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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26
THE CITY'S ANSWER TO THE IN.
JUNCTION SUIT.
The Return on the Water Works In
vestment is Cited-The CRY has
Chance to Put in a Plant Chcap-
Will Furnish Arc Lights at $50
Each-Saving of So, 900 Annually
Light Company Does Not Furnish
the Light Contracted For.

The answer of the city to the in
junction suit commenced by L. G.. M.
Fletcher to prevent the sale of $4,000
electric light bonds was served FRI
day. 1t is lengthy document and
denies many allegations in the COM
plant, and recites all of the steps
which the council has taken in its
endeavor to put in municipal plant.
The answer states that the city's
floating debt has been reduced from
S3S,959.2S to $4,000, of which $4,000
was paid out for local improvements
and is due and payable by special
assessments. OF the S31, 900 running
expenses of the city, $1,000 has been
for lighting. The floating debt June
LIST next will not be over 5000, as
$4,000 taxes will be received in
March.
The answer further states that the
annual report of the city engineer
shows $S7, 900 of the bonded indebted
ness is for water works, which last
year brought Sl2, 1863 "a to the city,
which paid the interest and running
expenses and left surplus of $761. Sc,
besides furnishing the city free with
all the water used for fire protection,
street sprinkling, etc. The city also
receives from saloon licenses over
$4,000 year, 900 from the NUM-
cip"l court fines and fees, and 5000
fl 4 all other licenses. To meet
al. Of the expenses of next year,
only $4,000 will be needed,
which has been levied by taxation.
The answer denies that the city is
well or properly provided with light
ing facilities, and that it has been
we'll and properly provided with
lights. either public or commercial
lighting. There is no competition in
lighting, and the cost this year is S.
SO9. The city has contracted for A
arc lights of 1000 candle power, and
&c incandescents of 30 candle power,
but the power of the arcs does not ex-
coed l 200, nor that of the incandes-
cents TO- The prices are exhorbitant
and much beyond the value
of the light furnished
by the company, and the city is not
properly or adequately lighted. Ow-
ing to the great expense and high
charges the city has been unable to
procure the lights necessary to pro-
perly light the city.
Because it is necessary to provide
other, better and cheaper lights, the
defendant says, the council took the
necessary steps to provide plant to
come within the $4,000 bonds voted.
If the city can raise money by the
sale of these bonds, it knows where it
can contract for plant of 100 arc
lights of 10000 p, and 100 incan-
descents of 30 C. p. The plant can be
run and operated by the city at an
expense Of not over $50 per arc light,
whereas the lowest bid of the Man
kato Gas and Electric Light Co. is
$75 This would be saving of 81, 900
annually.
The arguments in the INDUCTION
proceedings may not be resumed for a
week. Mr.. Cray went to Chicago this
afternoon
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26

two-thirds vote when it came to a
change, and the city was out.
Several favored leaving the matter
with the county board, and the
visitors withdrew to leave the matter
with the board.
1t is not thought that any definite
action will be taken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26

We learn from the Mapleton
Enterprise that Robt. Little, receiver
of the drug stock of f. w. Holton,
disposed of the same this week to E..
M. Jones, of Watertown, S. D., who
has taken possession.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05

SAM Davis. editor OF the Carson
Appeal. visited the Hospital for Mem
tai Diseases last week and this il
What he says about it:
Last week the editor Of the Appe1I
being III Reno paid the fI0snital for
Mental Diseases a visit. and spent a
couple 81 hours there. The insttu.
ton Is always open to tie inspection
Of anyone aud in view %! the cuntro.
]versaries over the management in the
newspapers. the writer made q pretty
general Inspection ~ the place. visit.
ing every portion of it. lie has visit.
ell tue place several times before III
the past few years and can say that
he never saw il III cleaner. or better
kept coudi,iun than it is at present.
DIR. BcrgsteIn has reduced every.
thing thcr" to Il thorough system and
has reached the conclusion tina. the
best Of everything is the cheapest in
the long run and il is safe Ia say that
the State has saved money by it.
The new furnaces and boilers now
beng put in will dotwicc the service
for onc.third less cost than the oil /
ones aud everything about the place
shows care and constant attention.
Til" grounds are beautifully laid ont
and kcnt-and the trees aud lawns
give a cheerful inspect to the place
which cannot Tail to be beneficial To
the TD'ients.
\ famnlc watcher remains in Tho
fc mnlc warl all night. occupy ing u
post formerly filed by II male. Tho
good sense Of this charge is obvious.
Anyone who will visit the Asylum
will be Impress ID with the fact that
II ia n thoroughly we'll managed in.
stitution. aud that 10 part Of the
work is neglected.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05

4 few years q he idea Of loading
a ship with 300 tons OF tiour il n
hours by means OF two small motors
wnull have been looked upon as abb
surd. This was done the other day
in Tacoma, says an K :hInge. Two
thousand tons Of cargo have FREE
ouently been load u or un!oGded in
a day by steam power. but the i'm
poriant factor IN the TecIrd-hreak-
ing achievement at Tacoma Was that
the conveyor was worked by cleo
tricity. With tie apparatus which
has been designed for the purpose
Hour and grain can he loaded at any
stage O: the tide and independently
OF the weather. IL II should rain "A
canvas is quickly spread from the
door Of the warehouse 10 the ships
hatch. With the system Of loading
ordinarily used Is men are required
to do the work Of one electric con.
veyor, with which the bags are de-
livered into the ships hold at the
rate Of 200 to 200 pounds a minute.
or 10 tons an hour. When extra
speed Is desired two conveyors are
employed. This WAS done when the
record OF 100 Tons in II hours was
made. The electric convey or is forty
feet long. 1t is moved at will on two
whe Is Ill the center. \ two.horse
power motor supplies the power, the
current beng taken from the nearest
electric wires. Tie sacks are placcu
ON a revolving belt Of rubber. which
passes over II rollers. The belt is
propelled by a driving wheel at
tached to the side OF tie apparatus.
Tie rolls are placed close together
and the belt ~revolyes Mt sufficient
speed to carry all the weight in -four
or grain that eau be placed upon it.
The conyeyur WORKS as well when
placed at an angle OF IL degrees us
when on a level.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05
EASTWARD iSalgsl flg ROCKIES.

The traveller. tourist or buSiness
man Is wise when he selects the Rio
Grandc Western Railway Great Salt
Lake Route for his route TO the East.
j. ID Gle only transcontuental line
passing directly through Salt Lake
City. and in addi ion TO the gliin pse
1t affords Of the Temple City. the
Great Salt Lake and picturesque
Salt Lake and Utah Valley, il affords
:hc choice Of three distinct routes
through the mountains and the most
magnificent scenery III the world.
Ga all classes of tickets stopovers
are granted Mt Ogden. Salt Lake
City, Glenwood Spr ngs, Lcadvillc.
Colorado Springs, Denver and other
points Of interest. Double daily
tram service and through P%ullInan
and Tourist slecning cars between
san Francisco and Denver. Tourist
ears through to Omaha, Chicago and
Boston.
For illustrated pamphlets descrip.
tive OF the Great Salt Lake Routc..
write TO T.. a. WADLEIGH. General
Passenger Agent. Salt Lake City.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05
She Robbed Uncle sam.

During the iucumbency Of the
Office Of United States treasurer by
Mr.. Hyatt of Connecticut. a woman
employed in the redemption division
was discovered in a very ingenious
scheme Tor making a fortune at the
expense II the UnIted States. As is
we'll known. the department rcdecms
at full face value any PORTION OF a bill
provided no more than one third is
missing. Tins woman wOnld take q
package Of twenty dollar bills. SAYS.
and woul | tear Il fraction. PERHAPS
three quarters of an inch long. from
one OF them. She wOuld sec-etc this
portion and in a short time ouId take
another bill Of like denomination and
tear oil a piece twice MS long, substi-
tuiing the small piece from the first
bill so as to .ring the note up To the
limit 81 required length. Proceeding
in this way. she woull in course Of n
few hours sccurc FOR herself one extra
bill. Just how much the woman stole
WIS nevc asceriained. but che u
cceded i'll saving money enough on,
NJ Il salary Of S9Oe "A year to bald u
beautiful house in a semi-fashjon.
able quarter 81 the city and to supply
herself with valuable brio a-hrac and
pypn "a Inrsn npl o,.x;.. T
fact "!". she generally drove to tue
department every morning in this We
mcle that attracted the attention to
her mole nf living. md eventually
led to the discovery Of her method Of
rccniation. She vas indicted 10y the
grand jury. but n never tried. M
she died from cancer before the day
set for trial.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05
Early Days In the weat.

Travellers over the dreary stretch OF
Nevada desert ~traversed by tie Cen
trail Pacific railroad come upon the re-
hinder OF a sad little near
the eastern boundary Of the Silver
State.
In the early twiliyh Of an eastern
i1p. ar IN hour after dawn on the
western. it eau be seen. cleaning from
the hillside IN the form Of a simple
wooden cnoS stand nI ON the hillside
TIE Cross Is white-washei and the
Youngest and most sharp sighted of
the tourists can decipher the legend
In black aco's the horizontal part
-Maiden's Rest
The cRss marks The grave Of two
lonely Young women who die' in an
enierant camp before the Contra
Pacific had united the east and west
by its sto'ns bands of steel. They
were sisters, Alice ard Rose SewaIl
Their father. a hale country grocer.
Was 4 victim Of that c~ontagion known
in 1919 a. the California gold fever.
ami SGs en- rnute N n prairie schooner
for the co!dde!is on the western
slope OF the Sierras when the girls
sicSrns@i and died. Alice c!uny to
life with a pitiable grasp. Her lover
was one OF the company Of Iowa emf
grGrts. and the young couple had rusy
dreams OF the future home in the
md beside the Pacific. Wrestling in
the thrOcS Of fever. she would pray for
recovery. She del with her arms
about her lovers neck and with her
prayer for life echu:ng III his ears.
Rose fingered days after ward until
the fever fend ha / racked her frame
he. ond hope Of augh: ont rest. 1t
was rest she prayed for as she was
dying and she found il in the grave
beside her sister on the sun kissed hill
ON the border lire of Utah and %eya-
TIA. Ii WAS an invitation to the red
>avages OF the western wilds to mark
the raves Of the dead in th1t later
reign OF terror. There Was nothing,
therefore, but memory as a guide to
their resting place, when ten years
later a friend OF the dead girls and
their father and the young man nho
had sincerely mourned Alice's loss
visited the spot again.
The old man and the yonng had met
death instead OF fortune in the snril-
ing new land that was 50 cruel to
many OF her guests. The friend was
returning from the g~olifelds a poorer
and a wiser man. and he stopped on
the border line Of Nesada t. pay a
last poor tribute to the memory of the
young women Who had given up their
lives there. The rough pine boxes
were resting where they had been
lowered Il decade before. The friends
purse was IA very light one and he
could do no more than erect Il cross
fashioned 10y his own hands.-St.
Louis Republic.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05
Of Hone,,ie..

l. was honest In William Mckinley
10 saw. as be did in 1890, Il am for
the largest use Ct silver in
the currency OF the country. /
would not dishonor it; l would give
il equL credit and honor with gold;
I would make no Ii examination; |
would utilize both metals as money
and discredit neither: | want the
double Standard How can it he
dishonest for the Democratic II
Silver parties TO stand. Is they 90
Gu the same platform today. and
Why should gold National Denn-
erals leave their own r2riy and so
with tie Republicans wGo have
elected to the presidency the author
OF the silver oninsse above quite:
l; Nillilm Mckinley Was honest IN
advocating free coinage IN 81 and
homes: in advocating the gold stand
ard in 1924 hov is the parity t" lie
maintained between his two horeS-
ties.
Iii wouli be honest 20 establish a
gold standard which ~ouli enable
British money Lenders TO extoTt from
their debtors two dollars Tor every
one they borrowed. how mush more
dishonest would il he 70 restore silver
coinage in this country and pay only
the one dollar that Is honestly due:
Ard again. il money leuders loan
money in gold contracts and then en-
hance the value Of gold by purchased
legislation. how Is the parity Of their
honesty with that Of crooks who
are working out sentences il the PEN
itentiarics for raising checks:
II il was honest i'll the Republican
party Of Nevada 10 advocate the free
Coinage II silver at the ratio Of lG
to /. prior tn the meeting OF their
National Convention III 1895. and also
honest in afterwards supporting a
gold standard policy and ticket, what
ratio should be established as be-
tween the two honesties:
VIII some single standard moral
ist please favor the Chronicles with
his opinion as TO what ratio should
be established for the maintenance
OF the parity between double and
single standard Eouestis: \ NeEada
opinion preterred.-VirEinia Chron-
icle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05

live "A CanadiIn l%umbermau nm
axe and auger and he will make O
any article, ( ON Il stool Ia n Lobsl, d.
Give a German a ho. and n pot OF
ron and he will become iudepen-
dent.
Give an Irishman Il bottle OF pot
cen aud Il shill Ilah and he will make
votes galore on election day.
Give Yankee u charter and he
will organiz, a company without a
dollar in his pocket. and the corpora
ton will gather in the Canadian and
his sled. the German and his land.the
lrishmun will look for an Office. and
the corporation in the end will
own the whole outIit hody and soul
f.. ID. Cox, in Justice.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05
4 wife's sad Plea ding.

An Atlanta, Georgia, dispatch OF
the lst says: The refusal o: Cover
o Atkinson 10 commute the zen.
tence OF Horace Perry. Who is sen-
minced to be hanged i'll Decatur. Sep
TENDER sth. for the murder OF Billy
Lanier. led TO :; scene in the Execu-
tive office in the State Capitol Nester.
terday, that Is much more familiar on
the stage than in real life. The final
efert to save Perry's neck came be.
fore the Governor on a plea for a
Communication based on the grounds
that the killing was the result OF an
assault made by Lanier upon Mn.
Perry, The condemned man was
represented by several OF the most
prominent lawyers OF the State.
headed by the former Secretary OF
the Interior. doke Smith.
great number OF afidayits from
both sides, bearing on the alleged
new evidence. were tile.i. and then
Mrs. Perry vas escorted into the FIX
ecutive chamber. She is a little.
pale faced woman. and she sho wed
the effects OF the long agony which
she has endured since the killing.
The Governor told her in kindly
tones he would consider her petition
with all the others and made an e.
fort to end the interview. Mrs.
Perry's pale face grew paler. her
eyes opened wide and she fell on her
knees before the Governor. Then.
with tears pouring down her cheeks
and her hands ~claspinR his coat. she
prayed for her husbands life. She
was hySerical and incoherent. but
her terncle earncstness staggered the
Governor. who has been i'll for a lcpr
time. and he was unable to stand the
strain. He fell hack into his chair.
PILE c.,d hall iaiuting.
Tho woman wound her arms
about his knees and chung to him.
She promised everything for the lie
that wRs 20 dear. and implored the
Governor with an cloqucnce born Of
AFFECT h~elplessuess. For a long time
this scene continued. the Governor
lying back in his chair with his face
In his hands and tho woman kueel-
ing before him shrieking in her
agony. Finally her strength gave
out and she fell to the floor. A
group OF lawyers lifted her to her
'eet, n che was carried fainting ont
OF Tho Executive chamber mo the
nnte.roon.
1t was found then that the strain
had overcome the Governor and that
no uaa too much exhausted 10 con.
tinue the hearing. lie took all tho
papers in the ase and wss driven u,
his homo where he issued n stnte.
ment to the effect That he would
have been willing TO have COMMITTED
the sentence II the assault charged
had been proved. lie was compelled
however. TO the belief that thorc wns
nothing in the charge.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05

q dead beat is nearly always a
chronic liar.
The dead are forgiven becaus. they
are forgotten.
No fool like an OLD fool. or more
generally talked ahont,
lou hear a great deal about chill.
dren being SPOILED. but there seem,
to be such a thing occasionally as a
spoiled parent.
There is only one way in which n
woman can get her revenge ON a
man, and TINT is by marrying him.
but 1t Ii at a terrible cost to herself
When a woman says Of another
woman. -She is very pref, y she 81.
poets her husband to speak I'm
promptly and Say. -She is NO, hal, nc
pretty as You are.--Atchison Globe
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05

Pennsylvania Democratic Convention
The Pennsylvania Democrats mel
the 3lst to nominate candidates for
Auditor General and State ! reasurer.
\ conspicuous feature OF the decoru-
ious WINS u handsome banner adorned
With the portrait Of William j. Bryan
.nd bearing the inscription: Il h.
ert!. justice, humanity. equal rights
to all, special privileges TO noue.-
There wer. 4s5 delegates. State
Chairman Carmen called the convex
ton to order AT 1879 o'clock.
Congress nan Ermentrout. tempo
rary chairman. received Il round vt
applause. when he received the gavel
t7om Mr.. Carmen.
y will Scene nt enthusiasm fol-
owed Ermenirout's mention W the
name Of William j. Eryan. Dele.
gates and spectators stood in their
chairs and waved hats and handker-
chiefs as they cheered the name Of
the leader.
Following is the money plank to be
presented:
I'VE. the Democrats Of Pennsyl.
vania. in convection assembled,
heartily reatiirm and ~reiterate the
principles Of the Democratic party
expressed in the platform adopted by
I'll, nation at Chicago i'll 1896 and up-
proved by o.5O0,Ocp free and indie.
pendent voters. We are firmly and
~unalterably opposed to the single
gold standard which has been the iii
rect cause OF the financial distress
which has followed upon our people
since its adoption. and We are i'll
favor 81 nm immediate return to our
original specie blsis rs it existed
prior 10 the decentralization ac, of
ls73.-
We congratulate Wm. j. Bryan
FOR the glorious championship OF a
righteous cause. for his mastery
leadership ia sui port OF these prin,
ciples.
William T.. lIarrily's seat in the
National Democratic Committee was
declared vacant by the con |ention.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05

The Sheriff Of Lincoln county hns
delivered two men Mt the Hospital
f"f Mental Diseases. One Of them IL
Judged from his rambling talk to he a
na'ive Of Kansas. lie a y be was in
the Stockton Asylum in 1853. docs
not know why no was there or how
Inc got ont. II appears. from hiu talk
Tint hc has been tramping through
Colorado. Tic has nm idea that he is
connected with government buildings
In some way. md says That his ptca.
cnt name IL George V. Combs. and
TINT hia na,nc is changed every few
years. but docs not know what hia
last name WIS nor when he will
chnngc II again. lie claims TINT hie
q is over four and onc.half millions
years.
The other man has Authorizations
regarding wnmcn and ia II dangerous
character tn he nj liberty journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05

News:-1t is reported in Carson
that the gas owned by Evan will,ams
and the inventor Howard Ia proving
oil that was predicted for IL. A plant
has been established in San F,nn.
CISCO. according to the report, and
the owners arc having great success
in manufacturing the carbide from
which the gas In prodaccd. II Is said
That Mr.. Williams has informed tho
local company tina. the present ma.
terisl on hand will last Carson until
ouch time as the new gas can DO put
In hero.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05
SILVER AND WHEAT.

Tbs Cincinnati Enquirer, edited by
job: R Mclean. sums up the situa-
jon In regard TO silver and wheat in
the following five propositions:
/. II nobody buys silver. and no
government coins it, 1t will not be
worth anything at all.
= II silver should be restored to
its full former rights at the mint, It
wouli again be worth its weight in
coin at the rate OF 37li[ grains Of
pure silver to the dollar (ihc remain
ing 4lA grains being al!oyL anil thai
would be 81 - an ouE@.
3 II gold we're totally demoae-
TIED, the four Thousand millions Of
gold coin now in existence would
make such a glut In the bullion mar
ket that gold would not sell for as
much as q dollar a pound.
4. II there should be a failure next
year OF the wheat crop IN al! couD-
tries. including our own, UheEt
might go IS high ns five dollars a
bushel-os even tent only enough
could be raised to feed the -sound
money men OF wealth and the If
wives and children.
s. II there should be an unusually
large crop OF wheat In ali the wheat
countries next Year. it would be
so abundant that it might go down to
twenty-five cents 4 bushel. And then
II -the leading nations Of the world
would Prohibit .he grinding Of wheat
into -four. it would probably go dcwr
to ten cents a busheI. After tina; the
production would cease.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05

Down in Sagudchr, Col. the" ia
profound joy-that is even akin to
excitement. and il il said that The eel
cbratiCn now taking place cKcelI all
the Fourth Of Julys IN existence. On
Wednesday last MrB. W. J. Fellows ~
Snguachc presented her husband
with triplcts, three girls. whose com
bincd wei was thirteen aud Il bali
POUNDS. Tho children arc said la he
healthy and doing nicely. AZ its
last meeting The board Of county
commissioners recognized Mr.. Eel.
lows md his family by passing int"r-
csting resolutions. They are ma I'll
lows: Resolved. BY the board of
county commissioners NOW in acRaiun
who have just learned Of the in.
crease in our population Ia the extent
OF triplcts 10 the family 81 our fel.
low.citizcn. Joseph Fellows, this
board, 10 show the gratitude in Lr-
half Of the people ~ Saguachc coun.
~, hereby make "a don itiOn 81 500.
and hereby order The CLERK TO draw
a warrant Tor that amount mud pre-.
sent il to sail Fellows ms u token Of
reward Tor his efforts TO inCrc $50 tho
population 81 thia county. mud To
show the world nj large what induce.
mcnts the glorious climate ~ San
Louis valley ran afford Ia encourage
Immigration and that oihors may ru,
fC:th morc efforts IN the samo diicc.
! tion.-Denvcr Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-09-05

Ex:-Do yon want TO hear the
chimes oi Normandy? If yon do. all
You need is u heavy silver spoon and
a piece Of string. Tie the string at its
center around the hIndlc ~ the spoon
leaving che ends three or fonr fee;
long. Now wind the ends around
yonr two forcIingers near the first
joint and then thrust your fingers in
your ears. Bend over md allow the
tablespoon to knock against the wall
or The door or a chair and you vii!
be surprised at the really beautiful
imitation Of church chimes which
you will hear.