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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
POINT PLEASANT ITEMS.

Point Pleasant is looking unusually
beautiful, the rains renewing the
grass and foliage on the trees to a
greater extent than for several years.
Mrs. Barclay, who has been at the
Point for several days. is having the
hotel and cottages gotten IN readiness
forthe coming of guests and expects to
be ready to receive the public by the
last of this week.
Fishing is good, in fact better than
for several years past, although it is a
little early for bass. Last Friday,
c. H. Higgs and D. L. Rose caught
twenty-five fine pickerel and bass.
Mr.. Sanderson, of Minneapolis, has
been spending a few days at the
Point. He is an old friend of Mr..
Barclay, and is an enthusiastic fisher
man.
J. H. Ray and son drove out to look
over their cottage yesterday, and
found everything as left last fall.
G.. A. Lewis, Homer Daniels, A. A.
Brooks and E. f. Soaring spent yes
terday at the Point, making the trip
on the railroad track with their
wheels
The lake has gone up about two
feet from the lowest point of the win
ter, but is still lower than it was last
spring. A hugh rock has come to the
surface, and bears the inscription
1872, which is thought to indicate
that the water in the lake receded
that year sufficiently to expose the
surface of the rock. The old settlers
will probably remember whether or
not there was extreme low water
that year.
Patrick Mullen, brother of "Jim, y
has charge of the boats this year, and
promises to have an ample supply OF
bait on hand at all times.
The wagon roads are still in very
bad condition, one man reporting that
it took him four hours to drive out.
A few days of dry weather will i'm
prove them greatly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
ADMITS HIS GUILT.
A Man Arrested For Car Breaking
Pleads Guilty.

Late Saturday night man went to
the Syrian colony, near the Omaha de-
pot and said that he had some boxes of
plug tobacco which he would sell
cheap, and wanted SO for one box.
After some dickering, Mr.. Kouri told
the man to go and get the tobacco.
His suspicion having been aroused by
the mans talk, he having claimed
that he had found the boxes, Mr..
Kouri sent for the police. Officers
Kelley and Schuette got to the house
shortly after the man had come in
with two boxes tobacco, and placed
him under arrest on suspicion. The
prisoner gave the name of f. Arnold.
An hour later man who said his
name was Frank Lee was arrested in
a drunken condition and locked up on
suspicion of being implicated with
Arnold.
After some search, the police ascer-
tanned that a freight car at the Mil
waukee depot had been broken into
earlier in the night and three boxes
of plug tobacco stolen. This tobacco
had been consigned by Minneapolis
firm to Johnson & Garvin, of Maple
ton, but had come through to Manka-
to by mistake. Nothing else was
stolen.
This morning Arnold and Lee were
arraigned on warrant charging them
with grand larceny in the second
degree. Lee said that he did not
know anything about the matter, as
he was up town drunk. His examina-
tion was set for May 8th, at 200 p. m.
Arnold stated that he was guilty Of
the charge. He said that his home
was at Marietta, Ohio. He was bound
over to the grand jury. The bail in
each case was placed at $500, and in
default of it, both parties were COM
mitted to Jail.
Much credit for the arrest is due to
Fadduol Kouri and his men, whose
information to the officers led to the
arrest being made.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
First insertion May 1 Is
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
~ Earth.-ss In Probate Court. Special
Term, April %. 1896.
In the matter of the estate of Gilman
Currier, deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate OF
said deceased being this day granted unto
william Larkin of said county;
1t is ordered, That all claims and demands
of all persons against said estate be presented
to this court for examination and allowance, at
the probate Office in the city of Mankato, in
said Blue Earth county on the following day,
viz: On the 9th day of November, 1896, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon of that day.
1t is further ordered. That six months
from the date hereof be allowed to creditors to
present their claims against said es-
tate, at the expiration of which time all claims
not presented to said court or not proven to its
satisfaction shall be forever barred, unless for
cause shown further time be allowed.
Ordered further, That notice of the time and
place Of the hearing and examination of said
claims and demands shall be given by publication
this order for three successive weeks prior to
the day appointed for such examination, in the
Mankato Free Press, aweekly newspaper printed
and published at the city of Mankato in said
county.
Dated at the City OF Mankato, the 2Srd day
of April A. ID. 1896.
By the Court:
{ Seal of GEO. W. MEAD,
Probate Courts Judge of Probate.
B. D. Smith,
Attorney for Administrator.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
HOW'S This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
FRONT STREET IMPROVEMENT
The Matter Discussed by the City
Council.

At the meeting of the council
Saturday night, Engineer Haynes
stated that there was no report to be
made on the North Front street i'm
provement, as he wanted to obtain
figures on crushed boulders. with a
screened graveled surfacing. Aid.
Petersen said that all that the people
there wanted was ripraping up to
grade, and he thought that crushed
boulders would be too expensive.
Mr.. Haynes said that the time had
come for the remainder of Front
street to be completed, and if any
permanent improvement of the street
is to be made it should be decided
upon at once, which would put stop
to large expense on the city.
No action was taken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
PLENTY OF CANDIDATES.

Mayor Weaver is beseiged by candi-
dates for appointment as president OF
the Board of Public Works, no less
than fifteen having put in their ap-
plications. can appointment will be
announced, said the mayor today,
''between now and tomorrow night.
want TO get man for the office
who is hook keeper, as there is
plenty of that work to do, and he
must also be active, so that he can &c
and inspect an improvement and re-
turn promptly, as good deal of his
time ought to be spent in the office,
where he can meet people who have
business there"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08

The GAINESVILLE Argus states that
]. B. Ogle drove into GAINESVILLE last
week Friday He was seen to drive
out of this city Thursday afternoon
on the Eagle Lake road, and all this
tends to confirm the theory now adj
vanced by some that he is driving
overland to Chicago, and that the let
tiers were mailed by another party,
perhaps not Miss Winch, as has been
ur missed.
John Lutte, of Madison Lake, re-
Gently killed two white swans. They
measured seven feet from tip to tip,
and weighed over fifteen pounds each.
The Lake Crystal village council
has passed an ordinance making it
unlawful to ride a bicycle on or across
the sidewalks of that place after May
1St
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
THE WORK DONE.

Contractor Carroll was in the city
today, and stated that his work on
the government building practically
ended today. The only things re-
naming undone are little work on
the marble tiling, one newell post,
and some outside painting The heat
ing plant contract is also completed.
Nothing has been heard from the con-
tractors for the clock and the ap-
proaches, and they have not even
been to the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
REORGANlZED.
Northwestern Collection Agency ana
rlerchants Protective Assn.

The Northwestern Collection
Agency and Merchants Protective
Association was reorganlzed yester-
day by the election of Mr.. E. M. Allen
as manager to succeed ]. B. Ogle. The
books and papers have been examined
by competent men have been found
to be all right, as far as could be
ascertained. 1t was found that MI.
Ogle had succeeded in collecting a
number of thousand dollars and not a
cent can be found that has not been
paid to the members of the associa-
tion or accounted for. There are
still about $4,000 of accounts in the
hands of the new manager, Mr.. Allen,
who is a gentleman Of thorough bust
ness qualifications, and will make an
excellent officer. Mr. Allen states
that he will put two or three
competent men on the road and
thinks that in year or so Mankato
will have one of the largest collection
agencies in the west. He hopes that
the old as well as the new members
will send in their accounts as fast as
possible, and encourage it's growth.
A check will be sent the first of the
month to each of the members where
a collection has been made. The bust
ness will be carried on in room 8,
Hunt building.
Mr.. Allen was formerly with other
agencies, and is an experienced man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
A Clergyman's Voice.

Rev. R. Priest says: Tongue can
not express the good that Warmers
White Wine of Tar Syrup has done
for me and my family. I have labor
ed in the cause fifteen years, and have
never found anything that will re-
lieve Hoarseness and irritation of the
throat and lungs like White Wine of
Tar Syrup.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
f. J. CHENEY & CO.,

+. j. CHENEY q CO.,
Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known
E. ]. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, 0.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold at all Druggists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
An Iowa r1iniSter.

DEAR DOCTER: 1 have tried your
medicine and believe that any one
who is troubled with Cough, Hoarse-
ness or Lameness about the chest or
lungs cannot well afford to be with
out the White Wine of Tar Syrup.
ST. Charles, La. REV. G.. w. PATTIsON
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08
Choice Potatoes

Lightning Express seed potatoes
for sale. Potatoes mature in sixty
days. Last year yielded from fifteen
to twenty-five good sized potatoes to
hill. Price IS cents per peck. Only
about ten bushels can be sold. Call
on M. Hanna, grocer, South Front
street. Mankato, and see them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-08

The pontoon bridge between Ka-
sofa and ST. Peter is again open for
travel.
, 1896-05-16

A very serious accident marked the first
public use of the mountain railway up Snow
don on Easter Monday. In a narrow saddle
about half way between the top and bottom
of the mountain the gradient is steep and The
curve very sharp. The cogwheels of the
engine got ont of gear, and the engine (Which
was not, however. coupled to the train left
the line at a tangent to the curve. plunged
over the Llanberis Pass and then over the
edge of the C~wmglas precipice. and was shat
tered to pieces on a huge boulder which it
encountered in the descent. Fortunately
both driver and stoker jumped off before it
went over the edge and neither of them was
seriously hurt. The train, which was
descending by its own weight, was stopped
by the immediate application of powerful
brakes. If none of the passengers had
jumped out there would have been no fatal
accident, and, even as it was, there was only
one. Mr., Ellis Roberts, the landlord of the
'Padarn Villa Hotel, was implored by Mr..
Aitclison, the general manager. not to move,
but insisted on jumping. and hurt his leg so
seriously that it had to be amputated, and he
died the next day. Others of the passengers
who followed his example also received slight
injuries, but those who remained in the car
riages did not suffer. Unfortunately, a fog
came on soon after the accident; the next
, 1896-05-16
LBlrLadas AqricnLtnral Renorier

Barbados Agricultural Reporters
Tnr Commissioners. SAYS the SeqtrL m.
pointed BY the Administrator Of Grenada ON
the 10Th Jaly 1895, in pursuance OF i~ustrac-
tions from ,he Governor to enquire whether
it will be for the public welfare to of II pre-.
minus for the cultivation Of cof e in that
colony, and generally as to the steps which
may be advisable in tine agricultural interests
Of the colony in consequence Of the late TALL
IN the price Of cocoa its staple product, sub
mitted their report to His Excellency a few
weeks ago. The report, which is published
in the Grenada Chronicle. is both instructive
and interesting. In order to encourage the
cultivation of coffee in Granadl, the Com
missioners recommend that the Government
should offer for competition 81 premiums,
each of the value of Il 10 0. for the 81 best
cultivated half scres, and 9 premiums. each of
the v'Iue of Gl5 for the 9 best cultivated
acres OF coffee to be planted in the island.
The competition period should be from the
LIST July 1896 to the 30th june 1899
The date of commencement was 50
fixed as to allow a reasonable interval for pre-
pairing plants. The premiums should be
awarded at the rate of one premium to 3 com.
petifors this proposition to hold good in
respect to half acre and one acre premiums
alike.
, 1896-05-16
ROBBERY AND ARSON IN BARBADOS.

A Robbery Of a rather daring nature. by
which Mrs. j. Francis Brown is the loser of
S95, is reported from Chriyt Church. 1t ap-
pears that on Wednesday evening last Mrs.
Browne, who with her family is residing at
Sugarland, went out FIR IA drive. accompanied
by her children. leaving the housekeeper aud
cook in charge of the premises. During her
absence a stable boy named Elijah Franklin
was seen to go upstairs, and when interro-
gated by the cook said he hal been to PIT
water III Mr. Brownies bedroom. Shortly
after a box, which was in the room occupied
by Mrs. Browne aud which contained 595 was
found il the carriage house broken open and
the contents abStractel. About the same
time a fire broke out in the upPer part of the
house. This was extinguished but not before
the furniture had been considerably damaged.
The boy Immediately disappeared, but has
since been captured at -Four Square planta-
ton, St. Phillip, where he was found dressed
in a new suit of clothes and carrying a watch
and chain. The presumption ia that after
stealing the money, he set fire to the house
with the object of throwing suspicion on
labourers who We're working near by.-Agri-
cultural Reporter, oath april.
, 1896-05-16

train followed without any knowledge hay.
ing te"n conveyed to is driver OF the acct
dent to its predecessor; and there was a
collision with the empty carriages, but with
on; any grave result, as the passengers had
already left them, and the occupants OF the
second train were only jared The accident
was IN ilI-omen for the railway and we only
wish that it nigh cause its dlsuse. Half the
charm Of mouatain scenery is due 10 the com.
parafive solitude Of the mountain %sunnils.
and the moantaia railways now becoming So
common. by taking a crowd t. disturb that
solitude, Gi~sipate all the mag.o Of the
scene.
, 1896-05-16
WHY HE LIVED.

A good story is told by the Globe. Is is
about a spring poet who sent some verses en-
tiled Why do l live?' TO a Californian
journal and signed them Bully Boy The
verses were not published, but the following
paragraph appeared under Answers to
Correspondents - "Bdlly Boy We can
not use your contribution. but we can answer
your conundrum. You live simply because
you sent your verses instead Of bringing
them"
, 1896-05-16

can Englishmi IN and his Boots would
serve as the title of the little comedy PLAYED
in the Colectional Court yesterday. in this
case, which was vertically a propos he hotties,
the plain'iff was an Auglo, Saxon rejoicing in
the name Of London, and the defendant was a
Madame Larose. Mr.. London. examined
through an interpreter, said that the lady
with the floral name had annexed his boots
during q railway journey. "C'est faux.
archifaux." cried out the defendant. who then
went on to give her own version of the mat.
ter. She entered, she said, with her daughter.
a frst-class carriage, and saw the plaintiff
snugly ensconccd in a corner. When the
train started he pulled off his boots, drew his
travelling cap over his eyes. and stretched
himself at full length along the seat During
the night, which was very warm, Madame
Larose, Directing to the boots, tied them to-
gether and, their owner being still asleep,
she dangled he articles outside the door Of
the carriage, attaching them 10 the handle.
At the station where the train stopped n
railway porter cut down the Briton's boots
and put them III Il goo!S van. The conse-
qnenee of this was that Mr.. London had, on
IRVING at his destination, to leave the car
riage in his vamps and search high and low
for his lost fOotgear, which he eventually
found. He summoned the defendant on ac-
count Of the Inconvenience caused to him by
her free and easy mode Of dealing with his
property. Has the plaintiff got his boots
now?'' asked the magistrate; andthe reply was
afirmatively given in dumb show, the
Englishman showing one of his feet no de-
monstrate that he had recovered his property
Then what does he want to come here for?1
stsrnly observed the dispenser Of law. IBIS
boots were not stolen, and he ought not 10
have taken them off in a railway carriage.
Tie case is dismissed" =.
, 1896-05-16

be revoked. He said that it was a scandal
to punish the agents instead OF the principals,
and that there were many others who should
stand beside those who have been convicted.
The chimes" publishes a despatch from
Cape Town in which it states that Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes would head any poll il put up as
a candidate.
A despatch from Shanghai reports that
the British and Germln Ministers at Pekin
have protested TO the Government against
their action at Chefoo. The details to hlnl
so far Indicate that it was simply a CONNER
oial tran,action, but thlt il consequence Of
the Russian Navigation Company being sub
sidized the r rs~iap Navy arq )ire5 conSidera-
bic advantages.
A telegram from Glasgow announces the
successfully launching of Tie yacht Meteor,
belonging to the Kaiser, and that Lord
Ions Tale has stated that it would be the
challenger TO race for the Americas Cup If
II defeats the "Valkyrie.'
The Washington correspondent Of a New
York paper states that the Treasury APP
praiser reports that the total advances upon
sugar invoices amount to s l,867.377, besides
penalties, which indicates that the alvalorem
duties sac impracticable.
The Paris Figaro in an editorial, com
mentin3 or the attitude Of the United States
towards Cuba, says that the conduct Of the
United States throughout the war deserves
severe condemnation, and that Eur)pe cannot
remain Indifferent to such lpolicy, because if
the Monroe doctrine allows America to drive
Spain out Of Cuba, it also allows them to
drive the English and French from the
Antilles.
A Londoa despatch reports that DR.. jana
son and Major White have conformity written
, 1896-05-16
spectator, l1th april. J

The lefe,t Of the Chinese By Jlpm is still
producing consequences. The Times of
Thursday announces that the Regent Of Nepal,
%lrriteted by continuous outrage> from Thibet
has forw trded an ultimatum to the Lam : At
Lhasse. and FILLING to obtlin ~relr.S> will IT
once invade their territory. The Lamas, 1t
appears. relying upon Chinese protection,
have aglin burned thu Goorkha bzaw in
Lha 3stan murdered some G1orkha,. as they
did also in1SS4, and the Regent is tired OF
submitting to their outrages. He has plenty
of excellent soldiers. and mly even reach
Lhassa itself. though that is not certain. rs
the Lamas may he able to induce some Of the
fighting tribes which acknowle Ice their reli-.
gjous authority to march to their defence
The British Government has hitherto always
objected to such a war, fearing to bring the
Chinese armies up to the Indian f%rOntle, but
it is believed tItt this time it will moi inter-
fore. AMI that thu NepaDese will be able to
exact a mlter!tl guarantee. The Lama are
insolent even to the Britjsh and the Nepl-
csc Regent might, if provoked beyond endur-
ance recall all his subj acts from the Beitish
Army, which, though MT an irreparabla
loss, wpuId bA a ,st severe one. Should
the Nepalese triu nph be in any WY com
plate. we might Obtain Ere .-trIde wjth
Thiset, but we want nothing else of the
Thibetans. whose frost bitten valleys shelter
India on the north east.
, 1896-05-16

Messrs J. q. Seigert & Sons of Port of
Spain, the manufacturer of the famous world
known Angostura Bitters, have obtained an
interdict against MessrS. lIartoch & Co,
Glasgow, who are now prevented from selling
or Offering for sale, or IN any way alvertis-
ing under the name OF ''Angoslura Bitters, I"
goods not prepare or mannfacturel by HE
pursuers, or by the use OF a reference to the
word "Angostura."
, 1896-05-16

An authentic story from Zanzibar well
illustrates he s,rt of things which happen
when a sv,tom Of slavery is tolerated. IN
Arab named Ali Bin Alb lula, of Pemba.
owned a slave called Muftah. This slave ran
away. bnt was caught and restore to his
master. aud this though Penba is a British
possession. The master. according to the
Zdnz bar Gt-ette, punished him, ''by having
double irons welded on his flesh just near the
ankles. the irons being connecte by a bar
with q l,ve-tree between tile unfortunate
mans legs. This %conine him to that spot
practically in one posture. To prolong his
misery, and save him from a speedy death, 3
cocoa-nut was given to him morning ami
evening as food AMI drink, and thus chained,
and thus starved, the miserable man cpntin-
ned in that selfsame spot. exposed 10 all the
inclemencies of weather and 10 the ravages
of insect life, for seven months" Fortunate
ly the case came to the knowledge Of the
authorities, who, though they allow slavery,
do not Of course permit cruelty of this kind,
and the poor wretch was rescued. Every
effort to remove the irons (which had quite
eaten into the flesh was futile, aud they could
only be removed by means of a specially con-
structed apparatus. Ultimately the master
was sentenced to seven years Imprisonment,
with subsequent deportation from Zanzibar
and Pemba, and a fine of 5000 RS. That IS
Of course most satisfactory, and shows that
of which we never have had any doubt, that
the authorities do theirbes 70 mitigate the worst
horrors of slavery. Bur that is not enough.
Slavery must be abolished In form md sub
stance. AS long rs there is ? slave in a
British possession tile whole nation is dis
graced.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-10
BODIES STILL IN THE RIVER.
The Banks Were PatrOlled Yesterday
but without Success.

Search was kept up all of yesterday
for the bodies of Mrs. Mary Mccarthy
and her two grandchildren, who We're
drowned Friday in the Lackawanna
river at Moosic, but without avail.
There was no trace Of the bodies, nor
any part of their clothing. The skirt
Of the old woman and the cloak of one
Of the girls having been found about
a mile below the bridget was thought
that, perhaps. some of the bodies might
be near there; but careful search fall
ed to discover any Of them.
The river has not receded to any ex-
tent yet, and that makesthe search 50
much harder. A large party Of men
have volunteered to patrol the river
banks for several days yet in hopes Of
finding the bodies.
Mrs. Klink, mother Of the children,
was resting very comfortably yester-
day. She is viewing the situation re-
signedly and is expectantly looking for
ward to the recovery of the bodies.