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

rom FFIodyS OdItys
Alexandria, Mimi, October 81
Judge w. l.. Parsons has just given
decision in the first appeal to be
taken In this state from an order
establishing consolidated school dis
trict, the court in this instance hold
ing that the consolidation and pro-
ceedings were not arbitrary or unrea-
sonable and did not do Injustice to
the appellants. The. appeal was dis
missed and the consolidation of the
districts confirmed, the appellants
further being ordered to pay all
COSTS
The case in question was the Mel.
son consolidated school district, where
two districts were united, on an or
der of County Superintendent 7. A.
Erickson, following an election held
in February. The action was taken
under the Putnam act. Three of the
taxpayers appealed from the order
of consolidation, contending that the
consolidation of the two districts
would increase taxes and in other
ways work an injustice.
Judge Parsons states that the ques-
ton of the best interests of those
districts involves consideration of
territory and persons affected as an
entirety rather than of any particular
portion or of any one or more per-
sons; that the ultimate question is
what do the best interests, present
and future, of the people OF the
territory affected, considered as
whole, require.
An appeal may be taken to the
state supreme court.
From fridays Daily.
Nearly a quarter of a century after
his participation in the last great
| Indian campaign of history, Al. j.
| Potts, president of the st. Peter
| Commercial club, is to receive dec
grafton from the federal government.
Heretofore he has been prevented
from securing the campaign badge
| by regulation of the war depart
ment that medals could not be issued
to soldiers discharged from the serv-
ice prior to April l, 1895. Last
week, however, officials of the de-
partment announced that badges
would be issued to regular and vol
unteer soldiers entitled to them, thus
opening to him. the way to make ap-
plication.
4 Mr.. Potts will receive his decora-
20 4oI NJ in cd
Knee campaign against the Sioux
Indians in the winter of 1890-91. At
that time the st. Peter man was
non-commissioned officer, sergeant,
in Company C, Third United States
infantry, and was stationed at Fort
Meade, S. D. Trouble with the Sioux
resulted from the spread of the So
called Messiah craze, medicine men
. of the several tribes preaching the
coming of the Great Spirit, who
would restore the power and glory
of their people.
A farmer moving with high We
locity came into the police station
; late yesterday afternoon and un-
wound vast quantity of speech in
record breaking time and then pro-
ceeded to go out in the same haste
with which he had entered. The
officers then in the station were in
terested in his complaint They
asked him to calm himself and make
the matter clear.
: The second time that he presented
his case the police officers under
stood that a dray had backed into his
: wagon and done him some slight in
jury. He wanted the police officers
to obtain damages for him. He did
.. not want to bother with the law and
: it's courses; he wanted damages and
, he wanted rush order at that.
When he was told that it was a
civil action and. that he would have
to wait before the machinery of the
law could be set in motion he los
his hopes of damages and SHIFTED
into the high speed and left the
station. as suddenly as he had en-
tered.
When 500 University of Minnesot;
4 students attempted rushing stun
at the Gayety theatre, Minneapolis
last night, two patrol wagons loadet
l with policemen, detectives and fir
squad responded to a riot call.
Having accompanied the football
team to the station, en- route to Madi
son, the student crowd decided to at
i tend the theatre, and when severa
attempts to enter without tickets fail
ed they became rowdy.
The crowd refused to dispense upoI
the arrival of the patrol wagons, an
in the combat that ensued the police
:, men swung their clubs freely. Gille
: McHenry and F.. L. Rafferty, were al
;, rested The crowd was held back a
: the point of drawn revolvers as Nc
! Henry and Rafferty, were taken t
I the station.