The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-24

me at 1880 p. m. tomorrow by Rev
Mr.. Bailey OF kasota. and the burial
will take place In the Mankato Ger
man Lutheran cemetery. The pail
bearers will be Fred Manske, AL.
win Guentzel. Ernest and Gustave
Boehland, Edward Smith and William
wildes.
From Saturdays Daily.
! F. F. McCauley. assistant superin.
tendent Of the Minnesota division oil
the Northwestern road with Offices
In winona. Is promoted to the as
sistant superintendency Of the Ash
land division with headquarters at An
tigo, Wis, according to an annouce
ment given out at the office OF Super
lintendent M. J. Boyle yesterday az
ternoon. The change became effec
tive today.
Mr.. McCauliy was elevated to the
local Office last November 20, when
he came here from Huron, 8. ID.
where he had been trainmaster. Fol-
many years he was a conductor on
the Dakota division. During his
short period in the official capacity
at the local offices, he proved his ef
fcieny, according to railroad men.
Succeeding Mr.. McCauley as the
assistant In this city will be G. f
Helmer,, now assistant at Escanaba
Mich. on the peninsula division. T
M. Coughlin. who has been assistant
4 at Amigo, will I'LL the vacancy al
Escanaba. g.. .... ........
/ Mr.. Helmer Is young man but
has had long experience in the rail
road work, for some time in Of
fetal capacities. He Is married and
will bring his family to this city.
George Pass and Son, the archl
tects have completed the plans FOL
the armory ut Fairmont and will re
ceive bids for the building on April
2t. They have also completed plans
for store building to cost about
$4,000 TO be built for Peter Hanson
at jackson. and will receive bids
for its construction on April 20.
Plans for two houses and the re
modelling OF another house into q
duplex, all for Peter Lloyd are In
process in the office. The houses
will be located on Cherry and
Fourth streets. Mr.. Lloyd will move
his present residence to the back oil
the lots and make II into a double
house. The other residences, which
will cost about $1,000 each, will BIZ
on the Cherry street side OF the
ground. Mr.. Lloyd plans to build .
large brick house on the front oil
the lot next year. .a
A contract was signed yesterday
between the Mayer Brothers com
pany and j. N. Lang for the pur
chase by the company OF the fifteen
acres of land Just north Of the fail
grounds, commonly known as the
sheepsheds property. Heretofore
only a verbal contract had existed
! for the deal. The amount OF ear
nest money has been increased. Al
that remains now to perfect thu
transfer Is the payment of the bal
ance OF the money and the passing
of the deed.
The Mayer Brothers company con
| templates building a new factory OF
this property, an absolutely IRE
proofbuilding Of glass and concrete
one-story high, and 125 by 200 feet
| Elmer Hanson, the young man VIII,
was so severity injured In the ele
vator OF the Heinrich hotel last No
vember, died at his home In Jeffers
MINI, Wednesday. The young maj
was In Nthe hospital from Novembe
until about a month ago. when h,
had so far recovered from his in
juries as 10 be able to leave. III
left Mankato about three weeks az,
and soon after getting home he wa
taken with scarlet fever. Howeve
his Illness was not serious until |
4 short time before his death. whel
the complication OF the scarlet feye
and the weakness from bis acciden
proved too much for his fraii cor
dition TO overcome. MFR. Hanson wa
|. twenty-five years OF age.
4 Ernest Johnson and Claude Waih
err, two negroes, who were arrests
last February on the charge o ha,
Ing In their possession certain good
that were stolen from railroa
, freight car. were before Deput
!. Clerk c. e. Bredeson OF the fedora
, district court this afternoon. on tn
question of their being released o.
their own recognizance in the sur
OF $500 each, TO appear for trial a
, the session Of the court on the morr
, ing OF May II. Mr.. Bredeson at
| late hour this afternoon had not We
, heard from the federal Judge o
, the question Of granting the n
, lease. The negroes have been COT
fined to jail ever since their arrest.
! Word has been received from Der
yer announcing the death of Jac
Messerly. who was once star has,
ball player OF Mankato. Mr.. Me-
, sely afterwards played on the tear
: of Binghaniton. N. T.. and late
: served on the Chicago police fore,