The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-13

full house In the evening The
total attendance at the Methodist
church was l,2oC. In the morning a
class of twenty-five people was taken
into the church. In the evening the
Dooley Jubilee singers assisted in the
service.
Estimated Attendance.
The Presbyterian church had a
total attendance of 500. Swedish La.
theran, 700; Baptist. SOC: North
Mankato Methodist. $50; Trinity
Norwegian Lutheran. AGO: Congrega-
tional. $50: Episcopal, 800; Welsh
Calyanistic Methodist. ESQ; Chris
tian. 241: West Mankato chapel. 100:
Scandinavian Baptist. 100; Our Saw
tours Norwegian Lutheran, 200:
Swedish Congregational. 40. The
Christian Science church had an at
tendance OF $50. There was a serv-
Ice at the Y. NJ. C. A. in the after
noon which was attended by about
100 boys and men
One or two smaller churches were
not reached today. but the attend
ance at those was estimated at 200.
One thing noticeable about the
attendance at the services. was that
more than the usual number of men
were present. or the 542 people
at the Methodist church In the morn
ing 322 were men. The German Luz
theran church also had noticeably
larger attendance OF men than usual.
The day was go To Church Sun
day" in the city, and the attendance
was larger by reason Of a special
effort having been made to have
people attend the services. Every
one who was In the city was reached
In some way and urged to be in a
place OF worship, and the response
was gratifying to the ministers as
well as the other church people.
The go-to-church movement in
Mankato was a pronounced success.
From Mondays Daily.
Theodore Just Of this city, at the
risk Of his own life, saved three
people from drowning while In Arr
roma recently. Mr.. Just was going
out from Yuma with Frank Pear
son. a land man formerly Of this
city, and a young man and his wife
from Montana, the latter of whom
were looking over the land.
The party was riding in a two
seated carriage and when about
eight miles from Yuma came to a
stream which had no bridge There
were hoof prints in the sand along
the bank showing that horses had
crossed the stream. so Mr.. Pearson
drove down the bank. Suddenly
both horses dove head first into the
water and disappeared to come up
again struggling in an instant. The
seats and cushions of the buggy
with the occupants OF the rig fioated
out and the horses struggled for a
time. always trying 10 get near the
people, until finally both drowned.
Went Down Three Times.
Mr.. Just could swim and tried
to get to shore. The man from
Montana grabbed hold OF him and
Mr.. Just went down three times be-
fore he finally with the help of Pear.
son got to shore. all OF them hang.
ing onto a seat. The woman In
the party was alone, her husband
having forgotten her peril In the
excitement She was clinging des-
perately to the other seat, and fos.
ing face up. When Mr.. Just reach.
ed shore and found what predicament
the woman was In he tore on his
overcoat and heavy sweater and
told the men TO push out the seat
which they had chung TO to reach
shore. and he started out with the
aid Of II to reach the woman. He
finally caught the end OF the seat
and drew her TO shore.
She was In a serious condition
from having water on her lungs. and
all Of the rarity were chilled through.
They finally succeeded In emptying
the water from her lungs. and re-
viving her. One Of the men walked
five miles TO get a team of horses.
II took them some little time to re.
cover from the shock. but all OF
them escaped without serious re-
suits.
From Mondays DaIIv.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o.. Scot. Honor
Guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Scott were
made homer guests at meeting OF
bridge club OF which they are
members at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. yeigel Saturday evening.
The regular meeting Of the club
was held and then after Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott had arrived they were
told that the fact that Saturday was
the twentieth anniversary OF their
marriage had become known A
very pleasant social evening was
spent and the guests presented Mr..
and Mrs. Scott with a gift in honor
Of the occasion.