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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-04
A STATELY OLD MANSION.
The Home of Sarah Orne Jewett, the Nov
elist, at Berwick, Me.

The Home of Sarah Orne Jewett, the Nov
elist, at Berwick, Me.
Iwonder if there is another such house
in New England as the home of Sarah
Orne Jewett says writer in the Boston
Herald. l have seen many stately man.
sions that go back to the days before the
Revolution - one in particular where
General Gage was quartered in old Dam
vers, town which is linked by witch
threads to Berwick, and one with gam
brel roof upon which a good dame and
her cronies climbed to be out of reach Of
husbandly authority while they drank
tea forbidden to patriots until the tax
was removed-but l have never seen
living place at once SO modern and so
reminiscent of 1880 or days younger
still. In its great rooms filed with old
mahogany and warmed by huge tiled
fireplaces it would be easy to forget that
the gundalows, with their high peaked
sails like great birds wings, do not yet
sail down the river from the landing
wharves in fleets of tens and twenties
to Portsmouth, with their loads Of pine
planks and boards to be exchanged for
East Indian rum, tobacco and molasses
or for Russian iron, duck or cordage, or
for such priceless old glass and silver
and china as came from unknown ports
and now peep out wonderingly upon
nineteenth century cushions and pic
lures and bric-a-brac, from their deep
set cupboards and shelves. ..ts.
81 found these things here" Miss
Jewett says, ''and I hope to leave them
when I go into the unknown. If one
had ones choice Of ancestors, it would
be impossible to pick out better than
those who chose the elaborate cornices,
all carved by hand with infinite pains,
and the high paneling of the parlors,
and the broad window stills, and the
Powered wall paper, still bright and
fresh, though of a pattern on which Ma
RE Antoinette might have set the seal
of her approval when she fitted up the
little Trianon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-04
WILD FLOWERS.

Oh, beautiful blossoms, pure and sweet,
Agleam with dew from the country wayA
To me, at work in a city street,
You bring fair visions of bygone days
Glad days, when hid in a mist of green
To watch springs delicate buds unfold
And all the riches I cared to CLEAN
We're daisy silver and buttercup gold.
TITS true you come of lOwly race,
Nursed by the sunshine, fed by the showers
And yet you are heirs to a nameless grace
Which fail to find in my dollhouse flowers
And you breathe me with your honeyed
lips,
Till in thought l stand on the wind sweeps
fells, ...
Where the brown bees hum DER the ferny dips,
Or ring faint peals on the heather bells
close my eyes on the crowded street,
shut my ears to the city's roar,
And am out in the open with flying feet
Off, off to your emerald haunts once morei
But the harsh wheels CRATE on the stones be-
low,
And a sparrow chirps at the murky pane,
And my bright dreams fade III an overflow
Of passionate longing and tender pain.
e. Matheson in Chambers journal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-04

Nv. c. Wilson's" trial at Ana
mosa, Iowa, was yesterday continued
until the December term of court,
owing to the absence of two of his
wives who are important witnesses.
One is visiting in New York and the
other is teaching school and could not
come. This does not look as though
they are very anxious to testify
against Wilson.
Engineer Haynes states that j.
H. Macbeth's plumbing license has
been temporarily suspended, and that
when he satisfies the board of public
works that all his work is up to the
requirements and that he will in the
future comply with them, the license
will be restored. The other plumbers
will also be looked to. The board be-
lieves that the time has come to stir
! up matters little.
Mrs. Chas. Swanson and Mrs. Phil
Lease were surprised by about thirty
friends yesterday afternoon, it being
the birthday anniversary of both.
The gathering assembled at Mrs.
| Swanson's and Mrs. Lease was escorted
there. Mrs. Swanson was presented
with fine rocking chair by the ladies
of the Degree of Honor, and when
Mrs. Lease returned home she, found
a fine Brussels carpet laid in her bed
room, surprise prepared for her
by her husband. All had very
pleasant time.
Interest in literary matters !. in
MankatO grows steadily with each
passing year. And as it grows addi-
lions are noted to the various clubs
which are already in existence. The
latest addition is the ''Search-light''
club which was recently organized by
a number of ladies on Center street,
and which meets an Tuesday even
ings. 1t is devoted at present to the
study of poets, and Lowell and Long
fellow have so far engaged the atten-
tiOn of the club, and served to make
| some interesting meetings. Their
program at each meeting also en-
braces few other interesting fea-
lures, and each member is expected
to furnish also an important item of
| news.
The Woodstock, VT, Standard
contains the following account of a
party given by sister Of Justice Hall,
of North Mankato, which will be
read with interest by all his friends
"Mrs. L. J. Green gave a five o'clock
tea last Tuesday afternoon, to the
aged ladies of the place. Among
those present were Mrs. Elmina
Works, aged So years; Mrs. Mary Sum.
ner, IS: Mrs. Mary Sawyer, 81; Mrs. A
III. Butler, M. D., 81; Esther Damon,
one of the Revolutionary pensioners,
81; Lucretia Johnson, IS; Mrs. A. n.
Earle, rs; Mrs. Sophrana Snow, IA
Mrs. Phebe Sanderson, 70; A. N.
Earle, 49, their united ages being 797
years. All seemed to enjoy it very
much.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-04

th5 81 ss:ti60n Keeper made Doth men MAKE
affidavit to the effect that Mrs. Near
thur had not jumped from the bridge
Then he sent for the men from whom
he had won So, 1000, and at last accounts
was still paying them back double what
he had collected from them.
Mrs. Macarthur is still making weak
protestations to the effect that she really
jumped and has threatened HalligaH
with legal proceedings unless he keeps
his promise to exhibit her in museum
Halligan, however, says he is through
with bridge jumpers in general and
Mrs. Macarthur in particular forever.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-04
Distinctions.

"Money makes heap of difference in
the world" said the misanthrope.
"Of course it does Still, man can
always choose his associations. ;"
"Oh, don't know about that. Here
am with such limited means that I
can't be on speaking terms with even the
telephone company" - Washington
Star.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-04

Tawdry is derived from ST. Audrey.
In the early middle ages fairs were held
in France and England on st. Audrey's
day, and these annual gatherings be-
came noted for the gaudy and worthless
iewelry sold at them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-04

bring $500 to $500 and one
separator will cost $I25.
Five cows will eat a lot of
teed; a separator eats moth
ing. Moral: Make,the cow
business pay by using a sep
arator. Send for circulars.
P. NJ sHARPLEs. Elgln, Ill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-04
Make Cows Paw.

Twenty cows and
one LITTLE GIANT
Separator will make
more butter than Is
COWS and no separa-
for 1--we oo1,e 1,,;11
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
PERKINS and
THE lieu LANDS.
THE SENATOR SAYS HIS ACTION
WAS FOR THE INTEREST
OF THE STATE.
LAND-GRABBERS NOT AIDED
THE STATE WILL EXCHANGE VALUE
LESS FOR VALUABLE PROP
ERTY.

81 do not care to have any controversy
with that - Chron-beg pardon, did not
mean to swear-but 1 do not wish to enter
into any controversy with that intelli-
gent and highly influential journal" said
Senator Perkins yesterday when asked to
make a statement concerning charges the t
he assisted the landgrabbers.
''Mr. de Young was knocked out on the
first ballot. He is consequently sore, OF
course, and I don't know that blame him.
His paper has been attacking me regularly
but l have just returned from Washington
and must attend to my private business. l
have no time for newspaper controversy
that is, not just now. Later on | may in
give him all he wants.
1.-THE facts are that telegraphed Secre-
tary Hoke Smith at the suggestion of Mr..
Shanklin, asking what steps were neces-
sary to secure to the State what are known
as the lieu lands. In reply he sent me a
letter stating that certain action must be
taken by the Legislature. l handed the
letter to Mr.. Shanklin, who was Surveyor
General when | was Governor, and than
whom squarer or more honest man does
not exist. If you want any further inform
alton [ must refer you to him. Personally,
l think that the securing of the lieu lands
is good thing for the people and for the
State"
Mr.. Shanklin was seen in his Oakland
home. "The lieu land question" he said,
''is one between the State of California
and the United Statesmen between the
State and any private parties, who may APP
ply for land under State laws. Therefore
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
A Big DEAL TN
ORE TAILINGS
NEVADA MINING COMPANIES MAKE
A CONTRACT INVOLVING
MILLIONS.
EASTERN MEN THE BUYERS.
A NEW PROCESS FOR REDUCING
Low-GRADE ORES THAT WILL
BE A BOON.

A mining deal involving $4,000 900 was
consummated in San Francisco yesterday,
The Holmes Mining Company, the Geor-
gene Mining Company and the Candearia
Water Works and Milling Company of
Esmeralda County, New, contracted to sell
their tailings to a syndicate OF Eastern
capitalists at the rate of so cents per ton
net. There are hundreds of thousands Of
tons of tailings at the mills of these COM
panies. Nos and mills at Belleville,
New, have been running for twenty-eight
years and have milled 100000 tons of ore,
which has never been cleaned up.
The Holmes Company will deliver to the
syndicate all its low-grade ore assaying
less than Is ounces per ton at IS so in gold
per ton, and on all of the ores which are
above Is ounces per ton the Holmes Com
pany is to receive 25 per cent of the bat
terry assay valve, payable in gold. All ores
above 20 ounces per ton Will be worked by
the Holmes Company at the Candelaria
mill.
The syndicate has also been given the
privilege of cleaning up the Belleville
mills, also the CaDdelaria mill, and the
Holmes Company is to receive 40 per cent
of the result Of these clean-ups, which will
net the company about $4,000 from the
DcllCNlIIC 4l4Ll4S dIlA pOOjOOO 4AOA11 bA4O OtAAA
delaria.
The terms of the contract are that the
syndicate shall begin the work of cleaning
up the mills within thirty days from date,
and that within four months from date
they will have their plant for working the
tailings in full operation. The syndicate
expects to expend at least $25O,000 upon
the erection of these failing plants and will
therefore do much toward reviving the
mining industries of the district.
''The syndicate is composed of Eastern
men," said Colonel William J. Sutherland
president of the Holmes Mining Com
pany, who negotiated the sale, land the
process which will be used in extracting
the gold, silver and lead from the tailings
is a new one and is the invention of Chi
cago man. [ am not at liberty to outline
the process yet, but it will revolutionize
the whole system of handling tailings and
will be of immense value to the science of
mining. Only low-grade ore will be han
died by the new company. Ores that can
be proitably reduced by any other method
are not wanted by the syndicate
Colonel Sutherland leaves for New York
on Thursday. He is very much pleased
with the prospect of injecting renewed life
into the mining industries of Esmeralda
Comfy, Nevada, and looks forward to a
prosperous future for the old camp with
which he has long been connected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
TORE OUT Her JIBBOOM
THE SCHOONER j. M. COLMAN
AFOUL OF THE SHIP JABEZ
HOWES.
A COLLISION ON THE BAY WHICH
MIGHT HAVE BEEN
AVERTED.

The schooner J. w. Colman, lying at
anchor off Harrison-street wharf, dragged
her mudhooks yesterday morning and
drifted down on top of the American ship
Jabez Howes, which was moored off the
Oceanic dock. The schooner escaped with
slight damage, but the ships iibboom and
headgear were carried away and other in
juries were sustained.
The J. NJ. Colman arrived from Port
Blakeley on Sunday afternoon, and sailed
into port, choosing her anchorage ground
off Harrison street. About clock yester-
day afternoon she began to drag he1
anchors and as she started down stream
the tugs Alert and Reliance put out to her
assistance.
Captain Treanor refused the proffered
aid and the vessel went along until she
smashed into the ship. The captain then
realized that economy is not always the
safest course to pursue with strong ebt
tide running and would have gladly taken
the tugs had they been at hand. The tow
boats had gone back to the dock, but the
captains had their weather eyes open
knowing that a collision was inevitable
The Colman swung into the Jabez Howes
with crash and tore out her iibboom
Then the schooner pounded against the
ship, shocking her from stem to stern with
every bump.
The Alert steamed out to the scene o.
the collision and got a hawser on board tht
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
VALUE OF A LIMB.
A Patient Charges DR.. Morse With I'm
skilIful Work.

A Patient Charges DR.. Morse With I'm
skillfu1 Work.
A suit involving the reputation of DR..
John f. Morse, well-known surgeon of
this city, has been filed in the County
Clerks office by Robert WOODBURY.. Wood
burn asks for $50, 600 damages for the loss
Of his right leg, which he claims was care
lessly and unne cessariIy amputate by the
defendant Morse. The German General
Benevolent Society, at whose hospital he
was staying when the operation was per-
formed, is also made a defendant DR..
Morse is one of the surgeons on the hos
pital staff.
Woodburn states that he entered
the hospital on March 7, 1898, suf-
fering from a disease of the toes of his
right foot, caused, he was informed, by loss
of circulation. He SAYS he was allowed to
lie without attention from March to
March i3, and it was then decided by DR..
Morse that the leg should be amputated
This was done the following day, the limb
being taken off just below the hip. This
operation, he claims, was not necessary
nor was it skillfully performed.
The wound caused him intense pain, he
says, on account of the negligent manner
in which he had been operated on, and it
finally became so bad that it had to be re-
opened and redressed. He claims that this
amputation was not necessary in the first
place, that if it had finally become neces-
sary it was because he had been neglected
so long and that even were an operation
necessary at all it would have been suffi-
cient to remove the toes only and not the
entire limb.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
WILL GET A SCHOLARSHIP.
A University Education for a High
School Girl.

A University Education for a High
School Girl.
Superintendent of Schools Moulder re-
Gently received word from the faculty of
the University of California that his rec
ommendation of proper person to fill one
of the eight scholarships in the institution
endowed by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst would re-
ceive their appreciation.
These scholarships carry $500 a year
each and are intended for young women of
the proper qualifications as to character
who have no other means of gaining uni
versity education.
Mr.. Moulder Immediately sent the letter
to Professor Elisha Brooks, principal of
the Girls High School, telling the latter
that among the $50 young ladies under his
charge he should be able to pick out one
who would fill the bill as to character and
other qualifications and asking him to
name a proper person for the coveted
chance for an education. Mr.. Moulder,
having the greatest confidence in Mr..
Brooks judgment, will indorse mis- selec-
ton, and ere long high school girl will
doubtless be enjoying the advantages of
The university.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
FLYING TRIP OF a NEW STEAM LAUNCH.
[Sketched for the "CdH" By ". 4. Couterl

the charges against the Senator have no
foundation in fact.
"When the school land act of March 8,
1853, was passed, granting to the State from
the public lands for school purposes sec
tons 16 and SO of every township, section
of that act reserved certain exceptions.
Among them was a provision that land
might be reserved for public uses, such as,
for instance, the Yosemite National Park
and military and Indian reservations. The
act provided that in lieu of the sections
mum bered 16 and Sc within these reserva-
tons the State should be granted other
lands, to be selected by the proper State
authority and approved by the Secretary
of the Interior.
1.-THE United States has held that the
mere fact that public lands were surveyed
conveyed to the State of California, in con-
sequence of the act of 1858, title to sec
tons 16 and 36. The lieu lands were Sc
lected by the proper authority, the Sur
veyor-General, but the Secretary of the In
terror declined to approve the selection
till the States title to the sections within
the reservations was re-transferred to the
United States. Assembly bill sos, which has
passed both houses of the Legislature, &C
complishes that transfer and nothing more.
Assembly bill 126, which was first intro
duced, did not accomplish the intended
end, in the opinion of the Interior Depart
ment, and so bill 695 was substituted for it.
''As matter of fact, the passage of this
bill will bring into the State school fund
about 100000. The sections within res
ervation limits of which the title now
stands in the name of the State cannot be
sold by it. The lieu lands which will be
obtained in exchange amount to about
$4,000 acres, which will be immediately
available for SALE Concisely stated the
situation is this: The State owns property
which it cannot sell and which, therefore,
is of no use to it. By this transfer it will
receive lands that it can sell, and the
money thus received will go to the State
school fund
Assembly bill $50, of which the
Chronicle also speaks, was drawn up by
me and Senator Perkins knew nothing of
it. 1t simply allows the State to collect
from delinquent purchasers of State land
the costs of suits brought to annul the
certificates OF purchase because of such
delinquency"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
MORE INDICTMENTS FOUND.
Owners of Houses Used for Immoral
Purposes Charged.

Owners of Houses Used for Immoral
Purposes Charged.
When the Grand Jury filed into Judge
Sanderson's court yesterday afternoon to
make its report the clerk carried the
largest batch of indictments that has been
found by the body at any one sitting since
it was chosen to round up the criminals OF
the city. On the statement of the fore
man that none of those accused by the in
dlctments were in custody, Judge Sander
son declined to give their names.
For many meetings past hard-visioned
young men who served as election officers
at the late election have crowded the wit
ness-rooms which adioin those in which
the inquisition is held, and after being
called before the body have come crest
fallen and anxious eyed out of the cham
Der without the staggering air of bravado
with which they entered.
Four of the indictments rendered yester-
day were for election officers charged with
making false returns to the Registrar, and
four against burglars and footpads.
The remaining twelve were against the
owners of houses which are rented for
immoral purposes, and the usual course of
calling them to the attention of the Prose-
cutting Attorney of the Police courts for
that officials action will be followed. A
test case on one of the indictments recently
brought on the same charge is now before
the court and it is not probable that arrests
will be made on those found yesterday
until this is decided.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
RuNKo sTEBRER IN TROUBLE.
He Got a Chance From Judge Low pu'
Did Not Accept 1t.

DID NOG ACCepo I've
Five weeks ago Judge Low had NJ "
TYLER, bunko man, before him on charge
of petty larceny. He had swlndled a
stranger out of $40, and had given nm
back the money on his promise to leave
the city. The Judge thought of sentencing
him for vagrancy, but decided to give MIN
another chance.
Policeman Coleman, who is specially oe
tailed to look after bunko men, tound
afterward that Tyler had not protited by
the chance given him, but was continuing
his swindling operations. On Sunday Goie-
man was down at the ferry and saw Tyler
and another bunko man, named klroy,
with crippled stranger in tow. When
they saw Coleman they hurriedly left the
stranger and entered saloon on the corner
of East and Market streets. Coleman fol
lowed them and placed them under arrest
While Kirby was talking to Coleman
Tyler made break for liberty. AS he was
the one the officer particularly wanted he
gave chase and soon overlook him, but
meantime Kirby had vanished: Tyler was
charged with vagrancy yesterday and will
be brought up for sentence before Judge
Low TODAY.
Tylers working ground is at Sixteenth
street station, Oakland. He dresses him
self as countryman and preys upon
strangers coming to the city by the over
land trains
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
GOULD NOT TESTIFY.
Judge Belcher Will Not Allow Grand
Jurymen to Be questioned.


A big sensation was expected in Judge
Belcher's court yesterday afternoon when
Carroll Cook brought the members of the
Grand Jury before the court to testify as
to the manner in which indictments were
brought a second time against Albert
Houston and George Lee for interfering
in the election. Indictments had been
previously filed against them for acting as
election officers without qualifying, but a
demurrer to each indictment was sustained.
Cook wished to show yesterday that the
new indictments had been found without
examining single witness, but merely
upon the testimony upon which the first
indictments had been found. He was not
allowed TO inquire as to the secrets of the
jury-room however, and so no sensational
testimony was developed.
Cook then demurred to both indictments,
and the demurrer was overruled. He
then moved to have them set aside, and
this. too, being overruled, the accused
were ordered to appear next Saturday,
when their cases will be set for trial
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
THREATENED THE COURT.
Judge Wallace Receives an Intimidat
inc OF

Judge Wallace Receives an Intimidat-
ing Letter.
Judge Wallace received a most obscene
and threatening letter yesterday, signed
"Charles Wilson," 1t purported to come
from the brother of the man whom he sem
fenced to forty years imprisonment on two
charges OF robbery last Friday, and threat
ened that the writer will kill him unless he
reduces his sentences.
The letter is not thought much of by his
Honor. He quietly turned it over to the
Sheriff and left the matter in his hands.
1t is believed the letter is an attempt to
intimidate the court from passing heavy
sentence upon John Smith, Wilson's part
ner in crime, when he comes up for sem
tence upon second charge of robbery.
Wilson and Smith were the two men who
made such a scene in Judge .Wallace's
sentenced
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12

time ago by the Collector at San Diego for
has been released, and Captain Martin is
in happy possession of his $3.50 craft.
Attorney E. P. Cole of this city, in whose
hands Martin placed his case, declared
that there was no ground for the seizure,
notified the San Diego Collector that he
would be sued for damages if he did not
release the vessel and argued the law OF
Gals of the southern port. The result was
that on Saturday the schooner was re-
leased and Captain Martin took possession
on reaching there yesterday. That appears
to end the Wahlburg episode as far as the
courts are concerned