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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
TIE ARIZONA KICKER
EDITORIAL ETCHlNGS FROM THE PEN
OF THE GREATEST MODERN EDITOR.

A Theatrical Company Gently Reproved.
The Last Resting Place of Nevada
Ned" Pointed Out to His Brother.
Where Is Victor Hugo Scott?
Copyright, ls9a, by Charles B. Lewis.1
It's No UsE-A theatrical company,
travelling under the title of THE Madison
Square Uncle Toms Cabin company"
opened here Friday evening to crowded
! house. As the play pulled along it was
discovered that there was no Uncle Tom,
no dogs, no Legree. Five poor actors were
| trying to carry all the parts, and the only
scenery used was representation of
Roman ruins. The large and critical au-
dience sat still until the middle of the
second act, and then made a rush. The
Roman ruins were ruined forever, and the
actors got such bouncing about that two
of them are still hiding in the underbrush
along the river
This Is another proof that this town can't
be longer imposed on in theatrical matters.
We want as good as they have in New
York or nothing. There must be nothing
left out. If there are ten parts we want 70
see ten actors walking around the stage
If there's mule in the play then show
him up, and he's got to be alive and kick
ing. We are an up and up people. We pay
cash and wGIo the value of it. We appre-
ciate good thing, aud have no use for sec
ond class material
GONE HOME. AS VIII be seen by an obitu-
airy notice published elsewhere in this ISSUE
Major Dayton, one Of our old pioneers, has
passed from earth away. Whisky killed
him, thoagh you would never suspect it
from reading the obituary. He played a
square game of poker, but as an offset was
quarrelsome. Incorporate and given to
promiscuous shooting. We can't say that
we mourn his demise, or that he will gain
anything blythe change to another climate.
He was the first man in this town to shoot
us, and was about the only one we ever
fired at who didn't drop when the gun
went off. Only two days before he was
taken sick he sent US word that he was
camped on our trail and would split our
other ear with bullet In the midst Of
life we are in death.
AN UNAFFECTED PLEAsURE.-Monday
morning we received call rom Henry NJ.
Jackson, Esq, of Leavenworth, Kan, who
desired TO insert an ad. in THE KICKER
asking for information about his brother
Tom, who was known to be in the town
year ago. In the course of our converse
ton it came out that his brother was 9TH
erwise known as Nevada Ned" and we
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
A DOCTOR IMPLICATED.
Sensational Dsvelopm ents in the Radl ID
Case--A Confession Made,

Sensational Davelopn ents in the RadI of
Case--A Confession Made.
SEATTLE, Wash, april 26. "A sensa-
tional phase in the RadlGff mystery de-
veloped in the arrest of DR.. Frank Bal
lard, of Fremont, Well known society
man. Mrs. Radloff sent Tor the chief of
police and made fuller confession, in
which she stated that Dr. Ballard
agreed to swear that the body found in
the burned ruins of Radloff's house was
that of William Radloff. This he did.
He was also to aid and consult Mrs.
Radlof, who was to remain in Seattle
and see that she secured $55,000 from
the life insurance companies. For his
aid he was to receive $1,000 DR.. Bal
lard was arrested and gave bail in the
sum of $500 and was released from
Jail
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
ABRAM JEDFooT.
Columbus Wasn't Such Great Man
After All.

After All.
81 hain't no hand to praise myself, as yo'
all know" observed Abram as he tilted his
chair back against sugar barrel in Dan
SINNERS grocery and looked around over
the usual assemblage. II say | hain't no
hand to praise myself, but do consider to
believe that if Christopher Columbus was
a-livin today it would be about which and
tother betwixt US. I've got jest the same
sort o. sneakin ambishun to do sunthln
that he had, and I'd make jest as big sue
cess of it, only-dod rot my hidei-I'm Jest
tied right up here a-raisin of razor backed
hogs and a-lendin money to niggers at 40
per cent. a yearl l orter hev 81, and
mebbe leetle more'n that, but they've
dun gone and passed law to make limit
ON SIGH of US as hev any milk of human
kindness in our hearts. Who's got any
terbacker?'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
Nearly Killed by a Rooster.

Burns, of Lancaster, is lying IN seri-
Gus condition through an attack made
on him by rooster. While fondling a
pet hen the rooster few upon him. in
fiicting number of ugly holes on his
left temple. which bled profusely The
child became seriously i'll. and is now
threatened with blood poisoning. Cor
Philadelphia Ledger
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
jealousy the Cause.

Boston. April 26.-What will doubt
less prove to be double murder &C.
CURED at noon in CaInbridgeport. Will
lam Z. Cunningham, harnessmaker,
aged 30 years, shot Miss Maggie Will
Jams, domestic, aged 20, and then
shot himself twice. Jealousy was the
cause. The Williams girl is dead and
Cunningham will die.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
Commander Alex. Wilkin Post.

News is sent out from Washing
ton that the government is now ready
to receive bids for the excavation Of
the grounds for our public building.
A little action on the part of Uncle
Sam in the matter would be a right
eous thing
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29

MINNEAPOLIS, April 26.-John r. Van
Pelt, travelling agent for Fish 81 Jane
son, the cigar manufacturers, aud since
Sunday patient at Hughes Bi-Cloride
of God institution ON Second avenue
south, committed suicide by cutting
his throat with pocket knife.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
south pakota a1ine snId.

RAPID CITY, April 26.-An important
mining sale is reported here. Messrs.
Humphrey & Stenger, of this city, who
recently bonded the Spokane mine in
the Squaw creek district. have gold out
to Omaha parties for the very handsome
sum of $151, 900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
Increased Acreage.

PINE CITY, Mimi, April 26.-Seeding
in Pine county is almost completed.
The acreage given to cereal grain is 80
per cent. larger than last year. Fires
have destroyed some of the largest and
best meadows.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
si.seton Reservation Paper.

HoKAH, Mimi, April &c. a.
Brown, editor of the La Crescent Coun-
ty Operator, has started weekly paper
for the once Sisseton reservation. 1t
will be printed at La Crescent and pub
ished in the Sisseton country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-29
Il st. Paul Blaze.

ST PAUL, April 26.-Smith & Far
wells house furnishing establishment, a
large four-story building, was burned
during the evening. Loss, on stock,
$40, 900; on building, $4,000
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

IN the last issue of the so-called
newspaper published up town,
the second instalment of the stun
nlng article on wool appeared.
We have gone over the article
very carefully and find the word
wool mentioned once.
The balance of the long article
treats, in desultory manner, ques-
tons entirely foreign to the matter
in hand and in one instance insults
the laboring men of this country by
calling them paupers, etc.
In one or two instances the con-
nections are so long drawn that We
utterly fail to see the point, and
winds up with the assertion that
the editor of THE REPUBLICAN
should be confined in an asylum.
We doubt if the writer of the
article has been in this country long
enough to speak good English.
We do know, however, that he is
not good judge of insanity as was
evinced by him on the witness
stand at a trial not long since in
Oakland.
Do you catch on?
Come again. dear one, we are
always ready to welcome the
shrewd (?) professional men ca to
the fields of journalism.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

HERE'S a dainty morsel for the
gentle stimulation of the Grover
Cleveland Party Pilots: "Of
course, Mr.. Cleveland might be
elected President, for although the
age of miracles seems to have passed,
anything is possible with God.
But according to the standards by
which reasonable men usually try
such questions, it will require little
less than miracle to elect him"
1t is hardly necessary to remind
that these words appear from the
fearless, ante-convention Watterson
now so radiantly astride his Free
Trade hobby.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

bearing debt-that is, legal-tender
notes, gold, silver and currency
certificates was S1S7, 2S7, 446. 81.
On the LIST of July, 1891, the non
interest bearing debt was $685.
852, 766. 32-an increase of S146,-
5,319.3S. In other words, there
was an increase of currency in
those few years of Republican
administration of $146, sos, 319.3S,
and decrease of the bonded debt
of 1910, 224, $40.
Compare this with the first three
years of Cleveland's administration.
The bonded debt July 1, 1885,
was 81, 196, $50, $50, and on July l.,
1888, three years later, was $780,
522, 5O0-a decrease of $245, $685.
$50. But the currency, or non
interest bearing debt, in 1885 was
1868, ZIP, 927.SS, and three years
later was 1899, $40, 3S9. 80 - an
increase of S76,127,461.44, and
this increase was all made in the
last year under consideration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

Mr.. Cleveland comes forward with
a very sympathetic and touching
letter to the secretary of a Colored
Citizens Club, in which he assures
that person that 81 am especially
graf fed by the confidence which
this portion Of our fellow-citizens is
inclined to repose in me, and | am
sure that | desire to do my full
duty toward them" Black men
who vote the Democratic ticket,
have ceased to be in the minds of
candidates, "damniggers," and
have all at once become "colored
brothers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

SOUTHERN Democratic newspa-
pers are pleading that it is zen
tirely consistent to be Democrats
and Alliance men at the same
time" That is to pose before the
people as Alliance men until elected
and then to act as Democrats.
That is about all there has been of
the Alliance thus far in the South.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

The pestiferous Enloe, of Ten
nessee. and the Democratic CON-
mittee will probably circulate,
throughout the campaign. the
charges cooked up by that gentle
man against the administration of
the pension Office by Gen. Green
b. Raum. Yet the Democratic
House, for very shame, declined to
take any action whatever on Enloe's
report of his bulldozing investiga-
ton, knowing that the persons
most compromised by that report
were Democratic congressman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26
SUNDAY LAW.
1t Prohibits the Sale OF Nearly Every
thing on the Sabbeth Day.


We publish below the text of the
Sunday Law in force at present in
some parts of the State of Mary
land. 1t will be noticed that all
persons, dealers or other wise, are
prohibited from selling any goods;
wares or merchandise, whatecer.
To this there is single exception
of milk and ice dealers, and apoth-
ecaries, when putting up bona 6de
prescriptions. Some persons have
an idea that a dealer may give away
his wares; but this is positively for
hidden. To save a mans life,
liquor dealer would not be justified
in giving him glass of brandy, that
is according to the letter of the law.
The following is Its text:
"No person in the State shall sell,
dispose of, barter, or if dealer in
any one or more of the articles
of merchandise, in this section
mentioned, shall give away on the
Sabbath dav, commonly called Sun
day, any tobacco, cigars, candy,
soda or mineral waters. spriituous
or fermented liquors, cordials, lager
beer. wine, cider, or any other goods,
wares or merchandise whatever:
and any person violating any one
of the provisions of this section,
shall be liable to indictment in any
court in this State having criminal
jurisdiction, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined a sum not
less than $50 or more than $50, in
the discretion of the court, for the
first offence, and if convicted a
second time for violation of this
section, the person or persons so
offending shall be fined sum not
less than $50 nor more than
$4,000, and be imprisoned for not
less than 10 nor more than 80 days.
in the discretion of the court, and
his, her or their license, shall be
declared null and void by the Judge
of said court.
"This section is not to apply to
milk or ice dealers in supplying
their customers, or to apothecaries
when putting up bona fde prescrip-
TONS"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26
Chairman County Central Com.
T.. T.. Soil

THERE is not Democratic editor
in the land from Cape Cod to San
Francisco, from Lake Itaska to
Key West, who is not to-day buy
ing the very paper on which he
prints his Mckinley prices false
hoods for less money than he paid
before the Mckinley bill was pas
sed. We know of our own person.
al knowledge that is true of the
New York dailies-one of them is
saving $50, 600 a year in the fail of
the price of it's paper below the
price actually paid for it before the
new Tariff was enacted.
The American Protective Tariff
league will pay 81, 900 to that Dem
ocratic editor who will show that
paner Of. tho quality aud kind used
by nm to publish his McKinley
prices falsehoods cannot be pur-
chased in the open market from 5
to 40 per cent, cheaper than it cost
under the old tariff. American
Economist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

GENERAL FELIX AGNUS. editor
of the Baltimore lmerjcaN, was in
New York the other day and to
a question asked him by Chairman
Carter, of the National Republican
Committee. the General said:
maryland is going to elect
three Republican Congressman.
There is not a single Republican
in Congress now from my state.
In Secretary McComas' old dis
trict a Republican will be elected,
and Republican will succeed
in the First and Fifth dictricts."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26
The Republican Campaign.

10 tHe Oh LIE tNkPU BLICAN.
Wellington has started. with the
tact of a trained political expert,
the nails that will be duly hammered
down to the head as tie campaign
is disclosed.
He had regular ovation at Frost
burg Saturday, the occasion being
a picnic there of all the county
firemen. 1t was disclosed in full
observation what has all along bee;
known, 4. e., that there would be
regular stampede of the Democratic
German vote to Wellington. Al
Frostburg these Germans came III
punches and openly and above
board declared their fixed purpose
to vote for him, not only because
of their belief IN Protection and
good money, but additionally for
the reason that this will be the
first opportunity they have had of
voting for a man of their own ma
tionality in this district for Con-
gress. There is also another con-
sheraton that ties these people to
Wellington with hooks of steel and
it is that in all their business trans
actions where they needed the ad-
vice of man skiIlful and experi-
enced in such matters with, at the
same time, a perfect command of
both English and German, our
candidate has ever been ready to
assist them to the full extent OF his
abilities.
A conservative estimate places the
number of votes of this kind that
Wellington will get IN this county
at over 800, He will also get big
vote from Democratic business men
and Others who are Protectionists.
and also very friendly to him Oh
personal grounds.
The little friction developed at
the primaries has settled down and
the critical Importance of the Ma
tlonal issues at stake will fuse all
elements into one harmonious
whole before the election in No
vember.
The outlook in the lower coun-
ties Is said to be especially favora-
bic, and there Is not the slightest
evidence of even ripple of discon-
tent.
Our journals, like the Herald.
E.raminer, Press, and others. are
wide-awake and pushing the d. sous
sion of the issues and the candi-
dates in crisp and clear-cut editor
ials, while there never was firmer
spirit of enthusiasm in the masses.
Competent observers predict good
and substantial majoritIes for Vel
lington this time in both Washing
ton and Frederick counties, where
the latent vote is Republican. 1t
will come out and vote this
time, and then look -out for ''Billy'
Mckaig will find that to run in an
of-year and presidential year are
two very different things.
REPUBLICAN.
Cumberland, Nd, Aug. rs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26
The Currency.

On July l, 1889, the beginning
of the first fiscal year of Harrison's
administration, the public debt
bearing interest was $S20,S53. 900,
and the annual interest was $685.
2,354.60.
Three years afterward, on July
4, 1891, the interest-bearing debt
was S610, 500, 40, and the annual
interest s23,615, 735.S0-a reduc-
ton of s21O,224 in the princi-
pal and of 0,136, 61S.S0 in inter-
est.
On July l, 1889, the non-interest
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

IT Is 4 fact that cannot be denied
that the workingmen of America
are to-day receiving greater wages
in money by more than so per cent
than they received before Republi-
can Protection began in 1861. 1t
is equally undeniable that every
dollar they receive in wages will to-
day buy more than $3.50 would
have bought in 1861. These two
facts ought to be enough to deter
mine every reasonable workingman
to vote for Harrison and for the
continuation of the great industrial
policy which has brought about
such results.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26
SHORT TARIFF SERMONS.
NO. XXVI.
THE GOOD OLD TIMES,

Despite all the talk about the
hardships of the farmer he is a
king compared to his father or
grandfather.
If he doubts, let him hunt up
the day book of forty years ago and
note the prices then.
A bushel of wheat would buy z
of barrel of salt: it will now buy
two barrels.
A bushel of corn would buy "a
pounds of sugar: to-day it will buy
123 pounds.
Ten pounds of butter brought 333
yards of cottan cloth: now it pur-
chasers 4s4 yards.
Ten pounds of cheese brought 25
pounds of nails: 1t now pays for "a
pounds.
A pound of washed wool grown
ten years before the war would buy
Is of barrel of salt, 8 SO pounds
of sugar, 81 yards of cotton cloth
or 10 pounds of nails. To-day his
pound of wool will pay for : of a
barrel of salt, s pounds of sugar,
81 wards of cotton cloth and %
pounds of nails.
These figures are based on New
York City prices. But as a matter
of fact he never realized anything
like those prices in his local mar
ket.
Freights were high, and when
the cost of bringing produce to the
New York market was deducted
from New York prices for farm
produce, and the cost of bringing
the merchandise from New York
to the village store at which he
traded was added to the price of
what he bought, the average far
mer was really not more than half
as well off ten years before the war
as our figures would indicate.
For instance, in 1857 it cost 251
cents to bring a bushel of wheat by
the cheapest route from Chicago to
New York: in 1891 it cost less than
6 cents.
Surrounded by these conditions
life on the farm was hard indeed.
Calico and Kentucky jean had to
do for Sunday garments, and an OK
cart in which to ride to church was
the height of style.
Luxuries for the table were al
most unknown: Johnny cake and
salt pork was princely diet.
Those were days of hard times
when the farmer graded his grain,
and raked and bound it by hand.
He toiled early and late, saved
and scrimped, and received less re-
turn for a week of hardest toll than
the farmer in 1892 receives for a
single days pleasant ride on now
ing machine or self-binder.
Let us have no more of such
"gocd old times"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

"WHENEvER the Democracy
steal seat in Congress or even a
State nobody minds it. 1t is no
use to talk about it. 1t is like say
ing fish swims, or a horse runs,
or a cat likes cream. 1t must be q
tremendous rest to be a Demo
crat. Thomas b. Reed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

Mr., DIcKERsoN (Dem., KY
was not unreasonable when he
maintained that if it were compe-
tent for the House to appropriate
money for the Worlds fair he was
not willing to vote for niggardly
appropriation of half of the amount
needed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

Mr.. CLEVELAND has expressed
by letter to Caesar Celso Moreno
his qualification at the latter's in
tention to support him. If sharp
investigation were set on foot,
probably letter could be found
to the man who struck Billy Pat
terson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26
SOUTHERN Democratic Conc

SOUTHERN Democratic Congress-
men feel that they risk their chan
ces of reelection by voting for an
appropriation for the "northern"
enterprise of the Worlds fair,
though their constitutional scruples
did not prevent their voting for the
New Orleans exposition.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

ADLAI STEVENSON is going to
Kentucky to make speech, He
should take warming from his Man
haitian Club experience and take
his drinking water with him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26
ATTENTION, REPUBLICANS

The Republicans of District No.
9 and all other voters who believe
in protection to American homes,
American industry and American
labor. rs cnunciated in the Nation
al Republican platform are cordially
requested to assemble in Sturgiss
Hall, Oakland, on Friday evening,
August Goth, 1892, for the purpose
of forming a Harrison, Reid and
Wellington Campaign Club.
BY order,
+. L. SoLLARS,
II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

The country never had more
industrious President than General
Harrison, nor one who better
understood how to employ his brief
intervals of relaxation for his own
physical good. He has mastered
the art of recuperating.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

THE Democrats seem to think
that appropriating s2,5oo,O0o for
the Worlds FAIR violates the Con-
stitution only half as much as to APP
propriate IS, 000,0 900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

LATER and more accurate reports
from the Alabrma election show
that there was an organized effort
to belittle the opposition to the
regular Democrat ticket.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26
A Chance for Mr., Cleveland.
.Adlai
Stevenson

~ StoiiCc iOI W.T. SI6VetdTu.
NV Gle~ ~ls~~>1 ~l>a>>ll >,yr,tc N (c@
ter to Governor Buchanan of Ten
nessee, this time advising his excel
lency that in his opinion it is per-
fectly right to employ convict
miners in competition with the free
labor that thinks it should not be
forced into such competition. A
letter of that tone at this time
would make worthy companion to
the letter bespeaking clemency for
the assassin King.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

FROM the style of letters which
Cleveland is writing he seems to
want the services of the lamented
Dan Lamont.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

ARTHUR PUE GoRNAN has de-
chned to assume responsibility for
running the coming Democratic
campaign, has punctured the Dem
ocratic pretense of economy in the
present Congress. and. with a
bland smile, has gone home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26

1T looks rs though Adlai Steven
son, with the earnest cooperation
of Henry Watterson, might be able
to carry Kentucky for Cleveland
and the Democratic ticket.