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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
nlrNNESOTA'S LABOR COMMITS
SIONER.

The state senate in complying with
the request of the Populists that
Labor Commissioner Powers be in
vestigated, has done wisely. 1t will
not hurt Mr.. Powers. In fact it will
be of great benefit to him, as it will
serve to bring out more clearly TO the
public view the great work which Mr..
Powers is doing for the state, and for
all classes of it's citizens. The at
tempt of a few Populist agitators to
down the labor commissioner will not
work. His work has proved of too
great value to the state. He stands
among the two or three most
prominent and successful labor COM
missioners in the country, and his re-
ports are regarded.by the leading econo-
mists and sociologists of the world
as among the best in their line, and
are quoted as authority. His last re-
port is one of the most valuable ever
submitted from any like bureau.
When Gov. Clough reappointed Mr..
Powers for another term, he did an
honor to himself and the state.
The investigation that has been
asked for, is welcomed by Mr..
Powers and will have the effect of
bringing out more forcibly to the pub
lie the true value of the Office of labor
commissioner, and the great worth of
the man who presides over it. Min
nesota is indeed fortunate to have in
it's midst and at the head of it's bureau
of labor, such man as L. G. Powers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
A SPLENDID BEGINNING.

The Evening Educational classes
for employed men, which the Y. M.
@. A. have been arranging for opened
Tuesday at the Association room.
While the work has been very success
full in other cities it was of course
something of an.eXperiment here the
association had no means of knowing
what the demand would be without
trying it.
The Educational committee
arranged to have two classes to begin
with.
One in Penmanship, taught by Prof.
W. E. Freeman of the Commercial
college. The other in Arithmetic,
taught by Mr.. w. J. Osborn.
The most sanguine men of the COM
mittee did not expect more than
twelve men in each class but when
the time came to begin work there
were twenty-five entries for penman-
ship and twenty for arithmetic and
the class room was found to be ali to-
gether inadequate. Today the lecture
room is being put in condition for
class work and will be ready for to-
morrow evening.
This splendid response on the part
of the young men shows that the Y.
M. @. A. was not mistaken in believ-
ing that there was a need for such
work, and it also insures the extend
ing and enlarging of the educational
work in the near future.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
NEW YORK CiTYS WEALTH.

The taxable property of New York
city is returned this year at $780,
600, 900. The New York Advertiser in
making some comparisons says it will
exceed the combined valuation of all
the taxable property of the cities of
Chicago, Boston, Baltimore Buffalo
and Cincinnati, as reported last year.
That it equals the aggregate assessed
valuation of all the real and personal
property in the states of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island
and Connecticut. Is more than that
of Massachusetts including Boston,
and lacks but million or so of equal
ing that of Pennsylvania, while it
would buy the taxable property of
Ohio almost twice. Taking the re-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
THE RIVERS ENCROACHMENTS.

Engineer Haynes inspected the
animal cemetery north of the city to-
day. 1t comprises five to seven acres
in willow bottom, purchased some
years ago of Adam Jefferson. 1t is
here that dead horses, dogs, ETC., are
buried unGer the sand. Mr.. Haynes
found that the property cannot be
surveyed, as the southwest corner of
the government lot cannot be found.
Since the government survey, the
Minnesota river has encroached on
the lot some twenty rods A supple
mentary deed will have to be obtained
from Mr.. jefferson, giving a better
description Of the land.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
A BURGLAR PROOF BANK.

The state bank at Madelia has been
made practically burglar proof. The
wire nettings reach from the counter
to the ceiling, and fifteen electric
buttons have been placed under the
counters, with wires running to diff
ferent stores. In case of an attempt
to rob the bank during business hours,
the cashier can parley with the bur-
glars while he presses with his feet
on the buttons, or can duck down and
touch some of the buttons, which
will set off alarms in different parts
of the village, thus quickly bringing
help.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
CHANGE OF LOCATION.

The Mankato Blank Book and Box
Mfg. Co, yesterday leased the great
er part of the first floor of the
Young Mems building and portion
of the basement and will take posses
sion Feb. 1st. By the terms of the
lease, the company assumes the heat
ing of the building and probably the
running of the elevator. The first
floor is to be partitioned off, leaving a
store nineteen feet wide and extend
ing the entire length of the Second
street side of the building, which will
be for rent by the Y. M. Inv. Co.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

UP to yesterday there had been 9s
bills introduced into the lower house
of the legislature. Among those in
PRODUCED yesterday was one in rela-
tion to trusts, also one providing for a
travelling state library. 1t provides
for commission to manage the sys-
tenn consisting of the president of the
state university, the superintendent
of public instruction, and three
members to be appointed by the gov
ernor. They are allowed travelling
expenses but no salary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
CLAIM FOR WAGES.

The suit of Lou f. Davis, of Lake
Crystal, VS.. James A. Pagan, assignee
of w. G. Davis, will be tried before
Judge Severance tomorrow. Mr..
Davis sues to recover $500, wages for
three years for work which he says he
did for his father, W. G. Davis, and
which he has not been paid. Thos.
and Evan Hughes are attorneys for
the plaintiff, while Attorney Pattee,
of Minneapolis, appears for the de-
fendant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

We all know that any tired muscle
can be restored by rest. Your stomach
is muscle. Dyspepsia is it's manner
of saying 81 am tired. Give me rest
To rest the stomach you must do it's
work outside of the body.
This is the Shakers method of cur
ing indigestion, and it's success is best
attested by the fact that these people
are practically free from what is with
out doubt the most prevalent of all
diseases. The Shaker Digestive Cor
dial not only contains digested food
which is promptly absorbed without
taxing the tired digestive organs, but
it is likewise an aid to the digestion
Of other foods in the stomach. A 10
cent trial bottle will convince you of
its merit, and these you can obtain
through all druggists.
LaxOl is the best medicine for child
rem. Doctors recommend it in place
of Castor Oil.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
A $50 TURKEY.

Mr.. Kurth, the poultry dealer whose
place of business is in one of the Mills
buildings, purchased some turkeys
Wednesday, and one of them es-
capped and flew against the large plate
glass window, which gave away. Mr..
Kurth awarded the contract for re-
placing the glass for $50. The turkey
proved the cOstliest that he has yet
purchased.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

Pass & Schippel are drawing plans
for pop factory for Adolph Pagel.
1t will be 30x66.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
HENRY CLEWS VIEW OF THE
SITUATION.

Henry Clews in his weekly financial
letter says that "the year 1897 opens
with a marked improvement Of tone.
Among the banks, in the investment
market, in speculative operations and
in the various branches of credit, the
recovery of confidence is very conspicu-
Gus. The change is mo artificial pro-
duct; it has come about through a
gradual natural process, and is the re-
suit of growing conviction that re-
action has set in from the various adj
verse conditions and moods which, for
the last three years, have so COM
pletely shaken the foundations of pub
lie confidence. Now that the future
is regarded as entirely exempt from
some important uncertainties; for it
is conceded that adjustments remain
to be accomplished whichSare needful
to establishing a complete sense of
public security"
Our three years of severe trial has
served, he says, as an invaluable edu-
cation. 1t has exposed radical but
unsupported dangers in our currency
system, and has caused a reasonable
estimate to be put upon the remedies
needful. Recovery is further en-
cOuraged by the abatement of politi-
cal excitement and the dropping of
the silver question. SIN BRIEF" he
says, ''the sober judgment of the peo-
pie has asserted it's ascendancy over
the wave of passion which had spread
over politics, and the danger from
false and precipitate policies has sub
sided. Above all, the arbitration
treaty has diffused throughout the
nation the great hope of founding
lasting friendship with the only
country that we have been won't to
regard as possibly threatening our in
ternational peace. 1t is not conceiV-
able that the senate can fail to ratify
this greatest compact that has ever
been established among nations; and
when the treaty has been ratified it's
beneficial effects will appear in many
ways not now thought of and which
will tend to elevate the national
sentiment and TO dispel political mis-
giyings which have more than little
conduced to the late prevailing dis
trust Thus, in politics, both do
nestle and international, we seem to
be passing from an ebulition of passion
and prejudice to condition of calmer
and more responsible politics.; the
more intelligent classes are gaining
the ascendancy in public opinion, and
the common sense of the people is
coming to the rescue of the nation.
Nothing could more surely than
this contribute to the complete res
toration of prosperity; for nothing is
so directly responsible for the late
alarm as the wild vagariesin our poll
tics"
Merchants and manufacturers every
where, he says, are more hopeful, and
it is generally conceded that the ele-
ments of solid revival are already in
sight. He is of the opinion, however,
that the first half of the year will |
not witness any striking boom in bust
ness, but believes the fall trade will
leave little to be desired in the way
of prosperity.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19
GERMAN NAVAL CREDITS.
The Governments Proposals De-
hated I'm the Rcichstng.

BERLIN. March 1S.-The government 5
,roposols for extra naval credits were
debated in the Reichstag to-day Ut
rseher the leader OF the Centrists, made
q sneech in justification of the action oil
the Reichstag Budget Committee. III re-
iecting the governments demands lor
additional credits for the construction Oh
nm cruisers and torpedo-boats. and
Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial Cnan-
csllor read n speech. declaring mat the
increases I'm the navy asked for by the
government were necessary. and that
the government fet sure that the ma
ioritv of members of the Reichstag would
concuy in this view. What the govern
ment now demanded. the Chancellor SAID.
was the minimum sum required to guard
the vital interests of Germany on sea
and land. Prince Hohenlohe's remark
EXPRESSING confidence that the majority
would concur in his view was received
with silence. but his reference 10 guard
ing the vital interests OF Germany was
applauded by the members of the Rleht
Freiherr MarschaH Won Bierberstein'
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, followed the
Chancellor in a speech in support or the
Governments proposals. He condemned
the action of the Budget Committee as
extremely unwise although he would not
offer the suggestion that it was unpa-
triotic. The cruisers which the govern
ment had wished to construct he salu'
we're badly needed to protect the trade
of Germany. and the German missions to
open up China, as wen as to retain
the adherence Of Germans abroad 10 the
Fatherland. (Cheers0
Vice-Admirai Holman, the lead OF
the Imperial admiralty then gave an
opinion as a naval expert OF the needs
of the marine service.
Herr Won Kardorff G'ree Conservative
advocated the granting OF the extra
credits in the form demanded by the
government. Herr Mueller, or Fulda'
stated that the party Of the Centre
was united in favor of rejecting tue
sums demanded for new cruisers, and
declared that he considered this fact as
settling the fate Of the government 5
propOsals.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19
MANY LIVES LOST.
THE STEAMER ST. NAzAIRE
WRECKED OFF UATTERAs.
ONLY POUR PERSONS SAVED.
All the Rest Of the Eighty
Two People on Board supposed
fo HIVE Pcrishcd-Terribic suf-
fcring.
fcring.

NEW YORK. March 1S.-Augustin For
ret. the French-Lines agent AZ this port.
has made the following statement or the
disaster to the steamer st. Nazaire' as
he learned Il from Captain Berri's dis
connected remarks:
"The St. Nazaire encountered tenn
pest when forty hours out from New
York for Port au Prince. The steam
ship had made about go miles from this
port, and was somewhere Off Hatteras'
Heavy seas swept the steamship con-
tnually from Sunday afternoon till mid
night They poured down the matches
and put out the fires in the engine-room,
rendering the vessel helpless. Captain
Jacquenau ordered out the boats. seeing
no other hope. Four boats were
launched. only to be crushed against the
ship. In momentary lull the other four
boats were launched in the lee of the
wreck, and all on board crowded into
them.
"The boat In which Captain Berri got
contained thirty-seven persons, all told,
including a woman and four children.
Berri took command, and ordered signal
lights carried for the other boats to fol-
low. The four boats parted company
however. almost at once, and Berri
never saw trace of the other three after
leaving the ship. Everybody worked
hard 20 keep the boats head to the
waves. and all suffered most intensely
through the first night. Some froze 10
death. and others jumped overheard or
the last days Of terrible experience, cap
tain Berri has only a hazy recollection.
Alphon Dumois. one Of the passengers
on the ST. Nazaire. was a brother OF
Hippolite Dumois, head Of the firm or
Dumois & Co., of this city. Ramon
Jiminez. another OF the passengers, was
the head of the firm of r. J. Jiminez q
Co.. contractors and engineers, also Of
this city.
Agent Forget furnished a complete list
Of the passengers and crew who were
in the vessel when she left There were
but eleven passengers In all on the ship,
but the crew-list numbered seventy-one
men. The names of the passengers are
as follows:
A. Dumois and /. DumOis, OF San Do
mineo; Ramon Jimnez and Mare Pue-
zyna. and Sarolle. Of Port au Prince, and
Mr.. and Mrs Juan de Dios Tijada and
four children. Of San Domingo.
The officers of the vessel were white
men. The rest Of the crew were colored.
Captain Berri was a passenger, although
not on the list. He is an officer Of the
steamship company. The four survivors
were picked up by the schooner Hilda on
Sunday afternoon, about ten miles of
Fenwick Islands. Four dead men were in
the boat with the four living.
The survivors are all in fair way 10
ro,ovar fbcfr haalfh although all fOur
were insane when rescued. The vessel
left New York March 9Th. The wreck oc-
CURED March Sth, and the survivors were
rescued March l4th
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19

Liberal Federation was held at Norwich
to-day and presided over by Or. Robert
Spence Watsoa. who moved the follow
ing resolution:
THAT this Council OF the National
Liberal Federation, representing more
than 100 Liberal associations IN Eng
land and wales. respectfully tenders us
congratulations 10 her Majesty the
Queen. on attaining this. the sixtieth
year Of her reign; gratefully recognizes
with loyal appreciation her consutu-
tional practice, her over-ready sSnpa-
thy, and the gracious influence OF her
personal example. and earnestly hopts
that she may long be spared 10 VII
ness peace throughout her empire ana
the continued progress Of her people
An amendment that the proposed al
teration Of the rules be favorably CON
sidered and reported upon by the IKE
cutive Committee was carried.
The annual report was then present.
ed. and President Watson, IN MOVING
it's adoption, took occasion TO deny 'hat
the question of home rule had peen
put into the background. The LdDerai
party. he declared, could not go pach.
they had nailed home rule 10 'ne
mast (Cheers)
Sir William Harcourt eNptesseu
hope that the opinion collected az ias'
evenings meeting of the federation
con,d he relied upon as samples of the
noI,cv which the Liberals were prepared
~ nursne I'm this great crisis OF the
reputation Of the English nation. ne
said that in the glorious hght asainst
Lord Beaconsneld. from 1876 TO 1870, ne
had carried a musket, and he was reauy
10 do 80 again. The recollection Oh thS'
fight. he said, ought to sustain ttle Lip ,r.
rails Of to-day In uphoiuihg tne o'ng
policy consistent with the hoHoi anu
fame Of England.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19
The JuxOn Medal.

The high price of f77O was recently paid
for the Juxon medal This was the medal
which Charles |. gave to Bishop Juxon on
the day of his beheadal. The history OF
this medal. as to the efforts made by the
British Museum TO possess II, Is remark
able. After passing through various own
ers, IL came about the middle of the CEN
fury into the hands of a Mr.. Till, Co.
vent Garden dealer in coins. who paid ESQ
for il. II was offered TO the museum at
an advance OF go pounds. and was de-
clined. II was next disposed of 10 Mr..
Cuff for f60 In 1854 Mr.. Cuffs coins were
sold, and the Juxon medal brought fsO.
1t was once more offered 10 the museum,
but they would have none OF II at that
figure. Then Mr.. Brown. OF Longmans d
Co, the publishers. paid eco for the coin,
which was believed TO be the biggest price
ever paid for a medal Now comes the
final purchase of the same Juxon medal
for f770, and the buyers are the trustees
OF the British Museum. In less than
twenty-five years what the museum could
have bought for $500 they had 10 pay
$3.50 for.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19
sEAMEN IN PERIL.
4 Fight with Flames AbOardship-
Fatal Explosion.

NEW YORK. March 1S-The Allan
State Line steamer Carthagenian, which
arrived this morning from Glasgow,
rescued the crew Of the Wilson steamer
Rialto, which took fire and was aban-
doned March 9Th IN latitude 5l31 and longi-
tude % As.
The Rialto was bound from Newcastle
for this port, loaded with a general cargo,
including a large quantity of chemicals
She left port on February 2lst, and ex-
perienced strong westerly gales, which
gradually increased in violence until
March 30, when veritable hurricane was
blowing. At o'clock in the morning
a terrific explosion in the forehold blew
the hatch-covers into the air, killed one
seamen, and injured the chief nate.
Dense columns of thick, yellow smoke
poured out, and a choking. penetrating
odor pervaded the ship, and the crew
were at once called 10 fire quarters. 1t
was necessary to batten down the
matches to prevent the fire having full
vent. Meanwhile the ship w9s walowing
I'm the high sea- and occasionally burying
itself under a giant comber. The life
boats were smashed by the seas, and the
crew saw death staring them in the face.
All hands worked with desperate energy,
DuL IN spltb Oh all bADllS tue llib Sttiutu
TO gain Roadway.
At O'Clock in the afternoon the
Carthagenian was sighted and in reply
TO signals promised to stand by until
the weather moderated sufficiently to
permit boats 10 be lowered. The RialtO
seamen did not relax their efforts TO
subdue the fire. but II crep further into
the cargo, and the decks grew hotter and
hotter For forty hours, or until the
early morning Of the 9Th, the Allan Liner
stood by, and then the weather mode
rated enough TO make it possible for a
lfeboat to leave. AS the Rialto's boats
were all gone, Captain France, of the
Carthagenian, ordered his manned, and
after a great struggle, the entire crew
were taken off without mishap. Captain
Rippeth said that when he abandoned
the Rialto the plate-seams were gaping,
and there was fifteen feet of water in the
main hold, so that the vessels sinking
was only a matter OF a few hours The
rescued crew saved none OF their effects.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19
JACKSON AND wALLING.
Their confessions" Contradict
Their Sworn Statements

CINCINNATI, o.. March 1S.-Jackson
and Walling tonight submitted their
confessions to the persons with whom
they had exclusively" arranged for their
presentation to the public through the
press tomorrow. Governor Bradley. on
hearing that the alleged confessions were
ready, insisted on considering them at
once Jackson's confession covers six
pages and Walling's three. They do not
deny being implicated in the causing Of
the death of Pearl Bryan. but claim that
her death was accidental, and not in
tended by them at all. They say death
resulted from an overdose of an opiate
administered preparatory to an intended
operation. A third person is mentioned.
1t Is said Governor Bradley will not re-
spite either man, as their confessions"
tonight directly contradict their sworn
statements during their trials.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19
DR.. David's lOdO-Ferrated
Sarsaparilla.

1T WILL GIVE TONE TO YOUR SYS-
TEN;
PURIFY YOUR BLOOD;
MAKE YOUR FOOD PROPERLY
ASSIMILATE,
AND
GIVE HEALTH AND STRENGTH TO
YOUR WHOLE BODY.
Many claim what DR.. Davids Is guar
anteed TO do-SPEEDILY CURE.
Don't waste time ana money on cheap
,renarations, for il is worse than use
iees 20 take other than the best-Dr.
David's Iodo-Ferrated Sarsaparila.
pead what DIR. ]. w. Smith says OF t.:
ReidsvIlle, n. c., October II, 1893.
Owens & Minor Drug Company, Rich
mond, Va:
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Dr David,s Iodo- Ferrated Sarsaparilla. |
have entirely sold out the last lot. re-
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Sarsaparilla as the best Alternative pre-
marathon that l have ever come I'm con-
tact with during a period OF many years
in the drug business and in the practice
of medicine. II sells better than any
other article that l handle, and | fire.
ouentIy prescribe II IN cases where in
dicated, and always with the best re-
suits.
Yours truly, ]. w. SMITH. NJ. d.. 7
Physician and Druggist.
Price, 81 a Bottle.
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO..
70 PSF. Su&Tu Richmond Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19

BARKER.-Died, THURSDAY M4icl
1897, az 100 p. NJ. at the residence o.. l'
parents. Thornclif. Goochland co-"i,
Va. FRANCIS BRANNON, intl''
Of J. b. and Katie IL Barker a-,-
months and IS days. ...,.
Remains will arrive here THIS N1I',,
ING on $50 train. and intermen |
at Maury Cemetery.
SARACINO-Died. at % wos'
street. az S:45 A. NJ, March 18Th. ELl-A
BETH. infant daughter of Frank
Rosa NJ. Saracino; AGED 1 year '-' .
months
Funeral from the residence I'-l'N
CFrlday) az 10 a. NJ. Relatives ann
quaintances OF the family respectfully '
vltai 10 attend
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19
MARINE DISASTER FEARED.
Dutch Steamer and n Hundred Per-
sons on Board Thought Lost.

LONDON, March ia dispatch from
Lloyd's agent at Brest says that 1t is
now greatly feared that the Dutch mail
steamer Utrecht. which sailed from Rot
terdam. February 2Sth. for Batavia, Java,
has foundered in the vicinity Of Ushant,
and that the hundred persons she had on
board are lost. The wreckage, ETC..
which was cast ashore at that place a
week ago, and reported at the time, in
cludes photographs of the officers of that
steamer, and number of life-buoyS and
cabin-doors bearing the name Utrecht"