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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

Papers were served on the various
members of the E. G.. Burdick Co.
this afternoon by Sheriff Bowen, re-
.quiring them to appear before Judge
Caldwell at nine o'clock Friday morn
ing and disclose as to the property of
which they were possessed at the
time of the failure, aud to state what
disposition has been made of it. The
order for hearing was granted by
Judge Caldwell on the application of
Assignee Richards.
Considerable talk has been INDUCED
in on the street and elsewhere as to
this matter, but the members of the
company seem to be confident that
their showing will be satisfactory
one. The hearing will be an import
ant one, and Judge Caldwell will come
to the city especially for the
purpose, and the creditors will
doubtless all be represented.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
PERSONAL.

From Mondays Daily.
County Commissioner Am. Hannay
and f. t. Hannay, both of Vernon,
were in the city last evening.
J. w. Jennison, of the milling firm
of Jennison Bros, GAINESVILLE, was in
the city today.
M. L. Grant, the veteran proprietor
of the Grant House, Waseca, was a
visitor to Mankato today.
Mrs. Jas. Spellman and daughter,
Lille, lift today for short visit with
relatives in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Leon Vincent, of Fort Dodge, Iowa,
and E. J. O'Neill, of Redwing, were
registered at The Saulpaugh today.
Oscar Schoyen, the Mapleton mer-
chant, is in the city this afternoon as
witness in the case of w. W. P.
Mcconnell VS.. Citizens Fire Associa-
tion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
Miss KATE FIELD, during her visit

Miss KATE FIELD, during her visit
at Honolulu, hads Fan interview with
President Dole, in whichOshe ques-
toned him as to the truth of the
statement often made in this country
by those who supported the admins
tration view of dealing with the
Hawaiian question, that he and men,
bers of his cabinet were putting forth
every effort to perpetuate themselves
in power. To this President Dole re-
piled: 1.-THE fact that the govern
ment is working for annexation to the
United States is good denial of that
charge. Annexation may deprive us,
or some of us, of office. In the higher
offices are men to whom it means per-
sonal sacrifice and business loss to dis
charge their duties. 1t is simply a
stand to say this desire for annexation
is simply pretense. We are working
in good faith, and / believe the peo-
pie appreciate the fact" In this
statement Mr.. Dole seems to have
given those who have thus attempted
to misrepresent him and his purposes,
a center shot, for if he and those as
ISOLATED with him were looking only
to their own personal welfare and
gain, annexation would be the last
thing they would favor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
THE PORTLAND TELEGRAM.
Receiver Burleigh Says Courts Must
Come to an Agreement.

Receiver Burleigh Says Courts Must
Come to an Agreement.
PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 31.-The Ore
ownership ENHANCEMENT will probably
reach crisis soon after the beginning
of the New Year, unless the Eastern
courts speedily agree with Judge Han
ford regarding unified set of receivers
for the entire system. 1t is learned on
what appears to be good authority that
Receiver Burleigh has given the East
ern receivers to understand that he
will take complete control Of the prop.
erty within his jurisdiction some time
in January, if the courts do not agree
in the meantime This means that Mr..
Burleigh will appoint his own general
officers to manage the property within
his jurisdiction, who will not report to
the present general Office at st. Paul
Evidently Intends to Force Matters.
It is impossible to gain any informa-
ton regarding Mr.. Burleigh's intention
further than his determination to oper-
ate the road entirely Independent Of
the ST. Paul offices. This means, of
course, that he will not work in
thorough harmony with the Eastern
receivers, and also that Judge Hanford
has grown tired of treating with the
Eastern judges for unified receiver
ship. 1t means, too, Mr.. Burleigh con-
siders himself in position to force
matters to an amicable conclusion. He
is sole receiver for the property in Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho, and one of
three receivers in Montana.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
THREE SEPARATE LINES
Impression General That the
Northern Pacific Will Soon
Be Divided.
Rumor Started BY Telegram
From Portland, Or, on
the Subject.
Said That Receiver Burleigh Ia
Soon to Assume Control
of That End.

ST. PAUL, Dec. THE Northern
Pacific receivership matter, which has
lain dormant so far as St. Paul is con-
cerned for some time, was lifted out
of its lethargy Monday by telegram
dated Portland, and which states in
substance that Receiver Andrew f.
Burleigh, tired of waiting for the East
ern judges to agree on united recelv-
ership, has determined to assume COM
plete control of that portion of the road
within his jurisdiction, manage the
same independent of the st. Paul Offices
and appoint his own general officers.
This action, 30 it is stated, is for the
purpose of forcing matters to an AMIGA
BILE conclusion.
Considerable surprise was evinced by
the officials of the road when shown
the telegram, as no intimation Of the
news contained therein had been re-
ceived in any department. There
seems to be we'll defined notion, how
ever, that whether or not Mr.. Burleigh
has taken the position attributed to
him. the big system will at some time
be divided up
Into Two Three Sections,
each with its own general officers and
Independent government. While there
is apparently no friction between the
Eastern and Western receivers at pres
ent. it is pointed out that the system
of accounts as conducted now is both
complicated and unsatisfactory, and
that if Mr.. Burleigh does not happen to
take the step mentioned in the tele-
gram somebody else will before very
long. The view was freely expressed
that at any time in the future the
Northern Pacific might be resolved into
three separate railroads, one from st.
Paul to the Montana state line, the sec
ond the state of Montana, and the third
to include Idaho, Oregon and Washing
ton. This would, of course, create an
enormous additional expense, and
would, in measure, be disastrous to
the different divisions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

ENGLAND has no need going around
with chips on her shoulders looking
for some one to knock them off. She
is likely to find plenty to attend to
without that. The latest affair to at
tract her attention is in South Africa,
where trouble has broken out between
the foreign population and the Beers,
the former wanting equal political
rights with the latter. War talk is
largely INDUCED in, and it will take
all of England's diplomacy to
straighten matters out and restore
peace without bloodshed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
All druggists.

as much to the 'Press" as the PRESS
owes to Mankato.
Lamberton Leader:
The Mankato Daily FREE PRESS
issued handsome Christmas number
which was one of the finest issues of
the kind ever gotten out in the state.
1t Was Work of Art.
Marshall News Messenger:
The state officials on Tuesday had
an opportunity to witness the enter
prise of L. p. Hunts modern neWSpa-
per plant in Mankato, in the appear
ance of magnificent number of the
FREE PRESS, printed on heavy cal
endered paper, with covers, filled
with half-tOne illustrations, valuable
matter on Mankato's industries and
public buildings and public men. The
cover had magnificent design on the
first page. In all it was a work of
art, rejecting rare credit on the pub
Usher, his newspaper plant, and the
thriving city of Mankato.
Credit to the City and Management.
Worthington Globe
The holiday edition and souvenir
supplement- of the Mankato FREE
PRESS is at hand. 1t is twenty-six
pages in size and is printed on cal
endered paper. The contents are of
original matter relating to the city,
it's manufacturing and other indus
tries with biographical sketches of
leading citizens, making very COM
plete write-up. An edition such as
that one is entails great deal of ex-
pense and labor on the part of the
managers, and is a credit both to
them and the city in which it was
published.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has tend
cred place on the Venezuela COM
mission to Associate Justice Brewer,
and it has been accepted. He has al
so named r. III. Alvey, chief justice of
the United States court of appeals in
the District of Columbia, as one of
the commissioners, but the latter has
not yet accepted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
LEADS THE FOUR HUNDRED.
William L. Bay1ies the Successor of the
uIustrious Ward McAIIister.

William L. Baylies the Successor of the
IIIustrious Ward McA1lister.
NEW YORK, Dec 31.-The mantle Of
Ward McAllister has fallen upon Mr..
William l.. Baylies, a young lawyer,
whose social proclivities have long
marked him as leader in the "Four
Hundred" The new censor of metro
politan society has been elected sponsor
and honorary secretary of the Pa
triarchs, and he will assume the duties
formerly performed by McAllister forth
with.
The position assumed by Mr.. Baylies
is modification of that held by his
predecessor, but his genius will have
full play, nevertheless, and as pre-
liminary duty he will be called upon to
edit the invitations for the second Pa
triarchs' ball.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

VI OSOiS CCI llihSoC anu UllC
hope that his excellent constitution
will ward off the attack: "Dr. Klein
is one of the best students of the COL
lege and we should greatly regret it
if he were unable to return to US this
term"
Good Thunder Herald: On Satur-
day last, Kahl Cyphers was arrested
for striking his wife, taken before a
justice and fined $40. Returning
home, he proceeded to vent his dis
pleasure on his wife by knocking her
down several times and kicking her
severely, so that the attendance of
DR.. Mitchell was required. He was
rearrested, taken to Mankato and
lodged in the county Jail, but his in
generation was of short duration,
owing to the fact that the proper
papers had not been made out, and
as no one appeared against him, he
was released at the expiration Of "a
| hours.
Prof. @. j. Dockstader and Miss
Faith Carey BLY,, daughter of Mrs. M.
r. BLY,, were married Christmas day
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rouse,
on S. Front street. Rev. Geo. r.
Davis officlated. Only members of
the family were present, excepting
Prof. Asa S. Anderson, who was best
man, Miss Fannie Keene being
bridesmaid. Mr.. and MRS. Dock
stader will he at home at 1926 South
Front street after Jan. 1st. No cards.
Both are most excellent young peo-
pie and their numerous friends will
unite in wishing them long and happy
lives.
There have been many unique
ways of advertising this winter in
Mankato, by means of window dis
plays, and they have made the
streets very attractive. The principal
stores of the twin cities have done
the same, and one in St. Paul had a
Santa Claus who drove about in car
riage during the day time, and in the
evening was at the store and took the
the names of children and the lists of
toys they wanted. This drew large
crowds of children to the store every
evening and caused pleasant excite
ment among them. Whether or not
Santa Claus remembered all of them,
we do not know.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
Crack Shot Gilbert Present.

DAVENPORT, Ia, Dec. 31.-The West
End Gun club is holding largely at
tended meeting of crack shots of the
West. Among the attendants is Fred
Gilbert of Spirit Lake, Ia, winner of
the Dupont trophy. He contributed
the feature of the day by missing but
B shots in 10 in the regular events.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

To show your eastern friends the
prosperity of Mankato, send them the
Free Press illustrated edition. Ten
cents at the FREE PRESS counting
room.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

IT is estimated that our export of
corn to Europe for the month of De-
cember, will reach IL, 000,0O bushels.
They are beginning to find out over
there that "corn pone" or ''corn meal
mush," is most palatable.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
Furnaces Closing Down.

NEWCASTLE, Pa, Dec. 81. All the
furnaces of this city are closing down
as the result of demands ON the part of
the employees for pay for time and a
half on Sundays and corresponding
increase on holidays. Manufacturers
claim that they cannot pay the in
crease demanded.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

ABOUT the only thing that has
come from England's attempt to
punish this country by scheme to
discredit our securities, is that En-
glish holders have parted with lot
of good paper
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

THE claim of the administration
that there is no deficiency will fool no
one. If there was no deficiency there
would be no need for a bond sale.
When the Republicans ran things
they had plenty of revenue, and no
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

FIVE years from Tuesday will usher
out the 10Th century and in the Goth.
They will be five important years in
the worlds history and will note
great advances.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

The senate has good chance to dem
onsUrate it business ability by push
ing through the bond measure at once
and so head off that proposed issue of
long term per cent bonds. But the
senate won't do it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

The people of Hastings have sworn
out an injunction to prevent the
state commissioners from locating the
proposed new insane asylum at
AnOka
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

For SALE-CHEAP-A scholarship
emitting. the holder to pursue the
Shorthand Course in the Mankato
Business college. Inquire of III. L..
SCHMuTT, 215 Y. M. I. building, city.
3Otf
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
storm Did Great Damage.

WORTHWHILE, S. D., Dec. 31.-One of
the heaviest wind storms ever known
ragged here Saturday. Hay and straw
stacks and small buildings were blown
to pieces
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

nECULlAR in combination, pro
portion and preparation ofingredi-
ents, Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses great
curative value. You should TRYIT.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

FROM all present appearances 1895
intends to go out in good shape.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
Be Well I!

Be Well !!
Be free from pain!
Cease to know sickneSSl
You can do this,
If you will keep
Your entire system in perfect
Order, by seeing that the
Vital organs are healthy.
Kickapoo Indian
SagWa
lnsures this, by
Promoting a healthy condition
Of the Kidneys, Liver,
Stomach and Blood. 1t is
The great alleviator of a
Depleted system. Purely
Vegetable and absolutely
Harmless.
All druggists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
MUST DISCLOSE.
THE BURDiCk co. ASKED TO SAY
SOrlETHlNG.

a 1t Must Give an Account of Its Pro
perty, and Tell What Disposition
it Has Made of it-Judge Caldwell
will Hear the Disclosure Next FRI
day Morning-Papers Served this
Afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03

Geo. Klein is having a severe run
of typhoid fever, but his condition is
not dangerous. His physician, DR..
has received a letter from
Thee. Manages, d. d. S., secretary of
the American College of Dental Sur
gerry, at Chicago, in which he says, af-
ter expressing his regret at learning
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
"77" for GRIP.

Sold by Druggists, prepaid receipt price,
25c, or for ST. be assored except ST.
DR. HuMPHREYs' MANUAL enlarged Revised MAILEDFREH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-21
Imported Song Birds Thrive.

Inquiry has been received by The
Spokesman-Review concerning the re-
suit OF an experiment made few years
ago with European singing birds in Ore
gon. Several hundred were brought over
and released in the vicinity of Port
land, with the hope that they would
thrive and multiply and enliven the for
ests with their inspiring notes. Includ-
ed In the collection were specimens of
the skylark, nightingale, thrush and
mavis. The experiment has proved a
pleasing success. The imported songsters
have spread over wide area, and &C.
casionally few have been seen east Of
the Cascade mountains. The climate ia
favorable and the citizens of German
birth, who raised the purse to introduce
the songsters Of the fatherland, say the
little strangers sing as sweetly here as
m the land across the sea.-Spokane
Spokesman Review,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-21
ANTARCTIC ICE.
It Differs Considerably From That OF the
Northern Regions.

It Differs Considerably From That Of the
Northern Regions.
The difference in the formation of
arctic and antarctic ice, as is we'll
known. is very great. While the north
ern bergs mostly consist of large ice
mass running mp into numberless towers
and arches resembling the mountain
peaks which surrounded the glaciers
from which they were torn, the antarc-
tic berss are solid masses of floating ice,
with perpendicular walls and an IN
broken plateau on the top.
All showed distinctly whether they
were broken from the large southerly
barrier or discharged from the glaciers
of Victoria Land. All the barrier bergs
had very distinct blue lines across their
walls, indicating the annual growth by
snowfall These lines were Of course
not to be found on the glacier ice. The
latter also showed more likeness to the
northern ice than did the former The
peaks and towers of the arctic iceberSs
are supposed to be formed by the influ-
ence of ocean currents wearing away
the softer part of the ice mass under
water until the natural law of gravita-
ton forces it to upset.
But why have the antarctic icebergs
q different appearance? 1t is certain
that in the antarctic waters there are
also currents. Yet even icebergs that
have gone as far north as the south of
New Zealand have all maintained the
marks of their antarctic origin. can
not see any other reason for this dissimi.
larity between the bergs of the north
and those of the south but that the arc
tic icebergs, as rule, must pass through
chimes which in temperature rapidly
change from one extreme to another,
and the icebergs take much longer time
in floating southwark than do the ant
arctic icebergs in advancing northward,
and thus, as a rule, the northern ice
bergs exist much longer than those of
the antarctic.-C. E. Borchgrevink in
Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-21
ENGLAND AND SPAIN.
when They Both Wanted 70 aaA NelsAss
Dared Declare War.

when They Both Wantsd 70 ana NelfAea
Dared Declare War.
Desotion to the queens majesty wa
the picturesque form Of an intense pa
triotism, and as the sixteenth century
entered its last decade patriotism be-
came simply hatred Of Spain. Strange
dogs which have never seen one another
before snarl when they meet; they scent
autipathieA Two men win feel an in.
stinctive mutual dislike even when the
course of business makes formal polite.
ness necessary. Sc it was with English.
man and SpaniaiL. The necessities Of
politics kept the two courts for long
years ON terms of hollow politeness. Il
was strained again and again to break.
ing point, but neither side could afford
to break it. If Philip were to declare
war, France might remember old scores
still unsatisfied and the prosecuted
Netherlands would rise for revenge. II
Elizabeth yielded hastily to the pressure
Of her ministers or her people or her
foreign allies, she might find the French
listless, the Dutch powerless and herself
pitted alone against the worldwide DOW.
er and enormous wealth Of Spain, and
then her disaffected subjects would rise
and rally round he- rival, Mary Of Scot.
land.
Each was obliged to play a waiting
game-lying, complimenting. protesting,
with war ut the heart and peace on the
lips. 1t was game which, though con.
genial to the peculiar temperament Of
Elizabeth. wore out her ministers and
made Philip gloomy monomaniac.
Both sides were heartily sick of it, vet
neither dared throw up the cards. But
while the courts went through the weary
farce, the peoples knew that they were
enemies. There was a sphere far re-
moved from the control of cabinets-the
sea; and for years, while London and
Seville were at peace, On the high seas
there was war. The "sea dogs not only
snarled, but snapped. This was their
importance in English history. At their
own risk, but with the full connivance
of the queen, they took the Spanish
matter into their own hands and dealt
with it in their own downright way.
The tales of their deeds kept the ma
ton from growing dull and tired of the
wearisome policy Of the government,
and SO forgetful Of the great work which
God had given it to do. And when the
time came for tho wornout masks to be
thrown aside, and Spain and Eng land
looked at one another with the frank
war light in their eyes, the sea dogs were
straightway at the queens service, with
captains, crews and ships, not only ready
but trained for the great struggle. -
Good Words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-21
LEGAL.
Adnlnlstrator's Notice.
Of samuel Heavy. tleceased.

The underlined havina been APPOINTED "a.
ministrstrix OF the estate Of sanuel HsaGy,
ate Of the county Of Rock Island, seaas a
Illinois, deceased. hereby gives netice nat she
county, at the once Of the clerk Of said court, ID
the city Of Rock island, 1t the April trim. %
the 4rrt Monday In April next, q which tire
al persons having elaine against said estste ere
notined ana requested TO attend, for the puDooo
Of having the same adjusted.
An persons indebted to said estate are request
Cd TO make Immediate payment 10 the Inder-
-igped.
Dsted this nth day Of February. A. d. 1875.
HENRIETTA Y. HEA0Y, Administrassix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-21
One wom.n Apprec,ate. Good storie..

One woman Appreciates Good Stories.
The literary woman was attending an
afternoon tea given by New York club
of women devoted to heroine worship.
She had listened with exemplary pa
thence while various individuals told her
Of the strength and comfort they had
derived from her works. Finally lit
tie woman with ar amiably vacuous ex-
preston and a habit Of overturnina
chairs, treading ON toes and otherwise
disporting herself tactlessly came up.
"Oh. my dear Mrs. Ruyter," she ex.
claimed, II am 80 glad to meet You
You have really done me the greatest
service. Why, when my poor husband
was threatened with brain fever from
orwork and insomnia the only thina
that would quiet him and put him to
sleep at night was reading aloud your
sweet little stories"
And then she looked offended becsuse
the club president trod heavily on hes
&neS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-21

As . beginner in literature the late
Alexandra Dumas wrote with extreme
difficulty. The plot Of the story be bsp-
pened to have in hand VS. never clear "a
him. and b had to add ssutence to sen
tence laboriously. He told . friend thal
be often gnashed his teeth at the slow
elaboration Of his ideas, and that be had
to rewrite the ''Dame aux Camelias''
AvO tina