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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
School Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given that on
Tuesday, June 80. A. D. 1896. in the
city Of Rock Island, H., an election
will be held for two members of the
board Of education. which election
will be opened at 8 o'clock in the
morning and continue open there
after until O'Clock in the afternoon
OF that day. The voting places will
be ~ follows:
First Ward-Franklin hose house
second Ward-i01a Third avenue.
Third Ward-l3l3 Third avenue
street and Fifth avenue
Fifth ward-hose house. Twenty-second
street
Sixth werd-s.p Fifth avenue.
Seventh Ward-Street car barn.
B. F. KNOX, Mayor
Rack Island. H., June q, 1875.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

Ninls-Dfa you hsr q Maui
Rdith's wonderful presence Of mind?
Marnie-Dear me, no. What was the
occasion?
why. when her wheel began to run
away down hill. she pulled bach ON tie
handle bars and screamed 'Whoap a
loud - she could "-ImliAnapolns Jour
nal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

SILK WAISTS AT HALF PRICE.
THERE ARE Is OF THEM WHICH AT HALF
price will be el.S7 Think Of silk waist ready
70 wear ct el.07.
u waists At half price will b Gas. Cheap enough
indeed.
Wen only mention tie four els waists. which just
to be real cheap will change owners quickly at &C.
Only 60 waists in all. Come early.
LACE AND RIBBON COLLARS.
We are headquarters for lace collarettes and place
on sale at 4Sc. the kind usually sold at 7Se
Al CSC. those you usually pay S5e for.
At CSC. good 81. SS values.
CAPES AT HALF PRICE
Jhs yssk place sale without
SUMNER UNDERWEAR.
At &c. adeo' Of
At 13c ne cotton vests tapped neck
eeyera ssyles, white and
white and oesu, value up 10 &c.
BOYS WAISTS
Boys waists ssd front snd collar %
Boys eoored pers.ie MADE fan -
stylish, valas nc, &c and u, viii be DC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
MCInfyre-ReCk Dry Goods Co.
CENTER 100 and III, Second A,.o,. Ro 1,.a m

ITS DOLLARS TO DOUGHNUTS
THAT YOU GET THE BEST Of THE TRADING
here this week. No denying the fact that
vino and weather seem to have combined against dry
goods men in particular. Il stirs up greater effort
tnan ever and you make your dollars 20 further
here than elsewhere this week
KID GLOVES.
Beautiful soft chamois gloves, pique sewn backs.
large pearl buttons. and mosquetaire chamois Gloves
very fne quality both styles. usually sell at g. but
will be this week 75c.
White glace kid gloves. black stitching and black
weited try to match them elsewhere for o. 26 here
this week for 81.
About dozen slightly soiled and damaged kid
gloves mostly small sizes, blacks states and Whites
value 81 and 81. Is. while they last 100.
oect Sp es s u s. g and q e ia sys. Ill eoo
SILK MITTS.
dozen Al silk Mite Kid glove poiets. value
Is dozen heavy Mitts &c value q
30 dozen qualify all silk
&c
Fan blue. ,svy nis usually
Misses silk mitts in black eolors, 1t lie H.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
TWO WEDDINGS.
Knots Tied at the German Catholic
Church Monday.

Two weddings among some of Man
katos well known young people took
place Monday at the German
Catholic church. At seven o'clock.
Mr.. VIM. f. Jost and Miss Julia Wall
were united in marriage. The wed.
ding was quiet one, owing to the re,
cent death of the brides father. Mr.
Jost is the popular young jewelel
whose place of business is in Geo. B.
Ovens building. The bride is high.
ly esteemed young lady, who has been
a clerk in Martin Walser's store for
several years.
At eight o'clock, Mr.. Henry Leon.
ard and Miss Mary Huettl were joined
in wedlock, in the presence of a large
number of friends. Mr.. Leonard is a
son of Mr.. @. Leonard, and has pc.
sition in his fathers store His bride
is well liked by all who know her.
All four Of these young people have
hosts of friends, and Messrs. Jost and
Leonard have particularly bright bus
mess futures before them. The FREE
PRESS joins in extending it's best
wishes to both young couples.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
GREAT SALES prove the great
~ merit of Hoods Sarsaparilla
Hoods Sarsaparilla sells because il
accomplishes GREAT CURES.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

The candidacy of Mr.. B. D. Smith,
of Mankato, for the Office of Attorney
General, is meeting with much favor
throughout the state. He has large
number of personal friends in every
district, and the Republicans gen.
orally admit that the Second district
is entitled to prominent place on
the next state ticket. There is not a
more deserving young man in the
state, nor one better equipped for the
responsible duties of the office to
which he aspires, and no mistake
will be made in naming Mr.. Smith
for Attorney General. The following
from the Murray County Herald, fits
the situation to nicely:
There seems to be practically no opposition
to the candidacy of Hon. B. ID. Smith for the
office of Attorney General. 1t is presumed that
the good sense of the people, in the light of JUS
tice and right, is debating the proper course
in this matter. We hardly think that the
claims of the southern part of the state could
with propriety be ignored.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
BASE BALLAFFAIRS
THE ST. PAUL PACKERS DEFEAT
ED IN TWO GATES.
The Visitors Prove to be kickers as
Well as Ball PIayers.-Four Games
with Austin, One with st. Peter
and One with Winnebago City, All
Within a Week. - New Catcher
Telegraphed For.

The Maroons have defeated the
Minnesota Packing and Provision COS
team, of St. Paul, in two games, one
Saturday and one Sunday. Both
were good games. Saturday is not a
very good day for our people to turn
out to see a game, and Monday would
be better, but visiting clubs cannot
be secured for Monday and can for
Saturday. The attendance yesterday
was large, and the CROWD grew enthu-
siastic as the local team piled up
scores and the visitors drew only goose
eggs.
Partridge pitched fine game
Sunday, and Often did excellent
work behind the bat. For the visitors
Munich pitched, and the regular
catcher came up Saturday night and
was in his place. Martin umpired the
game, which was hard fought one,
and resulted in score OF seven to
nothing in favor of Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
A SAD DEATH.

Miss Edith Ostrom died at her
home, corner of Fourth and Rock
streets, at six o'clock Tuesday |. of
typhoid pneumonia. She was twenty
four years of age, and had many
friends in this city. She attended the
Normal school from 1890 to 1898, and
last November went to St. Paul to
to take a position as nurse in St.
Luke's hospital. On March 18th, she
returned to her home, sick with the
fever, and has since been gradually
sinking. She leaves a mother and
a brOJher and a sister. The funeral
occurred at three O'Clock Thursday
afternoon from st. Johns Episcopal
church.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
SUPT. WAINMAN TALKS.
He Has something to Say About
Telephone rIatters.

Supt. G. p. Wainman and Attorney
d. f. Morgan, of Minneapolis, and P.
G.. Reynolds, of ST. Paul, all of the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company, arrived in the city last
evening, and left this afternoon for
Pipestone, where they are interested
in some condemnation proceedings in
Judge Browns court. Mr.. Morgan
said that the stop in this city had no
significance.
Supt Wainman was interviewed by
FREE PRESS reporter in regard to a
rumOr that the newly organized
North Central Telephone company, of
Minneapolis, contemplated coming in
to this city. II have no fear of that
company doing any business in Man
kato," said he. SIT was organized a
week or ten days ago, is not incor-
porated, and has no system in opera
tion, nor is it prepared to do much.
Mr.. Knights, the vice-president and
general manager, is willing to have
people put up money and his company
can do business on it, but it would be
losing investment for the subscribers
of stock. The patents which he
claims to have do not amount to much.
1t is given out that his prices would
be So so to So. so, which are half dollar
higher than we are now charging here.
The telephone business is from its
nature monopoly, for people do not
want to bother with several systems,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15

Don't think because you are sick
and nothing seems to give you relief
that you can't be cured.
There must be cure for you some
where.
If your doctor can't cure you, per-
haps he has mistaken the cause.
Anybody is liable to make mistake
sometimes.
One in three of US suffer from iu-
digestion, and one out of three dys-
peptics doesn't know it. That is, he
may know he is sick, but he blames it
to something else.
Indigestion is the cause of half of
our dangerous diseases.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, made
from tonic medical roots and herbs,
is the most natural cure for indigeS-
tion. 1t relieves the symptoms and
cures the disease gently, naturally,
efficiently, giving fresh life, strength
and health to sick dyspeptics.
At druggists. A trial bottle for
10 cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15

pany's proposition would have been
accepted and contract entered into
to the citys advantage. While there
has been no formal meeting with the
company the matter has been talked
over. The company says that it can
not give reduction on gas without a
loss. The electrical expert whom the
city employed sustained this when he
placed the minimum figure at which
arc lights could be furnished at S65,
while the company's offer is S75. IN
less a contract is made with the COM
pany, there will be no prospect for
cheaper commercial and gas light.
With the gas agitation, the council
will not make contract.
M. G. Willard moved that a COM
mittee of five be appointed to see the
company and procure a new PROPOSE
tion, and if advisable to see the light
ing committee or council, with view
to bring them together on terms.
This was carried unanimously, and
the board adjourned.
President Shoemaker appointed as
the committee, Messrs. John A.
Willard, chairman, John Klein, M. B.
Haynes, Geo. T. Barr, and f. M.
Currier.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15

which would force business men to
rent instruments from each, and then
give them much trouble to find in
which system store was with which
they wished to connect
1.-THE Blue Earth Valley Telephone
company will not do much in Man
kato, if it ever enters the city. That
company's system is so poor that mes
sages have to be repeated every thirty
or forty miles.
"Our company will build about 1000
miles OF system this year, and next
year we will run line down to Blue
Earth City and along the branch. In
ten days, work on the Sioux Falls ex-
tension will be commenced, and will
be finished in two or three months
We shall probably have four crews at
work constructing it, one starting
from Sioux Falls, one from Lake Crys-
tai, and one starting each way from
Worthington. The material is now
arriving"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
CHURCH MISSIONS.

Following is the program OF the
w oman's Home and Foreign Mission
ary Societies of the Presbyterian
church, of the Mankato Presbytery,
to be held in this city on Wednesday
and Thursday May 18th and 14th:
TUESDAY EVENING. MAY 18TH,
Conservation service.
Reception in church parlors.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18TH,
Foreign Missionary Society.
9:3O a. m. Hour OF prayer leu py MIS- L. D.
Taylor
Minutes and roll call.
Why ought we to be interested in Foreign
Missions? Zach delegate will be ex-
pected to give a brief answer to this
question
Reports Corresponding Secretary Miss
j. M. CLANCY.
Christian Endeavor Secretary Mrs. Eta
Snow.
Treasurer Mrs. Geo. Dayton.
Societies, by delegates. .
200 D. m. Prayer service LED by MIS- w. N.
Election of officers-Other Business.
Papers-Armenia, Mrs. w. L. Bates;
Modern Missionary Heroism, Mrs. w. ID.
Gaugh.
Miss Irwin and her work
Song-"In the Secret of His Presence
Echoes from Clifton Springs, Mrs. Geo.
The Social Element in Missionary Work
a Leafiet, read by Mrs. DR.. Hunt.
Missionary opportunities, an ADDRESS Dy
Mrs. J. II. James.
A Meeting for Junior Endeavorers, led by
Miss Mayme Smout.
The Children's Crusade, recitation.
Closing address.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Popular meeting. ,
Addresses by Mrs. E, +. Pomeroy. of Min
neapolis, and Others
THURSDAY, MAY 14TH.
8: 80 a. m. Bible reading and prayer service,
led by Mrs +. H. Cheadle, Blue Earth
Scriptural welcome. ladies of Mankato,
conducted by Mrs. G.. A. Chapman.
Response by delegates, conducted by Mrs.
Mary r. Bates. Winnebago City.
Roll call and minutes.
Report of Corresponding Secretary Mrs.
Ella Finch, Tracy
Report of Secretary Freedmen Mrs. j. A.
Willard, Mankato.
Report of Treasurer Mrs. II. P. Partridge,
Tracy.
Report of Christian Endeavor Secretary
Mrs. Eta Snow, LeSueur.
Reports from auxiliaries.
Symposium-How can we best help each
other? Mrs E. +. Pomeroy.
Home mission monthly.
90 p. m. Praise and prayer service, Miss
Julia CLANCY, Worthlngton.
Work in New Mexico, Our Orientals.
Voices from the Southland-The Freed
man, Mrs. S. C. Netf, Lake Crystal.
Our Northern Lights : Alaska, Mrs.
Amelia @. Watson, Marshall.
1886 "reminiscences 1896.
Allegory, Self Denial.
Missionary Heroism, Mrs. John Currer, LIE
Sueur.
Missionary Exercise by children of Man
kato Sunday school.
Closing words Singing.
Renediction.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
SOME COMING TRIALS.
Calendar Day in the Municipal
Court.

The civil calendar was called in the
municipal court Monday, and. the
following cases were dispOs d of:
Mary Duball VS.. S. and G.. Sorensen,
trial May 10Th.
w. N. Plymat VS.. John and Peter
Roerig, trial May 18th.
W. L. Karstens VS.. S. j. and Emma
LEVITT, trial May 18th.
James Frost VS.. Owen Sullivan,
trial May 18th.
Ingeborg Johnson VS.. Jens Haug-
land, dismissed.
Jensen & Perrin VS.. ThoS Ryan,
order for Judgment for S39.65.
Frank B. Root VS.. Albert S. Dem
ming, c., NJ, & st. P. railway COM
pany, garnishee, order for judgment
for S74.60.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
A CONFERENCE.
The Board of Trade and LightCOmpany
Officials Get Together.

Messrs. Willard, Klein, Curryer and
Haynes, of the Board of Trade COM
mittee, and Messrs. Hubbard and Pat
terson, of the Mankato Gas and Elec-
trio Light Co.. held conference in
the Board of Trade room at the city
hall Tuesday. The meeting was a
private one, and it was decided by the
committee not to make public at
present what was accomplished. The
committee hopes to see the council
committee before Saturday night and
to have basis of compromise on the
lighting question reached by that
time, if at all. While no details of
the meeting were given out, lone of the
members of the committee today stat
ed that he felt encouraged to believe
that an agreement between
the council and company can
be reached. 1.-THE only hitch, "
said he, "is the fact that politics have
crept into the issue. l had heard be-
fore that this was SO, but since being
on the committee l have become con-
WINGED that this is fact. Politics
ought not to enter into such ques-
ton, or in any municipal matter"
1t is learned that the company is
willing to make a reduction in the
gas rates provided that this is met by
revision of the electric light schedule,
but there is some opposition to this in
the committee.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15

The excellence of the fishing this
spring is laid to the strict enforce.
ment of the fishing laws last winter
in this county and vicinity.
H L. Case, of Amboy, was in the
city yesterday and purchased a bust.
ness buggy of Jensen & Perrin.
"A young lawyer from Gilmore is
about to locate in this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15

Frank Lee was Tuesday after
noon bound over to the grand jury,
and sent to Jail in default of 800 bail.
He is one of the parties charged with
stealing tobacco from a Milwaukee
freight car. Several witnesses were
put on for the state, and when the
state rested, the defendants attorney,
w. n. Plymat, moved to dismiss on
account of lack of evidence, which
the court denied.
I will sell cheaper than ever
wagons, buggies, bicycles, harrows,
disc harrows, and everything you
want. J. G Roller
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
Saturdays Game.

In Saturdays game, the Packers
were done up to the tune of fourteen
to five. One of the features OF the
game was the number of errors made.
Phillips and Often were the battery
for Mankato. Phillips struck out six
men and did not give single base
on balls. Comisky pitched for the
packers for five or six innings, and
then Munich was put in the box and
struck out six to Comisky's three.
Each gave one base on balls.
The Packers is strong team, and
it contains some first class kickers as
well as ball players. Saturdays game
was full of interest.
The score by innings was as follows:
Mankato. ........0 l X-l4
st. Paul. 2 l 0 0 0 o. 8
Saturday and Sunday the Austin
team will play the Maroons in this
city. The Austins have eighteen
men on trial, and are organizing a
strong team.
Jerry Griggs has been released, to
the regret of all, and has gone west
to accept better position. To fill
the vacancy a new catcher has been
telegraphed to and is expected to ar
rive from Iowa by Thursday. He is
said to be fine catcher.
The game with the University OF
Minnesota team has been cancelled,
as the team has disbanded.
Our people should spatronize the
ball games more. Owing to the light
er attendance than was expected,
the receipts have steadily fallen be-
hind the expenditures, and the base
ball association does not propose to
sink much money in the sport, and
rather than do that will disband the
club. 1t does not desire to make
anything, but would like to come out
even at the end of the season. The
local team is probably the strongest
club ever organized in the state out
side of the league teams. The games
are we'll conducted, and deserve the
patronage of all.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15

County Attorney Benedict and
brother went to Lake Washington
Saturday for fishing trip, and came
home with over a hundred pike, crop
pies, etc. The black bass have large
w stopped biting, but he was informed
that a man caught Is of these one day
recently, with hook and line.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
4 Few Facts About Horses s!

Don't know that horses will bring high price they
ever did within three years
Don't you know that the farmers of this country before
quit raising horses they have for the past three
Don't you know that when you stop the production any
pie article for length of time there will scarcity consequently
good prices
Don't you know that great production that knocked
bottom out of the horse market?
Don't that there horses today than
there before In the history of this country?
Don't for minute take any stock the bicycle crank the
electric bugaboo who do with the horse The great
and practical inventions ages when anspor
ton and eghng the locomotive and the steam ship have failed
do away with the horse fact the greatest number of horses
have raised and the prices paid the advent of
power those great monsters of steel and ron splitting fire
and smoke deyng winds and floods hauling billions of tons of
freight and millions of passengers have failed to crush the horse
have billiard table track and still dav in order to ride expect to
do with the horse in the way killing him The world is large
enough for all Everything has its ups and DOWNS but the horse
will hold its against all Corners
breed just he right your
place. although you may few hours DOING remember
takes years put horse the Market and you should
spend that time in raising horse that will not sell.
DON'T breed any but the heaviest draft horse you nd
a large, fine stylish coacher.
DON'T you know that the time go into horses anything
ee when they cheap and sell out when they are high
DON'T let few dollars difference between horses hinder you
from breeding to the best
DON'T forget that horse sells for many times the differ
DON'T you that will all when to
showing stations colts and that thirteen first out
possible seventeen and three diplomas out of four at the state
fair in 1882
DON'T you this quite different from the who
shows away from home who has mouth than horse
Our hree grand stations Intrepid the king of the carriage
Black the heaviest and best draft stallion this vcn
and the prize winning colt Agon will make Mpeton
Fridays and Saturdays Beaufod Mondays Good Thunder Tues
days and Wednesdays at home Thursdays
TERMS-To insure colt week od-lnrepd 9zo; BLACK
Coco, S12; Aglon, SO.
WILLARD & FULLER, Props.
MAPLEToN, NINN.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Henry Herrin Receives a Severe
| Shock.


Henry Herren was struck by light
ming Tuesday on the old Jones
farm south of Eagle Lake, is but now
expected to recover. he had re-
turned from his work as section hand
on the Chicago & Northwestern
road, and was in the yard between the
house and granary, when he received
the shock, which left him stretched
unconscious on the ground. He is
about twenty-five years old, and is
living with his father, on the farm.
The Jones farm is the one formerly
belonging to the Presbyterian church
of this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15
For Sale.

Meat market, located at Madison
lake, MINI. One Of the best equipped
shops for size of the place in the
state. Good trade. Terms cash. Rea.
son for selling, wish to go into an.
other line of business. Address, @. G.
Sutherland, Madison Lake, Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-15

Judge Mead made an order to
hear petition to sell lands of John
e. Decker, minor.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-23

One of Governor-elect Pingree's
proposed reformations is to do away
with nominating conventions or eau
cuses. He would have each man go
up to the caucus and vote for whom
he pleased, and the one receiving the
highest number of votes to be the
nominee. 1t would be practically the
same as holding two elections one
to nominate and one to elect. It
seems a good idea, as it would do
away with considerable wire pulling,
corruption, intimidation and BULLDOG
ing. The only objection we see to it
is that if all the voters would turn out
to the caucus, or first election, it
would be unnecessary to hold the sec
ond. However, it is very good.
Morris tribune., 1896-12-23
United States

The foreign relations committee
have modified the Cameron resolution
so as to make it more emphatic and
have agreed to report it to congress.
It is strong andGto the point and will
undoubtedly put Spain on her "met-
tie" which however, is insignificant,
as she would not make one meal for
Uncle Sam. The following is the
resolution and should be passed by
congress without delay:
Resolved, by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
of America, in congress assembled,
that the independence of the republic
of Cuba be and the same is hereby
acknowledged by the United States of
America. That the United States
will use it's friendly offices with the
government of Spain to bring to a
close the war between Spain and
Cuba"
Morris tribune., 1896-12-23

Roswell G.. Horn, the great orator
and congressman died of Bright't
disease last Friday in New York. Mr.
Horr's joint debate with Coin" Har-
vey in Chicago attracted considerable
attention. He took an active part in
the last campaign, making something
over ninety speeches in the interest OF
sound money and Mckinley, speak
ing once in Minneapolis.