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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
Score of Workmen at Eau
Claire Went Down With a
Falling Building.
Three Were Killed, Two Fatally
Injured and Four Are
Still Missing.
Crash Sounded Like an Elk.
plOSiOn and Was Heard
Blocks Away.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Aug. 18.-While
force of % workmen was engaged in
tearing down Music hall, a 4-story
frame building, the structure collapsed
and 20 men went down in the ruins.
The dead are:
HALVOR OLSEN.
WILLIAM DEAN, contractor.
NICHOLAS ROACH.
The seriously injured are:
JOHN THORSON, crushed by falling
timbers, cannot live.
JAMES DEAN, buried under mass of
timbers, cannot live.
CHARLES AGAIN, badly crushed
OLE SOLBERG, seriously crushed.
The Music hall was owned jointly by
Alfred Kahn, the leading dry goods
man of this city, and Peter Truax, a
wealthy lumberman and real estate
owner. A few days ago a contract for
tearing down the building was let to
make room for new structure. When
the crash came it was heard blocks
away and
Sounded Like a Terrific Explosion,
attracting many people. Five men
who were on the roof scrambled to an
opposite wall and perched there until
taken down by the fire department,
which had been called out. After the po-
lice had made clearing and there was
no further danger the work of rescue be-
gan. The first body to be recovered
was that of Halvor Oleson of this city.
John Thorson of Little Black, Wis,
was the next. He is dying at the hos
pital. James Dean of Eau Claire was
next found, buried under tons of timber
and stone. His recovery is doubtful.
The bodies of William Dean and Nicho-
las Roach are still buried deep in the
basement. Dean is contractor and
prominent citizen. Part of the front
wall is still standing but is liable to COL
lapse.
Four men who came from Superior
and were at work on the building are
reported to be missing and are believed
to be in the ruins.
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WHAT WOULD RESULT.

In an editorial on Democrats and
their Duty" Harper's Weekly has the
following as to the results of Bryan's
possible election and why patriotic
Democrats should vote for Mckinley
instead of third candidate:
"There is a good deal more involved
in the present campaign than the
honest money standard. If it were
only that, the American citizen who
desires prosperity for his countrymen,
and high place among civilized COM
mercIal powers for his country, might
contemplate with regret. but with
out despair, the prospect, slight as it
is, of the triumph of Mr.. Bryan and
the advocates of the free coinage of
silver. But Mr.. Bryan and the free
silver men cannot triumph alone. Mr..
Bryan has more comrades and enter
tains other principles. There would
accompany him to Washington, Alt
geld, Tillman, Watson, Weaver,
Coxey, Debs, and the horde of politi
tical and socialistic tramp swho have
been for years past Weakening the
echoes of the country with their de-
mands that the government shall
make their circumstances easy, and
that without labor or forethought ON
their own part. They wish not only
to be able to pass their days in talk
ing politics and philosophy at the
crossroads grocery, but meanwhile to
be fed, without expense to them
selves, on the grocer's crackers and
cheese. This campaign on the part
of Mr.. Bryan and followers is war on
the nations honor, for the triumph of
the communistic and Populistic can
didate would mean the reputation of
the nations obligations. 1t is also a
war on prosperity; for if the demands
of the Populists be satisfied, every
thing salable will be made of less
value than it is. 1t is war on thrift
and prosperity, for the dissatisfied fol-
lowers of Mr.. Bryan would imme-
diately adopt policy that would dis
courage the accumulation of savings,
and would suspend all efforts to de-
velop the natural resources of the
country. If Mr. Bryan should be
elected, industry would lapse into
idleness, railroads would stop increas-
ing their facilities or repairing or
renewing their railways and rolling
stock, factories would close, merch-
ants would fail and working men and
women would be thrown out of en-
ployment, while the title American
citizen would become term OF re-
proach and shame. This is the truth
of the situation as it would be If MI.
Bryan were elected president, and the
only light in the dark future comes
from the fact that the reign of COM
munism would be brief.
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REAL ESTATE SALES.

H. P. Christensen reports the
sale of lot seven, Lamm's addition, to
G. L.Day, for $3.50.
Lot six, Webster's addition, to
Hugh McMurtrie, for 1915.
Lots sixteen and seventeen, block
eleven, North MankatO, to E. A. Ev-
ans, for 500.
The east 26 feet of lot eight, block
one, North Mankato, to Fl. Mayors,
for $3.50.
Lot nineteen, block nine, North
Wankato, town. B. Glaze, for $3.50.
The west five acres of lot twelve,
section one, town 10S, Belgrade, from
Clark Fairfield to Sebastian Goethe,
for $500.
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WHICH ONE?
Outlook.

In a letter in the Chicago Record
Congressman Towne says: LET me
strongly urge the significance of the
fact that the existing standard silver
dollar is at parity with gold, and is
so for the sole reason that the de.
mand for Its use for that which it can
do makes it So" According to this
Mr.. Towne regards the pledge of the
government to keep the two metals
at parity, as of no account. But let
that pledge be taken away and see
how quickly the silver dollar will
fall to it's bullion value. If the de.
mand for it for what it can do keeps
it at parity with gold, why does it not
keep the Mexican dollar, which con.
tains more silver at a parity with
gold. That is demanded for what it
can do in it's own country, but that
does mot make it any more valuable
than the bullion there is in it, while
on the other hand the American dol
lar backed by the credit of the gov
eminent and not by the fuse for that
which it can do" passes for it's face
value and will do the work of two
Mexican dollars. Now is Mr.. Towne
ready to degrade the American dollar
to the level of the Mexican dollar?
Will he say that it is worth too
much? Is he ready to tell the wage
Garner and the farmer that the dol
lar they are getting will buy too
much and that they must have one
that will buy less? Which is the
honest dollar, the American dollar or
the Mexican dollar? Mr.. Towne
wants to urge strongly the signiti-
canoe of the fact that the existing
standard dollar is at parity with
gold," and many of his associates are
bowling that the gold dollar is dis
honest dollar because it is two hun
dred cent dollar. Which dollar does
Mr.. Towne really want the. 100-cent
American dollar or the 50-cent
Mexican dollar? According to his as
sociate Popocrats, the latter is the
honest dollar. Which one will Mr..
ToWne recommend to the wage ear
ners of his district?
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ASSESSMENT LEVIED.

The Board of Public Works met
Monday and levied the assessment,
for the construction OF the Pleasant
street sewer. The entire cost of the
sewer, including house connections,
was 81 $3.50, and the amount assessed
to each lot is S44.SS, besides S14 for
each house connection. Generally
there is one connection, although
sometimes there are two.
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DISTRICT COURT, AGAIN.

The adjourned term of the district
court for the trial of civil cases with
out jury, convened in this city Tues
day. The first of the large number
of equity cases set for trial was that
of Adeline L. Chaffee VS.. Evan Thors-
tad, over the ownership of some crops.
The trial was commenced, and sever
al witnesses from Lake Crystal and
vicinity examined. W. H. Cole ap-
pears for the plaintiff, and A. J.
Stackpole for the defendant.
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are to provide programme of races,
athletic events, ETC., of unusual merit.
An aeronaut makes three ascensions
at the State Fair this year. He also
makes a parachute Jump when he
rides bicycle from the clouds to the
earth.
1t is estimated that fifty thousand
veterans will attend the e. A. r. Re-
union, and that accompanying friends
and sightseers will come to double
that number.-Twenty thousand
Knights of Pythias are expected at
Minneapolis, so that the estimate Of
two hundred visitors in the two cities
State Fair week is conservative.
1t has been required that eight
head of cattle should be shown in
competition in the breeders stake in
the beef class at the State Fair. This
year is only required that six cattle
be shown. The change is to save ex-
hibitors cost Of transportation.
The state militia is booked for one
day at the State Fair.
President Weaver says that the ex-
hibit of farm machinery this year will
surpass that of last, creditable as it
was.
Ii you have friends visiting you who
are from distant states, be sure 70 see
that they go to the State Fair and see
the proofs of the Northwest in the
display of the products Of the soil,
ores from the mines, specimens Of
timber, our fruits, dairy products and
home manufactures.
The Minnesota Surveyors & Engi-
neers Society means to do some mis-
siOnary work in behalf of good roads,
and will have an exhibit of maps, in
struments, 'pictures. road working
machinery, etc,
The big stores of the twin cities are
going to make larger and more attract
i've displays than ever before at the
State Fair this year.
Prof. Budd, the head of the Iowa
Experimental Station, will make an
exhibition Of one hundred varities OF
Russian apples, which it is said for
perfectness cannot be equalled in tn.
world.
The State Fair management this
year will rigidly exclude all fakirs
and exhibitions of character that is
at all doubtful.
The large Society dining hall, used
last year as an annex to the EXpOsi-
tion Building, has been reprinted and
will hereafter be known as the
"Woman's Building"
The Trans Continental Railway
Lines are preparing to make fuller ex-
hibits than ever before attempted of
fruits, grains, grasses and vegetables
grown along their routes from the
Mississippi to the Pacific.
Cooper's great painting "Trilby," is
to be exhibited at the State Fair. 1t
is said to be one of the most wonder
full pictures ever put on canvas.
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S. M. OWEN in an address delivered
in Minneapolis Saturday evening,
deemed it advisable to defend John
Lind, and among other things said
that Mr.. Lind was not nor has he been
the attorney of the Millers' associa-
ton. Mr.. Owen may have been hon
est in his statement, but it appears
from his remarks that he does not
know so much about some matters as
some other people do. 1t is well
known fact that Mr.. Lind was the
legal adviser of the Millers' associa-
tion and went to Washington for that
body on one or two occasions. Now it
is nothing against Mr.. Lind that in
his profession as an attorney, that he
did work for the Millers' association.
He was practicing his profession and
was looking for legal business to per-
form: the Millers' association had
legal business it wanted attended to.
and agreed with Mr.. Lind to look
after it. There was nothing dishon-
orable about it, neither is there any
evidence that Mr.. Lind ever so con-
sidered it. The curious feature of the
matter is that the Pops, and the
Democrats who have been engaged in
pounding the Millers' association for
years back and declaring it one of the
grindstones around the necks of the
farmers of the northwest designed to
crush them into the earth.
Should word nominate it's at
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Working for Kent's Life.

FARGO, N. D., Aug. 1S.-Judge Nc.
Cornell has decided to resentence Myron
R. Kent next Friday The date of the
execution cannot be less than 30 days,
and will probably be about the middle
of October. In the meantime petitions
continue to be circulated all over the
state, asking executive clemency. The
petitions are generally signed, and there
is a strong sentiment that will be
brought to bear on Governor Allin to
commute the sentence to life imprison.
ment
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Gov. Clough has designated Mon
day, Sept. 18th, as Labor day, legal
holiday.
Judge Mead Saturday made an
order of license to sell land in the mat
ter of the estate of Elizabeth Peterson.
John Carroll. Geo. Allen, John
Doe and Joe Rice were before the
court this morning on the charge of
disorderly conduct, and each pleaded
guilty and paid fine of sc. 65.
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Objected to q Cut.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1S.-A special to
The Wisconsin from Manistee, Mich,
says the two mills, salt block and lum-
Der yard of the Peters Salt and Lumber
company are shut down on account of a
strike, throwing 500 men out of employ
ment. A 10 per cent cut in wages is
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Card of Thanks.

We, the undersigned, desire to re-
turn our sincere thanks to the friends
who so kindly assisted during the last
illness OF Mrs. Thos. A. Rundell and
subsequent to her death.
A. E. LAIRD AND WIFE.
EDDIE LAIRD.
e. A. LAIRD.
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Ended His Life in Jail.

BIwAB1K, Mimi, Aug. 18.-J. M.
Anderson, arrested for hitting his wife
with an axe, hanged himself in Jail.
He was Swede and was about 30 years
old. He has had trouble with his wife
and grown sons for years and fire.
quently threatened to kill them and
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IT is said that New York ice COM
pany has SIC, 900, 900 worth of material
stock. Donst doubt it, and it's frozen
at that.
Gov. CLOUGH has designated Mon
day, Sept. 7th as Labor Day.
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Succeeds Dufferin at Paris.

LONDON, Aug. 1S.-It is officially an
nounced that the Rt Hon. Sir John
Monsoon, British ambassador at Vienna,
has been appointed British ambassador
at P arts, in succession to the Marquis
of Dufferin, whose term of service ex-
pires.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-06-11
COTNCIDENT.

Within the last few days the market
reports indicate the advance of all kinds
of farm products and the sharp move.
ment in silver bullion with somewhat
speculative tendency in all. 1t was
discovered all at once that crops woulu
be short this Vt ar, and hence an advance
in prices was at once realized. Al
almost he same instant il was likewise
discovered that the production of silver
had fallen off during the past few years
and that this class of metal was becom
ing scarce, therefore silver bullion went
up few points. These discoveries
however were not mado until the day
Kentucky and Virginia were heard from
and it became apparent beyond any
question that the fliends of free coinage
Of THIS country were in the saddle and
determined to exterminate the financial
quacks who have already nearly wrecked
the countrys business.
It is a remarkable coincidence that
the facts that the crops of corn, wheat
and other products were short and that
the supply of silver did not reach to the
full ex' ent of former years, should have
dawned upon the vision of the mdnip.
nlators of the markets at precisely the
same time, and that too at the exact
period when the combination against
bimetalism was routed and on the re.
treat. The main shortage this year is
in the crop of gold brgs which was ST
largely planted few yeas ago.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-06-11
CAMPBELL'S IDEA.

Hotel Metropo'e, New York City. June
i'h, 1896. The free silvor sentiment
will undoubtedly y control at the Chicago
convention. The main purpose OF all
good party men who gather there sheuld
be to avoid a split aud keep the party
peace. Harmony in the ranks of the
democracy is at this pinch more i'm
portant than any issue or any candidate
to be proposed.
II majority sentiment is for free sill
ver-and every sign would seem to show
this let us have free silver. But let MS
have it without insult or oflense to
those members Of an honest minority
who may believe the othor way. Stated
crudely my own idea Of silver plank
would he this; Declare for free silvet.
Demand that the government at Wash
ington, through the president and
congress, issue call to the commercial
nations of both hcmisphercs tn meet in
conference with us at Washington for
the one purpose specified in the cal, Of
devisng method OF putting silver on
u par with gold as money Of the world.
This conference occurring we would
agree #ith such nations as we could.
II England or some other nation
turned her back on the conference, let
/ her go her way. 70 such that agroed
with us on finance we could offer special
tariff fdvors on apriuciple OF reciprocity
TO such as dill tot England for exam
pie, we could turn a tariff cold shoulder
We are every nations best customer and
all would at last bo made to agree
through the trade losses which follow
daily from non agcement.
Should none agree with us would
have this nation declare Tor free silver
on it's own responsibility. aud fix date
as fOt instsnc'. January let, 1899. when
silver aud gold would meet at our miut'
Tor coinage on equal terms. This woul,
leave an open time u two years in whicl
would adjust itself to conditions abou
to change, just az was the case whei
specie payments were resumed after th,
war.
JANE; I. CAMPBELL
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WHAT TO EXPECT.

Now that working free coinage
minority, in tho National Democratic
Convention TO meet in Chicago on the
1th of next month, is assured, and the
strong probability of the election of the
candidates there nominated in Noyem.
her. We may expect soon to witness the
renewal Of the international bimetalic
conference scheme and an active inter.
est therein expressed by the gold bugs
of Europe and the East. This program
will probably be announced at an early
dav in order to waken the force Of free
silver sentiment and prevent silver men
from deserting the Republican ranks,
holding out the hope that after all they
ran accomplish what they desire through
the proposed international agreement.
This sop has, several times, been
thrown out to tree silver republi ans
and many of them have swallowed it
and believed in the pretenti1ns and the
VI llIC lCibNlo VI NllOlI
party, But the peri Vi for fishing for
suckers with this kind OF bait has ex-
pired and the cose season is nDw on.
Nobody will be deceived by the interna.
tional conference chat this year. Silver
men, who are honest. will vote for the
friends Of the white metal and let con
ferences and agreements with other
countries follow in the wake Of the silver
column. The international agreement
will be very much stimulated by the
adoption Of free cuinags laws in the
| United States. 1t will never be made Sc
long as we discredit silver. Continenta
Europe will follow us on the double
standard basis just as it did III tn,
practical dcmonotizatiOn of silver.
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COOP AVERAGE.

James 4. Campbell is the coming man at
Chicago. lie occupies the hest average posi-
tion in tue democratc party On the vital ques-
tions Of the day Of any man Of national impor-
tance in it. His nomination july 7th would
hold his party together better than that
of any other candidata and the probability Of
his nomination is gt,ater than that OF any
other man. Columbus o. Press.
a man who is 30 constituted as To oc.
cupy "the bost average positi N" in those
times OF pronounced political opinions
and vigorous personal activity on the alb
sorbing Issues before the country, must
indeed he fortunate. Before the Oh ex.
Governor there looms up an array Of pos
sibiItes which makes him at once the
pride Of bis friends and the envy OF
his aspiring contemporaries who are
less fortunate than he,
With tn best average position he
could stand with equal propriety aud
grace upon a platform Of protection or
free trade; on one do .ldring for Tree
coinage Of silver or gold standard. He
could pose az the advocate Of pioLibi
bition or au unr, stricted liquor traffic
In fuct be- appears TO be equal to any
emergency aud prepared to coincide
with all shades Of opinion, If presented
Que at time, or IL they all come ri
once he holds himself ready to strike
fair average" He could present
himsolt to aud nsk presidential nomi
nation from either tho democratic. 10
publican. pnpulist, bimetallist. prohibi
tionist or any other organized politi
cal party with equal proprie'y. 4,
:" - ta' iD even CAR Seaags aud b..
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-06-11

The Silver City Eagle appears TO be
working itself into an unnecessary sweat
about nothing, The actions of Hon. +
Y. Chaves at Chicago something like
four years ago, were consistent. as can
be shown If necessary, but as he has not
yet even limited to his friends that he
would accept an appointment as dele
gate to Chicago, the remarks of the
EAGLE are entirely uncalled for.-So
corro Advertiser.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-06-11

The veto of the river and harbor bill
was one OF the best acts OF the present
administration. as the methods used in
preparing the measure were wrong TO
start with. Cleveland is not with us on
the financial issue, but we are with
Cleveland on his last veto proposition,
and earnestly hoped that the measure
would fail to pass the senate. Socorro
1drertiScr.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-06-11
ALMOST SHEET .SIXTEEN.

The Las Cruces RepHbiicdn was
fifteen years old last week and its issne
OF the 20th ult, begins another annual
round Of pleasure and profit. To make
money and enjoy ones self ought TO he
the highest aim of a newspaper editor,
AMI We think it is. The Republican
seems TO be getting its full share of
both
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-06-11
THE 50 CENT DOLLAR.

The probability that free coinage
democrats would control ths National
Conytnlipn was the cause ot advancing
tho price Of silver bullion few points
and as soon as il became certain that
tho wLitn metal would be in favor at
Chicago European buyers commonced
10 load up with this despleed motnl and
tue OF ct has alreIdy been to raise It's
cost scyrral cents pnr ounce. When the
platform aud ticket are announced FROM
the shores ot Lake Michigpn look ont
t,r the price 81 silver io 20 townrls
sl20. n tue guldbugs don't hurry up
they wi hrge 10 10 cent dollar to harp
80 Tbeif 1coui alton VII be gone aud
s'ahlished against their consul
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EDDY DEMOCRATS.

The democrats of Eddy county have
selected rs delegates to the territorial
convention the following gentlemen;
D. w. Kessinger. u. s. Bateman. S.
L. Biting and J. O. Cameron.
Alternates; John Franklin, W. W.
Bust, Milton Phillips and &. W. Wilt.
Strong silver resolutions were adopted.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-06-11

mugwumps. Why not place the eS.
Governor on all the tickets and thus
settle the present partisan disputes in Il
manner that cannot fail to please every
body? The man who holds good
average position in such times rs these
should be encouraged to work it for all
there is in it
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-06-11
CHANGE or PROPRTETORS.

The Lincoln NeWS came to us last
week with Norman & Haley at the tiler
instead of Norman & Thompson, the
latter having retired. Mr.. Haley is an
excellent business man whose influence
on the NeWs can but improve lis zone
and standing. He is an uncompromis-
ing democrat and as is editor vii make
the paper success. The EAGLE con.
graduates the people of Lincoln and this
county on the change.