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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
Evidently No Truth in 1t.

ST. PAUL, June 20.-The dispatch from
Ottawa, Canada, stating that the North
ern Pacific will within a few months
withdraw from its connections in the
Canadian Northwest is a mistake most
apparent to all who have watched the
operations of that road during the past
year or two. 1t has absorbed the net
work of roads laid out by the Manitoba
government to compete with the Cana
dian Pacific, and has connected them
directly with its main line. Col. James
Mcknight, counsel of the Northern Pa
cific, is also president of the Northern
Pacific and Manitoba, as the Manitoban
connections are styled. These form an
important feeder to the main line and
are destined to become one of the most
valuable portions of their whole system.
AS Manitoba grows, a large part of its
vast wheat supply will be carried by the
Northern Pacific, and at this date it
would appear to be the height of i'm
probability that they would retire from
competition with the Canadian Pacific,
which could not possibly offer them any
adequate compensation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

IL the New York Press of Sunday was
published an interview with James A.
Whitney, the well-known international
lawyer of that city, showing from his re-
-. ,,o,,--.c,,al inspection of the docu-
SIIom.s III the oIa,e Department that C!cv-
invaders of Behring Sea III time when,
by Bayard's official admission, the adj
ministration had no record of the pro-
ceedings of the court and was not justi-
fed in coming to any definite conclus-
ion as to the facts.
But even then the Department Of
State knew that, entirely apart from our
well-founded treaty rights to Behring
Sea as virtual ''mare clausum," our
right to resist invasion of it was implied
by the need of protecting the female
seals for propagatlng purposes. The in.
vading sealers watch Tor the annual mi
grafton of seals northward in warm wea-
Their and shoot them recklessly. Two
out of three that are shot sink beyond
recovery. This tends to destroy perma-
nently the value of the seal fisheries to
this country, although that value was
very large part Of the benefit knowing
ly purchased from Russia when Mr.. Sc
ward bought Alaska. Apparently the
Cleveland administration could bo de-
pended on to give tho American case
away every time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
SCHOOL MATTERS.

The school board held special meet
ing Saturday night, aud elected Miss Ina
F. Cobb first assistant in the high school,
at salary to $50 a month, to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of Miss
Lydia X. Strohmeier. Miss Cobb's
home is in Maine. but she has been
teaching at Mortified for some time,
and is said to be first-class teacher.
The resignation of c. W. Piper as q
member of the school board from the
Fourth ward was received and accepted,
owing to the removal Of Mr.. Piper to
Duluth. Mr.. C. p. Williams was elected
to fill the vacancy until the July cleo
ton.
A committee was appointed to see L.
d. Saylor and ascertain what rates can
be made for grading the new high school
site. It is expected that the work can
be done at about one-third the usual
cost, as the dirt can be used to grade the
courthouse square. The committee has
power to act.
An election notice was prepared and
was ordered published IN the FREE PRESS
Review and Post.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
The 'Hoppers Vanquished.

Fergus Falls special: The work of dis
posing of the grasshoppers in this coun-
ty has been completed, and it is believ-
ed effectuaIly. Capt. Chase, who had
charge of the work, returned from Per-
ham Saturday, and reports that the COM
mittee has had over six thousand acres
of land plowed at the expense of the
state at cost of 1850. Wherever eggs
have been found the land has been
plowed carefully and deep. The eggs
are therefore buried, so that it is not
thought that the hopper will ever reach
the surface in case they should hatch.
They have met with some obstacles, but
as a general thing the people have been
glad TO have the step taken to prevent a
repetition of the plague. 'Hoppers have
hatched out in isolated patches to con-
siderable extent, but a car load of oil
and tar was shipped in and wherever
live 'hoppers were found the hopper
dozers were set in motion and the hop
pers caught. Capt. Chase, who was
there a year ago, now says that at That
time the fields, fences and roads were
covered with them, but now scarcely a
hopper can be seen. The only thing to
do now is to wait and see if the 'hoppers
come up through the plowed fields. III
they do not they are effectually wiped
ont; in case they do they will proceed
to catch them at once with oil and tar.
From Battle lake and Clitherall, where
a good deal of the blowing has been
done, Mr.. Hatch reports that nota hop
per has made it's appearance through
the blowing. The expense to the state
has not been to exceed $4,000, and it Is
believed that the efforts of Capt. Chase
and Prof. Lugger have saved thousands
of acres of land
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
WHY WORKINGMEN SHOULD BE
PROTECTIONISTS.

Contributed by the House Market Club Of I'LL
Those workingmen who feel the pinch
of dull times, and slack demand, should
seek u remedy for their trouble by sup
porting a fiscal policy which compels the
largest possible amount of work to be
done in this country. Enough money
is paid every year by the American peo-
Pile to foreign workingmen to give full
work at fair wa to every man in this
country now out of employment. Every
dollar sent abroad for articles which
could be produced ut home, to the ex.
tent of the labor represented in such ar
ticles, is just so much withheld from
working men in this country. Glance
over list of imports for the past year
and figure up the millions of dollars sent
from the United States to Europe, and
estimate how much of this would have
been distributed among American work
ingmen if they had been protected in
their right to supply the mar kets of
their own country. The following lisS
leaves out a number of minor articles
which would largely swell the aggregate:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Good Ameri
can people are still in favor of home
rule, and they will insist upon it at Chi
cago to begin with.
Pittsburgh Commercial: If every wife
who has confirmed drunkard for a
| husband should follow Mr.. Sabin's ex-
ample, the inebriate asylums would be
| full to overlooking and the divorce mills
would be kept running day and night.
New York Press: The Irish chief has
again and again declared that the very
worst misfortunes that has hindered his
success has arisen from the acts of vio-
| lence, from the assassination OF officials
! 10 the mutilation of cattle, which have
stained the Irish name.
Philadelphia Inquirer: 1t Is grf flying
to note that Mr.. Chandler has annourc c.
ed that he will devote his energies while
| in the Senate to maintaining the pro-
| tective system to American labor and
| the enforcement of the fifteenth amend
| ment to the Constitution of the United
States.
Helena Journal: IF Mexican lead ores
are TO be let into the United States free
of duty, it means either a reduction of
every working miners wages between
Bozeman and Heron Rapids, or else a
closing down of all the larger and more
| important mines in the Territory. As
vet the Republicans have done all that
has been done to avert such an industri-
al catastrophe.
Louisville CO,rior-JoTndl: There are
other questions before us besides the
tariff. AS to the tariff, we can do moth
ing for two years. Hence 1t is that the
present is "a good time to look int the
matter and to find ont just where we
stand. Perhaps Mr.. Dana may discover
that he has gone too far in his diagnosis
of the case Of the Free Traders, as he
calls them. Perhaps measures may
come up which will bring US all so near
together that, even in the making of a
bill, we can dismiss our differences and
reach substantial agreement. Small as
the tariff element in the party is, nu-
merically, we respect its ability and its
intentions, and are willing to accommo-
date it if we can do so without the sacri-
flee of principles.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
PRAIRIE DU CHEN.

This, the oldest settled spot in the
state of Wisconsin, is located on "The
Burlington" about sixty miles north of
Dubuque. The surrounding scenery is
fine, picturesque, and even grand. This
city has many interesting historical as
sociations having been permanently set
tied by whites in 1888, and experienced
its full share of the Indian scares Incl
dent to frontier life at the beginning OF
this century. During the war of 1872,
the "fort" at Prairie du Chen was cap
tured by British forces and their Indian
allies, and held by them until the return
of peace. Sixty years ago large fort
was built here by Col. Zachary Taylor,
afterward leading hero of the Mexican
War, and successful candidate for the
Presidency. A few miles away is the
locality where was fought the closing
battle of the we'll known Black-Hawk
War. Here also is one of the finest ar.
tesian wells in the United States, the
waters of which have extraordinary
remedial virtues in many nervous affec.
tons and disease of the blood. For fur
Their information, rates, etc., address w
J. G. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, G. B. &
N, II. r. st. Paul, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

yations is illustrated every day in Min
neapolis by the enterprising merchants
there who advertise literally and syste-
matically. Step into their great emporl-
ums at any time of the year, and 1t VIII
be seen that they have no dull seasons.
Business is always lively with them, be-
cause they know how to command trade
when 1t is abundant, and to quicken and
create trade when it is sluggish. We do
not mean TO say that advertising alone
will do this, but it cannot be done with
out liberal advertising. The merchant
must carefully study what may be tempt
ingly offered to the public, prepare to
supply 1t on the most advantageous terms
and present 1t freshly to the public ev'
cry day. Above all, the advertising
must be truthful in order to command
the proper degree of respect and atten
ton
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
HE SKIPPED OUT.

There are several people in Mapleton
who would very much like TO see a
young Englishman named James, who
has figured in some business operations
there during the past two weeks. He
has been working for farmer in Medo
named Weaver for the past year. A
couple of weeks ago he and Mr.. Walter
Faley, of Mapleton, bought Brooks &
Harman's livery stable at Mapleton,
paying therefor 81, 400. Saturday James
bought a double harness from G. FL.
Dietz. He also borrowed $500 from Ed.
Eckleroy, another young Englishman
who is studying law with w. N. Plymat.
He came to Mankato Monday and pur-
chased a new suit of clothes. In the
meantime Mr.. Faley became anxious
and telegraphed to this city asking
James whereabouts. The latter was
found and was shown the telegram. AT
ter drawing $3.50 which he had in bank
he drove to Eagle Lake, leaving the
team and the harness which he had
purchased but not paid for. He there
bought ticket TO Chicago and is sup.
posed to be on his way back to England
The Chicago police force has been tele.
graphed to be on the lookout for him.
The loss is likely to fall most heavily on
Mr.. Faley and Mr.. Eckleroy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

owe have no dull season in business
now, was the uniform answer of some
twenty of the leading business houses of
New York lately when interviewed on
the subject for publication. eve now
advertise all the year, and dull seasons
have ceased" was their united testi-
mony. They have learned, remarks the
Philadelphia Times in commenting upon
this testimony, that every season of the
year has more or less wants TO DC sup
piled, and that intelligent people can be
persuaded into supplying future wants
by legitimate and reliable announce
ments through the columns of widely
read newspapers. They have studied
advertising as an art; they make it fresh
as the current literature of the day; they
make it honest and command public
trust, and they gather the trade that is
going and often create trade by timely
and sensible suggestion.
The Star says the truth of these obser-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
RED CLOUD GETS IMPORTANT

And Orders she Sioux Commission off
the Reserve.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, s. d., June 90
The books were again opened Tuesday
and an opportunity given to those wish
ing to do so to touch the pen, OF which
opportunity several availed themselves.
There were few, however, who came
forward compared with the number who
were ready to sign the second on day at
Rosebud. Only about two-thirds as
many names had been obtained at .
o'clock as in Rosebud at the same time.
A council with Gen. Crook was
held by the white men and half
breeds here, at which means and
measures were discussed and plans laid
for strong and effective work among the
Indians who are now on the fence and
ready to fall on the off side. This fore
noon a council was asked by Red Cloud
and Little Wound with Gen. Crook, for
which they asked that all reporters
should be excluded and no notes of the
matter taken by the official stenogra-
pher. The talk was made chiefly by
Red Cloud, who declared his unaltera-
Bile opposition to the bill, and
asked that those Indians who
had signed should be put
off from the reservation. He grew i'm.
pudent and was ordering the commits
sion to pack up and leave the agency at
once, when Gen. Crooks stopped him.
About 400 Indians headed by Red Cloud
were placed on record against the bill
and $50 in favor of it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
Les. Work for Ns,Is.. Pay.

CHICAGO, June 20.-Two hundred
employed in the brick yards
of Purington & kimball and Wall Bros,
Blue Island, and sixty employed by
Adam Wickler's brick manufacturing
establishment, Hammond, Ills. have
struck for eight hours work without re-
duction in pay. The manufacturers ex-
press their determination to hold out
against the men and fill their places
with new men. 1t is thought that 800
or more additional brickmakers who are
now working ten hours will be drawn
into the movement,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

The impression appears TO prevail that
the president intends to Follow the
course of allowing Democratic officials
to serve four years term before being
called upon TO step down and out. This
rule will undoubtedly prevail except
with certain very offensive cases. This
will make the Republicans wish Grover
had been faster in his removals along in
the summer of 1885, but how We did kick
at that time
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
Total-15 deeds. 80
To Montana. Oregon and Washing
ton.

Il
ton.
If Won are going west bear in mind the fol.
lowing facts: "The Northern Pacific owns and
operates 9s7 miles, or 81 per cent. OF the entire
railroad mileage of Montana; epans tae terri.
tory with It's main line iram east p 70 wes,; snS
dining car line to Butte, and 10 the only line
that reaches Miles City, Billings, Bozeman,
Missolau, the Yellowstone Park and, IN 'fact,
nine-tenths of the cities and points of interest
in the Territory. The Northern Pacific owns
and operates 62l miles, or SO per cent Of the
railroad mileage at Washington, its main line
extending from the Idaho line via Spokane
Fails, Cheney, Sprague, Yakima and Ellens-
burg, through the center OF the Territory 10
Tacoma and Seattle, and from Tacoma 70 Port,
land. No other transcontinental tnrougnr RAJ
line reaches any portion Of washington Terri
tory. Ten days stop over privileges are gwen
on NorthernPacif second class tickets &C Spo
kane Falls and all points west, thus anording
see the entire Territory without mourning the
expense OF paying local fares from point to
point. The Northern Pacifc is the shortest
seattle BY IN miles, and to Portland BY 224
intestine CORRESPONDENCE shorter, varying
from one TO two days, according 70 destina-
ton. No other line from 81. raul OF Minneap,
into Idaho, Oregon or washington. In addi-
ton to being the only rail line TO SPOKANE
Falls, Tacoma and Seattle the Northern Paci-
Minnesota and Dakota, Montana, Idaho. Ore
gon and Washington, Bear in mind that the
Northern Pacific and Shasta line Is the famous
scenic route to ali points in California. Send
for Illustrated pamphlets, maps and books CIV
ing you valuable Information In reference 70
the country traversed BY this great line from
ST. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth aud Ashland to
Portland, Oregon, and Tacoma ana seaftie,
Washington Territory, and enclose stamps for
the new 1889 Rand McNally County Map OF
Washington Territory, printed In colors: AZ
dress your nearest ticket agent, or Chas. B.
Fee, General Ticket Agent, st. Paul, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
THE DAYS CASUALTIES.
A Hundred Miners Injured I'm an
Alabama Railroad Acct
dent.
Fatal Accident on the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati aRd st. Louis Road
Other Railroad Wrecks.
Many Persons Injured by Falling Roof
In Philadelphia-The COnstella-
lions Injuries Not Serious.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 20.-A rail-
road wreck resulting in the death OF two
men and the injury of 100 others oc-
Cured near Pratt's mines. The Tennes-
see Coal, Iron and Railroad company
runs train every morning to carry the
miners from Pratt Mines to the different
shafts. The train, carrying about zoo
men, was running backward at the rate
of ten miles an hour when it struck two
cows lying on the track. Six Of the carr
were thrown down an embankment and
piled on each other. Henry McCauley
and Walter Beasley, carpenters, were in
stantly killed and at least 100 others in
jured. The worst injuries are broken
legs and arms,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

ALL the rumors about the purchase
and sale of various newspapers in the
twin cities by a syndicate resolve them
selves simply TO this: Mr.. Blethen has
purchased the Tribune and the Haskells
nave assumed control of the Journal.
The Globe has not sold. The Ereijng
Star has not been sold, and there is no
Proposition pending TO buy either pa
Star.
This is as it should be. Mr.. Blethen's
Tribune Will be power for good for the
Northwest and the Republican party
which it would not be If its owners con-
trolled two or three other papers of 9th
er politics.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

PRoiIIBITIoN shows up pretty poorly
in Pennsylvania. There is no use talk
ing, the people of this country want less
sentimental theories and more practical
sense in dealing with this matter. Pro-
hibItion does not exhibit the good re-
suits it showed and il is therefore being
superseded by high license, of whose
beneficial effect there is no room for
1nuht
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

This money can be had at any time
and several townships have drawn their
appointments.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

Boston has dedicated a 30-acre tract to
its children for a playground. The
"Playstead," it is called.
Justice SpauldIng, of st. Louis, allows
Singleton Cave, notorious gambler,
possession Of his layout. The police,
In raidlng a faro game, had captured the
outfit.
The late Francis Brinley had outlived
the majority, if not all, of his colleagues
Of the celebrated Massachusetts senate
of 1852, of which Henry Wilson was
president.
The coin-and-slot device has been APP
piled to children's savings banks. When
once set for action a regulated nun Der
of coins must be dropped in the bank
before it can be opened again.
John l.. Sulliyan's latest infringement
of the ordinary rules for prize-rlnp
training is TO take possession of the bar
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

The Pioneer Pres occupied nearly a
column to-day in explaining how it came
to publish the statement that Governor
Merriam had expressed satisfaction
with the work of the Rochester asylum
investigating committee. 1t ought to be
evident to any one that the committee
is a good ways from being at the bottom
Of the things to be investigated, and
there would be a good many people be-
sides the Governor dissatisfied If it pro-
posed to close the work in its present
stains
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

The Chicago Inter- Ocean devotes a long
editorial to praising Capt. Schuettler and
the Chicago police force for the "discov-
cry and arrest" of Burke. But to-day
comes the correspondent at Winnipeg
with the statement that the honor of the
capture of Mr.. Burke justly belongs to
the Winnipeg police. We trust the gen.
tlemen will settle the matter among
themselves, and each appropriate his re-
spective portion of glory before it is as
certained that Burke had nothing to do
with the Cronin affair.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21

Aggregatlng, ......S l-''oo"'i'i
This does not include long list of ar
ticles wholly or partially manufactured
for use as materials in the manufactures
and mechanic arts, amounting to $751;
932 .O35, in which the item of labor en-
tiers very largely.
In many Of these the labor involved
equals eighty to ninety per cent of the
gross value. 1t cannot fairly be estimat-
ed that less than half their aggregate
value is made up of labor. On this rea-
sOnable basis the money paid by this
country into the pockets offoreign work,
men for work, which could just as well
have been done here, amounts to the
enormous sum of CASIO, 5S5.
1t is not only true that American
worklngmen could have just as well per-
formed the labor for which foreigners
have been paid this vast sum; it is also
true that many of them needed the
money thus sent abroad, and that some
of them have renamed idle because
work to which they were accustomed
and could best perform, was not to be
had
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
Another Entail nisaster.

PITTsBURG, June 20.-The second sec
ton of train No. 8, mail, west bound on
the Plttsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis
railway, jumped the track across the
river from Steubenville, Ohio, about ii
O'Clock a. m. Several coaches were
wrecked. Two persons were killed and
seven injured.
PITTsBURG, June 20.-A special from
Steubenville, Ohio, says: Brakeman
John Mcfarland, of Mansfield, Ohio,
died at o'clock. The hospital physi-
clans say that Conductor Burriss' injur-
les are fatal. The others injured are
resting comfortably and will probably
recover.
A collision of freight trains occurred
at the scene of the wreck short time
after it occurred. Three sections Of q
freight train following the mail pulled
up and stopped. The engine of the first
section was detached from its train and
used to assist in clearing the track in
front. A fourth section of the freight
came up at full speed and crashed into
the rear of the third section, smashing
the engine and wrecking several cars OF
merchandise. The train men jumped
and escaped serious injury.