The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-19
From Fridays Daily.

says The Mapleton Enterprise. In
view of the inability to secure salts
factory hall accommodations II was
decided to hold the meeting either In
the Congregational church or Mason
ic hall and that the attendance be
restricted to members Of the club and
those participating In the two days
bonspiel which will precede the cele-
bration.
Tht secretary was instructed TO
correspond with DIR. T. N. Robertson
who appeared here on the .Chautau-
qua program last summer speaking
on Distracted Mexico" Mr.. Robert
son Is Scotchman and speaker OF
ability as all who heard him at the
chautauqua can testify. Mr.. Robert-
son resides at Creseo, Iowa, and n
his engagements are such that he
cannot All the late. Rev. Andrew Gil
lis Of st. Paul, will be next con-
sidered as il Is proposed to have a
good speaker and confine the remain
der OF the program to local talent.
The usual banquet viii be held but
this of course will be considerable
less work than usual as the number
coming to supper win probably not
be over a couple OF hundred while
usually It Is nearer FIVE hundred. The
dance will also be dispensed with
which will give the dance committee
a little rest as they had a serious
time last year and were bothered q
great deal by a noisy element who
were anxious TO obtain admission.
A committee consisting of T. II.
Taylor. A. ]. Ellis and r. d. Hanna
was appointed TO see local talent and
arrange for the program. There, were
some OF the committee In favor OF
giving up the program entirely this
year but i'm view OF the continuous
years which the society has celebrat-
ed, over half century. Il was deemed
best to go ahead even though some
limitations were necessary.
Owatonna, November 12.--Torn TO
bits and scattered along the right of
way for distance or nearly a mile
the remains OF an unknown man were
discovered on the Rock Island tracks
ut Clinton Falls yesterday, morning.
The gruesome sight of a mans mot
at the crossing directly east of Clin-
ton Falls. was the initial discovery
The station agent ut Medfurd was no.
titled and the section crew sent out TO
investigate. Beginning with the find
ing OF portion OF the scalp at the
Beardsley crossing. north of the one
first mentioned. dismembered 'por-
lions OF the body were found scattered
along the track from that point south
for over three quarters OF mile.
The only clue to the Identity OF
the poor fellow who met so horrible
an end was package OF letters adj
dressed to w. c. Mccormick at Belya,
N. ID.
The remains were gathered up. AFT.
err the coroner had given permission,
and were brought to owatonna on q
hand-car the same evening.
Mrs Caroline Gulden, an old resi-
dent OF Mankato, died this morning
about five o'clock. death being caused
by complications due to advanced
years. She was born in Germany, and
was seventy years. Fer some time
past she had lived at the st. Peter and
Paul's home for aged people. and had
been In comparatively good health up
to about two weeks ago. In early DAYS
Mr.. and Mrs. Gulden conducted a res
taurant I'm Mankato Mr.. Gulden died
about fifteen years ago, and his widow
Il continued to make her home In this
city. The surviving relatives are three
sons, Charles, living In Washington
state; Otto and Paul, Highwood, Mon
tana: two sisters. Mrs. r. Hoehn,
Mankato; Mrs. Theodore Roemer.
Madison Lake. The out or town relal
lives have been notified. and win be
present for the funeral, arrangements
for which will be made later.
Winnipeg. November 12.-In order
that they may be prepared and in n
against any nation should the United
States declare war on any country.
a number of leading American busi-
ness men In Calgary are holding a
conference this week with United
States CONSUL Reat OF Calgary, who
will place their request before the see
rotary of state at Washington. The
idea, which sprang from the Ottawa
intimation that an American legion
might be formed In Canada, Is TO get
permission from Washington to recruit
a regiment of United States citizens
TO Calgary. SO that In the event OF the
states declaring war this regiment viii
be at once ready for service. Scores
of Uncle Sans adherents In the city
have signified their wiilingnessto sign
on, and II Il can be arranged American
officers of whom there are several In
Calgary. will be placed In charge.
Tn connection with one Of the state
ments at the Commercial club meet
ing Monday night The Free Press Is
Informed that the raise In Telephone
rates between Mankato and the twin
cities Is rs per cent higher on one OF
the telephone lines. and considerably
more ON the other line. This raise Is
due to the fact that Mankato is COM
petitive point. The rates before last
July had been cut down owing to com.
petition. and when the new. law went
into effect the companies were coin-
PEELED to raise the prices. The rates
we're lowered between non -compqti-
tive points, and Mankato now han q
lower rate 10 the smaller towns .elat
villages west OF the city. The error
made was In stating that there
had been . 40 per cent raise.