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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-23
CALLS 1T REBELLION.

The movement which had it's expression
In the Chicago convention and which now
seeks by means of popular suffrage to
enthrone itself in the capital of the nation,
is in it's logical effects rebellion against
the United States; it is secession; the Sc
cession of 1851 which our soldiers believed
they had consigned to eternal death at
Appomatax, but which demands again
recognition from the American people,
The declaration in the Chicago platform
has, and can have, no other meaning:
'We denounce arbitrary interference by
federal authorities in local affairs as
violation of the constitution of the United
States and crime against free institu-
tions." The words point to the act of
Grover Cleveland, sending United States
troops to protect national property and
enforce national laws during the Chicago
riots, in 1894. In those words there is the
old secession doctrine that states are
independent of the national government
at Washington. There is the an
nulment of the Union; there is no.
tice served upon the flag of America,
that outside of the District of Columbia, it
is without power of self assertion or self
defense. The president of the United
States is told that to enforce national
laws and protect national property he
cannot march his troops into any state
without the authorization of the governor
of that state. One of the chief speakers at
the convention Of Chicago understood the
significance of the convention and voiced
it's spirit. 81 came from state which
was the home of secession said Senator
Tillman of South Carolina. 81 say" he
continued, sit is a sectional ISSUE and it
will prevail" And fitting was it that the
speaker, voicing the spirit of the Chicago
convention, should be the representative
of South Carolina. Thrice has South
Carolina spoken for secession-when it
passed in 1882 the notification ordinance,
when in 1861 it fired on Fort Sumter,
when in 1896 it cries out ga sectional
issue and it will prevail"
The platform of the Chicago convention
threatens the country with destruction Of
social order, with lawlessness and anar-
chy. The personifcation of law and D.
cial order in America is our courts-and
the promise of safety to our free institu-
lions is the prompt obedience of the peo-
pie to those courts. And now the courts
are to be shorn of their power-and shorn
OF it in favor of mobs, bent on rioting, and
the destruction of property. "We espe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-23
Oct 2 last Oct l6
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS

ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS,
CsTATE OF MINNESOTA County of Blue
~ Earth-ss In Probate Court, Special
Term, september E6th, 1896.
In the matter OF the estate of John H.
Eckhaydt, deceased
On reading and filing the petition OF Amelia
Eckhardt. administrator of the estate of John
IL. Eckhardt, deceased, representing, among
ether things that she has fully administered said
estate, and praying that a time and place be fixed
for examining and allowing the final account of
her administration, and for the assignment Of
the residue of said estate to the parties entitled
thereto by law.
1t is ordered That said account be examined
and petition heard, by this Court, on Friday
the 9th day OF November, A. D, 1896, at 10
O'Clock a. M, at the Probate office in the City
Of Mankato, in said county.
And it is further ordered, That notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing copy of this order once in each week
for three successive weeks, prior to said day
of hearing, in the Mankato Free Press, weekly
newspaper printed and published at the
City of Mankato in said county.
Dated atMankato the 26th day of September
A. d. 1896.
By the Court:
tSeal. GEO. W. MEAD,
Judge of Probate
Ira P. Shisser,
Attorneys for ExecutriX,
Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-23
A NONSENSICAL BOAST,

The boast that the United States is able
all alone to whip England and the rest of
the world into the coinage of silver at 16
to l, or to force the value of silver up to
$l.29 an ounce, is mere nonsense. We are
a great people, indeed, but we have not
yet grown to that commercial strength
that our country means the commercial
world. Our national pride may give US
extraordinary dreams of our Importance;
but it will not do to build the business of
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
The Railroad Assessments,

The state board of railroad tax COM
missioners has decided to make no
changes in the 1895 assessed valuation
of the following roads, the amounts as
sessed being the same as last year:
Brinkley, Helena g. Indian Bay, 81, ,555; Hot
Springs, S28l ,625; Louisville, New Orleans &
Texas, Sl9,385 Eureka Springs, s88,7l4; White
& Black River Valley, $3.50 OS2; Arkansas Mid
land, slS9074; Stuttgart & Arkansas River,
@1 ,315; Prescott & Northwestern, Ss10 0l0; Dar-
danelle & Russellyille, Sl66l5; Ultima Thule,
Arkadelphia Mississippi, s49994 Paragould
& Southeastern, sl05l5; Bentonville, S23, ,075;
Southwestern Arkansas & Indian Territory.
slO493l; Mississippi River & Northwestern,
$4,000; Searcy & West Point, SS3O19; Texar-
kama g. Shreveport, S4995 Arkansas South
ern, $50 $50; Mississippi & Little River, S3l, ,l20;
Pine BlufT & Eastern Si6,0i5; Texarkana and
Fort Smith, slO3 1885, Fort Smith, Paris & Dar-
danelle, 5000; Little Rock Hot Springs &
Texas sl32l5,
The reduced assessments, compared with last
years figures, are as follows Iron Mountain
(main line) sos $50; lower Little Rock bridge
$4,000; Little Rock s. Memphis railroad
sos, $50; total, 7l6.
The usual course Of assessing the Pullman
Palace Car company, the Pacific Express COM
| pany and the Western Union Telegraph com
pany will be adopted by the board, notwith-
standing Judge Williams, Of the United States
court, temporarily restrained the board from
assessing these corporations some time ago.
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

During the season 2l7 rattlesnalScs
have been killed in Rosetta.
The new steamboat "Dardanelle" was
launched at Little Rock recently.
Three prisoners recently made their
escape from the Jail at FL Dorado.
There are now 13 tribes Of the I'm.
proved Order of Red Men in the state.
Col, John IIallum, who shot Rev.
Forbes at TeXarkana, has been released
on bail.
War is being made on a Little Rock
cold storage company for selling i'm.
pure meats,
An epidemic, supposed to be murrain,
is raging among the cattle of Newport
and vicinity,
Rev. John d, Jordan, pastor Of the
Second Baptist church Of Little Rock,
has rendered his resignation on account
Of bad health,
During II violent electric storm near
Bentonvillc $, h, j, Bryant, Of Rogers,
and his little daughter were struck by
lightning and both instantly killed,
The monthly pay roll ut the Big Rocl,
military post amounts to 81 1000
W. j, Brewer, of Culp, Stone county,
charged with cutting government tim.
Der, Is out on $500 bail,
The Arkansas river Is undergoing n
thorough process Of cleaning from It's
mouth to Pine Bluff, The work is being
done by the United States snag boat
Beourcg0rd,
The flour mill Of j, p, Scott and a
large warehouse adjoining were de.
btroyed by fire at Fayetteville recently,
Loss, $4,000. G, jackson, fireman,
was Injured, but will recover
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A WASHINGTON dispatch stated that
if the gold democrats at their conven'
tion in indianapolis decided to place a
third ticket in the field and to nomi-
nate their own electors in the states,
the national democratic committee
will get out injunctiOns against the
use of the old party's name. The ma
;ioual committee says that there will
he no question about the injunctiOns
being granted, the regularity Of the
Chicago convention not being called
into dispute.
THE death roll from the heat on the
9th reported to Washington exceeded
125 in the principal places. Following
is partial list of reported fatalities:
New York and vicinity. 80; Philadel-
phia, IS; Washington, 16; Baltimore, 10;
Newark, 8; Albany, n. Y, ?; Chicago,
Is; Cleveland, .; Cincinnati 5.
THE August returns to the ssatis.
tician of the department of agriculture
showed a reduction in the condition OF
cotton during July from 92.5 to SOL or
l2.4 per cent.
GEN. AGUIRRE, in letter to the Gu
ban legation at Washington, received
on the 10th, stated that "tha war in
Cuba cannot last more than six months
longer" the Spaniards being thor
oughly discouraged and yellow fever
hourly decreasing their ranks, He
said, also, that Gen. Weyler had so far
been unable to accomplish decisive
victory.
The August government report indi-
Gated spring wheat yield of $1,000.
900 bushels. That is "a, 900, 900 bushels
less than the crop indicated by the
July report. Government data TO the
1lth suggested 43O, 100000 bushels as
this years total wheat crop,
THE report of the statisticiau of the
department of agriculture for August
indicates that the condition OF spring
wheat has fallen since the July report
from 1913 to 7s9, decline Of A4
points. Condition of Kansas, j5; Ne
braska, n.
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
Hot Springs New Road.

1t is reported that contracts have
been let for the construction of a
branch Of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf railroad from Mena, Polk
county, to Hot Springs. 1t is also as
serted that the branch line will surely
be extended to Little Rock. At pres
ent there is a gap of 50 miles to be
filed in before the main line is COM
pleted to Texarkana A large force Of
men are at work on the main, line. 1t
said that $500 people are camped in and
around the new town of Mena. The
money for the building of the Gulf road
is being furnished by syndicate of
Holland capitalists, who are amply able
to carry out their plans.
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
Killing Children,

In the past four years there have been
seven foul murders committed in Sc
vier county, but for cold-blooded bru-
tality the last capped the climax. Four
persons slipped up to the house Of VIM.
Jones, law-abiding and Industrious
citizen, and fred several shots at the
sleeping inmates, killing a G-year-old
son and slightly wounding an older one.
1t is supposed they were trying to kill
the one that was wounded, as he was
the prosecuting witness in the last cir
cult court against some boys of the
neighborhood for carrying pistol.
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
GENERAL NEWS.

AN appeal will be sent from New
York, signed by over 100 physicians Of
the country, to the general council Of
the international Red Cross society,
calling attention to the non observance
by Spain in the Cuban war OF the stip.
ulations agreed to at the congress held
by the society and protesting against
the destruction by Spanish troops OF
the hospitals Of Cuban insurgents.
A FREIGHT train broke in two near
Lansing, Mich, on the 1lth. The
break was not noticed by the engineer
and the rear end crashed into the for.
ward part, demolishing and piling the
cars in every conceivable shape. A
tramp was instantly killed and an.
other fatally injured.
THE eclipse of the sun on the 9th
was observed from the deck of the
steamship Ohio, off the island OF Stot,
Norway. The sky was absolutely
cloudless. The totality was perfect,
It's duration being minute and 35 sc :.
onds.
MANY prostrations from the heat
were reported at Chicago on the 10th
Dead animals, victims OF the heat
were so numerous that the garbage
men could not keep the streets clear
of them.
THE long continued dry weather has
produced water famine around Paris
Tex, and in the vicinity Of Ben Frank
lin an epidemic OF typhoid fever ha,
broken out, on account Of people being
forced to drink stagnant water.
A DISPATCH Of the 10th said that tn,
number OF deaths from the heat ir
Greater New York was lsS and addi
tional victims were being reported
hourly, The prostrations were almos
innumcrabc.
JOE CnoyNsKI and Joe McAuliffe hav,
been matched TO fight eight rounds
before the Occidental club, at Sar
Francisco, August 2s.
HARVEY ALLENDER shot and killed
Miss Wally Fielner and v Crossc,tc n
San Jose, Cal, on the 9th, and thei
attempted to kill himself, but failed
Allendcr was in love with the woman
AFTER three preliminary trials
Cyclist Il, Il. Anderson wheeled mil,
in 1903 over plank pathnear st. Loui
on the 9th, lie was paced by loco
motive pulling coach and rode
wheel gearel TO o. Anderson coult
have bettcrei this time few seconds
but he mistoot the signals and slowet
up n little too soon,
FARMERS living along the Littl,
Wabash river near GRANVILLE, Ill.,, re
ported fish dying in large numbers
The stencil caused by the dead fish wa
said 10 be unbearable. II was though
that the fish were poisoned by eatn,
weeds in the sloughs during the hgl
water,
THE populist state convention q
Galveston, Tex, on the 9th nominate,
Jcroue Koarby, OF Dallas, for gov
ernor and 5, i. Ashby, Of Smi,hville
FOR Acknowledgements
JOSEPH WEAsruAY, miner, wa
killed by the premature explosion Of
blast Ia the Carbondule mine near De
Moines, Ia.
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
Mysteriously Disappeared,

Miss Clyde Black, a young lady II
years of age, who went from New Lew
isville to Little Rock to attend school,
mysteriously disappeared recently from
her boarding house, since which time
absolutely nothing has been heard from
her. The strange story Of Miss Blacks
disappearance is summarized as follows;
A pretty l7-yoar-old girl was attending school
In Little Rock she had . happy home and
never suffered for the lack Of ANY comforts; she
had never been disappointed in love, and did
not receive or encourage the attentions OF
young mem once she had been caught crying
at her boarding house; she complained OF neu-
ralgic pains In her face and sent out and
bought some choroform; she left her boarding.
house one morning and left word that IL would
not be necessary to send her dinner that day;
sho did not attend school that day, but wa s
seen In the vicinity Of Foucho Dam, about Ave
miles from Little Rock She had evidently
walked out from the city alone and was solicit
Ing subscriptions for paper, and those who
conycrsed with her are under the impression
that her mind was affected, II is feared that
she may have wandered into the woods and
died OF exposure, hunger and exhaustion
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21

creaslng the profits Of the business Of
farming. Farmers should encourage
the efforts of the faculty at the expert.
ment farm by perusing carefully the
bi-monthly bulletins sent out and also
by adopting the new methods recon-.
mended. The farmer who rejects the
fruits Of science discards the truths re.
vealed by chemistry is behind the times
New ideas and new methods have al.
ways had to struggle for supremacy in
all lines of business and farming is no
exception to the general rule. Many
farmers cling to primitive methods be
lieving in the saying of God made the
country and man the city, Consequently
ii ~'-~'- as near
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21

We nave aIsv -
gypsum and mari, also copper, auCi-
mony, lead Clearing silver, roofing
slate, soapstone, glass sand, quartzite,
petroleum, natural gas and some gold;
but the last three are not yet developed
in paying quantities.
Large beds of iron ore lie unworked
in some 25 counties. We have, accord
ing to recent geological survey, dis.
tribution of PIG square miles Of zinc
ore, and everything 1t and around it we
have 2,199 square miles of marble of the
finest quality and Of all shades from
pure white to the dark brown encrinital
variety. Of manganese we have abun-
dance, and are shipping it daily to the
steel works of the north and east.
We have 10 square miles of granite
(building stone), 305 square miles Of
novaculite, or whitestone rocls--famous
all over the world; 1900 square miles Of
limestone, available for lime and build
ing stone; ,205 square miles of pottery
c]ays; 2.140 square miles of clays suta-
BILE for vitri6ed brick, and Gl2 square
miles Of clay for pressed brick Of the
highest grade. We have also alum
shales, the outcrop Of which is S75 miles
in length. We have 200 acres of chalk,
available for the manufacture of high.
est grade of Portland cement.
What a field is here presented to cap
italists and homeseekers. What possi-
bilities and opportunities lie open to
men Of enterprise and ambition. Min
ers, manufacturers and farmers and
whosoever will may come with their
energy, experience and means and take
advantage Of the opportunities pre-
sented, No section of the republic has
so broad field for diversity Of taste
and talent, Railroads are to be built,
mines are to be opened, quarries are TO
be uncovered, mills and manufactures
are TO be established. Genius and tai.
ent OF every quality here find rare
chances for development,
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
No Eyidence Found

The three men who were under ar.
rest at Malvern, and who were thought
TO be the men who set fire TO that place
July Is, and one of whom had been re-.
ported as being lynehed by the out.
ragged citizens, have been liberated.
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
Electric Light Company incorporates

Articles of incorporation of the Con.
way Electric and Manufacturing Co.
have been filed with the secretary Of
state, The incorporators are; Miss Nora
d. Grisard, D, II, Fones and &, II, Burr
The capital stock is Sl9, 1000, all Of which
has been subScribed
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
LAYING the Track to White Cliffs.

Track-laying was begun recently at
Wilton on the new White Cliffs branch
railway, now being constructed from
Wilton to the famous White Cliffs in
Little River county. A large force of
men are pushing the work and it is eX-
pected that the road will be operation
by Sept. 1,
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21

There never was time when oppor.
tunites In the South were better for
young men, The fruit industry is In.
ereasing and tho young man who has
energy enough to plant an orchard
within the next year and q half will
find himself the possessor Of an indc.
pendent living In 10 years,
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
Pardons Granted,

The following pardons were granted
by the governor recently;
sherman Mills, convicted on July =, 1900, In
the circuit court OF Newton county Of selling
liquor without license and sentenced TO pay a
fno oft900
Alex Wilson, OF Benton county, convicted Of
petit larceny
Claude Marcum, convicted at the September
term 1909, OF the Benton circuit court OF selling
liquor without license and sentenced TO pay u
AnO OF 800,
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21

The Sloan Springs Fruit Growers
association adopted the following reso.
lution "Resolved, That this associa.
tion is in favor Of the fruit growers and
shippers OF Arkansas organizing state
association IN order TO secure tho ad.
vantages OF cooperating with the na'
tional association organized at Chicago,
and that It stands ready to assist In
such movement"
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
II Pestered Day and NJ

With nervousness take Hcspt,
ach Bitters, which invigorte !
quillizes the nervous system, n
recovery Is a reform in errors n
The epigastric nerve aud brahrI
the closest bond of sympathy n
peptic symptoms in the gastfs
always accompanied by hurLF
Gus action. Both are remeiidr
sers, which also cures malaria I
rheumatism and kidney trouble
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21

The cool resort OF Arkansas 10 MI,
Nebo, located near Russellvple, 9,00(
feet above the sea Pure alr, COO,
nights apd several -ysistIss qt miaora
water. -'-.'
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
COLOREO MASONS.
NJ. A. Clark, of Mariana, Reelected
Grand Master for Sixteenth Term.

NJ. A. Clark, of Mariana, Reelected
Grand Master for Sixteenth Term.
The twenty-fourth annual communi.
cation of the colored Grand Lodge, T.
and A. NJ, closed very interesting ses-
sion at Little Rock recently. There
was large attendance from all Sec
tions of the state, the number OF dele
gates present representing the 13O
lodges of the state being 3l6. A fea
ture of the opening was the appearance
of Gov. Clarke before the body, by in
vitatiOn, and whose remarks were ap-
propriate to the occasion. Grand Mas
ter Clarke, of Mariana, presented the
annual statement of the operations of
the order, the financial portion show
ing:
Expended for lodge purposes es....."."s $3.50 %
Expended for charity .............,.... 6Oi2 %
Balance in lodge treasury ............. 1852 70
Collected by benefit associations and
paid to orders OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 36S2 80
Property OF lodges Observation-Disclosures. 1850 90
The following are the grand officers
elected
NJ A. Clark, Of Mariana, grand master;
Prof. J. L. Peake, Of Arkadelphia, deputy
grand master; ]. n. Donohoo, Of Helena, grand
senior warden; H. W. Ferguson Of Washing
ton, grand junior warden; James Jones, Of
Pine Bluff, grand treasurer; Prof. J. c. Corbin.
OF Pine Bluff, was elected grand secretary for
hn ~ ont IL ri
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21

NoN-CoMMITTAL. - Possible Sd
you musical, missl" ELDERLY MI
tatinglyl-"Would that te nj
your Fliegende Blaetter,
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
THE STATES BONDED DEBT.

A Statement that will Interest the Tax
Payers of Arkansas.
Auditor Mills has prepared the fol-
lowing statement Of outstanding bond
ed indebtedness of the state, including
interest on same to Oct. l, 1896:
8 state bank 5 per cent bondss 5000
Interest on same from July
]. lS3t ............-........... Co. ~
IS state bank 8 per cent ,
bonds .....--.-.-... ..-.......- ScrVvV
'.'tSs' Is42 '.-...ol. o- s''I-l. ..o ~ I:i,s3O o.
800 real estate bank per
cent bonds .... .... Gee. ...., oJp,UvV - -. -.
Interest due on same ....... l,5o,soO "
Overdue O.; iasc coupons gTs on same. Si7,76O 60
These all belong to the Uni
ted States.
Total belonging to Z. .s7gsC coo 81. .7sl 4l2 80
Estate bank 6 per cent bonds 5 600
= M.'tss' l. isfs -.",-....'-.. o4 SAM U 1910 %
real estate bank percent
bonds Gee. ......,.-. o,Uu
l. 1873 ,..'"-...e'-.- ~ sam. , 1o425 90
l42 funded bonds. 90 series. 1900
Overdue coupons on same. a4, $50 %
Overdue coupons on n same. same 172,sOO 90
SO state per cent bonds,
1915 series ................. 5O6,CO
Overdue coupons on same. 259. 40 90
Total balance $4,000 sd72, ,S25 %
OF the above 500 Loughbor-
ouQhs s......................s5 s5C6O00 500. 40 90
90 funded bonds ............. 5000 12g. 600 %
A. C.................... 1896 600 s3Ss, ,O10 90
Leaving to outside parties .sls3,OOO 82S3, SIS 90
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
Shot While Trying tn D.,

\ W, L. Chamberlain. -
hant of Jacksonville, FI,' |
the Southern Savings and |
bank at noon and h,D,.l
keeper Archie Hubbard ',
manding $1,000 on peu,I,r /
being thrown in his face i \
or cried out. Hubbard tenl
moment, and then rescbir,]
YER, fired, the ball peuet,,sl
berlain's abdomen. The N
arrested and taken to hl |
of vitriol and a loaded r,,,j
found on his person. mi
opinion is that his minds
from financial losses,
Sharp County record., 1896-08-21
NORMAL STATISTICS.
n Abstract OF Statistics Concerning tue

IN ADsITGII q
County NOrmals.
The following is an abstract OF the
statistics concerning the county nor
mails, prepared by Superintendent Jor-
dan, and show very gratifying results
over the state These figures are taken
from the reports received from 96 nor
vale ,-;+b Era 70 bpar from.