The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-12
LAT err Is Conductor On Passenger
Run On the Chicago and
Northwestern

Northwestern
ernn, Friday's oai;e.
While helping TO arrange the fur
niture In a nat to be occupied By his
daughter and son-in-la when they
return from their honeymoon. Henry
N. Gage. the Oldest locomotive engi-
neer in point OF service In the employ
of the Northern Pacific, was stricken
with heart disease yesterday after
noon and died before he could be
given medical aid.
With his wife and a friend, Mrs.
John +. Hauenstein. 6s0lk Selby ave-
nue.. ST. Paul. Mr.. Gage had assisted
with the finishing touches to the fat
at 1925 Laurel avenue, where his
daughter. Mrs. William Lester Nc
knight, q bride of less than n month
and her husband intend to make their
home.
The two women noticed that as he
sat in a chair his head dropped to
one side.
When they called him and he did
not respond a doctor was summoned
but he arrived after the engineer had
breathed his last.
Coroner ID. G. Jones examined the
body and concluded that death was
due to natural causes.
Mr. and Mrs. Gage lived alone at
7G3 Mendoza street. Their daughter.
an only child. was married October
9 and has been spending honey
moon in the east. She and her hus-
band are believed to have left New
York for st. Paul last night
For more than fifty years Mr.. Gage
has been In the employ OF the North
ern Pacific railroad He was sixty
nine years OF age last June. During
most OF this period he was connected
with the company as an engineer, his
run being between st. Paul and Du-
luth. In all of that time he never was
in wreck or accident.
The deceased was brother OF
Nose Gage who has been for years
passenger conductor on the Chicago
and Northwestern road, running be-
tween Winona and Tracy. He is we'll
known I'm MankatO.
Rcinhart DanielsOn and family, who
live on the August Johnson place in
New Sweden. were attending n meet
Ing Of ia" Farmers club Of Bernadottc
Tuesday evening their new farm hand
II Is suspected ransacked their home
and left shortly afterwards for parts
unknown. Mr. Danielson had hired
the man, who gave his name as .Ien-
son. only few days previous and be-
lieYed him entirely worthy.
But returning from the meeting Of
the farmers club about midnight. the
family found that the new hired farm
hand had left II Is suspected that he
had taken an axe. broken the top
of q large trunk and taken several
articles OF jewelIy and BARRIERS out
fit, consisting of several knives and
shears which Mr. Danielson owned.
He also took a pocketbook I'm which
were Il number OF old coins. a blue
serge pair of trousers and a blue
serge cap.
Sheriff August Olsen was notified
Of the robbery Wednesday morning
and he immediately telcphOned To the
authorities of ncighboring towns and
the twin cities description Of the
young man. hut mp To the present no
trace of him has been secured.
Jensen. according TO his story. had
had varied experience. lie returned
about fifteen months ago from Brazil.
South America. where he had been
employed as n cowboy He had also
r..
spun Of his trials while serving as n
sailor. Jensen is described as being
about twenty-eight years old, FIVE
feet, six or seven inches tall. light
complexion. sandy hair. smooth shaw
en-. small light blue eyes. and promi-
nent cheek bones. He wore n brown
suit and had tan rain coat. He also
had number of tattoo marks on his
forcarms and body.
Shredder a. Murphy. who operate
the weli-known>and popular hardware
store ut l21 South Front street. have
decided TO materially enlarge their
store. They have purchased the
building which they have occupied
for so many years and the adjacent
building on the right where the viii
son restaurant is located, from the
Lulsdorff estate. and will have Il re-
built into an up-to-date two story
building. ..--.,
An addition will be built 24xS5 feet.
two stories high. with basement, the
contract having already been let to
the j. b. Nielsen company at $1,000.
The building occupied by the Wilson
restaurant will be vacated within
few days, and as soon as II Is empty
the Nielsen company will begin the
work Of tearing down and re-build-
ing.
When completed. which will prob
ably be by the first OF next year
Messrs. Shredder & Murphy will have
one OF the finest hardware stores to
be found anywhere. and their many
friends and patrons will be pleased
TO learn that they will not retire from
business. as they at one time thought
OF doing. but will continue mt their
old place, and do business upon
much larger scale.
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