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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-18
A COAL TRUST.
Syndicate Getting Control of Iowa's Best
Coal Lands.

Syndicate Getting Control of Iowa's Best
Coal Lands.
Dies MONIES, Dec. 15.-For number
of days syndicate has been taking OPP
tons on lands around Des Moines. 1t
now turns out that an immense coal
trust has been forming here They are
in possession of thousands of acres of
the best coal lands in Central Iowa,
chiefly in Polk county. Des Moines has
a half dozen coal banks that have grad
ually been giving out. They were gen
orally supposed to be inexhaustible, but
the severe demands have shown that
belief to be a delusion. Good coal lands
near the city are now scarce, fact
which the men who have been disposing
of their lands to the syndicate failed tc
realize until it was too late. There has
been an advance in coal lands in all
parts of the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-18
FROM DIPHTHERlA.

Two Members of a Family Dead and Two
Dying.
REDWOOD FALLS, Mimi, Dec. 49,
Stewart Noyes' wife and little boy, an
infant child, died near Belleview, this
county, last Saturday. Mr.. Moves
death is expected at any moment, and a
little girl, the surviving member Of the
family cannot live. The whole family
have been sick from diphtheria less
than week. Wood Lake, Yellow
Medicine county, small village on the
Minneapolis and st. Louis railway, is in
state of quarantine, as three families,
each having number of children, are
sick with this disease One death is re.
ported up to Saturday and more are ex-
pected daily.
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= THE free traders insist that reel
procity amounts to nothing, that il
is only species of free trade, but or
such an insignificant scale as to prove
very unsatisfactory. But there is
nothing in the free trade schedule
that would have forced the concessions
that Germany has made in the admit
lance of our cereals. With free trade
Germany would have had all the ad.
vantage, with reciprocity she was
obliged to accede to our demands OF
be shut out of one if the best markets
in the world.
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Set Fire to the Jail.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Dec. 15.--At Belle
PLANE Pete Donly was imprisoned in
Jail while intoxicated. Shortly after
wards smoke was seen issuing from the
jail. The prisoner was Immediately
taken from the cell, but when taken out
was dead. The fire did not gain much
Roadway but considerable damage was
done by water and smoke. It is sup
posed the man set fire to the bedding in
one of the cells with the intention of
self destruction, for when found he was
in the further cell from the door, and
he had the liberty of the whole Jail.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-18
Curtis Trial POSTPONED.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec t5.-Actor M. B.
Curtis trial for killing Policeman Grant
has been set for Jan. II. The case was
called for trial Monday but Curtis
lawyer pleaded for delay because of
want of time for preparation. Curtis
has fought for delay from the outset as
he believes public prejudice will fade as
time goes on. Curtis was handsomely
dressed and prison life evidently does
not worry him.
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Alimony and Attorney Fees Allowed

Ailmony and ATTORNEY Fees Allowed.
DEADWooD, S. D., Dec. 15.-In the
petition of Mary Nevins Blaine VS.. James
Ct. Blaine, Jr.. in the court of South
Dakota, at Deadwood, the court ordered
that the said Mary Nevins Blaine be
allowed $500 as alimony pending suit
and expenses of this suit, and that she
also be allowed the sum of $500 as attor-
ney fees in conducting this action. The
trial is set for the February term.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-18

AT meeting held at Houston,
Texas, the other day. resolutions re-
GREETING the defeat of Roger @. Mills
for Speaker were adopted, but an at
tempt upon the part of some of his
friends to get him endorsed for U. S.
Senator failed. Evidently the Texans
do not want Roger for everything.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-18
RUNNING ON TINE.

HAT is the way all our watch
es run, and we have an excep-
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Patek, Philippe & Co. watches.
We give special attention to deal
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Pearls, Rubies, Sapphires, Emer-
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of silver, in decorative and table
wares, manicure and toilet arti-
cles, novelties and trinkets, excite
expressions of feminine delight.
No more acceptable gift for the
household than a fine clock with
a musical striking, or for your
ancestor, than an elegant pair Of
spectacles oreye glasses fitted by
our expert optician. Our stock
in all lines is now complete for
Christmas trade.
VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME.
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CONGRESSMAN LIND expects to be
successful in getting an additional
appropriation of $25, 900 for the Indian
school at Pipestone. 1t has received
the recommendation of the Secretary
of the Treasury.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-18

THE lottery crowd has secured a
majority of the. delegates in the Dem
ocratic convention of Louisiana.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
LICENSES ISSUED IN Iowa PROM 1870

These reports are the official reports for
each year ending April 30 and are absolutely
ccrrect barring any possible error in copy
ing. BY them IL will be seen that two thirds
Of the rectifying institutions and four fifths
Of the breweries, employing large number
OF people and Of value TO all classes in the
material sense Of making better markets for
Iowa products, have been closed, and the
thousands of employees and those dependent
upon them for support have been thrown ont
OF work, while almost every train that has
entered Iowa from any direction during all
those years has borne upon 1t the liquid re-
sponses to the orders that are constantly
going from Iowa In every direction for the
same goods that are used In this state and
were formerly manufactured mere. Inc stop
page oL tne Droweries ~ no wise shut
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
Part Two.

TIE FAILURE AND FARCE OF PROHIBITION IN
IowA-LIqroR SOLD IN EVERY PORTION or
THE STATE.
Comparatively few persons now claim the
law has been a success. The great ma jority
truly and caDdidly admit the contrary, and
regretfully give their reasons for Il. Not
withstanding the general admission that the
law has proved failure, propose to prove
just the same that the law Ia not enforced
has never been successfully enforced; is less
so now than at any other time In its his
tory, and that the condition OF affairs Is
rapidly growing worse.
Elk Gov. Larrabee, q most excellent gen
tleman, and one OF the very ablest and best
of lowa's governors, was q pronounced ad
vocate OF the law, and made q greater ef
fort for its enforcement than all the COVER
nors Iowa ever had combined. He
made q statement during his admin
istration, In substance that prohtbi
ton was emptying the penitentiaries
Hut he evidently made his statement at q
time when the sins" were going out, and
season just prior to the court grists, that
soon made up the number again
Ii the basis OF his assertion is q good one
to figure from. let me submit the following
which Is q correct official statement of thu
average number of convicts In the two lowe
penitentiaries each year, from 1881 up +.
March 81, 1891:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
thecountry. The new party is composed OF

thecountry. The new party Is composed OF
former greenbackers, members OF she pres
ent knights OF Labor and Farmers ALI
auces. The comparatively small vote cast in
1889, when Boies was q candidate, was the
result of the democratic Endorsement of the
Australian ballot system, which the labor
ing men in the state want and still demand.
The fatal PLANK was that of 1889 which de
clared that prohibition has become the
settled policy OF the state 1t was out
spoken and easily understood. No explana-
ton was needed The 'antis'' took in the
situation, saw through the past, and thought
about the future, and the first democratic
governor in Iowa since the republican party
was organized was elected by over 6,GOJ
plurality. The platform of last year was In
tended to throw the matter among national
issues. And 1t proved disastrous. The
prohibition plank closed as follows
We favor such legislation on the part
OF congress as shall protect the police
powers OF the state in their efforts to regu-
late, confine or prohibit the public bar. =
Many antiEprohibition republicans fought
for the republican state ticket which was
elected by over 1900. and knitted the con
gressional ticket because of the Wilson bill
and the above plank, and the result was SIX
democrats out of the eleven congressman
were elected with net majority of nearly
l,OOO Some people can learn something
others can not.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

FORMATION OF NEW PARTIES; THE PROHIBI
TON AND aRRENBAcK MovEMENTs-IowA's
II vorB SINCE 1856.
For twenty years after the organization Of
the republican party in 1856, there were
virtually but two political parties in Iowa
the republican and democratic. A great
variety Of questions was treated In theil
platforms. frequently they came closely
together upon some question or other, and
at different times during that period they
actually crossed each others pathway In
certain declarations Upon the very import
ant questions of transportation and control
Of corporations. the political parties for many
years have fully agreed, and they will con
tinue to do 80, for IL the people OF Iowa are
united in sentiment upon any question, 1t Is
on those concerning transportation and cor
poration control. And the two old parties
differed but little also In their platforms In
Iowa for several years from 1860 toward 1850
In their declarations upon the tariff. The
questions of economy In state and national
administrations, reconstruction, currency,
immigration, controversies with foreign
powers, railroad and corporation control,
land grants, pension and patent laws were
among the numerous important matters
considered.
The question of prohibition has been agi-
tated more or less at times since Iowa was
admitted In 1876. The wings, assisted by
many democrats, adopted q total prohibit
tory statute In 1856 by nearly 5000 majority.
But In 1857 the first republican legislature.
for the purpose OF inducing immigration,
changed the law. permitting the sale OF ale
beer and wine. A number Of other changes
were afterward introduced, making the law
more stringent in the matter of sales to
minors, persons Intoxicated, etc. An Effort
was made by few ardent prohibitionists at
nearly every meeting Of the legislature to
secure the submission to the people of an
amendment to the constitution. The demo
cratic party repeatedly resolved against
prohibition, while the republicans sawed
wood" until 1877.
A very material help to full understand
ing of the situation will be found In the &C.
company ing table, showing the vote cast by
all parties each year, from and including
1856, up to the present time.
There was little discussion of the question
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
Edoray Declares this Article Must he met
md Prohibition Must GO.-Iis Other
the Article.
From the Chicago Inter- Ocean Of Jnne n, 1897.

Introductory.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, June IS.
To the Editor:
In response to your request for review
of prohibition In Iowa, including the pres
emit condition OF affairs. shall take pleas
ure ip doing so as fully aud Complementary
spossible. But 1t will be necessary to pre-
sent many statistical facts and recall to
some extent the political history of the state
for number OF years, to make numerous
comparisons of various matters, one period
with another, concerning results OF elections,
platforms, changes In votes, criminal statis-
tics, taxation, increase In government lfcen-
ses, court expenses, ETC.; to refer to the
threats of prohibitionists against the re-
publican party; to show the methods that
have been resorted to In some attempts at
alleged enforcement; to unearth the hypoc-
risy. deception and frauds that have been
practiced. and to enter In detail into . dis
cussion of those and various other features
of the case. II the situation In to be fully and
intelligently described.
The history OF the inception Of the move
ment, its effect upon political parties, the
developments that have arisen by virtue of
such movement, are certainly very interest
ing, with even the dry facts alone present
ed. As one who Ia In favor Of the principle
of prohibition. has fought its battles Of years
ago, and to-day wishes 1t were possible to
make It . success throughout civilization.
but who has regretfully witnessed its absolute
failure, the causes of which will be fully
considered, wish to predict that the fever
is almost over, aud that for the present de-
cade, prohibition will settle behind the po-
liticsl horizon, this fall, In Iowa, as surely
as the sun sets behind the Rockies and the
golden Pacific. It may rise again, but In or
der to hold its place, it must come backed
by greater unity OF purpose, and with more
sincerity on the part of those who give 1t .
place on the great stage of living, public Is
Sues II must come In the arms of strong
or public sentiment. of . larger number OF
more earnest and devoted friends, with
greater freedom from political hypocrisy
and with less desire to use it for base and ig-
noble purposes.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

lean maj0i unl otherwses
received votes
kennd had o Eyuesa nd Bell ,763
ah n non Denocm ucke and 40
foundn Democa
yea lIsmts
GearR ,overIn
Repuli
Cngres
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
5nma glai,, 9ealer Supplement.

PROHIBITION IN IOWA.
The Review Of the Movement Publish
ed by the Chicago Inter-Ocean and
Written by F. w. Faulkes, of
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The Startling Extent to Which it
has been Failure and Reasons
Why.-FaCts and Figures.
Great Increase of Government Licenses in Iowa
and Decrease Of Population in Twenty
Seven Counties in Ten Years.
Increased misunderstanding Statistics on
Criminal Observation-Disclosures
Hypocrisy Unmasked.
How the Prohibitionists have Captured the Re-
publican Party and Hold it Captive
with Threats of Rule or Ruin.
THE ANTS IN OPEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LEADERS
LONG TO BE FREE FROM THE INCUBUS AND Sc
cRETLy At WORK TO GET RID OF IT,
Lawyers.-City and County Treasures and
the School Fund Robbed
What Iowa Mayors Say About the Condition Of A'irsThe
Great Issue this FaI.-The Situation Described
Correctly and In DETAIL
Edorisy Declares this Article Must he
and Refuted or Prohibition IustG
Comments ON the Article.
From The Czitapo Inter Ocean Of lime H. 1891.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

LO 6udCC ana 0IL0rW0Fu Ola enact D law, etc.
I'VE declare now for fair and thorough
trial OF that law that 1t may have time to
demonstrate its efficiency or prove its in
efficiency before 1t is repealed, to give way
to some other honest and earnest method In
the line of finding q true and successful
system OF dealing with the liquor traffic."
1t was this declaration, containing as 1t
did not only an intimation, but almost
full-blown promise-that II prohibition
should not prove a success some other meth
from defeat. Thousands OF antiprohibi
tionists voted with the party that year,
some OF whom had not done SO for two or
three years. who would have voted squarely
against 1t had they thought for moment
that!the party would indorse prohibition as
it afterward did.
In 1885 the republicans taffied the anti
prohtbitionists by resolving-recognizing
the peoples right to sgitate for the repeal Of
the law.
In 1857, the .'prohibs" being in control of
the party, again got ardent aud attacked
the drug stores, and the majority sank to
1U72.
A new element appeared In the political
arena that year. the Union Labor party.
They cast over $4,000 votes the first year,
5000 In 1888 5000 In 1889, and s.OO01n 1890.
The Union Labor platform Of 1883 demanded
that "ail loans OF money and credit by the
general government to the banks be recalled
at once: that the idle money be applied to
paying the war debt: that legal tender
money he issued in volume sufficient to pay
Off the balance Of the bonds and place the
business OF the country upon cash basis;
that popular loans upon real estate security
shall be made for time at rate Of interest
not exceeding 3 per cent per annum, as the
school fund OF Iowa is now loaned They
endorsed Gov. Larrabee's action In defying
party leaders aud railroad attorneys. In
favor Of railroad legislation to compel just
and reasonable charges on the part of the
railroads.
ENDORSING THE GOVERNOR AND RAILROAD
COMMISSIONERS
for the good services they had rendered the
state, indorsing the action of Gen. Weaver
and Major Anderson in congress, and other
members of congress who espoused the
cause of the people, taking their stand for
the payment Of the national debt, abolition
of banks of issue, and for government con-
troll Of the railway and telegraph service Of
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THE ANTS IN OPEN REBELLON.-REPUBLIcAN LEADERS
LONG TO BE FREE FROM THE INCUBUS AND Sc
cRETLY AT WORK TO GET RID OF IT,
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L.lFE ma uRuGuA,.-
Peasants Whs Owen ia little aIuI Huts,
Cornfortiess and Rheumatic.


Comfortiess and Rheumatic.
Excursions acToss the territory Of
Uruguay reveal nothing OF very great
interest 90 the tcarist, writes Theodore
Child II HarTer'a The landscape IN
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81 The Urrguay; tie vicinity OF the Rio
Nero, too Is especially interesting and
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81 looking 90 the same kind Of view
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ard province after province. The fences
Of posts a-G wire are varied sometimes
By fcn.cs q alocs and cactus; the
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at loeg Intervals son see ono or two
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live. j. tsc hrgent.ac Csc ranches ap-
pearcd miserable enough. but in Uru-
quay J. saw meny even more primitive.
mere huts O. black mud with g roof Oi
maize straw, fsJr % beaten earth. a
doorway, brt rot always o window.
TIC c-D.as Il The iri,h poasantry give
es-ae $3.50 c+ &c Crcrueyau rancho. II
s. c.1.-l .r-.--s. unhealthy, rhcumatic
cwe.la5, iers civilized then that Of the
J. 8'uo rui i.yee o-rcles-'v built Thar
tle mes o-a.l-rJ bros nest
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Or. VI. SlRONT0N.
DENTIST.

VIII continue 20 make bic regular visits 70
Ncwburg R0wlcsburg funnelton and Kingwood
Due notice Of his next visit u each pace wi
appear ln this paper
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-11-13

render him every service in his power,
provided he really sailed in service of the
Spanish sovereigns. Columbus supposed
it a maneuver of Castaneda to cover a
retreat from the hostile position he had
assumed; restraining his Indignation,
however. and expressing his thanks for
the friendly disposition of the governor,
he showed his letters of commission,
which satisfied the priests and the
notary. On the following morning the
boat and mariners were liberated. The
latter, during their detention, had col
lected information from the inhabitants
which elucidated the conduct of Casta-
media.
The king of Portugal, jealous lest the
expedition of Columbus might interfere
with his own discoveries, had sent or
ders to his commanders of islands and
distant ports to seize and detain him
wherever he should be met with. In
compliance with these orders Castaneda
had, in the first instance, hoped to sur
prise Columbus in the chapel, and, fail
ing in that attempt, had intended to get
him in his power by stratagem, but was
deferred by finding him on his guard.
Such was the first reception of the adj
miral on his return to the Old World, an
earnest Of the crosses and troubles with
which he was to be requi+cA throughout
life for one of the great aefits that
ever man conferred lis fellow
beings.
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had been in such a state of agitation and
anxiety as scarcely to take food or re-
pose. Although suffering greatly from
a equity affection to which he was SUBJ
ject, yet he had maintained his watchful
post ON deck. exposed to wintry cold. to
the pelting of the storm and the drench-
ing surges of the sea. 1t was not until
the night of the 18th that he got little
sleep, more from the exhaustion of ma
ture than from any tranquility of mind.
Such were the difficulties and perils
which attended his return to Europe;
had tenth part of them beset his
outward voyage his timid and factious
crew would have risen in arms against
the enterprise, and he never would have
discovered the New World.