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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24
NOT A LIKELY STORY.
Gossips say that Secretary Blaine
will Retire From the Cabinet.
Special to Minneapolis Tribune.


WASHINGTON, ID. c., May l9.-There is
from authenticated sources, that Secre-
tary Blaine will, in the course of few
months, retire from the cabinet. 1t is
useless to longer discuss the fact that the
present administration has not been
exactly in accordance with Mr.. Blaine's
wishes. Mr.. Blaine has naturally be-
come somewhat impatient over the de-
lay in transferring the state department
from the hands Of the Democratic party
to those of the Republicans. He believes
in placing those In Office who are his POI
litlcal friends, and who are also political
friends of the party in power. The eau
ton which has been exercised by the
President has not been at all pleasing to
the secretary of state, and is reported
that the secretary has said to some OF
his most intimate friends that unless a
change was made In the policy of Mr..
Harrison, 80 far as making removals was
concerned, he would find it necessary
to resign, as his ideas were not in har-
mony with those of the President, and
it would be an injustice TO Mr.. Harrison
for him (Mr. Blaine) to remain in his
political household so long as there ex-
listed q difference as to what policy
should be pursued. 1t is also fact
that number of Mr.. Blaine's friends
have not been as we'll treated as by other
cabinet officers as he would liked to
have them. This coupled with the fact
that it is well understood that Mr.. Har.
rison is DESTROYS of becoming his own
successor four years hence, and that he
is naturally pursuing a political policy
which will strengthen his own fortunes
rather than allow a policy to be pursued
which might strengthen the possibilities
of one of his cabinet officers, makes Mr.
Blaine's possible withdrawal not un'
likely
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

GOVERNOR HILL, of New York, will
never reach the presidency, and we Sc
rionsly doubt whether the Democracy
will even venture to give such dema-
gogue nomination for the Office. He
has shown his lack of honesty and prin-
ciple very plainly in his last veto of the
New York ballot reform bill. He knew
in view of his message last fall that in a
second veto he would stultify himself,
and he therefore tried every expedient
to prevent the bill reaching him. He
enacted a willy measure, embodying
some incidental features of genuine re-
form but eliminating the essential re-
quirements, and induced the one DEM
ocratic Senator who had exhibited re-
form symptoms to give it his name and
advocacy. In pursuance of bis counsel
the Lieutenant Governor, as President
OF the Senate, trampled on parliament
tary law and the rules he had sworn to
administer faithfully, but no purpose.
The reform bill, carefully drawn to
evade the objections he had urged
against its predecessor, was sent to the
Executive. His obligations to the ma
lign influences on which he has depend
ed for delegates and votes, reliance up
on the machine, and lack of any higher
or nobler convictions of duty than sell
fishness and preference for trickery
suggest, have impelled him to veto
which proclalms his message of year
ago utterly void of political honesty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

1T Is turning out that General Black
left on the flies of the penion Office q
large amount ofpolitical correspondence
which ought never to have been put up
on the files or ever to have been written
in government Office, and that this
has come into the pos
session of Corporal Tanner, the new
Commissioner of Pensions. The chief
point of political interest connected
with the matter is whether or not Com
missioner Tanner will make public use
of it. Mr.. Tanner has said that he will
not, and that while he is a political
enemy, he Is personal friend of Gen.
Black. But Corporal Tanner will find in
his Office very important political pre-
cedent as to just such correspondence.
1t happens that the predecessor of Gen.
Black left personal political letter.
book In the pension Office. That letter
book General Black made much public
use of and it figured very extensively in
Democratic investigations, speeches and
campaign books. It remains to be seen
whether Corporal Tanner will follow the
precedent set by General Black himself.
The correspondence, which contains the
inside history of General Blacks candl-
dacy for the Vice Presidential nomina-
ton, and shows the extent to which the
pension Office was used for political pur-
poses in General Blacks interest, would
undoubtedly be very interesting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24
STATE NEWS.

The two youngest children of Albert
Scheffer were thrown from their pony
carriage Sunday, though they were not
seriously injured.
State Auditor Braden still refuses to
issue certificates to the applicants for
state mining land leases. About 200
have already applied.
Mr.. Pennock Pussy, of North Brook,
Pa, has donated 1,040 acres of land, sit
uated about 100 miles west of st. Paul,
to the Protestant Orphan ASYLUM.
The report that Deputy Insurance
Commissioner Todd had been fred is
denied by that gentleman, though he
admits he may soon have to go. A Le-
Sueur newspaper man, E. III. Dearth, is
looming up as candidate.
The injunction and mandamus case of
the Duluth Daily Nesrs against the city
officials and the Tribune to compel the
city council to award the city printing to
the News as the lowest bidder was argued
before Judge Ensign, who decided in ia
vor of the Tribune. The case will go the
supreme court.
Sleepy Eye special:-A little son Of
Hans E. Larson, living six miles west
of here, while his parents were at
church, shot and instantly killed his
little baby sister, II months old, blowing
the top of her head of as she was lying
in her cradle. The boy took the gun
down, supposing it was not loaded, put
a cap on, said he intended to frighten
the other children, and snapped the gun
with fatal results,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

THE Rapid City Oak. Journal declares
that the problem of separating the mica
in the tin ores of the Black Hills has
been solved by Prof. Carpenter, Dean
of the Dakota School of Mines. 1t is
claimed Prof. Carpenters process is
simple, effective, and so cheap that the
ore can be reduced at a handsome profit.
If these claims are true and the deposits
of tin ore in the Black Hills prove any
thing like as extensive as they have
been represented it cannot be long be-
fore vast tin-plate industry will be es-
tablished in Chicago. With the opening
of the Sioux Reservation Chicago will
have competitive railroad communica-
ton with the Black Hills, and as soon
as the tin mines of that district become
productive the manufacture of tin-plate
will certainly be started here.-Chicago
Tribune.
This is very important, if true. But
we opine that the Tribune is trifle over
sanguine about this industry being To-
Gated at Chicago. The Northwest will
have no occasion to go away from home
to have its raw material manufactured
into finished products. We have the
capital, facility and brains to attend to
these matters without Chicago's aid.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

THE Timbermdn gives some interesting
information IN its last issue concerning
the forest area of the country, which 60
to show that there is no reason to fear
an early shortage in our timber supply,
Puget Sound has shore line Of 1880
miles, and all along this line, many
miles farther than the eye can reach, is
one vast and almost unbroken forest of
enormous trees. The saw-mills have
been ripping 500, 0OO, 900 feet Of lumber
out of them yearly for more than ten
years, and the spaces cleared are mere
garden patches. Official estimate places
the amount of timber standing in that
area at SOC. COO, 100000 feet--a thousand
years supply even at the present rate
Of destruction. The timber belt of Wash
ington Territory covers an area equal to
that of the States of Vermont, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut and New Hamp-
shire.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

thence to Front street, the board ofpub-
seven to one.
In reply to question, it was stated
that no analysis has yet been made Of
the artesian water.
The board Of ublic works was instruct
ed advertise for bids for the necessary
pipe, hydrants, etc., to include all the
streets referred to.
On motion Peter Frentzel was given
lease of the ten acres on Bunker hill,
which the city owns, for one year with
the privilege of three, at $40 year, to
be used as pasture, the city to have
the right to demand back the land if it
is needed or sold.
The committee on ways and means
was authorized to borrow $5,OOO for ~
DAYS to meet current expenses.
The fire committee recommended
that the chief of the fire department re-
ceive 500 year and each of the two
assistants $50. A motion to GLOW the
salaries as reported was carried, z to i.
The board of public works was direct
ed to assess the benefits and damages
on the Fulton, Marshall and Willard
street grading, it being expected that
the entire cost will be assessed upon the
property benefited.
Mayor Pfau stated that the Follman
case will come up at the present term
of court, and asked for committee to
assist in obtaining evidence. The Mayor
was authorized to appoint committee
and he appointed Aids. Shredder, Hem
lin, Pond and Johnson. 1t was voted
to appropriate $50 to meet expences OF
the trial.
Aid. Henlein moved that L. d. Saylor
be permitted to take 1900 yards of DIRT
from the Agency hill road, for the court
yard grading, to be paid eight cents per
yard. There was no second to the
motion.
A number of bills were read and al
lowed.
Mr.. ]. C. Wise appeared before the
council and stated that the hospital
trustees had nearly completed the build
ing, and he asked the mayor and coun-
Gil to visit and inspect it.. The hospital
would cost about S., 800 of Col. Tourtel-
lotte's donation of S. 800. A part of the
balance will be used in purchasing fur
niture for the use of the poor. This will
take about $175. The heating apparatus
would cost $677. There will be deficit
of 1857 on the heating apparatus. To
complete the building he asked an APP
preparation of about $500.
The committee on hospital was author
lied to act with Mr.. Wise in insuring
the building for $1,000, in accordance
with the agreement with Col. Tourtel-
lotte. The council decided to visit the
hospital at nine O'Clock this forenoon.
1t then adjourned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24
SOME STATE APPOINTMENTS.

Gov. Merriam shook the appointment
tree Saturday, and IL large and juicy
plums fell as prizes for the falthful.
The board Of managers of the state prls-
on, appointed under the new law, which
requires one member from each con-
gressional district, were the most inn
portant appointments made. Two of
the old board, Edwin Dunn and John
F. Norris were reappointed. Following
are the appointments:
For Board of Managers of the State
Prison-First congressional district, Ed
ward Dunn, of Eyota, for one year; Sec
ond district, Frank Temple, of Blue
Earth City, for four years; Third dis
trict, John F. Norris, of Hastings, for
three years; Fourth district, James
O'Brien, of Saltwater, for two years;
Fifth district. John C. Hunter, of Du-
luth, for FIVE years.
The new inspectors of steam boilers,
one from each congressional district,
are: First district, Samuel d. Brear, OF
Winona; Second district, Charles s. Bis
son, of Henderson; Third district, +. G.
Bloomfield, of Willmar; Fourth district,
r. c. Clark. of st. Paul; Fifth district
w. d. Tomlin, of Duluth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced II
a local disease, and prescribed local rem
edies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced IL in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to
be a constitutional disease, and there
fore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. 1t is taken inter.
nally in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly upon the
blood and mucus surface of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars Tor any
case 1t fails to cure. Send for circular n
and testimonials. Address, F. ]. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, o.
Bar Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

THERE was more wind about that Okla
homa boom than the public generally
suspected. Reading the newspaper re-
ports of the first days of the settlement
people were led to suppose that the
tract opened was incapable of holding
the incoming crowds. The views in last
weeks Harper's let considerable light in,
as the "sea of humanity" and ''surging
crowd" dwindled into line of people
no larger than that seen any evening
about the box Office window of a city
theatre. But the reports of the clerks
of the general land Office who were de-
tailed to 90 to Oklahoma to help the land
Offices there give the best expose of the
windy boom. They say that up to the
close of last week about 800 entries had
been made at Kinefisher and 1000 at
Guthrie. AS the total number of quar-
ter sections open to settlement is about
10000, it will be seen that seven days
ago less than a fifth of them has been
taken mp. There being no rush of bust
ness which the regular clerks could not
attend to the detailed men went back
East. The Chicago Tribune Gays these
figures show that the rush was not one
of farmers but of speculators-not of
men who wanted farms but of men who
wanted town lots, that they might make
a few dollars out of their sudden rise in
value. The reported tens of thousands
Of agriculturists who wanted to till the
soil have dwindled down to 1900. The
disappointed town-lotters are clearing
out. On the opening day there were
10000 people at Guthrie. To-day there
are not half that number. Marshal
Needles thinks that by August there will
not be over 200 there. Nor is there any
reason why there should be. Until the
territory is better settled up there is no
call for a town of any size there. Okla
homa City, having the advantage of
better site, holds Its own somewhat bet
ter as vet, but by fall, when the gamblers
and rpeculators have been driven off by
the approach of cold weather, the popu-
lation will shrink greatly. Thus bursts
the Oklahoma bubble. There is no such
craze to cultivate the soil as was sup
posed, but it has become evident that
there are lsrge number of men who,
thinking they cannot make living in
already established cities, are anxious to
found new ones in the hope that they
may be able to make few dollars there
or get city Offices which they can use for
their special benefit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24
TO CARE FOR THE CITY'S
HEALTH.
Board of Health Appointed--Louis
Wallace for Meat Inspector
Inspection of the City Ordered.

Mayor Pfau has reappointed the old
board of health, consisting of DIR. G. F.
Warner, health officer, and Geo. Corp,
Chas. Mailman and Gust Reinke, health
inspectors. The board held meeting FRI
day night and adopted motion to pro-
coed at once to thoroughly inspect the
city, commencing at the southwest cor
ner and working east and north.
The most important action taken was
the election of meat inspector, IN &C
cordance with the provisions of the meat
inspection law passed by the last legis-
lature. Applications for the appoint
ment We're received from l.. Wallace,
E..L Rosebrook, Dan. FELTON,, Henry
Eberhart, Jacob Wagon, Miriam Burt
and John Lang. An informal ballot was
taken resulting in Rosebrook. Lang,
Wallace, and Wagon each receiving one
vote. On the first formal ballot Wallace
received two votes and Rosebrook and
Lang each one. The second formal bal
lot resulted in three votes for Wallace
to one for FELTON,. Mr.. Wallace was de-
clared elected.
The board decided to place the fee for
inspecting beef cattle at twenty-five
cents each, and for sheep and hogs at
eight cents each.
The board will hold another meeting
Tuesday night.
Mr.. Louis Wallace is well and favor
ably known to our citizens. He has re-
sided here number of years and few
men in the city have had more expert
ence than he with cattle. There is no
doubt that he is as qualified to peform
the duties OF the Office as well and salts
factorily as any one who could have been
appointed. He will assume the duties
of the office at once.
Mr.. Wallace was for three years the
superintendent of the famo,a, 0eGraf
farm, where he had charge of large
herd of blooded cattle. Most of his
time has been spent on farm and he
is thoroughly familiar with cattle and
meat of all kinds. He says that for the
present he will inspect the cattle at the
various slaughter houses. He hopes to
have one general slaughter house before
long.
The fees of the Office are estimated to
exceed 81 600 year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

In commenting upon some recent sar-
castle references of the st. Paul Nea0s 20
the activity and prominence Of a young
Minneapolis lawyer named Hay, who is
persistently seeking the appointment of
U. s. District Attorney for Minnesota,
the Winona Republican states some truths
80 pertinently that they are worthy of
attention. After calling attention to the
well-known fact that Mr.. Hay bases his
hopes for success first, upon the fact that
he was former resident of Indiana and
personally knew President Harrison,
and second, because he labored with
diligence in the last session of the Min
nesota legislature to secure the election
of Mr.. Washburn, the Republican goes
on to say:
Neither his relations to the Republi-
can party of the state at large, nor his
personal or professional merjts-though
these latter are doubtless not to be
sneered Amenities Mr.. Hay to any
such conspicuous recognition at the
hands of the appointing power at Wash
ington as he now demands. There are
in Minnesota to-day scores of Republi-
can lawyers, whose professional abilities,
whose services to their party, and whose
personal claims to recognition in the
distribution of the official prizes are
vastly greater than any that Mr.. Hay
can properly assert. The very fact that
he Is but a comparatively recent conner
to the State should be sufficient to rule
him out of any competition for the Office
of District Attorney into which men OF
far longer residence, of maturer judg-
ment, and of more distinguished and
less selfish party service, have seen fiji
IN quiet and modest way to enter.
These are very plainly spoken words,
but not more so than the circumstances
warrant. And vet we have no doubt
Mr.. Hay will gain his point. Certainly
the preference which has already been
given Minneapolis in the matter OF ap-
pointments augers no good for those
who oppose the elevation of Mr.. Hay
over the heads of older Republicans and
those more worthy of recognition. Il
the other portions of the State have any
objections, they should remember thai
they were we'll warned last winter
against hiring the State, in a political al
we'll as commercial sense, bound hanC
and foot, over to the tender keeping o
the twin cities.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

THE Minneapolis Iribune's Washing
ton correspondent speaks of an impor-
tant matter in the following interesting
way: Senator Sherman's visit abroad
this year is thought to be very much in
the interest of the scheme for the an
nexation of Canada. Senator Sherman
has for the past several years made q
particular study of this question, and
while in England he proposes to devote
great deal of time to the discussion of
the subject with the prominent English
statesmen. Senator Sherman, in speak
ing of the matter only few days ago,
said that within the next l0years he be-
lieved that Canada would be annexed to
this country. His belief in the future
common destiny of the two English
speaking nations of America has never
wavered. He says he was led to affirm
it by his failure to find a less radical
remedy for the perennial occasions of
serious disputes between the two coun-
tries. The long, open and indefensible
Canadian frontier has been q source OF
weakness to both countries ever since il
existed. To get rid of this question he
argues that we must first get rid of the
frontier. He has studied the proposal
for commercial reciprocity only to be
convinced that it was illusory and inn.
practicable. The reciprocal treaty with
Canada would be acceptable to the Do
minion, but would never be tolerated by
the people of the States. The bargain
he thinks would be too one-sided. He
thinks that the United States should of.
fer to the people of Canada free mar.
ket of 100000 people for their raw
material in exchange for free market
of 8, 000, 900 people for our manufactures
He thinks that it is absolutely useless tc
)discus0the theoretical advantages of re-
clprocity. He says that the American
people will not have it, and the question
may as well be dismissed at once. Blu
the union is another thing. The advan
Itages it offers are more equal. Canals
would gain all the advantages of that re
lciprocal promise and would retain al
the political freedom she now has ant
jwould reap the additional advantage o
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

The st. Paul Globe says the Democrats
wouldn't steal the House of Representa-
tives if they could. We should like to
RELY on the Globes assurances on the
subject, but in common with many other
people we prefer to have pretty strict
watch kept. The st. Paul sheet innoc-
emily wants to know how 161 Democrats
are going to count for more than 164 Re-
publicans when it comes to electing the
officers. 1t is a very poor Democrat
who don't know how to get around such
trifiing formalities as that. Down South
they surmeunt a great deal larger diff
culties than that with no trouble at all.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

II President Harrison would follow
the cou rse of re-sppointing as far as pos
sible the Republican officials who were
removed by Cleveland it would be the
easiest and most consistent plan he
could adopt. These officials were de-
capitated in order that the Democrats
might have an opportunity to reform"
the public business. The latter have
had four years in which to practice their
theories, and as they don't work worth
a cent the country at once recognizes the
Justice of their withdrawal and the
placing of the reins of business in the
hands of the men who 80 satisfactorily
conducted it before.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

THERE are certain parts of Iowa, at
least, where the prohibition law is not
working in the way desired by temper
ance people. In an interview with the
collector of internal revenue for the Du-
buque district, that official states that
this year he has issued 232 more liquor
dealers licenses that last year. The
number of wholesale dealers is slightly
less than before the prohibitory law,
but the sales are larger, and the quality
of liquor sold poorer. Not only have
the sales increased, but since the decis-
ion of the United States supreme court
in the case of Bowman Bros, the Mar
shalltown brewers, the importations of
liquor by express in original packages
have been enormous. Wholesale liquor
houses have sprung up all along the bor-
ders of the state and are supported
mainly by Iowa trade. This is of
course, but one place, and it is supposed
that in other portions of the state the
law is more effective for good.