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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-01-02
ADVENT OF new YEAR.
The Day Celebrated in Many
Pleasant Ways.
POLITICAL PRISONERS PARDONED.

State Reception Attended by a Large
Number of PeopIe-Concert at Y. NJ.
{. n. - Records at the Butts - Lei
lima Dance-Tennis Club At Home.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-01-02
J.T.WATERHOUSE'S
FOrt-Street Store.

This is about the time of the year when we wish to tell
you about the good things have for the Holidays There
great many varieties of China ware DISPLAYED in the
windows for you to look and buy, but before doing So
please step in and see our line of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-01-02

month at very
choice! Do not do fail
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
The Chances for Mckinley Every
where Growing Brighter.
The Doubtful States Wheeling into
Line For Sound Honey.
The Northwest Will Securely Throt.
tie PopuIism in Every Quarter.

Special to the DAILY FREE PREF
CHICAGO, Oct. 27-There can be ne
possible doubt that Kansas, Nebraska
and the Dakotas will choose McKin
ley electors week from today. Hon
E. Rosewater, proprietor of the
Omaha Bee, has just returned from q
speaking tour of Kansas and writes
that Kansas is absolutely certain fol
Mckinley, and he finds no ereason tC
change his estimate that Mckinley
and Hobart will carry Nebraska by at
least 5000, although the Republican
state central committee claim Ne.
braska by 10, BOO.
L. w. WEIGH, Supt. M. K. & T. rail.
way at Parsons, Kas., wires for more
literature today, and says Kansas is
beyond the slightest doubt certain fol-
Mckinley.
National Committeeman, Kittridge,
Sioux Falls. S. D., writes that his
state will give Mckinley not less than
5000 and probably above $4,000, while
they will beyond shadow of doubt
elect sound money Republican to
succeed Kyle, free silver Populist.
Secretary Tams Bixby writes from
ST. Paul that it is safe to wager on
Mckinley carrying Minnesota by a
good majority.
Alex McKinzie, wires that North
Dakota is certain to be for Mckinley,
and will elect Republican US. sena-
tor this winter.
Bets are now being made that
Michigan's plurality for Mckinley
will exceed 10000. This disposes of
all doubt as to what have been regard
ed heretofore aS doubtful states, !"
and places them safely in the Repub-
lican column.
Iowa is expected to roll up 10000
for Mckinley.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30

board of commissioners designated by
law, is one which should be approved
by the people. There is no reason why
these funds should not be loaned to
the above named communities upon
the terms designated in the amend
ment. and in this way a safe invest
ment of the school funds would always
be provided for Be sure and put a
cross after the Eyes" against this
amendment
The taxation of sleeping car COM
pauies, telegraph and telephone COM
panies, express companies, ETC., is
another proposed amendment which
should meet the approval of every
voter ia the state.
These corporations should help bear
the burdens of the state. and to get at
them properly authority in the con-
stitution should be given.
Two other proposed amendments
which will be submitted is one rela-
tive to the elective franchise and also
one relating to the taking of private
property for public use.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
Garden City items.

The speeches given in Norton's hall
last Friday evening" by eX-Govs
Austin and McGIll and Gen. } Fl.
Baker were well attended and highly
appreciated. Mr. Austin stated in
his speech that in this place 80 years
ago this month he made mis- first politi-
cal speech and since then he had visit
ed all the states in the union with the
exception of two, and had returned to
Minnesota satisfied that this is as
good place as any.
Mr.. Mcbride is very sick with
pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs Joe Hudson, of Amboy,
were visitors at VIM Kings last
Sunday.
Frank Foster, eldest SOD of Lewis
Foster, died at his home west of this
place last Saturday morning. The
funeral was held at the house Sunday
afternoon, and the remains were
brought here for burial.
The harvest home exercises held at
the Baptist church last Sunday were
a success, and the house was filled to
OVERLOOKING
Mrs. VIM. LaFavors relatives, who
were here to attend the funeral of
Miss Libbie, returned to St. Paul last
week.
Will LaFavor has gone to St. Paul
to be dOctored for few weeks.
T. B. Church and Rev. @. L. Waite
went to Mankato Monday to attend a
political speech which was given there
Monday evening.
Miss Birda Meservey went to Amboy
Monday.
Henry Gerry, wife and daughter
are here visiting for short time.
Miss Elite Rector has been on the
sick list the past few days, but is
better now.
W. Case, of Sleepy Eye, is visiting
friends here.
G. L. Smith will speak in Norton's
hall next Thursday evening, Oct. 80
on the political issues of the day.
Rev. G, L. Waite will preach al
Rapidan next Friday night at 7:45
Loads will leave here at $50 sharp.
The chicken pie social held at Rev
Lees last Wednesday night was wei
attended, the proceeds being $3.50.
Mr. and Mrs. John, of Lake Crystal
are visiting their daughter, Mrs. VIM
Over. PANsY.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
CHIEF ARTHUR FOR SOUND MONEY

A week or ten days ago a ''proclama-
ton" to labor in behalf of silver,
signed by labor leaders, was sown
broadcast through the land, and among
the names signed to it were those of
P. M. Arthur, chief of brotherhood of
locomotive engineers, and E. P. Sar-
gent, chief of brotherhood of locomo-
tive fireman. There was considerable
surprise manifested at the appearance
of Chief Arthur's name on the "proc-
lamation," because he is everywhere
known as one CT the most conservative
of labor leaders, and it had been
known that he was favorable to the
election of Mckinley. 1t seems that
not only his name, but that of Mr.
Sargent, and also that of f. W. Arnold,
secretary and treasurer of B. of L. E.,
were unauthorized. They are against
free coinage, and in letter addressed
to labor which appeared yesterday,
they repudiate the ideas imputed to
them and declare for Mckinley and
sound money. They state that some
three years ago they signed a memorial
of much milder order favoring silver,
addressed to congress, and shat this is
where their names were obtained for
the proclamation" but that their
study of the subject since has showed
them that free coinage would not only
be unwise, but disastrous to the ma
tion, and they repudiate all the senti-
ments attributed to them In the said
proclamation" The fact grows
palmer each day that honest labor is
for a sound money policy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30

| ABOUT the most magnificent and
unadulterated exhibition of pure gall
ever displayed was that offered by the
Popocratic county committee yester-
Gay in requesting division of time
with Congressman McCleary Monday
night next, at which time he will Oc-
cupy the opera house in the closing
speech of the campaign. The Popo-
Gratis knew that the opera house and
both bands had been weeks ago en-
gagged by the Republicans for the
night before election, and that this
really was to be one of the greatest
political demonstrations ever wit
messed in the southern part of the
state. They have just awakened TO a
realizing sense that they must make
an effort to break the force of this
great sound money demonstration,
hence their request to have Cation oc-
cupy the platform with McCleary land
thus make a pretenSe of showing.
OF course no such privilege will be
granted. Mr.. McCleary is quite able
to fill the time of one evening in a
presentation of the issues, and as this
will be the first as we'll as the last and
only audience that he will address in
his home city before the polls open,
nothing but monumental gall and
hardened cheek would have led any
committee TO make such an unreason
able and discourteous request. They
propose to have little side show over
in the A 0. q. W. hall provided the
protest of large number of members
of that order who are opposed to the
use of their elegant apartments for a
political meeting does not prevail.
Popocracy in Mankato is about
petered out, and the finishing touches
will be applied by the Republicans
and sound money Democrats Monday
night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENTS.

In the general hustle of the cam
Daign the fact has been overlooked by
a great many that several amend
mentS to the state constitution, and
acts will be voted on next Tuesday.
Among the acts submitted for the ap-
prevail Of the people is one providing
for the taxation of certain lands owned
by railroad companies. This is a just
act and should receive the approval of
she voters of the state.
Another act submitted provides for
the calling of state constitutional
convention. This is matter of i'm
portance and should be approved.
The constitution of the state has been
patched up with amendments from
time to time. The entire situation of
the state has changed since it was
first admitted TO the Union, and the
constitution ought to be carefully re-
vised, and this can best be done by a
body Of men elected solely for that
purpose. The voters will make no
mistake in voting yes on this act
One of the important proposed
amendments to the constitution pro-
yides that Incorporated cities may be
allowed TO frame their own charters.
This means virtual grant of home
fule 80 cities and Shouts be approved
The needs of all cities are different,
and what would be d matter of neces
sity in one city, might prove a luxury
and possibly source of corruption in
another. Be sure and put your cross
after the word Eyes" in this proposed
amendment.
Another proposed amendment pro-
vides for board of pardons consisting
of the governor, attorney general and
chief justice of supreme court This
is an eminently wise proposition, and
it's adoption will do away with much OF
the abuse of the pardoning power that
cannot help creeping in under the
present system, and will relieve the
governor OF d responsibility that
should not be placed upon him.
The proposed amendment which
provides for the loaning of the per
manent school and university funds
TO counties, school districts, cities
towns or villages, upon approval of q
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
A WINDOW riAN NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEATH.
Was Found in & Stupefied Condition
at the Minneapolis & St. Louis
Depot Tuesday Eveningfiad Bought
I.audanum at J.. E. Seidie's Drug
StOre-L ooked Like a "Fiend'-
Went Back to Window Last right.

At about three o'clock Tuesday
afternoon a stranger entered }. Il,
Seidle's drug store and asked for a
half ounce bottle of laudanum, saying
that he had the tooth ache. Mr..
Seidle has book which he calls his
''poison book" where he registers the
names of all who buy poison, and the
stranger gave the name of j. ID. Carl
son. Mr.. Seidle recognized in the
mans features what he considered to
be unmistakable marks of an opium
or morphine ''fend," and supposed
that the man was familiar with the
use of the powerful drug, and sold
him the bottle.
A few moments later the man was
seen to enter the south waiting room
of the Minneapolis & ST. Louis depot.
He did not.ask for ticket or speak
with anyone, but was soon seen to be
sleeping. When the time came to
lock up. little after six o'clock, the
depot officials found the stranger
still sleeping and Agent Powers, sup
posing him to be drunk from the fact
that he did not rouse up when shaken,
directed that he be taken out on the
platform. Geo. E. Wagon proceeded
to drag him out and found him to be
stiff and breathing only family. After
leaving the man on the platform, Mr..
Wagon went back to get his package,
and found a bottle labeled 'laudanum, .
and nearly empty, where the man had
slept. It was then concluded that
the fellow had taken the poison, and
DR.. Hielscher was summoned and
treated the man. and brought him
around safely by ten o'clock.
The stranger said that his home
was near Window, and that he worked
on farm. He desired to return home
but did not have enough money, and
Agent Powers supplied his deficiency
and he took freight train on the
Omaha road for home shortly before
midnight.
The bottle had the Seidle drug
stores label on it, and only about a
FIFTH of the contents remained. Mr..
Seidle states that the dose which the
man must have taken was sufficient
to have caused death to professional
and that it was fortunate that he was
discovered when he was.
Its supposed that the fellow took
an overdose by mistake, and the sui
eide theory is not entertained. The
opinion has also been advanced that
the man was suffering from an cpl
leptic fit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
VOTE FOR McCLEARY.

Remember sthat a vote for Frank
Day is in no wise different than vote
for Bryan. They both stand for
cheap money, population and PoLu-
lism. Such vote means an endorse
menJ of the Chicago platform with
all its unpatriotic and anarchisUic doc
trines. Mr.. Day endorses every line
of the Chicago platform. His election
would be against the best interests of
this district and this state in every
respect. He stands pledged for 90
cent dollar, which would strike the
farmer and the lahorer hard. He
stands pledged also, by his endorse
ment of the platform, to free trade,
which would destroy the home mar.
ket which our farmers enjoyed. He
stands pledged to the attack of his
party upon the supreme court, which
is menace to the liberties of the
people. He stands as the representa-
tive of Populism, which is the foe of
all progress, of all prosperity, of all
individual freedom. His election
would be the worst blow ever admin.
istered to the Second district, because
it would deprive it Of the influence
which it now has in our national
councils through Mr.. McCleary and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
DOWNED POPULlSM.
L. P. HUNT ESQ,
MankatO, Mimi.

L. P. HUNT ESQ,
Mankato, Mimi.
MY DEAR SIR-The greatest thing
of the year occurred here last night
in the Joint debate between the Pop
ocratic orator, Mr.. Malone, of Mime.
apolis, and Messrs. Lunn and Plymat,
of Mankato, representing the Re-
publicans. The debate commenced
an S:45, Mr.. Malone talking 45,minutes
appealing to the sympathies of the
farmers, telling them that their lands
were deprecated in value, and that
soup houses were being built for them,
etc., etc. Mr.. Lunn answered, using
45 minutes, and during his speech,
which came like cyclone with facts
and statistics, his able ability won
the audience, two-thirds of which
were Populists, and he was frequent.
ly interrupted by tremendous ap.
plause.
Mr.. Malone (Pop.) took 30 minutes
to answer, and attempted to refute a
part of Mr.. Lunn's speech, but did it
so poorly that the audience became
noisy and lost interest in his remarks
and he again appealed to the ''poor
down trodden farmer" and the awful
debt of the nation and from which
we could never survive, ETC., etc.
Mr.. Plymat in his easy, affable man
ner took 80 minutes, during which he
sent the Popocratic theories beyon d
the moon, and the house went wild
with the greatest applause, which
very plainly showed that he, like
Mr.. Lunn, had struck the vital spot
and proved beyond question thai
the Republican party in power,
always gave prosperity to the country.
The debate closed, each side taking
minutes. and after the Republicans
closed, who had by far the best OF it,
the entire audience rushed forward
to shake hands with the Mankato
gentlemen, Lunn and Plymat, which
lasted thirty minutes. All felt in the
best of humor and said it was the best
thing of the season.
Madison Lake, Minn., Oct, u, Sc.
INDEPENDENT.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
A JOINT DEBATE.
Messrs. Lunn and Plymat do Up
a POpOcratic Orator.

An interesting joint debate took
place Tuesdays at Madison Lake.
John Lunn and W. n. Plymat were
challenged by Popocratic speaker to
TO a joint debate, and accepted, and
the hall was filled with the supporters
of both sides. The Popocrat had the
first forty minutes, Mr.. Lunn the next
forty, the Popocrat the next thirty,
Mr.. Plymat thirty, the POpocrat five,
and Mr.. Lunn five. Mr. Lunn opened
with an able financial argument,
which the Popocrat tried to contro-
vert. Then Mr.. Plymat wound the
Popocrat up and turned him over, and
exposed his fallacies to view. Mr..
Lunn talked patriotism into the
crowd, and the applause was mainly
for the sound money champions, who
clinched several doubtful votes and
did great deal of good.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30

NEVER has the business of Blue
Earth county been better looked after
than during the past two years. Every
candidate on the Republican ticket
standing for reelection, richly de-
serves endorsement at the hands OF
the people. The new men on the
ticket are all careful business men,
and will also make splendid officials.
The election of the whole ticket will
mean that the county business will be
well looked after for the next two
years. Vote the Republican ticket
straight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
BURY ANARCHY DEEP.

The teachings of class hatred and
the attempt to arouse the worst pas
sions of men, by the Popocrats is al
ready bearing it's natural fruit. 1t
started in Covington, KY, when Secre-
tary Carlisle was rotten egged 1t
broke out in another shape at Ham
mOnd, Ind, when the stars and
stripes were torn down and trampled
in the dust by Popocrats. 1t has been
followed by egg throwing in Ohio,
and also in Chicago, and coupled with
abuse, is the principal argument now
put forward by the silver crowd, and
marks the desperate straits to which
they are reduced. A prominent
Chicago sound money Democrat who
was among those egged the other
night, in referring to it, we'll said:
"The silver men have at last found
an argument which the Republicans
cannot answer and which they will
not attempt to cope with" This is
true, and it is an argument which is
doing more to turn the drift heavily
with the Republicans in these last
days, than anything else that could
be done. The Dissertation of the flag
ought to arouse every patriotic and
law abiding citizen in the land, who
believes in the perpetuity of our in,
situations and cause them to vote for
Mckinley. Stamp out the elements
of anarchy and PopuIism wherever
found. and make it most emphatic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
nANKATO GETS $4,6o5.Ig.
School AppOrtionment rlade, Giving
the County $I7,7oI.6 90.

The school apportionment has been
made, and Blue Earth county is allot-
ted ST., 7O1.60, having 6,104 pupils en-
titled to the apportionment of $3.50
each. The city of Mankato gets 3d.
695.10 for 1,619 pupils; Mapleton gets
SS29.40 on 2S6 pupils; AmboY gets
s345 10 on 119 pupils; Lake Crystal OBJ
tains S722.10 on 249 pupils; and Good
Thunder receives 1904. so on 1O5 pupils.
The remaining villages and the
school districts receive money in pro
portion to the number of pupils COM
ing under the pportionment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30
INEXCUSABLE LAUNDERING.

The failure on the part of the Re-
publican state central committee to
notify Ex-Mayor Eustis, of Mime
apolis, of his appointment to speak at
Mapleton last Friday night, and the
consequent disappointment following
his non appearance, was duplicated by
some seemingly ineXcusable blunder
in the failure of Congressman Dolliver,
of Iowa, to fill his engagement at the
opera house in Mankato last evening.
More than two weeks ago the Re-
publican county committee was noti-
fed from Chicago that Mankato could
secure date for Mr.. Dolliver, and the
Goth was agreed upon between the
National and State committees. The
local committee here was notified of
this fact, and all arrangements were
completed for the most largely at
tended meeting of the campaign. The
people were here from the country in
large numbers, and from quite dis
lance, while the towns people poured
forth in unusual numbers. But Mr..
Dolliver did not arrive, and the fact
that he was not coming did not reach
the committee until nearly 1880
o'clock in the evening And then only
through learning that he was not on
the Milwaukee train which arrives
here at 500 o'clock.
But the queer feature of the affair
comes in the fact that the state CEN
trial committee sent Mr.. John HI. Nor
ton, of Duluth, from ST. Paul on the
train that reaches MankatO at I AS to
fill Mr.. Delivers engagement and
did not even inform the local COM
mittee here of the fact, and nothing
was known of his coming until he
showed up at The Saulpaugh, after
| the band had been dismissed and word
passed around that there would be no
meeting And again the state CEN
trail committee Tor some one connected
therewith) had spent the entire after
uOOu iuS w 1OOdUO MI. u
on receiving information from the
local committee here that he did not
''show up" on the 1:22 passenger train
from St. Paul. Finally after 500
O'Clock, DR.. Andrews received mes
sage from Mr.. BiXby that Dolliver had
been located at some town in Iowa,
where he was to speak, but not word
even then that substitute had been
sent to fill his place.
Such unbusiness like methods as
this, in the closing hours of cam
paign, is it seems to US. wholly mex
cusaple. And more than inexcusable
when it is known that DR.. Andrews,
protiting by the experience of the Ma
pletOn failure, and to make sure that
there should be no hitch in the Mon
day night meeting here, wired Mr..
Bixby to be sure that Dolliver should
not fail US.
All who know of the great labors de-
volving upon state committee in the
closing days of holly contested cam
paign realize that an occasional error
as to speakers will happen: but two
such important omissions occurring in
one county, and at intervals SO close
as the Mapleton and MaDkatO affairs,
can be attributed to nothing less than
careiessness or incapaciJy- as
charitable as we may.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-30

which will be greatly increased in the
next house, because of the leading
money question. Mr.. McCleary re-
presents sound financial policy, a
sound economic policy, and every
thing which will be for the best in
terests of the people of this district.
Vote for McCleary and help bury
POpulism deep