The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-13

anu mrs. JOnn MacDeth ana daugn-
ter of Mankato Mr.. and Mrs. Nigg
and son left on tho midnight train
for Los Angeles. where they VIII
make an extended visit with reia-
lives and friends.
Attorney Miles Porter Is in vern-
on Center today.
Miss Alice Farr has gone to Wau-
kesha. Wis. for visit.
Miss Gertrude Jones OF Good
Thunder visited here yesterday.
Judge Henry Mol OF 81. Peter
was In Mankato on business today
Mrs. ID. ID. Murphy of Blue Earth
is the guest of Mrs. w. r. Geddes.
Fl. ID. Hansen and daughter OF
Amboy were visitors in the city to-
day.
Attorney U. @. Argentsinger Of
Mapleton was In the city on business
today.
Miss Ella Knutson OF Minneapolis
is in the city TO remain a few days
with her mother.
o. E. Plowman, agent of the Great
Western at Morristown, was In Man.
kato over Sunday.
ID. u. Nefll Of Redwing is in the
city and will address the telephone
meeting this evening.
Mrs. Herman Held returned to her
home In New Ulm yesterday after
visiting here for a few days.
Mrs. Frank Bangs and little son
OF Rapid City. s. d., are guests Of
their cousin. Miss Fleeta NJ. Tousley.
Miss Dora Taylor, teacher of Dis
trict No. 4 South Bend, called at
the court house late Saturday after.
noon.
Miss Anna G.. Jones. teacher OF
District No. lis. Butternut Valley,
was a caller at the court house late
Saturday
Miss Alma Wiedenmann left yes.
terday for her home at New Ulm
after spending two weeks visiting
with Mankato relatives.
Judge Henry Mol Of the Nieollet
county probate court, came from st.
Peter today to lock over some Of the
records Of the probate court OF Blue
Earth county.
Mrs. Lillian Davis Of lie Susur Wis
tied in Mankato today. Her niece.
Miss Beth Beaulieu, passed through
here on her return from lie Sueur
to Carleton college.
w. W. Klingman, agency manager
for the Equitable Insurance com.
pany. has come to Mankato to live
and with his family is moving into
the house at 216 Byron street.
ST. Paul Pioneer Press:-George
ID. Eygabroad and daughter. Miss
Ruth Eygabroad. have returned from
a trip to Palm Beach. Fla, and have
taken apartments AZ the MARLBOROUGH.
Miss Martha Balm went to Mil
waukee Saturday to visit Downer
college, from which she graduated.
Before returning to Mankato she will
visit a number OF points in wiscon.
sin. . ..r
Rev. W. r. Keesey of Centenary
Methodist church went to Springfield
today. He will address q mass meet.
ing there this evening on the local
option question. The election in that
village will be held tomorrow.
W. B. Causey. superintendent Of
the northern. division of the Great
Western; W. B. Harrison. the as
sistant superintendent, located at Red.
wing. and J. T. Frame, superintend-
ent of maintenance OF way of the
northern division, located at st. Paul,
were all in the city today.
From Mondays Daily.
ST. Paul. March e.-Judge Dancer
of the St Louis county district
court has sustained the constitution
ality OF the corrupt practices act
passed by the special session Of
the legislature in 1912. according
to Information received by Attor.
ney General Smith. The latter had
filed brief I'm behalf of the state
In the case In which the decision
was made. II is likely that an
appeal to the supreme court will be
taken from Judge Dancers decree
The case was that OF J. s. Saari
against J. J. Gleason. In the recent
city election at Eveleth, Gleason was
chosen mayor over saari and the
latter instituted a contest alleging
that Gleason had violated the cor
the corrupt practices act was not
10 the complaint on the ground that
the corrupt pratives act was not
constitutional This demurrer was
overruled by Judge Dancer and the
case viii 90 to trial on its merits.
New Record in Deposits.
A new record in bank deposits
was made by the ST. Paul banks
when they answered the call of the
United States comptroller Of cur
nency for a statement of their con.
dition on March 4. The bank de-
posits in the FIVE national banks and
the Observation-Disclosures. a state
institution. amounted to s57.s55,.
3s5e5. the greatest ever recorded
by the combined Institution. A new
total Of sTo.32i.5s4.19 in bank assets
was rolled ND In the statement On