The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-04-30


road commission for the year 1913,
the roads should acquire nearly ST.
100000 more revenue through this
new rate provision. I'm that year 49,
407,079 passengers were carried,
which II has been estimated would
give the roads $S12,150.
Rochester, April zf.--on May go.
at p. m. the DIR. w. w. Mayo me-
mortal statue will be unveiled. the
ceremonies to take place I'm Mayo
park. Speakers for the occasion will
be Judge c. N. Start OF st. Paul. and
Bishop O'Gorman OF Sioux Falls. So.
both old time friends OF DIR.
w. w. Mayo.
There will be songs by children OF
the city schools and one of DIR. c. III.
Mayo's children win unveil the statue.
The statue is to be placed near the
mound which has been constructed In
the northwest corner of Mayo park.
u will be situated about at the cor
ner of Liberty and East Fourth
streets.
The statue Is of bronze. II is eight
feet high and rests on pedestal of
Vermont granite. six feet high. The
statue Is on It's way here now from
Chicago. and the pedestal will soon
be shippcd from the quarry In Yer
mont. The statue Is the work of Leon
ard Crunelle of Chicago. He Is
member OF the Illinois State< Art
commission and Is an assistant to
dorado Taft. the most celebrated
sculptor in the United States.
The movement TO erect statue of
DIR. w. w. Mayo. was started by citi-
zens on November 10. 1911. The w.
w. Mayo Memorial association was
formed. the original organization be-
Ing r.. J. Griffin, president: Burt w.
Eaton. vice president; c. w. Blakely.
secretary, A. c. GoodBg, treasurer;
and John Magaw and J. w. Maiden.
members.
From Saturdays Daily.
Because j. b. Foley, travelling
salesman from the twin cities, repre-
senting the Russell Road Grader com
pany. missed a purse containing s23
and some valuable papers Friday
morning from his room In the Saul
paugh hotel. he Is now defendant In
$500 SANDER suit. The purse was
left under his pillow, so he claimed.
Friday morning II was MISSING He
talked to the chamber maid, Mrs. So
phia Carey. about II. The result OF
this conversation was that on Friday
evening papers were served on him.
suing him on the charge of falsely
accusing the chamber maid of taking
h. n, L. La, al. a..
cusation was made in the presence
of a negro and another chamber
maid. c. J. Laurisch is attorney for
Mrs. Carey, the plaintiff. s. b. VIII
son has been engaged by Mr.. Foley
TO defend him.
Austin, Mimi, April ga middle
aged man, six feet tall and weighing
300 pounds. who appears i'm dress and
manner a prosperous business man, Is
wanted at Austin or at Bismarck, n.
d.. and $500 reward is to go to the
person who apprehends him. He and
woman. who accompanied him I'm
both cities have twice tried to abduct
Miss Hazel Thompson, seventeen year
old daughter of Mrs. A. X. Thompson
OF this city.
When IL became known yesterday
that the girl had been attached re-
Gently at Bismarck by the couple. who
appeared there I'm an automobile, II.
J. Thompson. brother of the girl. dis
closed that he has detectives employ
ed seeking for the girls assailants.
and that a similar attempt to kidnap
his sister was made here on December
90. At that time the couple spent
four. days in Austin trying to make
the< acquaintance Of the girl, and
failing. wrote note to her. stating
that they wished to give her import
ant Information and requesting that
she meet them outside her home.
They tried to induce the girl to go
with them. but aware they were
watched. they made no attempt to
seize her as they did In bismarck.
where they appeared I'm an automo-
bile. ...-
The local authorities believe the
couple are white slavery agents"
ST. Paul, April 24.-One of the gam
est of fights is being made by st.
Paul's tiniest citizen, with most OF the
odds against her.
She Is the baby daughter of Mrs.
Agnes Mccarthy. TIA Park avenue.
and she was born at the city hospital
on Thursday. April Is. just three
months before anybody expected her.
tipping the scales at two and one-half
pounds.
In spite. though, of the slender hold
on life to which her early advent en-
titled her. Baby Mccarthy has made
IL plain from the very first that she
intended to be an exception to the
rule and linger In this vale of tears
Just as long as possible. nothwith-
standing the handicap.
For eight days she has been living
I'm an incubator. a tiny, cotton wrap
ped, pink-faced dolly, sleeping nearly
all the time, except when her hourly
feeding falls due, and little milk
is put into her wee mouth with a med
icine dropper.
Her weight has not increased APP
preciably. but the fact that she Is still
living is In itself remarkable and an
other feather in the cap of modern APP
piled science. The mother is progress
ing well.
From Saturdays Daily.
BOY STRUCK BY BOLT.
Victor pietmeier Was Killed BY