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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25
CLEVELAND, THE BOSS"

Dictator Cleveland" will be his title,
if by a chain of accidents similar to
those which elected HIM 1894, he should
be reelected this year. He is already
the autocrat of the Democratic party.
The Democrat who refuses to obey his
slightest nod is sent to the rear at once,
no matter how high he may have stood
with his party.
Samuel j. Randall, who has more
than once saved the Democratic party
from going to pieces, incurred the i'll
will of the Democratic boss, because he
would not support the Mills tariff bill.
Cleveland sent out orders that Randall
was to be deposed from the leadership
ofthe Democratic party in Pennsylvania
With the assistance of the Federal offic-
ials in that State the orders were
carried out to the letter.
But Cleveland is not satisfied. He
wants to have Randall defeated for re-
nomination to the House. Cleveland's
nearest friends openly boast of this sort
of work, and say that he intends to snub
every man who refuses to vote for the
Mills tariff bill and that he also proposes
to use the entire power of the admins.
tration to defeat their denomination for
Congress.
Last week the President vetoed a
public building bill for Allentown,
Pennsylvania, because, Git is stately Mr..
Sowden, who represents that district in
the House, had refused to vote for the
Mills bill, and now lis friends say that
he has Mr.. Sowden's defeat for renom-
ination to Congress assured. These are
not merely Republican charges against
Mr.. Cleveland, they are the openly
made boasts of his nearest friends and
advisors. This country never before
had but one President who descended
to such politics, and that was Andrew
Johnson. Let Cleveland beware of his
fate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25
GREAT FLOODS.

The great overflow of the Mississippi
river this spring is said to have never
but once before been equalled. The
damage in the vicinity of Quincy, Han
nibal and below is reaching an appalling
figure. and will be fully equal to that Of
1851. A dispatch from Quincy gives a
graphic description Of the devastation of
the mighty waters.
Ten days ago the water reached the
danger point, and from that time has
been rising steadily at the rate of from
four to fourteen inches daily. The gov
eminent guage now marks l9 feet 9
inches, being seven inches higher than
during the great food of 1881. Above
and below Quincy are over 100 miles of
leyee for the protection of fully 100000
acres of land-the most productive farm
ing lands in the valley. On Sunday
morning the first break occurred in one
of those great embankments, known as
the Indian Grove levee. During the
day two other crevasses were made, and
within few hours thousands OF acres of
winter wheat that promised yield of
from forty to sixty bushels to the acre
were laid waste. Thrifty homes were
deserted on q moments notice from
riders who were sent out to give warn
ing of the danger, IN many cases the
people being obliged to leave everything
and fly to the bluffs or seek safety IN
boats On Monday the Sny carte levee,
an embankment commencing lust below
Quincy and extending south distance
of fifty-four miles, gave way between
Hannibal and Louisiana, and the scenes
enacted the day previous were repeated
and intensified. Early IN the week, the
Alexandria levee, thirty miles above
Quincy, gave way, completely flooding
that thrifty city. Yesterday crevasse
was made in the Sny levee at East Ham,
ilton, followed soon after by another
break a mile south, and last night de-
struction in all the levee districts was
complete. Not an acre of ground in this
vast territory can escape the flood, and
the loss to farming interests is simply
iucalculable. Cattle and horses in the
fine wooded pastures were overwhelmed
in many localities and drowned. The
river above and below the city Is nom
ten to fifteen miles broad, covering all
the farms on Dotn Sizes anu exuenuns
from the bluffs on the Illinois side to the
h,gb bluffs in Missouri. The scene of
desolation between Quincy and Hanni-
lal is simply pitiable. What was few
DAYS ago fertile valley, teeming with
abundant crops, is vast expanse of wa
ter, deserted by every living thing. The
water is pouring over the top of the
leves, besides rushing through the
breaks from 800 to 400 yards vide, with
irresistible force. MANY of the people
who have been driven from their homes
are utterly destitute, having neither
clothing or food left. Steps are being
taken to aid them, but the suffering and
deprivations will be terrible at best.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

THE Pioneer Press says the platform
adopted by the Republican convention
on Wednesday does not satisfactorily
express the feelings of Minnesota Re-
publicans on the subject of the tariff.
The trouble with the Pioneer Press is
that it has the very mistaken idea that
its preferences in regard to the tariff are
those of the Republicans Of the State.
1t is not to be supposed that the conven-
would have unanimously adopted plat
form which was not satisfactory to the
members thereof, and if it does not suit
the Pioneer Prsss that fact is Il pretty good
proof that that paper does not, as it
claims. represent the sentiments of the
Republican voters of the State. The p.
p. may try to squirm around it as much
as it pleases, but thu point remains that
it is hostility to the principle of protec-
ton which animates Its opposition to the
Republican party's position on the tariff
question. That party persists and will
continue to persist in putting the protec-
ton of American industries before 9th
ers Of less importance to the interests of
the United States, and the Pioneer Press
not believing in this sort of thing is
bound not to be suited with Republican
platforms. If the convention had de-:
clared for tariff for revenue only, or,
added that Democratic phrase which
means nothing, incidental protection"
our friends of the Pioneer Press would be
found loudly commenting the good (?)
sense of the party. 1t announces that
the state convention to be held later in
the season must speak palmer on this
subject, and it is quite likely it will,
though it will only be to emphasize the
Republican doctrine of protection.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

New YORK Republicans did not have
much to say in their platform, RELOCATING
call questions pertaining to the policy OF
the Republican party as TO National
and State policy" to the party in Nation
al convention assembled. And vet, the
Inter Ocean says, because there is one
policy concerning which certain pro-
fessedly Republican newspapers affirm
that there is difference of opinion in the
Republican party of New York, the con-
vention resolved,
That We approve the action of the Re-
publican members of Congress in OPP
posing the Mills tariff bill, so-called, and
we urge them to persevere in defeating
every device intended to place upon the
statute book the free-trade theories OF
Mr.. Cleveland's annual message.
This is answer sufficient to those who
approve the Presidents message as
"wise and statesman-like. and yet as
sumo the name of Republicans. In
every State where the Republican party
has framed platform "the tree-trade
theories of the Presidents message"
have undergone condemnation. 1t was
not to have been expected that the
New York convention should fail to free
the party from those false imputations
of admiration or liberation of Mr.. Cleve-
lands pretended free-trade theories
which pseudo-Republican journals have
cast upon it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25


We do not believe the Pioneer Press
will meet with popular approval in its
attempt to work up public sentiment
against the state railroad law. 1t will
certainly not be successful unless it
keeps closer to the truth than in its edi-
torial of Saturday headed "What Rail-
road Rates?" The article starts out with
the statement that "by act of the Min
nesota legislature railroad charges IN
this state were ordered reduced to
maximum of three cents mile" and
from this false assumption it goes on to
show that the law was disregarded by
the railroads and remained dead letter
until the roads were compelled by COM
petition and business interests to reduce
their fares to the limit prescribed in the
law. Now the fact is, as the Pioneer
must certainly have known, that there
is no law in the statutes of Minnesota
fixing railroad charges at three cents
per mile or any other figure. There is
law, however, creating board of rail-
road commissioners and delegating
to them the power to make reasonable
rates." 1t is with this commission that
lies the honor or discredit, the praise or
blame for the recent drop of rates on
the Northern Pacific and Manitoba
roads. These roads were charging high
er rates than other companies in the
ota 70 and fha Iaoilal fbof
their tariffs were unreasonable and ord
cred them lowered to three cents per
mile. The roads failed to comply and
the commissioners secured a decision of
the supreme court sustaining their ac-
ton, and applied for a mandamus to
have their orders carried out. Before
this could be served, however, the
Northern Pacific voluntarily" it says,
reduced its rates to the figures demand
ed by the commission. To be sure the
president of the road adopts the silly
subterfuge that 1t was through no fear of
the orders of the commission that it
lowered its charges, but because COM
PEELED to by competition. 1tmakes very
little difference to the public whether
the Northern Pacific recognizes the
power of the railroad commission or not
so long as it obeys its mandates. The
latter is the point the people are inter-
ested in. The Pioneer Press in the edi-
torial referred to takes the ground that
this case shows a weakness in the rail-
road law, and gets back TO some of the
old arguments against legislative control
of railroads, but it may as well save it.
self its trouble. The people are we'll
satisfied with the workings of the law
and of the operations of the railroad
commission and it will take more intiu-
ence than even that able paper possesses
to weaken public approval of them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

ThE Northern Pacific has reduced its
passenger rates in Northern Minnesota
to three cents per mile, but the company
wants it distinctly understood that the
move was not made through any fear OF
the recent decision of the supreme
court upholding the order of the Railway
Commission to that effect. OF course
not. But the question arises whether,
in the absence of the decision the same
spirit of magnanImity toward the public
would have come over the officials
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25
The Verdict Unanimous.

w. ID. Sun, Druggist, Bippus, Ind,
testifies: 81 can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles, and was
cured of Rheumatism of 10 years stand
ing" Abraham Hare, druggist, Bell
vile, Ohio, affirms. "The best selling
medicine have ever handled in my 20
years experience, is Electric Bitters.'
Thousands of others have added their
testimony, so that the verdict is unanim-
Gus that Electric Bitters do cure all dis
eases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood.
Only half dollar a bottle at j. Z. Jones
drug store
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

If there was any harmony at the Dem
ocratic convention Thursday it was of u
kind that augurs no good for the party
in the coming campaign. Much better
would it have been to have fought the
fight 10 "finish" than TO patch up u
truce which simply means the postpone
ment of the quarrel until it can be set
tied at the elections next fall. Does
anybody suppose that after the epithets
and expressions toward each other
made by Ames and Doran either of
those two gentlemen is going TO sit
quletey by and see the other triumph in
his party? Not so. The fight will rage
none the less fierce, because it Was TEN
porarily patched up, and when time
comes for back ripping and throat cut
ting there will be razors a'flying in the
air. So mote il be.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

Doctor AMEs is on top. Mr.. Doran u
few weeks ago announced that he would
not go to st. Louis on the same delega-
ton with Ames, and as late as Tuesday
reafiirmed that position, giving for his
reason that Ames was man Of bad
moral character, a self reeking dema-
gogue and shallow politician. In spite
Of this pronunciamento DIR. Ames was
Thursday enthusiast cally elected a
delegate, and Mr.. Doran gwen to under
stand that if he didn't want to serve
with the Minneapolis man the best
thing he can do is to stay at home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

FROM good reports it is evident that at
least fourteen Democrats will oppose
the Mills bill, and if such proves true it
will be impossible for the measure to
pass the House. American indus
tries and business enterprises have been
for months awaiting the movements of
the Democratic party to see If it would
be successful in its assault upon the
manufacturing interests of the country.
Fortunately the prospects are that the
attack will be thwarted, but the suspense
and uncertainty attending it have had
their effect.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

The number OF newspaper enterprises
which it is given out cold are to be the
result of the split in the Minneapolis
Tribune gives the impression that Alden
j. Blethen is a lively individual. Ac,
cording to all sources he is behind the
movement to start two morning Demo-
cratic sheets in Minneapolis aud st.
Paul and new Republican paper at
Minneapolis. Alden j. is good one.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

MIR. CURTIS, of Harper's Weekly, thinks
the Democratic party has made a bad
record in New York state. STILL, that
gentleman is preparing to support Grov-
er Cleveland, who is the pride Of all
members of the party of "bad record"
and who, if elected, will owe the same
to the efforts of that party in New York
and the Solid South.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

THE interview published as coming
from Mr.. Blaine, in which he gives his
opinion that Depew is the strongest Re-
publican candidate, hasn't caused a
great sensation. The people recognize
in il something that stamps its unrelia-
bility. Mr.. Blaine don't talk that way.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25
CERTAINLY NEEDS coRREcTlNo.

We have been shown SOME ngufeS
which are being prepared in support OF
the complaints of the State Business
Mems Association against the Omaha,
Northwestern and Milwaukee railroads
to secure an equalization of freight taIilis
throughout the state. Some of the hg
ures speak louder words as showing the
determinations practicel, and we below
give few Illustrations which will EN-
tighten the public on matter of great
importance. The Omaha rates IRON 81.
Paul to Shakopee, 2S miles, are:
az % 3 70 3 . "a
Now, Shakopee can ship 10 miles for
the above rates, or for the same distance,
IS miles, would have to pay "a, %, u, IA,
IL, IL, 9, s, Z, q.
better idea liz given by this compar-
lson:
Mi12 45a bcde
st. Pull to LIE sucur s2 Is q 70 2 70 K = ssS
Shakopee to "a 30 20 10 10 IL " lO91
Winona to Worthingtor. 2s5ni!es. or
La Crosse to Worthington 267 miles, pay
1881 u b C d e
5O3527 3I9 20 IC Is II II
ton tl5O miles,. E244 42O n 81 Is 10 ID 10
From St. Paul Ia Jordan. 80 miles, the
rates are %, 10, II, IL, 8, 3, 8, I, q, 1,
while to ship the same distance Jordan
must pay 30, rs, 20, 10. ~, II, II, 8, s, Z.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, to jordan l39
miles, pays 80, %, ~, 81. II, II, Is, ~,
IL, s, while Jordan can ship but 80 miles
for this money, and Tor the same dis
lance, l39 miles, pays 50, 43, 33, %, 20,
20. Is, 10, Is, 10. Making some c"mpdr-
Isons we find these:
Mil 3 3 IL b C. d @
st Paul to St Peter 10 30 e5 ~ Is 2l2li 9S 6
Jordan tn 30 30 70 20 Is 10 ~ II d
Chippewa Fall to
Mcpherson. l5S 81 % 20 Is is IL 10 "A Is Ia
Henderson samedis
lance 1880. ..15S "a 46 IS e - . 10 IG "A II
st Paul Ia Hend'son 50 q 81 - Is 10 ]. II 3 Il
Hend' sun same dis
lance :. IS "a 20 - II u u 1910 Q :
st. Paul to Jordan. 30 ~ 10 Al Q 0 3 Z 6 4
HendsOn to " 10 81 Is IL III I q .
Or, stal :. 80 81 q - 10 |! IA IL II 10 :
CRYSTAL '...... =. 1875 2Oi6IaIsiI 9 s G
Saltwater to Owa-
tonna ....... lib IS 20 % 10 10 "A I2I 10 I
Henderson to Owa-
tonna .. -. E, CD same rates.
tonna 49,. -. 10 so s5 "A - 10 - 10 IIli II
Below is given another extract from
sheets being prepared by the State Bus
mess Mems Association showing the in
equality of freight rates in this state
The following are rates in force on the
G.. d n. w. road.
MIL 3 / a d -
Winona to Eagle
Lake 49,. I24 81 30 % II L. Il Is IL 10 .
Marshall to Eagle
Lake .122 As Al 81 "a l6 10 II 412 10
Stillw'trto Oshawa1O9 q 81 % Il 12 10 IA IL 10
Marshall to 9S ~ sc 25 81 II II 10 ID II s
WinOna toBurch' rd24s 80 46 "A 80 "a
to Marshall24G 60 co 80 2024
st Charles TO Blue
Earth City .l64 10 30 20 Il I2 II 10 Is IL 8
Marshall to Blue
Earth City ..'66 66 Is SO % q ~ 20 II IL ii
Winona and LaCr's
to Redwood Falls23S A 81 20 % ~ Is 10 Is IL
Marshall to Redw'd -,
Falls -. .... % Il SIS 81 81 I6 10 Il II 10 8
thington .2O9 50 IS % % 10 % I6 Is IL II
Marshall to Worth.
ington ...2ll 20 30 Is 3 20 ~ - ~ IL 10
st. Charles to Pipe
stone .246 55 10 20 a 20 81 is IL Is II
MarshI toPipest meas ~ 81 - G % - p % Is ~
ST. Ch'rles toAdran234 81 So - q ~ u IS Il "A Il
Marshall to 236 20 60 I6 Is 2S % % p IS II
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

There are doubtless many other
brands of alum baking powder besides
those so far examined and named by the
authorities. Most of the baking
powders sold in bulk, by weight, and all
sold with a gift or present, are said to be
of this description.
Prof. H. A. Mott, United States
Government Chemist, says: "In my
opinion the use of alum as a constituent
OF baking powder should be prohibited
by law
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25
Estev Pianos,
Estey Organs,
SOLD ON EASY TERMS.
pTANnS AMI ORGANS tn RENT

A few secondhand instruments for sale.
Correspondence solicited.
~Ofice: Jackson st., -Wareroom, AL
HVi 'Ai' ." GEO. B. OWEN.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25
ALUM BAKING POWDERS.

A List of Those Most Prominently
Sold.
The following are the names of some
of the baking powders published by the
public authorities as being made from
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

RArrI>T CHURCH.-ReV. W. W. Whitney
ID Pastor. Services every sabbath at
lO:aN q IN. and : 80 y. IN. Young peoples
Meeting al go p. IN sabbath school at 1850
IN. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening
Al 5:Gnp IN. Covenant meeting On Thursday
evening before the first Sabbath in each
month.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

JUL " EI@ISNUFALD NItN ~ N
> Cor Warner and Broad SITS Services
every SUNDAY AT lO:sU A NJ. and 80 4 NJ.
Evening Prayer every Friday al 80 Z. NJ.
Rev. L. Z. Hudson, Rector.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

=. az u.-MANkAro LODGE No. s0ai,
iN.mv"t> second and fourth Tuesdays of
'ach IN nth IN Odd Fellows hall.
:. W. BURGESS, ID.
4. :. WOOD, Reporter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

nUR >ANIOR'> ENANGELICAL LUTH-
" ERAN CHD RCH, corner Pleasant and
Iarrull ~tT Morning services begin at l0:.5u:
evening services AT 80 Sunday school meets
as q IA. REv. A. &. II. OVVERN, Pastor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

NIELSH CALNANISTIC METHODIST
w church Located un State II Services
very SUNDAY Ia -. w., :. y. IN, =. m cord
al invitation extended Ia ali.
REV. J. &. JONES, Pastor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

kIISSION LODGE.
vi M. u, 1. q. q. r meets every Friday
-NCnIng, in their Hail. i6m6
Il. : WEYMOUTH, W. r.
& 4. Coos ". SIC.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25

Now, Shakopee can ship 10. miles for
the above rates, or for the same distance,
IS miles, would have to pay "a, %, u, IA,
II, IL, 9, s, Z, g.
A better idea is given by this compar-
ISnn. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25
IliE>uTrEKIAN UnUKvn.

~ SUNDAY services Ia Congregational church
SrN- a. \. bushnell, pastor, LOLA O'Clock \.
VI. aud - 4. VI. sunday school At ~ O'Clock.
Weekly prayer meeting ON Thursday evening
Az O'clock. Allare Invited toaIIcnd.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-25
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
REV Or. TALMAGE'S DISCOURSE At
THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

Trouble develops and Ennobies Cl,arac-
ter-The beauty of Unfalterine Friend
Often Ends Bri.htly
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-06
WEIGHING WORMS.
Death to the Festive and Hungry
Cotton Eplcure.
Mr.. John A. Wayland Discourses
About the Dry Poison-Sea-
sonable Suggestions.

Mr.. John A. Wayland, who has planta-
ton on the Brazos river, in a conversation
yesterday with STATESMAN reporter, was
asked about the cotton worms.
"Cotton worms! why, man, cotton
worms have seen their day. Mans in
genuity has scooped and headed off the
no longer the dread of the planter" was
the reply.
"How did you accom- plish it?'
swell, you see years ago the worm was
the dread of all cotton planters. You
didn't know when they were going to
strike you, and when they did put in an
appearance their ravages were great. At
first nothing was done, and the crops
we're destroyed entirely, or very seriously
injured. Then the planters resorted to
poison, which was mixed with water and
sprinkled over the fields. 1t answered the
purpose, but was very troublesome and
expensive. Lamps were kept
burning in the fields, but
it was discovered that they destroyed as
many of the useful insects as they did the
worm moth, and they were abandoned.
You see there are insects which make war
upon the cotton worm and the lights
destroy them"
"What process do you use now?"
"We use the dry poison, Paris Green or
London Purple. You see the worm in
variably attacks the plant at the top and
works downward. Now we have funnel
shaped sitter, made with a
receptacle for the dry poison at
the top or small end, which is capable of
holding a pound or two of the poison.
Two of these sifters are attached to a
stick or rod, one at each end, just long
enough when laid across a horse so as to
allow the funnel to swing Immediately
over a row of cotton. Armed with this a
boy mounts q hUrse and i'll day he con
thoroughly and effectively dust and poison
from fifteen to twenty acres of
cotton. It has been tried this
year on the Brazos plantations, end
in every instance has completely de
stroyed the worms. A pound or two of
the poison is sufficient for one acre of
cotton. This process, too, has this adj
vantage over water: The poison don't
get on the cotton bolls or opening cotton
and the poison is not distributed over the
lower branches and leaves. When water
Is used the whole plant is made wet and
there is some danger of poisoning the
plckers. With the dry powder process
there is no danger whatever. ] advise
farmers, if they have worms in their cot
ton, to try the dry process. Any timer
can make the tunnels"