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The morning times., 1897-01-08
MAY ABOLISH FOOTBALL.
Western University Presidents OPP
posed to the Game.

Madison, Wis, Jan. ELEVEN Western
university presidents are attending meet
ing here, called for the purpose OF seeking
some plan by which a common standard of
admission could be secured for the differ
ent institutions represented, and to have q
general conference on all matters pertain
ing to the work OF State universities
Public interest, however, centers around
the expected action regarding football.
President Jesse, of the University of Mis-
souri,, is known to favor the abolition Of
the game, and is expected to press a resolu-
tion TO this effect upon the meeting.
The morning times., 1897-01-08
Death from Natural Causes.

.Waukesha, Wis, Jan IA post mortem
examination upon the body of Frank Smell,
who was found dead yesterday afternoon,
resulted in a verdict of death from natural
causes. He came to this city about three
years ago and enga ged insttte butcher bust
ness, but became addicted to drink, and
his death is due to complications resulting
therefron He claimed to she ,a.nephew
Millionaire Smell, who wax murdered in
Chicago some years agds Ia '----r'''
The morning times., 1897-01-08
To Spite His Mother.

Winston, N. c., Jan. TN Wilkes county
yesterday Mansfield Parsons fifteen-year-
old son of a widow, committed suicide in
spite o: his mother for whipping him. The
son hanged himself with the same strapthat
the mother punished him with. He only
lived few hours after he was foundits,
The morning times., 1897-01-08
CAPRICE COLT, THE RINGER
Experiences of a Local Horse
i'm the Past Three Years..
RULED OFF AT ST. LOUIS
He is Now Doing a Thrifty Busi-
ness at Sau Francisco Under the
Very Nose of the Judge who De-
tected His First Attempt at Crook
ed Work.

The publication OF the article regarding
the running horse Caprice, that is supposed
to have been worked as ringer on one
Of the Maryland tracks a few days ago, has
brought to light some facts that will be
of interest to horsemen in this section, and,
in TACT, throughout the country, for caprice
has been made to do duty under various
titles in nearly every rod of il.
Caprice, pT Caprice Colt he should be
called, is owned by parties in tins city,
but TO them ne has been Of no service Tor
two years, though he has won number
of good races, and in the aggregate, con
siderable sum OF money.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

Kalamazoo, Mich, Jan. THE 6. II.
Raynor Company, booksellers and station
ers, filed trust mortgages aggregating
ST. 900 yesterday in favor OF a number
Of creditors.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

Cincinnati, Jan. w. p, Callahan &
Co. manufacturers ofice. ce.makingmachinery
filed Il petition in the common pleas court
last night for the appointment OF a re-
CeIver.
The morning times., 1897-01-08
Bought When a Two Year Old.

CAPRICE Colt was sired by Young Luke.
His dam wsrs Caprice. The colt was
bought when a two -year-old by K. j.
Kennedy and otto Rupert, both well l-known
gentlemen OF riIis city. He made his
maiden effort over the Benning track in
the snow OF 1893. II WAS a half-nilc
event and Caprice Colt won it easily in
fifty seconds.
In the following spring Caprice Colt was
shipped to Roby, but he was not started
there At Roby he was placed in the
hands of Ed Trotter, well-known trainer,
who took him to the st. Louis fair grounds.
At st. Louis Trotter entered Caprice as
a two-year-old as Green wood and in
the name OF Il. j. Kennedy, who was then
in Washington and knew nothing Of the
occurrence.
Greenwood started in the pools at
40 to /, and was pounded the country
over until his price fell to l to z. This
astonishing proceeding naturally aroused
suspicion and when the horse appeared
upon the track he was called to the stand
by Judge Burke, who had veterinary
examine him. The animal was pronounced
three year-old and he was sent to the
stable, and il was here, after further in
vestigation, that Greenwood was found
to be no other than 'Capnce Colt.'
The colt was then shipped to Washing
ton and placed in private stable here,
where he remained for about Two weeks.
While he was here Tim Lynch, a running
horse man, made a proposition TO his
owners that itE would take Caprice Colt
and pay all expenses incurred by him and
divide the colts winnings with them.
This the owners accepted.
Goes into New Hands.
Lynch took the colt to Flushing L. /.
Here, on June 2S, 1894, he won race
with hum. Later. at the same meeting, he
won another race. From Flushing Lynch
| shipped Caprice TO Nashville, Tenn. Here
| he is credited with making a killing with
| him, the colt winning a three-quarter-Inile e
event against II field of good ones, in LA.
At both Flushing and Nashville the colt
| was entered under fictitious name.
Lynch then went to Birmingham, Ala,
| but il he started the colt there nobody
here knows it.
From Birmingham Lynch proceeded to
San Francisco with Caprice, where he and
the colt now are, SO il is plain that the
ringer that stirred up tile Maryland con
tngent a few days ago is not the st.
Louis greenwood, as has been claimed
Caprice, colt. was taken to California in
the same stable with Hyman. He was
ruled off at st. Louis by Judge Burke,
but Notwithstanding this fact, and strange
as it may seem, lie has been running on
the coast. under Judge Burke s very nose,
and has won race after race. One race he
won as late as December, 1896. Caprice
is running in California under the name
OF Mount Ray.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

Cincinnati, Jan. THE Decamp-Levy
Company, wholesale saddlery nanufactur
ers, assigned last night. Liabilities $50, 600
Dull business is the reason assigned.
The morning times., 1897-01-08
Cures Paralysis, Stiff Joints. Neural
gia. Nervous Diseases and All
Muscular Pains

Have you seen Munyon's Electrical Ma
chine?
Have you a pam or an ache that you
would ike 10 get rid of in from two 10
five minutes?
Have you any stiff joints or paralyZed
limbs?
Are you extremely nervous?
Are YOU weak and deSpoHdent?
If so, don't hesitate to make use Of the
machine
The morning times., 1897-01-08
is YOUR Braun FAFEUED ?.

ARE YOU LACKING IN ENERGY, !,
STRENGTH, AND VIGOR? you have
that weak, tired, and nervous feeling that
prevents you from attending to business
properly? Are you troubled with dizzi-
ness, loss OF memory, pains in the head
and back, diIIlHess OF visions diScontent,
and a wandering nlind?- These. are ali
iufiiCatiapS of tho ayjStanca Ofh
The morning times., 1897-01-08
MORE FIRMS HAVE FAILED
Large Dealers in Jewelry in New
York Assign.
Dull Business Is Said to Be the
Cause-Many Have Liabilities
Up in Thousands.

New York, Jan. 7.-J. Fl. Johnston &
Co., dealers in jewelry, assigned today.
Liabilities SCI 10 900, assets $2O1, 700.
The morning times., 1897-01-08
Golf Games Today.

Ton Golf Club will be played today on the
links of the club, near Rosslyn
The morning times., 1897-01-08
FIRES OF A DAY.
Work of the Flames Played Havoc
in Many Places.

Lancaster, Pa, Jan. THE paint manu-
factory of Schroeder, Smith and Schroeder +,
this city, was completely destroyed by fire
early this morning The loss is estimated
from $50, 600 to 81 3, 900, with haninsurance
of $32, l so. The origin of the fire is un-
known. The National Manufacturing Com
pany, in the same building, was also COM
pletelv burned out.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

Lynchburg, Va, Jan. ii. II. Valen-
tine, formerly Of this city, but now of
Norfolk, filed a deed of assignment here
today with H. D. Flood, trustee. The liza
bilities aggregate $23,725.77.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. Fire on the
steamer City of Duluth, running between
this port and st. Joseph, Mich, this fore.
noon, caused about 500 damage. The
vessel was moored at her docks at the
foot Of Broadway, diScharging her cargo.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

Greenfield, Mass, Jan. Lincoln
Wells OF Deerfield, farmer and dealer
in cream and milk, made voluntary as
signnent today. His liabilities are about
So, 900.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

Preston, Mimi, Jan. THE Bank of
Canton, at Canton, with capital OF
S10, 900, and the Citizens Bank, OF Lanes
boro, a small institution, both owned and
operated by Field, Kelsey and Company,
suspended business yesterday.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

New Orleans, La, Jan. THE we'll
known steamboat, Belle of the Coast, was
totally destroyed by fire early this morn
ing at Carrolton.
the alarm, the firemen were helpless to
render the boat any assistance, because 0r
a stretch of 200 feet of batture between
the levee and river. The boat was laid
up a couple of weeks agoand there was no
fire aboard OF her.
The origin of the fire is therefore un-
known She was valued at $40 900, and
insured in various companies for $50 900.
.Carrabelle, Fla, Jan. 7.-The Gulf Ter
minal and Navigation Company's steamer
lola burned at her dock at Carrabcile last
night. The lola is the companion United
States mail steamer to the Crescent City,
the daily line between Carrabclle and
Appalachicola, running in connection with
the C. T. & g. Railroad.
The steamer was discovered to be on fire
at about p. III. She was loosed from her
moorings and towed out into md-stream
and the fire extinguished, after it had
gotten down to the hull. The extent to
which she is damaged will not be known
/ until a survey is made. The origin of the
fire is unknown, but appears to have
caught in the hold.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

signuent today His liabilities are about
So, 200.
Preston, Mimi, Jan. THE Bank of
Canton, at Canton, with capital OF
SIC, 900, and the Citizens Bank, OF Lanes
boro, small institution, both owned and
operated by Field, Kelsey and Company,
suspended business yesterday.
Eau Claire, Wis, Jan THE Commercial
Bank of Eau Claire, capital 100000,
closed today. The failure is due to the
suspension OF the AIlcmania Bank, OF st.
Paul. President Allen states that the Eau
Claire institution will wind up its affairs
and that depusitors viii be paid in full.
Minneapolis. Mimi, Jan. Owing to
the delay in the appointment OF receiver
Jacobs & Co., OF New York, have attached
the collateral OF the derunct Columbia Ma
tional Bank, OF this city, on a claim OF
$4,000.
Lexington, Va, Jan. III L. Kennedy,
general dealer in queensware, tinware,
etc, has assigned fer the benefit Of his
creditors; j. V Grinstead, trustee. The
assets viii probably pay preferred credi-
tors in first class. Liabilities unknown.
New York, Jan. 7.-Andrew Freedman
has been appointed receiver for Oscar
Hammerstein, the theatrical manager, by
Justice Smith, in the supreme court, peLd
ing the trial of suit brought by a. NJ.
Byers & Co., Of Pittsburg, to set aside
certain deeds by which Hammerstein
conveyed to his wife and sons, Arthur and
William, the Olympia, the Harlem Opera
House, and other property in this city.
Byers & Co. obtained two judgments in
October last against HaInmerstein, which
amount with costs to S7,S0S. They
charge that subsequent TO the incurring
of the Indebtedness and tcfore the entry
OF the Judgment, Hammerstein conveyed
the Olympia, two apartment houses i'll
West 126th street, and the Columbus
Theater, to his wife, and the Harlem Opera
House to his two sons. The Olympia is
stated to be mortgaged for $9O0,00 the
Harlem Opera House for 100000, and
| the other property for $4,000.
The plaintiffs claim that the transfers
| We're fraudulently made to evade the
| payment by Hammerstein of his Just debts
Lynchburg, Va, Jan. ii. II. Valen-
ffran frry ~ ne J,ic nit hut Ne
The morning times., 1897-01-08

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. Owing to
the delay in the appointment OF receiver
Jacobs & Co., OF New York, have attached
the collateral OF the derunct Columbia Ma
tional Bank, of this city, on a claim OF
$4,000.
The morning times., 1897-01-08

Lexington, Va, Jan. I'll. l.. Kennedy,
general dealer in queensware, tinware,
etc, has assigned for the benefit of his
creditors; j. V Grinstead, trustee. The
assets viii probably pay preferred credi-
tors in first class. Liabilities unknown
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-02
Scene Painting as an Art.

1t is dangerous experiment now for
even transforming, melodramatic
troop to carry inadequate and ugly
scenery While writer in LIE Figaro
complains that "a subscriber Of the
Coincide Franchise would be ashamed
to applaud a scene" an American au-
dience is always prompt and hearty
with recognition of a good stage picture
and on occasions even calls out the
painter. In all important productions
the name of the painter of each scene is
printed in the programme, and half a
dozen names have thus become familiar
to the general public. The very decent
compensation for good scene painting
and the fascinating problems that en-
dear success should commend it most
highly to the interests of the best art
lists. The painter with a tendency to
landscape can find congenial employ
ment for his highest flights of fancy
and his most intimate psychologists Of
nature The impressionist is particular
ly needed to carry out the revolution
now waging on the stage against the
old grayness and dun severity of the
bituminOus school,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-02
The Star Customers Joke.

One of the attractions of a certain
Chestnut street cafe is beautiful An
CORA cat, which is generally very mild
hammered and ladylike. The cat passes
most of her time sitting upon the cash
ier's desk. She was posing there one
day when the star customer went up to
the desk to pay for his MONDAY meal.
''Did you ever tickle a cats nose
with toothpick?' the patron asked Of
the cashier cit has an awfully funny
effect on the animal-makes it sleepy. y
He had a toothpick in his hand, and,
offering it to the cashier, said, ''Take
this and tickle the cat there with it. -
The cashier took the little splinter of
wood and passed the end Of it over the
nose of the drowsy Angora The next
instant puss emitted scream of an
guish and leaped many feet into the
air With tail erect, she clambered up
the wall, jumped over the bar, over
turned a number of glasses and bottles
and finally disappeared through an open
trap into the cellar, where for five min
utes she seemed to be having a fit The
cashier was pallid with fear. He could
not imagine what had happened, and
the star customer had suddenly disap-
peared. After awhile the cashier exam
ined the toothpick and found that the
end which had tickled thee cats nose
had been generously daubed with ia
basco sauce -Philadelphia Record.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-02
A Western Bankers Bluff.

''Did you ever realize that there is
skill to be exercised in the making Of
ala effective bluff? Nearly every man in
a pinch is anxious to brighten the oppo-
sition, but everything depends upon the
way in which it is DONE - This was the
philosophy of the retired banker. and a
story went with it:
In one Of the Colorado towns that
have since become cities was running
private bank, and there was another
institution of the same kind in the
place. We loaned heavily on real estate
in those days, and sudden collapse Of
the boom left our securities greatly de-
preciated Under such circumstances
rumors that we could not pay soon gain
ed circulation, and we had to make the
best preparation we could for run.
cit came in true western fashion,
with rush, with threats and flourish
of guns among the more excited. My
rival took the old plan of paying at but
one window, making each transaction
as long as possible and thus staving off
the inevitable while hoping against
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-02
The Work of HOneybees.

To secure pound of honey, which is
equivalent to something like 3, 900 cells,
would take bee several years. In fine
weather the bee makes calls upon so to
80 flowers in days outing. During
this time it collects what is equivalent
to a grain of nectar, which is thin
strip and has to be evaporated to make
honey. The bee, after working all day,
spends the greater part of the night
tanning the nectar with it's wings to
evaporate the surplus water In this
way it shortens its life by wearing out
it's wings. Langstroth says that bee
at the height of the working season
lives about three working weeks and
then dies. Bees frequently perish on
the way home because their wings are
SO shattered and splintered that they
refuse to support the body. If a disabled
bee reaches the hive alive, it spends the
remainder Of its days as nurse, house
keeper and in general utility work. A
good and fertile queen bee keeps the
hive full of bees during the season.
When the honey flow stops, she ceases
laying at once; then the workers kill all
of the drones and manifest other symp-
toms of a consuming desire for retrench-
ment. New York Ledger.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-02

UNDER this, as we'll as former Re-
publican administrations, the fellows
who are receiving recognition in
Minnesota register from ST.. Paul and
Minneapolis. 1t is no crime to live
in the country where the big Republi-
can majorities come from, but it is
devilish discouraging to the boys who
would like taste of the pie as it is
being passed around. When it comes
to making up delegations the country
boys are patted on the back and
tickled under the chin in great shape:
when it comes to getting out to the
polls they of the rural stripe are
never found wanting, but when it
comes to asking for seat at the ban
quet table where the tempting viands
are spread, they are pushed into the
back yard and told to "saw wood"
If this usage is to continue, there
will be some Saving wood with a
vengeance, and the selection OF the
material to be "sawed" will cause
some lively squirming among some of
the fellows who have hitherto sat on
the fence and smiled while the rural
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-02
France and American Students.

The Sorbonne is by no means satisfied
with simply allowing its students to
listen to courses of lectures. 1t therefore
provides on a large scale system Of
conferences Or cours fermes, which are
designed to drill the student in special
problems and questions, as we'll as for
explaining, and developing in detail
those subjects which the professor can
not fully dwell upon in his regular
course. The instruction here is given
mostly by assistant professors, but it
must not be inferred from this title that
they are tyros in science. In the depart
ment of mathematics the teachers at
the Sorbonne include men who, in addi-
ton to holding very high rank among
the mathematioians of the world, have
displayed that force and elegance in
treating their subject which has long
been a feature of French science and
who have prepared textbooks unequaled
for clearness and precision.
Heretofore admission to these courses
has been mostly confined to holders of
the French baccalaureat, but there is
no regulation absolutely requiring this
qualification. If any American student
who has taken his bachelors degree
wishes to enroll himself at the Sorbonne
as student, he will experience no diff
ficulty except that arising from the in
ereasing numbers who flock thither for
instruction. At conference at which
the writer was present the number at
tending was SO great that any individ-
ual must have felt himself somewhat
at a disadvantage. Professor Simon
NeWcOmb in Forum.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-02
The Initiative Quality.

To that far distant region lying be-
low Hudson bay fur trader took his
Boston bride and on the following Sun
day proudly led her to the seat Of hon.
Or in the little chapel. The congrega-
ton, to bs sure, consisted chiefly of
converted Eskimos, but there were a
few English and American residents,
and the natives, as the story will show,
were not unappreciative
The bride was dressed in the volumi-
nous fashion of 80 years ago. A gener-
GUS circle indeed would have been re-
CURED to outline her skirts, and CO.
quettish little veil shaded the upper
half of her pretty face.
Entranced sat the Eskimo women,
but with the call to prayer their heads
bent reverently in the customary atti-
tude of worship. We're they following
the earnest words of the minister? Were
their petitions rising with his? On the
contrary, all the women were busily en-
gagged in dragging forward to the tips
of their noses the nets which, after long
urging, the missionaries had induced
them to adopt to confine their flowing
hair. The veil of the bride had demon
allied their religious devotion.
Such was the honesty of these Hud-
son bay Indians that never but once
did the missionaries lose any possessions
by theft. The week following this
memorable Sabbath the Americans
could not keep a barrel for themselves,
even the one devoted to ashes falling
apart one night because it's hoops had
been purloined. Where they went, how
ever, the former possessors had album
dant evidence at the next chapel service
1t is not alone among primitive peo-
pie that the initiative quality is promi-
nent. After Fox made his brilliant
speeches in parliament it was the fash
ion, even as Tar as Paris, to be think
ing man, to think like Fox, while the
story of some naughty Lady Imogen or
of a wrecker of the west has ruined
many young follower. 1t is by imita-
ton of what is trivial and false or of
what is beautiful and good that we
descend or mount few steps toward
the likeness of what we admire
Youths Companion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-02
She Made Sure.

1t was iaI bank near the suburbs of
Brooklyn in, which little girl, not
more than s years old, made her appear
ance the other day, asking if she might
see its workings. A polite little girl
was not to be refused, and she was
taken inside and shown the various de-
partments of the institution. But that
was not where the money was kept
could she see where the money was
kept? Certainly, and she was taken to
see the vaults. Still there was no mon
ey to be seen, and she was not satisfied.
Could she see the money? Certainly, if
that was what she wished, and the
vault doors were thrown open, and,
with a sigh of satisfaction, the little
girl saw some of the money in which
she was interested. ''Do you think bur-
glars could get in here?" she asked
finally. Certainly not" replied the
bank official who had been acting as
conductor. cit would be very difficult
for burglars to get into the bank, and
they could not get into the vaults. But
now" he continued, ''you have asked
me great many questions, little girl,
and should like to know why you are
SO much interested in this bank. :"
"Well," said the little girl confidential
ly, my papa put So in this bank for
me the other day, and I wanted to be
sure that no burglars could get in and
get it. New York Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-02
His Editorial.

It was the practice of certain Lon
don editor some years ago to write his
leading article or articles at home the
night before publication. The rest of
the week he did nothing. One night his
articles had not come to hand at the
Office. Ten o'clock camel, 10, and
still no sign Of an article. There was
commotion in the office, and at last a
messenger was sent to the editor S
house. He found him with glass Of
brandy and water before him and news
papers scattered about There was no
article written. 'What do you want?'
asked the editor "The article for to-
morrow. p" Didn't send it?'' 'No; at
least it has not come to the office. !"
"Give me The Times" The Times was
found and handed to him, and with I'M
steady fingers he cut out one of it's lead
ing articles. This he stuck upon sheet
of paper, and then, taking his pen,
wrote at the top, 'What does Tho
Times mean by this?" In that form and
with that introduction it appeared next
morning as the EDITORS leading article.
San Francisco Argonaut.