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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-11
HI STATES A S
Attorney General Childs Argues Against
Railroad Consolidation.

Attorney General Childs Argues Against
Railroad Consolidation.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 9.-The State of Min
nescta, by Attorney General Childs,
has applied to Judge Kelly Of the Ram
sey county district court for an %injunc-
ton, pending the suit restraining the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railways from consolidating. The ac-
ton is entirely separate from and indie
pendent Of the recent o in the fed
eral courts, and is brought by the attor-
ney general on the grounds that in
entering into such consolidation the
Great Northern is exceeding its corpo-
rate powers, and moving contrary to
the policy Of the state i'll destroying
competition. Attorney General Childs
made the argument for the State of
Minnesota and the two roads interested
were represented by Davis, Kellogg &
Severance. In opening the case Attor.
ney General Childs said:
"We contend that the law of 1894
positively contains the same provisions
and that the laws Of 1881 are practically
the same. These privileges can only be
conveyed by lines SO connected and so
situated as to become one continuous
line; but to consolidate with a parallel
line or competing line of road, the law
is explicit in its provisions against it.
The vice Of such consolidation was as
manifest in 1874 as it is now. The
right to consolidate does not carry with
it the right to act against the manifest,
if unexpressed, policy of the state.
pany there may be general terms allow
ing consolidation, it cannot be CONSOLE
dation of parallel or competing lines"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-11
WANT REFORMS
Powers Said to Have Decided to
Summon the Porte to Sub
nit Categorically
To the Reforms Demanded in
the Administration of
Armenia.
Council Of Ministers Held to
Consider the Terms of
the Note.

PARIS, Oct. 9.-The Eclair declares
that the powers have decided to sum-
mon the porte to submit categorically to
the reforms demanded in the admins
tration of Armenia.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-11
Address to Silyerites,

COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 9.-The silver
Democratic state central committee, Of
which A. W. Thurman is chirman and
w. W. Durbin secretary, has issued an
address to the Democrats of Ohio urging
concerted action looking to the control
of the next national Democratic conven-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-11
FRENCH MINISTRY REJOlCES.

Capture of M~adagascar's Capitol Saves
Political Bacon.
PARIS, Oct. "a dispatch received
here from Port Louis, Island of Mauri-
titus, announced the capture of Antan-
anarivo, capital of the Island Of NADIA.
gascar, by the French troops, and caused
great relief to the government, as it
has been recognized for some time past
that the defeat of the French troops
meant a change of ministry. The news
quickly spread throughout the city,
causing great excitement and much re.
jOicinR.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-11
TERMS OF THE o T

A Council of Ministers Held to Consider
What to Do.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 9.-The guard
ships of the various powers are moored
at Galatea, in order to be in a position
to offer aid to the foreign residents in
case it is needed.
A council of ministers has been held
at the palace in order to consider the
terms of the note submitted to the porte
by the ENJOYS of the six powers.
There have been NO further disturb
ances here Of a serious nature. The Ar
menian shops at STEAMBOAT and Galatea
are closed.
Later in the day, however, the patrols
of this city were strengthened by addi-
tional forces Of infantry and cavalry.
The sultan has twice sent Artin Pasha
to the patriarchate in order to cooperate
with the patriarch in the latter's efforts
to induce the Armenians who have
sought refuge in the churches to re-
turn to their homes. All efforts
in this direction, however, have proved
futile, the Armenians declaring that
they have no confidence in the promises
of protection made by the Turkish gov
eminent. In all, 95 bodies have been
delivered to officials Of the patriarchate
by order of the sultan, and it is claimed
they represent all the Arlnenians killed
during the recent rioting.
Fuad Pasha has gone to the Darda-
nelles, in order to inspect the forts there
and a number of torpedoes have been
forwarded to the straits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01
THE FIRST SNOW .

The Pioneer Press gives the follow.
ing dates of the first snow fall in ST.
Paul, comparing yesterdays with
them:
In 1881 the first fall was on Nov. 2
1882 was not available, or, perhaps, ii
didn't snow at all that year; 1885,
Nov. II; 1884, Oct. %; 1885, Oct. A.
the earliest recorded; 1886, Nov. g.
1887, Oct. %; 1888, Nov. Is; 1889, Nov
2; 1890, Oct. 20; 1891, Nov. IL; 1892
Nov. I; 1898, Nov. 2; 1894, Nov. 7, and
1895, Oct. q.
The first snow comes rather later in
this latitude and longitude than ii
does some degrees further south in a
more easterly longitude, for the rea.
son that there is less humidity in the
atmosphere and the cooler airs have
no vapors to condense, as is the case
nearer the coast. Snow was reported
in portions of New York ten days ago
and both Michigan and Ohio have had
their first snow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01
CONTROL OF STATE DELEGATIONS

The Sioux City Journal thinks that
the claim which is so freely put forth
that Messrs. Platt and Quay will con-
troll the delegations from their states
next year is not such sure thing as
some assert. AS leaders of their party
these two gentlemen have been able
to guide the action Of the Republican
conventions of their respective states.
But the delegates to the national con-
Yention are elected by congressional
districts, with the exception with the
four at large, and to secure control OF
all of these is somewhat different
affair than the handling of the matter
in one convention, and the Journal
doubts tie ability of the two gentle
men named to control them, and it
quotes as a basis for this belief their
failure to so control their state dele
cations at the Minneapolis convention
when the vote of the two delegations
was divided between Harrison, Blaine
and Mckinley.
The point of the Journal is doubt
less we'll taken. 1t would probably
be hard work for a party leader, who
had no opposition from any quarter,
to secure solid delegation from any
of the great states, that would sup
port any one of several popular candi-
dates, who live in other states. A
candidate would have to be a mag
netic man indeed, who could so weld
party sentiment in state other than
his own. The day when the delega-
tion could be kept solid, was practi-
cally brought to an end in the conven-
tion of 1880, when the unit rule was
discarded. and the method of electing
delegates by congressional districts
adopted, taking out of the state con-
yention entirely the power to bind
the action Of the full delegation of
the state.
This was more in line with the pro-
gresS of the party and tends to give
more fair expression of the voice of
the rank and file of the party.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

him in 1864 met June I. Gen. Grants
first nomination was made at Chicago
May 20, 1868. He was named a Sec
ond time at Philadelphia June 5, 1872.
The convention which named Hayes
met at Cincinnati June IA, 1876 The
famous Chicago convention which
made John Sherman bilious for the
rest of his life by nominating Gar
field met June 2, 1880. -Four years
later the convention which nominated
Blaine met in Chicago June 3. Gen.
Harrison was nominated by the con-
vention which met in Chicago June
II, 1888. He was renominated by the
convention which met at Minneap-
oils on June I, 1892.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01
CONVENTION DATES.

Whether it is the desire of the pub
lie for short or long campaign, the
campaign, so far as the Republicans are
concerned, will commence about the
time congress meets, as the Republi-
can national committee has been
called to meet in Washington on
December 10, next, to set the time
for holding, and issue the call for the
Republican national convention of
1896. From then on until the con-
vention is held the friends of the va
rious candidates will be shifting for
positions, and getting ready to place
the claims of their favorites before
the representatives of the party. Re-
garding short campaign, it is urged
by the friends of an early convention,
that the heat of the campaign never
really commences much before the
10th of September; that it takes fully
two months after the convention to
get organized and in shape for the
work, and that none of this can or
will be done by the old committee
before the convention takes place ;
that as large item in campaigns of
the present day is literature, much of
this must necessarily be prepared af-
ter the convention, and this takes
considerable time, as does the work of
circulating it over the entire country.
There is much force to this claim,
albeit, that the people are probably
more decided as to how they will vote
in 1896, than they ever were before in
history of the republic. AS matter
of fact regarding the campaign, that
for 1896 has really commenced more
than a year ago, and has been going
on ever since and will not close until
voting closes on election day, 1896.
AS regarding the time of holding
the Republican national convention,
the Chicago Inter Ocean says that in
forty years the Republicans have not
gone more than three or four days
beyond the middle of June, and often
it has been the earlier part of the
month of roses, and occasionally in
May. The convention which nomi.
mated Fremont met at Philadelphia
June II, 1856. Lincoln was nomina-
ted in Chicago by the convention
which met May 16, 1860, and the Bal.
timOre convention which renominated
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

ALoCAL Populist sheet says there
is no question but that there is COM
bine for the purpose of keeping down
the price of wheat. There is nothing
new in this. 1t is the same kind of
combine that has always existed in
speculative circles, to keep the price
down until after the wheat is out OF
the hands of the farmer, and then
force it up to point where they will
realize good profit 1t was at such
a combine that Senator's Washburn's
option bill was aimed and it's defeat
gives the spectators full play in the
field
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

gogueism. The whole matter falls
purely and simply upon the shoulders
of those who are responsible for sub
mitting the bond question without
first looking up the law and conform
ing to all of it's provisions. Instead
of doing so they went ahead in loose,
slip-shod manner, and now finding
that the bonds were Illegally issued,
the mouth-piece down street is driven
to desperate straights to try and
throw the blame for failure to place
the bonds upon innocent shoulders.
But the letter referred to knocks the
bottom out of all the little bubbles
that the Review has been blowing for
the past week or more. 1t had best
stir up new batch of soap-suds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01
FLoUNDERINd IN ITS OWN MIRE.

The poor old fake organ down the
street is in a desperate condition and
last night it gave off another colicky
groan. Through it's fake interviews,
it put the position of the coun-
Gil, bad as it may have been, in a
most ridiculous light before the peo-
pie, by representing the aldermen as
about to do something they had never
contemplated doing, and which all
concerned have denied any connec-
tion with whatever. We refer to the
alleged scheme to light the city with
gasoline lamps.
Then the move which it had sup
ported to foister upon the city an
electric lighting plant, at an unknown
and indefinite expense having, tenn
porarily at least, failed through the
dallying and mismanagement OF the
mayor and council, it has felt obliged
to hunt around and find if possible
scapegoat upon which to throw the
blame, that might otherwise fall up
on it's own household, and so deliber-
ately, maliciously and devilihsly con-
cocted the villianous lie regarding the
holding back of the official publica-
tion of the resolutions calling for the
bond election by the management OF
the FREE PRESS, in hopes that such
delay would make the election illegal.
As matter of fact the publication
of the resolutions whether two days
or ten days, after the publication Of
the ordinance, cut no figure in the le
gality of the election as our neighbor
could easily find out if he would con-
suit an attorney and had desire to
then tell the truth. That matter
was well known fact at that time.
But the RevieW goes upon the prin-
ciple that lie well stuck to, no mat
ter how bald, answers every purpose
for the truth, land hence it's reiteration
last evening Of the malicious false
hoods which it published Wednes-
day evening.
If there was conspiracy, as it al
leges, why did it not expose it way
back last summer when there would
have been time to have headed off it's
work, and when the ReUieW claims to
have become cognizant of it's work
ings. Why? Echo answers why.
Simply because no conspiracy existed.
Because no attempt was ever made to
arrange matters so the bond election
might be illegal. All this talk about
a conspiracy, trap, etc, is a mere
afterthought, to conceal, if possible
the soreness which exists in the bones
of the Reritp management over the
failure of it's schemes.
The muddy, Shiny and foul eXcre.
tions which have emenated from the
ReUie,D columns during the past few
days, would not have found their way
| there were it not that city official
paper is shortly to be designated, and
the FREE PRESS having named the
lowest bids, the fake organ in sneak
ing, underhanded and libelous man
ner attempts to discredlt the relia
bilitv of the FREE PRESS in such bust
ness matters. All this is we'll known
to the public. This, and this only is
the reason the ReUieaD has taken occa
| sion TO befmIl IFS own nest AND
founder around in it's own wal
low and try to besmirch every.
thing which come in contact with it
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

1t would be a bad thing for some parties if,
in his inquiries at Chicago, Mr.. Pau should
stumble against some of the letters and other
documents sent from here to discredit the
electric light bonds. No wonder the FREE
PRESS gang should be nervous about his con-
templated visit, and hasten to assure its CO.
adjutors that he will not make the inquiry.
There is fine opportunity to uncover some
very dirty work, and to show up the men who,
protesting to be the friends of Mankato, have
risked their reputation as truthful and good
citizens, to defeat the lighting enterprise.-[Re-
view.
1t is hardly conceivable that paper
presuming to have any standing in the
community would be guilty of stoop-
ing to such a despicable method of
casting dirty insinuations against any
citizen as is contained in the above cx-
tract. If it cannot discuss public
questions upon their merits it would
show grain of common sense to
avoid mentioning them. Unless the
editor of the Reri 10 is an arrant
coward and Willie; he will give the
names of the men (" HON he charges
with having WRIT, il letters to Chi
cago to discredit me electric light
bonds. The Reyiem will not have to
look beyond it's OWL doors to uncover
some very dirty wof much dirtier
than it can find outside of it's glass
windows. This con nunity, the FREE
PRESS is glad to ~, in no wise en-
dorseS the under nded and alto
gether sneaking po- ton assumed by
the ReUieoo in ca ug insinuations
against Mankato Cit lens, and if it has
a spark Of honesty it will hasten to
give the names of the men it processes
to know who have been consorting by
'letters and Documents to defeat
the placing of the light bonds. In
another place we present a letter from
the attorneys of Farson, Leach & Co.,
giving their reasons for declining to
accept the electric light bonds, and
we ask our readers to peruse this
document. The idea advanced by the
ReU,eso that the credit of Mankato has
been harmed by the action of Messrs.
Farson, Leach & Co. in declining to
accept our bonds is the merest dema-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT QUESTION

The proposition of the Electric
Light Co., which was published in
the FREE PRESS last evening, offer
ing the council to settle upon basis
for lighting the city, through COM
mittee which shall consist Of only one
representative for the Light company,
against three to be selected from the
council. the board Of trade and the
commercial club, together with Prof.
SheperdSOn, offers the council a
chance to permanently adjust the
matter of city lights, if it is so dis
posed to do, and so put and end to
all the turmoil which has been con-
nected with it. With committee
so chosen there is hardly any question
but that, as the company says, the
city would get the best end of the
bargain. Yet we have confidence
that such committee would
deal justly with both parties and
reach a conclusion acceptable to all
fair minded people. Such a settle
ment now rests entirely with the
council, and if it puts no stumbling
blocks in the way, can be easily
reached. When anything has been
said, heretofore, about taking steps
which would lead to securing
street lighting at the lowest pos
Sible cost, it has been met with the
reply that the people had pronounced
in favor of their own plant and should
have it. 1t is we'll to take into con-
sideration the causes which led the
people to so vote. They were the
holding out of promises that the city
could be better lighted for less
money, than would be the case if it
hired its lighting done. Since that
promise was held forth this dream
has been badly shattered. The expert
employed by the council to guide it
in putting in a plant, has placed the
lowest cost per lamp to the city,
through plant of its own, at but a
few dollars less than the light COM
pany offered to do it for last spring,
and this figuring upon cheaper
plant than the bids are in for, and
therefore somewhat lower than the
actual cost with such plant would
be.
But the main thing with the peo-
pie is to get the lighting done at the
lowest cost possible, and if it can be
so secured through a private COM
pany that is what they want, and
not an expensive city plant.
From all that has been said by
Prof. Sheperdson and others who are
in position to know whereof they
speak, the FREE PRESS believes that
the council enters into negotiations
with the light company under this
last proposition made, the city will
secure cheaper lights than it could
from plant of it's own. To do this
would be to follow good business
principles.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

On Thursday the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railroad broke the
worlds record for speed over a long
distance, having run train dis
lance of SOL miles in 4S1 minutes and
I seconds, making an average speed of
$500 miles an hour. This includes
stops. Exclusive of stops the run
was made at the rate Of 64.9S miles
an hour. England's best record is 63.2
miles an hour. This is fast riding
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.

Some of the Populist sheets are
railing against diversified farming
because different products are so
cheap, and are declaring that the ad-
vice in this line is simply the trick of
the capitalist, as everything that
don't 60 all right always is in their
eyes. The farmer, however, who has
properly diversified his crops is not
making any complaint. He knows
that he is great deal better off then
he would be had he confined his crop
to any one product. Where dairying
and stock raising have been extensive
ly engaged in, matters are far better
than where they have not, and all re-
ports which come from such sections
do not show that the farmers feel as
badly as do the Pop editors, The
farmer who suffers the most this year
is the farmer who did not properly d.
versify his crops, and has on hand a
large crop of one or two products that
are commanding low price, and
nothing else to get money out of. The
strongest argument that has been put
forth in favor of diversified farming.
is the statement which comes from
sections where it is extensively fol-
lowed, that the farmers are able to
hold their wheat, and are holding it
for higher prices. They are in shape
so that all they have to get rid of on
the low priced market are the perish
able products which are to be found
on every we'll regulated farm. The
Pop editors will not make themselves
solid with the farmers by bowling
against diversified farming. The
farmers know thing or two them.
selves. But as a matter-Of fact di-
versified farming is pretty hard on
Populism.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

The two beet sugar factories in Ne
braska will manufacture about four
and half million pounds of sugar
this season. The season opened Oct.
l and will last three months, and
something like s225,O will be paid
out to farmers and labor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

by its use he was snatched from the jaws
of death and restored to health, owing his
life to the wonderful efficacy and curative
power of this medicine. He then en-
deavored to persuade the Indians to give
to him their secret of its ingredients.
This at first they refused to do, but after
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

ALL the farmers need now is Re.
publican prices for their crops.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

much per
suasion a nd
m any dis
cussions they
at last par
TALLY yielded
tohis request
and the Chief
of the Tribe
sent E a s t
with M r.
Bigelow five
of his most
re n o w n e q
/, m e d icine
m e n +, t o.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

Indian Sagwa. This together with then
Kickapoo Indian Worm Cure, Kickapoe
Indian Salve and Kickapoo Indian Oil
makes list of remedies that will accom-
plish cure in all classes of sickness
These can be obtained at any druggists
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

gether with an ample supply of the roots,
herbs, banks, gums, ETC., used in the manu-
facture of their medicines. What started
thus in a small way has ever since
increased, and to-day there is manu-
featured from similar materials gathered
by the Indians themselves, their famous
remedies, which have done SO much to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

a lie viate
S suffering
of every
description.
Throug h
out the civ
ilized world
there is no
III y Z y o
tent remedy
known for
diseases re-
S u | t i n g
from a dis
o r d e + e d
condition of
t he kid
neys, liver,
stomach or
blood than
Kick a poo
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-01

It deaths doc.
was cared for
by an Indian
Chief and his
ia mily, in
whose lodge
h e lay, so
weak that he
could hardly
raise his eye
lids. An In
dian doctor
visited him,
and gave him
thatnow most
ia m Gus of
Indian rem
edies, Indian
Sagwa, an