The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-25

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The coroner's jury. which investi-
gated the death of ePter Reheome AT
st. Peter last. Sunday, returned the
following verdict: "That the said
Peter Reheome came to his death on
the 18th day of December, 1914. by
being struck by freight on the
Chicago. st. Paul. Minneapolis and
Omaha railway at the crossing north
OF the station Of said company at
st. Peter. due to the carlessness and
neglec. of said railway company TO
furnish and provide proper safe
guards at said crossing
From fridays Daily.
Quite a complex maze of suits and
prosecutions resulting from contro-
versies that started ten years ago
between the Owatonne Tanning Mill
company and Dennis e. Virtue on
one side and the Creamery Package
Manufacturing company OF Chicago
and the Owatonna Manufacturing
company on the other, has Just been
brought to a final adjustment.
The trouble started when the Cream
Iery Package and Owatonna Manufac-
turing companies prosecuted the
0watonna Tanning Mil company and
Dennis F.. Virtue for infringement
OF patents on combined churn and
butterworking machinery. The Cream
cry Package won les suit but the
Owatonna company lost. Thereafter
came a vast number OF suits In re-
taliation by the Owatonna Tanning
Mil company and Dennis f. Virtue.
These included antitrust prosecu.
tons, and a suit for damages for
malicious prosecution. The last has
been tried three times in the Steele
county district court. The plaintiff
received verdict each time. but
the second was smaller than the
first and the third was smaller than
the second.
The settlement between the part.
les Is I'm consideration of the pay.
ment by the Creamery Package Man.
uiacturing company and the Owa-
tonna Manufacturing company of
$4,000. The parties all bind them
selves TO do all the things necessary
10 end the various pieces of ltiga-
tion, which have been dragging
through the courts during the last
decade.
From fridays 0aiIv.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 4. Richards OF
Chicago, brother.in.law and sister of
j. ]. Edwards of Mankato, we're
aboard the big Cunard liner Tran
sylvania, when, on December 6, 1t
had a narrow escape from destrue-
ton by a mine. This boat arrived
Wednesday at New York from Liver
pool. At four O'Clock on the morn.
ing OF December 6. during storm
of the north coast of Ireland two
mines were dashed together by the
waves and exploded about twenty
five feet off the steamers bow.
A fragment of steel from one of
the mines shot across the deck OF
the liner and tore away a part of
the railing.
The force of the explosion lifted
the bow of the Pennsylvania several
feet out of the water. The steamer
had just come through heavy storm
and when the passengers, awakened |
by the explosion rushed on deck Of !
icers told them nothing had hap
pened, that what they had heard was
n thunderclap. Then the passengers |
found the space that had been torn !
out of the deck railing and one of I
them picked up a fragment of the !
mine that had caused the damage.
From Fridays DAILY.
Mrs. johanna Peterson of Kasota
claims to the the sole heir to an Z,
estate of $4,000 LETT her by an uncle, !
Peter Peterson, merchant, of Get !
tysburg. 3. d., who died i'm that town !
In the spring of 1912 He left no
heirs, as far as the authorities were
able to make out at the time, and
there was no will. Under the South
Dakota law in such cases the prop
erty goes to the state. The prop
erty consisted largely of business
buildings. Anton Peterson of Gettys- /
burg was named as administrator.
Some months after the death of |
her uncle, Mrs. Peterson learned OF !
It. She Immediately presented a
claim to the property. basing It on
the ground that she was a niece and /
the only surviving heir to Mr.. Peter !
son. She retained Attorney II. @. ,
Aderson OF st. Peter to take care OF
her case.
Last week Attorney r. l.. Flick.
niger OF Gettysburg. representing the
came to st. Peter to
obtain all passible evidence likely to
affect the case. Mrs. Peterson and
her husband, Frank Peterson, togeth-
err with Mrs. Anna G. Larson and
II. l.. Stark Of st. Peter, went before
z. e. Miller Of that city in his capa- +,
city as a notary public and gave
their testimony, the taking of which
required the greater part of two
lays. 4
In her statements Mrs. Peterson as.
serted that the deceased was her
father's only brother. and that there
were no living relatives. other than :.
herself Her uncle came TO this conn