The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-11-27

killed by Corporal Corbett until
taken to. boat to be sent to an
arsenal. Mr. Millington was seventy
4 years old.
From Fridays Dairy. ID.
After remaining In jail for four
days during which time she ate
nothing, Mrs. Charlotte Sharpless
was taken into district court In
Minneapolis yesterday to be ar.
raigned before Judge W. c. Leary
on a charge of numbering her hus
band. Leaning Sharpless, in the
family fat 1929 Yale place, Satur.
day night She was arraigned on
an indictment charging murder IN
the first degree Mrs. Sharpless
has refused to eat since she was
locked up. She said she was not
refusing through any idea OF re
taliation, but she said she did not
want to eat.
She showed little or no nervous
ness while in court. 800
John p. Nash and A. c. Finney
her attorneys, were prepared 10
ask for an immediate trial. Mr.
Nash asked that the case be set for
an early hearing as his law part
ner, George Armstrong, is to be
come member of the county at
torney's stan after January /, 1916
lMr. Nash expressed desire "a
have the case disposed Of before
that change is made.
Much work is being done by the
various organizations Of Mankato
North Mankato and surrounding
neighborhoods In preparing bandages
land dressings to send to the Red
Cross society for use in Europe
Mrs. w. ]. Morehart, representing
the Ladies' Reflect society, and Mrs
Robert Lamm representing The
st. Elizabeth society, will gladly
) receive donations OF money or dress
ings from individuals for this use
UP to the present time money has
been donated and dressings have
kbeen made by the Women's RELIEF
society, the Zetetic club, the Clio
club, West Mankato Aid society
North Mankato Ladies' Relief society
the Dorcas society of the Scandinav
ian churches, the ID. A. r., the Dor
cas- society and the Ladies' Relic
society of Eagle Lake, The Belgrade
Farmers club and the Tourists cIul
will donate a quantity OF dressings
next week.
A shipment of these articles will b.
made tomorrow, and another vii
be made next week At a meeting o
I the Ladies' Relief society yesterda!
: lafternoon 200 yards of cheeseclotl
, were made into dressings.
The ID. A. r. is holding a meetin,
: this afternoon at the home OF Mrs
. J. w. Kuebler to raise money 70
this purpose.
Colonel Jack" famous for havini
pushed wheelbarrow around tn
|. entire boundary line OF the Unite'
States, is in Easton. His correc
q. name is J. A. Krohn and in an Illus
trated booklet he describes in detail
his s.C00.mile journey around tn
!, edge of the United States in 1908, tn
: trip taking 357 days.
2 Kroiin was seen Thursday a
:, Franklin house, and stated that h
I follow an out-oT-door life or die O
2 consumption. Kron said he game
4 twenty pounds while walking the 9
|, 900 miles.
, He has n wife and lid living a
e Newburyport. Mass, end support
! himself and family by selling tn
I story of his long walk. He says b
5 expects soon to buy a small farr
|, and retire.
$ The above is taken from the CO
: umns of the Easter Argus. MI
e Krohn is st. Peter boy, an
!. learned the printing trade I'm the o
e fee OF The Tribune. He was employe
q i'm printing offices in Mankato. I'll
], walking tour six years ago attracte
e lnation wide attention, and II woul
1 Iappear that he Is realizing a goo
profit from the sale of the bookle
describing II.
I Leading democrats Of Minnesot
!. have accepted invitations to spea
4 at the dinner Hennepin county len
a locrats will give at the West hott
r Saturday, evening In honor OF Go,
:. ernorelect W. s. Hammond. Amoa
b the speakers will be Dan w. Law
8 Ter. OF st. Paul, who was Mr.. Han
r mond's opponent in the primaries
State Chairman A. L. Sortor. Cal
+ c. Van Dyke of St Paul, congress
e lman-elect, and Albert Pfaender c
n New Ulm., John Lind will be intr,
duced as POSTMASTER by J. Z
{ Christy, vice chairman OF the. count
d committee, acting in place Of F. NJ
5 Henry, the chairman, who Is in til
e south. Mr.. Hammond will be Ill
e guest OF honor and the princips
speaker OF the evening. Special inv
; tations have been sent TO all tn
members-elect Of the Legislature. Til
: dinner Is not an invitation affai
? noweyer.
lie Sueur, Mimi, November 90
: John c.. Evans. resident Of L
Sueur county for more than sixt
!. years, died yesterday at his HON
!, lon a farm six miles south OF tha
place at the age of eighty-three. II
ras one of the best known resident
I. of Southern Minnesota, being e
!, pecially prominent from the fact
:, his having planted the first whea
!. n the Minnesota valley.
Mr.. Evans was born January q
!, 1891, in ELECTROMAGNETIC, Vale