon Senator
Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, for
applying for a SIC monthly pension.
Hafyey's attack and Warren's re-
ply were given wide publicity and re-
minded some first district folks that
Anderson had been drawing a PEN
sion. Inquiry at Washington show
ed that he is still drawing his month
ly aid.
Mr.. Anderson was a member of
Company d. Fourteenth Minnesota
infantry, during the war with Spain.
The regiment got no farther than
Chicamauga, but in 1903 Mr.. Ander-
son made application for a pension
on the ground that he had suffered
an attack of hernia during the war.
He was given back pension dating
from 1899.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
CICARET LICENSE FEES
They Are to Go Into City and Village
Treasures; Fines Into School
Fund

Fees from the sale of licenses to
cigaret dealers under the new law
are to go to the city or village trea-
sury, if in a municipality, otherwise
to the county treasury, while fines
collected under the law are to go
half to the school district where con-
viction takes place, and half to the
informant, according to an opinion
given by Clifford l.. Hilton, assistant
attorney general.
The law provides in one section
for issuing of licenses by the mu-
inequalities where the applicant lives
in a city or village and by the
county board, when the applicant
lives outside a municipality. and IN
another section provides that all
moneys collected as fines and fees
collected shall be paid half to the
common school fund of the district
where conviction is had and half
to the informer.
Mr.. Hilton holds that in view OF
the discrepancy, the first section
must govern the license fees while
the second will apply only to hnes
and that thes word "fees" in that
section is superfiuous.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
CYRUS WILLIAMS DEAD
Former Resident Of Sterling Died at
Window; Was WelI.known In
This County

Cyrus Williams, former resi-
dent of this county, died at his home
in Window this morning at eight
o'clock of cancer of the bladder. He
had been in bed nine weeks, dur
ing which his children had been
with him giving him every possible
care. Mr.. Williams was born in
Pennsylvania seventy-eight years
ago and was of Quaker descent. He
lived for a number of years in
Sterling township, this county. He
was we'll known and highly respected.
He was writer of considerable
ability.
He is survived by his wife and
five daughters and one son. The
children are Mrs. Elva Williams
Gjuul of Osseo, Wis, Mrs. Elsie
Bolinger of Benson, Mrs. John Nc
Cullom of Hayward, Wis, Mrs. w.
R. Geddes of Mankato, Mrs. A. j.
Sprague of Window and Bert Will
liams of Hot Springs, S. d. He also
leaves a brother and two sisters in
Kansas.
The funeral will be held in the
Methodist church at Window tomor-
row afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
MYSTERY IN DEATHS
Eleven Head of Cattle Die On Farm OF
A. P. Jacobson; Cannot Locate
The Cause

A. P. Jacobson, who lives mile
and half north of Eagle Lake. has
lost eleven head of cattle by poison
ing since Monday night and several
more are sick. Mystery surrounds
the death of the cattle as neither
Mr. Jacobson nor the two veteri-
nary surgeons who were called, can
account for their illness. The cat
tie act as if they had been stricken
with hydrophobia. They froth at
the mouth and go through consid-
cradle contortion before death ends
their struggles. Some people who
have tried to discover the cause of
the deaths attribute it to the condi-
ton of the silo and others think
that the cattle have eaten from a
can of paste which stood in the
yard. The deaths occur soon after
the cattle exhibit signs of illness.
The state veterinary surgeon was
called by telephone mad told the
symptoms; he prescribed but his
measures did not seem to help.
The stomachs of several of the
cattle which died were examined
and were found to be shriveled up
and peeling off. All of the cattle
which died were between one and
two years of age, and none of the
older cattle seem to be affected
with the illness.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
ARTHURHEADS THE CLUB
Pastor OF Swedish Lutheran Church
Elected President OF the Minis
tiers. Association

At the meeting of the Minister'S
association held at the Y. Nj. c. A.
Monday, Rev. o. ]. Arthur of the
Swedish Lutheran church was elect
ed president for next year, Rev. w.
H. Mitchell, of the Belgrade Avenue
Methodist church, vice president, and
Rev. Comstock was made secretary
and treasurer. This was the last
regular meeting of the club for this
year, but picnic of the ministers
and their families will be given
about the middle of June. The next
business session will be held the
first Monday in September.
The following is the schedule for
union Sunday evening services, sum,
mer of 1913:
May %, at Methodist church.
preacher, Rev. r. w. Hobbs.
June 10, Presbyterian church.
preacher Anti-saloon league repre-
sentative.
July 6, Presbyterian church, preach
er, Rev. COmSt0ck
July IS, Congregational church
preacher, Rev. T. r. Paden.
July 81, Baptist church, preacher
Rev. r. w. Hobbs.
August 8, Baptist church, preacher
Rev. w. r. Keesey.
August 10, Methodist church
preacher, Rev. T. r. Paden.
August II, Presbyterian church
preacher, Rev. e. Constant.
August "a, Congregational church
preacher, Rev. r. w. Hobbs.
August 81, Christian church
preacher, Rev. w, R. Keesey.
September 7, Methodist church, la
Dor Sunday, platform meeting.
Young peoples union services pre-
ceding each meeting at the same
place.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
DEATH OF MRS. EVANS
Woman Had Lived In Blue Earth County
For Many Years; Former jud
son Resident

Mrs. Mary Evans, wife of David
e. Evans of Lake Crystal, passed
away early this morning at her home
at the age of seventy-three years.
She was a resident of Lake Crystal
for more than fifty-five years. The
funeral will be held at two o'clock
Friday afternoon at the Welsh church
at Lake Crystal
Mrs Evans is survived by one
son, Charles Of Lake Crystal, and
one sister, Mrs. ID. ID. Evans of Divi-
sion street. Mrs. ]. j. Williams of
Lake Crystal is her half sister. One
son, John Evans, died several years
ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Evans came to
Blue Earth county from New York
and lived in Judson for many years,
going from there to Lake Crystal
about ten years ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
YOUNG man DISAPPEARS
Feared That G. n. Peterson. Transient
At Fairmont, Was Drowned In
The Lake

Fairmont, May 21.-Gilbert H. Pc
terson, transient who has been stop
ping at the Jung & Kenyon restau-
rant since May 2, has disappeared
There are indications that he may
have been drowned and that his
body is now somewhere in Lake Sis
seton
Last Thursday morning Peterson
left the restaurant, saying that he
was going fishing, and asked Mr..
Jung to go with him. As Mr.. jung
was busy with other work he de
clined the invitation. Peterson j 4
not been seen since that time. y
Friday morning John Torine foune
one of the rowboats of the Fairmont
Boat company half filled with water
and drifting on Lake Sisseton neal
the park and notified Manager Col
ton who secured the boat and re
turned it to the boat house.
Peterson did not procure boat
in the usual manner and the drifting
boat was not checked out on the
record of the boat company. Who
ever took it out did so without the
knowledge Of the man in charge.
Peterson was in the habit of going
fishing a great deal when not work
ing and had been noticed to be soak
ing wet on at least one occasion
He is said to have been a heavy
drinker
The missing man left his clothing
at room over the restaurant where
he had been living since coming tt
Fairmont He also had an unused
meal ticket to his credit at the res
taurant
No one knows just where Peter
son hailed from before coming t
Fairmont He worked as q common
laborer and had been employed b.
Harry Gilbert for several days.
The matter has been reported t.
the police and watch is being KEEP
at the lake. If Peterson was drown
ed his body may be expected t.
float at any time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
DIARY OF A DIPLOMAT
TELLS OF BASE BRIDES
The Presidency Was Offered For
100000 BY Elector
SCANDAL IN ALASKAN DEAL
William H. Seward Gave Some Inside
History; Thad Stevens Was "Ap-
preached Also

New York, May 21.-Startling
state secrets are revealed in the let
tiers and diary of the late John Big
Glow just published.
Samuel j. Tilden is quoted as say
ing a justice of the United States
court, who was member of the
electoral commission of 1877, offered
to sell the presidency for 100000.
William H. Seward. is quoted as
authority for the statement that GER
tain members of congress had to be
bribed to insure the purchase of
Alaska and names and amounts are
given.
While the electoral commission
was in progress Bigelow made the
following entry in his diary, Febru-
airy 8, 1877:
"Comnoission Was For Sale"
"On Thursday Tilden told ME a
man had called to say that the COM
mission was for sale. When ex-
pressed an iucredulous sort of as
constituent he said one of the jus,
tees (Republican) was ready to give
his vote to Tilden for 100000. |
asked which one. He thought he
would not tell me that at present.
CAS- Bradley is the youngest ap-
pointment, it would look as though
he was most likely to be the man,
though | did not try again to as.
certain
"Tilden said the Florida return
ing board was offered him for the
same money. That, he said,
seems to be the standard figure
Inside History of Alaska.
Bigelow was in Stewards conf
dence at the time of the purchase OF
Alaska and he gives this inside his
tory of that affair:
"'Do you wish to know how that
treaty was consummated? Said Mr.
Seward. Of course, | answered
| did. Then he replied, i must put
you under oath Before that money
could be voted, $4,000 had to be
given to Robert J. Walker, $4,000
to his partner, F. K. Stanton; So,
600 to two members of congress
and $4,000 to Forney, who had lost
$4,000 by the defalcation of his
clerk
$1,000 For Poor Thad Stevens.
Zone thousand more were to have
been given to poor Thad Stevens
but no one would undertake to give
that to him, so I undertook it my
self. The poor fellow died and
Continued on Page Two
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
Education Board Selects Teacher
From Illinois State
OTHER INSTRUCTORS CHOSEN
Carl W. Smith Goes TO Science Depart
ment; Miss Gertrude Erickson
And Mrs. Grafton

William G. Bate of Jacksonville,
ILL.,. is to be the next principal of
the Mankato high school. This was
decided at a special meeting OF the
board of education late yesterday
afternoon, at which the vote of last
meeting by which Robert Cowling,
graduate of Carleton college, was
elected to fill this position, was re-
considered. Mr.. Bates salary will
be $1,000 per year. He has been as
sistant principal of the high school
at Jacksonville for the past three
years, and is graduate of Ripon
college, Ripon, Wis.
Carl w. Smith of North st. Paul
was elected to fill the vacancy in
the science department at $50 per
month. Mr.. Smith is a graduate of
the University of Minnesota, and his
recommendations show that he is a
thoroughly competent man.
Domestic Science Teacher.
Miss Gertrude Erickson of Redwing
will be one of the domestic science
teachers next year. She is grad.
uate of Stout Institute at Menominie
Wis, of Albert Lea academy and
took one year course in the Wis
consin state normal school at La
Crosse. She is also a graduate OF
the Redwing Ladies' seminary. Her
salary was fixed at $75 per month
and she will be employed for ten
months as there are number OF
girls who have expressed their wish
| to take the one month summer
course in sewing by which they earn
! half a credit.
Mrs. Margaret Traitor of Manka
/ to, a former teacher in the high
school here, was elected as teacher
of natural science and assistant in
/ the English department. Her salary
| will be SIS per month Mrs. Traf
! ton has assisted in these branches
! in the Mankato schools at different
! times in the past and has already
| proven her worth.
Janitors Salary Raised.
/ The salary of E. H. Agnew, JAM
! tor at the high school was reconsid
cred, and was raised from $1,220 t.
! $1,000 per year on account of the
fact that the extensions in the man
ual training department will add {
great deal to his work. Paul Kohlel
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
MINISTER IS ON TRIAL
Rev. M. r. Frye of HESTER Is Charged
With Arson; Faces Jury at
WaseCa

Waseca, Mimi, May 21-In the
case of the state of Minnesota against
Rev. NJ F. Frye of Kiester, Mimi,
on a charge of arson in the third
degree, opened yesterday afternoon,
court adjourned at 6 p. M, with only
five jurors chosen. The session
was resumed at eight o'clock this
morning. There is some difficulty in
selecting jurors and quite likely it
will be necessary to call more tales
men. Great interest is manifested
in the trial. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Alex James is assisting in the
prosecution.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
All Are Good Cooks.

Mrs George Bartlett writes The
Free Press that the excellence of
the dinner to be served at the Rapi-
dan creamery picnic, soon to be held,
does not depend entirely upon her
executive ability as chairman OF the
committee. "The righteousness OF
the dinner depends entirely upon the
cooks and we beg to assert that the
state of Minnesota can't produce a
superior group of these, within the
same radius, than can be found
among the patrons of the Rapidan
Creamery, writes Mrs. Bartlett.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
PLAN FOR VAUDEVILLE
New Theatre viii Be Equipped to Take
Care OF High-Class Per.
formances

Henry Robel, Jr., returned from
Minneapolis today where he COM
pleted negotiations with the officers
of the American Amusement COM
pany relative to the building of the
new motion picture play house which
is to be erected on the J. T. Nc
Cleary property on South Front
street Work on the new building
will probably be begun next Monday.
The contract was awarded to the J.
B. Nielsen construction company The
building will be constructed of brick,
forty-six feet high and forty-four
feet wide by one hundred and thirty
two feet long The floor will be OF
concrete, and all the fixtures and
equipment will be absolutely fire
proof, making fire In the building
impossible, as was stated in The
Free Press yesterday. The stage will
be the entire width of the inside oil
the building and will be so equipped
to accommodate high class vaIde
vile shows. w. J. Pierce, the man
ager for the American Amusement
company here. says that the thea
ire will be exclusively motion pic
ture play house for the present al
least, but that the stage will be fitted
up to run in good vaudeville acts
if necessary at some future time.
The entire seat capacity will be
1872. There will be 1876 seats on the
main floor and 396 seats in the bal
cony.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
SUNBEAM A DEFENDANT
Action Is Started BY Fred Reuterstr ON
Against Leader Of Woodmen
insurgents

Minneapolis, May 21.-Fred Reu-
terstrom has filed suit against Fred
McGill. treasurer of the Modern
Woodmen insurgent assembly, f. H..
Cashier and others, for $3.50 for al
legged compensation held up. He
has also begun suit against J. l..
Sunbeam and Frank Cashier as the
Minneapolis Modern Woodmen as
sembly for about $780, Reuterstrom
declares that he was not paid for
work for which he was hired Officers
say he was not hired.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
DEATH OF YOUNG LADY
Miss Anna Olson Died at Her Home In
kasota This Morning; Normal
Student

Miss Anna Olson died this morn
ing at her home in Kasota after a
short illness with scarlet fever. Miss
Olson had been attending the Man.
kato normal school and was taken
sick with smallpox. She recovered
from that Illness and was then TAX
en- with scarlet fever, which was
the cause of her death. Anna OIL
son was born November "a, 1895.
She attended the Kasota public
school and graduated from the high
school last June, coming to Man
kato in the fall to do work at the
normal school She is survived by
her mother, two brothers. Will and
Gustaf, both of ST. Peter. and one
sister. Mrs. John Kettner, also OF
st. Peter.