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The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-12
A Poor Spirited Soldier.

National Commander Walker of
the Grand Army of the Republic has
had himself interviewed and deliver
ed of the following statement with
regard to the proposition to have a
grand parade of the Blue and the
GRAY veterans in New York. He
said;
"There is not loyal Union soldier
who would approve of such thing.
Loyalty deserves its reward and
treason and treachery should always
be punished There is broad dis
tinction between Union soldiers and
Confederates and so long as l am at
the head of the G. "A. r. this distinc-
ton shall be observed as far as this
organization is concerned. | would
not for minute favor any sugges
tion that would offer to place Union
and Confederate soldiers side by
side in parade wearing blue and gray
uniforms, even though they both
march under the flag of the United
States.
In the first place, it is to he re-
membered that the ex Confederates
have not sought any such thing as
this parade, and are in no manner,
shape or form responsible for the
idea.
The New York Sun was the author
of the plan, making the suggestion
last year, shortly after the meeting
of the G. A r. at Louisville, and
doubtless inspired thereto by the
extraordinary degree of charity, mu
tual respect and fraternal feeling
manifested by both the Union guests
and their ex Confederate hosts on
that remarkable and touching occa
sion. The Sun seemed to think that.
inasmuch as the ex Confederates had
buried all other feelings except those
inspired by the sacred duties of hos
pitality to the strangers within their
gates, and by their magnanimity had
made the G. A. r. reunion the most
memorable in its history, it would
be a graceful and appropriate thing
for their ex Union guests to return
the compliment this year, and by
this great public demonstration at
New York to proclaim to the whole
country the declaration by the men
who did the fighting that the war
was over, and that this was once
more in very truth, in feeling as well
as in name, a reunited country.
The Suns suggestion was so we'll
received by the country al large that
the New York Mail and Express
grew green with envy and determin.
ed to work the mine on its own &C
count, and so it changed the date OF
the parade from the Fourth of July,
as the Sun had proposed, to Memo
rial day. There the matter has rested
and whatever the New Workers may
have done, the men of the South
have not lifted finger, or given q
sign of their desire to promote the
scheme.
Commander Walker has therefore
been guilty of q gratuitous aud un
provoked insult to fallen toe
More than that, Walker. in ou,
opinion, is also guilty of az outra
geous slander upon his own mer
when he says that mo loyal Union
soldier would approve of such &
thing" Loyal Union soldiers-bet
ter soldiers. we will warrant. thar
Walker ever dared behave ere this
paraded with ex Confederates OF
many occasions, notably at the last
eneampment of the G. A. R.; and
there is no reason why they should
not be so with such laudable pur.
pose in view as underlies the pro
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-12
A. l.. MCBRIDE & Co.
North side square, Butler Missouri
posed New York parade.

pObCu A>C" 1ol po1 d0C-
More than all, Walker is guilty of
a deliberate and malicious slander
when he intimates that the e1-Con.
federates' cause was one of treason
and treachery. How were they
treacherousg How even were they
reasonable?
The black Republican South haters,
the scheming politicians who hasten
ed to turn the results Of the war to
their advantage as soon as the last
gun was fired, tried by every means
in their power to cast all the odium,
humiliation and actual injury upon
the fallen South that they could. If
the South had been guilty of treason
or treachery, they would have tried
Jefferson Davis aud Condemned him
in order to forever stigmatize and
stamp the lost cause as a wrongful
cause in the eyes of the world and
of the future hist orian. 1t was eager
ly proposed and advocated, but their
legal advisers warned them against
it, and even with all the prestige
and momentum of success and pow
er on their side, they dared not risk
a judgment of the Supreme Court of
the United States; and so their prey
slipped through their fingers, and
the example and precedent they
sought to establish came to naught
and fell to the ground of it's own
weakness
These are historical facts and
Commander Walker can not fail to
know them.
Moreover, waving the laws de-
crees and technicalities, every sensi
be man knows, and distinguished
Union soldiers have again and again
conceded, that the Southern soldiers
were just as conscientious, as loyal
and as true to their sense of right as
the Union men were to theirs. The
war arose over difference of opin
ion as to constitutional rights and
liberties. Each side was honest in
it's convictions, and proved that hon
esty with its best and bravest blood.
Lives were lavished as freely as the
generous clouds of summer lose
their myriads of rain drops, to pre-.
serve a perishing land. An All Wise
Providence determined the issue in
favor of the North. No man can
deny that the South has acce pied
the result in good faith, with a con
stancy no lees admirable in defeat
than the heroic valor OF her son in
the battles thickest That is the
story. But no man can truthfully
say that the Southern men were not
as honest in their acts and beliefs as
the Northern men Were in theirs,
and they are entitled to the same
respect whether conquerors or con.
quered-
In truth. this man Walker is ouly
a type of the Palsy Fairchild no
toriety seekers. who knows that an
extremist will always find followers
and so prostitutes his manliness tc
his vanity.
But soldier who strikes a fallen
foe is universally esteemed coward
and when to that act of cowardice
he adds base and baseless slander
his heart must be black and moi
some den OF unmanly ard wicked
thoughts and impulses that come
writhing aud darting venom. like
snake and reptiles, from his mouth
in words like those of Commando,
Walker s.-kansas City Times.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-12
WILL BE NINE FEET TALL.
Ella Ewing Continues to Lengthen Out
As She Grows Older,

Ella Ewing Continues to Lengthen Out
As She Grows Older.
Ella Ewing, the Missouri giantess,
born near LaGrauge, and iaised in
Scotland county, continues to length
en- out as she grows older. When is
she was feet, S. inches in stature;
now at %. she is S feet and 1 inches 5
tall, or two inches taller than the
famous Chinaman, Chang. She says
of herself:
My height does not seem to par
ticularly burden me, for as you see
l am not lashy, only large boned,
and can therefore handle my enor-
nous body with ease"
when did your remarkable deyel
opment begin to appear
''At the age of seven l was nor
NAL, but soon after grew unusually
tall. From that time until the pres
ent nv height has been steadily in
creasing. [ have gained two inches
during the last year, and believe
that before I am 80 I shall be at
least nine feet IN height
What is the length of the skirt
you wear?'
six feet two inches
How many yards of goods are
required to make you dress7''
Il have to buy Is yards of double
width goods and 2S of silk or satin.
Miss Ewing's body, hands and
feet are all in proportion. Her
hands are extremely large, but
shapely, one of her fingers measur.
ing exactly twice the length of that
of an average man.
Her shoes are made by special
order, as are her gloves. Dealers
do not keep her size. Miss Ewing
loves iowelry, and wears five fine
gold rings on the fingers of her left
hand. Her stature is all the more
phenomenal in that she is woman,
as women are generally smaller than
men.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-12
SIGNIFICANCE OF BTCoGNITION.
Don VI. Dickinson Tells What Beiiig-
,rent Rights Means To Cuba.

sreRt Rights Means To tuba
Detroit, Michigan, February IS -
Hon. Don VI Dickinson, who Is
know as the Cuban insurgent adyo-
cate, said tonight: The concurrent
resolution will be merely an expires
sion of both Houses of Congress and
beyond that 1 will only say that you
will find the President right as usual
A recognition of the Cuban beliiger-
ent rights would mean that the IN
ureeDts would have precisely the
same rights as Spain. Our people
could enlist and would be treated as
prisoners of war. The insurgents
could then buy material of US the
same as Spain can now, and even
munitions of war They could not
arm their ships in our ports, but
could buy all sorts of equipments" "
Everyone understands now," he
said, that in the case Of cur war
Spain recognized belligerency of the
Confederacy before the battle Of Bull
Run took place. Immediately after
that recognition of the Southern
Confederacy, on declared neutrality,
Spain issued an order to the captain
general of Cuba to open the ports of
Cuba to ships bearing the Confeder,
ate flag, and to grant to shine ""rry
ing the Confederate flag all the priv
ileges of the most favored nations.
Under that order Confederate priva
teers captured our merchant ships
and carried them into Cuban ports
where their prizes were protected by
Spain. Nine tenths of the prizes
captured by the Confederate cruisers
and privateers were thus protected
in Cuban ports.
''It is generally assumed that in
the ten years war. from 1868 tC
1S7S-the last struggle of the Gu
bans for independence-that the Gu
bars were finally conquered by Spain
This is not true. The present Capt.
Weyler was in command for a great
er portion of that war and the effort
to subdue the insurgents was as
complete failure at the beginning
f the ninth year as it hes been at the
close of the first year of this war
Spain in the ninth year called off hel
butchers and sent over the Captain
General Campos, who declared 6
truce and invited a conference which
resulted in the legotiation Of 6
treaty of peacy. as much treaty ol
peace as was ever negotiated between
nations. Campos contracted in the
name of Spain to give Cuba substan
tial autonomy, Or home rule, leaving
Spain in the relative position to-
ward Cuba that England nov oceu'
pies to the Transvaal, the power O
dealing only with foreign nations.
Cuba thus trusted Spain and tht
insurgents laid down their arms
The sequel was very short. With
the Cubans disarmed and Spair
once in control of the island Spair
repudiated every agreement of th'
treaty and from that time until th'
breaking out of the present rebellion
Cuba sent delegation after delega
tion to Madrid appealing for thos
things which she had won and which
Spain had stolen, and appealed il
vain
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-12
Dying From Sunstruke.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb.
27.-The Canadian Australian steam
er Miowera from Sydney, brings
news of great suffering and loss of
property in Australia by the extra.
ordinary climate conditions There
is unprecedented heat on land and
excessively high death rate from
sunstroke, eighty persons dying in
Sydney il one day. Terrific storms
have occurred along the coast
Crops in a great many localities have
been ruined. Herds of stock are
starving and dying for want of water
The town of Murrurundi was almost
entirely destroyed by wind storm.
The night of January 26 the steamer
Glanworth was driven on the rocks
off Gladstone. The crew abandoned
the vessel after landing eighty-ive
passengers safely at the light house.
The vessel is total wreck.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-12

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troubles and liver complaint from the
user. II is the only medicine that is
guaranteed to cure these diseases or.no
day. Paris sure cuIe,is sold by H. L.
Thicker
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-12
What's the Use of.Talking

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mer time. lol may have tickliug
cough or little sold or baby may hav.
the Group and when it comes you oush
to know that Parks cough Syruy is the
best cure for it. Sold By H. L.Tuckere
The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-12

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Hominy(hulled corn.) 1t is delicious
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The Butler weekly times., 1896-03-12
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-29
TOOK BIKES.
Thieves Entered Jensen & Perrin
Establishment.

Some time last night some parties
broke into Jensen & PERKINS, carriage
shop, gaining entrance through win
dow into the paint shop from whence
they went into other parts of the
building. Going into the office they
scattered the papers in the pigeon
holes in the desks there, but nothing
was taken. Going into the store room,
they looked the bicycles over and
finally found two which seemed to
suit them, and carried them away.
One of these was a Kenwood valued at
800, and the other an Elgin valued at
S65. Nothing else was disturbed, and
no other articles have been missed.
The Elgin belonged to another party,
who left it there few days ago on ac-
count of the wet weather.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-29
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

Geo. W. Norman, the prominent
young Judson farmer, has decided, at
the solicitation of numerous of his
friends, to become a candidate for the
Republican nomination for county
commissioner from the third district,
now represented by Robt. S. Hughes.
Mr.. Norman is an exceptionally
capable man for the position. Besides
the carefulness and discreetnesS which
large property interests give him, he
has been chairman of the town board
of Judson for some time, and has been
clerk of his school district since it was
organized. A position on the county
board is most important one, and a
nomination would be equivalent to an
election in Mr.. Normans case.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-29
National Republican Convention

St. Louis Mo. June 16, 1896 June
Is, IA and Is, the Chicago, milwaukee
& st. Paul Ry. will sell tickets from
Mankato to ST. Louis at $3.50 for the
round trip, good to return until June
81, 1896. The Minneapolis Flambeau
Club will leave Minneapolis by special
train consisting Of ten Dining and
Sleeping Cars Via the above mention
ed Line June IA. This Train will be
side tracked on Wabash r. r. two
blocks from Convention Hall, and
passengers desiring to occupy Sleepers
while in st. Louis can make arrange
mentS for same at not to exceed $500
per Day. Trains to connect with this
Special will leave Mankato 80 a. M,
Arriving in st. Louis 100 a. M, June
15 Connection made at Austin
Minnesota For further Information
and Sleeping Car reservations apply to
]. @. Moore, Agent.
"A deed was filed Monday transfer
ring lot sixteen, block three, Givens'
& Lewis addition, from Mary M. Nell
son to E. w. Winter, trustee, for $3.50:
also deed transferring from c. H.
Brown to VIM. H. Davis, lot one, block
three, Stephens first addition, Maple
ton, for 81 600.
"A new whip was stolen from Jno.
G. Noes carriage Tuesday. Other
cases of minor pilfering have been re-
ported during the past few days. AS
long as Mankato treats tramps royalty,
so long will this stealing continue. ii
Judge Mead issued an order of
administration Monday to John Peter
Krost in the estate of Joseph Meiden-
bauer. Same in matter of the estate
of Adam Meidenbauer. Also an order
to examine the account of admins
traitor in the estate of August
Schiller.
Contractor Brooks is getting the
material ready to put in the new
curbing and guttering on Front street
between Walnut and Liberty. He
expects to commence work by June
1St
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-29
May 20. July 10.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.


Default having been made in the conditions
OF a certain mortgage executed by Ellen o. Bird
and Charles b. Bird, mortgagors, to the Man
kato Mutual Building and Loan Association, a
corporation duly created and existing under
and by virtue of the laws of the state of Mime
sofa, mortgage, dated December 18th, A. D.
1892, and recorded in the Office OF the register of
deeds in and for the county of Blue Earth in
the State of Minnesota, on the 18th day of Jan
uary, A. D. 1898, at II o'clock in the forenoon,
In Book 10 of Mortgages, on page 256, by which
mortgage there was conveyed and granted the
following described real estate, situate in the
County of Blue Earth aforesaid, to-wit: Blocks
number two (2). five o. and eight(S) of River
cording to the plat of said addition on file and
of record in the Office of the register of Deeds of
said Blue Earth County, to secure the payment
of the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars,
with interest at the rate of eight per cent per
annum, according to the conditions of certain
bond in said mortgage mentioned bearing same
date as said mortgage, made by said Ellen O.
Bird to said Mankato Mutual Building and
Loan Association, and there being due and I'M
paid upon said bond and mortgage. at the date
OF this notice the sum of nine hundred and
fifty-six dollars, besides fifty dollars Stipulated
in said mortgage to be paid as attorneys fees,
and said default has continued for more than
four months and no action or proceeding at law
or otherwise having been instituted to recover
the amount of said mortgage debt or any part
thereof; Now, therefore, notice is hereby given
that by virtue and in pursuance of a power of
sale in said mortgage contained and Herewith
recorded, and of the statute in such case made
ad provided, the above described premises will
be sold at public auction at the east front door
of the court house, in and for said County of
Blue Earth and at the City of Mankato there
in, on Saturday, the 18th day of July, A. b. 1896,
at III O'Clock in the forenoon, to satisfy the
amount of said mortgage debt then due and nm
paid, together with the costs and expenses of
such foreclosure proceeding including fifty dol
lars attorneys fees as stipulated in sold mort
gage; and the said mortgage will be thereby
foreclosed.
Dated, Mankato, Mimi, April 14th, 1896.
THE MANKATO MUTUAL BUILDING AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION,
Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgagee
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-29
PROSPECT NOT BRIGHT.

The county board committee met
at the South Bend road Monday af-
ternoon, but the board of trade com.
mittee did not put in an appearance,
part of the committee not having
been notified. Only two persons met
the committee, Messrs. keenan, and
Lockerby, and both opposed the new
road and will want damages. 1t is
estimated that the three-quar.
tiers of mile of new road will cost
$1,000, and as there may be $500 tC
$500 damages to pay, the prospect
for getting the road is not the
brightest, although it is admitted
that it is an improvement that ought
to be made eventually.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-29
DEATH OF CLARA LEASE.

Miss Clara, the nineteen year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Lease,
died at 6:1O o'clock last evening of
quick consumption, after an illness of
four months. She was born and
reared in this city, and had numerous
friends who regret her untimely TAX
ing off, as the bud of youth was eX-
panding into the fragrant bloom of
womanhoOd. She leaves two brothers
and four sisters, who, with the par
ents, mourn the loss of kind and
loving sister and dutiful daughter.
The funeral will occur from the Ger
man Catholic church at $3.50 o'clock
Saturday morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-29
First insertion May % June IL

ORDER 10 EXAMINE AMOUNTS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court, Special Term,
May 2Sth, 1896
IN the matter of the estate of Eliphalet
S. Folsom, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Martin
S. Dossett, administrator of the estate OF
Elipha!et S. Folsom, deceased representing
among other things, that he has fully admins.
tered said estate, and praying that time and
place be fixed for examining and allowing the
final account OF his 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 goth day of June, A. 1896, 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 there
OF be given to all persons interested by publish
ing this order ouce in each week for three sue.
cessive weeks prior to said day of hearing in the
Mankato Free Press a weekly newspaper print
ed and published at the city Of Mankato in said
county.
Dated at the City OF Mankato the 2sth day
of May, A. D. 1896
By the Court,
Seal, GEO. W, MEAD,
Judge OF Probate.
A NJ Rutan,
Attorney for Administered
Mankato Mimi
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-29
STORM TOSSED CITY.
Further Details of Last Nights
Cyclone at St.
Louis.
A Wide Path of Ruin Cut
Through the Hap
less City.
Scores of People Buried Under
the Wrecked Build
ingS.

Special to the Daily Free Press:
ST. LOUIS, May 2Sth.-Two hundred
lives were snuffed out in this city and
East st. Louis, and property destroy
ed in value running up into the mil
lions of dollars, is the record made by
the 9th of May. This is cOnserva-
tive estimate. South St. Louis is lit
tered with bodies of dead. East st.
Louis is a gigantic cemetery. Under
the debris of that city are scores of
people buried, whose bodies will not
be brought to light for many days and
perhaps never. 1t was the most dis
astrous storm from every point of
view, ever experienced in the history
of the city.
The storm did little damage in the
business and northern portions of the
city, save along the river front where
the damage cannot be estimated.
Nor will it ever be known just how
many people gave up their lives in
the waters of the Mississippi river,
when the tornado came and tore all of
the boats in the harbor from their
moorings. The channel is full of
wreckage. In South st. Louis the
storm spent it's force, and it has put
stamp on the face of the city that will
not be effaced for years. Big strong
houses fell before the wind like houses
of cards. From where the cyclone
entered the city out in the southwest
suburbs, to where it left it, some
where near Eads bridge, there is
wide path of ruin. Factory after fac
tory went down and piles of bricks
and timbers mark the spots on which
they stood.
Dwellings owere picked up and
thrown in every direction, business
houses fattened and the ruins cover
many, bruised and mangled bodies.
Thousands of families in South st.
Louis are practically homeless, and
temporary hospitals shelter scores and
hundreds.
Early in the storm the plant of the
Lacede Gas Co., at 14th and Poplar
streets was destroyed and large
portion of the central part of
the cut off from it's gas supply.
This affected the newspaper
offices severely. Wires are down
all over the city. Liggett
& Meyers big factory in
Compton Heights is in ruins and
many employees were killed or injured
in the wreck. Elevators were blown
down, boats were sunk, churches and
school houses demolished.
After the wind and rain had done
it's work, fire broke out and added to
the destruction. A part OF the big
Eads bridge was blown down and a
train narrowly escaped destruction
therefrom.
The following are among the dam
aged buildings: The main office build
ing, freight depot and five warehouses
of the Iron Mountain railroad COM
pletely demolished. Roof of elevator
"B," Standard Elevator company,
blown away and building badly dam
aged. Southwestern Lead company's
warehouse demolished. Plants Mill
ing elevator wrecked. Property of
the Brown Lumber company scattered
to the four-winds. Roof of American
Refining company scattered. Roof
ST. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden
Gutter company wrecked. The wind
caught the Armory building on 18th
and Pine streets and picked it up and
scattered it around for blocks.