The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-08-14

OF Mankato, mrs. Ed. Roberts Of
Judson. Mrs. John Griffith OF Jud.
son and Mrs. Hollender. Of Minnea-
polls. -Cr Il @eE .. -
Mrs. Elias Roberts was daughter
=, of Mr.. and Mrs. John Z. Jones, now
deceased. who came to Minnesota
from Rome. New York. and settled
In Butternut. II was here that she
was born. She was married to Elias
Roberts Of South Bend twenty.four
years ago. -s ...s ..s
The funeral win take place from
the family dwelling on the farm In
Judson tomorrow afternoon at one
o'clock and from the Carmel church
at two o'clock. Rev. w. E. Evans
of Mankato VIM officiate. The IN.
terment will take place In Minneopa
cemetery, at which place It Is ex.
pected the hearse win arrive at
3:45 p. m. =. =.
All l. 90. F. and Rebekah mem.
bers are requested to attend the
funeral. as Mrs. Roberts was q
member OF the Rebekah.
rrom Thursdays Daily.
Mamie Shannon. an eighteen year
old girl living In Medo township has
disappeared, and today William Ward,
chairman OF the Medic town board and
George T. Johnson OF Pemberton were
in Mankato to get the assistance
of the county officials in finding her
whereabouts.
Miss Shannon has lived in Medo,
and her parents both now being dead
she has made her come with her uncle,
Mike White. The farm is located
about six miles from Pemberton and
partly owned by Miss Shannon. The
story which was told today was that
about ten days ago Mr. White was
working out In the field one day, and
another niece, Miss Haskell, who
! also lives there, had gone to one OF
: the neighbor's homes. When she
returned Miss Shannon had disap.
peared and has not been seen since
One story which was circulated
today was to the effect that Mr..
White would not give any informa.
ton as to Miss Shannon's where.
abouts, and the other Is that he
does not know where she Is. The
neighbors, however, have become
alarmed and came to Mankato to-
day to ask the county attorney
what to do. Mr.. Schmitt was on,
Of the city, and the sheriff was
called upon to assist in starting an
! investigation. The sheriff accom-
panied Mr.. Ward and Mr.. johnson
to the girls home late this after.
noon.
Mr.. White and his niece. Miss
Haskell, stated that Miss Shannon
had gone away from home before
and had stayed over night without
saying anything to them about it
so they were not alarmed at frs,
at her being gone.
From Thursday's Daily.
An air tank In the Minneopa gar
age. Second ind Cherry streets, ex
ploded at abodt one o'clock this aft
ernoon and ss a result there is a
large hole through the. roof Of the
building. another through q partition
and several windows broken, besides
a general mixup OF the various ar
ticles which were in the room with
the tank. r
| One Of the wofkmen at the gar
age had started the motor to fiji
| the tanks. which are supposed &c
have two hundred pounds pressure
II is claimed by men employed In
the garage that the tank was defec
tive, and that this was the cause oi
the explosion. Ole Olson, one ol
the employees, shut on the motor and
walked to HIS work bench, about
fifteen feet away, and just as hs
reached there the explosion occurred
Mr.. Olson slid under the bench un
I'll the dirt settled and he could SEQ
what had happened. An air tanl
standing alongside nof the one which
exploded. shot down the stairway
10 tne nrst moor.
Tanks were on Second Floor.
The two tanks were located OF
the second floor against partition
which was lathed and plastered. Ths
ceiling is probably eight or ten fee
high there, and the larger of tn,
two tanks tore a hole probably M
teen feet square In the roof, ant
lodged there. The other tank wal
thrown down the stairway, which 1.
about six feet from the tanks posi-
ton and rolled down the stairs tt
the first floor. The partition behint
the tanks was torn badly and a bar
eel Of oil which was standing OF
the opposite side If the partition wa.
thrown over and oil was dashet
clear across the room, twenty o.
more feet. Two windows, at leas
twenty feet from the tanks, and OF
the opposite side of the partition
were blown out. Tools and various
articles were thrown all around tn,
room. b.. .-.s. =
Thought Car Had Exploded.
Lynn Jones. who was working OF
the first floor, heard the explosion
and saw the cloud OF dust, anc
thought II was a car on the frs
floor which had exploded He start
ed to see what had happened, pass