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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18
RACHAEL srILLwAasox-sARAn RoTnscuILD

RACHAEL STILLwAGGON-SARAH ROTF SCHILD
In Chicago, for instance, The HeraI!S re-
poTtcrs have hunted down some very inter
cStiug old folks, including Augustine Deodat
Taylor aged ~. and Sarah ROthsChiId, aged
lOl--these two the oldest in the city There,
as elsewhere, old women are more numerous
than old men.
Mrs, Rothschild was born May 90, l1Ss, in
HcsSe-D armstadt, Germany, and TO this day
knows no language save German and He
brew. She married Joseph Rothschild, and
of her two daughters the oldest, Mrs. Simon
Raber, of Milwaukee, came TO America soon
after marriage. Thirty nine years ago Mr..
Rothschild died and then the widow and her
remaining daughter followed Inc other TO
America aul finally located in Chicago. The
second daughter Mrs Levi Lebolt is grand
mother Vet the old lady is still in igu health
and active habits and bids fair 10 live many
years longer The family have proSp,red in
Chica 20, aud 50 the old lady has nothing to
trouble her. She is "A devout AMI orthodox
Israelite and observes the sacred days OF the
race with extreme care, the feas;s quite as
fully as the fasts. She las all III" Old Ger
man ways, likes n glass of Rhine wine and
partakes freely of it, is fond Of music and
good company and eats good food viii a rel
ish. Her particular abhOrrcnCe Is Napoleon
Bonaparte, and she still relates with some
thing like indignation the miseries Of Ger
many during his campaigns.
The psychologists have not been very sue
ceSsful in discovering the causes rf prolonged
life, as they seem negative rather tnan posi-
tive. Ii you are not killed or rapidly worn
out. you will live long timc-jas about
all there is IN it. And 50 il J. ".;h Mrs.
ROthschid She la, never b.ul SERIOUSLY
sick aud never needed the atteu'iyI "a! doc
tor On one point all old prop,. u.r,c--they
did not fret. All were of Chv"rlH! natures.
Herciity. of course, has gr"nt d,Ii to do
with il. Therefore, first get a L.rpi C,u~tltu-
ton from your parents; thea ta..r comfort
and don't fret, and your cLanc = are If the
best
At Flushing, L. l., lives Mrs. E,"hI Still
wagon, who reached her lOith hi. lrl..lY u few
days since She is the daugAtar OF stephen
and Hannah Acker, Of TarrytuwG. y. y, at
the time Of her birth, and her lie record is
much like that of other very old Wo:H, that
is. she was naturally cheerful lived fairly
well took great deal of eSeTci~, 'uld had no
accident or serious sickness When II years
old she went to New York cil. - live, and
saw the metropolis grow from Canal street
20 Harlem. In 1871 she married David Still
Wagon. carpenter, and seven c..i.II. ! re
born 10 them. of whom a sOu I.li two daUgh
tiers only survive.
The remarkable fact about Mrs Stillwaggon
is that she looks far more youthful than old
ladies who are really more vigorous tAau she.
She looks at least twenty-five years Younger
than she is, but is afflicted Son!nHhnt with
rheumatism and walks with difficulty Her
sight is much impaired and her hearing
slightly 50, but her mind is clear ever.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18
TELEGRAPHIC BREvETlES.

The Shoa mission will leave for Rome
next Sunday.
Dr. Narpolink, of Vienna, has beer
made bishop of Marburg.
Mgr. Satolli will leave Rome on the
Goth inst. for Washington to represent
the pope at the capital.
George B. Mcclellan, son of the late
Gen. Mcclellan, has been chosen by the
trustees of the Brooklyn bridge as theil
treasurer and auditor.
w. L. Miner, ex-governor of Connecti
cut, died Sunday, aged "a years. He
was appointed consul-general at Havana
in 1864 by President Lincoln.
At Gen. Boulanger's request M. Der.
oulede and Naquet have abandoned theil
proposed visit to Jersey. This indicates
that the general desires to drop agitation,
Gen. Thomas B. Van Buren, is dead
He was a brother-in-law of William
Walter Phelps. Gen. Van Buren, was
consul general to Japan between 1874
and 1885.
The entire upper portion of the prov.
ince of CCrinthia i'll Austro-Hungary has
been inundated by floods rushing from
the mountains, and the important city OF
Klagenfort, the capital of the province
is under water to the depth of several
feet.
Francis Fava, the son of the present
Italian minister to this country, has
qualified as citizen of the United States
at the state department. Fava is an
Italian nobleman, the son of baron, and
has been a civil engineer in Washington
for several years.
The schooners John Burt and G. G.
Barnes collided at the head of Lake
Huron early yesterday morning. The
Burt lost her jibboom and head gear and
is leaking slightly. She will probably
tow to Detroit for repairs. The Barnes
passed on her course down. Her condi-
ton is unknown.
The Omaha Evening Bee claims to have
inside information' to the effect that
Thomas L. Kimball is to retire from the
position of general manager Of the
Union Pacific road within the next ten
days, and that Edward Dickinson, the
present assistant general manager of the
road, is to succeed him. The Office OF
third vice president is to be created, and
Mr. Kimball is to have this position,
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OF COURSE every one hopes that the
mad dog scare" as the Reyie,c calls il,
is such in fact, and we don't believe any
body has endeavored to exaggerate mat
ters conn, cted with it or make more OF
a sensation OF it than the facts warrant
ed. While it was impossible to be GER
tain regarding the truth it was very easy
TO take such precautions as would pre-
vent tr 'ublr in the future. The chief
of police took such precautions and we
don't beneve many citizens will COM
mend the RecieW's course in ridiculing
Mr.. Fowler's orders. Hydrcphooia is
too serious thing to be fooled with and
the authorities are right to run no risks.
The city can much better spare every
canine it has than single case of the
dread malady be allowed to occur.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18
IOWA ALLIANCE MEN

A Report That They VIII support the
Democratic Ticket This Fall.
ST. PAUL, Oct. IA special to the
Pioneer Press from Des Moines says: The
movement of the Farmers alliance
against the Republican candidates for
governor and lieutenant governor is so
open and pronounced as to cause great
alarm among the campaign managers for
the safety of the ticket. There are up
ward of 10000 voters in the alliance.
most of them being Republicans. OF late
years they have largely Invested them
selves of partisanism and voted as their
interests seem to dictate. That they are
going nearly solid against the Republican
ticket is shown by the publication of a
lengthy review of the legislative records
of Hutchinson and POyner, the
Republican candidates for governor
and lieutenant governor, from the pen
of n. b. Ashby, state lecturer of the
Iowa alliance. The article by Ashby
may he regarded as the authoritative
reply of the Farmers alliance to the let
tiers of Hutchinson and POyner, in an
swer to the questions submitted to them
by that organization. He insists that
Hutchinson has faithfully served the
railroads and not the people. Now let
the railroads and not the people reward
him. Those railroads for which he has
so consistently worked have many high
and honorable positions, one of which
they ought to give to him." This author
itative declaration of the alliance, COM
ing so soon after Maj. Anderson's broad.
side, is expected to cause great uneasi-
ness in the Renmhlican camn
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er, remaining there until the war broke out.
He entered the army and served for fhree
years as an officer, being in charge of the
river and railway transportation of troops
and stores between Galena and the south He
entered i'll 1864 the State Savings associot ton
of St. Louis, which afterwards became the
State Bank of St. Louis and of which he is
now president Mr.. Parsons is a man of me
dunn height, has blue eyes, and his hair and
mustache are perfectly white. He has a
clear, although not very strong, voice, and
makes an excellent presiding officer
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18
QUINCY'S FIRST CHURCH.
Its Quarter MilIenniaI Was Lately Cele-
hr.ted with Great Ceremony,

brated with Great Ceremony.
The first church of Quincy, Mass, which
has just celebrated its 250th anniversary, has
had memorable and ever changing history.
1t was in 1859, after the Punishment of Wheel
wright, that the inhabitants of Mount VOL
laston took steps towards establishing an in
dependent church. 1t was agreed, in order
not to deprive the first church Of Boston Of
influential support, that those living at the
Mount should pay as church rates sixpence
per acre yearly for such land as was within a
mile of water and threepence per acre for
that which was further Off, for the support
of the Boston church. 1t is understood that
the original covenant was signed at the first
meeting, Sept. 10, 1889, by William Thomp'
son, pastor; Henry Flynt, teacher; George
Rose, Stephen Kinsley, elders; John Dassett,
William Potter, Martin Saunders, Gregory
Belcher
Mr.. Thompson was ordained either on Sept.
"a or Nov 10, l639 Mr. Flynt was ordained
ON March Il, 1910. The church has had
eleven pastors, the average length of pastor
ate being more than twenty-five years, the
longest forty-tive and the shortest eight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18
ALWAYS ON TIME. Z"

EDU AlU UN llNlus
There is no line So handsomely equipped.for
Through Passenger Service as 1.-The North
western Line"-C., St p. M. & o. R'y-and
the Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago trains
over this line have d better record for reach
ing either end of their run ION time" than
those of any other line in the country.
THE
AL well posted travellers between the Twin
Cities and Chicago lake this line-particularly
fnvoriDg the "Vestibue Limited, which car
ries the finest sleeping cars and coaches ever
built, and also sII classes of passengers, with
out extra fares. On the Lake SUPERIOR portion
OF the lire. between Minneapolis, St. Paul
Duluth, end st. Paul & Ashland. Pullman
sleepers are run ON night trains, and parlor
pNr luyf rai
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18
THE BOOM AT PIERRE.
Some Interesting Points Regarding
Present Conditions at the
New Capital.

A correspondent writes to the
Winona Herald under date of Oct. IL,
as follows:
Everything here now is done with the
brass band accompaniment. The train
comes Ill to music. Real estate is sold
in the same manner. The band is used
on all occasions. am getting 30 accus.
toned to doing everything with brass
band accompaniment, that don't know
just how l shall manage to get along
without it when / come to break away
from 1t. The town is full of people,
they come in by the train load every
night. Tonlght's train and last nights
brought each five passenger coaches
loaded with people. All the hotels are
full, and sleeping is next to an impossi-
bility except on floors, under beds, in
private houses, Oh billiard tables, and
in TACT in every available place of this
kind in town. | don't know what will
he done n. Xt week when the Legislature
mects. The people coming are mostly
coming to invest IN town lots, and the
prices for business lots run as high as
5000 per lot of % feet front. Much
huuding is spoken of, but not much
commenced as yet. Two hotels are the
only thing of consequence under con-
structIOn. Real estate sharks are OF
every hand. One hears nothing but
lots, price, half cash, all day long men
tiying about bent on selling something.
There were twenty real estate firms
started here in one day and it seemed
10 me that there was not room for any
more before. ] could not get mp cheek
enough to succeed as shark. | have
not the face to take II man four miles or
more out of town and show HIM resid-
ence property that is sure to be pasture
for wears and try to assure him that 25
foot lots are worth tiftv dollars or MOI e
per lot. Pierre is booming now but do
moi look to see city of 10000 people
next year as many claim. | think this
Will last until next summer with lull
| this winter. Beyond tins l do not see
what is to make Pierre the commercial
center that is claimed for it. You Can
not get to talk 10 anv man now except
ON lot buying or selling hut this vii |
trust become old ere long and pc vple
AI'l become more rational.
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To Beautify London.

LONDON, Oct. 14.-The county councils
have approved plans for some radical inn
provemeEt in the London streets. The
Strand is to be widened its entire length,
Hollywood street is to be improved out
of existence, and new street will be
opened from the Strand to Holborn, at a
cost of 100000 pounds. This, it is an.
nounced, is only the beginning of vast
scheme for identifying and improving
London thoroughfares, to which the
councils already stand committed,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18
A FRlGHTFUl WRECK.
Five Persons Killed in Collision on

Five Persons Killed in "a Collision on the
Big -Four Road,
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. IA fright
full wreck occurred on the Big Four road
half mile west of Trautman's station
at $3.50 o'clock p. m. A wrecking trair
collided with freight. Engineer Morris
of the wrecking train, was instantly
killed, and Fireman Whitestone wa.
fatally injured. Two tramps and {
brakeman of the freight were also killed
The wrecking train was behind time
Both engines were completely demol
ished. and it is said the loss will reacl
$4,000. Several of the crew We're in
jured, and Cincinnati physicians were
sent to the scene, which is ten mile!
from the CITY.
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A TEApLE IN ASHES.
The Great eSr00klyN Ta5er-
nncic Entirely Consumed
by Eirc.
The Fire Probably Caused by
Faulty Electric Light
Wires.
DR.. Talmadge Issues an Appeal for
Aid to Erect a Larger and Better
Building.

BOOELYN, n. v. Oct. 14.-The famous
Brooklyn tabernacle, of which the Rev.
DR.. De Witt Talmadge is pastor, has for
the second time i'll its history received
its baptism of fire, and for a second time
has been totally destroyed. The fire was
discovered at 2:45 Sunday morning by
policeman who turned in an alarm. The
flames had gained such Roadway, how
ever, that the firemen were almost help
less and turned their attention to saving
the adjoining buildings. Several adjoin-
ing buildings were considerably damaged.
At meeting of the trustees of the
church Fire Marshal Lewis, who was
present, stated his belief that the fire was
caused by electric light wires. The in
surance amounts to Sl29. 400, in Amer
lean and English companies. The build
ing cost 900, organ, $4,000; furni-
ture, $4,000: improvements, $S1 goo: or
namentation. $1,000; carpets, $4,000.
DIR. TALMADGE's APPEAL.
DIR. Talmadge has issued an address to
the public appealing for aid. He says
the church has never confined its work
to Its own locality. IL has never been
large enough to accommodate all who
came. 1T is now desired to build some
thing worthy of our city and of the cause
of God. We want 100000. which,
added to the insurance, will build what
is needed. l make an appeal to all our
friends throughout Christendom, to all
denominations, TO all creeds, and those
of all creedS, and those of no creed at all
TO come TO our assistance. ask all
readers of my sermons the world over to
contribute. What we do as Il church de-
ponds upon the immediate response to
this call"
DIR. Talmadge adds that he will post
pone his trip to the Hoiyland on account
of the fire.
The trustees adopted resolutions to
erect sufficiently commodious structure
its size, locality and style to depend upon
of contributions received. Thanks were
extended to the owners of various public
buildings which had been placed at the
disposal of the trustees.
a letter was received from DIR. Lyman
Abbott, offering the Use of Plymouth
church for evening services. The trus-
tees have secured the Academy of Music
as temporary place of worship.
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HOW WILL 10 VOTE?

BY the Allotment of Dakota Lands in Sew
crafty Every Male Indian Over FL Be
comes Voter.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-The Indian,
as political factor, is feature of poll
tics which is likely in the near future to
attract public attention. BY recent acts
of congress every Indian over 81 years of
age who receives an allotment of land
in severalty becomes voter. clothed
with every attribute that attaches to cit
izenship. The successful termination of
the negotiations with the SiDax Indians,
by which they surrender large part of
their reservation in Dakota will, it is es-
timated, by next year, throw into the
politics of the state, the uncertain guam
tity of 4,937 voters. This vote, thrown
solidly, as it probably will be in both
state and national elections, is likely to
BECOME AN IMPORTANT FACTOR
in that state. Negotiations now in prog
ress with other Indian tribes will soon
make many thousands more Indian vot-
ers. At the interior department it is
thought that upwards of 40,CG0 Indians
will be entitled to vote in the next presi-
dental election. How the red man will
conduct himself as part and parcel of
the nation, and not as its ward, will be
watched with interest by all who are in
tereSted in the solution of the Indian
problem
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MANY PEOPLE INJURED.
Serious Railway Accident in Maryland
4 Number of Passengers Hurt.

Serious Railway Accident in Maryland
a Number of Passengers Hurt.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IA special tC
The Evening Telegram from Wilmington
Del, says that train No. %, the Wash.
ington and Philadelphia express, which
left Baltimore at 8 o'clock a. M, was
wrecked one mile south of Northeast
Md. The train consisted of four coaches
and buffet and parlor car. The train
jumped the track and many people are
injured. Details are hard TO get. The
wrecking crew left here Mt II 80. taking
DIR. j. a. Draper and corps of railroad
men. Engineer Albert Beckley, of Will
mingtOn, it is learned. had his leg broken.
and the conductor of the Pullman cal
had his shoulder broken. Conductor IL.
zard, of the train. is said to. he badly
bruised. A woman in the Pullman can
was also hurt. No trains have reached
Wilmington from the South since the
accident
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18

NA y va
and mind of earlier
days. His father
was Lewis b. Par
sons, of Buffalo, n.
Y, the founder of
Parsons college at
Fairfield, La. He is
in every sense a self
made man. He be-
gan his business
life as "a clerk in
the Bank of Attica,
Buffalo, but after a
few years moved to
keOkuk, Ia, where
lie began business
aS "a nriVntr hank
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about it. You NAV
Yourself be one of the many who know
from personal experience just how good
a thing it is. If you have ever tried it
You are one of it's staunch friends. be.
cause the wonderful thing about 1t is
that when once given trial, DIR. King s
New Discovery ever after holds place
in the house. Ifyou have never used II
and should be afflicted with cough,
cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest
trouble, secure bottle at once and give
it a fair trial. 1t is guaranteed every
time, or money refunded. Trial bottles
free at J. K Jones' drug store.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18

GLASGOW, Oct 14.-The State line
steamer State of Nebraska, bound for
New York, came into collision with the
Allan line steamer Norwegian, for Mon
treal. The State of Nebraska was struck
on the port bow and several plates were
smashed. She was driven ashore and
her stern lies high up in Il ferry slip at
Greenock. The State of Nebraska had a
large number of passengers on board.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-18

A CLERK in the New York Office of the
Wagner Palace Car company has de-
ranp"d with 81 800 of toe company's
money. 1t would not do to commend such
action, but most people will be glad TO
see someone beat sleeping car COM
pany.
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A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.

Two Hundred Yards of Track Torn VI
by Fast Express, But no One Seriously
Hurt.
New YORK, Oct. 14.-The Pennsyl
vania express train, leaving Philadelphia
for New York at $40 a. M, ran off the
track al Railway, \. j., the engine. five
coaches. and smoking and baggage cal
leaving the rails. The track was torn W
for 200 yards. and the rolling stock badly
damaged. Tn" train was running forty
miles an hour. The accident was caused
by the spreading of rails at the Crane
street crossing. where new switches are
being put il. There Were about 200 pas
sengrrS aboard, and all were badly
shaken up and many bruised. but no one
was seriously injured. The engineer
stuck to his post, reversing his engine
promptly, and his action probably saved
many lives
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NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-At o'clock, the
supreme court being still occupied with
other cases, the argument on the injunc-
tons was postponed until morning.
Counsel for the United States and Brush
companies announced that meanwhile
the current would be shut off from their
curcuits, so that no danger would exist.
AS a result the city is in darkness, all
electric lights south of Fifty-ninth street
being cut off. The police patrol has
been doubled in many sections of the
city.
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You May Laugh at These.

1T WAS A FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT.
New York San: Detrow-Can YOU give
me oysters on the half shell tonight?
Waiter-Yessir, but YOU will have a.
wait few minutes All our half sEells
is in use at present.