The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-20
Stories Briefly Told
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~. VI. hidAds St~ANsaS
Mankato Savings and Building as
ISOLATION, is I'm receipt OF letter
fromhis old friend, w. p. Colin, a
former resident of this city who
now resides ut Dillon, Mont. Mr..
Coffin writes in part as follows:
1--WE are living four miles out from
town and our house Is OF quite n
distance from a public road so we
do not often have a chance to send
mail consequently do not have an
opportunity to get letter on to
AIankato very often. / am now five
months along on my eighty-second
year and I am still troubled with
rheumatism in the shoulders, arms
land hands and do not try to write
letters except to you and few
other friends more than once or
twice a year. ! often think of you
and Mrs. Willard and of others in
Mankato. Should like TO spend a
few days again In the old town but
probably never shall. We take The
Weekly Free Press. and in almost
every paper / note that some old
friend or acquaintance has joined
the great majority. Captain Holmes,
Captain Keysor and DR.. Harrington
hold out wonderfully, as do many
others who have passed the eighty
landmark.
I'VE have had fine weather up to
February. Cince then have had
some Gerry cold days, the thermom-
eter indicating 35 below zero. but
for the almost continual wind blow
ing Montana winters would be fine
Our ranch has few horses, some
cattle, pigs, turkeys and chickens.
My daughter seems to like country
life. l think made a mistake in
not going to California two or three
years ago. saw in the paper that
you made a trip up to Canada last
year. Your son John must be doing
well in the Kings domain. Demem
Der me to all the Cid time friends
In Mankato."
New York, February 17.-Mem-
bers OF the Besley exposition which
left last summer to explore unchart-
ed regions of South America, has
returned aboard the steamship By.
ron. They reported that they found
bones OF members Of the Cromer ex
petition, who entered the wilds Of
Peru nearly two years ago and
were never heard from. The Crom.
er expedition. was headed by w. II.
Cromer, a former West Point cadet
and William II. Page, a Chicago
high school teacher. The Besley
expedition crossed the continent
from Lima and came down the
Amazon from the head waters to
the mouth. II erected a cross on
the way at the point where It
discovered the bones Of the Cromer
party. II also reported the discov-
cry Of new Inca city In Peru called
Plateriyayoc and visited other re-
gions hitherto unknown to white
men.
Queenstown, February 11.-Such
violent storms occurred in the North
Atlantic during the week that many
passenger steamers and cargo boats
on their voyage to America have
run for shelter to ports this side OF
the Atlantic. Three large passenger
steamers bound for the United States
are returning to Europe In a bat
tered condition. The French liner
Niagara. which left Havre February
Z for New York lost her starboard
propeller soon after getting out to
sea and is now putting back slowly.
The British Steamer Tritonia from
Glasgow and Mobile is returning af-
ter being out seven days. Her steer.
ing gear was carried away and decks
badly damaged. The big Dutch Oil
Tanker Rotterdam, when eight days
out from Amsterdam to New York,
lost her rudder and was forced to
make Queenstown.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Carl Anderson. who lived in Man
kato, as a little boy, died in the st.
Paul city hospital Saturday ana the
body was brought here this noon
The funeral will be held at two
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the
Swedish Lutheran church and the
interment win be made In the Sweu.
ish Lutheran cemetery.
Carl Anderson was born in Man
kato twenty-one years ago, and NOV
ed with his parents to st. Paul elev-
en- years ago. He has been a cripple
for twelve years. A father. whose
whereabouts are unknown, two sis.
tiers and a brother. survive. Miss
Lottie Anderson of this city and
Inga, VINO lives in New York, are
the sisters. and the brother is Ed.
Anderson OF Minneapolis. .,
Death VI . Son. III
From Tuesdays Daily. 81
Mrs. Jerry Jones OF Spring Island
has received word of the. death OF
I her son. Theodore Tweed, in a hos
pital In Twin Falls. Mont, last Sat
urday. The young man was born
| in Cottonwood county twenty-eight