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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

THE st. James Gazette, the organ of the
British Tories, pretends to think Mr..
Blaine's movements in the Behring Sea
controversy were intended az "bluff. !"
1t will very soon find it has a wrong
idea of the situation, and that the whole
American people are with the admins
tration in this matter. The situation is
thus explained by the Chicago Tribune:
The Canadian poachers insist upon
their right to go inside the islands, shoot
the female seals in the breeding season
wherever they are found searching for
food, and starve the pups. If this Is not
stopped in few years there will be no
fur seals in that region. The Canadians
are killing the whole business for a few
years profit. They are killing an Eng
lish business, for these skins are sent to
London and there prepared for the
market. This makes it all the more un-
ineligible that England should mani
fest any disposition to back up Canada
in her barbarous contention. Lord Sal
isbury himself year and half ago, in
his reply to the communications of this
government through Mr.. Phelps, agreed
that there ought to be convention ex-
Guiding any person from shooting these
seals and that Bshrlng Sea ought to be q
mare clausum in the breeding season.
That is the American contention. There
is no bluff about it. The Secretary of
State, the President, the Congress, and
the American people are in earnest, and
1t is surprising that the Canadian papers
can back up the poaching savages or
that an English paper can be found tax
ing such frivolous view of so serious q
subject. There it to be no backing down
in this matter, no matter what the con-
sequences may be.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

CHIEF ARTHUR, of the Brotherhood of
Engineers, seems to have learned wis
dom from his experience of last year
with the Burlington, for he says he will
never authorize another strike. He
says he will not do it even though the
Western roads should make an unjustifi-
able reduction of wages. He will not do
it even should there be trouble on the
Union Pacific, where the brotherhood
is peculiarly strong. He believes to
strike would be to commit suicide, be-
cause it would not take long to fill the
places of the men who went out" Ar
thur has always shown pretty level
head and the fact that he let's expert
ence teach him her lesson fairly shows
that he hasn't lost it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

Or course now that the excitement
over the Pennsylvania horror. Is some
what subsidIng, efforts will be made to
determine whether anyone was to blame
for the failure of the dam to hold its
place. The shooting club which had
possession of the reservoir appears to
come in for much censure, and it will
doubtless be shown that due care was
not taken in the building and preserva-
ton of the dam. 1t will be small recon-
pense, however, to those who have lost
home, friends and possessions, nor will
1t repair any of the desolation of the
pretty valley to have it determined that
if someone had been more careful all the
calamity would have been averted.
Doubtless many of those who met their
death in the awful flood had been warn
ed. but needed not the dangers back Of
the old rotten concern.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14
THE editor of Harper's Weekly al

THE editor of Harper's Weekly dissects
and praises the report of Superintendent
Bell showing how sadly the efficiency of
the railway mail service declined during
the Cleveland administration. Mr.. Cur
tbs thinks these figures show completely
how the service is demoralized by
changes, and then proceeds to read
President Harrison and Mr.. Bell lee
ture because they have to some extent
been wedding out the incompetents and
trying to put the service in way to re-
gain its old efficiency. The exhibition is
one of the most ridiculous of all Curtis
rantings the past few years. He certain
ly knows that if the mail service made
the advancement Mr.. Bell asserts under
Republican rule and deteriorated in the
degree stated as soon as the Republican
officials were superseded by the Demo-
Gratis, that the most sane and practical
method for securing the old standard of
efficiency is to restore the old clerks as
fast as possible. Yet George William
gets mp on his toes and yells that in do
ing this the administration will be as
guilty and as poor a reform agent as
Cleveland and his cohorts. The only
way to deal with such unpracticables is
to let them howl.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

We have had plenty of centennials
and other sorts of observances of impor-
tant events in the history of the coun-
try, but there is at least one great ocea-
sion vet to be attended to. That is, the
discovery of America in 1892 by Column
bus. Washington has taken upon her.
self to commemorate the 400th anniver-
sary of this great event, and in 1892 there
will be given in that city great EXPOSE
ton, in which North, South and Central
America will join to do honor to the dis
covery of the Western hemisphere. Ar
rangements are already we'll under wav
for this great event, and it will doubtless
be fitting end of the round of great an
niversaries the country has passed
through the past twenty-five years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14
NEWSPAPER OPINIONS.

Philadelphia Press: The Red Cross
society is doing heroic and effective work
in the ruined region of Jehnstown. This
admirable organization under the skill
full direction of its president, Miss Clara
Barton, is proving itself to be one of
the most efficient agencies in caring for
the sufferers in the devastated district.
The sign of the Red Cross now bears
new and nobler meaning to every Penn
sylvanian.
Hartford Post: If societies of foreign
born citizens exist in this country in the
nature of government that pretends to
have control of its members lives, it is
high time that the country was aware of
the fact. They ought not to be allowed
to exist. 1t is an abuse of the freedom
they come acr oss the water to enjoy.
Cincinnati Commercial: Our exchanges
are disposed to make fun of William
Walter Phelps bangs. Well, they are
his bangs, and he alone is responsible
for them. At the same time that he has
a weakness for bangs there is no weak
ness of his brains. He is one of the few
men in Congress who speak only when
they have something to say and therefore
is always listened to.
Cleveland Leader: The explanation Civ
en- bv the notorious criminal lawyer who
seems to have been retained by Alex
ander Sullivan, of the latter's specula-
tive transaction is delightfully."- gauzy.
Trude's story is that Sullivan had two
big funds in his possession, one belong
ing to the Irish revolutionary societigr
and the other to syndicate of bucket
shop men, and that, although tbSy were
kept in separate banks. he drew checks
upon either indifferently in executing
the orders of his Safeguarding clients,
but always made good from the deposits
of the spectators what he took fromthe
hoard of the dynamiters. This yarn
ought to be embalmed and put under
glass in the same case with the state
ments of Chicago board of trade firm
that Sullivan placed more than $3.50, 900
in their hands in the way ofspeculation,
and possessed nearly all of it when he
closed his ideals"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

THE various medical associations and
the medical profession will be glad to
learn that DR.. John s. Billings, Surgeon
u. S. Army, has consented to take
charge of the report on the mortality
and vital statistics of the United States
as returned by the eleventh census. As
the United States has no system of regis
tration of vital statistics, such as is re-
lied upon by other civilized nations for
the purpose of ascertalning the actual
movement of population, our census af-
fords the only opportunity of obtaining
near an approximate estimate of the
birth and death rates of much the larger
part of the country, which is entirely
unprovided with any satisfactory system
of state and municipal registration. In
view of this, the census Office, during
the month of May this year, will issue to
the medical profession throughout the
country "physician's registers" for the
purpose of obtaining more accurate re-
turns of deaths than 1t is possible for the
enumerators to make. 1t is earnestly
hoped that physicians in every part OF
the country will cooperate with the
census office in this important work.
The record should be kept from June J.,
1889, to May 81, 1890. Nearly $4,000 OF
these registration books were filed up
and returned to the Office in 1880, and
nearly all of them used for statistical
purposes. 1t is hoped that double this
number will be obtained for the eleventh
census. Physicians not receiving regis.
tiers can obtain them by sending Their
names and addresses to the census Office
and, with the register, an official envel'
ope which requires no stamp will be
provided for their return to Washington
If all medical and surgical practitioner
Throughout the country will lend theil
laid, the mortality and vital statistics o
the eleventh census will be more com
prehensive and complete than they
have ever been. Every physician shoult
take personal pride IN having this re
port as full and accurate as 1t is possible
to make it. Superintendent Porter prom
Uses that all information obtained through
this source shall be held strictly conf
)dential.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

TIE developments in the Cronin trial
80 far establish several points. First,
that there was ground for DIR. Cronin's
charges that the Parnell funds were be-
ing used in speculatlons, and this ex-
plains why Cronin was afraid of being as
sassinated. These two points, the origi-
nal charge and DR.. Cronin's apprehen-
sion, may be set down as established.
1t is difficult to see how it would be pos
sible to overturn either. A third point
which admits of no doubts that the pris-
oner Woodruff was one of the party
which took away the blood-smeared
trunk and deposited it where subse-
quently found, thus becoming an Access
sorry after the fact, if nothing more. He
may be, and probably is, liar of the
most malignant type, but that would not
weaken the fact that he was able to
identify the place where the trunk was
found. A fourth point, very nearly es-
tablished, is that the horse hired by
Coughlin was the one behind which DIR.
Cronin rode to his death that fateful Sat
urday night. Much valuable testimony
on other points has come out, but these
are the ones which seem now to be es-
tablished. The removal of Capt. Schaak
from his position on the police force is
the natural result of his own testimony
as to the course he pursued in the early
part of the case. Ithas been made plain
that one of the main points of the in
| famous Cronin murder plot was TO pre-
vent good police work on 1t.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

THE petulance and fault finding mani
tested by some newspapers and many
politicians regarding the slowness of the
President in removing Democrats is a
mistake. If Gen. Harrison is allowed to
have his own way we warrant that there
will be very few of Cleveland's appoin-
tees in office three years hence. Aslong
as Mr.. Harrison is alone responsible for
the conduct of his administration it is
his right to proceed in his own way, and
he cannot be blamed for being even
over-cautious in the matter of appoint
ments. He remembers that one of the
banes of Cleveland's life was the MANY
bad officials whom he was wheedled and
forced into appointing only to be dis
graced by their acts or the development
of their unsavory records. President
Harrison doubtless intends to 60 slow
and be sure he is right, but no one who
knows his antecedents and sentiments
should doubt that in reasonably short
time he will have an army of Republic
can officials about him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

The importance of the work in the
hands of the commission appointed to
treat with the Chippewa Indians for
the opening of their reservation in this
state is shown in an interview with Hon.
H. w. Rice printed in the Minneapolis
Journal. There are from 1000, 900 to o.
000, 900 of acres of land in Minnesota be-
longing to these 5000 or 5000 Indians.
1t is proposed to concentrate the major
ity of them, who are scattered in small
bands In various places in the northern
part of the state, at White Earth. The
proposition is for their acceptance or re-
lection, however. No effort will be
made to coerce them. The reservations
are largely timber lands but include a
considerable body of good farming land
to be added to the farm area of Mime
sofa,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

THE conflagration at Seattle was more
of calamity than is generally under
stood. The wiping out of the entire
business portion of city of % 900 popu-
lation is a misfortune that must bring
with it much misery and suffering. The
st. Paul chamber of commerce did well
YESTERDAY in making move to raise
funds to send out to the stricken city.
The insurance on the burned property
was somewhat meagre and though plen-
ty of capital is likely to move in from
the East, it is probable than many of
the losses will not be repaired.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
Thirty Applications for Saloon IL
Censes.

A special meeting of the council was
held Friday night to receive applications
liquor licenses, as it would be too late at
the next regular meeting, the applica-
tons having to be advertised for two
weeks, as they must be granted by July
1st. Mayor Pfau presided, and all of
the aldermen except Aid. Hillesheim
we're present. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved, and
the mayor stated the object of the meet
ing.
Applications for liquor licenses were
received from John Hager, Jos. Kraus,
A. Lieb, s. Sieberg, Kruse Bros, Rich
ards & Mayer, Haase & Mann, l. Roelof-
son, John A. Nelson, ID. Oster, VIM. Sic
bert, j. Stahl, b. Roemer, l.. orlando,
T. Dartnell, Becquette & Ford, L. & G.
Wall, A. J. Anderson, ]. Eckhart, ].
Leas, HI. Walraven, L. Wolff, j. III.
Smyth, E. T. Carney, Opsal & Hirch, p.
Follman, j. P. Gulden, Jacob Sontag, E.
Cousandier and J. Trenheiser.
1t was decided to hold a special meet
ting Wednesday, June Goth, to have a
hearing on the applications after they
have been published.
1t was ordered that the applications
be published in the official paper, as re-
CURED by law.
The city engineer stated he is not YET
ready to accept the sewer work, and
could not recommend the final estimate
to include the 10 per cent. held back
There is about 81 800 back on the con.
tract price. 1t was voted to allow al
but the fifteen per cent.
A. w. Briggs appeared before the
council in the interest of the western re-
versatile steel grader, to widen, grade OF
clean streets. It is used in Minneapolis
and ether cities. 1t costs 1925, and il
guaranteed to save Is to 100 per cent. o.
cost to the city.
It was stated that Mrs. Eliza Silver of
| fers to settle for 500 the damage caused
by the grading of the new Bunker hill
road. 1t was also stated that the PEG
pie living in that neighborhood are get
| ting very anxious to have the roat
opened. The matter was referred t,
the board of public works to report q
the next meeting. The council ad
iourned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

THERE will be great and genuine sor-
row throughout the state at the develop
ments just made public in the Sabin
case. 1t is unfortunate that the veil of
privacy thus far maintained in the mat
ter could not have been left undisturbed,
but the vandalism of newspaper sensa-
tionalism seems TO respect nothing. The
ex-senator has the warmest sympathy of
legions of friends in the affection which
has visited his home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14
How,s This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props, Tole-
do, D, We, the undersigned, have
known F. J. Cheney for the last 10
years, and believe him perfectly honor
able IN all business transactions, and fin
ancially able to carry out any obliga-
tons made by their firm.
West & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, o.
WALDINe, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Z. H. VAN HoEsEN, Cashier, Toledo Ma
tional Bank, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internal.
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces ofthe system, Testimon.
lals sent free. Price 75c. per bottle
Sold by all druggists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

A FEW months ago the Democratic pa
pers paid much attention to the alleged
importance or bossism which Secretary
Blaine was to display in the Harrison
administration. Finding that their stor-
les did not worry the Republicans, and
the facts showing very plainly that their
yarns were untruthful there has been
change of base lately. Now we hear
how Mr.. Harrison is asserting his prero-
gative in an offensive manner, snubbing
first this minister and then another, I'M
til the influence of Mr.. Blaine or his
brother secretaries has waned to moth
ing. But the Democratic editors find
that this phase of the case causes no
more apprehension than the other and
we may probably soon look for some
other sort of development"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

RAILROAD companies may fight madly
in their rivalry for business, but in times
of disaster they generally show they
have humane feeling for each other.
A notable illustration of this is seen in
the action of the New York Central to-
ward the Pennsylvania system in the
Johnstown trouble. The New York sys-
tenn has instructed all Its conductors and
agents to honor the tickets issued by the
Pennsylvania over the destroyed and
blockaded lines of its route, as though
they had been issued by the Central.
Some thousands of passengers over the
Pennsylvania road who found them
selves blockaded have been carried east
ward without new charge to themselves
by the New York Central.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

In a recent issue of this paper the
name of Hon. R. G. Evans was inadver-
tently substituted for that of Hon. Tim
Byrnes, the popular appointment clerk
of the treasury department. Mr.. Evans
writes us that his mail is increasing in
consequence of the impression created
that he had assumed the Office of ap-
pointment clerk, and we therefore hast
en- to make the correction. Both the
gentlemen concerned are Minneapoli.
tans and royal good fellows. but Byrnes
is the one that does the official execu.
TONER act.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

THE Chicago police are very profuse
with statements that they are close on
the heels of the Cronin murderers and
will have them in hand soon. This is
quite encouraging but not as satisfactory
as the production of the Williams would
be. There is much surmising as to how
high up on the police force the fellows
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

THE Secretary of the Navy has strick-
en- the names of the Trenton and Van
dalia from the lists of the great Ameri-
can Navy. Isn't the secretary getting
recklessP To be sure the vessels were
about used up in the Samoan storm, but
there is nothing to show they are worse
off than the rest of the navy, and with
England showing fight over the Behring
sea matter, it behooves us to keep all our
tubs on the list, at any rate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

A TEN million dollar fire loss would
stagger some cities, but nobody for mo-
ment supposes that it will endanger Sc
attle's future prosperity. The city is
one of those kind that simply will boom
on the strength of its misfortunes, and
inside of year, if the building material
is to be secured, we shall hear that rot
only have all traces of the disastrous
conflagration of Thursday disappeared,
but that the city has been rebuilt in bet
ter style than before.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14

THE farewell of Haskell & Palmer, the
former editors and owners of the Min
neapolis Tribune, was said in Sundays
paper, and in verv few words. The
new "sole owner and proprietor" A. j.
Blethen, had leader promising great
things, while the ear marks of the old
employees are plainly to be seen in the
sheet. Truthful James" has been res
directed, and Mr.. Blethen says he has
offered DR.. Shaw his old position as as
sociate editor. Blethen will make things
hum, as matter of course.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14
A Sound Legal OpiniOn.

E. cambridge Mnnday Esq, County
Atty, Clay Co., Tex. says: "Have used
Electric Bitters with most happy results.
My brother also was very low with Ma
larial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured
by timely use ofthis medicine. Am sat
isfied Electric Bitters saved his life."
Mr.. d. !. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave,
KY, adds like testimony, saying: He
positively believes he would have died,
had it not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off. as
well as cure all Malarial Diseases, and
for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dis
orders itands unequaled. Price Soc.
and 81. at ]. r. Jones Drug Store.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-14
PEOPLE AND1EvENTs.

The Rev. DIR. Phillips Brooks goes
abroad again this month, and will come
home by the way of Japan.
The scholastic year at Princeton will
hereafter be two instead of three terms
creased.
Governor Buckley, of Connecticut, has
vetoed the secret ballot bill which was
lately passed by the Legislature of that
State.
Mrs. Hastings, wife of Adjutant Gem
eral Hastings, of Pennsylvania, took an
lightweight mile drive to reach her
husband in Johnstown.
When the flood poured into Milton,
Pa, week ago last night, q Western
Union operator, John Wolfinger, tele-
graphed Superintendent Gill: 1.-THE wa
ter is coming in the office; what shall /
do?" "Get gum coat and pair of rub
Der boots and stay there, was the quick
reply. Wolfinger obeyed orders and
remained at his post till the flood SUBJ
sided.
Says Johnstown correspondent ofthe
Cincinnati ENQUIRER: San old Irish lady
was telling me good story this morn
ing. She had Just received two letters
from her brother in Ireland. They
have probably not yet heard of this
flood. Enclosed in the letter was begg-
ing paragraph for money, and the old
lady, who had lost everything, angrily
threw the letter on the floor and ex-
claimed: 'Divil a cent more will the
blaggard get and me with nothing. He
can Just as well starve in Ireland as me
here.
The Connecticut Senate has no less
than four embarrassing bills under con-
sideratIon. One Of them places the
whole cost of removing crossings upon
the railroads, in case the highway exist
ed before the railroad, otherwise go per
cent. upon the road and 20 per cent. each
upon the town and State; another places
all all the cost in every case upon the
railroads; third places all the cost up
on the railroads in the case of old high
ways, when the separation is asked by
the company, but when requested b. the
town, 20 per cent. upon the town-and
the issue of stock and bonds to defray
the cost is permitted; a fourth bill coin
cides with the third, but strikes out the
power to issue stock and bonds.