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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
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First ms. July pa; last Aug. ID.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
~ Earth SIS. In Probate Court Special
Term, July 10Th, 1891.
In the matter OF the estate OF Henry Richard
SON, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Sylvester
woodman, setting forth the amount of personal
estate that has come to his hands, and the dis
position thereof; the amount ofdebts outstand.
ing against said deceased, and description OF
all the real estate of which said deceased died
seized, and the condition and value of the re-
spective portions thereof; and praying that
license be to him granted to sell the east half OF
the southeast quarter OF section thirteen (lo)
also the east half of the northeast quarter
ship one hundred and five (1O5) Range
twenty mine (29) west; also 4 acres OF timber
land in nwA, sec. %, town los, range %, all in
said Blue Earth county. State of Minnesota.
not sufficient personal estate in the hands OF
Sylvester Woodman, administrator as afore-
said, to pay said debts, and that it is necessary
in order to pay the same, to sell all OF said real
estate
1t is therefore ordered that all persons inter-
ested in said estate appear before the Judge OF
this court, on Saturday, the 10th day OF Au-
gust A. D.. 1891, at 10 O'Clock a. m at the
Court House in the City of Mankato in said
county, then and there to show cause Gf any
there be- why license should not be granted to
said Sylvester Woodman as administrator
aforesaid to sell said real estate aecordingto the
prayer of said petition at public sale.
And it is further ordered, that this order shall
be published once in each week for three success
siye weeks prior to said day of hearing in the
Mankato Free Press, weekly newspaper print
ed and published at Mankato in said county.
Dated at Mankato the 10th day of July, A.
d. 1891.
fseaD w. B. TORREY,
Judge OF Probate of Blue Earth county, Mimi.
B, d. SMITH,
Attorney for Administrator.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
QUEEN M ARlE DYING.
Ill Luck Seems to Follow the Royal
House of Belgium.

Ill Luck Seems to Follow the Royal
House of Belgium.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The royal house of
Belgium is again stricken. Queen
Marie, wife of King Leopold and mother
of tie hapless Stephania, is said to be
dying, aud everybody is talking about
the i'll luck that has attended the mem
bers of Leopold's household. Carlotte,
his sister, is the insane widow Of the
executed emperor Macmillan. Steph-
anie, his daughter, is the widow of the
late crown prince Rudolph, of Austria,
who ended his life by suicide, and Bau-
DUN, his nephew and idol, designated
as heir to the throne. was recently
carried off by mysterious disease, not
without suspicion Of self-inficted vio-
lence. Now Queen Marie, about year
younger than her middle aged husband,
is dying away from him at a time when
he most needs her company and her
sympathy. And yet Leopold is one. of
the most amiable and democratic of
kings The dying queen is an Austrian
grand duchess, and was married to Leo
pold about thirty eight years ago. They
have been an affectionate couple, so far
as the world could observe and Leopold
has had true helpmate in his queen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
INVESTIGATION

viii show in every case why the road
named below is popular among the
travelling public. 1t is perat d
through Central Iowa, Central and
Southern Minnesota, extends from St.
Paul and Minneapolis to Watertown,
S. d., and forms direct line from
Mankato to Red Wing, Mimi, on all
of which lines are located the MANY
prosperous cities of Iowa, Minnesota
and South Dakota.
Its through train service couples the
Twin Cities of the Northwest with
Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, Kansas
City, Denver, Pueblo, Colorado
Springs, Council Bluffs, Des Moines,
Cedar Rapids, &C., &c.
Pullman Buffet Sleepers, Free Chair
Cars, light and CHEEKY Day Coaches,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
First ms. July 81 last Sept. IL.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in the condi-
II lions of certain mortgage, executed by
w. f. Councilman and Alice G. Councilman his
wife mortgagors, to Lizzie A. Lewis mortgage,
dated June first, 1888, and recorded in the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds in and for the coun-
ty of Blue Earth in the State of Minnesota, on
the thirteenth day of July, A. d. 1888, at 800
O'Clock in the afternoon, IN Book % of Mort
cages, on page 219, by which mortgage there was
conveyed and granted the following described
real estate, situate in the county of Blue Earth
aforesaid to-wit: Lot four AZ block thirteen
ll3), Davis and Coys addition to Mankato,
Minnesota, according to the recorded plat
thereof on file in the office of the Register of
Deeds, in and for the county of Blue Earth.
State OF Minnesota, to secure the payment of
the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, with inter-
est at the rate OF per cent. per annum, accord
ing to the conditions of one pro1nissory note
bearing same date as said mortgage, made by
said ". f, Councilman to said Lizzie A. Lewis
and there being due and unpaid upon said note
and mortgage, at the date of this notice, the
sum OF Two Hundred Dollars, principal unpaid,
and twenty eight and $500 Dollars accrued
interest. and no action or proceeding at law or
otherwise having been instituted to recover the
amount OF said mortgage debt or any part
thereof. Now therefore, notice is hereby given
that by virtue and in pursuance of a power of
sale IN SAID mortgage contained and Herewith
recorded, and of the statute in such case made
and provided, the above described premises will
be sold at public auction, at the front door of
the county court house, in and for said county
OF Blue Earth, at the City OF Mankato therein,
on Saturday, the nineteenth day-of September
A. ID. 1891, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. to
satisfy tue amount Of said mortgage debt then
due and unpaid, together with the costs and
expenses OF such foreclosure proceeding, includ-
ing twenty-five dollars attorney ices as stipul-
ated in said mortgage; and the said MORTGAGE
will be thereby foreclosed
Dated July 25th, A. d. 1891
LIZZIE A. LEWIS, Mortgage.
ATTORNEY for MORTGAGE
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LIABILITIES $4,oO0,ooo.
A New York Dealer in Com IN ercial Paper
Makes an Assignment.

A New York Dealer in Commercial Paper
Makes an Assignment.
New YORK, Aug. Abraham
Backer, dealer in commercial paper at
1S5 Broadway, has made an assignment
without preference to Benjamin E. Elm
stein, of Townsend, Dyett & Einstein,
lawyers at 287 Broadway. The an
nouncement created sensation in
financial circles. Mr. Backer was a
heavy dealer in commercial paper and
also the capitalist of the firm of Backer
& Co., dry goods and commission mer-
chants at 2S5 Broadway. Although the
liabilities are $4,000,000, Mr.. Backer
will not be called upon to pay the entire
amount, as over one third are notes of
other parties which Mr.. Backer en-
dorsed, but which will be taken care of
by the makers. These are considered
good and Mr.. Backer does not antici-
pate any loss on that account. His as
sets if properly taken care of will more
than cover his liabilities and he is very
hopeful that all his creditors will event
ually be paid in full.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
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A MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE.

Big Chicago Dry Goods Houses Suffer
Great Loss by Fire.
CHICAGO. Aug. A fire involving
loss of at least $1,0O0.0O0 broke out in
Siegel, Cooper & Co.'s retail dry goods
and notion store, corner State and
Adams street, at 7:30 a. IN. Shortly be-
fore the hour when business commences
flames We're discovered in the exchange
room on the first floor near the cashiers
desk. and before they could be extin-
guished the entire place was one burn
ing mass. Every available engine was
called to the spot to try and stop the
spread Of the fire. Inside of few min
utes, and while the fire brigade were
still lighting the flames at Siegel,
Cooper g Co.'s, the fire spread to the
rear of the block and soon the rear por-
ton OF James f.. Walkers store, facing
on Wabash avenue, was on fire. Across
the rect The Leader was burning, and
the whole street seemed one 1nasS of
flames, which the fire companies were
not fighting 'tn any degree of success.
The damage which followed inside of
one hour was something startling. The
stock was valued at $500, 900, and was
almost wholly destroyed. At The
Leader by $3.50 o'clock $l50.000 worth
of damage was done, Charlie Johnson,
a little messenger hoy employed on the
third floor of Siegel & Cooper's, who
was in the building when the fire start
ed. became alarmed and lost his pres
ence of mind. In endeavoring to make
his escape by means of the fire escape
he slipped and fell and is badly injured
Three watchmen, whose names have
not been learned, have not yet been
heard from, and it Is not yet known
whether they are buried in the ruins or
not
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07

A CABLEGRANI announces that Anne
lie Rives has sailed for the United
States where she will arrive soon af-
ter the appearance of her latest novel
in the August number of the COsnaO-
pol5tan. After nearly two years of ST.
lence the new story of Miss Rives will
be received with the greatest inter-
est by those who enjoyed hear earlier
work. Married, travelled and in every
way matured, her latest production is
said to be worthy of the talent which
gave such great promise. The scene
is laid in Paris where the author has
been living for two years, and the
heroine is Virginia girl who is study
ing music abroad with negro servant
for chaperone. The story has been
illustrated by Kate Greatorex, one of
the most promising of American
painters in Paris, and charming por-
trait Of Miss Rives is the frontispiece
of the magazine. Two papers in this
number which will be read with great
interest by journalists, are those by
Valerian Gribayedoff-WhO is called
''the father of pictorial journalism
and "The WOman's Press Club of New
York." by Fannie Aymar Matthews.
Gribayedoff has discussed artistically
and practically the question of the il.
lustration of the daily newspaper in a
way tC afford information to all who
are interested in journalism.
Anent the baccarat scandal, Gen.
Adam Badeau, of Grants staff, who
was afterwards Secretary of Legation
in London and saw much of the Eng
lish aristocracy, writes an article on
Gambling in High Life" 'The
Dukeries," by Pelham-C Clinton, is an
other article which will please those
who take an interest in the great
country houses of England. Thomas
A. Janvier, who is always delightful
with his pen, gives quaint sketch of
the old ducal town of UZeS. To those
interested in education, President Gill
man of the Johns Hopkins furnishes
food for thought in an article on this
great Southern university.
The cartoons which have been made
of Bismarck, furnish a subject for
Murat Halstead, reproductions of
many of the most noted cartoons, IL
Illustrating the paper. There is an ar
ticle on Placer Mining with instant
aneous photographs, and one on the
Court testers of England by Miss
Esther Singleton, who is making a re-
putation as a graceful writer, besides
the usual departments by Edward
Everett Hale, Brander Matthews, etc.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07

ct al. Watch for an
nouncement of open
ing of the Sisseton
Reservation, South
Dakota, by the Gov
eminent. Land Of
fee located at Wa
tertown, S. d.
Ask any Railroad
Agent for informa-
tion and maps, which
will be cheerfully
furnished, or address
G. M. PRATT, Gen.
Ticket & Pass. Agt.,
Minneapolis, Mimi.
w. III. TRUESDALE,
Receiver.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
WHEN scholars and philanthropists

WHEN scholars and philanthropiStS
are heroically endeavoring to create
public sentiment which will eventual
ly cry down the prison horrors and
hardships of Siberia, it were well to
devote little attention to the bru-
talities existing in the Southern
states of our Union, with regard to
the management of state convicts.
1t has been incidentally limited from
time to time that the convict system
of some of these states exceeded the
worst features of old-time slavery in
point of inhumanity, but the public
generally have been wholly ignorant
of the real barbarism practiced there
until the recent trouble with the
striking miners at Coal Creek, Tenn,
has set men to Investigating the true
condition of affairs surrounding the
unfortunate convicts, and to report
ing the same for public print. 1t. is
in the nature of things that these re-
ports are liable to suffer eXaggeration
in the course of their PRONUNCIATION,
but if the least striking of the condi-
tionS related are facts, they are Sutfi-
cient to brand the authorities of those
states, the legislatures included, to
be the most debased criminals at
heart, and a wrathful Creator will
sometime meet out to them their just
deserts. y couple of extracts from
the statement Of gentleman who re-
Gently had occasion to study the con-
dition of the Tennessee convictS post
ed at Knoxville, and whose presence
to work in the mines created the
trouble with the miners. He says:
"Those who have not seen the con-
vict lease system in operation cannot
picture the sights which Knoxville is.
now seeing. Yesterday / was told of
the brutal murder of convict. To
day l learned some facts about the
sanitary condition of the wretched
creatures packed in the Gay street
store building. 1t seems that the law
makes no provision for caring for the
health of convicts away from the
places where they work and where
hospitals are not kept up.
Several of these creatures have fall
len sick, two of them so desperately
sick that death is imminent. They
have been lying on the bare boards
suffering and without medical attend
ance for several days. The superin-
tendent of convicts referred the facts
to the governor yesterday, and the
governor told him to find out what
could be done. The superintendent
informed him this morning that, so
far as the law was concerned, they
might die"
These things are sufficient to make
Americans hang their heads in shame
and to look with more charity on the
authorities of Russia, who are respon-
sible for the atrocities of Siberia.
They make ) no such profession to
Christian practices as we do. They
profess to rule by force and hardship,
we by humane and civilized precept.
There is difference in our professions,
but not much distinction in practice,
where the Southern convict system is
considered. 1t is to be hoped that
the press of the South will take a
stand on the side of humanity and
compel an adjustment of this barbar-
Gus system.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
Floeged a Wife Beaten.

KINGSTON, N. Y, Aug. 4.-For some
time past James Beach, of Rosendale,
Ulster county, has been reported to
have beaten his wife and children while
under the influence of liquor. His con-
duct so exasperated his neighbors that
a dozen or more of them resorted to
White Cap measures, and finding Beach
on the highway intoxicated, logged him
until he begged for mercy and promised
reformation. Beach has now brought
suits in the supreme court, claiming
$15, 900 damages, and summonses have
been issued against several persons sus-
pected of having taken part in the
whipping,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
KILLED IN A FIGHT.
Men Employed on a Tram II Dad
i'm Louisiana Engage in
BEOOdy Battle.
Six of Them Instantly Killed and
Four Others Seriously
Injured.
a Kew York Dealer in Commercial
Paper Assigns Liabilities
G4.000,0OO.

LAKE CHARLES, La, Aug. AT
Lock, Moore & Co, tram road an al
tercation between the men there en-
ployod took place, in which ten men
were shot, six of whom were killed at
once and one mortally wounded. The
remaining three are seriously injured,
but may recover. The difficulty took
place about twenty miles from here.
The fight is known to be the result of
an old feud.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
Robbed and Thrown Into the River.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Aug. About 4
a. IN. Weinel Kaplan, a travelling man,
while crossing the Third avenue bridge,
was held up by two men and robbed of
SITS in cash, some notes and a gold
watch They then threw him over the
bridge into the water. Had the water
not been deep he would have been
killed Kaplan is unable to give de-
scription of the men.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
Withdrew His Resignation.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 4.-Receiver w.
H. Truesdale, of the Minneapolis and ST.
Louis road, has been pursuaded to re-
main at his post for the present at least
and probably until the road goes out of
the hands of the receiver.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
webster Still at Large.

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Eveline G. Web
stsr, the wife and Frances Romano,
the servant, of Edwin G. Webster, who
shot and killed Charles E. Goodwin,
were arrested during the afternoon and
taken to Jefferson market police court.
No trace of Webster has as yet been
found
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
A BlSHO? DEAD.

Father Flasch, of la Crosse, Passes
Away After Long Illness.
LA CROSSE, Wis, Aug. 4. Right Rev.
Bishop Kilian Flasch, of this diocese,
died at a. M, aged so years. He was
consecrated bishop Aug. 81, 1881, and
his administration of the diocese has
been remarkably successful. He was a
victim of cancer of the stomach, the
first symptoms of the dread disease hav-
ing become manifest last Novem Der. He
is survived by two sisters, who are
members of the Order of Notre Dame.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
Robbed the Depot.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 1.-The
depot of the New York and New Haven
railroad, at North Haven, was broken
into, the safe blown open and robbed of
800 and fifteen hundred tickets.
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Fell in Front of the Wagon.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, Aug. A. While
driving load of hay near here, Frank
Vertiser accidentally slipped off in front
and was run over and crushed to death.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
cTATE OF MINNESOTA, lSs
- County of Blue Earth.

The State OF Minnesota to the sheriff or any
constable Of said county:
You are hereby commanded to summon Sher-
man Peet if he shall be found in your county, to
be and appear before the undersigned, one OF
the Justices of the Peace in and for said county,
on the 21St day of August, A. d. 1891, at 1000
O'Clock in the forenoon of said day, at my Office
in the Town of Mankato in said county, to an
swer to The Mankato Manufacturing Company
in a civil action; and have you then and there
Given under my hand this 18th day OF July,
A. d. 1891.
HENRY KNOFF,
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-sS. In Justice Court. Town of
Mankato before Henry knott, Justice of Peace.
The Mankato Manufacturing Company, plaintiff
Sherman Peet, defendant.
Whereas William Thomas, Secretary of The
Mankato Manufacturing Company, plaintiff in
the above entitled action, has made his aff-
davit before me, stating that the plaintiff has a
lust cause of action against the defendant here
"a, founded upon contract and that the said de-
fendant cannot be found in the State of Mime
sofa; and it further appearing to me that said
defendant is not a resident of the State of Min
nesota, but resides in the State of California,
and has property within this State, and that
this court has jurisdiction of the action.
1t is ordered. that service of summons in this
action be made upon the said defendant requir-
ing him to be and appear before the undersigned,
one of the justices of the peace in and for said
county, on the 21st day of August, A. D. 1891
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon at my office in the
town of Mankato in said county to answer to
The Mankato Manufacturing Company, the
plaintiff III a civil action by publication of said
summons in the Mankato Weekly Free Press a
weekly newspaper published in said Blue Earth
county, once in each week for three weeks al
so that copy of the summons and complaint
herein be forthwith deposited in the postofice
postage prepaid and directed to the defendant
at Pomona in the State of California.
Given under my hand this 23rd day of July
A. d. 1891.
HENRY KNOFF,
7t3 Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Justice Court. Town of
Mankato, before Henry Knott Justice of Peace.
The Mankato Manufacturing Company, plaintiff
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-07
Double Diamond Frame.

Durable and simple in construction.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-14

Rs-Send for descriptive circulars
designating whether book relating ts
California or Mexico is drsiIed.
RAYMOND & wHITCoMB,
Ill South Ninth st. (under Continontai
Hotel), PHI lndelphia, Pa. j1I -Sr
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-14

There is a ela5s of buns In this city
whose only desire seems to be to keep
themselves filled with liquor. They
are no sooner released from jail than
they come to this city, and again get
drunk. Judge Ball had threo OF this
class before him this morning, and in
fact there are some almost every day.
While the Judge Is generally very
merciful he IL very apt to give these
old offenders the full benefit Of the
law.
John, alias "Teddyp Maguire, was
released from jail on Monday, and be-
fore night was drunk again down on
Front street. Last night ho was so
much under the influence that he
pulled off his shoes and laid down on
the sidewalk, evidently thinking that
he was in bed. Judge Ball imposed a
fine of IS and costs, which will send
Teddy" back to jail.
NJ. I. Page, another who was re-
leased from jail on Monday, raised
high iinks on the coast yesterday. He
not only got drunk, but also went into
a store ut No. lO5 East Front street,
where he mashed the window. He was
also lined s. and costs.
James Dougherty wns also lot out OF
jail on Monday und tho slme as his
two friends, got drunk. A penalty of
S5 and costs was also imposed In his
case.
Edward Cassidy, who has not been
before the Court for at least two years,
was charged with drunkenness and
fined 81 and costs.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-14

ASHLAND, Jan. 13.-The boiler of loco
motiye No. a54, exploded at s o'clock
this evening, while standing in front
OF the dispatcher's office at Gordon,
killing three men and fatally injuring
another. The killed are.
Martin Saeger, engineer, who leaves
wife and three children.
Irwin Bolich, brakeman; wife and
four children.
John Smith, bfakeman; single.
Nicholas Humph, brakeman; severely
injured andit is thought cannot re.
cover,
The engineer had Just been shifting
his train, getting ready to make a trip
TO Buck Mountain, and was almost
ready to start, when the explosion
occurred, hurting tho trainmen
throcgh the air and scattering the ma
chinery OF the locomotive In all dlrec-
tioos, letting nothing remain but the
wheels. Tht track was torn up all
around, and the windows in the dis
patcherS office shattered.
Saeger was one of the Reading rail-
road Company's oldest engineers. He
weighed nearly 800 pounds. 1t was
some time before his body could be
found. He was discovered mangled,
lying on the side of the public high
way, distance of nearly 300 yards
from the scene OF the explosion.