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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
NOT FOR LIND.
DIR. Andrews Sets at Rest Certain
RumOrs.

The report having gained circula-
tion that DR.. Andrews had stated his
intention of voting for John Lind for
governor, FREE PRESS reporter
sought an interview with him on the
subject.
doctor, J. have heard it reported
on the streets that you have said that
you intend to vote for Mr.. Lind for
governor this fall. What, if anything,
do you care TO say on the subiect?"
To this query by the reporter, DR..
Andrews replied:
"Mr. Clough is not my choice for
governor. Mr.. Lind Is an acquaint-
ance and personal friend of mine.
Earlier in the campaign / said that if
the latter was nominated l believed
that l would vote for him. But since
he has come out squarely Endorsing
the Chicago platform, 1 feel compell-
ed to throw all feelings of friendship
aside, for l cannot in any way endorse
the Chicago platform, and especially
the free silver and anarchy clauses. I
am decidedly in favor of Mckinley
and sound money, and if have any
influence propose to throw it in that
direction"
This ought to settle any question as
to how DR.. Andrews stands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
FILLING HALF DONE.
The Work Along the Omaha Right
of WaV.

of Way.
1t is estimated by the engineers
that one-half of the filling along the
levee, to be done by the Omaha road,
has been completed. The pillow is un-
loading fifteen to twenty fat cars of
sand at every trip, and as the track
has reached grade the track is being
widened. A pillow that unloads all of
the sand on the city side is being
used. This slid off a Car last night
but was gotten back this morning.
The depot foundation was nearly
covered, and the embankment is be-
ing steadily pushed toward the Mil
waukee track.
The contractors have at last COM
menced to improve the crossings in
West Mankato, land will soon have
them in good condition.
The embankment back of The Saul
paugh shuts off the outlet for the
waste from the elevator of that hotel,
and connection with the sewer will
have to be made, or some other
method adopted to care for the water,
which is now running into the sink
hole between the two embankments.
If the matter had been thought of in
time pipe could have been laid un-
der the Omaha fill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
BOB EVANS COr1ING.
This Distinguished Speaker to be in
rIankato Aug. 18th.

The officers of the Mckinley Sound
Money club have secured promise
from Hon. Robt. Evans, the distin-
guished Minneapolis resident and an
orator of more than state renown, to
give an address in this city on the
evening of Aug. 9th. That is the
day of the Republican county nomi-
mating convention, and will be the
proper time to open the compaign in
this city and county. The club is to
be congratulated on securing so able
and gifted speaker for the occasion.
Owing to a misunderstanding in re-
gard to securing the place of meeting,
and the further fact of the Swedish
church meeting, the Republican club
meeting announced for North Manka-
to last night was postponed until a
future date.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21

We acknowledge the receipt of a
complimentary ticket to the Brown
county fair at New Ulm, August %,
20 and 80 The officers are endeavor-
ing to have this fair eclipse all form.
er fairs held there, and all county
fairs held in the state.
&C. L. Alleman'slittle boy while go.
ing through Andrew Rudberg's new
house on State street, last evening,
fell out of the second story window
and broke his left arm in two places.
Or. Jacoby reduced the fractures, and
the boy is doing nicely.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
SILVER CRAZE WANING.

A gentleman from this city return
ed last evening from a business trip
through the towns of Lyra, Rapidan,
Vernon, Shelby and Garden City. He
had occasion to speak with many of
the farmers, and found that free sill
yer men are becoming more scarce
than they were few weeks ago. The
craze has largely subsidized except in
Garden City, and even in that Pop
ulistic hot bed great improvement
is shown. The gentleman was conf
dent that Mr.. McCleary will carry
Blue Earth county by 1000 majority
over Day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
Minnesota State Fair

HAMLINE. Aug. 14th.-TwO attrac-
tions were today positively secured
for the state fair that have hitherto
been unannounced. Marion Mills,
the great pacing mare, with a record
| OF 2:l24, made without a driver, has
been secured for three days of the
fair. This wonderful mare, without
even bride, starts from the word
and goes around the = track like a
whirlwind without a break. Her
owner writes that he is confident that
the mare will go in 2:1O or better at
the state fair.
W. w. p, record 2:05t, has been Sc
cured for two races at the state fair
against time. He is to lower Nancy
Hanks track record of 2O7 and the
worlds riding record of 2:OS3. W. w.
z. IS work this year has been of
highly sensational order. At Detroit
July 18th he won the first heat of the
great free-for-all race, defeating
Frank Agan, Reubenstein. Colridge
and Saladin. This was one of the
hottest races of the year. $500 was
offered for the race but $1,000 of the
amount was to go to the winner of
the first heat. The result was that
the first heat was the sensation of the
great Detroit meeting as can be
judged from the fact that Frank
Agan was beaten, who has since at
Columbus sgone in 2:04, defeating
Patchen and Robert J. and making
the fastest fourth heat on record.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21

Dukes addition residents are COM
planning of parties who drive along
the street at all hours of the night
from IL to in the morning, yelling,
cursing and singing. The rest of the
people living along the street is dis
turbed, and they intend to have some
arrests made unless the practice is
stopped. The parties making the dis
turbance are thought to be those
driving back and forth from a
house of ill repute on the ST. Peter
bluff road.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
ROBBED THE MONEY DRAWER

A thief got into S. f. Nordgren's
restaurant Friday night, stealing So in
small change from the money drawer.
Entrance was gained through a
rear window. The lower sash was
hooked down, but a little shaking
would cause the hook to leave the
staple. The netting was torn aside.
Mr.. Nordgren has not missed any of
his goods. Some time ago thief en-
tered his sleeping room over the res
taurant and took money and watches
belonging to him and two companions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21

Judge Mead in the probate court
has issued an order to hear petition
for final settlement of estate of Chris.
tina Mailman. Also an order to hear
petition for license to sell land in the
matter of the guardianship of Oscar
and Ella Kohler.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
THE BOY ORATOR INTRODUCES
HlMSELF.

1 am Bill.
Bill the Metaphor Manipulation.
When | talk the universe listens,
And the little stars
Stand on their heads in ecstacy,
My voice is as
The boundless ocean of depth
AID my throat
Is like into leather-covered
Suction pump.
My vocal chords are
Triple expansion, double back-actiop
Eolian harps,
And the winds of Heaven make their
Home in my lungs.
Ny morning repast is fricasseed
Dictionary;
My monday meal is plate of
Hashed-brown SMILES
With the quotation marks extracted;
And at eventide 1 dine
Upon pot-roast of En- ylish language.
Served with
Pea green exclamation points.
am
The only human photograph,
And when talk
ALI the silver in the bowels of
The earth rolls over
On its side and yearns to be
Discovered.
am
The Mouth of Rhetoric.u
The words, great, garish words,
Fall from my lips INCREASINGLY until
The imitless realms of space
Are full thereof.
L think words, speak words, l
Exude words,
Words, words, words,
Words,
Always words, words forever and ever.
| am
Bill the Smile Sockdolager,
l am a spokesman
From the Headwaters of Talkafew Creek,
Metaphors are my strong suit,
For when 1 see
An outcast metaphor running
Around with the knees out of its
Little trousers, you bet
| grab it
And preserve it for
Future reference.
| am
Burn-a-hole-in-the-At atmosphere Bill
And I'm goIog to talk
From now
Until half past two next century,
Make way for
Bill!
Bill, the Bearer of Hand-me-Down Me-
[taphora,
Make way for me, say,
And turn on
The Life Saving Department.
For L am about
To loosen up my thorax for all
That's in me-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
HERE AND THERE.

The mayor of Sioux Falls has plan
of his own for solving the tramp ques-
tion. He would feed every tramp
] that comes in on the cars and charge
the board bill to the railroad company
bringing them. In case. the road re-
! fuses to pay, he would bring suit. We
| would suggest that he will find Man
kato's stone pile scheme away in the
lead of his plan.
The New Ulm city marshal has
| started the ticket plan of handling
! tramps, just now finding favor in the
smaller cities of the state. People
are supplied with meal tickets, so that
when Mr.. Tramp applies for bite to
to eat ticket is handed to him with
I instructions to take it to the marshal
! and have it stamped. II that officer
| sees fit, he will stamp it and return
the tramp to the donor of the ticket
who will give him a meal. In this
way, the marshal will come in con-
| tact with all the wanderers, and in
case he comes across any who are
making business of staying in town,
he simply gives them ticket of
leave.
In other towns the ticket plan has
some improvements. The tramp
takes the ticket to the marshal, who
has him saw quarter of a cord of
wood for meal at a restaurant to be
paid for by the municipality. This
plan has proved very successful in
Kidding several towns of tramps, and
is on the same principal as the stone
pile.
Wilson township, near Sibley, Iowa,
is providing cyclone cave at. each
school house. Not a bad idea for a
prairie country in this age of lorna
does.
They stood on the bridge at twilight,
While the moon looked down from above;
The breeZes blew soft and balmy-
Twas a time for signs and love.
They silently gazed on the water,
And thought of the things held dear;
She longed for some ice cream and soda,
He yearned for glass of beer.
Kansas City Journal
And now it has been discovered
that under the ragged yellow blossoms
of the golden rod is hidden the germ
of a most dangerous disease for horses,
resembling consumption in the human
race. Death results in from three
weeks to three months after the di-
Sease attacks the animal. If this is
so, the popularity of the national
flower will decline.
The detection of the able editorial
writer was so deep and dark that his
friend noticed it at sight. "What is
the matter, old man." asked the SYM
pathetic one.
ga heap. A. whole lot. Every
thing. have been wanting to take
vacation. Of course, the only way
to get it with campaign on was to
write up stuff in advance. So here l
60 and work up about forty-seven col
umns of brilliant and unassailable
arguments for silver-and then the
blame paper fiops for gold. What do
you think of that?"-Ex.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
SIXTEEN BUSHELS THE AVERAGE

Competent judges estimate that the
weld of wheat in Blue Earth county
this year will average sixteen bushels
to the acre. This is considerably less
than last year and little less than
two years ago. In order to reach an
average of sixteen bushels the timber
districts must do much better than
that. Where threshing has been done
the yield has generally not come up
to expectations. Oats is a heavy crop,
barley is good, and rye yields we'll.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21

Mrs. Thomas A. Rundell died at
the home of her sOn-in-law, L. e.
Layer. in South Bend, Friday, of
cancer of the stomach. She was
seventy-nine years of age. The
funeral occurred at ten o'clock Sat-
urday forenoon fromi the house, and
the remains will be inferred in Min
neopa cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21
NATHANIEL CAPEN DEAD.

Nathaniel Capen died at the resi-.
dence Of his daughter, Mrs VIM. Bar
nard, at 1890 o'clock Saturday, after a
long illness with bowel complaint.
The deceased was an old resident OF
Amboy, being engaged in the hard
ware BUSINESS there for many years,
until failing health compelled him to
give it up two er three years ago. He
leaves wife and one daughter, to
mourn the loss of good man, who
had the respect of all who knew him
Eg The WEEKLY FREE PRESS is the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21

Eg The WEEKLY FREE PRESS is the
best paper in the county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21

sYThe WEEKLY FREE PRESS is the
best paper in the county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21

r" Interest paid on deposits
n IN by M a n kato Saw wings
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21

81 The WEEKLY FREE PRESS is the
best paper in the county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-21

They stood on the bridge at twilight,
While the moon looked down from above;
The breezes blew soft and balmy-
Twas a time for signs and love.
They silently gazed on the water,
And thought of the things held dear;
She longed for some ice cream and soda,
He yearned for glass of beer.
Kansas City Journa
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

''Show me man who has made no
mistakes and will show you a man
who has done nothing" says modern
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
What are the American people kick
ing about, anyway? Did they expect
Ambassador Breckenridge to wrap
himself up in an American flag and
stroll in before the Car like an Indian
aw?-Wichita Eagle.
The keeper of the Chicago Jail has
sense of humor and grim one. He
showed it when recently he returned a
letter that arrived for prisoner, who
had been hanged five days before, with
the Endorsement on the outside "Pres-
ent address not known."-Y enowine's
News.
A Missouri man sues his wife for d.
vorce on the grounds that she is "a new
woman" He discovered this fact when
she kicked him. At first he thought it
was mule, but when he crawled out
from under the bed he had no difficulty
in seeing his mistake.-Ilenderson IN.
c. Gold Leaf.
A man in town earns S75 a month.
He has decided to give up cigars and
tobacco, and the night after he made
his decision, his wife showed him a row
of figures proving that by giving up
the habit, he would save 1,7S347 in a
year. The fact that his income is only
$500 year cut no ice with her calcu-
lations.-Hot Springs Thomas Cat.
Things have about come to such a
pass in this so-called republic-and
doubly SO in this Indian Armenia
that no one can rest easy on the bare
problem of bread and butter except
the man who draws salary at the ex
pense of the taxpayer. What wonder
Office seeking has become desperate
dog eat-dog scramble of those who fine
it difficult to make a living otherwise
with honor, party principles and ever
decency thrown to the winds.-Ard
more q. IT, Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11
of the state

THE hotels, clearinghouse and
restaurants of St. Louis draw the
color line and refuse to entertain any
of the colored delegates to the repub-
lican national convention. A year ago
when one of the hotels of Boston re-
fused a colored bishop accommoda-
lions the St. Louis papers were loud
in their denunciations of the matter,
but have very little to say at present.
No doubt numerous damage suits will
follow. 1t puts the Business Mems
League in an unenviable position, as
thew assured the national committee
that there would be no discrimination
on account of color.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

The entrance of a young man into
the world is commonly described in the
vocabulary of the literature of the
battlefield, but that Characterization
is wholly inadequate. Not only is it
Inadequate, but it is untrue. The am
bilious aspirant for the rewards and
honors of life does not expect to win
them by the defeat and destruction OF
his competitors. Blood and treasure
are not poured out in successful ca
reer in literature, the professions, or
business. It is an ignoble and mean
view which relies upon the ruin of an
opponent in order to secure his place.
Success in life, with all its hot compe-
titions, is rather a contest like some
of the games of Olympia and some of
the athletic feats of our own times in
which the swifter runner or the more
skillful oarsman may win the prize,
but there are honors and cheers, there
are places and rewards for those who
fail in securing the supreme positions.
Of course we know Of fortunes which
have been made by the misfortunes of
others and positions which have been
won by the overthrow of others, but
the man whose accumulatiOns, how
ever great and glittering they may be.
represent simply the ruin of tens, OF
hundreds, or thousands is nothing but
legalized brigand. 1t is the misfor
tune of our complex civilization that
the law has not comprehended an6
covered in it's prohibitions and penal
ties all the opportunities of SHINING
against the persons and properties OF
a community.-Chauncey NJ. Depew
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

THE prisoners in the Denver, Colo,
jail who maintain kangaroo" court
for the purpose of passing judgment
upon new members on their initiation
to Jail life, have received an order from
Judge Hallett of the United States
court forbidding any interference with
O. L. Miller, of Chicago, federal pris-
oner awaiting trial. Miller has by his
bearing won the enmity of his fellow
prisoners, and he was compelled to ap-
peal to the United States court for pro-
lection from the indignities put upon
him by order of the kangaroo" court
1t is more than likely that the order OF
the u. S. court will not prevail in the
jurisdiction over which the judge OF
this unique court presides.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

ONE of Uncle Sans revenue agents
in correcting understanding about
moonshine whisky gives various meth
DDS of how to produce it cheaply and
easily. Hitherto it has been supposed
that they drew their salaries for detect
ing and preventing illicit distilling, but
according to this they are paid for act
ing as instructors in the methods of
distilling.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

THE Indiana Bulletin of Charities
and Corrections for June contains the
usual quarterly reports and statistical
matter pertaining to the charitable
and correctional work in that state.
The supplement, the sixth report of
the board of state charities to the leg
islature of Indiana, gives full resume
of the work accomplished during the
year, the population and cost of main
tenance of the various institutions,
and recommendations to the legisla-
ture. Among these recommendations
we notice two which should receive
the most careful consideration by the
legislature; the first calls attention, in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

OWING to the generosity of Mr.. L. L.
Letter and other humanitarians of
Chicago, the erring boys and girls will
hereafter be sent to the Waits Mission
instead of being confined in the city's
great school of crime, otherwise known
as the Bridewell. No nobler charity
can be imagined than the rescue of
homeless children, and high honor is
due these wealthy citizens who propose
to bear the necessary expense of this
reform movement.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11
<.SoKfa'4!!& X'ex@3t&Xs

Sell glass of beer, you are potboy;
sell some thousand glasses, you are
publican; sell barrels of beer, they will
make you peer.-London Truth.
The New Jersey pastor who took
snapshot photographs of the shapely
limbs of an actress in order to add
point to his sermon via the stereoptl-
con has done something unique, which
will no doubt have the effect of draw
ing crowds to his church.-St. Paul
Globe.
The boys who work for their bread
and earn their living by honest toll are
the future hope of the nation. They
do not envy the gent who has nothing
to do but carry his papa's cane around
town or sit in crowd of men and look
wise, and talk foolish, depending
on the labors of his father for his
daily bread. Statesman are not made
from corner loafers. Fireside
Guard.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

a very able and fearless manner, to the
hardships imposed on discharged pris-
oners by the law passed in 1895, and
urges its repeal in unmistakable terms,
the other is an eloquent plea for an ex-
tension of the law establishing non
partisanship, so as to include the penal
as we'll as the benevolent institutions
of the state.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper to encourage moral and intellectual
Improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
In dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans sef-redemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

THE indeterminate sentence law
which went into effect in the state of
Illinois about year ago among other
provisions contains one designed to alb
solutely secure the trial of cases on
their merits, and it also repealed the
statute known as the habitual crimi-
nal act. Under this new law no wit
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

THE Evansville and Terre Haute
railroad, in Indiana, will have to pay
$3.50 for blacklisting an employe who
took part in the A. r. =. strike in 1894.
Corporations will finally learn that
there are some rights Of the working
men which they must respect.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

BOYS, when you have read these lines
lay aside the paper and take mental
inventory of the furnishings of your
6x8 cell and ask yourself if it is SO COM
fortably and luxuriously furnished that
man in his right mind would care to
occupy it for months or years? You
will, if you are possessed of horse-sense,
decide in the negative, so the next step
in this mental process will be for you
to trace up the causes which brought
you here, and which will bring you here
again and again if you do not change
your habits in the future. Ask your
self seriously if the sensual pleasures
of the saloon and the gilded palaces of
sin are worth more to you than the re-
spect of your fellow men and the con-
fidence and love of your friends? Ask
yourself if there is any fieeting pleasure
that this world can give which will
repay you for the years you have spent
in prison? You may lose all your money
and by frugal industry regain your loss
You may by years of honest, upright
living regain the respect of your fellow
men and the confidence and love of the
friends you lost by your foolish, crimi
nal acts; but the years that you have
wasted, and the loss of self-respect, car
never be regained. This life is but thu
ante-room that opens into eternity. Al
we wisely or foolishly employ the year!
in this life so shall we live IN happiness
or torment in the life that awaits
US in the hereafter. Ask yourselves
then, if you are so living as to win al
eternity of freedom, or to merit tn
pangs of an eternity of bondage.