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VOL XLIII. MANKATO, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1899 NUMBER 25
DEATH’S CALL.
Mrs. P. K. Wiser Summoned to
Her Rest.
A Well Known and Highly Esteemed
Resident, Active in Social and
Charitable Circles.
It is our sad duty to chronicle
the death of Mrs. Arabella Maxfield
Wiser, which occurred at 10 o’clock this
forenoon at«her [home on South Front
street. She was conscious to the last,
and was surrounded during the
moments «of her dissolution by the
members_of her family and relatives,
who had been unremitting in their care
and attention throughout her illness.
Mrs. Wiser had a fall on the ice two
years ago, and 'had suffered more or
less ever since, but her serious illness
dated back only‘to about eight weeks
ago. Her strong body and rugged con
stitution enabled her to resist the ef
fects of the complication of diseases
that beset.her, and her life was pro
longed on this account. Hope of
recovery was abandoned some days
ago, it beingjrealized that she was past
the power cf medical skill to re
• store her.
Mrs. Wiser was born in Norwich,
Muskingum county, Ohio, March 22nd,
1845. She* was united in marriage with
Mr. P. K. Wiser Jan. Ist, 1865, at St
Louis, Mo., and they went to St. Paul
the same year, and landed from a
steamer in Mankato on March Ist, 1866,
Mrs. Wiser is survived by her husband
and|two sons, [James Maxfield Wiser
and Louis Clark Wiser. She was the
last member living of her own family,
and was an aunt of Mrß.' u Geo. E. Brett
and of Mrs. D. W. Wiser, and a sister
in-law of Mrs. Mary» Maxfield.
The deceased was an active member
of the Presbyterian church and also of
the Ladies’ Relief i Society. She was
active in all social and charitable
matters, andiwas possessed of unusual
sweetness of temperament and many
graces of.character that made her be
loved by all who enjoyed her acquaint
ance. She was a loving wife and de
voted mother, and sincere in her friend
ships. The sympathy of all will go out
to the bereaved} husband and sons in
their hour of sorrow, but they have
that richest of inheritances, the bless
ing and fond memories of a pure and
devoted woman.
Mrs. Wiser enjoyed a very wide ac
quaintance in the state, and her death,
although'not sudden nor unexpected,
will cause genuine regret among all
who knew her.
HANDED IT OVER.
Geo. Pope Pays Secretary Thro $141.95
Interest Money.
Gen. E. M. Pope Saturday called
upon J. C. Thro, secretary of the pub
lic library board, and paid him $141.95,
be’ng the interest on SSOO for four years
and twenty days, at 7 per cent. The
money was paid over in cash, and Mr.
Thro gave Gen. Pope a receipt for it as
secretary of the library board.
Mr. Thro states that he will hold the
money until after the next meeting of
board, at which time it is expected that
the board will yote to turn the money
over to the city treasurer. The next
regular meeting of the board oc curs on
the first Monday in December.
Later this afternoon Mr. Thro -con
cluded to turn the money over to the
city and handed it to City Recorder
Williams, taking his receipt therefor.
This means that the library board makes
no claim to the money, and that this
matter is now settled.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following transfers of real estate
were filed today:
James S. Hastings to Rollin L. Baker,
west half of lots six and seven, block
, three, Stevens’ add. to Mapleton, for
SBOO.
James S. Hastings to Dwight E
Baker, east half of same, for S3OO,
FOR SALE.
A farm of 80 acres, 25 acres under
cultivation, balance timber, situated
sec. 26, 41 miles east of Mankato.
Reynolds Schmidt.
Philip Liesch, editor of the Brown
. county Journal and New Ulm Volks-
• blatt, spent a portion of the day in the
city on business. Mr. Liesch has built
up a nice business in 'New Ulm, and
is giving the people of his city and
county two first class papers—one pub
lished in the English and the other in
the German language.
Mr. Pitkin, of Crookston, general
”* agent 'for a harvester company, has
. leased James Shoemaker's house on
Fourth street and will move to the city
with his family Dec. Ist.
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RESOLUTIONS.
On the Death of Charles Franklin
Loring.
Following resolutions were unani
mously adopted by Alexander Wilkin
Post at their meeting Wednesday eve
ning:
Charles Franklin Loring, a comrade
whom we revered and honored passed
frome earthly turmoil and pain to the
heaven of eternal security and repose
on the 19th of October, 1899, at Gar
den City, Minnesota.
He belonged to the great brother
hood of souls who have successfully and
nobly wrought for the world’s welfare,
and he lived and died with the laurel
wreath of imperishable fame upon his
brow earned in the holy cause of
liberty and in world’s daily strife
He met the duties and responsibili
ties of life with almost consummate
faithfulness and we honor and cherish
the memory of our departed friend and
brother because of hi unfaltering de
votion to the principles of liberty and
the welfare of humanity. Therefore
be it
Resolved, That in the death of
Charles Franklin Loring, Alexander
WilkinPost has 1 .st a brother loved,and
one who rendered fearless and faithful
service for his country and whose con
siderate and prudent courage, and
manly bearing, challenges our highest
respect and admiration. The luminous
glare and dazzling radiance of the light
of freedom glowed in his patriotic soul
in overflowing measures and his was a
type of heroic virtue that commands
the respect of kll good men.
Resolved, That this post extends to
the bereaved family our deepest sym
pathy, and that a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to the family of our de
parted comrade and the same be pub
lished in the city payers of Mankato
and Garden City.
H. S Eldred,
E. Sheldon,
M. Hanna.
Committee.
M’DAID’S WATCH.
It Was tbe Cause of Considerable
Trouble.
Rufus L. McDaid applied to County
Attorney Hughes Friday forenoon for a
warrant for the arrest of Charles Ander
son, who has been running a boarding
house for railroad laborers in South
Bend. His story was that he went to
St. Paul a month or two ago, owing
Anderson $2.28, and leaving as security
a silver watch for which he had paid
130, the understanding being that he
would send Anderson the money and
have the watch returned to him.
McDaid said that a few days after
reaching St. Paul he sent the money to
Anderson, but did not receive the watch
back. He came to Mankato a day or
so ago to see about the matter, and was
told that the watch had been raffled off
by Anderson last week, and had
brought 140. He was also told that
Anderson was on the point of leaving
for Chicago. He therefore wanted a
warrant for Anderson.
McDaid signed a complaint, charging
Anderson with grand larceny in the
second degree. Judge Shissler told him
that he would haye to put up $25 as
security for’the costs, but he declined
to do this, and the warrant was not
issued.
A CONFERENCE HELD.
Street Committee Meets With John C.
Noe Without Result.
The street committee of the council
held a meeting Thursday at the city
hall, at which John C. Noe was pres
ent, The committee desired to find
out why the Mankato & New Ulm
road does not apply for a franchise to
go through the city. Mr. Noe inform
ed the committee that «this was not
necessary as it was using the right of
way across streets and alleys granted
to the Omaha road, and that the state
law protects its rights in all other re
gards.
Nothing came of the conference, and
members of the committee express
themselves as feeling that the railroad
company is not doing the right thing
by the city as it seems to be shirking
responsibility. It is felt that if the
city should make a request of the com
pany in the future it would refer the
city to the Omaha road, and the latter
would wash its hands of the matter, as
it has already done when approached
by city officials Members of the com
mittee feel that there must be some
thing back of the refusal of the Man
kato & New Ulm road to ask for a
franchise, which will develop later in a
manner not to the city’s interest.
The grading is nearly completed in
West Mankato.
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has been on
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half a century
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SHOP LIFTING.
Strange Woman Arrested on
This Charge.
She Refuses to Give Ht r Name or Resi*
deuce—Taken to St. Peter, Where
She is Wanted.
A woman who would give neither
her name nor her home was arrested
in this city at shortly before noon Friday
on the charge of shop lifting, at the re
quest of Chief of Police Davis, of St.
Peter. The latter telephoned to Chief
Bruels at 10:25 a. m. that two women,
one fleshy and the other ta.ll and pock
marked, were on the train reaching
Mankato at 10:45 a. m , and that both
were wanted there. He said that he
would come at once and take them
back.
Chief Bruels and Officer Morrow'
were at the depot when the train came
in, and a traveling man who had
spotted the fleshy woman on the train
and had notified Chief Davis at
St. Peter of the fact from Kaso
ta pointed her out to the police
officers, at the same time express
ing the opinion that the other woman
was not on the train. The fleshy
woman was dressed in black and car
ried a big and a little satchel and g
shawl fastened in a shawl strap. The
officers spoke to her, but did not place
her under arrest, and she took a hack
driven by David Terwilliger and askecj
to be driven to a dollar a day house.
Mr. Terwilliger drove her to the
Clifton House, but she did not get out,
but asked whether there was not some
other dollar a day house in the city.
Mr. Terwilliger named them over and
she directed him to drive to the Stahl
House. On arriving there, she was
shown into the ladies’ waiting room.
Officer Morrow had followed the hack
on his wheel in order to get the
woman’s stopping place located, so that
he could find her easily when the St.
Peter officer arrived, not desiring to
place her under arrest. He went into
the office to tell the clerk to give her a
room, and she came through the hall
way and met him. He then hastily
hunted up the clerk and told him about
the woman. When the clerk went in
the woman was gone. The officer went
out into the street and caught a glimpse
of her running across a vacant lot to
ward Second street, carrying the
small grip and shawl. He followed and
she cut across the blocks until a wire
netting stopped her near Fourth street.
There the officer took charge of her and
escorted her to the city hall.
The woman refused to divulge her
name or home. She said that she had
arrived at St. Peter last night and had
come to Mankato expecting to meet
Jacob Miller and family, who had re
cently come to this county and who
lived fifteen miles southeast of this
city. She refused to say anything more
about herself. She has the appearance
of being about fifty years of age, and is
very fleshy. She is a German woman.
She denied having stolen anything.
The smaller satchel and the shawl
were opened and found to contain three
pieces of rather costly ladies’ black
dress goods, containing several yards in
each piece. The woman stated that she
had intended to sell some of these goods
to the Miller family, who were friends
of hers. She claimed to have lost the
key of the large satchel. She said that
she had bought the pieces of cloth, but
not at St. Peter. She had $3 or $4 in
money in her pocket.
Chief Davis arrived on the 1:00 p. m.
train and returned with the woman to
St. Peter on the 1:25 p. m. train. He
was accompanied by a young lady clerk
in a store, who at once recognized the
woman as one of two who had been in
the store at 9:00 o’clock this morning.
It was learned that the other woman is
still at St. Peter, and Chief Davis tele
phoned back to have her arrested.
The big satchel was broken open and
found to be packed full of pieces of
ladies’ dress goods, the total value be
ing estimated at S2OO to S3OO. The young
lady clerk found two pieces that she said
had been stolen from the store where
she worked, these being valued at S4O.
No one knew the woman’s name, and
from her secretiveness it is presumed
that she is a professional shop lifter,
and may have intended to dispose of
; some of the goods in Mankato.
Mrp. Cora Flanagan swore out a war
rant late Thursday afternoon for the
arrest of Elmer E. Leidloff, charging
him with assault 'in the third degree,
committed Thursday. The officers
were looking for Leidloff until a late
hour last night, but were unable to
find him. Chief Bruels and Officer
Bienapfl went as far as Kasota in their
search.
Chas. W. Mead, of Minnesota Lake,
and R. B. Hanna, of Mapleton, were
Clifton House arrivals Thursday night.
AN IMPORTANT RULING.
Creamery Checks, to Patrons Not Obliged
to be Stamped Under Certain
Conditions.
The Mapleton Enterprise says: Re
cently Mr. Wm Stroebel, secretary of
the Mapleton creamery, addressed a
letter to Mr. Fred Von Baumbach, col
lector of internal revenue for the dis
trict of Minnesota, inquiring as to the
necessity of placing revenue stamps on
checks issued for the purchase of grain
or the checks issued monthly by the
local creameries in payment for butter
fat. The collector replied by enclosing
the latest decision made November 7th,
1899, by the Commissioners of Internal
Revenue. This ruling, the collector
says, will apply to creamery tickets and
will therefore save much inconvenience
to grain buyers and creameries, as well
as considerable expense. The Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue in his de
cision says:
“I have to advise you that grain and
cotton tickets and the like may be
cashed by a regular employe of the
company issuing same, and directly to
the parties to whom they are issued,
without liability to the stamp tax, and
they may also be cashed by a person
not a regular employe of the company
issuing same, provided the company
deposits money with said person for
the specific purpose of cashing these
tickers, and providing the tickets are
cashed out of the buyer’s own money
and no other
the above ruling a bank would
be allowed to cash grain or cotton
tickets without requiring stamp on
said tidkets, providing the party issu
ing thitickets deposits funds with the
bank far the specific purpose of paying
these tjckete, which funds the bank
must keep separate and distinct from
its general deposit funds, and provid
ing the tickets are paid directly to the
parties to whom they were originally
issued. It jnust be understood that the
funds sq deposited are for the specific
purpos/.of cashing grain or cotton
tickets apd the like, and for no other
purpose.
to this ruling the patrons
will have to have their checks cashed
by the creamery treasurer.
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F'airy Talcs
Are interesting to children, but men like facts and figures better.
We submit a few that are worth dollars to those who take advantage
of our
safe-
Fact No. 1-Thebest Suit for the money in Mankato. QE
An all wool blue black or fancy cheviot, for vu.UU
Fact No. S— The best overcoat for the money in CQ HR
Mankato. An extra well made and durable blue kersey for.. vOiUU
ITaLCt No. S-The best Ulster for the money in Q Qf|
in a heavy, serviceable black frieze for wOiuU
4STREMEMBER that our stock is brand new and contains all the nobby creations of this
season. Scotch. Cheviots, Oxford Meltons, Blue Serges, Pin Head Worsteds, Vi
enna Cheviots, Herringbone patterns in Serges and Cheviots, and the beautiful strip
ed Worsteds are all shown by us. Many of them have the new cut double breasted
vest —a swell garment.
FOR THE LITTLE /WEIN.
We have Vestee Suits, 3-8 years, from sl.oo to $6.50
Two piece double breasted Suits, 6-16 years, from 7sc to $6.50
Three piece Suits, satin faced, 11-16 years, from ss.oo to $7.50
A fine lot of Reefers in beavers, kerseys, friezes and Chinchillas from
$2.00 to $6.50
Do not miss getting some of that new lot of fleece lined underwear tor the children, only
i- 25c, worth double.
On sale while it lasts, 25 dozen random underwear for children—4oc per suit.
£ LONGINI <fe CO., J
| THE NEW STAR CLOTHING HOUSE. $
Sam Ross’ Liquor License Re-
The City Council Accepts the Bid of
Spitzer & Co. For the $12,000
Mayor Currier presided and all of the
aidermen were present at the meeting
of the council Thursday night.
The council decided to allow John
Kollman to do business under the Sam
Ross liquor license, on South Front
street.
The order of Mayor Currier revoking
Mr. Ross’ liquor license was read.
City Attorney Daily said that W. Gl.
Hoerr, the complaining witness, has
withdrawn his complaint.
Aid. Taylor moved that Mr. Ross’
license be reinstated. He thought that
there was nothing else for the council
to do about it.
Aid. Meyer asked the mayor whether
he withdrew his objection to the saloon
running.
The mayor replied that he had no
objection and that the council could
take such action as it chose, so far as
he was concerned.
Aid. Weed referred to the fact of the
saloon being run by someone else than
the party to whom the license was
granted.
S. B. Wilson stated that a transferof
the license had never been made.
The'motion was unanimously car
ried.
The bids for the $12,000 of refunding
bonds were read, as follows:
Season goods & Mayer, of Cincinnati,
$12,439.20.
Wm. J. Hayes & Son, of Cleveland,
par and accrued interest to date.
Minnesota Loan and Trust Co., of
Minneapolis, $lO4 premium.
Spitzer & Co., of Toledo, $638 premi
um.
Geo. H. Marsh, of Mankato, sl2
premium.
First .National bank, of Mankato,
$12,250.
Stoddard, Nye & Co., of Minneapolis,
$12,350.
Dennison, Prior & Co., Cleveland,
par less a commission of SIOO for blank
bonds and expenses.
A telegram from Spitzer & Co. wa
read, offering to furnish blank bonds
for $lO.
Aid. Weed moved that that the bid
of Spitzer & Co,, of Toledo, Ohio, be
accepted, and the mayor and recorder
authorized to carry out the transaction
on the part of the city. This was car
ried.*
Aid. Meyer, for the claims commit-
tee, asked for more time in regard to
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REINSTATED.
turned to Him.
Refunding Bonds.
Bond Bid Accepted.
the claim of the city against H. W.
Brown.
F. L. Hansing asked permission to
erect a temporary scales in front of 113’
West Hickory street. It was referred
to the street committee.
John A. White, general manager of
the Deering Harvester Co., petitioned
to have curb and gutter laid around
the Pope building and adjacent proper
ty at the corner of Second and Hickory
streets, in order to prevent water
ning into the basement. '
Col. Wm. Thomas-
Shepard estate _,g,
spoke in favor of
speaking as an indivk -<*i.
The matter was referred to the board
of public works to report during the
evening.
The liquor license bond of Fred H.
Snyder, with Orange Little and Chas.
T. Taylor as sureties, was approved
and a license ordered issued upon the
payment of SI,OOO into the city treas
ury.
The board of trade committee peti
tioned to have the new room used by
it (the old council room) properly fitted
up It was referred to the committee
on city property.
Printing Bids.
Bids for doing the city printing for
the ensuing two years were opened as
follows:
Daily Review-rSO cents per folio,
first insertion, 25 cents per folio, subse
quent-insertions; 60 cents per inch, first
insertion, 30 cents per inch, subsequent
insertions.
Mankato Journal—3s and 25 cents,
45 and 30 cents respectively. Notices
to be published also in the Mankato
Post.
Daily Free Press—so and 25 cents,
per folio and inch.
Mankato Ledger—4s and 37 cents
47 and 40 cents respectively.
The bids were referred to the com
mittee on printing, to report at the
next meeting.
Aid. Taylor said that part of the
Main street storm sewer is broken,
Fred Kro n’s cellar is threatened. Mr.
Kron offers to advance the money until
spring to do the work. He considered
the matter important and that it should
be done at once.
Engineer Thompson said that the
city’s share of the work would cost
$250.
Aid. Jordan moved that the board of
public works have the work done, and
this was carried.
City Attorney Dailey reported the set
tlement of the damage suits of Sarah
and Lulu Goodwin for $75, and that of
John Schmidt for SSO.
On Aid Meyer’s motion, the mayor
and recorder were instructed to issue
orders to carry out - these settlements.
City Recorder Williams reported
that he had received $141.45 from J, C.
Thro, secretary of the library board,
this being the Pope interest money. It
was ordered placed in the current
fund.