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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
Vernon Center

Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Hanson spent
Saturday with friends in Mankato
A fine baby girl arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Kietzer
July /.
Hon. Miles Porter and family of
Mankato are enjoying the delights of
farm life.
Miss Eva Randall is spending
couple of weeks visiting friends in
Fairmont and Granada
George Johnson who is mail agent
between Staples and Minneapolis is
home for a short vacation.
Porter Brothers have new Ford
car and already have become quite
proficient in the handling of it.
Harry Halvorson has bought out
his brother Axel's, restaurant prop
erty and took possession Tuesday.
J. ]. Flachsenhar and his brother
Walter autoed up from Mankato Mon
day and spent the day with friends.
Walter Richter took an.early morn
ing spin to South Mapleton Sunday
and spent the day with his parents.
Herman King is spending a few
weeks in Blue Earth looking after
the remodeling of his house there.
Mrs. Lillian Loveland of Long
Beach, Cal, is here on a visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Nor
row. =
Mrs. Ella Stoner returned Thurs
day from several days visit with
her cousin AL Brush and family in
Amboy. rh
Mrs. Dan Bowen has returned from
ten days visit in Winnebago and
while there spent several days at
tending the Chautauqua.
Lawrence Butler is having a run of
| typhoid fever A trained nurse from
Mankato is in attendance which in
sures the best care possible
| Axel Halvorson who is not in the
best of health, went to Rochester
Thursday to consult the Mayos. His
brother Carl accompanied him.
Mrs. Mary Cornish received tele-
gram early Saturday morning from
| Oshkosh announcing the serious i'll
ness of her mother, Mrs. Pew.
Ed Barnes and son, Hugh Francis,
and Mesdames Roy Stow, Gage
Clement, Leslie Cooper and Miss
Dorothy Barnes were in Mankato
Monday.
Mrs. Chef Brace who will leave
in a few days for Denver to make
her home, is visiting Mrs. Gladys
Hanson and other Vernon friends
this week.
Mrs. Lulu Austin who was called
here from Old Mexico by her fathers
illness, arrives Saturday evening
Mr.. Carpenter is somewhat improved
in health but his condition is still
critical
Mrs Gene Francis and Mrs. Amelia
Nordstrom left Monday afternoon
| to be away month, Mrs. Francis
will visit with relatives in Nebraska
and Mrs. Nordstrom will spend the
time with her parents in Michigan
Mr.. Bartsch who has been i'll fol
some time with cancer of the stom
ach, passed away Monday at his
home in Old Town. The funeral
service was held in the Baptist
church Tuesday Mr.. Bartsch is sur
vived by wife and family of grown
up children.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11

Two hundred children were ready
and waiting for the ice cream at the
Sarah MacDonald-Hixon Fairgrounds
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Hixon had
announced that ice cream would be
served to all the children who were
there between four and five o'clock,
and ten gallons of ice cream was
served. The children were also given
the flags which were used in decor
ating. Mrs. Hixon's kindness brought
happiness to great many children.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
rron, Saturdays Daily.

from Saturdays Daily. =
Officer A. b. Johnson caught 81
man who gives his name as john
RatnDun, in the act of hitting s gC
watch and chain from the person fof DE-
evening. Mr.. CATER and young. man I
by the name OF Walter Shepherd were,is
lying on the grass near the Mflfisi
waukee depot and being rather fat 81
tigued from the celebration, had justl0.
fallen into light sleep. Mr. Johnsonsfe
was passing short distance awayg,B
and saw man come from the MilAe
sleeping man. He kept on watchingiIo
and saw this man fumbling in thets
pockets of Mr.. CATER, and as he &c
came upon them, the pickpocket was9e,
just lifting the watch from the pockets h
He Immediately placed Rauthbun HnH ii
der arrest, and took him to the stat: !,
ton He made no attempt to excusel !
himself or given any reason for his ii
conduct. He is stranger here. ri
Rathbun was arraigned this morn4, =,
ing before Judge Comstock and plead
guilty to a charge of petit larceny. 1t 81
developed that Mr.. CATERS coat WAS +,
lying on the ground beside him wheR q,
the watch was taken, SO the watch !,
was not taken from his person. Thel :,
defendant was given ten days in the
county JAIL If Mr.. CATER had had 7,
his coat on, the charge would have /,
been grand larceny >,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11

cash between the shoulders. Trees
we're blown down and chimneys
taken off through the. entire distance
the storm travelled. Herman Fitz-
lofts machine sheds were blown to
pieces. Three buildings on William
Boswells place were destroyed, and
carried some distance. Some of the
roofs of the damaged buildings were
carried over a hundred feet Several
of the losers carried cyclone insur-
ance, but Mr.. Pagenkopf did not.
of three teams which were tied on
the street when the storm struck,
only one ran away. This team be-
longed to George Coleville. The
horses broke away and ran for
some distance south of town where
they were found tangled up in a
wire fence, but were not badly cut.
The other teams belonged to Steve
Foster and Joseph Yenisch The
.buggies were all tipped over and SER
iously broken. A man who was on
the street during the storm, was
blown through window into
barber shop. He was not seriously
hurt. Two binders belonging to
Henry Thielman, agent for the In
ternational Harvester company, were
wrecked They had been partly
set up.
Some Damage in Mankato.,
The wind and rain did some DAM
age in Mankato last night. A large
cottonwood tree in Mrs. o. o. Pitch
er's yard was blown over, and very
fortunately fell toward the street,
so no damage. A large tree in John
R. Bowen's back yard was broken
off and struck the back of the house,
but did no serious damage. One of
the globes on the cluster lights on
Front street between Jackson and
Cherry streets, was broken, and the
electric lights all over the city
went out for a few minutes.
The people in the motion picture
houses had bad minute or two
when the lights went out as the
theatres have no lights except the
electric ones, SO the houses were in
total darkness. The exits were not
visible and good many women and
children were badly frightened. For
tunately nothing happened to startle
the crowds or there would no doubt
have been panic.
The wind blew pretty strong at
st. James and GAINESVILLE but no
damage was done.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11


Jim Downing, from parts unknown,
came very near getting away with a
suitcase which he took from North
western train No. 514 yesterday af-
ternoon. He took the bag from the
front end of the train and passed
back through the Pullman car, intend
ing to get off at the rear end and
escape into the yards. He was stop
ped by the Pullman conductor, who
took the suitcase away from him.
He then notified Passenger Agent w.
r. Spornitz who called for police
man. Officer Albert Neirdahl went
over to the depot and when he ar.
rived there, the man who had stolen
the suitcase was walking down the
tracks with another man. He rode
down Unto the yards on the train
which was then pulling out, and
placed Downing under arrest.
Downing's pal, Dave Humphrey,
was taken to the police station, and
the railroad company refused to
prefer any charge against either
man for stealing the suitcase. 1t
seemed that as long as the suitcase
was recovered, the company has no
further interest in the matter. The
two men were charged with va
grancy and given fifteen minutes to
shake the dust of Mankato from
their shoes
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
St. Clair

DR.. Lang of Mankato visited at tue
Fred Wigen home the past few
weeks.
Misses Genevieve Wingen and Ada
James of Minneapolis left June %
for an extended trip-to the west
coast. They will visit all places of
importance, including the new ma
tional park.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Judge ]. H. Quinn of the Martin
county district court at Fairmont has
handed in decision in the case iof
J. H. Macbeth against Augustus H.,
Vanderpool, awarding the PLAINTIFF.
$2,472, but the case seems not to she
settled yet. Mr. Macbeth, held a com.
tract for a deed on the ironclatf4
building on Hickory street, and,
sought to annul the contract ION
claims of Misrepresentation He sue1I'
to recover the money he had already.
paid on the contract. However, Mir
Vanderpool is dead, and was dead
before the suit was filed, and the
building. is now in the hands offs a
man by the name of Cook who lives
in New York city. The case may die
tried over again. Thomas Hughes
appears for Mr.. Cook, and A. R.
Pfau, Jr., and c. j. Laurisch are the
attorneys for Mr.. Macbeth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
Suffered a Fracture.

Mrs. Frank Jefferson of Belgrade
township suffered fracture of the
left forearm last evening. Just as
the wind storm came UP she, with
her family, was hurrying to shelter
and as she stepped out of the auto
mobile she fell. DR.. j. w. Andrews
was called to reduce the fracture
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
From Saturdays Da!.y.

\ Professor j. F. Carl Schmidt, who
has been instructor of Latin andl
German in the Bethany Ladies college
here since its opening two years ago,
has accepted position as principal
of the Lutheran High School and
Business college of Deshlan, Neba
Professor Schmidt will prove to sbe
a valuable acquisition to the DeshlanD
institution. He is a highly educatehl
gentleman and one who has mades as
great many friends in this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Last week DR.. L. c.. Seger, vetep1e
mary surgeon, was called to theh
home of Martin Kaiser in Freedom
and during the progress of his int D
vestigation he discovered well dee
veloped case of CHAMBERS, says Th2o
GAINESVILLE Argus.
He at once communicated with DrIa
Whitcomb, field veterinary and later
again visited the home of Mr. KaiseIsu
in company with DR.. Whitcomb. TheSq
result of the visit was that seven
horses were condemned as being ats q
fected with the disease and They'll
were accordingly shot ~
DR.. Seger wishes to state thatf
owners of horses should keep "a
sharp eye to the discharge from theij c
nose of. all horses. When discovereb7
veterinarian should be called imme-d
diately and the town chairman OF
the board of health notified.
After the horses had been consCa
demned at the home of Martin Kaisli
er they visited the home of Cassiusf'
Kaiser where six more were conc
demned and shot.
The valuation is placed at onetc
hundred and twenty-five dollars, the
state reimbursing the loser by pay
ing three-fourths of the value. For
the seven horses killed Mr.. KaiseBSs
received something over six hundred
dollars ?
1t stands every owner of horses
in hand to keep a sharp eye out to !
the possibilities of the disease and i
to arrest any indication forthwith by
calling veterinary. In no otheni
way may a serious epidemic he u
ayerted. g
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
Delayed Passenger Trains.

FsFVDI -FSdlUFUdy 0dIFy' \
The derailment of freight train
ON the Omaha road in northern Iowax
caused two Omaha passenger trains
to be several hours late into Man
kato yesterday morning. No. 10, due.
here at 1880 a. M, did not arrsve,
until about 8 O'Clock, and No. 2, due
here at 5:25 arrived about $50.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
JUDGES ARE REBUkM;,
y 4 -
From SATURDAYS Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The lack of court decorum as
shown in several cases presented TO
the supreme court of late was COMA
mented upon by the supreme COURT
Thursday in two cases, says The
Minneapolis Tribune.
The judges rebuked were Judge
Dickinson of Minneapolis and Judge
Quinn of Fairmont
One of the cases in which the
court INDUCES in some severe crititi
icisms is that of James CanterburyI'
former fire chief of Minneapolis, an
opinion on which was handed down.
In this case one of the assigna
ments Of error by Mr.. Canterbury's
attorneys was that Judge Dickinson
who presided, commented freely ON
the credibility of witnesses. ThisJ9
the supreme court, by majority
vote, held was not sufficient forR a
reversal, but said in emphatic terms
that it was not in line with COURT
dignity.
Judge Quinn came in for a scoldIt
ing because he rebuked an attorney
who interrupted another attorney
who was. cross examining a witnesR.i
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
Mo HUNGER Strikes.

There are now nine inmates in the
Blue Earth county jail Not one
of the prisoners has gone on a
hunger strike.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
From Saturdays Daily,

From Saturdays Daily. ~
Miller Hawk, a cowboy from Fort
Ranch, Spur, Texas, spent few
hours in this city yesterday on his
way by horse from Kansas City, Mo-,
to Winnipeg, Canada.
Mr.. Hawk is one of three men
who started from Kansas City June
6 on this endurance tour, which is
managed by the officers of 'The
Stampede" the celebration to be held
in Winnipeg from August 8 to 16.
Tom Henderson, a COW boy from the
ct O." ranch in Old Mexico, and
Will Benton, from Sierro Blanco,
Texas, started together on this en-
durance tour but the latter sold his
horse in Sioux City and returned to
Kansas City Henderson has a diff.
ferent route than Mr.. Hawk, so each
man is travelling separately.
Western Celebration in Winnipeg.
1.-The Stampede is a western cele.
bration which is an annual event in
Western CanaGa. Last year the
celebration was held in Calgary, and
as it is such big affair it is held
in different city each year. Prizes
amounting to $4,000 are given for
rifng, roping, broncho busting, rae.
ing and SO forth, and these cowboys
from the south who are travelling
to the gathering may or may not
take part in the, celebration, as they
wish. Mr.. Hawk expects to com
pete in a number of the contests.
Travels With TWO Horses.
Mr. Hawk is travelling with two
horses, a saddle horse and a pack
His riding horse is a Texas bronco
and had always been pasture fed
until this trip commenced. He is
required to reach Winnipeg with
one of the horses with which The
started on the trip. He is now av
eraging about thirty miles a day
and he and his horses are in per
feet condition. He spends his nights
in towns, although he is prepared
to camp when it is necessary. His
pack weighs about forty pounds.
Prize For the Winner.
In his trip to Mankato, Hawl
passed through Leavenworth, Oma
ma, Sioux City. He left yesterday
afternoon for st. Paul, expecting to
reach that city Sunday, and vii
strike north from there. The frs
man of the endurance contestants to
reach Winnipeg will receive cash
prize, besides having the privilege Of
taking part in the contests at the
celebration. Mr.. Hawk intends to
sell his horses in Winnipeg and will
return to Texas by rail.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
A cyclone of the twister species,
cone shaped and whirling at a high
velocity, struck the village of st.
Clair about nine O'Clock last even
ing, and wrecked buildings in the
town to the extent of about $4,000
The tornado came from the south
west, and settled it's swirling apex
on the outskirts Of the cillage, leay-
ing some torn and ripped buildings
in it's path, about 300 feet wide for
distance of quarter of mile.
Nearly all the damage was in the
Village, for as it passed beyond, it
either rose or spent itself. There
was no damage to crops and no
cattle or other stock killed. One or
two people in the village were Sc
i,verely injured AS it approached the
center of the town it lifted the roofs
from j. c. Fitzloff's two big barns
and picked up large corn crib be-
longing to Arthur O'Connor and car
ried it distance of twenty-five
feet. The stores of C. j. Pagen-
kopf Henry Thielman and A. F.
Near were very seriously damaged,
and Mr.. Pagenkopf's building suffered
! the most of the three. The fronts were
all blown in and considerable dam
age was done inside. by the flying
glass and debris. All through the
storm the air was swirling mass
of sticks, boards and flying pieces
CT buildings, and much loss was in
CURED by the impact of these mis-
siles as they were carried by the
wind. Mr.. Pagenkopf has a brick
lveneered store, and the east side
of it was blown away The restau-
rant conducted by Mr.. Near was
damaged.
One Woman Injured.
| AT the time there were forty
people in the building, but Mrs. A.
M. Quinn was the inly one who was
seriously injured. She suffered a
broken shoulder blade, and a long
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
Picnic at Duck Lake.


A party of ten Mankato young
people enjoyed picnic at Duck
Lake yesterday and had a delightful
time. In the party were Misses
Elna Malzahn, Margaret Pond, Re-
becca Funk, Marie Funk and Bessie
Wolford and Duke Rabe, Vance
Mape, Herbert Hack, Charles Braz-
Ter and P. H. Fregeau. Miss VOL
ford was unable to go until in the
afternoon and so was met at the
station at Madison Lake by the rest
of the party who had prepared a
warm welcome for her. A wagon
was fixed up with gay decorations
of lanterns, bunting and flowers and
sign which read, Queen Bess."
Miss Wolford was escorted to a
rocking chair in the wagon and
crowned with a wreath of flowers.
The party then formed parade and
went through the Madison Lake
streets and to the lake. They re-
turned to Mankato after the rain
last night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
Eagle Lake

Miss Elsie Reed of Mankato spent
Sunday with her parents.
Vera Morris is spending a few
days with relatives in Mankato
Miss Grace Johnson is the guest
of Miss Clara Burgess this week.
Mrs. Cross of st. Paul visited at
the home of James Johnston Mon
day.
Miss Thelma Pickel and Jack
Pressnall visited in Mankato Sun
day.
Mr.. Keetsch and NJ C. Presnall
were st. Clair visitors Sunday after
noon.
Miss Barnes of st. Paul is the
guest of Miss Lorene Braden this
week.
Mrs. Schlau arrived home after
spending few days with friends in
Comfrey.
Nita Reynolds went to Owatonna
Wednesday to spend a week with her
grand parents.
A crowd of young people from here
spent Sunday evening at Coponaning,
Madison Lake.
/ Henry Pickel is spending a few
days at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. A Pickel.
Mr. and Mrs. Impson and family
left Wednesday to spend couple of
weeks with relatives in Winthrop.
Mrs. M. G. Pressnall arrived home
Tuesday after spending several weeks
with her daughters in Spooner and
Trego, Wis.
An old fashioned picnic was held
in the school yard on the Fourth and
a display of fireworks was given in
tho avpnino
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11
Reunion and Picnic,


Good Thunder Herald: A reunion
and picnic of the pupils of Maplewood
academy was held at the R. E.
Campbell home on Sunday. Some
twenty young people were present,
among them were Miss Nora Rich
ardson of Anoka, Will Christensen
of Alden, Miss Holberg and Miss
Anderson of Mankato, the Merricle
young people of Danville and the
Franklins and Detamores. A mum
Der of these young people left on
Monday night for Union college, Col.
lege View, Neb., to attend the teach
! ers' summer school, The meeting
was a very pleasant one, just the day
for an outdoor gathering Under the
shade trees, and was very much en-
joyed by those present
All. Haugen of st. James is in the
city to-day.
w. Walbrau of Tracy transacted
business here today.
G. B. Foote of St James is spending
the day in Mankato.
DR.. Hugh Williams of Balaton was
! in Mankato yesterday.
c. e. Buckles of Amboy is calling
on friends here today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton J. Balkenhol
and Joseph Balkenhol of st. Paul
The Washington times., 1913-04-13
v. ANDL. EXPECTS
WASHINGTON ENTRIES
Joseph T. England Has Agreed
to Act as Referee for Inter.
scholastic Meet.

LEXINGTON, Va, April 13.-The
Washington high schools and prepara-
tory schools are expected to send in
their entries for the first annual inter-
scholastic field and track games to be
held here April 26. by Washington and
Lee University. All of the details of
the meet have been arranged, and the
management is awaiting the entries
from Washington
Joseph T. England has accepted the
position as referee in the big school boy
meet. He is president of the South At
lantic Interscholastic a. A, and has
had much experience in acting as
referee. Capt. Alpha Brumage, of the
V. NJ. J., will act as starter, with DR..
]. H. Pollard as clerk of the course.
Others who are prominent among the
officials are g. VI. Anderton, the famous
half miller. of Washington and Lee Uni
versity: Oscar DeWolf Randolph, of the
University of Virginia; DIR. r. G. Camp
bell. of Washington and Lee: DR.. ]. II.
Latane, of Johns Hopkins University
DR.. S. d. Hancock, of the University
of Wisconsin: n. d. Smithson, c. S.
Glasgow, and numerous others.
A circular of information has been
sent to all the schools who have signi-
fled their intention OF entering the meet.
This circular gives railroad time tables
and rates from all sections of the coun-
try.
The Washington times., 1913-04-13
Mondays Entries for
jamestown Course

First race-The Nursery: purse. 800
rwo-year-olds; four and half furlongs
Colonel c. IL; Fathom. 112: The Urchin
lOe; Martin Casca. ll2: lack Virgins
1I2: Armament. ll2: Zodiac, liz.
Second race-TwO-year-olds purse
$500. maiden fillies; four furlongs Tea
Enough. l09; Galaxy, lG9; Mater, l09
Colors. I09: Madge's Sister. lo9; Thel-
ma J.. lI9: Dicks Pet lr9; Lily Orme
IG9: Milky Way. 109; Smiling Face. l09.
Third race-Three- year -olds: purse
500: selling: five and half furlonss
Pretty Molly. 93; Anna Claire. Sc: Paris
Queen. 10l: Real Star. 1O6: Binary. los
Big Dipper. ia: Schaller. III; Frank
Hudson. liz.
Fourth race-Three-year-o and up
ward: purse. 500: selling; one mile
Queen Bee, So: Hans Greek. 80: Copper
town, 80: Ragman, I4: FL ORC, 1o9
Mud Sill, l19; Fred Mulholland, 10;
Judge Waller, 10: Garry. ll2
Fifth race-Three-y year-olds and up
ward: purse. $500: selling: six furIongs.
Camellia, IS: Roseburg ". 100: Royal
STAR IG3: York Lad, 1G3: McCreary. lG3:
Jessup Burn, IG5: Aviator. lG5: Touch
NJ. 1O7: Port Arlington, I01: Toddling.
IGS: New Haven. l0S: Font Il3: Henry
Hutchinson. I13: Double Five, ll3: Tao
tics. Ill
Sixth race-Three- year-olds and up-
ward: purse. 500: selling: one and one
sixteenth miles. Fairy Godmother 81:
Fiel, 80: Lord Elan. l05: Glenn Beachy,
105: PLANT. 1G3: Cheer Up. los; Emily
Lee. Jos: Cloud Chief, Ill.