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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-03-20
BREV1F1ES.


w. ii. A. Pike is getting along nicely.
Speaker Allen came over from Carson
yesterday.
Ms. L. c.. Ward returned yesterday
from Carson.
The worlds press is stated to include
5000 newspapers.
There are n number OF cases OF meas
les ia Verdi and in Tru,kee.
We are having regular March weather
with cold winds aud light SHOWS.
Work in the rank OF knight at Pyra-
mid Lodge next Tuesday evening.
Social dance tonight. Everybody in
yited to come and nave u good time.
At a constable's sale held Tuesday
horses sold at from 35 cents to six dol
lars.
Warren Golding returned from Carson
Sink and says there are plenty OF ducks
there.
Miss Daisy Allen who has been visit
ing Miss Ivy Bailey returned home yes
terday.
When you are In trouble, people who
call to sympathizs are really after the
particulars.
At the present rate Of increase the
population of the earth will double it.
self in 26O years.
1t is estimated that 500, 900 was spent
by visitors in attendance at the glove
contest in Carson.
P. L. Flanagan this week sold 900
head of stock cattle to l.. A. Brubeck
for $l4.75 per head.
FOR SALE-Household furniture and
piano for sale at a bargain. Enquire at
the residence OF DR.. Holmes.
There are thirty-four Temples of
C...@..oao Sisters "a Ca.ifor;.:s With c
membership Of nearly 5000.
The officers of Wadsworth Division
No. 4, Uniform Rank, X. of r., we're in
stalled last Saturday evening.
J.. W. Freeman arrived from Wood
Thursday night and continued on to his
Churchill interests yesterday.
The open season for river trout is from
April LIST to October LIST, and for lake
trout from June LIST to February LIST.
Archibald Steele is about to leave
Wadsworth for a trip to the State of
Washington to take a look at that Sec
tion.
There have been no drunken Indians
on our streets for sometime. Kong's
business must nave been good in bygone
days.
The telegraph wires stretched to Car
son are being taken down. There will
be no more glove contests for some time
ut least.
Thompson and Turner of Modoc
county, sold Tuesday morning PA head
OF hall fat steers, to go to Wisconsin. for
.2.75. gross weight.
Natchez, the simple son Of the forest,
came into the DIsPATcH office yesterday
With a SIS cliuckle. He won it from
Hank Rouk on Fitz.
The boys say Superintendent Agler
put "a couple months salary into the
contribution box at the meeting OF the
Christian Endeavor.
FoR RENr-One of the incest four
10 cottages in town, furnished. Beau
tiful lawn with water. Central located.
Inquire ut Commercial store.
Sheep shearil,. usually in progress at
this time will probably be much later
this year than formerly. The weather
has heen too stormy to shear so lar.
"Dutch Henry" Theelean Of Churchill
county Tuesday sold 100 head Of lat
steers to be delivered al Wadsworth on
the 25ih 10 an Omaha man. 1t is under
STOOL that he got q little letter than
$40 gross fog them.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-03-20

Gil's 7fagic Catorrh Cure. Cal. ut
the DIsPkTsl Olice.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-03-20

MARRIED.

HANSON--STURGEON--In Winnemueca,
New, March 10th, 1897, by Rev. e. Francis
Brown. Clarence b. Hanson OF Winnemucca
q and Miss Maud E. Sturgeon of Kennedy.
GILLILAN-HOLT-In winnemucca, New,
March 10, 1897, by Geo. w. Rutherford, j. p.
Nathan Artie Gillian and Miss Laura Holt,
both Of Paradise.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
MONETARY CONFERENCE.

Indianapolis Meeting viii Create a Com
mission With Power to Act.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. l1.-Only few
members of the monetary conference
have as yet arrived in the city, John
P. Irish of California, w. E. Dodge of
New York and E. V. Smalley OF st.
Paul being the most prominent of those
already here. 1t is almost a settled
conclusion that commission shall be
created by the convention whose duty
will be to submit final plan to con-
gress and urge its adoption by that
body. Differences of opinion exist as
to whether this commission shall give
extended hearing to various plans for
reforming the currency system, or shall
draw up what it considers wisest with
out much waste of time. The general
feeling is that it will not avail much to
urge financial reform on the spring
session of congress owing to the tariff
legislation having the right Of way.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
LYNCHlNG OF NEGROES.

Major Mckinley Prom SEES to Take Official
Not ce of the subjecr.
CLEVELAND, Jan. ia conference
of great Importance to the colored peo-
pie of the United States, and which
will undoubtedly attract national at
tent.on, was held between representa-
tives of the colored people and Presi-
dent-elect Mckinley at the home of
Colonel Myron T. Herrick.
The conference was in pursuance to
action taken at a large and enthusiastic
assemblage of colored Republicans held
here Friday evening under the auspices
of the Western Reserve club, at which
a resolution was presented providing
for the appointment OF a committee Of
three to wait upon President-elect Nc
Kinley to urge upon him the import
ance of expressing in his inaugural
address or message to congress disap-
proval of the lynchings and outrages
perpetrated upon the colored men in
the South.
The committee was cordially re.
ceived and after the matter had been
carefully discussed, Major Mckinley
said that he believed their request to
be proper one for consideration, and
assured the committee that he would
remember the subject of the conference
in his official statements.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Asserted by Those Who Know
That Mark Will Go to
the Senate.
Sherman to Be Offered the
State Portfolio and Will
Accept 1t.
Alger of Michigan Counted AS
Certain for Secretary
of War.

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 1.-The opin-
ion among those who claim to know is
that Senator Sherman will be offered
and will accept the secretaryship of
state in Mr.. McKinley's cabinet and
that Mr.. Hanna will not be one of the
cabinet advisers of the next president.
1t is believed to be certain that Mr..
Hanna will be appointed as the sue
cessor of Mr.. Sherman in the senate, a
place which he very much prefers to
any portfolio which the president-elect
could offer him. Inasmuch as the
senatorial appointment would have to
be made by Governor Bushnell, the ar
rangement herein suggested IS said to
Indicate the Friendly Feeling
which Senator.elect Foraker has for
the presto ent-elect and for the chair
man of the national committee.
Regarding the selection of Cornelius
N. Bliss of New York for secretary of
the navy, it is said that Mr.. Bliss has
been offered the place, but that he de-
ferred his acceptance until he could as
certain whether he could SO arrange his
business affairs so as to permit of his
taking the place.
General Alger of Michigan is counted
as certain to be the secretary OF war.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
A Step Saver.

Steps without number may be saved the
women of the house if in every living
room of the house, from kitchen up. there
is ragbag or catch all, pair of scissors,
and small box or tiny basket containing
a needle or two, black and white thread, a
thimble and some wrapping twine Many
trip down stairs or up is saved by these
little contrivances. To mend rip in one S
dress, sew a button on baby boot, sew on
the just ripped binding, button on
Johns coat, a string on Mary's bonnet, are
all the work of a minute if the materials to
work with are close at hand, and such "a
saving of time, temper and steps in the life
of busy woman l-P Philadelphia Ledger.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
GRANT IN BATTLE.
He Smoked Cigars and Whitfield Sticks
During the Conflict.

AS the general felt that he could be found
more readily and could issue his orders
more promptly from the central point
which he had chosen for his headquarters
be remained there almost the entire day.
He would at times walk slowly up and
down, but most of the day he sat upon the
stump of tree or on the ground, with
his back leaning against tree. The
thread gloves remained on his hands, a
lighted cigar was in his mouth almost con-
stantly, and his penknife was kept in active
use whiting sticks. He would pick up
one small twig after another, and some
times holding the small end away from
him would rapidly shave it down to a
point At other times he would turn the
point toward him and work on it as if
sharpening a lead pencil then he would
girdle it, cut it in two, throw it away and
begin on another We had long been ac-
cused of being nation of whittlers, and
this practice on the part of such conspic-
uous representative American seemed to
give color to the charge
The occupation played sad havoc with
the thread gloves, and before nightfall sew
eral holes had been worn in them, from
which his finger nails protruded. After
that day the gloves disappeared, and the
general thereafter went without them in
camp and wore the usual buckskin gaunt-
lets hen on horseback. 1t was not till the
Appomattox campaign that another pair OF
thread gloves was donned There was a
mystery about the use of those gloves which
was never entirely solved. The impression
was that Mrs. Grant purchased them and
handed them to the general before he start
ed from Washington, and that, either in
Difference to her or because he had a notion
that the officers in the eastern armies were
greater sticklers for dress than those in the
armies of the west, he wore the gloves con.
tinuously for the first three days of his
opening campaign in Virginia-that is tc
say, as long as they lasted under the wear
and tear to which he subjected Them
General Horace Porter in Century.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
The Artist Items Queer Home.

Amusing stories are told of Ziem, who
lived in house at the top of the Rue
LEIPZIG on Montmartre. His house was his
castle in the literal sense of the WORD. 1t
was difficult to obtain admission, for the
painter had an upper window out of which
he always looked when the bell rang and
interrogated his would be visitors. He
had basket which he let down by cord
to receive packages or messages, and be
slept in wonderful swinging bed. His
house was veritable museum, illuminated
Persian manuscripts being part of his col
lection Some of these were worth thou
sands of francs, but it was impossible to
persuade him to sell any of them. In
place of newell post on his stairways stood
the PROV of a gildedsgondola, and, closely
immured in his studio, he painted pictures
of Venice and babe defiance to all who
came to disturb his peace. William A.
Coffin in Century.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
THE INAUGURATION.
Arrangements for the Event Progressin
Sat sfactorily.

Arrangements for the Event Progressing
Sat sfactorily.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE arrange
ments for the Inauguration of Presi-
dent-elect Mckinley are progressing in
a manner very satisfactory to the COM
mittees having them in charge, and it
is believed that the decorations, illum-
nations and ceremonies incident to
this event will at least equal in beauty
and impressiveness those of any former
Inauguration. All of the money aske d
for by the executive committee has
been contributed and number of con-
tracts have already been let. At a
meeting of the executive committee
Chairman Wright, of the committee
on public comfort, reported that he
will be able to furnish lodgings for 100,-
600 persons If necessary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
RUSSIA IN COREA.

She Is Said to Be Obtaining Firm Foot
hold in the Hermit Kingdom.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ia CORE
spondent of the North China Daily
News says: Russia is gradually secur-
ing firm foothold in the peninsula of
Corea A few weeks ago. number of
Russian military officers arrived to
drill the Corean army. Among these
were 10 on.commissioned officers, the
number to be increased in the near fu-
ture, who occupy quarters within the
Enclosure of the new palace. These are
to act as sort of body guard to the
king, who will doubtless soon leave the
Russian legation and occupy the newly
built palace in the foreign settlement
of the capital. Russians have also re-
ceived several concessions, one of which
is the cutting of timber in the north
and on Dagmet island, east coast of
COrea
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
CASTS OF THE ESKIMO.
Artist Albert Operti, Who Accompanied
Peary, Made Plaster Casts.

u
"I was anxious to make complete studies
of these peculiar people, so / not only
painted and photographed them, but also
made number of plaster casts. This was
the first time in the history of arctic work
that the attempt was made to exercise the
sculptors art in the arctic regions. may
say that was most successful In making
plaster casts of the Eskimos, notwithstand-
ing the low temperature in which was
obliged to work.
81 had to try various parts OF the ship
before could find place where the plas-
ter would not freeze, and at length took
up my quarters for this work in the orlop,
or lowest deck of the steamer
"In making the casts the mode of oper.
ating consisted in first amounting the bodies
of the natives with preparation OF petho-
latum, then in building around the model
a wall of clay to the thickness of several
inches. Then l placed strings vertically
and horizontally upon the figure, allowing
them to stick to the flesh, in order to sepa-
rate and break the mold. | then poured
plaster of paris, mixed with water and
salt, to hasten hardening, all over the body
of the subject, the mixture being 10 to 10
degrees colder than the surrounding at
mosphere. permitted the mixture to re-
main for four or five minutes, or until
hard, and then removed it, after marking
1t for future joining These molds were
afterward pared off 30 get rid of the super
luous portions and laid away In and
around the engine room to become thor
oughly evaporated.
Sin making the cast of the face two
goose quilts were inserted in the nostrils OF
the subject Then the face was fabricated
and the eyes were closed and tissue paper
placed over them. The subject was placed
at full length on the deck, and wall OF
clay was built all around the face to pre-.
vent the plaster of paris from running all
over. l then poured the plaster over the
face with one hand, while with the other
held the quilts in an inclined position to
permit of free breathing When the mold
hardened, it was Immediately removed and
trimmed as the other molds had BEEN.
Measurements of the features and Nom
bers of the body were also taken
''The Eskimo subjects underwent these
various operations very patiently and
without murmur. They even allowed
themselves to be washed with soap and
water, an experience as novel to them as
becoming subjects for plaster casts, for,
though the Eskimos possess many virtues,
cleanliness is not next to goodness from
their point of view. Notwithstanding tn
difficulties l succeeded in making IL bar
relfuls of molds, which l have brought
back with rle, 50 that | have reason to
feel satisfied with my work New York
Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15

Several of Mankato's educators
attended the annual meeting of the
state educational association at St.
Paul last week Prof c. f. K9hleI
was elected vice president of the high
school council. Prof. Stuart III.
Rowe read a paper on ga Plea for
Systematic Work in Child Study" in
the child study section. He was
placed on The committee of experts
to direct the work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
APPEALS TO EUROPE.

Turkish Reform League Says Another
Massacre Has Been Planned.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 1.-THE Turkish re-
form League has issued from here an
appeal to the people of Europe declar-
ing that the sultan has planned mas.
sacre, to take place during the coming
Ramazin feasts, and imploring the
powers to interfere, depose the sultan
and proclaim Rechad Effendi, younger
brother of the sultan and his presump-
tive heir, his successor, with council
of state made up of equal numbers OF
Moslems, Christians and Europeans.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Jan l 8 IS.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNT

ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.
CsTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth IS. In Probate Court Special
Term, December 26th 1896.
In the matter OF the estate of Charles
Bradley. deceased.
On reading and fling the petition OF William
P Brs diey administrator OF the estate of Charles
Bradley. deceased, presenting, among
other things that he has fully administered said
estate, and praying that time and place be fixed
for examining and allowing the final account OF
his 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 Saturday,
the 3oth day OF January, A. d, 1897, at 10
O'Clock a. M, at the Probate office in the City
of Mankato, III said county.
And it is further ordered, That notice
thereof be Given to all per ,ons interested by
publishing a copy of this order once in each week
for three success i've weeks, urior to said day
of hearing, in the Mankato Free Press, weekly
newspaper printed and published at the
City of Mankato in said county.
Dated atm tnkato the 26th day OF December
A. d. 1896.
By tbs Court:
[Seal.1 GEO. W MEAD,
Judge OF Probate
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
n. NJ. g. CRUISER TERRIBLE.

with 4S Belleville water tube boilers.
This great ship is built of sheathed
steel and is of IA, 200 tons displacement.
Her length is 500 feet and ner beam II
feet, while the maximum draft is 81
feet. She has twin screw propellers
and $4,000 horsepower. Her coal Ca
pacity is 5000 tons, and the compile
ment of officers and men is $40.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Rig Tobacco Factory Burned.

DANvILLE, Va, Jan. Fire broke
out in the big leaf tobacco factory of
the American Tobacco company, and
the building with all its contents was
entirely consumed. The walls fell in
and the building, valuable machinery
and million or more pounds Of leaf
tobacco will be total loss, estimated
at $3.50, 900, insurance $125,cO0. The
company will rebuild at once.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Indian Outbreak Threatened.

VICTORIA, B. O., Jan. 11.-News has
been received from North End island
that trouble is impending there with
the Indians. The red men are indig-
nant over the arrest of one of their
number for arranging birthday pot
lach." They have driven away the
police officers and threaten to "get
even" with the white settlers,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Queen Lin at Niagara Falls

BUFFALO, n Y, Jan. 11.-Ex-Queen
Liliuokalani of Hawaii arrived in Buff
falo shortly after noon. She remained
here for n hour and went on to Mag
ara Falls, where she will remein a day
md then return to Boston.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
CHOLERA ON THE NUBlA.
-Four Deaths British Troop Ship
at plymouth.

Four Deaths on British Troop snip
at Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. 1.-THE cases OF
cholera on board the troop ship Nubia
have been confined to the troops. The
deaths of the two Lascars, which oc-
CURED on the voyage, are now attrib-
uted to dysentery, though they are re-
ported as cholera. The Nubia proceed
ed to sea on Saturday to bury the body
of victim who died after the arrival
at Plymouth. Another soldier died
Saturday night and was taken to be
buried at sea. On Sunday most of the
passengers landed, after due precau-
tions had been taken. The remaining
cholera patients, together with a few
of the suspects, were taken to the hos
pital ship, while the troops were still
detained on board.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Cure for Yellow Fever.

LONDON, Jan. ia Times dispatch
from Montevideo confirms the recent
dispatch from Rome which said that a
young Italian doctor had discovered
the yellow fever germ after he himself
recovered from the disease at Rio
de Janeiro and that he had given the
discovery under seal to the Rome
Academy of Medicine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
A Double Meaning.

'My friends" said a builder whose
health had been drunk at dinner in cele-
bration of the completion of a public hall
which he had constructed, 'my friends,
would gladly express my FEELINGS did l
not feel that / am better fitted for the
scaffold than Tor public speaking. SCOT
tish Nights
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Notice to Shareholders.

The annual meeting of shareholders
of the Mankato National Bank OF
Mankato, Mimi, for the election OF
directors of said bank will be held at
their banking rooms Tuesday, Janu-
airy 18th, 1897.
Polls open from o'clock p. m. to 4
o'clock p. "a.
JNO. r. THOMAS,
Cashier.
Mankato, Minn,.
Dec. 9Th, 1906. 2lt5
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Oldest Canadian Editor Dead.

VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. IL = Henry
Lawson, for eight years past editor of
The Colonist, is dead. He was the old
est journalist in Canada, having been
connected with papers in Montreal, To-
ronto and other cities for 40 years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Proctor See. McKinIey.

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. = Senator
Proctor of Vermont has returned from
Clevel and. where he was III consulta-
ton with President-elect Mckinley.
The senator declines to discuss for pub
licatlon the object of his visit, as he
says his conference with Major McKin.
ley was entirely confidential.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Assign to Governor Upham.

ASHLAND, Wis, Jan. II. - E. A.
Shores and E. A. Shores, Jr., have
made personal assignment for the
benefit of creditors to Governor Up
ham. Both Mr.. Shores and his son are
interested in several enterprises here,
but it is said their personal assignment
will not affect the solvency of these
oomnapiaS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Socialists in Belgium's Army.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Chronicles
Brussels correspondent reports the dis
covery that there are organized Social
list clubs in the Belgian army, and that
II non comm issioned officers have been
suspended for belonging to them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
LARGEST AND SWlFTEST.

British Cruiser Terrible Holds the REQ
ord for War Vessels.
LONDON, Jan. 1l.-H. M. S. Terrible,
the new first-class cruiser, had her
trials over 23-mile course on Satur-
day. The speed developed showed an
average of 2211a knots an hour, beating,
it is claimed, the record of every war
vessel af1oat. The Terrible was launched
at Glasgow in 1895, and she is equipped
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
Power, Must Not interfere.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Standard s
Rome correspondent asserts that the
pope has dec ded to notify Austria,
France, Spain and Portugal that the
powers will not be allowed to exercise a
veto at the next papaI election.
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For Sale.

A 20 acresslot of improved land sec.
5, Mcpherson, 81 miles from Eagle
Lake, II miles from ST. Clair. Would
take good team in part payment.
Inquire or address f. A. Stevens, St.
Clair.