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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-05-25

To Cleanse tho System
Ehectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious or when the blood is impure or slug
gish, to permanently cure habitual constlpa-
ton, to awaken the kidneys and liver to q
healthy activity, without Irritating or weak
ening them, to dispel headaches, colds or
fevers, use Syrup Of Figs.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26

Dan Tslnadv Sons 81 Mes York
have kindly furnished rs uith the.
foiioving bniletin in regard to the
prospective rice crop of 1883, This
iirm spare neither time or expense 8n
oblaiuiug the most accurate informs
tjon 70 be had on the aabjett and gives
the same gratgously 70 the public,
This in IN pleasant contrast with the
course pursued by some. whose unly faiui
in getting information IS to use IS
exclusively for ther own benefit, beiug
fhns enabled TO fuUestall tie marzs,
and mnuiuulas a the same u their CA
interest. The Talmadge theory Is that
fbe interest," Of tine mill men the dealet
and the plaster EiIi ali be best BaB-
served by obtaining and gE5lhlisbIug tine
most rellahl and truStEorfhy inform
fiou on the snuieCt The bnEistin vi
( be Of interest 81 every PizBteE.
/ Nesprs Ban tTalmuea'st Sens IN }lu3le-
! fin no 4 lAics Crop 1893, issued Ma1
l7tb Etste:
t3Ths cTpp of EhR prssFBf year IS fairly
I der ysay Preparatory c0ndi1iaBs IN lac matt
/ favorable buf la'pr rrpuTgs Indicate progress
/ harssfg us 20 aPrraEe- Ths uutCutHs lEsH TeHr
4 in . EnpnetHry Iav WHs Disappointing and
same claim Inability q gov nee ct prizes
4 ruFTeu1 1iuriuE The tsEt s-EsDp, bGf ITaesi-
nzifF al aIe entering 1hs 6s'ld abrF. Itss Is
srus 81 ahe A1inntfe Caasta and river 9pHTiShss
IN LnnfsiaRa, but may De added Of cOuab
sgyasF Louisiana where Ib+Fe hhs brtfn ANY gs.-
ductiBu aJr fiis-DnEiBaabca, muge than 81
equal uuEnbr-E hHEe either ENLARGED ur eui erred
HTlnn fb- ctljfure in an Experimental WY
TbrTe cau I've Bn Question RRE shat rice oitFs
3 falir EHarEiu q l5ssitt sud in LGUT inua itrau
D.. raisrd ~ cheaplr1hs HnE DtbrF ErErRi HFId
aha uFrTHgr v5tsld Fri tEu mn it,sul larger thar
t7zhrat Ihl~ statement is practically EF4ssRe5
bF ihss rrHr1gHl uud rEI-nsiuU 81 the CusfuFa
Notwithstanding sBT-FaiiiHE Vuicrs aud Hbr
Frugahii2gg at equally i0E Eaiu~s IN the ia
lnFs. lssuj-5HBa. IS ReTsI8iuTe, is zbg RauBri
)slat-. and viii shaw tnrreasr iaFrT iE-s wear
Sex 20 uriirF Ui production iOitnEs SuutE
EzrHiiua- GserEia. 3sGsS, AHTah Garbirna
Fiuriaa, Alunama. ana Mississippi The sofa
aarrag.- pr-puT d a'fd sprFgBgeBd Is Ia sBsXe-s
of il5si wear, bEne+- uad-F taT-EniiD eraHiuz
3condHfiums o. H. mt unreasonable n expect
tprndueT Of user 10 600 nUf bush,la''
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26
- ELTNEY DQINgs.

-
Week Before lasi several horses II
Weiake wtre entered aHd robbed
Amene them d C. Gnfley bauss FROM
2ici pistol ana bis vifa's se ding
ripe Wers ssoleu. THE ring bad the
initials @. q. G ID S @ engraved
inside. Ga inquiriHg az Uari=s found
fhas shc afiialss Aad been offered that
morning for sale 81 paWn BY a negro
u tie baker. sefi 4 piiun of
liz negro Charley started g hEnt ~
I,ir ana i8nnd isim already crested ~
another negros the prisoner was takrll
d he baker aha fully iieHsifed INN,
81 lie one who bad offered the Plsioi
aaa riBr for sale az pawn Dhhrlyy
rame across lhe lake on she same boul
Hifh he bigger ifiicer ard the prisoner,
vpna before 8asiioe Ells II Dies. made
aailavit gotta varfaut aud took tis
warrant Ia tie sheriff aiicz deiiEsriue
tito lie 5lics depaiy na1h tl,a iaiafma
tioa thst ihs aegfo Ras il jail plsoea
there by the nugget afieer for safs
keeping anil be ga ready q isase J.
seems bai this same ueEro was VRnied
~ sau1aant Tpr just snnh nj offence rs
b. had oasaiuiti,si he1o. unsi nae uegr't
deputy taRa marsna oi Beaumont
arrived uiftin ether auihpriiy thaB j
warraBffrun Justice d she pegee o.
Jefferson eauniy, Tezsa, came osrl,
arrested the negro himself and lodged
him d jail. Notwithstanding orr
sheriff had wHrFsni 10 DIS possession.
for thlsnegr0 heiut,k him iEem Liz
iail, carried him ID BIS own buggy d
ths depot and delivered The prisoner 4
another negro 70 be taken buck &c
Texas.
IsastNeek was PerpeiRated one Of The
most open defiant violaters Of the law.
that Re have ever heard of. Less thai
txo years ago, Governor Nichols, nos
cbief iustce Of the supreme court. de
ciasa thht in order TO eempiy with tbl
law. Executions aust he soeoudnctsl
and tie scalfold enclosed so that ne
exceeding Is persons could witness tb
e1seutiaDh Last Friday Gle pegr
Taylor Was pubhely banged ~ ID
presence 81 8 erosd Yariuusiy estimates
Altman 400 To 900 people. The hangin
MAS Is public a. though the scGii'a
had been erected on iqp Of the paris
jail. HoR can the great masses Of th
people, be expected toFespect the la~
when they nFa ceAiemp in0Hsiy yioAaie
D. The officer sworn 70 obey and exeeut
them.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26
SUPREAfE 90 LTR7i I2R0HI8I
TTUN AND CERTIORdRT

The following extract from the Staies
appeared il orr issue Of the l5ila inst
Al Application was gesierdsy hied
II tbs supreme eaugt by Messr Clezp
4 Iherp and o N EnRb, attprnessfol
Sheriff D J Reid Of Caleasisn parish
fof wriis III prohibition and eertipfsr
~ the case 81 Ale State ex rel z. u
Miller district atturRey ~ j , Rrid
sheriff The suit one 90 remove The
defendant irsm bis iiiee because q
acts of tx1orlicn, oppression, mai3sas
anas and Bohieasanee, aud the gHolabi
sion Il applied upon ths ground iliat
the diatrsct 8ntig iswlth0at anrisaieiia
sof the salj Ct matter Of the Huit. tbe
acts ehargad 10 Size petition belAg lata
as haVipg been eemmitlad hv a.,
defendant aariBg terms III Che Office y
Hhesin prior 10 hls present teFm. ffam
Nalnh The suit seeits 10 oREt him. and
fltat hih eligibility 10 ahe present tern
81 tiet has already been deirEmlnfsi
IS the supreme court. THE AU rent
Gfautsd fhs zrlts Of eri0Esri And pre-
giaioHai prohibition ete
Afshat iiIae The EcHo commented y
follows
If8he Nhegiff Is fne iaaeeeAE perseaEtesl
officer that bs psHiens. x, We, iiy n q
tsat lie fries h prohibit b. suit ffani
being iriaag 4}aadlssg nv 0eilg kapilsa
eEs8 she acss ee0F3aina W IN
aaa raj ls eaHaoi b r@RggeQ 1fsaa
rupept ielai b etiies sgr eaasss lagtgs
piaos terms Wal psfbaea iAe ~
pseme eaurt Will ind 3 sappleme1ta
petition IA the record silsEaing seFsEa
sets 1t pppfessiop aud mail easnaGe siBe,
fhe present aenaaa IF Office began.
Tbs EqHo Il rot given q talking q
Eandom sna 10 Go ebs9e caas NE khas
azaesly wha ~ we're saying u tesu
mony wbereai - ppsna len following
s0isson Of tlae eaprsne ooagt haudeI
laat sasprdas sud pubIisAea i
ha yy VI aaFf inet
a0azaHE seegsea q IA assali.
ex 70
g@Atll
a ef ail II Oars
ar eer passfH
500 NisH ahaE
laFa ea
al sAan
Rt s.
ae gilk
e an w 81
ls i siis esl
aae ee
W
8 esn qsg
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26

I.al.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT fs
DIE

Iiast week nadef the caption Room
Cor Raftrm we took occasion %
ramask that ilieeauditiau Of onr streets
generally was iiserzes 10 q city of the
Hisa snd projections of Lake Charles
We era d tla ganae opinion still and
bays nothing 70 fsfraci. but It affords
as pleasure q note snny tendency
toward improvements. IA case in point
4 tba splendid work recently done sn
nth hodges street iDclnaing the
tue ridge across the coulee and also
ID fba Gloss street between RgEn and
Hodges called we believe Clarence
street. This work add largely 20 the
value 81 property il that vicinity.
street Connissie1irr Costello under
lands his basinesa and 1t is dae 70 him
Is well IS the committee M streets to
Nv that considering he Disadvantage
nuder which they have lab0red they
have done well. The trouble has been
that no aufieient amount Of the cit,
rsvsnue has been devoted to street
pureoses; cor example, for ths SIX
months ending with April according
10 the iFeasarers report the sum Of
! 81 YES Il the total amount paid for
street improvement. This is "a very
sasignifieant nmouof when the area q
| tae city IL considered There are mp
waris b I thirty niles ai streets to b.
lookaa alder and in our opiBionra YER
! large proportion Il the city reFenul
sboald BE- devoted tg Tint purPese. eEel
iifit b. necessary Is rslEepeh expense
4 ID atAer mas tiers. Taewosk Of impFgs
4 ing The streets shoni1 be done here 3
III other cities at tha expense Of IN
aHjscent property, and right here
absta biaEas attaches 40 the oifya euuB
! ct. It naaaiil long ago hass been ins
position IS have ehfarcea fls demand
upon property onnsrs "a tisis vary ma
Ger. As Is 1N8I knoEn, mach Of th
most valuable property IN 1ba city
bala by parties some residents az
some non-rssiileHis alhsfnaa nbnudautl
aafe e. keep up tbe streets u5jHcsr
thsrelU buIia Ei5sHl1ks B1G-, vet Ia
nue so lar piiIl Ebey eEer gZpsud &c
aae pRrpase gnbl ieEeal To do $50 The
are cappsnt 80 al lawu aud Eee sbs
Property enhanced IN vsjue bT th
enterprise 0s Their ueighboFs but vi
raBiflhuse potbing e. tnIs end fheu
j SELVES H. Ehis eunB~etiUD We ALI stSt
5 thst frurn lime {" time re have hre
= promised 90 new ach.rter aIlch SOU
alofd q proper bHsis fer Legislation 4
! the character we hsRe mentioned.
j ODIy a few Days nov TemgiD befOt
theanunsl city election aud no chart
d uas yet been snbmiiiei Is an0lb
= year to be- irittrrsd away?
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26
EXTORTTOE,

Eesra glad 10 see. anreOntempoFaries
the New Iheria Eaterpt,ise and AIszau.
dria Tour TAI stalking mp to the fac'
shat the Sire insurance companies are
extorFing from the people Of ibis state
"a a degree heretofore unbenrd Of IL
any state. Mere than haif.a scar ago
the EcHo called attention 10 this fact
and pTodnesa facts aud figures te prove
that the rates IN this town were 100 iseT
cent higher than in thestsbes Of Ksusaz
II. braslla. Colorado aud the gDakotas
aud mere than 400 percent higher thsr
40 the eastern apd middle states This
reUujd not be eontradieted aud O tsebIs
attempt was made By the insurance
combine to excuse these excessive rate
ia Que of the Eew Orleans papers, b,
saying that the LOSSES IN New Orlean,
bad been very great and that eoloref
servants were more careless than tia
ahite seFysnss Of the month. We tbeI
demonstrated The fac for Eve years lib
Ere losses on dwelling house properi,
hRd been annually less than I5 esntsaI
lie huDdFed dollars in this city Eherp
~ the combine rates detached AZ slliug
ii sl25.
We advised oar people to redanbi
their pIeeaoliops against iie aud carr.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26

SEkEE o. puIEIAxA Parrish Dc CBleasieu
la l.. vs. iiiians. Cashier Of the Rbose-uHmed
baHk dp solsmniv swear that abe Above slate.
+lasBt d. arne A. she bsst OF my know ledge aud
sEselIai. g5A. j.. WILLIAMS Cashier
ssnbsrEifs5 and 4swnFu 10 btfuEs Ine thiS lltb
day Of AlHy ssgs.
---~ 3 II MITCHELL. j u.
sEAL Notary Public
~ CBRRHcT-4AtteEts
A j PFKEIN-
IL hAUFMA&
a L. PIJu
fHrF4.rGnFS
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26
- &c

sss 4oa AZ nd1 1ec Fa gonE paper regularly
ae y maii o. ssirisI, rlease notit5
IL enef.
4 IA s'sa Wish your paper gPpaa WI e II
me s little mas. Don leave Z g the
pa rnazter ~ ngslig us.
III Van wart saAAple EpFg iQi
is1d. We d BE- pleaaed g send enc
mpnn FsquaB
s. gsHa a RI 4ksfs. IA.
r14FsAY MAY 26. 1893
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.


4 2, sIfaJiuae that r. + DIES
f5 i.s = caraldate far tbeaiheaaf aisyeE4 anhlect
s. ~ aaslsEsn ii she legal FVaefs q he CITY On
ihe day 81 aleetssa.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-05-26
HEPoaT or THE CONDITION
EIRLSTNhElIILhLRkN!k


ST Lake Charles, 5n the State Of Louisiana
a. the close OF business, May 4th, 1895;
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-03
THE THEY WERE STOPPED.

There were quite number of depre-
dationS committed by the boys Tues
day night in the shape of the destruc-
ton OF property which bordered upon
the criminal in character, and at any
other time would be treated as such
1t would seem as though it was get
ting to be about time for much. Of this
destruction of property which is car
ried on yearly under the auspices of
Halloween sports to be dispensed
with There are plenty of ways for
good healthy sport without destroy
ing property. AS matters have de-
veloped for the past few years the So
called Halloween sports are becoming
to be a good deal of a nuisance. With
the experience of past years in mind
the mayor ought to have taken steps
Tuesday for the protection of the city
from such depredatiOns. The appoint
ment of few special policemen
would have served to prevent much
of the damage which was donein the
name of fun. Fun is all right in it's
place, but the destroying Of other peO-
pies property, no matter how small
the value, is not the kind # fun that
should be cOuntenanced. Where were
the police and the travelling mayor
that night?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-03
Oct 3-I7
ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATORS.
GEO. W. MEAD,
Attorney Tor Executrix,
Mankato. MINI

= TATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
, Earth SIS In Probate Court, Special
Term, October 31st, 1898.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Mau er, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Will
liam Frisbie, of said Blue Earth county, repre-
senting among other things, that said Peter
Maurer late of said Blue Earth county on
the 25th day of April. A. D., 1890, at the
Town of Beauford in said county died intes-
tate, and being resident of this county at the
time of his death, leaving goods, chattes and es-
tate within this county, and that the said petit
toner is creditor of said deceased, and that
his widow nor none of the next of kim nor any
other person or persons have made applica ton
for the appointment of administ ratOr in
said estate, and praying that administration of
said estate be to him the said William Frisbie
granted: as in such case provided by statute.
1t is ordered That said petition be heard be-
November, A. D. 1898, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at
the probate office III the city of Mankato, in
said county.
Ordered further, That notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased and to all persons
interested, by publication of this order once in
each week, for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Mankato Free Press,
a weekly newspaper printed and published at
the city of Mank alto in said county.
Dated at the city of Mankato the 3 LIST day of
Octomber A. D., 1898.
By the Court,
Seal. w. B. TORREY.
Judge of Probate.
| A. r. Pau E. P. FREEMAN,
Attorneys for Petitioner,
! - Mankato. Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-03
First insertion Nov. Blast II.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.

TATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
, Earth-ss. In obate Court, Special Term
October 3Oth, 1898.
In the matter oi the estate of Valentine
Schumacher, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
Elvira Schumacher eXecutriX of the
estate of said Valentine Schumacher de-
ceased, representing among other things that she
has fully administered said estate, and praying
that a time and place be fixed for examining
and allowing the final aacconnt of her
administration, and for the assignment of
the residue of said estate to the parties entitled
thereto by law:
1t is ordered, That said account be examined,
and petition heard, by this Court, on Saturday,
the 25th day OF N, vember, A. D, 1898, at 10
O'Clock a. M, at the Probate office in the City
of Mankato, in said county.
And it is further ordered, That notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing this order once in each week
for three success sive weeks, prior to said day
of hearing in the Mankato Free Press, a week
ly newspaper printed and published at the
City of Mankato in said county.
Dated at the city of Mankato, the ,30th day
OF october, A. d. 1898.
By the Court:
[Seal1 W.B. TORREY,
Judge of Probate
GEO. W. MEAD,
Attorney Tor Executrix,
Mankato. Mimi
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-03
Something New.

Usually when the bill boards of the
city advertise the coming of min
strel company, every body knows just
what is coming, but such is not the
case with Chas. E. Schiiling's Minis
trels, who appear at the Mankato
Theatre Saturday evening Nov. 4th.
The show is entirely new and one
continual surprise from start to
finish. The first part is without ex-
ception the grandest spectacle ever
presented on the minstrel stage and
the entire performance brilliant in
specialties and new and novel fea.
lures.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-03

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is 70" sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure II promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Es.l NM
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-03
U. S. COURT CALENDAR.
A Half Breed To Be Tried on the
Charge of Numbering an Indian.

The calendar for the November
term of the United States Circuit
court was made up Monday. II
includes one criminal case, the trial Of
half breed on the charge of murder
ing an Indian on the White Earth
reservation. A number of Indian
witnesses will be present at the trial
The calendar is as follows:
JURY TRIALS.
Nicholas Uhl VS.. Ringing Bros.
Chas. J. Macbeth VS.. O., st. p, M
& o. Railway Co.
Judson d. Humiston and Chas. III
Howard, executors of the last will
and testament of John j. Haggard, de
ceased, VS.. Chicago & Northwestern
Railway Co.
G. Aultman & Co. VS.. Samuel Mar
ther.
CRIMINAL.
United States VS.. John Sloan, fol
murder on White Earth Indian reser
walton.
Jury waived, motions, demurrers
etc.
M. e. Fuller, Johnson and Edmund
M. Fuller VS.. HI. f. Hoppensted and
Ernest Biennad.
E. F. drummer VS.. Herman f. OF
tung ct ais.
First National Bank of Milwaukee
VS.. Board of County Commissioners OF
Sibley County.
Hal l. Graham VS.. c., St. p, M. &
o. Railway Co.
Aultman Miller & Co. VS.. jacob
Klossner Jr., and Louis Mueller, co.
partners under the firm name OF
KlOsSner & Mueller.
United States VS.. c., M. & St. P,
Railway Co., the Southern MINI.
Railway Co., Michael Donovan, ct
ais.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-03
SILVER AND THE REPEAL.

The bill repeating that portion of
the Sherman silver law authorizing
the monthly purchase Of silver has
passed both houses of congress, and
undoubtedly before the FREE PRESS
reaches it's readers this evening will
have received the signature of the
President and become the law Of the
land. The piling up of silver bullion
in the treasury vaults will then cease,
and the threatened danger OF an
over-supply of deprecated silver be at
an end. Under this clause just re-
pealed and the Bland-Allison act there
has been added to the volume OF Cir
culation in silver. or it's paper repre-
sentatives, about $6OO,OO0,00O. The
official figures Oh the 1st of Oct. were
as follows:
Silver certificates 1924, 9 So, 1879
Sherman notes. ......... 14S'S2d a99
Silver dollars in crculat1on........ So 49,, 66S
Subsidiary silver coin............. 64.loo, fl6
Total 5000. :. :. ............$596, TIP ,422
This amount will not be effected in
any way by the repeal bill, notwith-
standing assertions Of some Of the sill
verites that the adoption OF the re-
peal bill means the destruction of our
silver circulation. The notes issued
by the treasury department for the
payment of silver bullion purchased
by authority of the Sherman act, are
full legal tenders and may be redeem
ed in gold or silver. The law provides
that these should be maintained by
the government at a parity with gold,
and that portion of the law stands to-
day untouched by the repeal bill. All
that has been done is to stop the
steady increasing of this vast pile OF
silver bullion.
The claim has repeatedly been made
during the contest for repeal that the
silver dollar is as good as the gold
dollar and will buy as much of the
necessaries of life. This is true. But
the reason why it is so is because the
credit of the government is sufficient
to maintain it at it's face value,aS the
Sherman act pledges that it shall. In
magazine article some time last
summer, Congressman Bourke Cochran
showed that this would be done by
the government so long as the volume
of silver did not exceed the expenses
of the federal government. But that
when that point was passed there
was danger of depreciation, because
the amount had passed beyond the
ability of the government to redeem.
1t was the fear that the government
might not be able to redeem this con-
stantly increasing flood of silver notes
which was largely responsible for the
panic last summer. But any such fear
is now reduced to the minimum. The
country might be able to float con-
, siderable larger amount OF. silver than
it now does. 1t might be Increased
by one or two hundred millions with
out any possible danger. The import
ant question to know is, just how
much to expect. But it is better that
the amount stop where it is, that we
may find out where we are at, and let
the other nations of tle earth bear a
portion of the burdens and so heir
solve the difficulty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-03
THE PUMP QUESTION.

A solution of the pump question is
within reach of the council, which if
they earnestly favor the city's inter-
ests and at the same time are desir-
Gus to afford an ample supply Of water
to the consumers, they can avail
themselves of. 1t appears that by
purchasing larger plungers for the
present city pump it's capacity can be
increased by 100000 gallons day, or
an increase of one-third over the
pumps present capacity. This will
take care of any increase of cOnsump-
ton of city water next year, and will
enable the city to postpone the pur-
chase of pump for one year, by
which time the 900 OF railroad
bonds about to mature will have been
fioated at lower rate of interest if
the city is able to make a good show
ing financially.
These new plungers can be secured
at little expense and will fit the pres
eat pump, at the same time making
the permanent capacity of the pump
100000 gallons daily. The change
in the plungers should be made before
warm weather sets in next spring.
The present council should buy the
new pump and it's knowledge of
pumps gained this fall will be just
as useful a year from the present
time. Another year, when times are
better, the people will perhaps be
willing to vote bonds for the pur-
chase of a new pump, which is the
only way the mon y can be raised
without making too deep inroads up
on the current fund in any one year or
too heavy a tax levy.
The purchase Of large plungers, IN
creasing the capacity of the present
pump, is a practical. business like
solution of the npump question for
this year, when the city is in such an
undesirable financial condition as it
now is, already borrowing large
amounts in anticipation of the taxes
that will not come in for from four to
six months, and the last levy, license
money and all other receipts totally
gone.