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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Man Convicted of Murder Is Due
For His Liberty
SEE the CITY SIGHTS ANEW
He Has Served Twenty. four Years Be-.
hind the Bars; Some Doubt
As to Guilt

St. Paul, October 22.-.trter spend
ing nearly twenty-four years behind
the Saltwater prison walls. Andrew
Void probably will he released by
the state board of parole at its No
vember meeting. When he returns
to the world of freedom he left on
December II, 1889, Void, for the
first time, will see an electric street
car. When he reaches st. Paul he
will find it a metropolis of $4,000
instead of the struggling city OF 49,
600 through which he passed on that
bleak December day when a deputy
sheriff of Wilkin county led him to
his cell in the old Saltwater prison.
Case of Andrew Void.
The case OF Andrew Void has
been before the state board OF par
dons since 1908, when he made his
first application for freedom. At
the meeting last January the board
commuted his sentence from life to
forty-siX years and six months, max
ing him eligible for parole. Under
q ruling from Attorney General
Smith holding that the power
was unable to release the man, Mr..
Mr.. Smith holding that the power
Of the board is to be determined
with reference to the term of i'm
prisonment imposed by the court,
and not the duration as modified by
a communication by the pardon board.
Reversed the Ruling.
At the Monday meeting of the
pardon board the case was again on
the calendar, but Attorney General
Smith reversed his ruling and said
that upon further examination of
the law he has come to the conclu-
sion that Void can be paroled.
Charles E. Vasaly, chairman OF the
parole board, said today that some
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
LAKE CRYSTAL YOUNG
MAN HAD HIGH MARK
He Enjoyed Most Excellent Score
In His Examination For
Pharmacist

Out of a class of 225 who took
the state examinations for registered
pharmacists in Minnesota only forty
eight passed, and of these Ernest
Eckert, of Lake Crystal, received
the highest average, mark of S9A
Out CT a class &C III examined for
assistant pharmacists only thirty-four
passed. Joseph H. Ostedt, residence
not given, received the highest mark
an average of 9019.
This is according to information
contained in the twenty-eighth an.
nual report of the Minnesota state
board of pharmacy just issued. AL.
though these examinations were held
in 1912 and the graduates them
selves are already employed as ex.
pert pharmacists. these are the first
official figures to be made public
and they are interesting for that
reason.
The names of twenty pharmacists
and four assistant pharmacists, the re-
port says, were dropped from the
register for neglecting to pay annual
dues. One certificate was revoked
because the holder was convicted OF
the Illegal sale of cocaine. The re-
port sets forth the work accom-.
plished by the board, gives record
OF meetings held, together with a
financial statement, pharmacy laws
and an abstract of register.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
DORAk SUES OMAHA
ROAD FOR $4,000
Claims He Sustained Loss of
Arm Through Negligence
of Company

Suit has been filed for $4,000 by
w. j. Doran of this city against the
Omaha road for the loss of his left
arm several weeks ago. 1t will be
-~."embered that Mr.. Doran claims
he was thrown from caDoose and
fell under the wheels at Madelia,
Mimi. when the train gave sudden
lurch.
Dunn G Carlson of Albert Lea are
the attorneys for the complainant
The case will come up at the De-
cember term of court in Blue Earth
Mr. Doran was insured in an Iowa
accident company fer $500 for the
loss of an arm.
Mr. Doran is travelling man for
an insurance company.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
MILL CITY HAS NOVEL
DEFENSE IN LAW SUIT
Sets Up kidnapping: Sequel to
Death BY Fire In Red.
wood Falls

The kidnapping Of 4 young woman
from the Farihault school for the
feeble minded. by 4 woman dressed
in Salvation Army garb, is involved
in the defense offered by the city
OF Minneapolis in n suit brought by
Redwood county to collect $3.50 for
medical and burial expenses incident
10 the death of the girl in Redwood
Falls.
4 motion by W. G.. Compton for
Judgment on the pleadings on the
ground that Redwood county has not
made out a case in the complaint,
will be argued Friday before Judge
W. c. Leary H. district court.
The woman was employed in Min.
noapolis in 1910 as 4 domestic and
was committed TO the Faribault
school where the city claims she
became ward of the state.
After she had been a year at the
place . woman clad in the Salvation
Army garb called at the school CT
fee and asked 10 take the girl for
4 walk Permission was granted and
the school authorities never saw the
girl again.
Shortly afterward the girl went TO
redwood Falls, where she was en-.
ployed as q domestic. In September,
1911, the girl was burned by gaso.
line stove explosion and died from
her injuries.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
DEATH OF JONAH JONES
He Was the Father of Miss Hannah
I0nes, Assistant Librarian In
Mankaio Library

Miss Hannah Jones, assistant
librarian at the public library in this
city, received a telegram Yesterday
afternoon announcing the serious
illness Of her father, Jonah Jones,
at Columbus, Wis. She left last
evening via the Milwaukee road
for that city. Shortly after her
departure another telegram was re-
ceived announcing his death. He
passed away at four o'clock yester-
day afternoon. He was a man well
along in years. He leaves a widow,
four daughters and two sons. He
was retired farmer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
MRS. ASHWORTH DEAD
Well kntWn Lacy Died After An Illness
Covering Year; Funeral On Fri.
day Afternoon

Mrs. Thirza Ashworth, the wife
of j. Z. Ashworth, died early this
morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. d. L. Schweickhard
209 Locust street, after an illness Of
a year. The cause of death was a
general breaking down in health
Mrs. Ashworth was born near
burlington, Iowa, near-E seventy
six years ago, and has Deen a resi-
dent of this city for twenty-one
years. Until her illness about a
year ago she and her husband
lived at $50, Glenwoou avenue She
was a faithful member of the
Methodist church and the funeral
will be held by the pastor OF that
church Rev. w. r. Keesey. at two
o'clock Friday afternoon from the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Schweickhard.
She leaves her husband, three
daughters and three sons. Two
daughters, Mrs. Schweickhard and
Mrs. p. A. McMarlin, reside in
Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
COUNTRY CLUBS PROVE
GREAT HELP SOCIALLY
University Department of Rgri-
culture Is to Aid In Their
Organization

The department Of agriculture of
the University of Minnesota is max.
ing q campaign to organize a farm
ers' club in every community in the
state before January /. 1914. In
their campaign the county agricul-
tural agents, high school agricultural
teachers and county superintendents
of schools are taking an active part,
but the greatest enthusiasm comes
from the clubs which are already
organized There are now. about
three hundred such clubs and not
one is considered a failure.
The farmers are getting much
good from the meetings, socially,
educationally and financially. There
are regular meetings held when a
set program is given and a social
hour is spent. The program usually
takes up some particular thing In
which the club members are inter,
ested, and the talks are discussed.
Marketing is discussed, and in Blue
Earth county there is an example
OF the benefit which the club men,
bers receive from their unity.
The extension division OF the uni
versity will send outlines for meet
ings to newly organized clubs, FREQ
literature, aud the Minnesota Public
Library commission will send a free
travelling library of twenty-five
books which deal with agricultural
matters to the clubs, the only condi-
ton being that the club pay the
freight both ways, which is fifty
cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24

The report submitted yesterday by
Engineer Earl D. Jackson relative
to the cost OF building and operating
municipal Lighting plant has called
forth comment front gentlemen who
are interested in the subject.
Mayor a. G. Meyer said this morn
ing that he did not believe that
an adequate allowance for the de-
probation of the property had bee
estimated and that this additional
item had been figured as high as
10 per cent additional. Then, too.
there had not been a large enough
figure for the ehelp expense, for II
would require a high priced man to
operate a plant of this kind.
Commissioned Robert Lamm stated
that he did not vote for the accept
ance of The report yesteray on
the ground that he had been op.
posed to the whole proceedings from
the start. He had opposed the EN-.
ployment of the engineers for the in
vesugation and he considered that II
was consistent o vote against ac'
cepting the rep5ft.
Some Limiting Bills.
City Clerk f. w. Bates gave some
figures relative TO the cost OF light
ing the municipal buildings that
should be OF, interest in the present
situation The, following bills cover
q neriod of time from the middle OF
last April 10 the last of October:
Public library, SAG; city hall. SAT;
police station, S51.65: and the fire
station account which, was impossi
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
BIDS FOR MODEL SCHOOL
New Building to Be Erected On the
Normal Grounds at Winoua Cost.
ing 100000

Winona, Mimi, October 22.-Bids
will be opened on November S for
the new model school building at
the Normal school in this city, the
plans having been approved by the
state board of control There is an
appropriation Of 100000 available
for the building and only a small
part of this sum will be reserved
for furnishings. The new building
will be to the west of the present
main building and connected with
it by an underground passage. It
will be 1872 feet long and 95 feet
wide. Eight large schoolrooms are
provided and there is to. be a
combined gymnasium and auditor
ium.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Dry Filling of Soil Will Be Dis
cussed BY Experts
DELEGATES FROM FAR AWAY
Land Of Palestine Represented ., Nan-
gress In TusIa; China y
interested; Purpos 5

Especial to The 1ress.I e..
Tusla, Okla, ,er 22.-The
worlds most inn It farm conven.
ton for 1911. 81 I'd here today in
connection wis tho eighth annual
meeting of tho International Dry
Farming congress- The delegates viii
tell all about methods of farming
in all regions OF slight rainfall or
occasional, drought Fifteen million
cubic feet Of natural gas will be
burned nightly to light the city dur.
ing the exposition. The congress
has officers in nineteen nations and
members in sixty. More than thirty
nations are represented at the exposi-
ton. When the business session Of
the convention meets next Saturday,
China, whose farmers have titled the
same lands for forty centuries, viii
be officially represented by its min
lister of agriculture, Chun Sen Chan.
Tunis, in North Africa, which has
been dry-farming region since the
time of Hannibal, will have repre-
sentatives in Tusla to learn even
more of the science which its farm
ers have practiced for $500 years.
Delegates From Persia.
Persia, whose agriculture is as
old as history, will have at least
two delegates including the Mira Ali
Kuli Khan. Palestine will send its
greatest agrlculturist, DR.. Aaron
Aaron sohn who today conducts
huge farm on land which the shep-
herds used in the time of Christ
Fourteen governors of states and
scores of congressman have accepted
invitations to be present On top of
all these will be tens of thousands
of actual farmers who will come
from every state in the union and
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Mrs. Pankhurst Explains the Use
of Militant Methods
NOT NECESSARY IN AMERICA
English Advocate LaLds Strenuous
Means to Secure the Ballot In
Her Native Land

New York, Oct. 22.--Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst addressed in Madison
SQUARE Garden her first American mass
meeting. explaining why militant
methods for the cause of woman sui.
frage are followed in England but no.
in America, and defended the employ.
ment of such methods.
She criticised the British govern
ment as the most conservative on
earth and held it responsible. through
failure TO enact legislation desired By
women. for advocates of suffrage re.
sorting to violence to obtain the bal.
lot.
Only through dynamic means, she
declared, could English women hope
10 procure laws dealing with white
slavery, industrial evils and other con.
dtions affecting women.
Preparations had been made for an
overflow meeting at Madison Square
Garden, but the big hall with seat,
ing capacity of about 10000 persons
was sparsely filed This was at,
tributed by the suffragettes to the un.
certainty existing as to whether the
immigration authorities would allow
Mrs. Pankhurst to land in this coun.
try.
"Hunger Strikers" Present.
Some leading sufiraglsts of this
country and few hunger strikers"
sat with Mrs. Pankhurst on q stage
draped with a tri-colored flag, bearing
the inscription Resistance to Tyranny
is Obedience to God"
Wearing small steel prison bar
badges signifying that their militancy
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
COMMENTS ON THE REPORT
SUBMITTED BY EARLE JACKSON

BILE to get without considerable trou.
BILE will run between $50 and SIS for
the like period of time. Figuring this
approximately 1t gives bill of $2lJ
for this period Of time and it should
be. considered that these are the
months when the bills are the low
est. The estimate for the lighting
of these buildings that was submit
ted in yesterdays report was $664.69
for the year
A. r. Pau, Jr., attorney for the
Consumers Power company, said that
he had no doubt that the plant that
had been suggested, could generate
electricity at two cents per kilowat
hour at the switchboard, but that he
wanted it understood that this two
cents did not represent the cost of
the electricity delivered at the lamps
in the city. He said that the item
of leakage had not been taken into
consideration and while it was i'm
possible to give an accurate estimate
o. the losses of power through the
wires, it would be enough so that un-
der favorable conditions tho. current
would be worth three cents by the
time that it had performed the light.
ing service and that If the condi-
tions were not favorable, that the
cost would run as high as five cents.
Electricity Affects Wire.
"EVon with the hest SyStamS
of insulation that there is there
is a leakage" said Mr. Pau,
who related instances, where
the power had escaped in
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Railroad Conference Tomorrow.

Representatives of he several rail
roads tina. enter Mankato will come
10 Mankato tomorrow to take part
in the, discussion which will have
to do with the proposed rearrange-
ment of the depots and yards here.
Preceding the meeting luncheon
will be served at the Elas cafe at
one O'Clock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Y. M. c. a. Informal Reception.

The Y. NJ. C. A. building is being
decorated for the occasion and will
be open for visitors at 1880 this
evening. The program will be as
follows, Basket hall, vollev ball. re-
lay race. solo by Lester Davies,
boxing bout, wrestling match, special
farcy stunts, solo by Frank Blyler
after which refreshments will be
served in the association hall by
the ladies auxiliary. The affair will
be very informal, and the ladies and
friends will be cordially welcome.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
H. [. Buck Operated On.

Winona, Mimi, October 22.-H. l..
Buck, postmaster and former Demo-
cratic congressional candidate and
chairman of the democratic state
central committee yesterday under
went a serious operation for an
pend:citis in the Winona hospital.
His condition last night was report
ed satisfactory.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
EIectricity Affects Wire.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HON.
ORS-cELEERITIES.

+ A number of World-famed
+ persons are celebrating their
4 various birthday anniversaries
Z today. Among them are:
+ Sarah 5ernhardt, the French
! actress, who is sixty-nine.
=. Cecilia Lotus, actress thir.
+ ty-seven today.
+ James Edward Hubert Gas
I. coyne Cecil, fourth marquis Of
+ Salisbury, British statesman
+ and possessor of magnificent
+ estates, who is fifty.two.
I. I. J. j. - !. I. !. /. 4. 4. + i. +
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Sale Of Sanitary Dairy.

The Mankato Sanitary Dairy mas
been sold by M. Langenfeld to Einar
and Charles Nielsen, the former own
ers, who took charge of the business
this morning. Mr. Langenfeld has
not yet decided what he will do but
will take rest at present.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Governors Discuss State Problems.

Wichita, Kans., October 22.-At the
invitation of Governor Hodges. most
of the governors of states west OF
the Mississippi river are here attend
ing a conference on state and ma
tional legislation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
AGED orqanist Died suddenly.

William E. Mulligan, an aged or
ganist, died suddenly in the Blue
Mouse theatre last night. He was
playing his faNbrite instrument
when death came. His, wife was
seated in the audience at the time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Able Indian Player.

WEIGH. the Carlisle Indian captain.
has shown wonderful ability not only
in running the team. hut also in run
ming through the open field. -
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-08
Spinal Column Words.

Some words could well do with a little abbreviation-''an 'antidisestab- lishmentarianisln," for instance, which contains twenty-eight letters and thus Tanks as the longest word in our language. It contains only ten synables, however, and in this respect is beaten by ''honorifcabili- tudinity," which contains eleven. Then "disintellectualization" and "incircumscriptibleness" are not the sort of words to be lightly tackled at the end of convivial evening. We have no thirteen syllabled words in English. but across the German ocean we find plenty of these, such as 'suelpaardelooszon- derspoorwegpetroolyting," which is the Dutch for "motorcar." Lon don Spectator.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-08
Tom Corwin's Education.

The father of Tom Corwin, the famous Kentucky statesman, ora tor and wit, felt that he was too poor to make a scholar of more than one child of his large family, and so the elder brother, Matthias, was kept at school and Thomas placed at hard work on the farm. The breaking of leg proved a happy incident in the life of the boy, as the enforced confinement gave him time for devotion to his beloved books, and he committed a Latin grammar to memory. Upon his recovery he again importuned his father to send him to school and, meeting a refusal, deliberately broke his leg second time that he might have leisure to study. His heroic determination to learn re- suited in his being placed in the same institution attended by his brother, where his natural ability and great industry gathered a thor ough knowledge of the best English literature and a fair acquaintance with the Latin classics.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-08
IAN ARCHITECTURAL PUZZLE.
| Curious Problem of the Trembling PiI. lar at Rheims.

The "trembling pillar" at Rheims presents a curious problem to archi- tects. The Church of St. Nicaise is surrounded with pillars constructed to prevent the walls from straining. At the entrance of the church is bell tower. On one of the bells ill this tower the phenomenon of the trembling pillar depends. When this bell is rung or even touched the top of this pillar sways.
 It goes and returns about seven inches on each side, although the base of the pillar is immovable, and the stones are so firmly cemented that it seems like a solid piece of stone.
 One authority, after a careful study of this peculiarity in explana- tion of which no satisfactory solu- tion is offered, states that what is most singular about the pillar is that, although the four bells are about the same distance from the trembling pillar, only one of them has any effect upon it. The others may be rung singly or all together without moving it.
 In 1775 little window was made in the roof of the church opposite the pillar. A board was placed on top of the pillar and on it were put | two glasses of water. Then the bell was rung. Immediately the pillar began to sway, and at the fifth stroke of the bell the two glasses were thrown off.
 The ringing of this bell has no effect on the pillars between the "phenomenal" one and the tower, nor on any of the others. But for merly it was the first pillar which swayed, then it became immovable, and some years ago the one next to it became the eccentric one.-Har- per's Weekly.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-08
Why He Was Glad.

Uncle Rastus was employed on a farm in Virginia where there was a prize bull that became so ferocious that the owner was compelled to send for veterinary surgeon and have his horns cut off. Uncle Ras- tus viewed the proceeding with evi- dent satisfaction from a safe place in the stable, and when the sharp horns had been rendered harmless he rushed up and seized the veteri- narian's hand.
 S'I's certify glad, doctah,' he gratefully exclaimed, "dat yo' hab done gone an cut offen dat bulls ho'nsY'
 "You are, are you?" jestingly re- piled the veterinarian. "Why are you so glad about it ?"
 ''It am jes' dis way, doctah," ex- plained Rastus with considerable feeling. '1's too old to climb trees, an I's too young to die. e."-Phila- delphia Telegraph.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-08
colors to the Blind,

"Have you any conception of col or? friend asked blind man. "What idea have you when you hear colors mentioned:"
 "A person blind from birth, as .have been, can have no possible proper conception of color,'' was the reply. "!To me color is sound, or, rather, music. When l hear the word red, for example, l instantly think os a high piercing note of music. Blue is to me a delicately sounded note, fairly high and pleas ing in tune. Green is soft tone and rather low, quiet and restful, while yellow is lively, quick little notes rapidly sounding and causing pleasure almost to laughter. Black, alas, is the only color we can realize, for we are told that that is the ab- sence of all light, and we know only too well what that means"