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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27

left the city, and who he says carried
the wheel down to the street from
Mrs. Burt's hallway. 1t was two
o'clock Monday morning, and Kimber-
ley, with the other party's assistance,
took the wheel in round about way
to the Minnesota bridge, and then
Kimberley rode it to ST. Peter on the
other side of the river. He threw
away the tool bag, because it bore
Mr. Washburn's initials.
Kimberley is only seventeen years
of age, and while he will neither give
any information as to his family nor
tell where his home is, it is apparent
that he comes from a good family. 1t
is probably that he has given a fcti-
cious name. He has evidently been
sowing wild oats quite extensively,
and must have been supplied liberal
ly with money from home. He claims
to have had about $50 when he came
to MankatO two weeks ago, and man
aged to get rid of it all. In speaking
about the check which he left at The
Saulpaugh, he said: Il haven't any
thing to say on that subject. l have
been full almost every night since l
have been here, and one morning l
found the check in my pocket. How
it came there | do not know, for do
not remember writing it,"
Kimberley was taken into court at
1890 o'clock, and appeared dressed in
the height of fashion. A number of
young linen and boys who had
formed his acquaintance were in the
court room. Attorney Flittie read
warrant charging him with grand
larceny in the second degree in steal
ing the bicycle, and signed by Chief
Yates. In reply to a question he
stated his age to the court. The court
next asked him where his home and
parents were, but he declined to an
swer, saying that''it don't matter, any
way" He had no attorney, and said
he had no money to retain one, and
UuO COuIU dShcu lUI SOluo dUJOTuCy
present to volunteer to give the boy
information. Attorneys Geddes and
Byron Hughes volunteered, and held
a private conference with Kimberley,
and when they returned they an
, nounced that the. young man would
waive an examination. The court
then bound him over to the next
grand jury. and placed the bail at
$500, in default of which he was COM
mitted to Jail. Kimberley took the
proceedings half in jest, making a
pretense of going into his pocket for
the bail money. He asked the officers
whether it meant Saltwater or the
Redwing reformatory for him.
Attorney Flittie states that the
charge resulting from the forged
check will be held back.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
ONE HALF SUCCEEDED.

County Superintendent Scherer re-
ports that ITO persons took examina-
tions this spring, and that ninety
Gust one half received certificates.
Four applicants received first grade,
siXty-four second and twenty-five
third grade papers. Seven second
grades and four third grades went to
the twenty-six applicants at Maple
ton. FortY-three second and fifteen
third grades went to the. l26 appli-
cants from Mankato, and fourteen
second grades and tire third grades to
the twenty-seven applicants at Lake
Crystal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
ST. JAMES COURT HOUSE.

The contractors, Kleinschmidt
Bros, and the county commissioners
are having disagreement over
the St. James court house. The
PloindeaLer says:
The commissioners were in session
the first of last week transacting rou-
tine business and figuring with the
contractors on the court house. The
contractors wished to turn the build
ing over to the county but the super
intendent claims their work is not all
completed yet and that the plastering
in the auditors office should be re-
moved and new plastering put on in
it's place. The county has bill
against the contractors for about
ST, 800 penalty for not having the
building completed in the specified
time in the contract, another bill
against them for the coal furnished
to heat the building this winter and
for pay of a man tending to this work
and further about $3.50 for superin-
tendent's wages since December 10Th
The contractors put in bill for 81 300
for extra work Of which the commits
sioners admit about $500 is just bill.
The parties locked horns on these
differences and consideration of the
same was postponed until yesterday,
in order to give the contractors an OPP
portunity to consult their lawyer and
for the commissioners to have the ad-
vice of the county attorney, who was
out of town. At the meeting yester-
day nothing further was done in the
matter, further consideration being
postponed until this morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
CURRENCY OBJECT LESSON.

The New York advertiser gives the
following in it's "currency object les
sons" which illustrates the results
which would flow from the free coinage
of silver by this country alone:
The more capital there is in a given
Countrywide more demand for labor is
there in that country.
On silver basis half of the value Of
the capital that now exists in the
shape of credits would be wiped out.
AS consequence there would be so
much less capital with which to hire
labor. Here is the way the proposition
presents itself in diagram form:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27

The county board of commissioners
of Nicollet county, at a meeting few
days ago, passed a resolution asking
congress to declare the Minnesota
river unnavigable from st. Peter up,
and ST. Peters mayor was asked to
correspond with officials of the cities
along the river urging them to SINH
lar action, so that the necessity for
draw bridges may be done away with.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
Urges Sound Money.

MINNEAPOLIS, March Ex-senator
Davis has telegraphed withdraw
ing from the presidential contest, and
urges the Republicans to stand for
good money, and that the delegation
be for Mckinley.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
DAVIS WITHDRAWS.
Informs the State Convention He is
Out of the Race.
Urges the Convention to Stand Solid
for Good Money.

Special to the Daily Free Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 24th-SenatOr
publican state convention, withdraw
ing his mare as presidential candi-
date. The convention is wild with
enthusiasm. Mckinley and protec-
sion the watch-words. The conven-
tion adjourned to $3.50 o'clock
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
A BIG FIRE.

While lnthe city Monday afternoon,
Supt. Erwin received a telegram
stating that all of the lumber yards
in North Lacrosse are on fire and the
flames are being driven onward by
the high northwest wind. The main
portion of the city lies in the path of
the flames.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27

The St. Paul Dispatch in comment
ing upon the action of the Second dis
trict Republicans Monday on the IL
nancial question says.
If any Republican leader in Mime
sofa imagined that the Republican
representatives in the Second district
convention were ready to rush like
sheep out of a fold after a leader who
was in favor of unconditional free
coinage of silver the vote yesterday
in that convention did not show it.
The resolution adopted by the conven-
tiOn did not certainly include free
silver, because it was bitterly opposed
by the ardent advocates of free silver.
1t was an expression of sound and safe
bimetaliSm. in which silver should be
kept at par with gold as a standard
money as the only consideration of it's
coinage. 1t was practical reatfirm-
ance of the 1892 plank of the national
platform. Its adoption, by vote OF
1T to q, shows the decided indisposi-
tion of the Republicans of that dis
trict to take their political leadership
from the free silver Democrats. The
fact that fifteen counties in the dis
trict voted solidly for this expression
of principle upon the money question,
shows that the reproaches of eastern
newspapers and writer's is unfair and
unjust to the people of at least one
congressional district of this section
of the Union.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
BOUND OVER.
l.. A. Kimberley's Case Will go Be-
fore the Grand Jury.

Chief Yates Monday evening
and the wheel which was stolen from
Rev. f. M. Washburn. Kimberley
had sold it for $40.
kimberley was seen by FREE
PRESS reporter at the city hall this
morning, aud said that it would be
useless for him to plead not guilty to
the charge Ut stealing the bicycle. He
duplicates another porty, who has
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27

School district No. 1, which means
this city, gets S5,Sl0.3S from the
special tax, and $S14.9S from the mill
tax This money can be drawn at
any time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
IRON WORK HERE.

The iron work for the Omaha bridge
arrived last night, filling seventeen
cars. A side track has been con-
structed to the bridge and the
material will be transported to the
piers at once.
The Omaha road has purchased
parts of lots two and three, block
six, of Alvin B. SWEET and A. O. Nc
Donald, for 1880; and the Wjnona
& ST. Peter road has purchased of the
o. Il. Mather estate strip twenty
five feet wide through lots two, tire e
and four, block 1874, for $3.50.
Judge Mead made an order today
admitting to probate the will of Robt.
Griffith.
Work on the excavation for the
addition to DR.. Andrews building be-
gan this morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27

Where would the workingman gain
by this. change? How would he profit
by reducing the capital of the en-
plOyer who may buy his labor or the
capital of the storekeeper who may
carry him along on his books?
Think it over, wdge-earnerS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27

LARGE portions of Iowa and Ne
braska were visited by heavy snow
fall Sunday and yesterday, and about
a foot of the beautiful lies on the
graund. Southern Minnesota would
not object to the same kind of treat
ment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27

AFTER such mild winter, spring
doesn't seem to be in hurry. Pos
sibly she is afraid old BOreas is up to
a pOssum game.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
To the Farmers.

l want your chickens, calves, hogs,
cattle and sheep, and will pay highest
market price at the packing house
Chas. j. Macbeth, Mankato. 14tf.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
MARCH SETTLEMENT.
Where the $50, 900 of Taxes Collected
Goes to.

Auditor Gunders has made his set
Element of the taxes collected to
March 1st, and from it we obtain the
following figures:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27
LOCAL ITEMS.

j. G. Roller has all kinds of grass
seeds to sell.
-Buggies and wagons, ETC., at cost
for 30 days. j. G. Roller. 4Ot 3
H. Zimmerman, ST., who has re-
returned to Mankato from St. Paul to
live, is looking and feeling well.
Clerk of Court Thorne issued
marriage license yesterday to Charles
Il. Larrabee and Miss Mary Rivers
both of Mcpherson.
"A Sterling farmer marketed
twenty-five fat steers last week, which
averaged the snug sum of $4,000 per
head.-Amboy Herald.
"A. e. Young, who graduates from
the dental dedartment of the North
western University at Chicago, April
9th, has sent his family invitations to
this event. They are handsomely en-
graved.
A marriage license was granted
Wednesday to L.G. Pressnall and Miss
Marilla @. Shepard, both of Madison
Lake. The marriage will occur at
eight o'clock tomorrow evening at the
residence of che brides parents. Mr..
Pressnall is clerk in store and both
have many friends who will extend
their congratulations
Engineer Haynes Wednesday
notified Mr.. Page to sprinkle the
streets in the central part of the city
until such time as Providence will
send rain. This is a commendable
move, for the date when sprinkling is
needed cannot be arbitrarily fixed by
act of the legislature, any more than
the condition of the weather can be
forecast months ahead.
The change in the Omaha road is
giving Minnesota street quite lively
boom, and property in that locality
has enhanced in value considerably.
Miss Ida Lee, young school teacher,
has purchased the new house former
ly owned by Mr.. Oothoudt and will
move it on her lot west of M. d.
Fritz's residence. Mr.. Fritz has pur
chased the cottage formerly owned by
Mrs. Bucklin, of the Omaha railway,
and will move it to the vacant lot
adjoining his residence on the east.
Auditor Gunders requests us to
correct a statement recently made in
a local paper that all of the funds of
the county are overdrawn. He says
that only the poor and county funds
are overdrawn, and these have been
overdrawn for the last ten years.
There is money on deposit in the var
ious banks of the county to the credit
of all the other funds, $1,000 being in
each of the national banks of this
city. If the city finances were con-
Quoted on as safe basis as the
county, there would be less fault
found.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-03
Cleaning Fruit.

Day by day it is proved that bacteria
make the larger proportion of the air
we breathe, the water we drink. eau
ton, however, is another matter, and
belongs to all who own common sense,
and it is specially required in dealing
with modern dirt, which Is in many
cases synonymous with bacteria at
their worst. The human animal is I'M
luckily an extremely dirty one, and
the fruit which has passed through the
hands Of the great unwashed may bet
ter never be eaten without cleansing.
Street dust itself holds foul forms Of
dirt, and when to this is added the
handling of scores Of people it is plain
that these surfaces unwashed are not
for any rational human stomach. Even
strawberries cannot be exempt, but
they must never soak; only let water
run ON them, wire basket being the
best method Of securing it's immediate
passing off. Grapes require the same
treatment, but in either case only
enough should be done at once for q
meaL-Popular Science News. -,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-03
Electric Eye. for the BIND.

NACcAEAC NyeB 1OE tne 011n0. 1is
A story halls from Russia about a
new instrument for making the blind
to see, said to be the invention Of Dr..
Noishewski. The principle Of the in
strument is the sensitiveness to light
of selenium and tellurium, both Of
which change their quality as conduc-
tors Of electricity with variations in
the light to which they are exposed.
In stating that the blind can "see" by
this instrument a relative meaning
only is intended. While their actual
vision will be unaffected, they will feel
the various effects of changing light
by its action. It is claimed that DIR.
Noishewski has enabled totally blind
man to find the windows in room,
and after a little practice to distin-
guish approaching men from approach
ing animals. 1t is further stated that
the inventor is at work upon improve
ments to his device, which he hopes to
make so efficient that the blind will be
able to tell almost with certainty when
they are approaching Opaque or trans
parent objects.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-03
Gold by the Yard.

The beating of the innumerable little
square pieces of gold which are used to
cover domes and signs, and so on,
forms distinct industry in the gold
trade, which employs large number
of hands and requires no small amount
of skill. ..
The long, low building, in which the
work ia carried on is filled throughout
the day with the sound Of hammers.
On every side little boxes containing
tiny rolls of gold are to be seen, which,
although measuring an inch and half
in length, are each worth about E1O.
The gold is received in bars one-eighth
of an inch in thickness, an inch in
width, and weighing 24O pennyweights.
This is rolled out into a ribbon thirty
yards in length.
1t is then given to the workmen in
strips measuring seven yards, each Of
which is cut up into $50 pieces. These
are now ready to be beaten out by
hand. They are placed protected by
fine skins in a tool known as the
"clutch," and are thoroughly pounded
out OH great granite block set in the
ground in such a way that there is alb
solutcly no vibratory movement. The
process is repeated several times, the
gold as it spreads being continually
subdivided until it is Of the exact di-
mansions required.
The skins in which the gold is beaten
are so delicate that they will tear as
easily as paper, nevertheless they are
of so fine quality that they will with
stand the continual hammering for
several years. The gold, which is fin
ally beaten down to 2OO,OOOths of an
inch, is rubbed with Crime before
being placed in the skins, in order that
it shall not adhere to them.
Easy as this work of beating out the
gold may seem, it is, in reality, an art
of very delicate description. The
workman must know to a nicely pre-
cisely how hard or gentle the blows of
his hammer must be, and also the ex-
act spot on which they should fall.
Accordingly, a very superior class of
men are employed in. the business
Parsons Weekly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-03
They Help Their Husbands.

Mrs. Haggard and Mrs. Hardy give
much literary help to their husbands.
Tho latter urged Mr.. Hardy to forsalae
architecture for literature as profess
sion. When he had written his first
novel, Desperate Remedies" his wife
copied out the entire work from his
manuscript and sent it to the pub
lishcr AS part Of her work, she keeps
herself well posted up on the litera-
ture Of the day, and her husband con
stantly draws from her knowledge.
The works Of Max O'Rell (M. Paul
Blouet were translated into English
by his wife, who is the daughter of I
Devonshire shipow1 er. When girl
Nine. Blout learned French with great
care, little thinking how useful the
language would be to her afterwards.
She is an excellent cock and a model
hostess.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-03
TELEPHONE m JAPAN.
The Work Of Extending 1t over the
Empire IL Going Forward

The Work of Extending 1t Over the
Empire IL Going Forward.
Mr. Okomoto, engineer of the minis
try Of communications Of Japan, vls-,
tied Brooklyn yesterday He is COM
missioned by the Japanese govern
ment to study the telephone question
In the United States, more particu-
larly the underground system and
switchboards. He was shown the tele-
phone system in all it's details by the
officers of the New York and New Jer-
sey Telephone company, and expressed
himself as much pleased with the char
acter Of the work in this city. He
seemed very much interested In the
use of the elevated railroad for wire
distribution; the system Of wrought
steel distributing poles on private
property in the park slope section, and
the system Of cresoted subways.
He says the progress of telephone
communication in Japan was inter-
rupted and delayed by the war with
China, but now it is proposed to ex-
tend it all over the empire. Toxic,
with a population of 100000, has
1000 telephone stations. The city of
Brooklyn has $500 stations and New
York has $1,000 stations. The Japan
csc government proposes to use the
telephone in long distance communion
ton, and a line is now building from
Toxic to Kobi, distance of some $50
miles.
Poles are used entire for maintaining
wires. There are no underground sub
ways, and the houses are not high
enough to permit the attachment of
wires. There is one large exchange in
Toxic and exchanges in Kito, Osaka
and Yokohama. They expect to in
crease their stations in Tokia about
1000 during the next year.
Mr.. Okomoto left Japan last Novem-
Der and was in England until the past
month, when he arrived in New York.
He expects to visit all Of the principal
cities in the United States and return
home by way Of San Francisco about
September. He is much pleased with
the people Of this country and deeply
appreciates the courtesies and assist
ance which have been extended to him
on all sides.
Mr.. Okomoto showed himself very
adept in the use Of the pencil, and the
rapidity with which he made sketches
of the various apparatus and devices
was marvellous. Incidentally he was
asked it his people were going into the
manufacture of bicycles for exporta-
ton, and replied that that was out of
the question. They import all their
iron and steel, rubber tires, spokes,
etc., and while their labor is cheap it
cannot be compared with ours, and
cannot compete with it;-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-03
Yeranda Fancy WORK.

The black satin brocades with large
and effective patterns, which are in
tended for dresses, are also being used
for covering sofa pillows, when dark
pillow is desired to put among many
bright colored ones. A very handsome
pillow is covered with satin, the de-
sign being a ribbon effect little more
than an inch in width and arranged in
twists and scrolls.
This ribbon was worked in outline
stitch in the seven rainbow colors-
namely, red, orange, yellow, green,
blue, indigo and violet, and was a
striking as we'll as handsome cover.
This fancy work would be proper for
a veranda, and would make desirable
and not expensive sofa pillows for
Christmas gifts to men.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-03
Use. Of salt ~ Manure.

results of a great many experiments,
oo'h such as have been conducted un-
ue' control methodically and those
Aaae by practical farmers. do not
snow. snow that salt Ii essential to life or
development Of agricultural plants,
nhlt may have some indirect effect,
n'r'! use OF induced chemical changes
~ IN" upper stratum of the arabic soil,
""' III some gases by physical changes
wen applied to stitf cInys.
'o' many crops, a. potatoes, tobacco,