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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
The sLateSt.

City engineer Haynes took care
full measurement Of the river at ten
o'clock this forenoon, and found 1t to
be 92.7, or just five feet below the
highest point reached during the high
water of 1881.
This afternoon the current is set
ting in along side of the river toward
the city. The dYnamiting in the
gorge below the city has continued
during the day, but without marked
success. AS the ice thaws or packs
tighter it floats down the river to ill
up. The water remains at about the
same height, varying very little from
hour to hour.
The body of Hans Nelson has not
yet been recovered.
The bridge is roped off and guarded
to prevent anyone not having business
in North Mankato from going upon it.
This is principally for the purpose
of keeping tough characters from pill
laying the vacant houses. 1t is not
thought that the bridge is in any dan
ger or that it has been injured thus
far. '.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
Flood Notes.

A large fish was captured in front
of Strickland's store in North Man
Kato yesterday. 1t was struck by an
oar while swimming in shallow water
The water in North Mankato does
not cover Belgrade avenue much be-
yCnd Strickland's store. The river
must rise several feet before it will
reach the school house.
Special Policeman Flanagan is on
duty at this end of the bridge,
preventing anyone from going
upon the bridge except those
who live in North MankatO, or have
business there Ia |s-1t--'. -
Where SO many houses have been
abandoned, with the household goods
remaining in them, there is IN inyit-
ing field for thieves, yet no depreda-
tions have thus tar been reported.
The ice ia the Minnesota river
above the mouth of the Blue Earth is
still intact. The river has risen
about seven feet, and the ice floats on
the surface
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
ANOTHER BARN BURNED.
This Time it is Henry Schwarble's-
. Two Horses Perish. ..s 30

Fire was discovered in the hayloft
of Henry Sch MARBLES barn on Broad
street near Main, at 1880 o'clock last
evening The fire had considerable
Roadway before the fire department
arrived, but it was eXtinguished after
much hard work. The barn was a
good one, costing $500, and was insued
for 5000, which about covers the loss.
Two horses were smoothered in their
stalls, and the insurance of $3.50 on
them will not cover the loss. The
Citizens Fire Insurance Company paid
the insurance today.
The fire was believed to have been
the work of the fire bug who has &C.
casioned so much loss in the city dur
ing the past two years.
Mr.. Schwarble formerly resided at
Eagle Lake.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
A PLEASANT WEDDING.

Wednesday noon, March 10, Mr..
Llewlyn Jones and Miss Emma John
son were united in the holy bonds of
wedlock at she residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles johnson, Judson, Rev.
II. A. Cleveland officiating, in the
presence of one hundred relatives and
friends. f.. r-..r.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
all sat down to an elaborate dinner.
Mr.. Humphrey Jones, the well known
baritone soloist and male choir
teacher, father OF the groom, favored
the guests with some of his best solos
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26

in the English and Welsh languages.
The evening was spent by the
young people Humphrey Jones in
cluded) in playing games, music, etc.
Mr.. Llewelyn Jones is the youngest
son of Humphrey Jones and is highly
respected for his many excellent
qualities. He is possessed of those
sterling qualities which make man.
His bride is the third daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, of
Judson. She has taught school the
past five years at Clear Lake, Mimi,
where all who knew her learned to
love and respect her for her kind
disposition and gentle manners. The
gifts received by the bride are very
pretty, costly and useful, no two be-
ing alike, rare occurrence.
Messrs. John and Erick Holberg and
families, of Rapidan, brought a
Riverside orange with twig and leaves
grown from seed planted in a pail
of earth in their home. Some of the
guests had never seen Minnesota
orange.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones will reside on a
farm ia JudsOn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
Senate Agrees to Time for
Voting on All Pending
Amendments.
Determined Effort Made for
Final Action, but With
out Result.
Third Day of the Tariff Debate
Devoid of Notable
Features.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
tee ON foreign relations, made a deter
mined effort during the day to secure
unanimous consent to fix day when
the final vote should be taken on the
arbitration treaty, but only succeeded
to the extent of obtaining an agree
ment to time for vote on the miscel-
laneous amendments. The executive
session continued from IL 80 until 3
o'clock. Considerable time was spent
in contention over the effort to secure
time for a vote, and it was only after
decided controversy that the opponents
of ratification agreed to GATE for vot-
ing on the amendments. They based
their opposition on the fact that there
were good many members absent and
whom they considered it desirable to
have in the senate
When the Vote Should Be Taken.
The understanding as to the vote on
the amendments was reached on plan
outlined by Senator Hoar. 1t provides
pudU UllS S0uoIdl ulSCuoSIOl vi dluSuu.
ments shall continue until o'clock on
Wednesday of next week when vote
is to be taken on those which may be
pending at that time that in case any
of the amendments are agreed to the
treaty as amended shall be printed and
returned to the senate and shall still be
open to amendments, but that the final
vote on amendments shall be taken at
o'clock the following day, Thursday.
The main debate of the day was upon
the Chiffon amendment providing for
submitting all agreements for arbitra-
ton made under the treaty to the sem
ate for its approval before entering
upon course of settlement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
n.,r cure Liver Ills; easy to
HOODS Pills take, easy to operate. CSC
EAGLE LAKE.

Eagle Lake is not suffering from
the spring thaw as much as
some OF the neighboring towns.
Miss Grace Presnall closed a sue
ceSsful term OF school in the Alden
district last Friday. In spite Of ad-
verse weather her entertainment in
the evening was well attended and an
enjoyable program rendered. She has
been engaged to teach the spring term
which Is TO commence April 5.
Mr.. Melinda's grandson, Clarence
Taylor, and wife, are visiting with
his grandSarents.
J. G. Presnall is to occupy the house
recently vacated by John Cote.
Theuluneral of Geo. A. Hilton was
held at the NJ. E. church, Rev. Hanna
officiating. The church was finely
draped in black and decorated with
beautiful flowers. In spite Of bad
roads there was hardly standing room
as George was we'll and favorably
known in this vicinity. His remains
were inferred at the ST. Clair GENE
terry, where those of the relations are
buried MIR. and Mrs. Hilton have
the sympathy Of all in their bereave-
ment. George was nearly thirty-two
years old at his death.
M. b. VanKirk is to occupy,the
Chas. Chase house.
Mr.. Bradley and the teacher in the
lower depart ent of our village
school visited Mankato Saturday.
Mrs. L. E. Scott and family came
out from Mankato Tuesday and are
stopping at Mrs. Cooper's. They were
driven from their home by the Mime
sofa river.
Several of our young men are daily
visitors to Mankato watching the
river.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
THE WATER REMAINS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
The Ice Goes Out But Packs in Again
and the Situation on the Low
Lands Does Not Vary rluch-Raii-
road Officials Pay the City Visit
Some Incidents of the Flood
Five Feet Lower Than in 1881.

There is little or no change in the
situation along the river. The water
sometimes goes down few inches,
but RECEIVERS the lost ground without
much delay. A hugh stream con-
tinueS to course through North Man
kato, and Cummings addition is still
under water. The ice gorge broke
last evening and the cakes tioated
down the river rapidly for time, but
the gorge reformed and was today
packed in about the same manner as
Yesterday. The highest point reach
ed by the water has been five feet
lower than during the high water Of
1881. To SHOW that the local flood
is due largely to the gorge, the river
at Ottawa was yesterday twelve feet
below the extreme high water mark
of 1881.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26

streams that poured from New Eng
land, the middle states and the south,
and how they were met and tempered,
and ia some states outnumbered by
the influx of immigrants from abroad.
The effects of the slavery struggle is
also commented upon, and how the
great northwest finally gave the cast
ing vote for freedom. Along this line
he says: sin the civil war, western
New York and the Northwest were
powerful in the forum and in the field.
The names of Lincoln, Chas. Seward,
Sherman, and Grant suffice to Illus
trate this power. A million soldiers
came from The states that the ordi-
nance, passed by southern votes, had
devoted to freedom"
In touching upon some of the politi-
Cal iSmS he says: eff we follow back
the line Of march Of the Puritan
farmer, we shall see how responsive
he has always been TO isms, and how
persistentiy he has resisted encroach-
meats on his ideals Of individual OPP
pOrtunity and democracy. He is the
prophet of the higher law in bleed
ing Kansas before the civil war. He
is the prohihitiOnist Of Iowa and Wis
consin, crying out against German
customs as an invasion Of his tradi-
tional ideals. He is the granger Of
Wisconsin, passing restrictive rail-
road legislation"
In conclusion he says: To-day the
Northwest, standing between her
ancestral connections in the east and
her children in the west, partly like
the east, partly like the west, finds
herself in position strangely like
that in the days Of the slavery strug-
gle, when her origins presented TO her
divided duty But these issues are
not put with the same imperious
'which?' as were the issues of free
dom or slavery.
Looking at the Northwest as a
whole, one sees that, in the character
of it's industries and in the elements
it's population, it is identified on the
east with the zone of states including
the middle region and New England.
Cotton culture and the negro make a
clear line of division between the Old
Northwest and the South. And yet
in important historical ideals,-in
movement of expansion, in the per-
sistence of agricultural interests, in
impulsiveness, in imperialistic ways
of looking at the American destiny, in
hero worship, in the newness of it's
present social structure;-the Old
Northwest has much in common with
the south and the far west. Behind
is the old pioneer past of simple
democratic conditions, and freedom of
opportunity for all men. Before her
is a superb industrial development,
the brilllancy of success as evinced in
vast population, aggregate wealth,
and sectional power"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
Raisrosd Officials Here.

Last evening General Manager
Scott and Chief Engineer Z. w. john
son, of the Omaha road, paid the city
d visit to look over the roads recent
improvements. The new embank-
menU was found to be withstanding
the wear of the ice and water splen-
ddly. The river must rise five feet
before the track will be covered.
Division Superintendent w. W.
Erwin, OF toe Milwaukee road, spent
the day in the city looking after the
interests of that road. The MilWau-
kee track is somewhat lower than the
Omaha track.
All of the roads are keeping close
watch on the rivers at all points, and
the officials are constantly kept post
ed by actual measurements.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
BENTON M'MILLIN-

ing. Mr.. Grosvenor and Mr.. McMillin
were distinctively the orators of the
day. The other speakers at the day
session were Messrs. Fox (Miss.), Sims
(Tenn.), Williams (Miss.), Terry
(Ark.), Sayers (Tex.), Johnson IN. d.,
Evans (Ky.), Maddox GA and Adams
Pa.). @
The night session of the house was
devoted to set speeches. The speakers
were Messrs. Livingston Dem, Ga.).
Belford (Rep., N. ", Brundage
Oem., Ark, Bromwell rep, o.,
Castle Dem, CALI, Brown (Rep., o.,
Kerr (Rep:, o. and Olmstead (Rep.,'
Pa. ta in .s
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
NO GRADED ASSESSMENTS.

Minnesota Grand Lodge, A. o. U. W..
Sticks to the Old Plan.
ST. PAUL, March 25.-The Minnesota
grand lodge, in session here, voted by
an overwhelming majority to retain
the old plan of '1evel assessments, ;"
instead of the graded assessment plan
recommended by the supreme lodge
last year. The following officers were
elected: Grand master workman,
Charles G. Kinds, Shakopee; grand
foreman, ]. M. Diment, Owatonna;
grand overseer, Fred II. White, Du-
luth; grand recorder, j. J. McCardy,
st. Paul; grand guide, G. w. Bertram,
Minneapolis watchmen, G. B. Ber-
tram of Minneapolis, and Judge lift,
Glencoe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
Kai.er,s Remarks Exo.epted To-

LONDON, March PA dispatch to
The Times from Berlin says much dis
satisfaction is expressed there at the
announcement that the kaiser, while
replying to the address presented him
by the deputation of students from the
torchlight procession, said: above
all let it be your endeavor that the
carping and the grumbling, which un-
happily are far too frequent among our
people, shall cease
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
WAGON DERFUL. are the cures by
0s Hoods Sarsaparilla, and yet the,
are simple and natural. Hoods Sarsa
parilla makes Pure BLOOD

George r. Vending certainly
stands at the head of American
Popular lectures his "Man of
Galilee," saul OF Tarsus," "Unseen
Realities" are masterpieces of
brilliant rhetoric and deep thinking.
The pleasure attained from the
lecture "Unseen4 Realities" will
certainly be equaled by that from the
"Man of Galilee, ".this year, Manka1o
theatre, Friday March 26th.
DR.. Andrews was called to Madison
Lake professionally yesterday. and to
FairmOnt today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
PROHIBITS OSTEOPATHY.

Iowa Senate on Record Against the New
School. --.... ... o..
DIES MONIES, March 25.-In the SEN
ate the bill governing the practice
of medicine was passed. Among the
amendments is prohibitive tax of $3.50
a year on all itinerant doctors, and a
section prohibiting the practice of oste-
opathy in the state. All men before
commencing practice of medicine,
whether graduates of medical schools
or not, must pass an examination. The
house mines and mining bill also
passed, r. ..t..4.sra.s.f nngs s.sagg SIS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
IVORY WANTS DAMAGES.

Asks 100000 From the British Govern
ment for False Imprisonment.
NEW YORK, March 25.-The World
says: Attorney John F. Mcintyre has
forwarded to Secretary of State Sher-
man a memorial in behalf of Edward
J. Ivory, the Harlem saloonkeeper, ar
rested in Glasgow Sept. ID last on a
charge of conspiracy to destroy public
buildings in England, and acquitted
after nearly five months Imprisonment
in Holloway jail In his memorial Mr..
Mcintyre, in behalf of his client, asks
EGO, 900 damages from the british gov
ernmant --------
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
some Tariff Bill Changes.

WASHINGTON. March %. The Re-
publican members of the, ways and
means committee !, have decided to
make two important changes in the
tariff bill. Books and scientific APP
paratus which are not madein this
country are to be admitted free The
duty on pineapples is to be changed
from 2 cents per pound to cents
cubic foot in barrels or packages, and
81 per 1000 imported in bulk. 9t,i 10.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
ASLEEP FOR OVER A WEEK
Little Girl of Kenosha, Wis, Cannot Be
Weakened.

Little Girl of Kenosha, Wis, Cannot Be
Weakened.
KENosHA, Wis, March 20. The case
of little Edna Balm, who has been
sleeping for over week, is one of the
most peculiar that has ever come to the
notice of the physicians in this vicinity.
The little girl is IL years old and the
daughter of John P. Balm of Pleasant
Prairie, living six miles southwest of
Kenosha. She is in perfect health, so
far as can be known. She went to
sleep rather suddenly over week ago,
and while she breathes naturally and
has flushed, healthy look, she cannot
be reused from her slumber.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
DOMINANT FORCES OF THE WEST.

The atlantic Monthly for April will
begin a series of articles on the
Dominant Forces in Western Life"
by Frederick j. Turner, professor of
history in the university of Wiscon-
sin, in which the rise, growth and fu-
ture of the western states is treated.
In opening his series Prof. Turner
first calls attention to the fact that
1.-THE Old Northwest is name which
tells of the yestiges which the march
Of settlement across the American
continent has left behind it. The
Northwest fronts the watery laby-
rinth of Puget Sound and awaits it's
destiny upon. the Pacific. The Old
Northwest, the historic Northwest
Territory, iSanow the new middle re-
gion of the United States. A century
ago it was wilderness. Today it is
the keystone of the American Com
monwealth. Since 1860, the centre of
population of the United States has
rested within its limits, and the
centre of manufacturing in the notion
lies eight miles from President Nc
Kinleys Ohio home. OF the seven
men who have been elected to the
presidency of the United States since
1850. six have come from the Old
Northwest, and the seventh came
from the kindred region Of western
New. York. The congressional repre-
sentatives from these five states of the
Old Northwest already. outnumber
those from the old Middle States, and
are three times as numerous as those
from New England"
He then turns to the origin. settle
ment and growth Of these states from
Ohio,th eldest, down to the youngest,
showing wheifce and siwhen and why
their settlers came to them. The
meeting and co.mingling Of the
4 j
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
To Prevent Coxey Marches.

DIES MONIES, March %, The house
has passed the original procedure law,
making it a crime for 10; or. more, per-
sons to go together organized Or UNI
organized without means, depending
on people for support in. Kelly OF, Coxey
style. The sen4te rejected the propose.
ton last week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
Hoar After Prize Fighting.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Hoar of Massachusetts has introduced
in the senate bill to prohibit the re-
production in the District of Columbia
or the territories by kaleidoscope or any
kindred device of a pugilistic encounter
and to forbid the transportation of the
materials of such exhibitions by mail
or interstate commerce.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
Must Be SIM Doth Shaved

READING, Pa, March 20 ASuperin.,
tendent Passmore of the Reading and
Southwestern street railway has issued,
orders to all employees that on and after
April they must dispense with thsir
moustaches and boards The order has
caused much dissatisfaction f}.Nz jr;fo,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
Agricultural Bill Agreed On. =

WASHINGTON, March 25.-The senate
committee on appropriations held its
first meeting of the session during, the
day and agreed to report the agrieul-
tural appropriation bill as it passed the
house. Action on the other appropriate
tion bills which failed at the last ses-
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silver Men Will Not obstruct,

WASHINGTON, March %. The dinner
given to ex-senator Dubois by the sill.
yer Republicans of the senate and
house, resolved itself into an important
conference on the policy to be pursued
by this party with reference to the
Dingley tariff bill. The result was
practical conclusion not to stand in the
way of the enactment of the bill into
law
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
AFTER A STORMY DEBATE.
Manitoba Legislature Ratifies the School
Question Settlement.

ManltOba LegIsiature Katlhes the SchOOI
Question Settlement.
WINNIPEG, March 25.-After bitter
debate and many stormy scenes the
Manitoba legislature has ratified the
settlement of the Roman Catholic
parochial school question. The bill
embodying the, amendments to the
school law, in accordance with the
Laurier- Greenway agreement, was
read third time
When the ablegate of the pope, now
en- route from Rome to Canada, ar
rives, he will find the parochial school
question, so far as Manitoba is con-
cerned, settled.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
Saws the Treaty Is Killed.

LONDON, March 25.-The Daily
Chronicle says editorially: "The
American senate has stabbed the treaty
of arbitration to the heart. This mis-
cradle understanding means that the
silverites have paid us out for our gold
policy. If it means also the death of
arbitration it would have been better
had the treaty never existed. nIL.2i1S rn
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-26
Minneapolis & ST. Louis Railway.

...'|."''.t CANNON VALLEY. -E ..... -'
'' "'- '.' Depart Arrive
No. % and "a Waterville -'
and Faribault Accommo. 6:45 m $40 p m
No. 81 and %, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Red Wing
Passenger 500 m $40 m
Daily except Sunday. men
No. % connects at Waterville with through
trains for Des Moines; also with free chair car
to Denver, via Kansas City and Topeka. No.
21 connects with through trains having through
sleepers for Chicago, ST. Louis and Kansas City.
Information regarding rates, routes, etc.
cheerfuly furnished upon application to
RARR Agent
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Deepeu the st. Lawrence Canal.

MONTREAL, March %. The .Domin-
ion government has definitely decided
to push the work of deepening the st.
Lawrence canal to uniform depth of
IA feet, the work to be-. completed in
two years. $, re.. ,.s.,.s - - ,fr ~ @E,5
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul.

Departing Trains arriving
No. I22 $50 a. m. No. 1O1-12:3O p. m.
No. 104-2:3O p. m. No. 1873 500 p. m.
No. l6S-7:On p. m. No. 1873 AGO p. m.
No. 1872 makes close connections at Austin
with through Seeper-for St. Louis, Peoria and
Kansas City, arriving 7:15 next morning.
This train also connects for La Crosse and
Chicago ..s ..r. s. .r l.#. l-.. ....
No. I04 makes connection with Chicago
Sleepers at Austin and Lacrosse. .r. .r..,
=. .. ... ...,. f J. G. MOORE, Agent.
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Chicago & Northwestern.

EAST BOUND. Depart Arrive
tChicago Mail and Passenger 7:15 a m $50 a m
t*Chicago express 4:O5 m 435 m
tTracy & Waseca Accom'dn 3:15 p m :55 p m
WEST BO0ND.
S*Dakota Passenger 1925 pm 100 m
fMinn. Mail and Passenger 6:35 m 7:1O p m
+Waseca & Tracy Accom'dn $50 a m 9:35 a m
tDaily except Sunday *Daily.
tSleepers Mankato to Chicago.
SSleepers Chicago to Mankato. ,..
c.. E. JOHNSON, Agent.
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No Monument for Butler.

Boston, March 25.-The house has
defeated, 81 to 81, the resolution for a
monument in the statehouse' yard to-
General B. f. Butler. 80 4kiIFs6i%.'n