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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-16
THE NEGROES FUTURE.
w. D. Willard Reads an Interesting
Paper Thereon to the Social
Science Club,

TheSocialScience club Tuesday even
ing discussed 1.-THE Future of the
Negro" Mr.. w. D. Willard read an
excellent paper upon that subject and
Walter McBroom opened the discus
sion with few well chosen remarks
upon the question. There was good
attendance of members, and a num-
Der of ladies were present. Rev. John
Stafford was elected to membership
of the club.
The first part of Mr.. Wizards pa
per was devoted to review of the
negro question as involved in the war,
and to the legislation enacted i'm
mediately thereafter, by which it was
hoped to solve the problem. He also
reviewed the conditions existing in
the south between the two races, from
the close of the war up to the present
time, and the difficulties which have
doomed up on both sides, and of the
general treatment Of the black race
by the whites. Education he looked
upon as the chief remedy for the prob
lem, but the education given must be
of the right kind, and he turned to
and commended the work that is be-
ing done at Tuskegee, by Booker t.
Washington, and also at several other
schools. Education largely along in
dustrial lines, coupled with time is
the true solvent. The two races must
work side by side, and he believed
that the black race in general must be
the laborer, the mental and the agri-
culturist, enjoying the same rights of
the whites and privileged to rise if he
is personally qualified. The south, he
said, thinks that it is doing much in
the way of education, but it is not do
ing as much as it might, land he quoted
from statistics. showing that accord
ing to it's wealth it is not spending as
much money on education as are the
states of the north.
Walter McBroom in opening the
discussion, said that the great diff
Guilty in solving the problem has been
that while much had been done, there
was an Impotence as to results, and a
general desire to eliminate time. We
wanted to see brought in few years,
that which takes long years to accom-
plish. From this impatience has come
much of the trouble. The negro must
win his way to the front upon his own
merits as the white man does, and
that is why the industrial educational
institutions among them are doing
the right kind of work because they
are intoxicating the right kind of
ideas.
The discussion which followed was
interesting, bringing out strongly the
fact that BROKER T. Washington is
pursuing the right course in the treat
ment of the problem and doing work
which will gradually secure the CO.
operation of the white race both north
and south.
Toe next meeting of the club will
| be held on Tuesday evening, Oct. 9th,
when A. G.. Matter will read paper
on Earning Future, Intensive
or Extensive"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-16

At the general election to be held In the
State of Minnesota on the 3rd day Of No
vember, A. ID. 1896, the following Jaws and
amendments proposed by the legislature OF
said state at the last session thereof, Will
be submitted for adoption or rejection, VIZ:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-16
A COrlING CONVENTION.
Program of the Southern Minnesota
Teachers Association.

The seventh semi-annual meeting
of the Southern Minnesota Teachers
Association will be held at the Nor
NAL school building in this city on
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9Th and
7th. About hundred teachers in
active work in all parts of Southern
Minnesota will be present. Special
rates have been secured over the rail-
roads and at the hotels.
The executive committee, of which
the president of the association, Prof.
G. F. Kehler, of this city, is chair
man, has prepared the following pro-
gram:
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
2 :3O-Secretary' Report. Observation-Disclosures.
Miscellaneous Business Observation-Disclosures.
Appointments of committees
3 :00-Address, 1.-THE Teacher out of School,"
A. W. Rankin, Inspector of Graded
Schools
Supts c. E. Guthrie, Luverne; E. T.
Critchett New Ulm.
3 autobiography as a Center for the Unifca-
Paper by Supt W. A. Merrill, Hutchinson.
supts. 4. F, schmitt, jackson j. N Mcoio;ni.
nell, Heron Lake, and P, M. Camp
bell, Madison Lake.
43O-History and Literature in the Grades,
Paper. by Miss Gies Austin. ...............
Supts. E. G. Adams, Mortified; Lee
Swift, Tracy.
FRIDAY EVENING.
Frank Slade Oliver Mankato.
T,actlre on 'tSha kaSDea re-
Rev. H. A. Cleveland, D. D.. Mankato.
AAnno annoy .'''''''''
Miss Josephene Holt, Mankato.
SATURDAY MORNING.
s :3O-Paper on anti Tobacco Leagues in
Public Schools" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
supt ". F. F. Selleck Austin.
supts. L. L. Ford, Owatonna, and ''''
9 3O-Paper, Present State of Child-Study". -.
Dr.. Stuart H. Rowe, Mankato.
supt S. S. Parr, St. Cloud, President
State Child Study.
Association; supt. F. D. Budlong,
Rochester.
20 :OO-Music in the Public Schools. ...........
Paper by Frank Slade Oliver, Director
Conservatory of Music. Mankato.
Prof G. W. G.. Hyde, Assistant Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, st.
Paul; Miss Deem, Supervisor Music
C1ty SCHOOLS, MankdUO; MISS
Josephine Holt, Supervisor Music,
State Normal School, Mankato.
10 :45--Physiology, it's Value and Place in
the Correlation of Studies.
Paper by Principal G.. w. Walker ,Dundas
D1SCuSSlOu
Prof. U. o. Cox, Mankato. and Prin-
cipal w. w. Kilgore, Redwing'
II :30-English Literature in the High Schools
Paper by Principal w. f. Webster,
East Side High School, Minneapolis,
Ds St corro G. potor. r Ken.
needy, Fairmont, and E. l.. Porter,
Worthington.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-16
Laws and Constitutional
Amendments.

Synopsis ~ Laws and Amendments
to the Constitution, proposed by
the Legislature for submission to
the voters of Minnesota at the
General Election to be held on
the Bird day of November, A. ID.
1896.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-16

g per cent interest paid on de-
posits. Mankato Savings Bank. 14-6
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
LA VITA.
An Interesting italian Publication of
This City Praises "The Call.o

This CITY PRAISES Inc SaII.'
That enterprising newspaper, L'Italia.
is IN the habit of presenting it's subscribers
with a beautiful eight-page Sunday sup
plement every week, called La Vita.
This supplement differs from most of its
kind, as it is a magazine rather than a
newspaper.
The contents of this Italian publication
are almost entirely literary, the paper on
which it is printed is of the thick maga-
zine type and the paper is adorned with
beautiful and artistic copperplate engrav-
ings.
To-day's issue of La Vita contains,
among other good things, two fine en-
cravings of the new CALL building, one
representing the entire structure and the
other the principal entrance.
There is also a brilliantly written de-
scriptive account of the building. Among
the other contents OF this weeks Vita are
an illustrated article on Padre Michele of
Carbonaro, an interesting account of the
clandestine press in Russia, descriptions
of pleasure trip in America and of pic
ture galleries in London, and an article on
emancipated woman
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

Fifth heath. B. Freeman, Bay City, 25
yards, 2:19.
Sixth heat-J E. Wing, San Jose, 40 yards,
2:19 Is.
Seventh and eighth heats run together. J.
Borree, Imperial, 105 yards 2:19 3-5;
Ninth heat-G. II. Kraft, Bay City, 65 yards,
and B. II. Elford, Reliance, 100 yards, dead
heat; time, ZIG As.
Tenth heat. r. Kenna, Acme, as yards,
2:24 3-5.
Eleventh heath. W. squires, Acme, 80
Twelfth heat-R NJ Welsh, Haywards, 90
yards, 2:22.
yards, first 2:20 As; j. E. Wing, San Jose, Sec
ond; NJ. NJ. Cook, Imperial, third.
Second semi-final-J. R; McKenna, Acme. 45
seeoSa INST B Eo5d S1 III M tbrS
Third mi-fnal-J. ]. Borree, Imperial, 1O5
yards, first; time, 2:1S. J. Muck. Imperial,
second; II. B. Freeman, Bay City, third
first: p. r. Mott Reliance, second; J. L. Wing,
San Jose, third. Time, 2:19 %.
One mile handicap, professional: First heat
Staver, Portland, 20 yards, second. Time,
2:38 4-5.
Second heat-Russell Cushing, Garden City,
80 yards, first; G.. S. Wells, Bay City, scratch,
Third heat-Allan Jones, Olympic, go yards,
fist; H. Z. McCrea. Bay City, % yards, sec
ond. Time, 2 :25 As.
Final heat-Allan Jones, Olympic, go yards,
first; Russell Cushing, Garden City, s5 yards,
second; c. S. Wells, Bay City, scratch, third.
Time. 2 :25.
Two races were run off in the evening
and they were both very interesting in the
many preliminary heats. semi-tnals and
finals. The first was one mile scratch,
amateur, run in eight heats, the first in
each to qualify for two semi-hnals, and
! first and second in each semi-tina to ride
in the final. The preliminary heats were
won by Gooch, Reliance; Freeman. Bay
City; Downing, Garden City; Lefevre,
Acme Crafts, Acme; Squires, Acme; Ell
ford, Reliance; Holling, Bay City.
Gooch, Freeman, Downing and Lefevre
rode the first semi-final, Downing winning
in 2 al As, Freeman second. Gooch had a
peculiar fall in this heat, being the last
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
SHOOTING A HAT.
The Cowboys Found Man VINO hhew
How to Take and Give a j oke.

The Cowboys Found Man Who Knew
How to Take and Give Joke.
AS we were nearing Henrietta, Tex, the
conductor came into the smoklng-car, IN
which about a dozen men were seated, and
after look around he said:
"Gentlemen, we shall be pretty certain
to pick up six or eight cowboys at Hen
RE tia, and they will all come in this car.
They are good fellows, as we all know, but
rather wild. For instance, should they
lind any of you wearing plug hat they
would very likely begin shooting at the
hat Sorry to put you to any trouble but
I thought ought to tell you about it.
Five of us were wearing plugs. Four OF
us made haste to get them out OF sight.
The fifth was a small. quie t-looklng chap
VINO had the appearance OF aconsumptive.
He was reading a book and enjoying. his
own company. He looked up, listened 10
the conductor and then slanteo his nat
over his ear and went on read1ng.
II thought I'd better speak about 1t, you
know" said the conductor In an apoIogetlc
way as he fingered.
eyes, I heard you, was the quieI repy
of the man addressed. .,
"You-you will keep your hat on?"
II shall"
1t wasn't our funeral, and so we had
| nothing TO say. we all look seats oi m .he .he
other side of the car, however, and as the
train pulled up seven wild cowboys on tne
nlatform whooped and yelled and came
rushing into the car. They took seats at
front end OF the car, while the plug-hat
man was seated at the rear it wash
Look at it, will you-look at that nat!
'tShoot itl'' yelled the second:
Gimme the first pop!' yelled thlro.
This third man stood up in his seat,
drew his gun and fired six bullets into the
tall hat as fast es you can count, making
1oIo cvr-hi h hryar MD
comrades were laughing and applaudlng,
when the stranger put down his book, rose
up, and there was pop! pop! pop! from
| the pistol III his hand. The COWBOY was
still on his feet. A bullet split the lobe OF
| his right ear second the lobe OF his lett,
third, fourth, fifth and sixth cut notches
in his sombrero and sent pieces OF felt
| hving in the air. After the reports had
| ceased the two men faced each other Tor
| twenty seconds without word. Then the
plug-hat man calmly inquired:
''Is there anything more l can do Tor
your crowdP'
'You betl" heartily responded the other,
who had seemed bit dazed. This ere
crowd wants to drink with you and then
hev you learn US how to shoot"
hands, begged his pardon for shooting his
hat and the man with his ears split ad-
miringly exclaimed:
Boys, he could hev put them six bullets
| into my eye, one alter another, put ne JUST
wanted to let me live to realize that l
don't know enough TO hold a gun right
end fustl Sich shootin as he did! Yum
YUM Durn my hide, but l never ex-
peoted to see sich fine work, and this is
the happiest day of my life !'-Detroit
Free Press.
Vienna's first female physician is Miss
Georgine Won Roth, who now presides
over high school for officers wives
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
CONVICT-DRESsED STONE
Reports That 1t Is Being Sent All
Over the State.


special committee of the Granite-cut-
ters' Union met last evening to further
discuss the injustice being done to free
white labor by the State authorities turn
ing out dressed granite by the convicts at
Folsom. Several reports we're made of
such business. According to the state
ments large quantities of convict-dressed
stone have been and are being sent from
Folsom to all parts of the State.
For example, contractor named John
Spellman of Stockton shipped into Stock
ton two cemetery copings for graves I'm
ished by convicts. The same contractor
several months ago sent the same kind of
material to Modesto for the McCabe and
Pfitzer monuments enclosure. Another
contractor named Herdlan obtained lot
of dressed granite from Folsom for a
building on street in Sacramento.
Protests will be made to the authorities
Of the State against this unfair compe-
tition with convict labor. 1t was reported
that the convict dressed stone for the Mid
winter Fair monument in the park has
been completely boxed by some one to
prevent it being an eyesore 10 the public
Resolutions thanking the press for the
stand taken against convict labor in the
stone-eutting business were passed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

Coulter third. The men were cheered
again and again as they came Off the track.
It was one Of the best races ever seen on a
California track, and the audience was de-
lighted.
The one-mile handicap, amateur, had
sixtv-eight entrants, one of the biggest
fields ever known on a California race
track. The race was divided into twelve
heats, first in each heat to qualify for two
semi-finals, and the first and second in
each semi final, and fastest third, to quail
ify for the final. There were four starters
in the first heat and it was won by III. ii:
Friedlander of the San Francisco Road
Club, from 110 yards, in 1 :5S 1-5.
In the second heat there were six start
ers. Delmas, the scratch man, caught the
limit men by the second lap, but collided
with Wielzen (Acme), on the fourth. Both
fell, but neither was hurt. }. Mack I'M
periaD, won the heat from 80 yards in
1882 2-5. Mott (Reliance), won the third
heat in the remarkably fast time OF 2:15 80,
from 20 yards. He was the virtual scratch
man in field of five starters, and rode a
very pretty race.
The fourth heat went to Cook of the I'm
perial Club in 2:20 2-5 from so yards. II.
B. Freeman of the Bay Citys was easily
the best man in the fifth heat and won
from field of five in 2:19, from % yards.
J. Z. Wing OF San Jose, who won the
great ten-mile associated clubs road race
last October, took the sixth heat as he
pleased in 2:191-5, from 25 yards. The
seventh and eighth heats were run to-
gether, bringing out six starters. Borree
ImperiaD, won from los yards in 2:l9 3-5.
The ninth heat was O pretty ride and re-
suited in dead heat between Kraft Ba Y
City,. 65 yards, and Elford (Reliance), l0O
yards. Time, 2:16 As.
1t took one lap to bunch the field in the
tenth heat. In the sprint for home
Kenna of the Acme Club won by 10 yards
in 2:24 3-5. H. w. Squires, who finished
the last great relay race for the Acme Clur
of Oakland and participated in the cele-
brated collision with Foster, won the next
heat from 80 yards, in 2:26 2-5. r. NJ.
Welsh of Haywards, whom the announcer
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
Pussy En- Route.

When the Royal B ne express train rolled
into Camden station from New YORK, a
few minutes before o'clock yesterday
afternoon, Conductor Bennett was sur,
prised to notice feline passenger he nag
put off the train at Wilmington, Dell, ana
which was water-soaked. slowly crawi Out
between couple of the vestlouieu cais;
down the platform. 1t was remarkaoIy
pretty black cat, and it got on the tram at
Philadelphia. Pussy's. objective poins
must have been Washington, ior as soon
as the train moved out OF Camden station
Officer Wingate saw the cat siyiy curl
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

itself ND under one of the trucks of a
passen ger-coach and wink one eye as the
train pulled out of the long shed:
After being put off the train al Whining
ton the cat crawled along the trucks to the
engine and found warm place on the
tender. There is where it got its drench-
;ng for ALI EXPRESS trains on the road take
water while in motion at point between
Wilmington and singerly. The cat
seemed attached to the train, and It was
all the engineer could do to put it OFF the
tender at Camden station.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
Robbed a Laundry Wagon.

Daniel O'Brien was arrested yesterday by
Detectives Egan and Silvey and booked at the
City Prison on the charge OF grand larceny.
He and two other men are accused of stealing
the contents of Model laundry wagon on
Mission street on April Is. 1t is said he had a
wagon i'll readiness and drove off with the
plunder while the laupdryman was for a few
minutes in the house of q customer
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
Hinrichs, Reinstafad

At a meeting of the Musicians Union hello
last Friday it was resolved that August Hin
rlchs, the conductor of the Baldwin Theater
who vas recently suspended, should be rein
stated as member in good standing to-mor
row week.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
Burglars In sherman School.

The library of the Sherman Primary School
on Cough street was broken into last Thursday
evening and q number of knives and inkstands
were stolen. The work is thought to be the
reckless play of several young boys who live
in the eighborhood.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
THE CYCLERS At
CENTRAL PARK,
Crack Riders Compete at
the National Circuit
Meet.
WELLS DEFEATS FOSTER
The Bay City Man Wins the
Mile and Half.Mile Scratch
Races.
A LARGE CROWD ATTENDS.
Wells, Jones, Squires and Downing
the Winners in the Different
Events.

The National circuit bicycle races drew
large crowds TO Central Park yesterday
afternoon and evening. The track, new
six-lap affair, built of boards, did not
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

ADcocK's-Adcock's stylish lace hats, S5. 10
Kearny street.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

Vienna's first female physician is Miss
Georgine Won Roth, who now presides
over high school for officers wives.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17


Twenty-eighth District--John F. MeGovern,
J. Jennings, j. Murphy, f. F. Lacy, L. Hoey,
NJ. Rodgers, d. Connolly. ?. Hayes, F. Maher,
F. Stange, w. stevens, Vi. shanley.
Twenty-ninth District-August Tillman, John
Allen, Paul Struck, Henry sheehan, ]. NJ.
Strauss, J. Flanagan.
Thirty fist District-D J. Mccarthy. Bernard
McArdle, James Sharkey, J. B. Aeriouille,
Thirty-second-Tim Donovan. w. Aitken. G.
W. Cook, George Mccall. T. Murphy, John T.
Barry, NJ. O'Connor, Jerry Leary.
Thirty y-fourth-J. T. Bowling, James Hanley
John Hammond, W: j. Biggy, II. T. Hastings,
H. NJ. Beatty, John Heenan, +. L; Flood, Henry
TGsy NJ Een j. oReis r Ii ses9i5 5ohn Massey
n, scheeline, John H. Grady, Michael Curran,
Thomas Brennan.
Thirty-sixthnT. J. Lyons, B: Fl. Wieners, H.
Jones, J. J. Riordan, Max Pepper James H.
Carroll.
Thirty venth-Thomas J. Burke, W. J. VIII
,iams. r. J, Noonan, NJ. J.; Hughes, Edward
James Byrne, W. Haniey, Joseph Nougues,
Thirty ninth. H; Doolittle. A, T. vogel-
sang, DR. J. w. O'Rourke, J. c. Bunner
Thomas P. Fenton, Jeremiah V. Coffey.
Fortieth-M. c. Hassett, Jasper Mcdonald, C.
| J: Sullivan, Osgood Putnam, I. G.. Riordan,
j. L. Franklin Emile Perry, H. Brandenstein
Forty-frst-John f. Fitzpatrick, 1. W. Davis,
Charles E. Mooser, W. H. Levy, S. H. Jacobs
Forty-second-John d. o'Leary, Frank Con.
| lin, Frank McElrath, Martin Flaherty, John
| Murphy, George Brown.
Forty-third-C. Luhn, William Abbott H. A
| Conrad, Samuel Pollock, H. r. Williar S. B
| Carleton.
Forty-fifth--Gavin McNab H. SutliH, Pete
McMahon, Isidor Townsend, J. H. NJ. Spetterly
| p. A. Finnegan.
Among the Buckleyites any one willing
to put up ~ so could GO on the ticket ant
be voted for at the primary. The nomi
riees were many in most districts and wer
reported last night as follows:
Twenty-eighth District-James c. Jordan
James Ryan, David McKiernan, Michael Kane
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1896-04-10

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bic beibe fir i'm often ipdren.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1896-04-10

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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1896-04-10

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