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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-05

3s0. 200 bushels: oats. $500 bushels; and rye,
Sc. 500 bushels.
Same time last year ..------.---- atVo
There was more life to the market yes
.erday, hut early sales were fully 1c lower
sr sympathy with a decline in Chicago.
There was no apparent cause for such a
break. uness il be more favorable crop
weather and a more hopeful condition of
the growing crop reported by the Cincin-
natl Price Current. A number of big OPP
orators, however. seem to be fighting high
or prices and the above decline must be
ascribed mainly to their Influence. But
while prices were lower. buyers showed
more Willingness TO take hold than for
some days. BY sample on track here at
Kansas City: No. > hard: u cars IS pounds
at S2ISc.~6 cars IS pounds at &c. i car 50
hounds at s3s4c. s cars SO pounds at Sic, s
cars GO pounds at size. 2 cars fancy 81
rounds al S5i2c: No. 2 spring. i car at Sic;
So Kansas hard / car 6Oi. pounds at Soc:
No 2 hard. 3 cars Sc pounds ut Sic. ) cars
rs mounds at size. 6 cars % to aoi2 pounds
a, sOisc. 8 cars IS pounds at Soc. . cars
5fil mounds at Sic, . cars 81 pounds at Sic,
. cars at size 5 cars 81 pounds at sllsc.
10 cars choice 81 pounds at SEC, . cars IS
bounds mt S2iyc, ] car mixed at size. l car
a. S2c: No. 4 hard. 2 cars at &c, 5 cars at
&c. 2 cars at 79c. ! car at &c: l car choice
AT 1sikc: rejected. / car at f4c. ! car at 75c:
No . red. / car fair at 92c. ] car fancy at
&c: No. 3 red, nomina at S5dSSc: No. 4
red. S2GSic.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-05
Missouri, Kansas Texas Trustee.

KANSAS CITY, No.
CAPITAL 8l,250.0oo
Surplus and Undivided Profits. si.2eo.ooo'
] Nassau street, New YORK.
600 Chestnut street. Philadelphia, r.
19 Washington street. Boston. MAS
Sandthorquia 2, Hamburg. Germany
Singel Us, Amsterdam, HolianG. En-.
gland. -
Dorotheen-strasse "a. Berlin. Germany
Is Rue du Louvre, Paris. France p,es,-
dents: LIST, j. Med. Trimble: %. p: r r.
Martin: Sd. w. s. Taylor; ath. 'acaue'
Nolthenius. w q.
Taylor. Treasurer: Frank B. WiicoM: nv:
Treasurer: ]. J.. Cairnes. Asst Ses,hIa s.
Z. S. Mosher, Asst Secretary: 1i
RTaley. General Attorneys. -
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-05
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat Active, hut IN
Fair Demand and Firm-Oats
Selling Well.

a6a aO bushels; oats. 5000 bushels; and rye.
Sc. 500 bushels.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-05
bonds moved in sympathy with stocks
and showed declines. Total sales ] ,41O.O 900.

The following was the range of prices
Yesterday. as furnished by the G. S. Lee
Commission Company 200 New York Life
building: Gu,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-05

onote American steers at 11I11lac; refrig,
orator beef, SaSl2c. Exports, 81 beeves ana
~ sheep. rs
CATTLE-Movements the past "A hours:
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-05

h revival of the Mexican hog trade
Is good news for heavy hogmeh. as it furn-
isheS much needed competition for that
night shipped to the city of Mexico twelve
cars of choice. heavy hogs. the first since
last spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
SET ON FIRE.
The Lampert Lumber Co.'S Barn This
Time.

The old barn on the alley back of
the Lampert Lumber Co.'S yard was
found to be on fire at 12:45 o'clock
Tuesday, and an alarm was sent in,
calling the department out promptly.
The fire was In the hay in the upper
story, and an examination afterwards
showed that it started from a point
on the south side where there was no
flooring, as though the hay had been
set on fire from below. The barn is
not used and there is no way that the
fire could have started except through
incendiarism. No one was about the
Office or yard at the time. The dam
age to the building and six or seven
tons of hay destroyed was about 800,
with no insurance. A stock of lum-
Der below was not injured, but some
cement belonging to W. B. Craig may
have damaged.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
SUMMER SCHOOL.
List of Appointments of rlankato
Teachers.

Assignment of instructors for the
various summer schools has been
made, and those in which Mankato
people are interested are the follow
ing:
Amboy, July 18th, four weeks, Prof.
G. f. Koehler, conductor, A. n. Farm
er, Spring Valley, Fannie Lapham,
Caledonia, Iona J. Davis, Sleepy Eye.
Window, July 18th, four weeks,
Marietta L. Pierce, of Mankato.
Mantorville, July 18th, four weeks,
G.. f. Kenaston, conductor.
Worthington, June 2Sth, four weeks,
A. f. Schmitt.
Crookston, July Goth, four weeks,
Cora B. Richards.
Shakopee, July 10Th, four weeks,
Minna r. Guernsey.
Owatonna, July II, four weeks, F.
L. Holtz, conductor.
Fairmont, March 29th, one week, G.
F. Kehler, conductor, Carrie M.
Robbins.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
WILL MEET TO PROTEST
Those Who Have Grievance Over. the
Raise i'm Real Estate Assessment In
vited to fleet i'm Commercial Club
Rooms Friday Evening.
A Plan of Action to Protest Against
Payment of Exhorbitant Taxes to
Be Decided Upon.

A number of taxpayers whose resi-
dence and other property was raised
by the board of equalization of the
council last year without the notice
required by law, have requested that
all parties having grievances in this
particular meet at the Commercial
club rooms Friday. evening at 7:3O
o'clock for the purpose of determining
upon plan of action which will re-
suit in relieving them from the unjust
and unequal valuation as arranged by
the equalization board.
1t is requested that all those who
attend secure from the county auditor
the valuation as returned by the
assessor in 1894 and also that returned
by the same official in 1896. Only
those whose interests are involved
as indicated above are expected to be
present. 1t would appear that the
assessors books will be a fair basis
for complaint against the action of
the board.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
A COMING LECTURE.

Judge Andrews, of Brookings, N.
D., will soon deliver his lecture on
''The Roman Slave, or the Danger of
Organized Wealth." in this city. The
Neaos and Leader, of DeSmet, S. D. CON
tains the following concerning it:
On Wednesday evening Judge An
drews gave lecture in the hall under
the auspices of the De Smet Literary
Society. The subject was "The
Roman Slave, or the Danger of
Organized Wealth." 1t took up the
question of trusts and monopolies and
recited the history of Rome and how
she fell as result of greed and crime.
Attention was called to the present
tendency in the same direction, and a
warning given that unless there is
something done to check it this coun-
try too will fall as result of the &C
tiOn of the very same class of people.
A very touching story of the life of a
Roman slave ran through the lecture.
The judge is fine speaker, and his
lecture had been very carefully pre-
pared. He held the close attention
of large audience, all of whom speak
in the highest terms of the lecture.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
A Thorough Going American.
New York Sun:

New York Sun:
The office of chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations having
been vacated by Secretary John Sher-
man, the senate last week, by resolu-
tion, made Cushman K. Davis the act
ing chairman. The Minnesota sena-
tor is man of brains and of patriot
ism. He is a thorough going Amerl-
can, a lingo, as was shown three years
ago by his speech on the antics of
Cleveland and Blount in Hawaii:
"Mr President, this is the first time in nearly
lowered by an American hand under circum
stances which have brought feeling of dis.
honor and shame to an American heart. 1t is
the last time in many years, predict, that the
appeared from the, Hawaiian sky, that. ensign
will in due time, though lowered in dishonor
eventually be raised in power. L want
to see my country well defended, and her hold
upon the enormous commerce of the future IN
the Pacific ocean assured.
Mr.. Davis has not been specially
frequent speaker in the senate, but
whenever great international ques-
tion has come up for debate, his voice
and vote have always been safe for
the American side.
The same intelligent patriotism
that secured his devotion to the Mon.
roe doctrine in it's fullest development,
and to the manifest destiny of these
United States, led him to take a
prominent part in denouncing the
anarchistic, una American riots of 1894,
with their assault on the stability OF
our government and the rights of ouI
citizens.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19

that his statements at the league
meeting on Sunday afternoon were
not limited, and explained so that
such unjust and erroneous differences
could not be made. If there is any
thing above all others which the
parents and community prize it is the
purity, integrity and honor of their
sons and daughters. The noblest
young life of our city is in the high
school building, and its spirit and
tone are such that any immodesty in
any form quickly hides its head. The
people should know enough of the
school and its teachers and the entire
work done in the eye of all the public
to resent any imputation of wrong
about our city high school. The
teachers and parents know we'll that
we have boys in the public schools
who spend their evenings as they
should not, and who have habits
which are fought continually and
fercely by the teachers and never
allowed about the school buildings.
We have the children five hours per
day, and think that the homes,
churches and public example and
spirit should have some responsibility
in keeping our youth free from vice.
The schools are making a heroic fight
against youthful vices. The state law
says that no tobacco shall be sold to
any pupil under q years of age. We
do not have these bad habits about
the school buildings, and feel unjustly
criticised when any one blames the
schools for things done beyond the
limits of our responsibilities. The
schools in classroom, government and
exercises teach good and only good.
If evil influences meet our pure
minded young people, the occasion is
furnished outside the school, and
parents know it. We realize that too
much license is given to many of our
young people, and so we bend every
sible out of our students. No school
has, on the whole, nicer class of
youths than are in our high school
building, and they, with the teachers,
Justly resent some things that are be-
ing said by people who speak from
ignorance or hearsay. If any Of these
critics really know of any wrong act
or influence about the city schools, it
will greatly aid the teachers in their
work to have it pointed out. 1 had
never spoken with Mr.. Steadwell pre-
vious to bis address on Sunday, and
do not believe he intended to make
any imputation against our high
school and it's management"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
Mr.. SteadweII's Statement.

Mr.. Steadwell promised the school
board Monday afternoon to make a
public statement, defining just what
he meant in his utterances, in view of
the numerous reports abroad concern
ing them. He was found at his board
ing place today, at Mrs. Smiths on
South Second street, by the reporter,
and gave out the following to the
public:
To correct a wrong and very unjust
impression that has gone out in re-
gard to remarks which I made at the
formal organization of the Florence
Mission Band, desire to make the
following statement:
What intended to convey by my
remarks was that the public schools
of Mankato are receiving the average
number, if not more, OF immoral stu
dents, and there is great danger of
such students corrupting the morals
IF others. L in no way inJimated that
teachers could be held, or are respon-
sible, for such matters, which are
found in all schools, more or less;
neither did suggest or intimate that
shields or conveniences for.carrying on
immoral practices; and l expressly
stated at the meeting that l did not
consider the teachers to blame or re-
sponsible in such matters, but that
the causes, if not existing elsewhere,
certainly lay in lack Of home train
ing, culture and discipline.
The great work of our band is along
the line of advocating proper home
training and removing cOrrupting in
fluences from the lives of young peo-
pie. 1t is only justice and fair that l
should point out to this newly organ
lied band the different lines of
work which would need their atten-
tion, and as we recognize the promiS-
cuous associating of the bad with the
good at schools dangerous to morality,
it was necessary for me to bring this
to their attention. Attention was
only directed to the high school in
particular by question asked that
could have been answered by me only
directly as to information gotten
from specific statements made by
teachers.
/ would say further that if any
statements l made in reference to
other matters are not true, or if my
remarks have seemed unkind, no one
can feel more deeply upon the subject
than myself, and | can give full assur-
,aDce that anything L said was said
with the best of intentions and the
highest of motives
B. S. STEADwELL,
State Supt. American Purity League.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
when he winked with one eye, the
-

when he winked with one eye, the
other eye didn't know it,
Personally we all feel the mayor is
a good fellow. He is gentlemanly and
good hearted. But there is is one
criticism which many of us feel is OF
sufficient moment to lead US to desire
another man for mayor. 1t is along
the line of law enforcement.
The chief Of police says: "The
saloons are opened on Sunday. They
have been in the six years l have been
in office, nor have had any orders to
close them and l shall not close them
till l receive such orders" Many
have laid the blame of the violations
of law by the saloons on the police de-
partment, especially the chief. Now
this is not fair. Personally l believe
Mr.. Yates would have enforced the
law fully if the mayor had done his
part according to the charter Of the
city and the oath of office he has
taken. l quote the law: Chap 3, sec.
2: The mayor shall take care that
the laws of the state the charter is a
state law and the ordinances of the
city are duly observed and enforced
and that. all other executive officers OF
the city discharge their respective
duties" 1.-THE mayor shall be the
chief executive officer and head of the
police Of the city"
In view of these facts and many
others not mentioned, why cannot the
two political parties of our city arise
at once and see to it that man is
nominated, now that the coast is
clear, who will ring in and bring in a
better order of civic life in our city.
Respectfully,
LEE W. BEATTIE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
A Policy of Amlty and Righteousness

New York Commercial advertiser:
Our own business men now have an
authoritative assurance from the
chief executive of the nation that the
efforts of the new administration in
the field of international policies will
be devoted to the maintenance of
peace with honor, The presidents
statement is guarantee that there
will be no absurd and lawless inter-
ference by the United States in Cuba,
no meddling with the eastern Ques-
tiOn, which does not at all concern US,
and no wanton affronts to any Euro
pean power. Our course will be that
of dignity. friendship and justice in
dealing with all nations Foreign in
vestors who have been timid with re-
spect to purchasing American securi-
ties ought to understand, once for all
that this administration enters office
with the paramount purpose of re-
storing prosperity to the American
people. Real and permanent prosper
lty is impossible without peace. The
victories which President Mckinley
and the Republican party propose to
win in the next four years are solely
those of peace, industry and COM
merce. The Republican foreign
policy is the policy of amity and
righteousness.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19

The break which B. S. Steadwell,
state superintendent of the American
Purity League, made at the meeting
held at the Baptist church Sunday
afternoon to organize Florence
Mission Band has caused no end Of
talk, and for the moment is greater
sensation than the present mixed up
condition of the mayoralty contest.
Mr.. Steadwell is quoted as having
said, during the course of his remarks:
"If the testimony of the teachers is
true, there exists a stratum or I'M
morality in the public schools which
should not be-" When asked by Rev.
L. w. Beattie where he got his in
formation, he said that it had been
derived from the teachers, or one of
them. Mr.. Beattie is quoted as say
ing that he was astounded. Several
of those at the meeting went home in
an indignant frame of mind, and all
were saddened by what they had
heard.
Mr.. Steadwell is a young man ana
has been in the city but short time.
Personally, he is very pleasant gen.
tleman, and his indiscretion is laid to
his youthfulness.
The teacher whom Mr.. Steadwell
quoted denied having made the state
ment for which she was given as
authority, and explained to the school
board yesterday afternoon that what
she did say was that some Of the girls
of the high school were sadly deficient
in some of the knowledge which their
mothers ought to have impaired to
them. She asked Mrs. Steadwell to
give these girls private talk along
this line. This statement of the
teacher was in the nature of a privi-
legged communication, and it is patent
that it should never have been used
at public meeting.
The teachers and students of the
high school are alike indignant at the
original statement, and some of the
most exaggerated accounts tend to
place the schools in about as bad a
light as possible. Some of these had
reached the ears Of Supt. KenastOn
when FREE PRESS reporter called at
the building this forenoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
REFORM MOVEMENT.
rlayor Weaver and DR.. Andrews May
Be Taken at Their Word.
Talk of a Dark Horse For the
MayOralty.

Reform is in the air, and the
chances are an effort will be made at
the Republican city convention to
nominate someone for mayor whose
name has not yet been mentioned.
The developments between now and
Saturday may be remarkable.
Said one we'll known getlemanTues-
day: "We are going to take both
Mayor Weaver and DR.. Andrews at
their word and put up man who will
make Mankato splendid mayor.
We want the saloons closed on Sun
day and the other laws enforced"
This sentiment is gaining Roadway
hourly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
w. c. T. U. ORGANIZED.

There was very pleasant parlor
meeting at Minneopa Park Farm
Monday, which resulted in the organ
zation of Woman's Christian TEN
perance Union to be known as the
South Bend w. @. T, U.
This union begins it's work with a
membership of nineteen. Officers
were elected as follows:
President-Mrs. Lucy Burnett.
Cor. Secretary-MisS Lizzie Price.
Rec. Secretary-Mrs. Antoine.
Treasurer-Miss CIandia Davies.
1t will meet every alternate Friday
at 800 p. M, the first meeting to be
held at the home of Mrs. Antoine
March 26th.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
AN OPEN LETTER.
In the Interest of Better Local Civil
Government.

To the Citizens of Mankato:
Anent the approaching of the NUM-
cipal election we are hearing as the
Chinaman would say: "ToO muchee
talkee, talkee," and when 1 hear so
many wayside mourners, 1 wonder if
these same weeping ones would not
accomplish much more if they rose en-
masse and sought to correct the
sources whence come our present
municipal woes.
The frank statement of DR.. An
drews of last week, with the equally
frank statement of Mr.. Weaver of last
night opens up clear, plain path for
the voters of this city to elect a
mayor and a council that will give US
a clean, business-like administration
of our municipal affairs that will
make us all proud of our city. Being
a clergyman some who read this may
think am advocating the enthrone-
ment of spirit of Puritanism and
espionage that is not adapted to the
conditions of our western city. Let
me protest that [ ask for nothing
save the enforcement in every depart
ment of our municipal life of those
laws and ordinances that have been
placed on the statute books of this
western city by western men in
terested in the progress of
this western civilization, for l
too am a western man, and into the de-
velopment and progress of this city do 1
pour the best energies and thought of
my young manhood. Certainly no
one but those who want to evade the
law will oppose the above sentiment.
Let US now in the conflict that is
before us keep close to this line and
not inject the cry of "fanaticism" or
of "puritanism" or "ecclesiasticism"
unless you want to dub the powers of
our laws, citizens of our "Star of the
North" by such titles.
The present mayor has frankly and
unequivocally said he is not candi
date. shall believe him and act &C.
cordingly, unless he should allow him.
self to be nominated in the convention,
in which case the good opinion have
hitherto held of the mayors honor
would be exchanged for one not so
high, for he says he will use his sin
fiuence''and assistance" for his former
opponent. to whom he has pledged his
word of honor, and on whose neck he
! has fallen, tiguratively speaking, in
strongest professions of devout affec-
tion. 1t is "my (his) friends" that are
Stating the delegates for the cOnven.
tion. The only thing then to do
and he undoubtedly will do it as an
honorable man lis either to see to it
that those friends without question
vote for Doctor Andrews, or else, il
they will not do that, to use his infiu-
ence and assistance to see that An
drews men are elected. We are not
yet ready to believe he is the kind Ct
man DR.. Holmes speaks of, "who
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-19
A minnesota Possibility.
Prof. Thomas Shaw:

frOI. InOnaS SndW:
That Minnesota could grow more
beets than would suffice to make
sugar for all the United States does
not admit of question, and that this
could be without hindering other
lines of agricultural productions is
equally true. l say without hinder
ing other lines of agricultural produc-
tiOn, for the reason that where crop
of beets is proper sown on a piece Of
land once in four or five years, more
of other crops will be obtained in ad-
dition, than if the beets had not been
grown upon the land. This arises in
part from the thorough cleaning of
the soil while growing the beet crop,
and also from the deep cultivation
which the land should receive when
preparing it for beets.
And this result would follow
whether the beets were grown for
sugar making or to furnish live stock
with an abundant supply Of food of
the first quality.
Beyond all question the soils of the
Mississippi basin could grow beets
enough to supply the world with
sugar, and they could be made to do
this without the slightest degree less
ening the agricultural production
that is now grown on those lands.
Here there is what may be termed an
unworked, idle mine, possible source
of wealth far greater than the Eldor-
ado OF the west. or the buried treas
ures of the Kootenai district, the
Thought of which is not unnaturally
making men fevered at the present
time, because of the fortunes that are
dug out of it's hills and mountains.
Whether this tremendous source of
wealth will ever be drawn upon to the
utmost, it would be hazardous to pre.
dict in the present state of our knowl-
edge.