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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18

THE editor Of the Prison Mirror
urges his fellow prisoners to study in
the evenings, and uses tho following
among other good arguments: This
is perhaps the last opportunity Of our
lifetime to make up in part at least
for what we have missed by neglect
or inability in the way Of education.
Here the State relieves rs Of the bur
den Of self support, 50 our minds are
not distracted by the often perplexing
question Of where to-morIow's dinner
is coming from, or how we are 10 pay
the tailor for new coat. When We
come in at six O'Clock ali We have to
do is to eat our mnsh, wipe the spoon
on the leg Of our trousers, throw it
back on the shelf, and our days work
is done. We may now spend the three
hours Of the evening as we please
within the rules Of the prison. IF we
spend one-half of each evening in the
study OF arithmetic, or any other
branch. we may become proficient in
it in single year without a cents
outlay. Keep the fact steadily be-
fore your mind that The world has
very little use for an ignorant man
these days except to clear out It's
stables and sewers. The schools and
colleges are flooding the land with
thousands Of well educated men that
are willing TO do rough. hard work,
and if you want TO hold your own
with them you have got TO be able To
work with head as wei as with hands
as they do Advice such as is found
in the closing words Of the above.
could be followed with profit By many
young men outside Of prison walls.
Sitting around On dry goods boxes
complaining OF everything and doing
nothing. viii not make d livelihood.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18
MINNESOTA SCHOOLS
To Be Benefited to the Extent Of a
Million and Half Dollars.

The campaign Of Senator Davis IN
behalf Of the public school fund was
short, sharp and decisive. About ten
days ago, while at Washington, he
found preparations under way for ap-
pr3lSement and sale Of lands on the
Bed Lake and Chippewa Indian Res
creations, TO which the Indian title
had been extinguished by recent act
or congress and agreement with the
tribes. He al once fled d cayeat, no.
t1fying the department. that sections
is and 36 in each town were, under
the terms Of the act for admitting
Minnesota TO the Union, state school
lands, and claiming Title TO the same
IN the name of Minnesota. That claim
he afterward supported by q brief and
il has now been allowed by the depart
ment. 1t appears that the plain Ian
guage Of the act under which two Sec
tions in each township were SET aside
for public school purposes, together
with the decisions by the supreme
court covering precisely the same
claim in other states, leaves no room
for doubt or disputati0n. Without
even having TO press her title by
means Of judicial action, Minneso-
Ia s school fund is al once enriched by
this immense accession.
The first consequence To be thought
Of, OF course, is the pecaaiary value Of
this land. 1t is estimated that the
total amount viii be ia the neighbor-
hood Of 80, 800 acres. AT the low
price Of s. per acre, the lowest avail
able for school lands. this would net
the school fund practically a million
and a half dollars. But that is really
far short OF the amount 10 be realized.
For there is splendid land in these re-
serVations, and timber of great value
Our school fund, which is already the
wonder Of the Union, will be increased
by an amount that may eventually
reach several millions. There is an
other side TO this service that Sena-
tor Davis has rendered which
viii be less generally Thought of. Sup
pose that no one had been al hand
familiar with our rights, and that
this land had been appraised and sold
10 private parties. \ ears hence,
when it had passed into the possession
Of settlers, when its value had been
Immensely enhanced and costly in
pTOvemenUs had been put upon il,
somebody would have CHANGED upon
the states claim 10 Title. That claim
would have been established, at the
cost Of immeasurable hardship. and
loss to innocent people: and gratifica-
tion al the enrichment OF the school
fund would have been Offset By the
just complaint Of the injured and
their demand fer reparation Emil
nent as Senator Davis services TO this
state have been, there IS hardly any
of them which viii take precedence
in popular appreciation, eff the secur-
ing Of this magnificent fund for the
support Of public edgcation.-P ioHesr
Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18
CALAMITY BOWLERs sILESCED.

The fact that the net gold in the
Treasury has increased almost SIS, 900, :
600 within two months, that all obi
cations have been promptly met, and
all maturing obligations can be prom pt
lY met, makes the. calamity h0wlers
feel very blue. The ample provision
for payment Of the A per cent, With
out touching the 500, 900, 600 gold re-
serve bullion fund or SCRATCHING the
treasury in the least is The best ans
wer 10 the stupid talk Ct bankruptcy.
The treasury Of the United States
is in a sound condition and Secretary
Foster has amply indicated the Wis
dom Of the President in selecting him
to succeed the lamented Window.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18

FOSTER, The weather prophet, sends
out the following note Of warning IN
regard TO the coming winter: Farm
ers should manage their work so as 10
crib their corn early, for otherwise
they viii lose lots Of il by a very early
winter and great snow storms. Farm
stock viii need unusual care very ear
" in the winter and the weather viii
average very cold throughout the win
ter, with sudden changes and storms
that VIII be Of great injury to stock
not carefully sheltered. /"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18
LIQUOR MEN BARRED.
None Of Them Can Join the knights
of Pythias in Minnesota.

The morning session Of the Grand
Lodge was spent in revising the con-
stitution Of the Grand Lodge and sub
ordinate lodges. No serious changes
were effected, the only issue occurring
on the motion TO eliminate from the
new constitution the amendment adj
ded last year, to the effect that any
person engaged in the liquor traffic or
sale Of liquor were ineligible TO be-
come members Of the order. The
motion was defeated by a large ma
jorify, and liquor dealers are barred
from joining The Knights Of Pythias
in Minnesota
In the afternoon thereports Of COM
mittees were received, and after Tot-
ing Minneapolis as the place for hold
ing the next annual meeting In Sept
ember, 1892, the Grand Lodge teTmin-
ated It's lab8rs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18

THE Pioneer Press in an article pub
Iished elsewhere in this issue Of the
FREE Press, gives Senator Davis a
well merited compliment for his able
management Of Minnesota claims 10
sections 16 and So IN lands secured
from Red Lake and Chippewa Indians.
Aside from the intrinsic value Of the
lands and the vast amount it viii add
al no distant day TO our school fund.
it is creditable to have such man as
Senator Davis in the q. S. senate, and
it is all the more creditable to the
senator that he has the keen sagacity
to promptly discover the right of the
State and the energy TO act promptly
before there was any chance for COM
plications, which might, as The. Pi0-
3loer says, have resulted in expensive
litigation and probably mucn suffer
ing if not injustice to innocent par
ties. Senator Davis deserves the
thanks Of all the people Of Minnesota
and especially all who feel a Just pride
in our noble school system, for his
prompt action in this matter. 1t is
such acts as this on the part Of Sena-
tor Davis that proves him worthy the
high position he occupies in the ma
tional council chamber, but worthy TO
be his own successor at the proper
time. No one doubts Senator Davis
ability, and has prompt discoyeryof the
states right and prompt action to Sc
cure them in this important matter
shows his adroitness in guarding the
interests Of his constituents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18
LIE sew YoRk coNyEYr IoN.

Tie New York Republicans did not.
strive TO straddle the fence on the
tariff and other fss1es at their con7en-
ton. They enthusiastically endorsed
The present administration and every
thing else Republican. The nomina
ton Of Collector Fassett for governor
is good one. The ideal was sacri-
feed for the practical Mr.. White. Of
Cornell, would have beenan ideal can
dldate, but he would not have had the
strength at the polls that Mr.. Fassett
can easily command. His nomination
was in the interest Of an easy and sure
victory at the polls.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18

Ar the meeting of Reform editors
in st. Paul Friday, Il. n. Van Duzee.
Of the Rock county Nacs, who was
invited into consultation. stood the
creed Laid down without revolving
until he was required to swallow the
Cincinnati platform Of the Peoples
party. he could not 60 this emetic
without throwing up the whole
thing, and as a sequnce ne withdrew.
There is no place in such an organi-
zation for an intelligent gentleman
ike Van.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18

OSE effect Of the Mckinley law is
Indicated by the statement of a manu-
facturer Of cutlery, who recently said,
Te have no use for Mckinley. His
infamous bin has advanced the wages
Of every cutler in the United States,
while the retail price Of knives have
not advanced one cent except with
those who imposeon their customers. .
And yet we are assured By Democrat
ic papers that the manufacturer alone
reaps the benefit Of protection.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18

THE Democrats insist that Repub-
Leans are ignoring the tariff issue IN
Ohio, and Roger G. Mills is to spend
q couple Of weeks il the state to force
that question 10 the front. About
the time Mills gets the tariff question
well started, according 10 his peculiar
free trade notions, the Democracy Of
Ohio wiz suddenly feel like the darkey
who examined the mules heels.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18

THERE is an erroneous impression
abroad that the Board Of Worlds Fair
Managers Of Minnesota adjourned on
Friday TO meet in one week. The
Board adjourned TO meet at the call
OF the President.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18
TARIFF PICTURES.

Lynchburg, Va, isone Of the largest
tobacco markets in the country. This
is the way the Mckinley bill has ef-
fected the tobacco business Of Lynch
burg:
The sales Of tobacco at Lynchburg
warehouses in 1890 were
~ 5fll
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-18

pounds. The sales for only nine
months Of 1891 have been
1888. 800
pounds. This is at the rate Of
I.203. $50
- ID
pounds per month for 1890,
2,21l.5D0
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
FRlGHTFUL BALLOON ACCIDENT.
The Eroneut Lets Go and Falls 1000
Feet, Hcad DoMnMard.

The Eroneut Lets Go and Falls 1000
Feet, Head Downward.
DETROIT, Aug 31.-The balloon ascen-
ton at the Exposition grounds Saturday
afternoon ended in a frightful tragedy.
George Hogan, the Ann Arbor eronaut,
made the ascension. performing the while
on the traPezs. When Geo feet from the
earth he lost his grip on the trapeze bar.
The crowd did not seem to comprehend
the accident until the doomed man had al
most reached the ground. The body shot
through the air with frightfNl velocity,
head downward.
Every Rome in His Body Broken.
Hogan struck the earth on River str eet
coming III COMPACT wIth the sidewalk. So
great was the impact that the two-iuch
planks were broken and splintered. Blood
spurted 100 feet from the corpse. Not a
bone in the body escaped breakage and
the head was mashed beyond recognition
He leaves a widow aud one child. The
victim of the tragedy was brother of
Hogan who made an ascension in Camp
BELLS air-ship in New YoEk some years
ago and never returned.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
The Sc.res on the Ball Field.

Following are the League club scores
Saturday: At MISUNDERSTANDING. IL;
New York, . At Observation-Disclosures
4; Brooklyn, :. At eleveland-( FIRST gamej
Cleveland, 6: Boston, ). Second game
Cleveland, 3: Boston, II. AT Chicago
Philadelphia, 6; Chicago, !.
Association: Saturday At Boston
Louisville, .: Boston, 2-called, darkness.
At Philadelphia-(Fir game Athletic, 5;
Columbus, g. Second game Athletic, 3;
Columbus, ?. At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
s; 1T. Louis, 6-called. darkness. Wash
ington Milwaukee game prevented by
rain.
Weste'n: Saturday At Sioux City
Denver, 4; Siosx Cry, I. At Omaha
kansas.City. Z: Omaha. 0. Sunday AT
Sioux Cify-Denver, 6; Sioux City,S At
Omaha-kansas City, S; Omaha, g
Ilfiaois-Iowa: Saturday At Rockford
Joliet, 6; Rockford, =. At Quincy-Quin.
cy, Is; Cedar Rapids, q Sunday At
. uincy-Quincy, b; Cedar Rapids, 9.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
FaIGHrFuL LOSS OF LIPE,

OF the many disasters with whiel mankind has
bseu vsite d. Of the wors. is that class OF all
ents which originating simply with inactivity Of
III kidneys and bladder, causes such frighvful
less of life Under this appalling category come
B rights disease, diabetes, gravel, ordinary ne
lits and catarrh OF the bladder. No class Of
o -ganic naladiee, against which medical skill lie
tied. often baffles the expert practitioner and
SO Is his skill al naught. Easy is it, however 70
a. est these direful ailments at the start. The
d uretie action Of Hostetter's Stomach Btters is
il st uficlent 10 Get the bladder and kidoeys at
W ork, preserve rescue them from fatal inRetiv-
ity without exciting them. The unmsdieated
et i'm U kants Of commerce excite withsut either
ct re ngthe ming or regulating. Ho.tsttsrs Stomach
b itters ooss both. Ii ia unfailing for naIaria,
dyspepsia, debility, rhesnatiem liver complaint
and constipation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
DESOLATED FARMS.
Fifty Miles of Flame in the
Grain Fields.
TERRIBLE HAVOC IN SOUTH DAKOTA.

The Bountiful Harvest Licked Up by the
Fire and the Grass All Burned Of
Twenty Townships Ravaged-Dreadful
Fate of an 1fronaut-He Falls 1000
Feet and Is Mashed to Jelly-A PERIL
Gus Experience at Sea-Swept by an I'm
mense wave-Two Women Horribly
Mangled-Other Fatalities.
northwestern part of Faulk county was
burned over Friday night by a terrible
and destructive fire, twenty miles wide,
and extending from Faulkton fifty miles
northwest. AS far as the eye can reach
the sky was lit up with burning stacks of
hay and grain. The farmers are ruined.
For space of twenty miles not foot of
grass is left for stock that escaped the
flames. The damage cannot be estimated
yet. At Loyalton the ciSzens fought the
fire for eight hours, finally succeeding in
saving the town. No dwellings were
burned around that point, but lange guam
titles of grain and hay were destroyed.
Rode Through Twenty Miles of Rain.
One person reports riding twenty miles
Along the edge of the burned district and
he saw many people standing around on
the prairie dessitGee, having host tllen en-
tire possessions by fire. The loss fans
heavily, coming at the close of bountful
hapvest-the best for several years. Large
quantities Of grain have boea destroyed, as
the strong wiud swept the fire across even
the bare fields, aided by the tumble weeds
which rolled like fre-baH. across the
prairie and Aelas. sessfag fac 30 evesy-
thing they touched. So far 20 loss of lie
has been reported That section be, Rg IN
accessible by railroads, full particulars
will not be obtained for several days. No
loss than. twenty towDships haze been
desolsted by this TERRIBLE ffre-the worst
Ser years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
WRECKED RAILWAY TRAIN.

Miscreant's Work on the st. Louis, Ke-
okuk and Northern.
LOUISIANA, Mo-, Aug. 3l.-While train
No. On the St. Louis, Keokuk and North
ern was rounding curve at Ssapssone
bluff at $50 o'clock yesterday morning the
engine and tender were derailed and
thrown down a twenty-foot enbanknent.
A baggage car, two coaches and a sleeper
were also derailed. The engineer escaped
unhurt, but the fireman was seriously
scalded on the back By escaping steam.
An investigation of the cause of the
wreck shows deliberate wrecking of the
train. For the length of two rails the
spikes had been pulled ont and the angle
bars had been removed on the side next
the river
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
THE BASE BALL SITUATION.
Anson's Colts Get a Setback in Their
Wild Career Of VIM.

Wild Career of Wins.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2l.-"Yosr Uncle Anse"
did some great bah playing during the
last two weeks, winning eleven games one
after the other, and reaching at one time
last week a lead of 46 points. But during
the last three days Of last week he ran up
against the Quakers and they proved a
sort of this sar-and-no- farther barrier TO
his career. One game-the fsesS-was cap
tured with great ease but the sther two
went to the other fellows and the start
this week is made with 10 points knocked
off the record. The "Giants" are next on
the card and this afternoon are trying to do
up the sold man" as usual They have
heretofore been all but invfncibie when
playing with the Chicago bsys. If they
win three straight and If Boston wins
likewise things will not look so rosy by
the Middle of the week. But there are
plenty of "ifs' in rhe fight yet The stand
ing of all the asgregations is given below.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
AWFUL DEATH OF TWO WOMEN.

One Decapitated and the Other Literally
Cat to Pieces.
CREsToN, Ia, Aug. 81 "A fearful acct
dent occurred in the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy yards Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. + 1. Langdale, of CBesten, and Mrs
Lizzie Ludwick, widow. of Freepert,
Ikbe., attempted to cross the track as an
engine was backing down, and were run
over. Mrs Iudwiek's head was severed
from her body and Mrs. Langdale was
literally cut to pieces.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

man w. L. Scott
is rapidly sinking.
DR.. William Pep
per, of Phiadel-
phia. arrived at
Erie yas, e r d a y,
and after a con-
S ultation with
other physicians,
d G cided that it
would be advisa-
BILE to take Mr..
Scott to Newport
ii his life was to
be saved. He will
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
A McKinley-Campsen Joint Debate.

MENTOR O., Aug. BIN ijor Mckinley
and Governor Campbell are to meet in
joint debate at Ada, O., on some Saturday
in September. Professor H. S. Lehr, of
the Northwestern Normal university, has
promises from both the leaders to meet on
the same platform. Excursion trains will
be run from all sections of the country
about Ada
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
DECKS SWEPT BY A WAVE.
The Awful Experience of the Etruria-
One Man Killed.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-Captain Hams,
of the steamship Etruria, reports meeting
with an extraordinary wave off the south
srn banks. At $50 O'Clock on Tuesday
morning dense fog came up, and the en-
aineer was signalied 10 slow up. Soon
litter entering rhe edge Of the fog there
came a terrible thudef hsse wave, strik-
ing the vessel on the forward part. Eortd
nately all the Passengers were asleep in
their berths, and panic was thus averted.
The force of the waves dashed a beatSwain
Violently against the cathead and crushed
his skull, causing his death soon after
wards.
Others Dangerously Hurt.
Three Others OF the crew were danger
ousIy hurt, t1.eir names being James Muir
ply, fractured thigh and right leg broken;
Joseph Harris, hip bone broken, spine
wrenehed and wrists dislocated; Duncan
II Bride, left ankle and thigh broken.
Several other members of the crew were
seriessly, bat, it is thought, not danger
ousE fnJurea. When the wave stIncK Che
vessel the sea was comparatively cRa and
the tempeSatnre mild. Captain Hams
says that IN all his experience, extending
over period of forty years, he never be-
fore encountered anything like it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
The Bond Extension Matter.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3l-At the close of
business Saturday within fraction of
s,3 Oo0,00 - per cent. bonds had been
presented to the treasury depart ment for
extension at per cent Secretary Foster
received adviees that New York syndi-
cate was engaged in purchasing s., 900. 900
is per cent bonds, which they intended
to have extended at . per cent, and to IN
crease their ejaculation by that amount
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
Went to Sea in an Open Boat

body Of Mrs. Marsh, who, with her hus-
band, a special officer Of Haverhill went
out to sea in an open boat from Salisbury
Beach Sunday week, was found in the
water off Plum island yesterday The
body of Mr.. Marsh has not yet been found.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
Terrible Distress in Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 31.-The Russian
papers confirm the stories of terrible dis
tress. In she valley of the Volga multi
tudes are without clothing or food, and
families are begging on the roadsides
Peasants are emigrating by wholesale
from central Russia. Some papers assert
that by next spring the eatire Russian
peasautry will probably be bankrupt.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
Was the Death of -Four Men.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Aug &c. c. Bride
well, aged q, engineer of train No. lsS,
George Huston, aged 50, engineer of train
No. rs; Harry NJ. johnson, aged 30, fire.
man: Abram Noble. aged %, fireman, were
killed by the wreck OF two freight train
colliding on the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco railway near Brush creek. Two
other where injured.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

EoNDeE, Aug. sl.-A short truce has
been patched up between the advocates of
the holy coat of Treyes and those who up
hold the holy coat of Argeneuil ip France.
1t is said TO be agreed that the holy coat
of Argenteuil is the small coat worn by
Christ as q child; while, according to the
Treves teeaneAts, tAe court in the latter
city is that worn by the Saviour at the
crucidxion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Aug 3L-Satur-
day night James Greenwich, of Chippewa,
Canada, went over the falls in his sail
boat while trying to cross from Navy ISL
and to his home.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

B. Birksnfeld offers tor sal his entire
stock Of books. stationery, confectionery
and toys, ice cream pariors and fixtures
complete. Also his property for sale or
rent for any number of years 10 suit
parties.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
Dragged Into the Machinery.

CANTON, Kan Aug. 3l.-The breaking
of shaft in a. large wheat elevator Satur-
day morning caused belt TO drag Joseph
File into the machinery. He was alone in
the building, and was fatally nangbed be-
fore being found t4
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

LAKE GEORGE, n. Y, Aug si.-F. C.
Tucker, the weHknown proprietor of the
Lake House and friend of General Sher-
nan, was found dead in bed yesterday
morning. Neuralgia of the heart.was the
cause of death. Mr.. Tucker was 65 years
old
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

De sdNeu. ne Will WILLIAM l. SCOTT.
be removed this afternoon in the private
car of President Newell, of the Lake Shore
railroad For the past two weeks Mr..
Scott has been growing steadily worse
and seems to have given up all hope of
recovery.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

PITTsBURG, Aug 3L-Early yesterday
DIRE damaged the PennsylvanA salt works,
located at Natrena Station. The loss will
exceed 500 COO
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

The finest and sweetest line of French
candies just received at Krell s. Nsth 8 .