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Wichita eagle., 1889-07-05
WITHOUT A RIVAL

She is without rival, and envy has been
silenced in her presence.
The people Of the state in making her
their commercial capital payed her a
tribute which was as worthy bestowed as
IL was generously given. Who will ven
bure to predict our future? From its stock
boards may issue the quotations which
will govern the commercial transactions
of this western empire: from its mint Will
follow streams OF coin upon which the
commerce of the world is based.
Let us take . look at Kansas and Wich-
tia ten years hence: three millions of pros
porous and happy people within her bor-
ders; quarter of IL million inhabiting her
commercial capital; the producer OF more
Eorn and wheat than half the continent
besides Her plains and valleys yelled be-
meath a sea OF golden grain; the earth tun-
nelled and riven by swarmS of miners fore
ing it to surrender its hidden wealth:
looms and spindles consuming our pro-
nuct of wool in the weaving of materials
FOR garments. Furnaces glowing in the
manufacture of iron and steel fashioned
into multitudinous forms; our sands with
proper allies, converted into glass; our
clay transformed INFO all shapes of wares.
Thousands of miles of railway steaming
across the plain and canon, training over
every pass and touching every hamlet
The rails upon which the cars run, and
motive power applied, the product of our
OWN workshop Churches rivaling in
beauty of design, the oathedrals OF Europe
and the mosques of Turkey. Colleges
famed for their technical learning. and at
tended by the youth of many lands; the
tide of summer travel commencing across
the ocean, gathering in volume as It passes
American cities, reaching its flood each
year amid the beauties. the grandures and
the romances Of our plains. Discomfort
removed beyond our lines. a phalanx of
settlements TO our remotest boundaries,
the barriers of solid peace advancing pros
perity, regard for law, elevated morals
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
A CIVIL SERVICE ROAST
Postmaster Paul, OF Milwaukee,
Severely Censured by the
Commission.
If His Term Had Not Already Ex-
pired His Removal Would Be
Recommended.
Senator Spooner Returns to Washington
In Search OF Patronage-Anxiety
Over an Extra Session.

WASHINGTON, June 25. The civil
service commission which has been On
a tour Of investigation among several OF
the larger postoffices throughout the
West, has returned to the city. Among
the postoffices investigated was that at
Milwaukee, Wis. 1t was found that the
postmaster at that Office had repeatedly
violated the civil service law. Commits
sioner Roosevelt, In speaking OF the mat
ter, said that in 1885 the civil service
commission gave the postmaster at Mil
waukee authority in a special case to
draw from the upper eligible list to tiU
a lower position, and the postmaster had
construed that into continuous authority
without any shadow of right and thought
he could take any man from the upper
list and then gerrymander the lower
lists so as to have that man certified to.
In one case he even had the board Of
examiners remark a paper, and mark it
down, thereby getting one candidate out
of the way of another. The commission
severely condemns this action OF Post
master Paul in the following report,
which is signed by all the commission
ers:
having iuScctieoOOO SuO hoAoOS
ment of the Milwaukee postoffice, in so
far as it is affected by the civil service
law, we find that during the past four
years the postmaster, Mr.. G. II. Paul,
has repeatedly violated said law, and in
many instances has manipulated the
lists of elegibles so that person whom
he preferred should be certified to him.
If MIR. Paul had any considerable portion
of his term to serve, we should RECON-
mend his immediate removal; but we
have determined not to make such rec
ommendation in view of the fact that his
term has already expired: that no salts
factory proof has been adduced to show
his action in making appointments was
due to political considerations, and that
his construction of letter of commits
sion, written in 1885, may partially ex-
cuse portion of his misconduct. The
commission, therefore, report that Mr..
Paul should be and hereby is severely
censured."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
AFFAIRS IN HAYTL
Hyppolite Triumphs Over Iegitims and
the Latter Asked to Leave.

Hyppolite Triu mphs Over Iegitims and
the Latter Asked to Leave.
NEW YORK, June 25.-The following
has been received by steamer Saginaw
from Hayti bearing date June 8: yes
terday afternoon Gen. Hyppolite, pro-
visionary president Of the Republic, ar
rived at Cape Hayti with about 1000
men. He was very well received by the
populace. Before coming to the cape he
visited the mountains in the districts Of
VALERIE and THAI, occupied fortnight
ago by the so-called 'Cacas.' The prin-
cipal leaders of these mountaineers have
sworn allegiance to the Northern cause,
and they are now among the escort OF
the president. Now not a single place In
any Of the three departments of the
North is occupied by the enemy.
Yesterday we had news from Port
au Prince up to the 8Ist ult. Further
assertions In the ranks of Legitime's
friends are reported. Anselme Prophits,
Legitime's minister of war, who had left
his command in the North-First army
corps-and reported at Port au Prince
before the breaking up of his army, has
resigned and left the country. GEN.
LaForest, who was military governor OF
Port au Prince, has also left. A new
ministry has been formed. The arch.
bishop of Port au Prince and other
friends of Legitime called upon him,
begging him to leave the country, 30 az
to Insure peace. He refused to do So"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
South Australian Cabinet Resigned.
Foreign Facts.

ADELAIDE, June 25.-The members Of
the cabinet of South Australia have re-
signed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
JOHNSTOWNS BADLUCK
Fire Threatens 30 Complete the
Destruction OF the Stricken
City.
About Thirty Houses Were Destroyed,
Involving q Loss Of Probably
$4,000.
Only the veering OF the Wind Saved the
City From Almost Total De-
structiOn.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 25.-It was
only due to the direction Of the wind
that the remains Of YOUNGSTOWN were not
entirely wiped out by FIRE. The blaze
began at O'Clock with the First Ward
school house, which stood on the bank
of Stoney creek. That building stood on
the upper side Of the dismal waste, which
the torrent Of water swept clear across
the town. Close by the school building.
all jumbled up together, " ere about
thirty buildings, some Of them in q good
state Of preservation and inhabited.
Next to these houses was street, the
only one not yet cleared of Debris, and
on the opposite side was wide stretch
Of ground tightly packed with frame
buildings In ell manner Of deorepit at
titudes. Still further above were some
of thesbest preserved buildings in the
city. Had the wind carried the fame
in the opposite direction fire would have
destroyed what the food had left. AS
it was the fire
CAUSED A vERTIBLE PANIC
In the immediate neighborhood, as it
enveloped one house after another in
rapid succession. One OF the abandoned
houses had been hardware store, and
the explosion of key Of powder in it
sent the burning roof flying in frsg-
ments, th;ls increasing the danger. Men
were put to work smothering the bon
fires that stretched across the open space,
with earth, and in this manner cut off
the fires line of communication to the
threatened buildings, whose oc-
cupants were already moving the
remnants of their furniture. This bank
ing of the bonfires with earth and the
veering of the wind 30 that the burning
embers were carried into Stoney creek
ended the danger in this direction. On
the other side the fire met no opposition
until it had reached the ruin-packed
street. The militia and gang of labor.
ers worked hard at clearing the street
and then tore down q number of houses
on the opposite side. BY this time the
streams OF water from the fire engines
had their effect and the fire was under
control after burning for two hours, and
twenty-five or thirty houses were in
ashes. The whole population of the
valley turned out to watch the conf1agra-
ton and 30 general became the belief
that everything remaining would 20 up
in smoke that in all directions people
were loading their effects on wagons
preparatory to fleeing to the hills. The
money loss will be about $500 The
fire was caused by three small boys set.
ting fire to pile OF rubbish.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Extra Session Anxiety.

WASHINGTON. June 25.-There is the
utmost anxiety expressed among mem
bers of congress Of both the political par
ties to ascertain whether or not it is the
intention of the president to call con-
gress together in extra session in Octo.
Der. No satisfactory information has
thus far been secured from any reliable
source on this point. Congressman
Browne, of Indiana, lis one of the anxious
ones, and has made up his mind to know
the probability, if such thing is posi-
BILE. Consequently he will interview the
president on the subject as soon as pos,
sible, and it is quite likely that some
general information will then be given
ont
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
EVIDENCES or A DISASTER,
A Collision Between the Victoria an
Hsytian Republic Believed to have Dc

A Collision Between the Victoria and
Hsytisn Republic Believed to have Oc-
CURED.
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, June 3d.
For several days past there have been
evidences of some ocean disaster in the
washing ashore on the islands of wreck
age. A bundle of woman's clothing,
evidently done up in great haste, was
picked up on the beach at Edgartown,
and life preserver that came from the
City of Rome was also found. Consid-
cradle wreckage painted green and slate
color is coming ashore on the island.
Among that found at Smiths Point
were gilt mouldings In considerable
quantities, one large door with three
ground glass circular top lights, one
window sash, evidently belonging to
some steamer, and also steamer Victoria
bills of lading. Wine cards of steam
ship Haytien Republic were washed
ashore at Nantucket. A mast about two
feet in diameter, square rugged, with
wire rigging, was also found with the
wreckage at that point. Everything
points to collision between the Victoria
and Haytien Republic, though the life
preservers belonging to the City of
Rome add to the mystery enveloping the
supposed disaster.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
AFTER AN ALLIANCE.
Russian Generals In Paris Negotiating 70
n Secret Alliance

Russian Generals In Paris Negotiating for
Secret Alliance.
LONDON, June 25.-Two eminent Rus
sian generals left Paris last evening for
st. Petersburg, as quietly as they had
come week ago, and it turns out that
they came entrusted with most Inn
portant diplomatic mission. These are
Gen. Annenkoff and Gen. Vannoffsky,
the Russian war minister, and 1t is as
serted that their visit to Paris is to ascer-
tain what terms political and military
cooperation with France could be ar
ranged, without the conclusion of for
NAL Franco Russian alliance. It is un.
derstood that the visit was made at the
suggestion of M. Spuller, the French
minister of foreign affairs, and it is Ger.
tain M. Spuller and the two Russians had
frequent interviews during the visit Of
the latter. The contingency Of q
Russo-Austrian war in which Germany
might become involved, was freely dis
cussed and according to the Partisan
press, the two generals left Paris entirely
satisfied with the result of their mission.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
ALWAYS ON TIME. .

There is no line 81 handsomely equipped.for
Through Passenger Service as .'The North
western Line"-C., st. p, m. g. o. Ry-and
the Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago trains
over this line have peter record for reach
ing either end of their run ION time" than
those of any other line in the country.
THE
All we'll posted travellers between the Twin
Cities and Chicago take this line-partIculariy
favoring the "vestibule Limited, which car
ries the finest sleeping cars and coaches ever
built, and also ell classes of passengers, with
out extra fares. On the Lake SUPERIOR portion
of the line. between Minneapolis, st. Paul &
Duluth, and st. Paul & Ashland, Pullman
sleepers are run on night trains, and parlor
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Many Mining Fatalities.

NEaAUNEE, Mich, June 25.-The body
OF William Sandercock was recovered
from the Lilly mine by party of min
ers at the peril Of their lives as large
masses of rock fell down near the res
cuing party several times. The mining
inspector will be asked to condemn the
mine. In the iron mines of Ishpeming
and Negaunee seven men were killed,
one each day, and two have been killed
for two days of this week. More min
ers have lost their lives already this sea-
SON than were killed in all of last year.
Thirty-seven were killed in the Lake Su-
perior iron district in Nav.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Excited Over Gold.

IsPHEMING, Mich, June 25.-One hun.
dred and fifty pounds of quartz, carry.
ing gold at the rate of $4,000 ton, has
been brought in from the Michigan gold
mine. The new shaft was started Thurs.
day and at depth of four feet a pocket
of quartz carrying gold was struck.
The vein at the point where the find was
made is three feet wide-double the
width of points previously worked. The
discovery has caused much excitement
in gold circles and is regarded as the
most important yet made on the Isphem.
ing gold range.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
A WOman's Discovery.

"Another wonderful discovery hai
been made and that too by a lady in this
county. disease fastened it's clutches
upon her and for seven years she with.
stood its seyerest test, but her vital or.
gans were unermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she
coughed necessarily and could not sleep
She bought of us bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption and
was so much relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all night and with one
bottle has been miraculously cured. He1
name is Luther Lutz." Thus write w.
c. Hamrick Il Co., of Shelby, N. c.
Get free trial bottle at j. K. Jones'
Drug Store.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Cabriel Rem
vile, chief of the Sisseton and Wahpe-
ton Indians had an interview with Act
ing Indian Commissioner Belt in which
he urged Il settlement of back annuities
due the tribe since 1862, amounting to
about $35O,0OO. He also urged that the
government purchase their surplus of
land, about 5000 acres. Mr.. Belt
favors a commission to ascertain their
Valua
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
NORTHWESTERN

Pullman sIeopers ere also run through be-
tween Duluth, Superior and Chicago Fast
through trains are also run between Minneap-
oils, ST. Paul ard Kansas City, via Sioux City,
with through Pullman sleeDers St. Paul to
Omaha and Kansas ity. Dining cars are run
on all tkrcuc trains over this line between
Minneapolis ST. Paul & Chicago, and between
st. Paui and Kansas City. BESIDES being the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Masqueraded In Female Attire,

DETR DIT, Mich, June 26.-Clara Ellis,
q dressmaker, was arrested here Satur.
day for disorderly conduct, and pleading
guilty was sentenced to ten DAYS In the
house of correction. On arrival at the
prison the superintendent suspected that
Clara belonged to the male sex. and this
proved true. The man, Clara. came Ia
Detroit two years ago and worked al q
chambermaid at several hot Is. Sir
weeks ago he launched out as a dress-
maker. A Larned street barber became
enamoured of the good looking dress.
maker and they were to have been mar
ried last evening. The creature refuses
to explain why he donned female an
parel but makes frequent threats Of sui
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
A Canadian NomInated,

DUBLIN, June 25.-Bishop James ".
Cleary, of Kingston, Ontario, has been
nominated as the successor of the late
Right Rev. Pierce Power, bishop of Wa.
terford and Linsmore.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Nat Half Enou1h Vet

WASHINGTON, June IS. - Senator
Spooner of Wisconsin has returned from
Europe and is in Washington to gather
up some political patronage. He has
Jared pretty well at the hands of the ad-
ministration so far, but says he has not
got half enough yet. There are a num-
Der of appointments that he expects and
which he says are practically secured.
He will remain here until Friday, when
he will leave for Hudson, to be absent
until congress meets.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Skin Disease 8 Years Cured.
WEAK PAINFU, BACKS.

pIMPLES, black-heads, red, rough, chapped
A1Aand oily skin prevented by Cuticura Soap
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
FIGHT WITH FLATHEADS
Montana Officers Have Trouble
I'm Arresting a Band OF
Indians.
Agent Roman Calls for Troops From
Fort Missoula-Two Indians Re-
ported Killed.
Bad Timber Fires Raging Along thu
Northern Pacific In Montana
The Northwest.

HELENA, Mont, June %. News has
just been received from Arlee, the prin-
cipal town on the Flathead reservation,
that Sheriff Hepburn and posse Of Mis-
soula county officers, who went to the
reservation to arrest three Indian muir.
derers, are having a battle with the
Indians, who refuse to give up the men
wanted. Two Indians are reported to
have been killed already. Agent Roman
has called upon the commanding officer
at Fort Missoula for troops, but that
official is waiting orders from Washing
ton. In the meantime o posse of well
known citizens from Missoula, headed
by Maj. Stcne, has been organized, and
is on its way to the aid of the sheriff.
The civil officers are determined to ar
rest the murderers, and as the Indians
are determined not to give them up, ser.
ious trouble is feared. Chief Greas used
to keep them in check with the whip,
but there was SO much talk of the bru.
tally of this form of punishment that
Agent Roman caused its abandonment,
since which time the Flatheads have
been growing worse and worse, and now
threaten to engage in a general uprising.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Want 81, $40, 900 From Blaine st al

RICHMOND, Va, June 25.-In the
chancery court Watkins, Campbell &
Co., for themselves and ether creditors
of the Richmond and Allegheny railroad
company, entered suit against Hon.
James G. Blaine and other stockholders
of the Richmond and Allegheny railroad
company. The object of the suit is to
recover for the defendants, who are or
were stockholders of the Richmond and
Allegheny railroad company, their pro
rata shares Of q, 940, 900 actually paid in,
as shown by the sworn statement of
Secretary Z. r. Eland.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28

SN0E3h Kidney and Uterine Pains andweak
Yx1NI nesses. relieved In one minute by the
INA Cuticurs Anti-Pain Plaster, the
wv first and only pain-killing plaster.
New, instantaneous, infallible. % cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
American Homeopatb;sts.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 25.-The forty.
third annual institute of homeopathy
met at Minnetonka Monday night, and
will be in session the remainder of the
week. Something like over AGO of the
representative homeopathists of the
United States will be present, as well al
delegates from England and the cont.
nent. Gov. Merriam, Mayors Babb OF
Minneapolis and Smith of st. Paul, Sen.
ators Davis and Washburn and others
will respond to toasts at the banquet
Thursday night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Negotiating for the oregon Narrow Gsug
Celebrate st. Johns Day.

FALL RIVER, Mass, June GA three
days celebration of st. Johns Day b,
French Canadian societies opened here
Sunday with solepn high mass at the
four French Catholic churches. The
societies participating included Napo
leon Guards Circle, Salaberry Ligue des
Patriots, Canadian Young Men, st. Jear
Baptiste and Canadian Union. To-day
viii be devoted to the reception of visit
ing societies and preparations for the big
parade.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Supposed Johnssown Victims.

CINCINNATI, June 25.-The decom-
posed bodies of man and q boy were
found in the Ohio river at the foot of
Evans street. The man was dressed in a
black suit and on his person was found
, memorandum book containing the
name Of William Dooley, as near as
could be deciphered. The boy, appar-
emily IA years old, was dressed in a
bicycle suit with knee breeches. The
bodies are supposed TO have come from
Johnstown.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
First ms. June z; last ms. June %
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
~TATE OF MINNESOTA. Couptv of r

CtTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth. In Probate Court.
Inthe matter of the estate of John Taruo.
eceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims and demands against the estate of
John Taruo, late of the county of Blue Earth,
deceased, that the Judge of the Probate Court
of said county will hear examine and adjust
claims and demands against said estate at his
Office I'm the City of Mankato in said county,
on the Sd day of January, A. ID. 1890, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of that day, and that
seven months from the LIST day OF June have
been limited and allowed by said Probate Court
for creditors to present their claims
q, w. MEAD,
prnhafa ludra
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
.l.t,ed in the Train wreck.

PlTTsBURG. June PA construction
train, consisting of an engine, eleven
cars and caboose, ran off the track anC
over an embankment near Smock sta
ton, on the Redstone branch of the
Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston rail
way, wrecking the entire train. En-.
gineer John Kelly was instantly killed
The fireman, name unknown, was fatally
scaldad
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Good Subject for White Caps

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., June 49,
Thomas Gavan, a dissolute young man
demanded money of his widowed moth.
er. Upon her refusing to give him any,
he beat her about the head with a ham.
mer. He then poured kerosene oil on
the floor and set fire to the house. Neigh.
bors managed to rescue the unfortunate
woman, who is very badly hurt. Gavan
Is in custody.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Tried to Drown Her RABIES.

HUTCHINSON, Mimi, June 2o.--Mrs
Loren Jensen, farmers wife, living 81,
miles south of here, in fit of insanity
threw two of her children into well
She came to her senses as soon as she
had done the deed. and Immediately
called for help. Both children were
taken out alive, but the youngest, a babt
four months old, has since died. The
other, a boy three years old, is not out Of
danpor
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
Bit on the Gold Brick swindIe.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-An Eng
hshmen named s. G. Coombs has lost
$1,000 by the old gold brick swindle.
The trick was very cleverly played by
the sharper, who figured as farmer and
his confederate as an Indian. The SWIM
oilers played the same trick near Los
Angeles last winter, when they sold an
other brass brick for 81. 500.