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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

TIE people not oniy have the Consti-
stitutIonal right to prevent trusts or COM
binations from robbing them, but they
have the inalienable right to prohibit
and annihilate any combination of men
who seek to rob the masses or eXtort
money from them. This is an elemen-
tary and fundamental principle of law
and government. well understood by
men of intelligence, and the man who
don't know that much about government
better quit the newspaper business.
Such twaddle as that mo constitutional
law can be passed that will reach them"
could only emanate from a knave or a
man densely ignorant Of the elementary
principles of government in every civil
lied country. Waseca Herald.
1t is great pity that the eminent
statesmen of the country have not had
the benefit of Editor Child's knowledge
while engaged in their attempts to solve
the trust question. Had they been bene-
fitted by consultation with him they
might not have made SO complete fail
ure in the suggestions offered for re-
medying the great and growing evil
Bro. Child is one of these philosophers
who offer "the people" and legislation
as the cures for everything. But he
ought to have learned that "the people
is very indefinite as we'll as uncertain
quantity, while legislation has not serv
ed any great end in bringing about the
great reforms which the country has pu
| into successful operation. 1t Is likely
that we shall be put down by the HeraIC
as belonging to one or another of tn,
classes mentioned above, for We confes
to serious doubts whether any govern
mental regulation ever can and will ei
fectually embarrass the trusts. Certain
legislation should no doubt be enacted
such as removing duties, etc., but in on
opinion the fate of trusts lies in consid
erations and conditions which are Who'll
ly apart from legislation or government
tai power.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

IT has just leaked out howt the Mime
apolis folks overcame the effects of the
premature announcement that their di-
rectory was short 10000 names. After
that damaging report went out, it APP
pears the loyal and never-get-left citi-
zens of the flour city were staggered for
a few hours, but only for hours. Soon
there came from all directions addition
al returns of names not before reported,
most of whom were designated, "color-
ed watchmen." Since the appearance
of the directory with its increase oil
names to gladden. the proud Minneapo.
Titan, somebody of an inquiring mind
has been investigating matters, and has
found that the "colored watchmen" SO
numerous in the directory are simply
the watch dogs of enterprising citizens.
OF course st. Paul thinks it is dog.
goned shame, but it is pretty good joke
nevertheless.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

The Senatorial question is not suppos-
ed to have entered into the late Iowa
Republican state convention very large
ly, but the nomination of Hutchinson is
said to be every way satisfactory to the
friends of Allison. Itseems improbable
that there can be any considerable num-
Der of Republicans in Iowa favorable to
exchanging Senator Allison for any 9TH
er man that could be suggested. II
there are 1t simply shows that Iowa Re-
publicans are losing their senses. The
country cannot spare Senator Allison
and Iowa will be made aware of that
fact if necessary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
ABOUT THE FOOL.

He who is born fool is never cured,
-Proverb.
Enjoy your little while the fool is
seeking for more.
He is fool that praises himself, and
he mailman that speaks evil of him
SELF
The reason the fool said il sin hi
heart" was because he had no head Il
speak of.
A fool always finds greater fool tina
admires him. Proverb.
A wise man hlveth his pence, while
the fool expendeth bis substance in thu
purchase of nose paint.
The fool may be depended upon I,
keep a secret, if he does not know it.
"A fool may sometimes say wis,
thing" just as wise man may some
times say foolish thing. = Florid
Times Union.
| The fool joined church thinking b.
will be able to enter heaven in tn
crowd.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

THE NJ. L. church has just suffered a
severe loss IN the death of Rev. j. II.
Baylss, who died at Michigan summer
resort Wednesday.
DIR. Bayhss made his mark chiefly in
pulpit work, he having been pastor OF
the leading churches in Detroit, Buffalo,
indianapolis, Chicago, and Cincinnati.
He was a member of the general con-
ferences of 1876 and 1888, and at the
former session was made one of the
committee to revise the hymn-book
used by the Methodist Church. In 1884
DR.. Bayliss was elected editor of the
Western Christian AduOcdte at Cincinnati,
where he had served conservatively and
with success.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
NUMBER 10
CAMERON'S IDEA.
The Pennsylvania senator viii Intro
duce q Bill for the Enlargement of the

The Pennsylvania senator Will Intro
duce Bill for the Enlargement of the
White House.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ia bill to pro-
vide for the extension of the w hite
House, with a view to giving the family
of the president more room for domestic
purposes, will probably be introduced by
Senator Cameron this winter. At least
he has signified his intention to do SO
unless some one has bill to propose that
may be more desirable than his own
idea on the subject. Senator Cameron's
idea for improvement is general one.
He has nothing to offer in the way OF
detail. sHis proposition is to extend the
executive mansion by wings built to the
east and west, much as the capitol
building was enlarged by the addition of
house and senate extensions. The White
House as it stands is clothed with too
many circumstances of historical inter
est to permit its demolition or any rad
ical alterations that would destroy the
original. 1t has been the home of every
president except Washington, and the
corner stone was laid by him.
Senator Cameron's idea is to leave 1t
as it is, and increase the accommoda-
tions by the extensions stated. He wants
the plan for the wing to be used by the
family to be designed after ideas agree
able to Mrs. Harrison. AS woman of
experience in keeping house under diff
culties, she will, he thinks, know what
Is needed better than q man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

A RUMoR current in st. Paul the other
night that the Wisconsin Central train
robber had arrived at the union depot
scared the police so that not one of them
would come ont of hiding until brace
of citizens had investigated and found
that the alarm was a false one.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

HARPER's Weekly discusses the Behr-
ing sea seal fisheries matter in its last is.
SUE and instructs administration az
to what it should do in the case. OF
course its advice includes an ignoble
aba ndonment of any attempt TO bring
England to account for the outrages com.
mitted by her sailors. 1.-THE advice OF
the Mugwumps was taken Uncle Sam
would get permit fro m England before
venturing upon the sealing grounds al
all. 1t is unnecessary to say that the
present administration will attend to the
matter without the intervention Of
Harper's Weekly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
A Peculiar Accident.

OwAToNNA, Mimi, Aug. 20. = A
gravel train on the Northwestern road,
while being backed into gravel pit in
this city, was cut loose from the engine.
Having but one brakeman on, who was
not able to stop it, its momentum car
ried it beyond the end of the track,
and across a highway about hundred
feet, striking the kitchen of dwell
ing belonging to Mr.. Eastman. 1t tore
the kitchen entirely away from the
main part, and moved the main part off
the foundation. No one was in the
house except three children, sleeping
upstairs in the main part, who came
hurriedly down the stairs leading into
the kitchen, and the first one opening
the door fell into the cellar, breaking q
lon
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
Long Distance Telephoning.

CHICAGO, Aug. 19.--The operation of
the first long distance telephone system
west of New York state has been sue
cessfully inaugurated, the American
Telephone and Telegraph company for
mally opening its lines between Chicago
and Milwaukee. Representatives of the
press and q number of business men
were among those who tested the lines
and expressed themselves as being
highly pleased with the results attained.
A whisper could easily be heard between
Chicago and Milwaukee over the metal
lie circuits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

The main feature of the design, is large
square tower zoo feet in height, raised at
the back of the portico. This tower is
flanked on each side by smaller ones,
with pinacles and ornamental balconies.
The balconies are connected with differ
ent stories of the small towers with light
bridges, and flying buttresses connect
the angles of the towers with slender
buttress piers at the corners of the main
tower terrace. Passing inside, at the
back of the tower framing will be large
music or amusement stand, or stage,
with the ceiling open to the roof, and
covered with large fan-like sounding
board. Oyer the booths will be wide
balcony, extending around three sides
OF each wing and connecting with the
second story of the tower. The build
ing would not be corn palace were it not
for the decorations. Its general style
will adapt it to the graceful forms and
brilliant tInts of the corn products and
the main covering and enrichment of
the structure will be grains and corn in
all their obtainable forms.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have, in
fact, you must have it, to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for it dali
ly and mourning because they find il
mot. Thousands upon thousands of dol.
lars are spent annually by our people in
the hope that they may attain this boon
And yet it may be had by all. We guar,
antee that Electric Bitters, if used &C
cording to diaechons and the use per
sisted in, will bring you Good Digestion
and GUST the demon Dyspepsia and in
stall instead Eupepsy. We recommend
Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia and al
diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kidneys
Sold at SOC. and 81 90 per bottle by j. r
Jones, Druggist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
The political romancing of the St. Paul

The political romancing of the st. Paul
Globe is very interesting if nothing more,
and at this dull season is particularly
good reading. According to the writer,
ex-Gov. McGill is soon to shy his castor
into the gubernatorial ring, as he thinks
that the acts of Gov. Merriam have en-
titled him 10 another chance for a vim
dication. The disappointed Office seek
ers and the bounced officials are also all
programmed to make 1t hot for the good.
looking VIM. r. Well, it would be a
funny sort of occasion when an election
IN Minnesota wasn't made mighty i'll
teresting event.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

Z D LODGE meets Thursday eve
~. = ming nf each week in Odd Fellows
Hall, corner jackson and Second streets, at :
o'clock. All members Ot the order are COrdi
ally invited Ia attend. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

FIFTY thousand ladies voted in the re-
cent school elections in Kansas. This
does not bear out the common assertion
that our female population would not
take the trouble to exercise the right of
suffrage were it accorded them. There
is no reason TO suppose that school mat
tiers are the only ones of public import
nnce which interest our women.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

THE Brooklyn Eagle sets down OF
some of the braggarts of its party who
profess to expect Democratic success in
the Empire state this fall, and says there
is no probability of the Democrats being
able to transform their minority in the
last legislature to majority in the com
ing one. The Eagle gives the figures sc
that the Republicans will control the
senate. They already have the house
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
What Allied Mr.. Kaird?

HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. 1s.-An autop-
sy was held on the remains of Congress
man Laird, who died here Saturday.
The theory that he died of softening of
the brain was dispelled by the examina.
ton of that organ, it being found in q
perfectly healthy state. A number OF
physicians who have been in attendance
at Mr.. Laird's bedside attribute his
death to blood poisoning, the result of a
recent operation performed, but the
cause of his death is still wrapped in
MYSTERY
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
ST ATE OF OHIo. Cry of TnI EDO

LUCAS COUNTY, S. S.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will paw the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every cas- of CATARRH that
cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A II
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
Convention of Cotton Interests.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 19.-The direc-
tors of the cotton exchange have invited
all exchanges and boards of trade to send
delegates to convention of cotton in
terests to be held here September IL, to
agree upon uniform method of adjust
ing the difference in tare between cot
ton and jute bagging. The proposition
is that from a certain date all cotton
shall be sold by net weight, allowing 8
per cent of the gross weight for jute and
3 1-2 per cent for cotton bagging.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

SECRETARY WINDOWS brother-in-law,
John Douglas, of Winona, says Senator
Davis is being injured by his fool friends
who are continually prating about com.
bine between Senator Washburn and
the secretary to down Davis. There is
plenty of talk about the combine, but
may 1t not be true that Mr.. Douglas over
estimates its effectP Senator Davis is
not suffering very much in the estima-
ton of anybody for whose good opinion
he need have care.-Minneapolis Jour.
nal.
The Journal tells the truth. But, why
didn't Brother-in-law Douglas tell us
what effect the talk is having upon Sec
rotary. Window? 1t would seem that
he ought to be better posted to talk on
that subject than about Senator DAVIS
affairs
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
The syndicate Is Literary.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-English CAPT.
talists are endeavoring to secure control
of the business of the publishers of cheap
literature in the United States. It Is
asserted by Mr.. Samuel Untermeyer that
London capitalists are perfectly willing
to put up the requisite so, 1000, 900 which
such scheme would involve. Repre-
sentatives of the lending publishing con-
Germs have been approached and their
figures obtained.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
Gen. Vests Funeral.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-The funeral
of Gen. T. l.. West, who died at Asbury
Park last Wednesday, took place from
the Langham hotel Sunday afternoon.
Generals Rosencrans and Mussey, Col.
Hepburn and Capt. Wallace, old army
comrades of the deceased, acted as pail
bearers. A large number of friends and
acquaintences attended the funeral and
the remains to their last resting place in
Arlington national cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

THE laugh Is on the Minneapolis doc
tors just now, who sought to send the al
legged hydrophobia patient to Paris to be
treated by Pasteur. 1t turns out thai
the patient became convinced by the
time he reached New York that he
hadn't the rabies, and has returned tc
Minneapolis, to the discomfort and
chagrin of the learned physicians.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
SENATOR PUGH of Alabama has re-

SENATOR PUGH of Alabama has return
ed to Washington after his Northwest
ern trip with the Senate committee tc
look up Canadian reciprocity matters
The Senator evidently didn't use al
powerful microscope as Congressman
Cox as he declares not to have discov
cred any thing to lead him to believe
that the Democrats can carry anyone o
the four new states.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

WHATEVER the actual outcome of the
experiments with the much talked about
Brown-Sequard elixir may be, there is
no doubt whatever that the Imagination
of the human mind is capable of acting
as a most potent elixir when properly
stimulated. Whether in health or i'll
disease, Imagination is very great pow
er lndeed.-New York Mail and Express.
Yes, just SO; but can all the lies that
are being printed regarding this thing
come from such an innocent thing as
human imagination?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
New Trial of the Charleston.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19.-The new
cruiser Charleston was given a trial run
in the bay yesterday afternoon. No
government officials were aboard and
the trial was simply to test some altera-
tons which had been made in her ma
chinery since the official trial trip three
months ago. There was no attempt to
develop maximum horse power or high
rate of speed. 1t is understood that the
builders consider the trial satisfactory.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
SMOTHERED TENANTS.
A New York Tenement House
Fire Results I'm Death to
Nine.
Nearly ALI Were Suffocated, and
Probably Unconscious of the
Cause of Their Death.
Thirty Persons Killed by q Steamboat
Boiler Explosion at Shanghai, China
Other Casualties.

New YORK, Aug. 20.-The most awful
horror which this city has known for
years came early in the morning, when
a crowded West side tenement house
suffered partial destruction by fire,
and many of the tenants lost their
lives. AS result of the calamity the
Nineteenth precinct station on West
Thirtieth street has been converted into
temporary charnel house, and nine
charred and blackened bodies tell the
story of the frightfui disaster. At4.4b
a. m. the tenement house No. 305 Sew
enth avenue, near Twenty-Seventh
street, was discovered to be on fire. On
the firemen reaching the place the
building was ablaze from the ground
floor to the roof. In the street outside
there was the widest excitement. A
crowd had quickly gathered and many
tenants who had made their escape in
their night clothing stood among the
throng, weeping bitterly, and almost
FRANTIC WITH DESPAIR.
The firemen did their work well, and in
about fifteen minutes they had the con-
flagration in hand, while in half an hour
all danger from further destruction was
over. At first it was thought that all
the tenants had escaped in safety, but q
rumor was spread that a woman was
badly burned in one of the rooms d.
rectly over the basement restaurant.
One of the ambulance surgeons who had
been called, clambered up ladder over
the fire escape and into the window
through which dense clouds of smoke
still poured. He soon appeared at the
window with woman in his arms and
carried her bodily to the sidewalk below.
Although still alive, she was uncon-
scious, and died almost as soon as she
began the work of
HUNTING FOR THE DEAD.
in earnest On the first floor, in addi-
ton to the woman, Nellie Geoghan,
there were found William Mckee and
William Glennon. They were both
smothered in their beds and probably
second floor lived the Wells family,
mother 81 years old, and her two
children, Jane, aged A, and Thomas,
aged 2. They were all found dead in
bed together, the children being clasped
in each others arms as if sleeping peace
fully. On the third floor were found
Bertha Lustig, 40 years old, and James
Jeffrey, So years of age. The former
was discovered but few feet from the
window in the front of the house, and
the latter in bed in a rear room. They
were both dead
On the top floor was found the body
of an unknown man about As years old.
The body was considerably burned and
was blackened from head to foot. All
the bodies were taken in patrol wagon
to the Thirtieth street station house. So
far as at present known the only persons
injured by the fire were two sons of
William Glennon. They were badly
burned about the limbs and body and
were taken to the New York hospital.
The cause of the fire has not yet been
definitely ascprtainad
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
Another Ashtabuia Disa,ter

AsHTABULA, Ohio, Aug. 19.-The en-
CINE of south-bound freight train on
the jamestown and Franklin railroad
was uncoupled and went up the main
track for water, leaving the train on a
high trestle. A north-bound freight
train, at full speed, crashed into the de.
tached engine, driving it back into the
train on the trestle. Both engines and
twenty-three cars were wrecked. A
brakeman's leg was broken and he was
injured internally,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

THE golden rod has had an e, sv vic
tory in the contest for the choice of a no
tional flower which Prahg d Co. have
conducted. The polls are still open and
will not be closed until the end of the
present year, but the result up to the
present time is not likely to be changed
Golden rod leads with 81 per cent, the
may. flower being next with q per cent.
whll, the laurel, dandelion, suntlower
daisy, etc, are far behind.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

SOME of the newspapers at Minneapo
LIS that were not long since abusing Ton
Lowry in every other paragraph, have
about come to the conclusion now thai
the street railway magnate has unfoldet
his plans that Lowry is not such a bad
man to have i'm the city after all.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

SATURDAYS Chicago papers mentioned
that Geo. l.. Lidgerwood, formerly of
Mankato, Mimi, was an eye witness of
the shooting of Judge Terry by Marshall
Maggie. Mr.. Lidgerwood has large
number of friends in this vicinity who
congratulate HIM upon being 30 fortunate
as to see desperate character 30 neatly
done for.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23
Duluth and Winnipeg.

DULUTH, Aug. 20.-The Duluth and
Winnipeg will soon establish an office
in this city, and in December the head
quarters of the road will be opened here.
The reports are that soon after Decem-
Der 10 regular trains will be running on
road between Duluth and the Mississippi
river. There is plenty of money raised
to build the road to the Mississippi river
without selling bonds, and negotiations
are completed for the sale of bonds to
finish the line to the Red River valley
after the division to Itaska is built.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

FROM all indications the railways will
getInto war. of rates before the Mil
waukee encampment opens that will en-
able the G. A. X. veterans to attend the
affair at figure far below one cent per
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