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

have his winter clothing sent him
The clothing was sent. but nothing
was heard on their being received
lMr. Beck was about twenty eight
years of age, was a. son of the late
Mrs. David Beck OF Mapleton, and
twas heir to considerableliproperty
From fridays patty. u
William Popken, brother of Adolph
Popken OF Mankato, and now
making his home with the latter
has Just returned from Germany
where william and John Popken
brothers, were visiting relatives from
| the twentieth OF June to the last
day of October. William Popken has
lived for twenty-one years on q
farm near Fulda. His brother. John
who returned with him from Ger
many, has gone back 20 tina. farm
William Popken gives come inter
esting facts In regard 10 the war sit
uation He and his brother are both
American citizens, and vera not
called upon to serve In the German
army He learned that even Ger
man citizens who had families in
! America have been allowed 90 &c
back to this country to take care OF
them, instead OF serving IN tho Ger
man army, II that was their desire
Germany had no lack Of soldiers.
Had Excellent Harvest.
He states that Germany had al
excellent harvest this year, which
was taken care of largely by the
women, as laboring men we're scar &c
J For such labor men could draw al
/ high as $3.50 per day. The t.,
brothers did considerable harvesting
for their relatives while In Germany
Most OF their visiting was I'm and
near Williamshaven.
The brothers sailed for Americs
on the last OF October, having LEFT
Germany by way Of Holland. The
ship, Ryndam, ON which they sailed
was under the flag OF Holland. On
leaving port. all the wireless tele
graphic apparatus was taken down
for fear OF trouble with vessels o
the belligerent powers, but after thu
ship was we'll started on It's trip on
in mid-ocean the apparatus wa,
again put up.
Ship was overeroWded.
The ship was greatly overcrowde,
and frightfully unclean. IL had 1,20'
passengers aboard, about ninety-si,
per cent of whom were Germans an,
Austrians, who had homes. In Ameri
ca. and we're on their way to them
Minnesota will count noses mex
June. Early In the coming session o
the legislature a bill will be intro
duced providing for taking a stat
census, according to the custom o
counting the states population mid
way between the federal censuses
Every ten years since 1865 the stat,
census has been taken. and Il 4
practically certain that an act al
thorizing the 1918 census will b.
passed. According to custom II prob
ably will be placed in the hands o
the secretary of state. Julius A
Schmahl. The 1905 state censu
cost s65,000. 1t was handled b.
Peter E. Hanson. secretary OF state
George +, Wright OF, Princeton hay
ing direct charge OF the bureau. TIL
enumeration started June 1, 1905
and was finished In one month, bu
the compilation took SOME tire
months longer. No account was take
OF anything but population, sex, ags
color, nativity, p occupation, parentag
and period OF residence in the stat
and district The census showed
population Of y1,s7e,912. which was Al
increase of 22S,51S In the five year
following. the federal census of 1906
or 10 per cent The federal censu
OF 1910 showed a population OF 2
075, 70S, an increase Of 's5, 7g6 in Oh
five years following the state censu.
| Minneapolis's population by tn
state census nj 1905 was 261 ,974, a
increase OF 59,25S I'm Ave year.
and the federal census in 1910 mat
It 3o1, 4os, a fye-year increase G
I39.434.
1 Lakefeld Standard: Adelaide +
Elder was born January IL, 1895, a
Mankato, Mimi, died at Denzil Sasl
Canada, November 8, 1914, age
nineteen years, nine months an
twenty-eight days. 2. She took TO he
bed August 2s : with typhoid. feve
For seven weeks she battled wit
, this disease and other complication
the eighth week the fever left he
and recovery was looked for an
expected when suddenly she CO
llapsed and the last seven days sh
, was unconscious and never agai
; Eopened her eyes or spoke wore
From the beginning all that expel
nurses and the best doctors ,coul
. do was done Three outside doctor
, land there could be no better, wer
J in consultation with DR.. Elliott, IN
lattending physician. 80 ,....
, From the beginning of her Hines
J she made statements to her mothe
and father she would die; that SIN
would not get well again. For thi
! end She prepared herself while 1
bed according to the teaching {
the Catholic church. At no tim
did she complain. The first seve
; weeks Of her sickness were s
, severe that she was continual
tdelirious; the eighth week she wa
rational, and the ninth week IN
, conscious. ~ F..
/ She was teaching school at Gu
Knife, Canada, when taken sicl
but was removed to the parents
home at once. She was buried q
Shakopee, Mimi. Friday forenoon
November 10, the. services beln
lhcld from the Catholic churcl
. Beside the father and mother fou
brothers and one sister are left I
mourn her demise as follows: Ere
Up Ctaranea n, Haroid n Fran